It was a phrase popular at the turn of the last century among Americans skeptical of foreign entanglements, sometimes displayed on large signs along rural highways: “Get the U.S. out of the U.N. and the U.N. out of the U.S.”
Now a Republican House member, one periodically derided and ridiculed by President Trump, has introduced a bill to do perhaps the next best thing: Withdraw the United States from NATO, the North Atlantic Treat Organization.
In fact, the bill dropped Tuesday in the House by U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., bears the same acronym as the global entity – NATO: the “Not a Trust Organization Act.”
The bill would “require the President to give notice of denunciation of the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treat Organization.”
NATO was founded after World War II as a means of protecting nations of Western Europe from expansion designs of the communist USSR.
Massie posted on X: “NATO is a Cold War relic. The United States should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our country, not socialist countries. Today, I introduced HR 6508 to end our NATO membership.”
The key provision of the treaty, Article 5, requires each nation in NATO to consider an attack on one of the signatory countries as an attack on all – and to respond accordingly. Since it began as a club of 12 nations, NATO has expanded to 32 countries, including many of the former Soviet Union. Its gradual expansion eastward was a major factor in Russia’s foreign policy and its decision to invade Ukraine in 2022.
NATO is a Cold War relic. The United States should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our country, not socialist countries.
Today, I introduced HR 6508 to end our NATO membership. pic.twitter.com/IvRfTH388W
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 9, 2025
According to Roll Call, Massie has amassed $2 million to defend his House seat next year against Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL officer, in a primary contest.
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