U.S. Congress Approves Bill Blocking Any President From Unilaterally Withdrawing From NATO

A provision in the just-passed $886 billion defense bill won't allow U.S. presidents - including former President Donald Trump should he win reelection - from unilaterally pulling the country out of NATO, as Trump has threatened

Daily Mail: Trump will be BLOCKED from pulling U.S. out of NATO in second term after Congress passes bill to stop any future president leaving key military alliance without Senate approval

* A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act would bar former President Donald Trump from pulling the U.S. out of NATO

* Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine tucked the language into the just-passed $886 billion defense bill

* Trump has discussed, if reelected next year, pulling the U.S. out of NATO because he believes allies aren't ponying up enough defense dollars

A provision tucked in the National Defense Authorization Act would bar former President Donald Trump from unilaterally pulling the U.S. out of NATO, should he be reelected next fall.

A bipartisan team of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine inserted the provision in the $886 billion defense bill, which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.

The Senate passed its version Wednesday evening and President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill into law.

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Update #1: Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO (The Hill)

Update #2: Congress just effectively handcuffed Trump from ever leaving NATO (Business Insider)

WNU Editor: Yup. It is all about Trump .... Protect NATO from Donald Trump? The U.S. Congress just passed that into law (CBC).