WASHINGTON, April 7 -- President Donald Trump lashed out yesterday at Nato allies who did not support the United States in the war in Iran and reiterated his desire to annex Greenland.

Trump's remarks came ahead of a visit by the defence alliance's chief Mark Rutte scheduled for later this week.

"Look, we went to Nato," Trump recalled. "I didn't ask very strongly, I just said, 'Hey, if you want to help, great.'"

"'No, no, no we will not help,'" Trump said he was told, while not saying who he spoke to.

Trump went on to say that Nato members had "actually gone out of their way not to help."

The alliance, Trump said, "is a paper tiger," that Russian President Vladimir "Putin's not afraid of."

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, who Trum...