Donald Trump, during his second term in the White House, could greatly undermine NATO. CNN reports this.
Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton He said in 2023 on the Audible In the Room podcast that Trump could withdraw the United States from NATO during his second term. However, this year the US Congress made it more difficult for the American president to leave the alliance; This will now require a qualified majority in the US Senate or a law approved by the full Congress, the television channel reports.
“However, Trump can greatly undermine NATO and its reason for existence, which is collective self-defense, with his public statements because he is the commander in chief of the alliance’s most important country. In February, Trump said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever it wants” with any NATO member that does not spend 2% of its GDP on defense. – says the article.
This month NATO Secretary General Marcos Rutte argued that the ambitions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin extend beyond Ukraine. “Russia is waging an escalating campaign of hybrid attacks against the territories of our allies, directly interfering in our democracies, sabotaging industries and committing acts of violence… This demonstrates that the shifting front lines in this war are no longer alone in Ukraine. The front line is increasingly moving beyond the borders towards the Baltic region, towards Western Europe,” the newly appointed Secretary General said without hesitation.
Given Trump’s “strange friendship” with Putin, Russia will likely feel justified in continuing its efforts to undermine NATO countries, knowing that Trump may not fight back, the author concludes.
