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Matthew Whitaker

Matthew Whitaker

US Ambassador to NATO

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Notable Quotes

"President Trump is evaluating and reevaluating everything... our involvement with NATO, our support to the European effort in Ukraine. Right now everything is on the table." — Newsmax, April 2026

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US threatens to leave NATO after allies refuse to support Iran war

Force in Play

Confirmed Trump is 'reevaluating everything' about NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has survived 77 years, the Cold War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now it faces something new: a sitting US president publicly weighing withdrawal—not over a theoretical dispute, but because allied nations refused to let American warplanes use their airspace during an active shooting war with Iran. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with President Trump at the White House on April 8, 2026, one day after a US-Iran ceasefire, in what officials on both sides described as a make-or-break moment for the alliance.

Updated 3 hours ago