
President Trump publicly criticised several NATO allies for refusing to back the United States during its military conflict with Iran, questioning the value of continued heavy American investment in the alliance. This fracturing of Western unity is a significant prophetic signal — Scripture describes the final age as one of collapsing alliances and nations turning against one another, isolating key powers ahead of the end-times confrontation centred on the Middle East. Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38 both anticipate a realignment of global powers around Israel and Iran (Persia), with the Western alliance notably absent as a unified defender.