At the forthcoming NATO summit, President Donald Trump should tell the other 28 other members what Congressman John Randolph of Virginia told Greek proponents of American military assistance during their war of independence against the Ottoman Empire: "Let us say to those seven millions of Greeks, 'We defended ourselves, when we were but three millions against a Power, in comparison to which the Turk is a lamb. Go and do thou likewise.'".
In short, President Trump should tell the other NATO nations that the United States will no longer defend them from external aggression unless Congress declares war as is constitutionally required by the Declare War Clause of Article I, section 8, clause 11.
Then Trump should announce a Make America Great Again doctrine of "Invincible Self-Defense." That means he will engage the armed forces only in self-defense against actual or imminent aggressors towards the United States, and only if Congress declares war or directs the offensive use of the military.
If Mr. Trump refrains from doing this, he will be acting, as presidents before him, as though he is the elected president of the world rather than president of the United States alone.
To avoid a similar debacle, Article 43 of the United Nations Treaty requires a congressional declaration before the United States Armed Forces can be deployed in combat under United Nations Security Council auspices.
The NATO flaw is deeper, and President Trump needs to go further.
At present, Russia's annual military spending approximates $60 billion, a tiny fraction of United States defense expenditures.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-nato-needs-a-maga-foreign-policy/
In short, President Trump should tell the other NATO nations that the United States will no longer defend them from external aggression unless Congress declares war as is constitutionally required by the Declare War Clause of Article I, section 8, clause 11.
Then Trump should announce a Make America Great Again doctrine of "Invincible Self-Defense." That means he will engage the armed forces only in self-defense against actual or imminent aggressors towards the United States, and only if Congress declares war or directs the offensive use of the military.
If Mr. Trump refrains from doing this, he will be acting, as presidents before him, as though he is the elected president of the world rather than president of the United States alone.
To avoid a similar debacle, Article 43 of the United Nations Treaty requires a congressional declaration before the United States Armed Forces can be deployed in combat under United Nations Security Council auspices.
The NATO flaw is deeper, and President Trump needs to go further.
At present, Russia's annual military spending approximates $60 billion, a tiny fraction of United States defense expenditures.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-nato-needs-a-maga-foreign-policy/
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