President Trump said that he was considering leaving NATO over allies’ failure to support his Iran offensive. He suggested that the U.S. war would end in two or three weeks and that Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be a problem for others to solve.

 

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Berates Allies While Signaling He Will Wind Down the War

President Trump said that he was considering leaving NATO over allies’ failure to support his Iran offensive. He suggested that the U.S. war would end in two or three weeks and that Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be a problem for others to solve.

 

Abdi Latif Dahir Megan Specia and Erika Solomon

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Here’s the latest.

President Trump said that he was considering pulling the United States out of NATO over the war with Iran, as he heaps pressure on allies to manage the fallout of a conflict he signaled he would wind down in two or three weeks.

 

In an interview with Britain’s Telegraph newspaper published on Wednesday, Mr. Trump was asked whether he was reconsidering U.S. membership in the military alliance and was quoted as replying, “Oh yes,” and that it was “beyond reconsideration.” The remarks were published hours after President Trump said that he expected the U.S. military campaign in Iran would be over “very soon” and dismissed Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has jolted global energy markets, as a problem for other countries to resolve.

 

In a social media post on Tuesday, Mr. Trump had again denigrated U.S. allies, chiefly Britain, for not heeding his call for help in securing the strait, a conduit for much of the global oil supply, and said that the United States would not come to their aid in the future. An Iranian official emphasized on Wednesday that the United States would not regain access to the waterway, saying in a social media post: “The Strait of Hormuz will certainly reopen, but not for you.”

 

Mr. Trump was scheduled to deliver “an important update” on the war in a national address at 9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Trump told reporters that he had achieved his primary goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, though there is no evidence that the United States or Israel has destroyed the country’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade fuel.

 

Earlier Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the U.S. had achieved such control of Iran’s skies that it was flying B-52 bombers directly over Iranian territory. But Mr. Hegseth acknowledged that Iran retained the ability to retaliate with missiles and drones targeting U.S. allies in the region. On Wednesday morning, the authorities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar all reported missile or drone attacks from Iran.

 

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had completed a wave of strikes against Iranian government infrastructure in Tehran, the capital, without specifying the targets. Iranian state television reported that three locations were hit, including an area northeast of Tehran with military buildings and housing.

 

Here’s what else we’re covering:

 

American kidnapped: A journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was kidnapped in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on Tuesday evening, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The ministry said that security forces had pursued the kidnappers, arrested one suspect and seized a vehicle used in the abduction. The suspect is a member of the Iranian-allied paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah, two senior Iraqi security officials said.

 

Houthis: In Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthi militia said it had launched ballistic missiles at Israel on Wednesday. Israel said it had detected a missile launch from Yemen toward its territory. The Houthis entered the war on Saturday by launching a missile attack on what they said were Israeli military targets.

 

Lebanon: Israeli strikes in Beirut killed at least seven people and wounded 24 others early Wednesday, Lebanon’s national news agency reported. And there were more Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, a day after Israel said it planned to occupy and control a large swath of the region and demolish entire towns.

 

Death tolls: The Human Rights Activists News Agency said at least 1,598 civilians had been killed, including 244 children, in Iran since the war began. Lebanon’s health ministry said that more than 1,260 Lebanese had been killed as of Tuesday, with more than 3,750 others wounded, since the latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began. In Iran’s attacks across the Middle East, at least 50 people have been killed in Gulf nations. In Israel, at least 17 had been killed as of Friday. The American death toll stands at 13 service members, with hundreds of others wounded.