Trump suggests acronym 'NATOME' for NATO deployments in the Middle East

US President Donald Trump on December 9 unveiled an acronym "NATOME" to describe rth Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) deployments in Middle East. Trump called "NATOME" acronym beautiful. According to reports, Trump came with "beautiful" name by stating that word NATO was alrey re and ded a short form for Middle East i.e. ME, coming up with "NATOME". According to reports, Trump unveiled acronym while on call with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on December 8. call was in relation to Trump asking or NATO member countries to look more into security in Middle East.

Trump furr talked about newly formulated US-Mexico-Cana free tre agreement also kwn as USMCA, which replaces former acronym NAFTA. Trump referenced USMCA to hit song YMCA by Vill People. He said that people forgot about USMCA but thinking of song me m remember. According to reports, NATO, a group that has largely been dependent on America, might come in place of US in Iraq or Middle Eat conflict zones.

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Trump calls for an increase in NATO presence in Middle East

Amid rising tensions between Iran and United States, American President Donald Trump on January 8, sought for rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance to increase its presence and involvement in Middle East. This comes off as an unexpected request as Trump earlier h questioned relevance of transatlantic alliance. While dressing his first public comments on Iran's military strikes targeting US troops, he said, “Today, I am going to ask NATO to become much more involved in Middle East process." He furr spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Earlier last month, Trump h called on NATO allies regarding Islamic State group.

A rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) official reportedly said that re were casualties among troops on its training mission in Iraq when a total of 15 missiles hit US-Iraqi airbase on January 8. Amid  heightened tensions between two countries, NATO suspended training of Iraqi forces to ensure safety of several hundred mission members. According to international media reports, alliance also anunced that it was moving some of its trainers out of Iraq because of heightened tensions following Qassem Soleimani's killing.

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(With inputs from ncies)