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Article 5 Is a Trap for America

NATO promises and the nuclear gamble

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Kenneth Schmidt
Aug 21, 2025
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Kenneth Schmidt warns that Trump’s push for NATO’s “Article 5 protections” risks binding the U.S. to Ukraine’s defense and potential nuclear war, urging a retreat to Monroe-Doctrine restraint instead.

I was happy that Putin and Trump met on August 15. I was convinced that it was a good thing that the two men were engaged in talks to end the horrific war …

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