Serious question---can Trump pull us out of NATO on his sole authority? Does Congress

[Atticus]

have no say in whether or not we leave this 70 year old alliance?

[wishstar]

1. Senate must approve a pullout from NATO

Cannot just be done unilaterally by the Pres

[Atticus]

4. That's what I had understood, but all the commentary seems to imply that it is up to

Trump alone. I assumed I must have missed something. Thanks.

ITMF!!!

[djg21]

6. Is that clear?

The Constitution requires 2/3 Senate ratification to enter treaties but is silent as to termination. There is a discussion here: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Treaties.htm

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

9. It's been done before

Bush withdrew us from the ABM Treaty in 2002 without any Congressional approval. Members of Congress took it to court, but it failed.

[djg21]

13. That was my point.

Too many offer what amount to legal opinions with no citation or support, which either are misleading or flatly wrong. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution does not address the termination of treaties, and Presidents have unilaterally terminated treaties in the past.

[Downtown Hound]

2. No.

Congress would have authorize it.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. They just said on Lawrence that the Senate could vote to stop it.

There would need to be a new vote to replace the one they had in 2018.

[Flaleftist]

7. And could McConnell obstruct that vote?

[AlexSFCA]

5. He is commander in chief, of course he can

congress can stop it but won’t. If putin feels trump’s presidency is going down, he must make sure that trump pulls out of nato asap.

[whathehell]

14. Congress would stop it, as they stopped him removing Russia sanctions

Even a corrupt Congress has some sense of self-preservation.

[triron]

8. Trump is clearly acting on behalf of the Kremlin.

Why don't Senators say it? Damn it! We are fucked up!

[superpatriotman]

10. The Senate would totally go along with it

The kompromat runs deep

[whathehell]

15. If they didn't remove Russia sanctions, they'd never quash NATO

They'd go 25th Amendment or impeachment before they'd allow that.

[roamer65]

11. It's time for the Federal Republic of Europe.

[UTUSN]

12. It's been gobsmacking all the junk SHITLER has done by edict after the previous ones

were constantly told they couldn't do this and that, blah blah, checks balances, blah - and yet all this by this jerk!