U.S. Exit from NATO? Massie’s HR 6508 Challenges Alliance as Europe Faces 2027 Defense Warning | APT - video Dailymotion

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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLEtz3H0jSfEneSdf1YKnw/join  Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has introduced HR 6508, a bill proposing the withdrawal of the United States from NATO. The legislation argues that NATO’s Cold War mission is outdated, criticizes the alliance’s expansion, and claims the U.S. bears a disproportionate financial burden. The move comes as the Pentagon urges Europe to assume greater defense responsibilities by 2027 and as President Donald Trump comments on NATO’s role.  #NATO #USPolitics #ThomasMassie #NATOExit #HR6508 #Congress #ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump  NATO, U.S. NATO withdrawal bill, HR 6508, Thomas Massie NATO Act, Not a Trusted Organization Act, U.S. Congress NATO bill, NATO Cold War relic, NATO expansion eastward, Russia Ukraine war, NATO borders Russia, Mike Lee Senate bill, Pentagon 2027 deadline, Europe defense spending, NATO 2 percent target, Trump NATO comments, foreign entanglements, U.S. foreign policy debate, American taxpayers NATO cost, strategic shift NATO, transatlantic relations, U.S. defense budget, NATO mission relevance, U.S. military alliances, Article 13 NATO withdrawal, Congress foreign policy news, NATO spending dispute, NATO reform debate, global security news, Washington politics, U.S. international commitments

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00:09U.S. Representative Thomas Massey,

00:11a Republican from Kentucky's 4th Congressional District,

00:14has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives

00:17aimed at removing the United States from NATO.

00:20The legislation, known as H.R. 6508,

00:24or the Not-A-Trusted Organization Act,

00:27has drawn attention for its challenge to America's role

00:30in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

00:34NATO is a Cold War relic, Massey said in a statement.

00:39We should withdraw from NATO and use that money

00:42to defend our own country, not socialist countries.

00:46NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union,

00:49which collapsed over 30 years ago.

00:52Since then, U.S. participation has cost taxpayers

00:56trillions of dollars and continues to risk U.S. involvement

00:59in foreign wars.

01:03The NATO Act lays out a series of congressional findings

01:06supporting the proposal.

01:08It emphasizes that NATO was originally created in 1949

01:12to counterbalance the Soviet Union's military power

01:15in Eastern Europe.

01:17With the collapse of the Warsaw Pact

01:19and the Soviet Union in 1991, the bill argues,

01:22NATO's original collective defence mission

01:25is no longer relevant to American national security.

01:28The bill notes that despite assurances made to Soviet leader

01:34Mikhail Gorbachev before the end of the Cold War,

01:37NATO has expanded eastward since 1999.

01:41Today, NATO borders Russia across more than 1,500 miles,

01:46surrounding the Baltic region.

01:48According to Massey, this expansion has contributed

01:51to heightened tensions, including the Russian invasion

01:54of Ukraine in 2022.

01:56Massey continued.

01:59Our constitution did not authorise permanent foreign entanglements,

02:06something our founding fathers explicitly warned us against.

02:10America should not be the world's security blanket,

02:13especially when wealthy countries refuse to pay

02:16for their own defence.

02:18The bill also calls for halting the use of U.S. taxpayer funds

02:23for NATO's common budgets, including civil, military

02:27and security investment programs.

02:30It requires the President to formally notify NATO of U.S. withdrawal

02:34under Article 13 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

02:39Support for the measure is already forming in the Senate.

02:43Senator Mike Lee of Utah has introduced a companion bill

02:46reflecting similar principles.

02:49Massey has urged Congress to re-evaluate the U.S.

02:52ongoing involvement in foreign alliances,

02:55highlighting both the financial burden on taxpayers

02:58and the risks of military entanglements abroad.

03:03This development follows discussions within the Pentagon

03:06earlier in December, in which U.S. officials told European NATO members

03:10they expected the majority of conventional defence capabilities,

03:14from intelligence to missiles, to be shifted to Europe by 2027.

03:20Some European officials described the timeline as unrealistic,

03:25while others noted that the U.S. has been dissatisfied

03:28with Europe's progress in boosting defence capabilities

03:31since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

03:37Sources familiar with the discussion said that if European members

03:41fail to meet the 2027 deadline, the United States may reduce participation

03:46in some NATO defence coordination mechanisms,

03:49potentially signalling a major strategic shift in transatlantic relations.

03:55Very proud member of NATO.

03:56We have a great relationship with the countries of NATO.

03:59I think made much better by a visit a few months ago when they agreed to 5% instead of 2% of GDP.

04:07That was a big concession.

04:09I think that was a concession that two years ago nobody would have said.

04:12Even a year ago.

04:13Even nine months ago before you were elected.

04:15Yeah, they would have said that's not possible.

04:16Absolutely.

04:17And the difference is they're paying 5% as opposed to not paying 2%.

04:21A lot of them weren't paying.

04:23With the exception of Spain, I think you're going to have to talk to Spain.

04:26Spain is not a team player.

04:29So other than Spain, everybody's 100%.

04:33And you could solve the Spain problem very easily, I think.

04:38The NATO Act cites multiple points to justify withdrawal,

04:42including that nearly a third of NATO members

04:45fail to meet the 2% GDP defence spending target pledged at the 2014 Wales Summit,

04:51and that the US continues to shoulder the largest share of alliance costs.

04:56The legislation also emphasises that America's principal interest in Europe

05:00is preventing the emergence of a regional hegemon,

05:03a task European members could potentially handle without US involvement.

05:10But NATO has to step up and the Europeans have to step up more than they have.

05:14And I want to see them equalised because they are in for far less than we're in.

05:19And they should be at least equal.

05:21You understand that?

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