President Donald Trump’s near daily threats to pull the U.S. out of NATO have finally sparked some vocal pushback from Congress. “The law clearly states that only Congress can authorize the president to withdraw the U.S. from NATO. has also been clear that most Senate Republicans still firmly support the trans-Atlantic military alliance. It is a crucial force multiplier in an increasingly dangerous world,” said the senators, who both sit on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Any president that contemplates attempting to withdraw from NATO is not only fulfilling [Russian President] Vladimir Putin and [President of China] Xi Jinping’s greatest dreams but would be undermining America’s own national security interests,” the senators said.

Source: Huffington Post April 03, 2026 03:40 UTC