He can't do that without a 2/3 senate super majority vote

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Posted by HasBen on March 04, 2025 at 16:17:35

In Reply to: Trump to announce US is leaving Nato in today's posted by blindness on March 04, 2025 at 14:25:46

Most recently, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, enacted on December 22, 2023, prohibits the President from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without approval of a two-third Senate super-majority or an act of Congress.

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That won't stop him andyH 16:35:21 03/04/25 (20)
- What I’m wondering, is NATO has nukes. If our nukes were a TheHappyBurgermeister 19:59:37 03/04/25 (8)
  - Joint response: TheHappyBurgermeister 23:22:32 03/04/25 (2)
    - Re: Joint response: Dr.J 10:55:27 03/05/25 (1)
      - Someone here said they aren’t idiots. I’m sure either they are TheHappyBurgermeister 15:50:48 03/05/25 (0)
  - Re: What I’m wondering, is NATO has nukes. If our nukes were a confused442 22:59:34 03/04/25 (0)
  - NATO per se doesn’t have nuclear weapons; England and France Dr.J 22:52:18 03/04/25 (3)
    - Additionally, it's worth noting Ukraine HAD nukes. BluBlood 23:24:01 03/04/25 (2)
      - North Korea and Iran are developing nukes for the same reason DSCBruin 23:30:16 03/04/25 (1)
        
        I imagine any nation that has been talked out of nukes . . . BluBlood 00:15:23 03/05/25 (0)
- Actually it will stop him. The law is very clear and was HasBen 17:43:26 03/04/25 (5)
  - The question has always been: Who's gonna stop him?* blindness 19:45:36 03/04/25 (1)
    - Color coordinated clothing? Dr.J 22:55:25 03/04/25 (0)
  - Supreme Court says he isn’t liable for lawbreaking Dr.J 19:27:04 03/04/25 (0)
  - L’etat, c’est l’orange TheHappyBurgermeister 19:12:06 03/04/25 (0)
  - He won't send troops, at least not to NATO countries * andyH 18:08:36 03/04/25 (0)
- Next: leaving the UN* DSCBruin 17:07:41 03/04/25 (4)
  - Won't happen. If we leave, who'll veto security council decisions blindness 18:09:59 03/04/25 (3)
    - Easy. Israel leaves Israel too DSCBruin 18:37:48 03/04/25 (2)
      - True. A nation that comes into being thanks to a UN resolution blindness 19:39:26 03/04/25 (1)
        
        Not that different from getting elected through the Constitution DSCBruin 21:18:24 03/04/25 (0)

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