Trump, new attack: “Italy is fine if Iran has a nuclear weapon”

“Anyone who tolerates Iran having a nuclear weapon is not very intelligent. It would be a terrible thing in the future if Iran were ever allowed to have a nuclear weapon,” he says in response to questions from reporters at the White House. “There would be problems like the world has never seen before, and that won’t happen,” he adds. “Aside from that, they don’t have a navy right now… or an air force. They’ve been annihilated. They have nothing. They don’t have anti-aircraft defense. They don’t have radar. Iran wants to reach an agreement because, essentially, it no longer has an army. And it wants to reach an agreement, but I am not satisfied” with the proposal formulated by Tehran.

The new accusations against Italy and Spain come after the declarations with which Trump has raised the possibility of reducing the presence of American troops in Europe. The president made explicit reference to the soldiers stationed in Germany, Italy and Spain. The number 1 in the White House has been taking a hard line for weeks. The president accuses the European soul of NATO of not having supported the efforts of the United States in the war against Iran. In particular, the countries of the Old Continent have been asked for collaboration to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, paralyzed by Iran since the beginning of the war and now subject to the Stars and Stripes naval blockade. “We didn’t need anyone’s help, but I wanted to see what they would do,” Trump said yesterday while answering reporters’ questions in the Oval Office. “All the countries said they didn’t want to be involved – we will remember that,” he added. Today’s announcement seems like confirmation.