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Things are looking up for NATO! Except the part where Trump said he'd pull the US out of NATO if elected.

• dguest 3y ago
  I'm too lazy to look this up. Can he do that?
  • adastra22 3y ago
    Maybe. Countries can leave the treaty. Congress and the Senate are trying to make it impossible for the president to unilaterally do this, but I don't know if that bill has passed yet. It's a bipartisan effort believe it or not, because even the most politic Republicans are not stupid. I expect it should pass before January 2025. But who knows, maybe he can sabotage the alliance in other ways, or find some other way out.
• joecool1029 3y ago
  > Except the part where Trump said he'd pull the US out of NATO if elected. Congress blocked his ability to do that without their approval: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/16/congress-nato-exit-trump/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/16/... EDIT: since other commenters don't know, yes it was signed into law, Sec 1250A of the 2024 NDAA: >The President shall not suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, except by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided that two-thirds of the Senators present concur, or pursuant to an Act of Congress.
  • dragonwriter 3y ago
    They made it illegal for him to do so, but Trump has made it clear that he does not view himself as accountable to the law, especially for any acts while President, so...
  • Epa095 3y ago
    If the commander in chief says that Russia can do 'whatever the hell they want' with NATO countries, it doesn't really matter if the US is still officially in NATO.