Trump melts down at NATO as he blasts Greenland as a 'big, poorly run, piece of ice'
Donald Trump went after a decades-old U.S. military alliance on Wednesday in an all-caps Truth Social tirade, declaring NATO useless and taking a bizarre swipe at Greenland in the same breath.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte reportedly met privately with Trump on Wednesday, with discussions expected to focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and smoothing over Trump's fury at the alliance for sitting out the Iran war, while the strait closure sent gas prices soaring. It wasn't immediately clear how the meeting went, but Trump didn't hold back his thoughts on social media.
"NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN," the president raged.
He then pivoted to Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory he has repeatedly tried to acquire: "REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!"
The post offered no further context.
The outburst comes as Trump's Iran ceasefire hangs by a thread, with Iran already declaring three violations of the agreement before negotiations have even formally begun. European allies have been openly critical of the U.S.-Israeli war, with Spain's prime minister refusing to "applaud those who set the world on fire."