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US Abandoning NATO — Foreseeable Future or Just Tickle for Europe's Nerves?
US Abandoning NATO — Foreseeable Future or Just Tickle for Europe's Nerves?
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Donald Trump's big words are "mostly a way to pressure NATO countries into supporting him where he wants them, which is at present—the Gulf," French political analyst Come Carpentier de Gourdon told Sputnik.
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Donald Trump's big words are "mostly a way to pressure NATO countries into supporting him where he wants them, which is at present—the Gulf," French political analyst Come Carpentier de Gourdon told Sputnik.The same holds true for the Arab states hosting American bases on their territories, which are paying for the US–Israeli war on Iran.
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US Abandoning NATO — Foreseeable Future or Just Tickle for Europe's Nerves?
13:58 GMT 10.04.2026 (Updated: 14:04 GMT 10.04.2026) Last month, US President Donald Trump said that NATO had made "a very foolish mistake" by not supporting Washington in its military campaign against Iran. Trump added he is not surprised that the majority of NATO countries do not want to join the campaign, calling the alliance a "one-way street."
Donald Trump's big words are "mostly a way to pressure
NATO countries into supporting him where he wants them, which is at present—the Gulf," French political analyst
Come Carpentier de Gourdon told
Sputnik.
The other thing is to make Europeans pay more money for the organization so that the US could become "a mercenary army for NATO, in which the cost would be borne by European partners."
The same holds true for the Arab states hosting American bases on their territories, which are paying for the US–Israeli war on Iran.
But would NATO collapse in the event of a US exit? "It certainly would," the pundit argues, stressing that the alliance cannot survive without the United States.
