It’s a bit more complicated than that. NATO was about projecting US style hegemony. NATO’s members were okay with a country like the United States being “in charge” because the US used to understand that there was win/win to be had from the relationship.
The United States stopped being like that. I could potentially see NATO continuing on without the US - or more likely a successor organization, since the literal NATO treaty would be tricky to preserve word-for-word in that situation. I can’t see it continuing on with the US, though, since the US no longer believes in NATO’s goals.
It’s a bit more complicated than that. NATO was about projecting US style hegemony. NATO’s members were okay with a country like the United States being “in charge” because the US used to understand that there was win/win to be had from the relationship.
The United States stopped being like that. I could potentially see NATO continuing on without the US - or more likely a successor organization, since the literal NATO treaty would be tricky to preserve word-for-word in that situation. I can’t see it continuing on with the US, though, since the US no longer believes in NATO’s goals.