Posted on 12/14/2023 4:38:08 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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The move to restrict NATO withdrawal options comes as Trump, eyeing a return to the Oval Office, vocally considers pivoting the U.S. to a less active role within the alliance, or departing altogether if his terms are not met.
However, this new bill would necessitate Senate approval or an Act of Congress to validate such a departure, hamstringing the Commander-in-Chief’s capacity to respond to real-time geopolitical dynamics.
Adding to the controversy is the provision, championed by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), which effectively bars any U.S. President from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval or an Act of Congress. This clause is a direct countermeasure against potential actions by former President Donald Trump, who has expressed intentions to reevaluate or reduce the U.S.’s role in NATO should he return to office.
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Thank you.
Thank you, too.
That pesky constitution thingy states as much....
The only way withdrawing from a treaty is even remotely possible is if the treaty is not adhered to by either party.
Europe wasn’t living up to the terms of the treaty.
Some countries still are not.
The treaty is null and void.
Maybe NATO should fall apart.
Not so hard. Trump just stops sending leaders to Nato. Trump withdraws troops and arms from Nato.
Yes, like cut all funding for NATO, and put the troops on the Southern border.
He doesn’t have to withdraw from NATO.
As CINC he can order NATO deployed units to come home and put them on the border.
As CINC he can limit how many NATO personnel are embedded with the US military.
As CINC, he can do all sorts of things that he’ll figure out and Congress will have no idea how to counter.
Florida……Crist, DeSantis, Demings, Rubio, Grayson. You voters need to get a clue.
They will try and destroy his next term as much as possible (more BS laws and regulations) before he even gets in
NATO is an insurance policy for the other members to have the US act as the guarantor of their sovereignty, up to and including nuclear war. Good deal for them, not so much for us. The US taxpayer pays the premium.
Precisely!
Yeh, I don’t think That will stop Trump.
But a presidential EO could still block US funding of NATO, stop troop deployment with NATO and end US participation in NATO training exercises.
Yeah, we’re still in NATO we just don’t participate on any meaningful level.
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