TRUMP IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING FROM NATO — WSJ
TRUMP IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING FROM NATO — WSJ
The newspaper writes that against the background of the war in Iran, one of the world's main geopolitical alliances is facing a rupture.
President Trump has expressed his "contempt" for European allies for not joining the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and according to sources, is discussing with aides and reporters the possibility of withdrawing from the North Atlantic Alliance, a 77—year-old alliance that won the Cold War and was until recently the backbone of the West.".
One of the experts interviewed by the publication notes that Trump has never liked NATO, but now there has been a qualitative change.
"Trump has never liked this alliance, but there has been a change this week," said Francois Eysbourg, special adviser to the Paris—based Foundation for Strategic Studies and a former French official. — The Americans are talking directly and openly about the possibility of eliminating NATO. The idea that it can be redundant at all is news."
However, as the newspaper notes, a formal withdrawal from NATO is a legally complicated procedure that may prove too difficult for Trump.
"Formally withdrawing from the 1949 treaty that created the alliance will be legally difficult. A law passed by Congress in 2023 establishes that
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