Trump repeats claim NATO does not support US when needed after Rutte meeting

President Donald Trump repeated his claim Wednesday that NATO has not supported the United States when it needed the alliance following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.

The meeting occurred after the president threatened to withdraw from the alliance over what he said was a lack of support among member nation states for the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, which was paused Tuesday by a ceasefire agreement.

"NATO wasn't there when we needed them, and they won't be there if we need them again," Trump posted to Truth Social. "Remember Greenland, that big, poorly run, piece of ice!"

Rutte told CNN in an interview after the meeting that the two leaders had a "very frank, very open" discussion but declined to specify whether the pair spoke about the president's threats to leave the alliance.

“He clearly told me what he thought of what happened over the last couple of weeks,” Rutte said. “It is a nuanced picture.”

Trump dating back to his first term has been critical of NATO, complaining that some member nations are not paying their fair share of the alliance's defense spending guidelines. But Rutte and the president have had a good relationship.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.