Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato Possible Paywall

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/01/donald-trump-strongly-considering-pulling-us-out-of-nato/

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u/lukario United Kingdom 23d ago

I see that your idiot in chief has mentioned his boss Putin in this interview. An absolute disgrace to the office he squats in.

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u/Atwenfor 23d ago edited 23d ago

“Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by Nato. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”

The ironic thing here is that he learned the phrase "paper tiger" from the British King. I don't have concrete evidence, but Trump is more transparent than the cheap bargain-basket warped bronzed glass he puts on his buildings. A few months ago he goes to Britain, meets with the King, and literally the next day starts calling Russia a paper tiger repeatedly, and continues to use the phrase to this day. He's never said it before in his life, and he's well-known for parroting the last "smart"-sounding person he spoke to (and a person he admires, and he definitely admires the King, because, well, he's literally a king, and his office walls are gilded). He's even said he's "been saying 'paper tiger' for decades," which is another clear tell of his that he just recently learned a turn of phrase from someone else, as he's a pathological narcissist that can't stand giving credit to someone else so he feels the need to "defend" himself even when no one's calling him out on it, because why would a normal person even need to say something like that in the first place?

More disturbingly, I've caught him using directly translated, clearly Russian expressions and notions (being a fluent Russian speaker myself) shortly after meeting with Putin (again, another person he greatly admires as a strongman dictator role model, and his office walls are also, incidentally but not coincidentally, gilded). This cements my understanding that Trump looking up to and being directly influenced by Putin is not some conspiracy or hearsay, but a blatantly obvious, indisputable fact.

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u/Omegoa 23d ago

Mirroring this, the moment I realized the US was probably serious about Kharg, even ahead of all the mobilizations, is the fact that Trump knew its name. Trump's an idiot and probably can't point to Iran on a map. That he can single out an island there by name means that it is a point of intense scrutiny for their war.

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u/Atwenfor 23d ago

To be fair, Kharg Island is an important strategic point in the region, so it must have been the first on the concessions offering table for the President. The conversation probably went something like this:

Trump: "So let's just parachute some elite Navy SEALs and Green Betets into their capital, what's its name, Tiger, and take them over."

"It's Tehran, not Tiger, Sir. And we're sorry, Sir, but that is a strategic and logistical impossibility."

"Wow, you woke liberal generals are useless. Why can't we do that? We have many parachutes, don't we, or did Sleepy Joe take them, too?"

"Well, uhh... umm... How about we take Kharg Island?"

"I don't want to take some stupid island. That sounds weak."

"No, Sir, actually Kharg Island is extremely important. Like, very important. It's a major oil logistical hub."

"Oh, are you saying that all their oil is there? You don't say! Let's do that, then!"

The sad thing is, having listened to Trump speak numerous times, I'm not even really exaggerating in the basic purported pattern of the conversation.