As a former GI who trained with West German forces in the Cold War, IMO NATO should have been abolished as soon as the Warsaw Pact disbanded. But instead, the US "deep state" sought to take over the world, balkanize Russia, and to use NATO for those ends.

If Trump were to finally destroy NATO, that would be one good point in his disastrous presidency.

"I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States." -- Donald Trump rejecting the very premise of constitutional government: that no one, not even the president, is above the law, 26 Aug. 2025.