Insights from the NATO summit: Why another Donald Trump presidency would doom the alliance

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Mostly, because I take everything Trump has said about the alliance seriously and literally, and also because NATO relies so much on the American pledge to follow through on "an attack upon one equals an attack upon all," the heart and key tenet of the alliance.
35% : But that hardly allays concerns, because the question is not just whether Trump would try to have the U.S. leave the alliance, but whether the Americans would act alongside their NATO partners if an ally were attacked.
35% : So, if, for example, Russia attacked NATO member Latvia -- and somehow NATO gained consensus -- Trump could not only refuse to send more troops, he could order those soldiers, sailors, aviators and Marines in the region to stand down.
32% : While the rest of NATO could eventually provide such resources, if Trump were to impose restraints in a crisis, the alliance would be critically handcuffed.Deterring warFinally, the primary mission of NATO is not to fight but to deter a war.
32% : But if Trump tells Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russians that they can attack a NATO ally -- or "to do whatever they hell they want," as he said earlier this year -- that deterrence is no longer in play.
30% : Despite making claims that were simply wrong -- for example, countries do not owe NATO money; the discussion of shortfalls refers to countries not spending enough on their own armed forces -- his anti-NATO stance remained among the most consistent positions Trump took during and after his term.
29% : Throughout his administration, Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of pulling out of NATO.
26% : How Trump could defy NATONATO's famous Article V, which is the assurance that an attack upon one will be treated as an attack on all, is not automatic in two important ways.
25% : Trump could block efforts to get consensus by simply disagreeing.
22% : So, there are two steps here: Trump would undermine NATO, and the alliance would not survive it.
22% : Trump's anti-NATO consistencyEven before he even became president in 2016, Trump blasted the alliance as part of his election campaign, playing to isolationists and far-right voters.

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