While former President Donald Trump has made comments to the effect that Russian attacks could be tolerated if NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies do not pay adequate defense costs, a ‘policy adviser’ to Trump’s re-election campaign said on the 13th that the United States and He said that NATO could become a ‘layered alliance.’ It was interpreted as an intention to differentiate NATO member states into those subject to collective defense and those not, depending on the level of defense cost sharing, and ultimately to divide the alliance are ‘money’ based levels.
Keith Kellogg, former Secretary General of the National Security Council (NSC) / Reuters
Keith Kellogg, former Secretary General of the National Security Council (NSC) during the Trump administration, said in an interview with Reuters on this day, “A contribution to the alliance is also part of the alliance,” and “Once the former President Trump second. -elected and the election is over, I will issue a warning order to everyone. He said, “We intend to issue a warning order.” He then announced that he would seek to exempt NATO countries from the protection of Article 5 of the agreement which regulates collective defense in cases where their defense expenditure falls below the standard target (2% of the domestic product gross). Article 5 of the NATO Treaty treats an attack on a particular member state as an attack on all member states, and requires NATO to respond militarily. Reuters introduced Kellogg as ‘Trump’s top national security adviser.’ Former Secretary General Kellogg, a former military general, served as national security adviser to then-Vice President Mike Pence during the Trump administration. When the then National Security Adviser John Bolton was sacked, he was appointed as one of the successors.
Kellogg said that if Article 3 of the agreement, which emphasizes the efforts of NATO member countries to secure budgets for their own defence, was not followed, Article 5, which deals with defense on the co, be applied automatically. “Everyone understands Article 5 of the agreement, but they have forgotten the other agreements it is based on,” he said. “One of them is Article 3 of the agreement.” Kellogg said that if the contribution standards are not met, ‘sanctions’ such as blocking access to shared military equipment and training are possible beyond the level of exclusion from collective defence.
Kellogg said NATO member countries should be able to freely withdraw from NATO, and if former President Trump is elected in November, he would like to propose a meeting in June 2025 to specifically discuss such a plan to divide the alliance into revealed levels. . He appeared to be aware of the criticism of Trump’s ‘NATO’ comments, saying, “I think this is a very mature conversation, and I think it’s one of the many conversations that we need to have have them on national security.”
However, former Secretary General Kellogg did not reveal whether he had discussed the proposal he disclosed with former President Trump, but said, “We often discuss the future of NATO with Trump,” Reuters reported. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment on Kellogg’s comments in the interview.
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