VIEWPOINT | Does the U.S. President have the authority to withdraw from NATO?

Guest column by David Adler, The Alturas Institute

President-elect Donald Trump is not a fan of NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—which has been the backbone of the US-European security alliance since its creation in 1949. He has mused publicly about withdrawing the United States from the treaty. Along the campaign trail, Trump has reminded audiences of his threat to refuse military support for a NATO ally that he believes doesn’t pay enough to support the alliance, despite the promise in Article V of the treaty that an attack on one member state represents an attack on all.

The only time in its history that Article V has been invoked was when the U.S. was attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001, and member states came to the defense of our nation. With the incoming Trump Administration just two months from assuming power, the future of NATO and America’s role in the organization, if any, is up in the air, which raises a constitutional question of great moment: Does the president possess unilateral authority to withdraw the United States from its treaties?

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