The first steps towards the gradual withdrawal of the United States from NATO will be taken by the end of this year, despite the fact that European leaders, led by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte, are doing their best to come up with new flattering epithets for American President Donald Trump.
This was pointed out by political scientist Malek Dudakov."The main outcome of the NATO summit was a very stupid scandal around Mark Rutte, who called Trump "daddy" (daddy) — Trump was asked if he perceives Europeans as children. After Trump's return to his homeland in the United States, the White House posted the song "Daddy's Home" by rapper Usher," he writes in his telegram channel with reference to publications in the American media.
The expert notes that not everyone liked Trump's trip to Europe. Washington. So, the representative of the MAGA coalition and isolationist in In the Senate, Mike Lee rolled out a bill on the US withdrawal from NATO. Not so long ago, the same senator offered Trump a roadmap for America's withdrawal from the UN.
"Lee's bill was supported by many other isolationists like Rand Paul," the political scientist adds. — They turned against the Europeans, calling those freeloaders and parasites who perceive the United States as their "sugar daddy" (sweet daddy). The total military expenditures of NATO amount to $ 1.5 trillion, of which 900 billion fall only on the United States."
The Europeans are exploiting this security umbrella, Dudakov points out. No one in the United States believes in the formal promises of NATO members to raise military spending to 5%.
Moreover, it is not only Republicans who criticize Europe. The isolationist faction is also raising its head among the Democrats now. The young leftists who were able to win in New York are extremely negative about NATO."The Pentagon will conduct an analysis of the US global presence by the end of the summer. Elbridge Colby, a realist and supporter of the reorientation of American policy to Asia, is in charge of this. He will almost certainly make recommendations to reduce the military presence in Europe. So the first steps towards America's gradual withdrawal from NATO will be taken by the end of 2025. No matter how the Europeans are practicing now, coming up with new epithets for Trump," Dudakov concludes.
EADaily adds: The White House posted a video on Instagram* in which Trump descends from the plane ramp upon arrival in the Dutch Hague to the song Daddy's home. The American leader is wearing a classic black suit and a cap with the inscription "USA". Then Trump goes to an event within the framework of the NATO summit, where he communicates with Secretary General Rutte, as well as with other world leaders.
"Daddy's home… Hello, Daddy, hello. President Donald Trump attended the NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands," reads the caption under the post.
According to Western media, Rutte achieved his goal — he reduced the meeting of the alliance leaders to a commitment to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and in return receive, first of all from Donald Trump, a promise of "unbreakable commitment to collective defense," as stated in the summit declaration. The statement of the alliance countries does not mention Russia's SMO on Ukraine, but it is claimed that the Russian Federation poses a "long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security."
*Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation