Two months after Donald Trump disparaged NATO allies for what he cast as their lackluster efforts in Afghanistan, the US president has warned that the alliance faces a “very bad” future if those same allies fail to support the United States in securing the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively closed after it was attacked by the US and Israel.
“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump said Sunday in an interview with the Financial Times. “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response, I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO.”
Trump’s latest threat against the alliance has…