Trump Started this Illegal War, Alienated Our Allies, and Now He's Mad No One Will Help

[chowmama]

5. Trump pretty much left NATO without bothering to make it official

Nothing but insults, claiming they're worthless, claiming we've been carrying them all along and it's time they started pulling their weight. During this term, he's said more than once that he doesn't think he needs to defend any of the other members if they should be attacked. He's threatened not to defend them no matter what. "Why should he?" is the whole of his argument.

Mutual defense is literally the primary job of any NATO member. If he won't do it - if he won't agree to do it - he's broken the pact. There is no agreement, no contract. They're on their own, as far as he's concerned.

And so are we. He can't change his mind now, just because the incompetent moron's gotten our ass in a sling. We're not members in any way that matters any more. They all know if they did come to our defense, he still wouldn't lift a finger to save them, except to point and laugh while figuring how to make a profit at their expense.

I miss NATO. I admire NATO. I wish we could rejoin NATO, but we can't as long as he and his ilk are in power.