You will recall that Trump’s purported concerns about NATO during his presidency revolved around the failure of our allies to spend enough money for defense. As he saw it, or said he saw it, America was paying disproportionately for the protection of the Europeans, who were using their savings to outcompete us on world markets.
Well, as a result of the decision by Trump’s buddy Putin to invade Ukraine, European defense budgets are going up significantly. The man on golf cart can no longer plausibly argue that the Europeans aren’t carrying their weight. What will he say now?
Of course, the spending argument is, was, and always will be a pretext. Trump really hates NATO because it stands in Putin’s way.