As part of the potential #ForeignPolicy shift, the #US might NOT defend a fellow #NATO member that is attacked if the country doesn’t meet the #defense spending threshold [or Trump’s perception of what they spend, which is extremely skewed & based on #disinformation]. If #Trump makes that change, it would mark a significant shift from a core tenet of the #alliance known as #Article5, which says that an attack on any NATO country is an attack on all of them.

#USpol #geopolitics #RevengePolitics

#Trump is also considering a policy change in which the #US may prioritize #military exercises w/ #NATO members that are spending the set percentage of their GDPs on #defense. He has already signaled to America’s European #allies that the US could reduce its military presence in #Europe, & one option under consideration is to reposition US troops in the region so they are in or around NATO countries that have scaled up defense spending to meet the specific percentage of their GDPs.

#MafiaState

…#NATO countries agreed more than a decade ago to set the spending goal for each of them at 2% of GDP. But #Trump has pushed to increase that percentage. Most recently he said NATO members should spend 5% of their #GDP on #defense, though the US does NOT do that.

“NATO has to pay more,” Trump said in Jan. “It’s ridiculous because it affects them a lot more. We have an ocean in between.” [idiot, cuz nations only attack by land /s.]

#MafiaState #idiocracy #geopolitics #NationalSecurity

Acc/to NATO’s most recent stats, last year 23 #NATO members’ #defense spending exceeded 2% of their GDP. 5 of those nations — #Estonia, #Greece, #Latvia, #Poland & the #US — spent >3%. Poland had the highest percentage, dedicating 4.12% of its GDP to defense.

The potential shift in how the US participates in NATO comes as #Trump is pushing European #allies to do more to #aid #Ukraine in its #war w/ #Russia & to play a major role in maintaining #peace if a deal to end the war is reached.