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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat if Donald Trump asks the Senate to vote to abrogate our alliance with NATO?
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What if Donald Trump asks the Senate to vote to abrogate our alliance with NATO? (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,703 posts)1. I don't see that happening.
Even the GOPers in the Senate have always supported NATO.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)3. Give them the right incentive...
...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.
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.
Sen. McCain went along for good measure to make sure the plebe didnt f*%k it up. We are not moving away from NATO.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)5. I don't
think the Senate will do it.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)6. Can President Bannon swipe left via an executive order?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)7. It's a treaty. It requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate.