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"President Donald Trump met Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on April 8 for
what Rutte described as a “very frank, very open” discussion. The pair are
reported to have discussed the US-Israeli war against Iran at which, according
to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, Trump believes that Nato was
“tested and they failed”.
The president later posted to his Truth Social platform that “NATO WASN’T THERE
WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN.”
The US president’s meeting with Rutte came a week after he told
Reuters press
agency that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, after
America’s allies refused to join the US-Israeli campaign against Iran. But this
is very unlikely to occur for three reasons.
First, in 2023, Congress enacted a law that prohibits the president from
“suspending, terminating, denouncing, or withdrawing the United States from the
North Atlantic Treaty” — which established the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (Nato) — without the advice and consent of the Senate or an act of
Congress. It is extremely unlikely that this will be changed before the midterm
elections in November and impossible subsequently if the Democrats end up
controlling the House of Representatives.
The second reason is that Nato membership is popular among Americans. A Pew
survey conducted in 2025 showed that 66% of US respondents thought that America
benefited from Nato membership while 32% thought the opposite. While, as in
many things, the US is divided – with more Democrat voters (77%) supporting
Nato membership than Republicans (45%) – it’s clear that, on the whole,
Americans approve of Nato membership.
The third reason is that leaving Nato would significantly weaken the US
militarily. More than half a century of research by historians and
international relations specialists has concluded that leaving Nato would also
significantly weaken the US."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
