[ancillary]

The linked article says the US has threatened to reduce its support, not committed to leave. Things are bad enough without exaggerating like this.

[alephnerd]

Functionally, us not participating in defense coordination mechanisms is the equivalent of leaving NATO, as we would not be able to unify response.

[cvwright]

By that logic, the European members who didn’t meet their defense spending obligations for years and years have already left NATO too.