Donald Trump believes NATO was "tested and they failed" during the Iran war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday, just hours before the U.S. president met the alliance's secretary general.

Trump and NATO's Mark Rutte met at the White House as the war with Iran has pushed U.S. relations with other members of the military alliance to a crisis point. The Republican president has threatened to withdraw from the 32-member transatlantic alliance and denounced Washington's European ​allies in recent weeks for what he said was inadequate support for the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran. Trump said on Tuesday the attacks would ‌be paused ‌after the two sides agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

"It's quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people ​over the course of the last six weeks when it's the American people who have been funding their defense," Leavitt told a press briefing.

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