Trump Threatens to Undermine NATO’s Article 5 Iran‑War Commitments Despite Law Requiring Congress to Approve Any U.S. Exit
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President Biden's predecessor has publicly threatened to pull the U.S. out of NATO and to condition or even abandon Article 5‑style defense commitments after allies refused to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling the alliance a "paper tiger" and privately discussing ways to weaken U.S. obligations. Those remarks clash with legal and political constraints: a 2023 law bars a president from unilaterally withdrawing the U.S. from NATO without congressional approval (and NATO’s Article 13 requires formal notice and a one‑year waiting period), even as allies and U.S. officials push back and reaffirm their commitments.