Trump-Nato latest: US bases targeted by Iran after fresh strikes as president hits out at allies during summit

Trump says the US has been “treated unfairly” by Nato in comments in Ankara.

He says the UK, France and Germany did not want to help with Iran, setting an uneasy tone for a day of talks.

He says he wants no business with Spain over Iran and that Spain is a “terrible partner in Nato”.

He says he’s in Turkey “despite the fact that I’m very upset with Nato, that we pay far, far too much”.

“We protect them, but they’re not there for us. Think of that. It doesn’t work.”

He also says he is not happy with the military alliance over Greenland.

Donald Trump is giving a wandering press conference at the Nato summit in Ankara.

Donald Trump says that Iran wants to take him out, and lays into Nato “because…they didn’t want to help us with the number one sponsor of state terrorism” which he says is Iran.

Following what it calls repeated Iranian attacks, Kuwait says in a statement that it reserves the right to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty.

Iran’s foreign ministry reiterates its warning to regional states not to allow their territory to be used for US attacks.

Iran’s top joint military commend says that Tehran considers any location that supports the US attacks on Iran as a legitimate target, per state media.

U.S. Central Command confirmed the actions in a social media statement, asserting that American forces initiated the strikes “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”

The statement further condemned Iran’s actions, describing them as “unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.”

Iran hit back at targets across the region after the US launched a wave of attacks in response to strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

– The IRGC said it launched missiles and drones at a key US military sites in Bandar Salman in Bahrain;

– It also claimed strikes on the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

– Air sirens sounded in both Bahrain and Kuwait. There was no immediate comment from the US military.

– Iran’s top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, condemned the earlier US strikes as a “blatant act of aggression,” threatened a “crushing response”.

– Iranian media said the US strikes hit Sirik and Bandar Abbas on the coast.

– Iran’s Press TV reported several blasts were heard in southern Kharg Island.

– US Centcom earlier said it had targeted more than 60 small boats of the IRGC.

– No civilian deaths were reported in Iran, but several people were injured by shrapnel from an “enemy projectile” that hit a commercial pier in Sirik, according to an Iranian state TV reporter.

Donald Trump’s renewed strikes on Iran were “absolutely necessary,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday, following a wave of attacks after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.

“When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the US forcefully react,” Rutte told reporters before a summit of Nato leaders in Ankara.

At their summit, European leaders aim to convince Donald Trump to re-commit to the military alliance, after the U.S. president revived his disputes with them over the Iran war and Greenland.

Rutte said there could be no doubt over the “complete commitment of the United States to NATO,” which he said also works to protect the United States.

“But there’s also the expectation that the Europeans and the Canadians will equalise their spending with the United States, which I think is completely fair,” he added.

Some former prominent figures associated with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement have criticised the US’s latest strikes on Iran, arguing they undermine Trump’s pledge to avoid prolonged foreign conflicts.

Former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned why the US resumed bombing Iran despite previously claiming its military had been severely weakened.

“We are back to bombing Iran during the ceasefire for the Iran war that is not a war because Iran bombed a vessel for crossing the Strait of Hormuz that they don’t control yet apparently control,” she wrote on X.

She continued: “I’m so glad that Trump ran for president to end forever foreign wars otherwise I might start thinking this war that is not a war that we won like 40 times is starting to turn into another forever foreign war in the Middle East.”

Former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent said the attacks effectively ended the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran.

“We are back to attempting to find a military solution to the SOH,” he wrote on X, referring to the Strait of Hormuz.

“The problem is we signed the MoU because there was no military solution & we needed the SOH open,” he said, adding, “Our best option is to walk away.”