Today, I report on Mark Rutte visiting the White House with his Trump-pleasing strategy under heavy scrutiny, and our Rome bureau chief has news of Italy’s attempts to distance itself from the US war against Iran.

For years, President Donald Trump has voiced sharp criticism of NATO, including a slew of statements since the beginning of the Iran war. In two recent interviews, he has said he would consider taking the significant step of withdrawing the United States from the alliance altogether.

NATO’s secretary general is heading to the White House next week as President Donald Trump lashes out over European allies’ refusal to join the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran.

President Donald Trump has attacked NATO after US allies refused to support the Iran war effort, calling the alliance a "paper tiger" and saying America leaving is "beyond reconsideration"

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO. Trump remarks have ratcheted up his criticism of European allies and exposed a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. "needs nothing" from NATO after taking aim at them over the Iran war

LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO after allies failed to back U.S. military action against Iran, according to an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph.

NATO member states must step up and demonstrate their value to the US after President Donald Trump threatened to leave the bloc amid frustrations over the war against Iran, Washington’s top envoy to the alliance said.

President Trump just made for an awkward scene this week when NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visits Washington, DC.