The USA were the only country that invoked NATO article 5 after 9/11. Every NATO nation came to help in Afghanistan. 1,144 NATO soldiers, among them 60 Germans, died during this war.

Trump questioning if we would help despite easily proving that we did and then even belittling it (They stayed a little back, little off the frontlines) is the most shameless and disgusting statement in that reference that deranged and dishonorable draft-dodger could utter.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson sends a clear message to Trump that blackmail will not work. He announced that a response is currently drafted in which the EU, UK and Norway is included.

It is obvious that ever since of the fall of Assad and Russia's failed war in Ukraine that despots around the globe better have a plan B, when the heat at home is too high. Apparently, this is also the case with the mullahs in Iran.

"The Times" has obtained intelligence reports that Khamenei and his inner circle of around 20 aides have hammered out a plan to leave Tehran, if the ongoing protests cannot get under control and even escalate to the point that security forces start to defect.