European leaders were stunned after the White House published its new National Security Strategy that flouted traditional Transatlantic relations assumptions.
11:43, Wed, Dec 10, 2025 Updated: 11:50, Wed, Dec 10, 2025
A Dutch soldier stands guard ahead of a NATO meeting (Image: Getty)
A US Republican representative has put forward a motion for his county to leave NATO, in a move likely to cause even more panic among America's allies. European leaders were stunned after the White House published its new National Security Strategy that flouted traditional assumptions about Transatlantic relations.
The 33-page document roundly criticised Europe, accusing its leaders of undermining "political liberty and sovereignty", as well as claiming the continent faces "civilisational erasure". The paper also emphasised a shift to an "America First" approach, focusing on the Western Hemisphere and economic security over global commitments. As part of this new foreign policy approach, the US will seek to nurture better relations with Russia in a bid to establish "strategic stability".
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The document casts even more doubts on the White House's long term commitment to NATO, a cornerstone of post-war security in the West.
And in a move that is likely to cause further consternation in European capitals, a US congressman has put forward a bill that seeks American withdrawal from the military alliance.
Thoma Massie – the Republican representative for Kentucky – argued that NATO was no longer revenant to today's security needs.
“NATO is a Cold War relic," he said. "We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries. NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed over thirty years ago.
"Since then, U.S. participation has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and continues to risk U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
"Our Constitution did not authorise permanent foreign entanglements, something our Founding Fathers explicitly warned us against.
"America should not be the world’s security blanket—especially when wealthy countries refuse to pay for their own defense.”
America's withdrawal from NATO would be a perfect gift for Vladimir Putin, according to a foreign policy expert.
Zoltan Koshkovich, an analyst at the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, wrote on his X social media page: "Driving a wedge between Europe and America would be Russia's greatest strategic victory in the last 80 years.
"We are very close to that. The military coalition presents this to Putin on a silver platter."
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