Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Is this thread drift a result of that idiotic Torygraph article?
In the past year or so, a lot of people have been wondering just what would/will happen if (1) Mr Trump returns to the Whitehouse and (2) (given his fractious relationship with various European leaders) would he turn a lot of his bloviation on his frustrations with NATO allies not paying their share into an action to no either end US participation in the alliance/treaty, or somehow establish that Article V no longer applies to the US.
While I don't think (1) will happen, (2) can't happen by executive fiat since treaties include a legislative piece (the Senate) so there'd have to be a bun fight over here first before any change in the Washington Treaty (the core NATO document) would see a change of state for the US.