US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that ” and could return for “spot hits” if needed, as Tehran hit an oil tanker off Qatar’s coast and Kuwait’s airport while airstrikes continued in Iran.
In a telephonic interview with Reuters, Trump said, “I can’t tell you exactly…we’re going to be out pretty quickly,” when asked when the United States would consider the war in Iran as over.
Trump, who is scheduled to address the country on Thursday (6:30am IST), said that one part of his address would focus on NATO and the western military alliance’s lack of support for US objectives in Iran.
Trump said that he is “absolutely” considering to withdraw the US from NATO, a treaty organization ratified by the US Senate in 1949.
“They haven’t been friends when we needed them. We’ve never asked them for much…it’s a one-way street,” Trump said, Reuters reported.
