2026-05-03 13:44 UTC
@TopKnot
The question isn't if the U.S. will be a part of NATO in two years. It is if anyone else will.
The EU is dusting off its Lisbon Treaty §42.7 Musketeer Oath alternative, and the Joint Expeditionary Force -- led by the UK and consisting of 9 other like-minded Nordic & Baltic countries + the Netherlands -- have set up a command structure with no U.S. input or influence, which could become the backbone of an alliance counting Canada, Ukraine, Turkey, the EU and the JEF.
@Free_Press
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@TopKnot@mas.to 2026-05-03 16:56
@ermo @Free_Press That is interesting. I will look into this to get a little bit more educated on Lisbon Treaty. Thank you very much 👍
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@TopKnot@mas.to 2026-05-03 17:19
@ermo @Free_Press These articles seems to indicate there is a willingness and/or a need for the EU to distance themselves from the USA with Article 42.7 as a guiding principle. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/30/can-the-eus-article-42-7-offer-europe-nato-like-collective-defence https://www.clingendael.org/pub/2022/uncharted-and-uncomfortable/executive-summary/