Donald Trump threatens to withdraw U.S. from NATO
- Donald Trump raised the threat on Wednesday, April 1, of a U.S. departure from NATO.
- The American president has been criticizing the Alliance a lot lately.
- On LCI, Colonel Peer de Jong discusses this possible U.S. withdrawal.
Will Donald Trump slam the door on NATO? The White House tenant acted on Wednesday, April 1, with the threat of a U.S. withdrawal from the alliance, just over a month after the start of the war in the Middle East. According to Colonel Peer de Jong, a U.S. departure from NATO is very much feasible.
“70% of NATO’s military equipment comes from the United States. Donald Trump can do it whenever he wants. It’s an alliance that is quite flexible. However, the issue is that it’s the end of a system and the American umbrella”
in Europe, the LCI consultant highlighted on Wednesday, a few hours after the American president’s statements. For the latter, the alliance is a “paper tiger”
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“I do not take Donald Trump’s threats seriously,” says former U.S. ambassador Charles Adams regarding a possible U.S. departure from NATO.
The threats from Donald Trump come three months before the next NATO summit, scheduled to begin in early July in Turkey. “We can see that there has been a fixation against Europe in recent weeks from Donald Trump, who is settling scores”
, continues Peer de Jong, who discusses European positions in the Middle East: “We’re not helping Donald Trump in the Gulf. We can see that for the past three weeks, a month, not much has been happening, even if the French have done a little more than others”
, reminds the colonel on LCI.
