Source: Quillette
by Matt Johnson
“For the past couple of years, there has been a lot of anxious speculation about what will happen to the United States’[s] relationship with Europe if Trump wins a second term. European leaders are trying to ‘Trump-proof’ NATO with pledges to increase military spending. A measure in the 2023 National Defence Authorisation Act prevents the president from unilaterally withdrawing from the alliance. Even if Trump doesn’t push for such a drastic step, his promise to ‘finish the process we began under my administration of fundamentally reevaluating NATO’s purpose and NATO’s mission’ has raised urgent questions about the future of the alliance — and the transatlantic relationship more broadly–if he returns to the White House.” (09/17/24)
https://quillette.com/2024/09/17/nato-and-the-return-of-trump-ukraine-russia-china-taiwan/