Washington DC, Jan. 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday hinted at putting NATO to the test by invoking its Article 5 for the protection of America's southern border from illegal immigrants.

He made the statement in a post on his Truth Social platform.

The US President further said that this would also "free up" a large number of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.

"Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks."

The statement comes shortly after Trump in his speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, questioned NATO's commitment to...