His stance means at least two of the top four Republicans vying for the presidency are skeptical of America’s involvement in post-World War II institutions.
Vivek Ramaswamy's comments on NATO and the United States are likely to earn him more pushback from U.S. foreign policy traditionalists in both parties. | Steven Senne/APOne of the better-polling Republican presidential candidates said on Monday that withdrawing the U.S. from NATO was a “reasonable idea” and that he was “reevaluating” whether America should remain a member of the United Nations.detailing how the GOP frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, was open to taking the U.S.
If the U.S. were no longer in NATO, it would lose a commitment from 30 other allies to defend it if attacked. The only time NATO’s Article 5 was invoked was after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. And leaving the United Nations would mean a loss of America’s veto power on the Security Council, possibly giving China and Russia, two of the five nations with that privilege, more influence in the world body.
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