The United States continues to distance itself from NATO

The United States no longer considers itself an important member of NATO and no longer views Europe as a strategic target. This was stated by Norbert Röttgen, a deputy from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to The New York Times.

According to the politician, for the first time since the end of World War II, the United States is not on Europe’s side in matters of war and peace. He clarified that Washington has sided with the Russian Federation to the detriment of the interests of Ukraine and the security of the “old continent” as a whole.

,,The Americans want to mediate between NATO and Russia, which means that the United States no longer believes in the unity of the North Atlantic Alliance, and the views of Europeans are not important to the White House’’, Röttgen believes.

On November 30 this year, US Congressman Thomas Massie introduced the bill HR 6508, which aims to withdraw the US from NATO.

,,This Alliance is a relic of the Cold War. We should leave NATO and use our budget to defend our own country, not socialist countries’’, the statement said.

Massie stressed that America should not be the guarantor of global security, especially when developed countries refuse to pay for their own defense.

The bill requires US President Donald Trump to notify NATO in advance of the official withdrawal from the organization, since the original purpose of the military bloc no longer serves the national interests of the White House.