'They Failed': White House Drops Bombshell That Trump Will Discuss US Withdrawal With NATO Leader

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 8th, 2026, 2:35 pm


White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dropped some bombshell news at Wednesday afternoon’s briefing when she revealed that President Donald Trump would be discussing the United States’ potential exit from NATO with Secretary General Mark Rutte later that day.

After being asked, “On NATO, can you tell me, is the United States still considering withdrawing from NATO? Is that still a possibility?” Leavitt replied, “It’s something the president has discussed, and I think it’s something the president will be discussing in a couple of hours with Secretary General Rutte.”. “And perhaps you’ll hear directly from the president following that meeting later this afternoon,” she added.

Earlier in the same press conference, a reporter noted that some European allies have issued a joint statement saying, “our governments will contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” before asking Leavitt, “What’s the administration’s reaction to that joint statement? Does that smooth things over when the president meets with NATO Secretary General a little bit later this afternoon?”. She replied:

I have a direct quote from the president of the United States on NATO, and I will share it with all of you: “They were tested, and they failed.” And I would add it’s quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people over the course of the last six weeks when it’s the American who have been funding their defense. As you know, President Trump will be meeting with Secretary Rutte in a couple of hours here at the White House, and I know he looks forward to having a very frank and candid conversation with him.

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[yellow dahlia]

1. He has his orders and "suggestions" from Pootin, and he obliges.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. He also has "orders" from Congress

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forbidding any unilateral withdraw from NATO.

S.J.Res.37 - A joint resolution requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

(in 2023, they inserted that into an annual National Defense Authorization Act, which Congress passed and President Biden signed)

Separation of Powers and NATO Withdrawal

[yellow dahlia]

9. And will that stop him?

And will Congress step up? I certainly hope so.

[displacedvermoter]

11. Rubio was one of the leaders of the Congressional action

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so it will be interesting to see how much more pride he is willing to swallow swallow in service to this dirtbag who hates him and loves humiliating him.

[yellow dahlia]

23. Good point.

[displacedvermoter]

30. Won't mean much now,

he won't say anything and another half assed Executive Order will be issued.

What will become of the various bases we use now, under NATO aegis, I am wondering? Would we keep them, a foot in the door maybe, jumping off points for an invasion of the Continent, it could be noted?

If I was a NATO host nation -- the UK, Italy, Germany, etc -- that is how I would take it, and tell them to get the hell out. Then there will be some trouble!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. I expect Congress would say that whatever he "claims" is not recognized or in effect

Of course he is free to try to E.O. his way out of it and hopefully the courts will intervene QUICKLY, including the SCOTUS.

[BidenRocks]

16. The poor MIC.

Losing all those military hardware contracts.
That is already an issue with the Grippen and F-35.
They will cut their losses due to no trust in America.

[popsdenver]

24. "POOR" MIC ??????????

His budget for the Military and MIC is an astronomical ONE TRILLION PLUS DOLLARS for next year......

If he were to succeed at getting out of NATO, it would mean shutting down ALL of our Military Bases in all those countries, and abandoning them..........Certainly giving PUTIN and orgasm and an Aneurism at the same time.........
All of the Military would return to the U.S. just in time for him to spread them across the U.S. to enforce his Martial Law, due to him illegally enacting the Insurrection Act, and throwing out the Posse Comatatus Act at the same time.......both of which he has already instituted on a limited basis, mostly in Blue States and along the Mexican Border.....

[soldierant]

20. It won't stop him from trying.

But it won't hold up in court - and somehow, we'll have to go there if he tries.

[vapor2]

10. Thanks for posting this......No, he cannot leave NATO

[Miguelito Loveless]

19. They think he obeys laws

How adorably quaint.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

25. Yup! Putin's plan all along!

[Lovie777]

2. Can't do......

WH knows that.

[bluestarone]

4. That's good, because he and most rethugs would, if they could.

I just want to apologize here and now that some Americans are FAILURES!!

[sakabatou]

26. Dump doesn't care. He believes himself an authoritarian ruler.

[Chasstev365]

3. Elementary Constitutional knowledge says he has no such power to do so

However, let's see what the "Reichstag Republicans" do.

[AZJonnie]

5. His boss Putin might just cream his jeans. This is the biggest reason he's been grooming IQ47 for many decades

to get him to POTUS, then for him to get the USA to drop out of NATO.

Not sure Mango Mussolini has that authority, but who knows what Congress might do if it comes down to them. A certain Pennsylvania senator one can assume will be all in.

[Kahuna]

29. Yep. Putin gets a two-fer with trump...

Destruction of America and NATO.

[Red Mountain]

6. They aren't obligated to clean up after Trump

So he can have his tantrum.

Trump can't unilaterally withdraw, either....Congress will have to act.

He can probably do a lot to screw things up without Congressional authorization.....but the military isn't going to like the idea of losing their European bases. I expect there will be massive behind the scenes push back from the professionals.

It's just more bullying from Trump. He'll shake them down for something and not do a damn thing.....remains to seen how much he can get.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. WH claims today is Tuesday.

That doesn't make it a true.

[MLWR]

13. "They failed."

No, @$$hole, YOU FAILED. YOU ALWAYS FAIL. YOU are the BIGGEST LOSER.

[Hope22]

14. PS...You're fired!😁🤣😁

[Upthevibe]

15. Kick. N/T

[OGBuzz]

17. Mark Rutte was singing praises about Trump after their meeting.....

said how much he respects Trumps leadership, but he declined to say whether Trump discussed leaving NATO. The whole world fears this lunatic. Trump needs to be removed before the unthinkable happens.

[yankee87]

18. Axis of Evil

That is what we are now. We are closer to Russia now.

[Emrys]

21. I wish NATO had had somebody less emollient, creepy even, than Rutte meeting Trump

I gather he's seen it as his mission as NATO Secretary general to be something of a Trump whisperer, but many of the European allies are still reeling from Rutte calling Trump "daddy" last year. I mean, pass the sickbag, Alice. Then he seems to have undermined key NATO partners like Macron, whose outspokenness in defence of sanity and international law was something I'd rather have heard from a secretary general worth his salt. Rather than this ... whateverthehell it's meant to be:

The Secretary General told CNN that he pointed out that "the large majority of European nations has been helpful with basing, with logistics, with overflights".

"It's therefore a nuanced picture," Rutte said.

Whether or not that point - and the Secretary General's own warm relationship with Trump - are enough for the US president remains to be seen.

Asked if the world was safer now than it was before the war, Rutte said "absolutely" and credited that to Trump's "leadership" in degrading Iran's nuclear threats.

He added Nato members do not see the war in Iran as illegal, and most agreed it was important to degrade Iran's nuclear capabilities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05d8j9r5ejo

[Bayard]

22. NATO did not turn their backs on the American people,

They just didn't want to play trump's game, so he's stomping his feet, and waving his tiny hands.

[JBTaurus83]

27. First of all we were not attacked

Secondly, we are the only ones to ever ask for NATO help after 9/11.

Third, the damage is already done. We have a terrible reputation worldwide, and no intelligent European will be holding their breath for help from what was once the USA.

[AZProgressive]

28. He's also threatening Greenland again

'Poorly run, piece of ice': Trump targets Greenland again as Iran war deepens NATO rift

Published Wed, Apr 8 2026 10:10 PM EDT
Updated Wed, Apr 8 2026 11:05 PM EDT

Anniek Bao

U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war exposes rifts in Washington's ties with the security alliance.

In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening stateside, Trump said that "NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!"

The latest broadside comes after Trump announced a 2-week ceasefire after more than a month of fighting with Iran. Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO members for not joining the war effort in Iran, saying his call for action was "a great test," while threatening to pull out of the alliance.

Trump has taken aim at NATO and Greenland in recent days. "It all began with, if you want to know the truth, Greenland," Trump told reporters at a White House press conference Monday. "We want Greenland. They don't want to give it to us. And I said, 'bye, bye.'"

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/09/trump-greenland-nato-rift-iran-war-deepens.html

Time for 25th amendment or impeachment.