NATO without the USA? Hungarian PM Viktor Orban pitches idea
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There would be no point to NATO without the US. NATO is the means by which every other country in NATO outsources its national defense to the US in exchange for sovereignty.
If the EU countries all spent 3%+ GDP on defense, they would have kicked the US out decades ago. They purposely spend a lot less, 1-1.5%, so they can funnel the rest into welfare spending, and use the US taxpayer to make up the difference. It's a very one-sided arrangement, but the US goes along with it because it's basically a very expensive "pay for influence" scheme that no president has been willing to end. Trump tried to reduce it somewhat.
There would be no need for NATO without the US meddling, either.
It would strengthen the ties between the EU members if NATO membership was the same as EU membership. So there is merit to that if you want greater European integration. It's why the United States is so integrated because of having a common federal military in addition to the 50 state militaries. On the other hand, if you are a Eurosceptic, then Orban's proposal may be not so great. Also, a bunch of NATO countries would have to get the boot, not just the U.S. Turkey and Canada for example.
Yeah but ditching those losers also in it would be cool.