Will U.S. to be pulled from NATO?

U.S. President Donald Trump could return to his threat to withdraw his country from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The New York Times reported, citing unnamed senior administration officials.

According to sources, Trump privately said several times last year that he wanted to withdraw his country from NATO. Current and former officials who support the alliance said they feared Trump could return to his threat as allied military spending continued to lag behind the goals the president had set.

Those concerns were first sparked last year when the U.S. leader hinted that he could leave the 29-member defense bloc without Congressional approval. At the time, Trump was pushing member countries to increase spending. Since then, however, the Republican has backtracked on that threat.

After the NATO meeting in July 2018, Trump claimed that allies had committed to his request and said that U.S. withdrawal from the organization would be "unnecessary."