Donald Trump threatens USA withdrawal from NATO
- Donald Trump raised the threat on Wednesday, April 1, of a USA departure from NATO.
- The American president has been increasingly critical of the Alliance lately.
- Colonel Peer de Jong discusses this possible US withdrawal on LCI.
Will Donald Trump slam the door on NATO? The White House tenant acted on Wednesday, April 1, threatening a US withdrawal from the alliance, just over a month after the start of the war in the Middle East. According to Colonel Peer de Jong, an American departure from NATO is entirely conceivable.
“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 problem is that it is the end of a system and of the American umbrella”
in Europe, points out the LCI consultant this Wednesday, a few hours after the statements of the American president. For the latter, the alliance is a “paper tiger”
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Donald Trump’s threats come three months before the next NATO summit, scheduled to begin in early July in Turkey. “We can see that there has been an anti-European fixation by Donald Trump for a few weeks, who will settle his scores”
, continues Peer de Jong, who discusses European positions in the Middle East: “We are 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 the others”
, recalls the colonel on LCI.
