Donald Trump has said he is strongly considering pulling the US out of NATO, calling the military alliance a “paper tiger”, in protest at other member states’ refusal to join in the US-Iran conflict.

If the US were to withdraw from the organisation, Britons tend to believe NATO would be left weaker, though would be able to continue, with neary half of Britons (48%) holding this stance.

This compares to 13% who believe a US exit would make little difference to NATO, 9% who feel it would mean the organisation would no longer be able to continue and 7% who think it would in fact make the alliance stronger.

While the US president’s commitment to NATO might be wavering, the British public’s is not.

77% of Britons support the UK’s membership of the defensive military alliance, including 51% who strongly support it, while a mere 5% oppose Britain’s membership.

Support is high among all voters, with only 15% of Reform UK voters, 10% of Green voters and 2-4% of Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem voters opposed to NATO.

Trump’s continued criticism of Britain’s role in the US-Iran conflict, including claiming the King would have taken a different stand to Starmer, has led to the Lib Dems reiterating their call for the King’s planned state visit to America to be called off, in case it puts the monarch in a difficult position.

The British public still tend to agree that the visit should be cancelled, by a margin of 48% to 37%, though this compares to a margin of 49% to 33% last week.

60-65% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters believe the visit should be cancelled, while 51% of Conservatives and 64% of Reform UK voters feel it should go ahead.

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