By John Irish and Steve Holland PARIS/WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - Tensions between the United States and NATO allies flared up as President Donald Trump said he was considering pulling the U.S. out of the Western military alliance due to its European members' refusing to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

Five recent moves would likely please the Russian President, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

President Trump says he's considering withdrawing the U.S. from NATO, following years of complaining about the alliance.

NATO’s European allies and Canada increased their defense spending nearly 20% for the second straight year in 2025, yielding to US President Donald Trump’s demands and responding to mounting threats from Russia.

We need to make Russia wake up each morning, thinking to themselves: 'Not today,'" the alliance's top officer for force transformation said.

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HELSINKI, April 1 (Reuters) - Finnish President Alexander Stubb told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that "a more European NATO" was taking shape and that Europe was "shouldering responsibility",

Threatening to pull out of NATO, President Trump portrayed the alliance as a “paper tiger” and said Europe was on its own in trying to secure the Strait of Hormuz.