Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 30 that the United States may “reexamine” its relationship with NATO in the wake of some of the alliance’s members’ responses to the ongoing war with Iran.
Describing the response of some allies as “very disappointing,” Rubio said that President Donald Trump and the country would have to reconsider the organization after the current conflict ends.
“One of the reasons why NATO is beneficial to the United States is it gives us basing rights for contingencies. It allows us to station troops and aircraft and weapons in parts of the world that we wouldn’t normally have bases, and that includes in much of Europe,” he said….