“The only time NATO has gone to war has been in response to an attack on America. NATO troops fought and died in Afghanistan and Iraq alongside American forces,” the senators said.
“The United States must not take this sacrifice — nor our allies’ commitment to make it again — lightly.”
“The United States joined NATO in 1949 when the Senate voted to ratify the NATO treaty, and the United States will remain in it. The Senate will continue to support the alliance for the peace and protection it provides America, Europe, and the world.”
Earlier on April 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was seriously considering withdrawing the United States from NATO after allies declined to join the U.S.–Israeli operation against Iran.
In a March 17 post on his Truth Social network, Trump
said the United States did not need NATO allies’ help in a war with Iran and
called the alliance a “one-way street,” saying the United States defends other
countries while they do little in return.