Trump Muses About Asking NATO to Help Protect US Southern Border
A US armored tank at the US-Mexico border at Santa Teresa, New Mexico, US.
Photographer: Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump openly mused about invoking NATO’s collective defense obligation to place allied troops along the US-Mexico border, a suggestion that, even if not meant seriously, represents another volley of rhetoric aimed squarely at European allies.
“Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks,” Trump wrote in a social media post sent while aboard Air Force One flying back to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos.