Here’s what happens if the USA leaves NATO

This happens if the US leaves NATO

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Video Producers:
Oliver Franke
Charles Street

Research & Writing:
Omar Garcia, Oliver Franke

Edit & Animations:
Arun Singh

[Clickworker]

Sometimes even if you are the most powerful nation on earth it’s still good to have friends

[manonthemoonnow]

The US doesn't spend 800 billion on nato. That's the total military budget of the US. You need to figure break it down to which money is for Nato, the east were Japan, SK and Taiwan are. And the middle east.

[ibrahimchowdhury]

Getting arms economics explained via an Eminem lyric was NOT on my 2024 bingo list 😂

[sandoristar]

Also NATO serves US geopolitical interests

[MohamedOsama]

Really enjoying the content, but just a quick note: the music is a bit loud at times, making it a tad hard to hear you. Maybe a slight adjustment could enhance the overall experience. Keep up the great work!

[seanlander]

Although small and not part of NATO, Australia spends hundreds of millions a year on NATO defence via its satellite monitoring bases. It’s a thankless task that the Europeans reward with a punitive trade embargo on Australia that has been inflicted for generations. It’s more than just America that wants out of the burden of the Europeans.

[erod]

The US leaving NATO is not a good idea. But persuading the other member countries to bear more of the burden of defense spending is an idea whose time has come. Europe is no longer lying in ruins from WWII.

[siddharthgoyal]

Main issues is without US the glue of NATO is done. Greece and Turkey would not see much benefit in cooperation. French interests, German interests and all do not align entirely with each other. Right now it's the American way which everyone follows without US the existing NATO structure will not exist as it does.

[marrisueno]

Sounds like europe had been getting a free ride

[edoardodario]

The first graph is not how much countries spend for NATO but how much they spend for the military in general. Very different.

[markmuller]

The budget comparison with China is a little bit misleading as the cheap labor and purchasing power are completely different.

And we're seeing that already with their insane and booming naval industry

[Andreas-ojnj]

Europeans: US leaving will harm the military industrial complex 😠

Americans: 🥳🥳🥳🇺🇸

[aidan-]

One interesting thing would that it could lead to EU millitary integration and eventually an EU army.

[paivaaajonathan]

You make good points, but bad point in that we can’t use US tech anymore. The US wants to make money, so selling US weapons, tech and service will continue.

[facelesscalvin]

Ruin US reputation by leaving NATO? In my eyes it’ll speak the famous saying: Not gonna help you if you’re not willing to help yourself.

[uresfffff]

Like most Americans couldn't care about the so called superpower status lmao all they want is to live a peaceful life.

[jwil]

I think the best question is “How can the US get other NATO members to pay their fair share?”
I know people freaked out when Trump talked about abandoning countries who didn’t pay up, but he had a point: we can’t just let other countries outsource their defense to us. It’s supposed to be an ALLIANCE, not a puppet show (in that Europe would be the puppets).

[astro.knowledge.]

Something bad probably - Tzen Shui Feng

[GrumpyBeluga]

I think the best argument for leaving is because the cost for the US and lack of spending from of defense from other members. But i dont agree with the us leaving

[ColdPotato]

It's easy to have affordable healthcare and social benefits when someone else pays for your defense.