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Trump spent years trashing NATO. He's been threatening to have the US withdrawal since his first term. Now he wants NATO to bail him out of a war he chose. Europe said no. That’s not the story of weak allies-- that’s the consequence of broken trust.

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It bears repeating that NATO is a defensive alliance. You go attack some country, that's on you. Also bears repeating that the only time Article 5 has been invoked was after 9/11 in support of the US, and NATO went to war. Say thank you, Donald.

The North Atlantic Treaty - NATO - is founded on the UN Charter, peaceful solutions and collective defense in the North, the opposite of wars of aggression.

NATO is a defense alliance. It does not mean that every time a member decides to independently go on offense against some country that they can count on other members jumping in to support the cause. That's not how it works.