
Threats from U.S. leadership to weaken NATO commitments over the Iran war have been amplified by a reported internal Pentagon memo suggesting punitive steps against allied countries. Trump's threats to withdraw troops from Germany, and more recently from Spain and Italy, are part of the same pattern and could deepen mistrust and undermine alliance cohesion. NATO's public pushback aims to contain fallout, but these developments raise concerns about the resilience of alliance commitments.
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