US EditionRep. Massie Introduces Bill to Remove the United States From NATO
The bill aims to end U.S. funding to NATO and requires presidential notice for withdrawal, citing a shift from Cold War priorities and $trillions spent, Massie said.
- Dec. 10, Rep. Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative from Kentucky, introduced a House bill to require the president to give formal notice of denunciation and withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization .
- Massie argued `NATO is a Cold War relic` and urged withdrawal to redirect funds to U.S. defense, while debates over NATO have intensified within the Republican Party in recent years.
- The bill would prohibit use of U.S. taxpayer funds for NATO's budgets, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna co-sponsored the Not a Trusted Organization Act while Sen. Mike Lee filed a similar Senate version earlier this year.
- Procedural obstacles include no chance of House passage, a Senate filibuster needing 60 of 100 votes, and a possible presidential veto, while Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Roger Wicker favor stronger NATO ties.
- Looking at burden‑sharing, NATO allies agreed on a 5% GDP guideline by 2035, with five nations over 3% in 2024, including the United States at 3.38%.
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'A Cold War relic': GOP moves to pull US out of NATO · American Wire News
Some Republicans are pressing for a measure that would formally remove the U.S. from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie decried the “Cold War relic” as he introduced legislation to cut U.S. ties with the decades-old alliance. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida announced her support in co-sponsoring the Kentucky Republican’s measure, while Sen. Mike Lee of Utah introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Co-s…
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Massie introduces bill to end US membership in NATO
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has long been a critic of continued U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He’s categorized it as an archaic institution that serves no current purpose and a waste of taxpayer money. On Tuesday, Massie introduced a bill to end the country’s membership in NATO. NATO is a Cold War relic. The United States should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our country, not socialist countries.Today…
The Republican representative of Kentucky, Thomas Massie, presented a bill this Wednesday that would withdraw the United States from the alliance he maintains with NATO, which he described as "a Cold War relic." Massie commented in a statement, "We must withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries. NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed more than thirty years ago. Since then, US …
Thomas Massie Introduces Bill to Withdraw U.S. from NATO
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the president to “give notice of the denunciation of the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” The bill would also prohibit the federal government from contributing funds to NATO budgets. “NATO is a Cold War relic,” Massie wrote in a post on X. “The United States should withdraw from NATO and use that…
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