By Gram Slattery, Andrea Shalal, Andrew Gray and John Irish
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) – The NATO alliance has in recent years survived existential challenges – ranging from the war in Ukraine to multiple bouts of pressure and insults from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has questioned its core mission and threatened to seize Greenland.
But it is the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, thousands of miles from Europe, that has nearly broken the 76-year-old bloc and threatens to leave it in its weakest state since its creation, say analysts and diplomats.
Trump, enraged that European countries have declined to send their navies to open up the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping following the start of the air war on Feb 28, has declared he is considering withdrawing from the alliance.
Analysis-Trump’s Anger Over Iran Thrusts NATO Into Fresh Crisis
