The threat is clear. In an interview with NBC News, Donald Trump threatened that the United States would leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if the Allies did not pay more. A significant risk for this military alliance, created in 1949, already castigated by Donald Trump during his first term, which would then lose the weight of the world's leading military power.
During this interview, the future head of state addressed other sensitive subjects, such as the war in Ukraine, immigration and even land rights in the United States. Here's what you need to remember.
A possible exit from NATO?
“If they pay their bills and treat us fairly, the answer is Absolutely, I will stay in NATO “, declared the future American president in an interview with NBC News, before responding: “absolutely” to the question of whether he would consider leaving the Atlantic Alliance otherwise.
The NATO treaty provides for a response from members if one of them is attacked. During a meeting in the state of South Carolina, Donald Trump had already said that, if re-elected, he would no longer guarantee NATO protection against Russia. He thus reported a conversation with one of the NATO heads of state, without naming him. “One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said : Well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us? » said the billionaire before revealing his answer. “No, I won’t protect you. In fact I would encourage them to do whatever they want to you. You must pay your debts. »
Towards lower aid to Ukraine
Donald Trump also said that Ukraine should “probably” expect less aid from the United States upon its return to power, in an interview broadcast on Sunday but recorded before his meeting on Saturday in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Yes, probably, of course,” the future US president responded to NBC News' question whether Ukraine should prepare for a reduction in US aid when he takes office on January 20 , before reiterating that he was trying to end the conflict with Russia.
A desire to expel all illegal immigrants…
It was one of the key themes of his campaign, Donald Trump did not wait long before returning to it. The future American president told the American channel that upon his return to power, he would endeavor to expel all illegal immigrants from the United States.
“I think we have to do it, and it’s hard, it’s a very complicated thing to do,” he responded to the journalist, who had just asked him if he intended to pursue this cost-effective migration policy. what does it cost?
…And to put an end to the right of the soil
Donald Trump also spoke on the question of land rights in the United States. “You know that if someone sets foot, just one foot (…) on our territory: Congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America “, he declared on NBC News. It turns out, moreover, that land law in the United States only concerns people born in the territory. “We are going to put an end to it because it is ridiculous,” he still promised. Asked how he would repeal this right enshrined in the Constitution, Donald Trump did not provide details.
