As with much foreign policy, the Republican frontrunner radically misunderstood the nature and purpose of this relationship. NATO is not an alliance based on dues: it is the largest military bloc in history, formed to face down the Soviet threat, based on the collective defense that an attack on one is an attack on all – a principle enshrined in Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty.
It’s purpose which suits the US profoundly: The White House invoked Article 5 after 9/11. And since NATO’s creation, US might has been often packaged globally as the expression of a dozens-strong consensus. NATO helps bolster the US’s ebbing position as the sole hyperpower. Strip away this vast alliance, and its diplomatic and economic might, and the US looks quite lonely on the world stage.
Saturday’s misunderstanding considered, Trump’s comments come at a devastatingly bad time for Europe. The rogue rump of the GOP which supports him is persistently trying to derail vital aid to Ukraine. If the desired $60 billion does not arrive, or is delayed much longer, it will have an irrevocably detrimental impact on Ukraine’s practical defenses at the frontlines, political cohesion in Kyiv, and nationwide morale.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/12/europe/trump-nato-putin-europe-analysis-intl/index.html
Trump ei selkeästi pidä NATO:sta. Suomalaistenkin poliitikkojen kannattaisi kuunnella Trumppia, koska jos hänestä (ja luultavasti tulee) seuraava Yhdysvaltojen Presidentti, niin kyllä asiat tulevat muuttumaan ja rajusti. Ukraina todennäköisesti ei saa tarvitsemaansa tukea vaan joutuu alistumaan Venäjän ikeen alle.
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