Anton LaGuardia identifies three reasons Donald Trump's NATO threats are more serious now: intensified hostility, his revived claim that America should take Greenland, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio abandoning his prior defense of the alliance.
NATO Secretary Mark Rutte attempted to placate Trump by arguing Europeans quietly enabled U.S. power projection and praised his actions against Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities, but Trump's post-meeting social post signaled continued dissatisfaction.
A law requires Trump to secure a two-thirds Senate majority to withdraw from NATO, but LaGuardia notes its constitutionality is untested and Trump could cripple the alliance by withholding funds, troops, or its American commander without formally leaving.
Historically, NATO members are not obligated to support each other's military adventures absent an Article 5 invocation. Landler cites the 1950s Suez Crisis, where the US opposed British and French actions, as a precedent.
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