President Trump has been trying to eliminate NATO or get us out of NATO
OverstatedJohn Hickenlooper, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (Colorado Sun)
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Why we checked itSpecific assertion about Trump's policy actions toward NATO — verifiable against statements, executive actions, and policy record
What we foundTrump has openly and repeatedly expressed desire to withdraw the U.S. from NATO, but the claim that he is trying to 'eliminate NATO' overstates the evidence; his stated goal has been U.S. withdrawal, not the dissolution of the alliance itself, and legal constraints have prevented formal action.