Since the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran, President Donald Trump has been critical of his European allies for not supporting the military campaign against Tehran.The United States president expressed his displeasure with members of the transatlantic alliance during a meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday.“I was disappointed with Italy. I was disappointed with the UK, Germany, and France. We were disappointed with most of them. Spain is a horror show,” Trump said.Speaking to reporters in the Bahraini capital Manama, Trump’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, on Thursday repeated the US claims that European help fell short during the conflict. “Europe not allowing use of military bases undermines alliance between the continent and US,” he said.NATO’s Rutte, who has been visiting the US to ease the transatlantic tensions, has revealed more about the involvement of European nations in the war.“Ally after ally,” he said, made their bases available to the US military during the war on Iran. Rutte’s comments revealed that aside from “isolated cases”, European allies had, in fact, helped the US with logistics during the war.S …
