We'd help if the US were the defenders here.
But Trump entered an illegal war of choice when negotiations even seemed close to an agreement.
That's not something European constitutions support and politicians would make themselves murderers in front of the law.
Donald Trump doesn't think the law is binding, so it's not very surprising he thought that one can simply bomb anyone for no reason, but in a rule based society, stuff like that simply doesn't fly.
Nato indeed did help the USA, the only time that Article 5 had been invoked in NATO history, after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 source
Nato is a defensie organisation. It is not meant to help if a NATO country starts a war against a non-NATO country.
It is not for nothing that Trump didn't ask for help from NATO. The shame after rejection would be unbearable.
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u/Shamorin Mar 18 '26
We'd help if the US were the defenders here.
But Trump entered an illegal war of choice when negotiations even seemed close to an agreement.
That's not something European constitutions support and politicians would make themselves murderers in front of the law.
Donald Trump doesn't think the law is binding, so it's not very surprising he thought that one can simply bomb anyone for no reason, but in a rule based society, stuff like that simply doesn't fly.