NATO must avoid any retrenchment along the flanks of the military bloc to maintain credible deterrence against Russian aggression at the time when the US is focused on the war in the Middle East, according to the Norwegian defense minister.

NATO forces wrapped up Exercise Cold Response 26 on Thursday following 10 days of arctic warfare drills across Norway and Finland. The exercise was the first NATO activity in the High North under Arctic Sentry,

Trump, a longtime NATO critic, said he sees the alliance as a "one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us."

President Trump tore into NATO allies on Tuesday over reluctance from “most” of them to get involved in the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. “The United States has been informed by most of our NATO ‘Allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran,

Former Trump deputy national security advisor KT McFarland discusses President Donald Trump’s criticism of NATO and the effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz on ‘The Evening Edit.’