Shona Murray: Trump is using the war in Iran to break up with Europe

US secretary of state Marco Rubio warned the US would now 're-examine' its relationship with Nato following allies’ refusal to support the US/Israel war in Iran
US president Trump made a 20-minute address about the Iran war from the White House on Wednesday in Washington which was was devoid of detail and full of the usual hyperbole. Picture: Alex Brandon/ AP

US president Trump made a 20-minute address about the Iran war from the White House on Wednesday in Washington which was was devoid of detail and full of the usual hyperbole. Picture: Alex Brandon/ AP

The bar was pretty low ahead of Trump’s big speech which was expected to outline or at least hint about the coming weeks for his and Israel’s war on Iran. So, nobody was too disappointed.

“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next few weeks, we’re going to bring them back to the stone ages (sic) where they belong,” the US president said.

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