How Donald Trump’s re-election would threaten NATO’s Article 5

AS PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMPNATONATO made no secret of his dislike of . In 2018, at a summit of the military alliance, he threatened that America would “go its own way” if other members did not increase their defence spending. He is said often to have talked privately about leaving . But on February 10th, at a rally in South Carolina, . He claimed, no doubt apocryphally, that the “president of a big country” asked him: “Well, sir, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia—will you protect us?” Mr Trump says he replied: “You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent... No, I would not protect you. In fact I would encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want.”