Trump decided on striking Iran without consulting European leaders – Politico

U.S. President Donald Trump made a decision to launch a strike against Iran without prior coordination with European allies, an unnamed European official said.

While Trump has stopped short of renewing direct threats to withdraw the United States from NATO—as he did in 2018—his latest actions are once again fueling tensions within the Alliance, Caliber.Az writes, citing Politico.

His approach and rhetoric are causing growing concern among European leaders, particularly due to his reluctance to coordinate key decisions related to collective security.

The official told Politico that Trump appears determined to act unilaterally and does not consider collective defence a core principle of NATO.

To recall, on June 21, the U.S. Air Force and Navy launched a coordinated attack on Iran's Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, Natanz Nuclear Facility, and Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center. The operation involved 125 aircraft, including seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers that dropped fourteen 30,000-pound GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) "bunker buster" bombs on Fordow, a heavily fortified underground facility.

Additionally, over two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from a U.S. submarine targeting Natanz and Isfahan. President Trump announced the strikes via Truth Social, describing them as a "spectacular military success" and claiming the sites were "totally obliterated." The U.S. strikes were the first direct American offensive action in the Iran-Israel war, which began on June 13 and ceased on June 24, when Israel launched surprise attacks on Iranian nuclear and military targets.

By Khagan Isayev