Lyse Doucet
Of all the warnings in President Trump's arsenal, quitting the Nato military alliance is among those he's wielded the most.
Now he's doing it again.
Asked by Britain's Telegraph newspaper if he is reconsidering US membership of Nato, he said: "Oh yes… I would say [it's] beyond reconsideration" – fuming again that his partners weren't joining America's military operations, alongside Israel, against Iran.
"I just think it should be automatic," he emphasised in his remarks to the paper.
Trump's invective underlines again his misunderstanding of how this 32-member alliance works.
Nato's Article 5 does commit it to collective defence. An attack against one member is deemed to be an attack against all but invoking this principle requires a consensus. And the 1949 treaty only referred to crises in Europe and North America.
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