Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
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.
But didn't the money "come rolling in" from NATO allies the last time he was in office? I'm sure he said something along this line.
While I don't think (1) will happen
I'm already resigned to our collective fate.
(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.
Weirdly things are never quite as simple or easy as the big man makes out. Yet people fall for it every single time.