The US new National Security Strategy
you're [Europe] anti-American by definition. And this is the national security strategy of the United States that seeks to promote American security interests. So don't be surprised that we've turned against Europe. And this is a fundamental turn. This isn't you know a little lover's spat. This isn't a quarrel that will be papered over. This is of a fundamental nature. Europe is on a pathway according to the Trump administration to civilizational erasure. That means you're gone. You're doing it to yourself. We have decided that we will try to get those European nations, not the European Union, not the European community, those European nations that are worth saving on the right trajectory. But NATO is finished. I hope people understand that too because the Trump administration has said there are members of NATO today who don't reflect the cultural values um and realities of the nations that signed the charter and therefore they are incompatible with what we believe should be defensed under the charter.
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Europe better wake the hell up because America's waking up. We're sick and tired of sending money your way of saving your asses only to have you sit there and spit in our face. Look, there's ways to criticize America. We deserve to be criticized. We are not perfect. We have done a lot of things wrong. And there I have no problem with pe people holding us to account. But when you owe your very existence to the blood of Americans, you better bite your tongue when you start to say certain things. or don't be surprised when we turn around and hold you to account. And that's what's happening today. You are being held to account by a generation of Americans who are tired of playing the game. We're not going to underwrite your security with a blank check anymore and we're not going to stand by idly while you plot against us.
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Russia was a partner of stability. And therefore, anything that seeks to undermine this strategic decision to be have a stable relationship with Russia becomes the enemy. And Germany, you're now the enemy. You're the official enemy of the United States. Get used to it. France, the same thing. I mean, Macron actively conspiring against the United States right now. Starmer, the same thing. I mean, there was a rumor going out that they're talking about divesting themselves of American treasuries. Play the game. Really? I mean, there's the old fool around and then you will find out. We will crush you. We will destroy you. That will be the end of Europe.
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NATO can't have a large scale military exercise without the United States involvement. We're not going to be involved. We're going to start to withdraw a whole bunch of critical support to NATO while we still be in NATO. We're just going to tell the Europeans, you gota you got to do it. Europe can't do it. Europe doesn't have logistical infrastructure that can unify Europe. They don't have a communications framework that can unify Europe. They were relying on the United States for this forever. Um and so then as Europe starts to collapse, the expense of sustaining uh NATO without the United States uh becomes prohibitive and nations are going to opt out, especially when the United States offers them bilateral security arrangements. And this is what's going to be the end of NATO when the United States moves away from collective security. And we already have. Scott Bessett made it clear that if Russia attacks NATO, we're not going to come screaming in with troops. We'll be willing to sell you some equipment. Maybe that's it. Of course, that's all that's required under Article 5. People haven't read it very closely if they think that it automatically requires us to send troops in. But we're done with that. So we are getting to a situation where if a European nation behaves irresponsibly and provokes Russia and Russia attacks it that there isn't going to be a collective response by NATO because NATO can't collectively respond without the United States and we're opting out of that. We we view Europe as an irresponsible entity right now.
Bill to Remove the United States from NATO
“NATO is a Cold War relic. We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries,” said Rep. Thomas Massie. “NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed over thirty years ago. Since then, U.S. participation has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and continues to risk U.S. involvement in foreign wars. Our Constitution did not authorize permanent foreign entanglements, something our Founding Fathers explicitly warned us against. America should not be the world’s security blanket—especially when wealthy countries refuse to pay for their own defense.”
massie.house.gov - Rep. Massie Introduces Bill to Remove the United States from NATO
