From what I understand trump cannot withdraw from NATO without Congress, and it would require 2/3 for Congress

[lostincalifornia]

to do it, unless they get rid of the filibuster.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. The filibuster has nothing to do with revoking treaty agreements

The requirement for a supermajority was written into the law, and cannot be changed unless the law itself was changed.

[lostincalifornia]

3. Thank-you for educating me. +++

[Raven123]

2. Won't make a difference if Trump simply refuses to support NATO

[Irish_Dem]

6. Exactly.

It is so cute when people keep telling us that Trump cannot do this or that.
And then Trump does exactly that.
No one will stop him.

[wnylib]

8. I think that withholding funds from NATO

might be included in his speech tonight.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I agree. He is gunning for NATO.

And it is a long time goal of Putin to break up all democratic country alliances.

[Moostache]

4. Not that its needed, but there's ANOTHER article of impeachment coming in January.... (n/t)

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump doesn't need the law, congress, courts to give him permission.

He will do what he wants.
No one will stop him.

[pat_k]

7. And he can't unconstitutionally impound funds appropriated by congress, and he can't...

... unilaterally dismantle executive agencies, and he can't unilaterally redefine the mission of executive agencies, and he can't violate civil servant protections by firing without cause, and he can't unilaterally withdraw from climate treaties, and he can't unilaterally tear down part of the white house, and he can't unilaterally declare war, and he can't unilaterally override state voting laws, and he can't unilaterally rename the Kennedy Center, and he can't unilaterally end birthright citizenship, and he can't unilaterally impose tariffs under bogus declarations of "national emergency," and he can't unilaterally rename the Department of Defense, and he can't unilaterally end temporary protected status, and he can't declare his intent to commit ever more monumental war crimes in our name, and he can't instigate a violent riot with impunity, and he can't order the DOJ and FBI to engage in a massive coverup of his corruption in office and criminal involvement with Epstein (at a MINIMUM, the fact that he knowingly allowed human traffickers and pedophiles to transact their criminal business on Trump properties and in his presence), and he can't...

and on, and on, and on.

But he just keeps barreling forward.

And tragically, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, when courts have blocked his blatantly unconstitutional actions, the six black-robed traitors on SCOTUS reverse and give him the green light to abuse power on the shadow docket.

Just because he lost on tariffs, and is likely to lose on birthright citizenship, two issues the court actually decided to consider on the regular docket, doesn't outweigh the incredible damage the six black-robbed traitors have done on the shadow docket to rubber stamp blatantly unconstitutional acts with no record of arguments, no record of reasoning, no actual judicial processes.

There are just so, so, so goddamned many things that every journalist, elected, legislative body, corporate leader, and member of the judiciary with a conscience has a MORAL OBLIGATION to loudly, repeatedly, and CONTINOUSLY condemn and work tirelessly to engage the public and build the political will to IMPEACH AND REMOVE Trump, his co-conspirator VANCE, EVERY MEMBER of the felon's corrupt cabinet, AND the six black-robed traitors on SCOTUS who have openly broken both their JUDICIAL and CONSTITUTIONAL OATHS.

[flvegan]

9. "America has gotten it's NATO cooties shot, and is now immune to NATO." - Dopey Donnie, probably