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ancianita

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5. No, because he'd need official congressional approval, which he knows he can't get.

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 06:49 PM

Jun 2025

Which is why I said "the felon's not in NATO".

He can't even try because he knows the optics of not getting a 2/3 Senate majority approval, an official NATO withdrawal would have to actually pass both Houses as another Act of Congress. Not gonna happen.

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