Rep. Thomas Massie fields bill to remove the U.S. from NATO
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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky announced Tuesday that he is introducing a measure to remove the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, arguing that the decades-old alliance is obsolete, costly to American taxpayers and puts the country at risk of entering foreign wars.
Massie said, “NATO is a Cold War relic. The United States should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our country, not socialist countries. Today, I introduced HR 6508 to end our membership in NATO.” he said. to mail In X.
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida shared Massie’s post and wrote“I’m co-sponsoring this.”
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“NATO was created three decades ago to counter the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then, U.S. involvement has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and continues to risk U.S. involvement in foreign wars. Our Constitution did not permit permanent foreign entanglements, as our founding fathers clearly warned us. America should not be the world’s security blanket—especially when rich countries refuse to pay for their own defense.” Press release.
Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced the “Non-Trusted Establishment Act” or “NATO Act” to the Senate earlier this year. Massie is currently introducing companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., arrives at the U.S. Capitol for the vote on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Article 13 of the North Atlantic Treaty provides: “After the Treaty has remained in force for twenty years, any Party may cease to be a Party one year after notice of denunciation has been given to the Government of the United States of America, which shall notify the Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of denunciation.”
The proposal put forward by Lee and Massie would use this escape hatch to remove the United States from the long-standing NATO alliance.
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The NATO emblem is seen at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023 (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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“In accordance with Article 13 of the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, April 4, 1949, not later than 30 days after the date of entry into force of this Act, the President shall declare the termination of the North Atlantic Treaty for the purpose of withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” offer declares.
“No funds made available for appropriation, appropriation, or otherwise available under any Act may be used to finance direct or indirect U.S. contributions to the common-funded budgets of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including the civilian budget, the military budget, or the Security Investment Program,” the text of the measure reads. The statement is included.
