Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out ^17.9%

The New York Times - By Steven Erlanger - 4/2/2026, 9:42 AM

Negativity Bias 25.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.9% - Hasty Generalization 14.6%

Since his re-election, President Trump has threatened to leave the NATO alliance several times. On Wednesday, he did it again, frustrated that European nations had refused to join the so-far indecisive United States-Israeli war against Iran. But the more he disparages NATO and threatens to abandon it, the more hollow it becomes. The... more