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  • Trump administration said in 2020 that he could leave treaties
  • Congress passed law in 2023 barring unilateral NATO withdrawal
  • No NATO member has ever withdrawn from the 77-year-old alliance
  • As senator, Rubio helped lead effort to prevent unilateral withdrawal

WHAT DOES U.S. LAW SAY? In 2023, Congress passed, and then-President Joe Biden, a ​Democrat, signed into law, legislation barring any U.S. president from suspending, terminating, denouncing or withdrawing the United States from the treaty that established NATO unless the withdrawal is backed by a two-thirds majority in the 100-member Senate.

TL;DR; Per 2023 Congressional Law, not without a 2/3 US Congressional majority (and with a one year notice to NATO). But, experts said this lack of commitment, rather than any law, was the key point.

  • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It seems like something so important that we’d have ironed it out, but the Constitution never explicitly laid out the terms, and it’s never been specifically answered by the Supreme Court.

    I guess lots of the world have similar situations with different laws. Generally, when those are written no one really asked what if president/minister/whoever is bat shit crazy demented old guy and should the law have guardrails for that.