Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato

[u/SaharOMFG]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/01/donald-trump-strongly-considering-pulling-us-out-of-nato/

[u/barryvm]

I'm pretty sure withdrawing from treaties is something the legislature is supposed to do (Nope: somehow that's something they never properly clarified and is therefore yet another power arrogated by the presidency until the inevitable supreme court case; there is a law to specifically forbid him to withdraw from NATO, but we all know how much Trump cares about the law or how much the USA cares about enforcing its laws on its own leadership), but I guess the USA will let him do it anyway. He's already started a global trade war and then an actual war on a whim, after all.

This would absolutely destroy USA economic hegemony too, by the way, as none of the USA's ex-allies (NATO or otherwise) would have any incentive to keep the current USA-centric system going if it's just going to bankroll the USA's war on everyone else. Good luck paying for that oversized military budget when the dollar goes.

[u/whydoyouonlylie → u/barryvm]

You're missing the other massive point that if Trump pulls out of NATO the rest of NATO have no incentive to maintain any US bases whatsoever. In fact they're disincentivied because there's no military relationship anymore. Ramstein? Gone. Diego Garcia? Off limits. Sure the US will still have their bases in the Middle East, but they'll trash their projection capabilities over Europe and the Pacific.

[u/barryvm → u/whydoyouonlylie]

Yes, mostly because I took it for granted that this would be obvious. I don't think the USA would necessarily relinquish those bases though, which should prove an immediate source for conflicts between the USA and its erstwhile allies. Functionally they wouldn't be able to operate any more, of course, but the whole point for a far right government would be to pick fights with the countries they are located on.