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Trump Will Pull Out of NATO if Re-Elected
He doesn’t understand what it is or how it is helpful to the U.S.
As if you needed another reason not to vote for Trump … I know that you don’t, but humor me, okay? Trump is already talking about pulling out of NATO when he is re-elected.
Remember, with Trump, it’s always WHEN he is re-elected, not IF he is re-elected.
You may recall that he wanted to pull out of NATO during his first term but was always talked out of it. That was when guardrails were in place and adults were still employed in the administration. The second time around … if there is a second time around … Trump will be hiring on the basis of personal loyalty and philosophical compatibility.
Wow, I can’t believe that I just used “Trump” and “philosophical” in the same sentence.
What I mean to say is, Trump will only be hiring people who agree with him. And a lot of them will probably come from a think tank called the Center for Renewing America which is staffed by veterans of Trump’s first administration and MAGA Republicans.
This think tank recently published a policy brief entitled “Pivoting the US Away from Europe to a Dormant NATO.” In it was this little gem:
