Posted on Jun 9, 2023
Why Every NATO Member Joined (And Why Everyone Else Hasn't)
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A.) Trump Discussed Pulling U.S. From NATO, Aides Say Amid New Concerns Over Russia
“Last year, President Trump suggested a move tantamount to destroying NATO: the withdrawal of the United States.
Senior administration officials told The New York Times that several times over the course of 2018, Mr. Trump privately said he wanted to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Current and former officials who support the alliance said they feared Mr. Trump could return to his threat as allied military spending continued to lag behind the goals the president had set.
In the days around a tumultuous NATO summit meeting last summer, they said, Mr. Trump told his top national security officials that he did not see the point of the military alliance, which he presented as a drain on the United States.
SOURCE : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/nato-president-trump.html
B.) TRUMP WEAKENS U.S. COMMITMENT TO NATO
“Trump’s decision is, of course, driven by political considerations, including his displeasure with Germany and the EU’s approach to China, Iran, Russia, climate change and other important matters, as well as his pre-election campaign promise to bring home more American troops.
This decision will have potentially disastrous political and security consequences to the US and NATO. Even if both the future of President Trump and his decision to sharply cut the American contingent in Germany are uncertain, the possible consequences are clearly alarming and the political damage to NATO and the transatlantic link has already been done.”
SOURCE : https://www.aalep.eu/trump-weakens-us-commitment-nato
“Last year, President Trump suggested a move tantamount to destroying NATO: the withdrawal of the United States.
Senior administration officials told The New York Times that several times over the course of 2018, Mr. Trump privately said he wanted to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Current and former officials who support the alliance said they feared Mr. Trump could return to his threat as allied military spending continued to lag behind the goals the president had set.
In the days around a tumultuous NATO summit meeting last summer, they said, Mr. Trump told his top national security officials that he did not see the point of the military alliance, which he presented as a drain on the United States.
SOURCE : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/nato-president-trump.html
B.) TRUMP WEAKENS U.S. COMMITMENT TO NATO
“Trump’s decision is, of course, driven by political considerations, including his displeasure with Germany and the EU’s approach to China, Iran, Russia, climate change and other important matters, as well as his pre-election campaign promise to bring home more American troops.
This decision will have potentially disastrous political and security consequences to the US and NATO. Even if both the future of President Trump and his decision to sharply cut the American contingent in Germany are uncertain, the possible consequences are clearly alarming and the political damage to NATO and the transatlantic link has already been done.”
SOURCE : https://www.aalep.eu/trump-weakens-us-commitment-nato
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