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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

He can't. He doesn't have the authority to. Congress ratifies treaties. Congress cancels treaties.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

There was also legislation in 2023 to prevent a potential future Trump Administration from exiting out of NATO without 2/3 Senate approval or an act of congress. Ironically, it was sponsored by then Senator Marco Rubio.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/politics/can-donald-trump-withdraw-the-us-from-nato

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yah, that's how its supposed to work. Except in bizarro world.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Do it then moron. USA = the only country to invoke article 5 in NATO. 🤡

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 96 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly pulling out is not something the family is known for. Imagine if his father had. Man now wouldn't that be something.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

The most patriotic thing his father could have done was

Tap for spoilercome on his mother’s tits

Seriously though. Fuck this American nonsense already.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 65 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

At this point... just fuck off already. Rip off the bandage and let us start working on fixing the consequences. Evacuate the bases you guys have in the EU. Just leave us alone. Do the whole isolationism thing. Please, I beg of you.

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of Dog, go.

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

This is kind of what he campaigned on… as one promise at least. Knew a few service members excited they’d get to be away less often if he was elected. That is the main reason some voted for him.

I kept telling them they were making a huge mistake because he will get a hair up his ass and do something stupid to stay in office or draw attention away from a fuckup. And here we are… multiple fuckups and failed distractions later. I wish I could see their faces now but they’re on their way to Iran. Heh.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 26 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Do the whole isolationism thing. Please, I beg of you.

I don't think that's what's Trump intends to do after leaving NATO.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 12 points 20 hours ago

I know, it was just my personal suggestion. IMO its time for America to do some isolation and look in the mirror for a decade, maybe two.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Apart from all the wars he's launching.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 81 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Will make zero difference to ardent supporters of the death cult. They know. They've known for years.

They do. Not. Care.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 34 points 20 hours ago

Well NATO is older than 13

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 46 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

If anyone had any doubts about whether or not Putin was pulling the strings, this should silence them.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not a carefully choreographed puppet show...

It's like an art exhibit where any random person can walk up and yank on strings, often in opposite directions.

You're assigning order to chaos, the same reason every early civilization had a "lightning god".

Our brains want an explanation, so we invent them to explain chaos. Even when the explanation is clearly not matching up to reality.

Reality is a lot worse than just trump doing whatever Putin asks.

It's less "puppet" and more multi-player QWOP where random people each have a single button.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

To steal a wonderful turn of phrase, Putin doesn't pull Trump's strings because he doesn't have to. Getting him elected was enough. "Trump is a fire and forget idiot."

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 16 points 21 hours ago

Putin controls a large number of strings and buttons.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The orange child rapist is an idiot... the occam's razor is still that he is too stupid, has no clue how anything works and is simply making one foolish decision after another.

Being this stupid, he is very easily manipulated (as is evident by now), so maybe Putin is manipulating him... but honestly, trump is simply too stupid to be anyone's "asset"

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 20 hours ago

In the end it's just a rich kid used to getting what he wants even if it's stupid that got a fat cheque from his father

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago

Yeah I'm giving him way too much credit

[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"Wah, wah, wah, im a little bitch"

  • trump, everytime he says anything
[–] Bell@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

"Don't look there, look over here!"

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Great. Get lost. So when you attack Greenland or Canada, article 5 can be used against the US instead of it being an internal dispute within NATO.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

Exactly. America First = America Alone. Piss off wankees.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 18 points 20 hours ago

NATO is a defensive alliance. USA just showed the world it can't even defend a 100 mile strip of water. How will it defend its allies when USA is crying it can't do it and the allies have to take over. There isn't much added value.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago
[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Also werden die Amerikaner das schaffen, was der EU nicht konnte: eine echte EU Armee... Danke sehr, ihr Schweine

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 8 points 21 hours ago
[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 21 hours ago

oh, please do.

[–] faizalr@piefed.social 5 points 21 hours ago

Most welcome.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 20 hours ago

I wish his hideous mom had done the same 80 fucking years ago or however old this sack of shit is

[–] leoj@piefed.social -2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Iran has shown that the United States needs NATO, and NATO needs the United States, more than ever. If Iranian Shaheeds and their manpeds / S300s are hitting US fighters and sneaking past defenses, who knows what more advanced or just sheer high scale weaponry could do, air superiority does not feel guaranteed.

A near peer (Russia) conflict would be ugly on a scale not seen since WWI, a true peer (China) conflict would unleash horrors we cannot imagine. We will all need each other, as NATO is a significant deterrent factor, which could actually save the lives of millions through deterrence, or shift the balance of warfare through increase manufacturing and safe zone output.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that the US are the only NATO member that refused Ukraine's offers of assistance, training and intelligence sharing on anti-drone warfare. The rest of us have been actively wargaming how to deal with these kinds of threats for quite some time. The US is not a litmus test for the cutting edge of NATO anymore.

[–] leoj@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

I think you're agreeing with me? I'm not sure, but that was the point I was trying to make - we need each other for different reasons.