Trump has run out of options and is asking US allies for help with Iran, but they've already abandoned him

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• As President Donald Trump signaled the US is backing away from a potential conflict with Iran on Wednesday, he called on US allies to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal and for NATO to play a bigger role in the Middle East.
• Recent moves by NATO and the UK, among others, suggest Trump will come up short in this effort.
• Trump has spent much of his presidency insulting NATO allies and went against the UK, France, and Germany in unilaterally withdrawing the US from the nuclear deal.
• "The Europeans aren't with us...because we pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal against all of their interests, by ourself, and that's what created all the escalation to begin with," Ian Bremmer, a foreign policy expert, told Insider.
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After spending much of his presidency insulting and pushing away the closest US allies, President Donald Trump now wants their help with Iran. But, in many ways, they've already abandoned him. 

The president has repeatedly found himself at odds with US allies on both the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and NATO, but on Wednesday called on them for assistance with regard to both.

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