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  "textContent": "Trump made a scathing post about his Nato allies after a row over the Strait of Hormuz action (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nDonald Trump has lashed out against Nato, accusing the military alliance of being ‘cowards’ after it didn’t bend to his will.\n\nThe US president has been calling for allies and other countries to help keep the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane open after Iran effectively closed it following the Middle East war.\n\nHowever, many of the allies, who were not consulted on the joint US-Israel airstrikes against Tehran beforehand, have raised questions over the necessity of the war, which has ruffled Trump’s feathers.\n\nTrump wrote in a ranting post on his Truth Social platform today: ‘Without the USA, Nato is a paper tiger!\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran.\n\n‘Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices.\n\n‘So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER!\n\nIt comes after the military alliance and its members were reluctant to start a multinational naval force to make the Strait, which carries 20% of global fuel, safe.\n\nRescue workers from the Iranian Red Crescent at the remains of a building damaged in airstrikes in Tehran on Tuesday (Picture: Iranian Red Crescent/UPI/Shutterstock)\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nFighting in the Gulf region escalated after Israeli missiles struck the South Pars gas field in Iran, the largest natural gas plant in the world.\n\nIran then launched attacks against Qatar’s Ras Laffan oil refinery.\n\nThe operations targeting gas infrastructure saw prices surge worldwide, including in the UK by a record-high 20% overnight.\n\nTrump claimed that the US knew nothing about Israel’s plan to target South Pars, and he threatened to ‘blow up’ more Iranian gas fields if Qatar was targeted again.\n\nThe Iranian Army issued its own chilling warning today, with officials telling the US and Israel the regime is ‘keeping an eye’ on their ‘cowardly’ soldiers.\n\n**Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.** **Or you can submit your videos and pictures here.**\n\n**For more stories like this, check our**  news page**.**\n\n**Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates.** **You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.**\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Donald Trump calls Nato ‘cowards’ and a ‘paper tiger without the US’"
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