On April 1, Trump, in an interview with The Telegraph published on April 1, criticized NATO for refusing to participate in the war against Iran. The head of the White House called the Alliance a “paper tiger,” adding that he was seriously considering the possibility of the United States leaving NATO.
Macron accused Trump of contradicting himself, called for consistency and advised him to talk less.
“I believe that there are too many words, and they are scattered in all directions. The world needs stability. We all need stability, calm, a return to peace. This is not a show, we are talking about war and peace, about the lives of women and men, about the situation of our countries, about the risks for our countries, about the economic situation of our countries. And this applies to both the United States and us – Europeans and Asians. Everyone pays the consequences,” said the French leader.
He urged Trump to “be serious.”
“You don’t say every day the opposite of what you said the day before. And perhaps you don’t need to say it every day, but just calm the situation and build lasting peace,” Macron added.
Commenting on the White House's promises to launch new strikes on Iran that would “return it to the Stone Age,” Macron indicated that he “does not intend to assess the operation that the Americans decided to carry out jointly with the Israelis, alone.”
“After this, they regret that no one is helping in the operation, which they themselves decided to carry out alone. This is not our operation,” he noted.
Context
On the morning of February 28, Israel and the United States began striking Iran. Trump has stated his intention to protect the American people by eliminating the immediate threats from the Iranian regime. On the same day, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and more than 40 other officials of the country were eliminated.
In early March, Trump said the Iran operation could take four weeks. Politico wrote that hostilities could drag on until September. The Washington Post wrote on March 28 that the United States is preparing for a ground operation against Iran and that it could last from several weeks to several months.
Against the backdrop of the war between the United States and Israel with Iran, the Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important routes for the global oil trade, through which millions of barrels of crude oil and petroleum products pass every day from the Middle East to Asia, Europe and the United States. Oil prices began to rise sharply.
