Trump Casts Doubt On NATO Solidarity

March 7, 2025 5:00 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expressing uncertainty that NATO would come to the United States’ defense if the country were attacked. That’s despite the alliance doing just that after Sept. 11 in what was the only time that the Article 5 defense guarantee has ever been invoked. He also suggested Thursday that the United States might abandon its NATO commitments if member countries don’t meet defense spending targets. Trump mentioned France during his remarks, saying if he called them and said, “We got a problem,” he’s “not so sure” they would protect the United States. French President Emmanuel Macron responded by saying that he and his country are “loyal and faithful allies” to the U.S.