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What if Donald Trump asks the Senate to vote to abrogate our alliance with NATO? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP
I don't see that happening. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1
Give them the right incentive... atreides1 Mar 2017 #3
Obviously it would not pass. drray23 Mar 2017 #2
Pence went over there and reiterated our continued alliance with NATO. AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #4
I don't bdamomma Mar 2017 #5
Can President Bannon swipe left via an executive order? Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #6
It's a treaty. It requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #7

atreides1

(16,079 posts)
3. Give them the right incentive...
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 10:08 PM
Mar 2017

...and the majority of the GOP Senators would sell their own children, and you might get a few Democrats, too!!!

drray23

(7,629 posts)
2. Obviously it would not pass.
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 10:07 PM
Mar 2017

Many (all? ) republicans are proponents of NATO. Mc Cain for example would never go for it

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
4. Pence went over there and reiterated our continued alliance with NATO.
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 10:09 PM
Mar 2017

Sen. McCain went along for good measure to make sure the plebe didnt f*%k it up. We are not moving away from NATO.

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