2y ago

Senators offer bill to block any U.S. president from leaving NATO

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- We had a pretty good run relying on an expectation that there'd be a responsible, competent adult in the White House.
  
  We've had incompetent people in the White House, they just weren't also complete crooks.
- Treaties specifically require approval in the Senate. It's in the Constitution.
  A non-corrupt court system would not permit a President to enter or exit a treaty without Senate confirmation.
I'm surprised all treaties aren't handled this way. We have such a high bar to approve them for a reason, it seems silly to not have a similarly high bar to leave them.
- Amy Coney Barrett proves that the US legislature can move fast whenever it wants to.
It has bipartisan support in the senate, but who knows what the republican-controlled house will do. This bill basically exists to prevent Trump or another republican president from fucking around with U.S. and global security.
I mean…. well done? Way to not allow anyone idiot completely fuck everything up.
- Definitely will stop any republican bought by Russia from trying to dismantle NATO.
  Now whether this bill will actually pass..
  
  The fact that it allegedly has “strong bipartisan support” gives me cautious hope.
Trump’s still the President, loophole.

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