Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is once again urging President Trump to consider pulling U.S. military bases from countries that refuse to allow American forces to fly from their soil. Both Trump and Graham have been critical of NATO allies for their hesitation to support U.S. military operations aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The vital shipping lane has been closed thanks to an ongoing Iranian blockade.
Graham took to X, stating, “Mr. President, one of the things I like about you most is that, now, our allies take America for granted at their own peril. As to my [earlier] suggestion, I meant it then and I’ll repeat it now: We should consider removing U.S. bases from countries who won’t let us fly from them as we confront the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism who has been hellbent on developing a nuclear weapon and was extremely close to achieving that goal.”
