Brit Reacts to What would happen if USA leaves NATO 

It's so frustrating how the world constantly talks bad about the United States when we intervene in international conflicts, but on the other hand when the United States doesn't act or get involved the world ask why doesn't the United States do something to put a stop to this! The world wants to live under United States protection but wants to be able to complain about it every time the United States gets involved!

As an American, i do get tired of the rest of the world bashing us and our goofy government acting like polution and climate is our fault while Canada and most of the EU can sit on their asses knowing we are there if shit hits the fan. I dont understand why we have to pay rent for the land our bases are on so we can defend other countries. They should be paying us for being there.

The United States needs to leave NATO and the UN. I'm sick of the United States federal government taxing American citizens to death to pay for other people that constantly talk shit about our country. Likewise, I'm tired of our military being used as world police. Let other people sort out their own damned problems for a change. I'm tired of us always having to get involved. Am I an isolationist? Hell yes, I am.

I personally get tired of being expected to pay for everything then getting bashed at every turn. All most of Europe does is complain about everything we do

Part of the reason Europeans can have a national health care system is because USA provides military defense for Europe which basically frees up military spending European countries can instead use that money for a health system. So USA is pretty much subsidizing Europe’s health care.

These are my favorite videos you do. Also wanted to say this, everyone should be proud of there homeland and fight to keep it what it was. Patriotism is a powerful thing. Don't want to see our great allies nations crumbling to a globalist agenda erasing cultures.. Would be happy to call you a US citizen as well though. Be blessed and be a blessing.

US ....I am leaving NATO.....We're pregnant.

You’re absolutely correct in your analogy that the US is the parent in this relationship; letting their spoiled kids (NATO) live rent free under their roof without contributing anything meaningful to the house and throwing a hissy fit when we threaten to kick them out.

I remember when the other NATO countries were asked to pay their fair share and people lost their minds. I'm all for helping when we can, but being the worlds cash machine and their punching bag at the same time is getting really old. I also think "foreign aid" should be a loan. We're going to need that money back. Our economy is on life support. Lol

0:48 if you actually look at the numbers. the U.S. contributes over 85% of the budget for NATO... and only TWO countries (other than the U.S.) is actually living up to the requirement of contributing 2% of that country's GDP to the NATO budget... that's why Trump was talking about pulling out of NATO a few years ago. he said that if the rest of the countries didn't care enough about NATO to live up to the requirements they agreed to, then the U.S. shouldn't have to contribute at all... the U.S. giving so much to NATO to defend Europe is also why all European countries have such small militaries and military budgets... the depend on the U.S. to protect them. so instead they use that money to pay for social services like 'universal' healthcare... IF all European countries had to pay for their entire defense themselves, they would ALL be nearly destitute or nearly ALL social services would disappear overnight... it's the same with the U.N. ... the U.S. pays nearly 75% of the U.N. budget AND we give them a place to be (the U.N. is in New York) YET they constantly shit on the U.S. and tell us that we're the cause of the problems the other countries are having...

The United States carries just about every country in the world, in one way or another. NATO and the UN are no different.

Aid to Ukraine puts the title of this video into perspective. UK $620 million; EU $5.5 billion; USA over $100 billion.

And as an American I do want to say.....as a taxpayer I am tired of paying for 2/3 of this.

The problem is all the other NATO countries have become complacent and have let their military power dwindle. All we are saying is, we are tired to footing 2/3 of work and the money!

Not only does the US pay for the world's policing we ALSO pay for the world's Healthcare. Basically the US has been subsidizing drug research for the world for decades by paying full price for drugs. And if the US demanded similar pricing to other countries, Drug Companies would be forced to raise costs worldwide or cut research.

Why do we foot the bill for countries that can't even meet their 2% of GDP obligation? And why should we worry about how other countries feel about us when they complain about the US all the time.

Funny how there are almost zero European commenters in this thread😂

Not the parent of the world, but more like the big brother you hate until you need someone dealt with.

US population is basically the same as the next top 4 or 5 members put together. Not that it’s fair to expect perfect proportional spending but at least meet the minimum you agreed to.

I love the UK, but i would love it if you guys actually paid what you agreed to.

💯 we cannot be the protectors of the world forever👍🏼

The US has every right to make demands for Europe to pay their fair share. America has been paying to defend Europe for 70 years. Meanwhile Europeans have used that to take advantage by not spending much money on their own defense. That’s why they have universal healthcare in the first place because it’s basically paid for by America. Either Europe pays its fair share of America should indeed leave NATO.

Do you see why some of us are tired of paying for NATO?

Every country is supposed to put 2% of their GDP in. Only a few countries pay that much, even though they depend heavily on US protection. Our veterans are commiting suicide in record numbers, a large percentage of our homeless are veterans. Large portions of our population have food insecurity. Our education system is a joke. We need to care for our own people.

And this is why we can't have good things. I find it ironic that Europeans constantly question why the US doesn't have universal health care. While the reasons are complex, military budgets always are part of the story

They ask a question why shouldn't America be a NATO well let's put it like this say we all rent an apartment all these countries America gets a bedroom but foot's 90% of the bill and does all the work how could you possibly complain I think what Donald Trump really wants is for you to step up your game a lot I mean a lot a lot we want you to be powerful it's not that we're not friends but you have to put up the money and build the equipment to fight You need to be a productive member

At this point America pretty much owns the air y'all breathe 😂.

I can see paying our two percent gdp but we pay almost 4 percent when over half the counties in nato are not even paying the two percent. It’s based on what that country produces not how rich it is. If country only produceses $1,000,000gdp then they pay $20,000 dollars if they make one trillion dollars they pay 20 billion. That’s why USA citizens get mad when other countries say we don’t care or we are too stupid to understand something. All that tax money is coming from our pockets to help others stay safe.

Yeah, the U.S. taxpayers pay for nearly everything.

Other NATO countries should pay their fair share. They need to stop depending on the US to have to foot the majority of the budget. Either the other NATO countries should have to match what the US is paying, or the US should match what the other countries are paying.

The issue is the American People is tired of paying the taxes to be the world's police. Some of us work 50-60 hours a week and can barely afford groceries. We are TIRED, physically and mentally trying to keep up with everything. There is a large movement for us to go back into isolation and let the world handle the world. It is truly steaming from we have starving and homeless people on our streets but sending 61 BILLION dollars to Ukraine. We want to put Americans first for the first time since WWII. Trust me, even if we did back out of NATO. Do you really think we would let someone like China bully others. Our focus would just be more at home....not our entire focus!

Trump wasn't thinking or talking about leaving NATO for no reason, and he wasn't specifically talking about it in order to save the U.S. money, either. He was talking about leaving NATO because most of the member nations aren't paying their fair share, and that signals that they aren't as committed to the NATO coalition and are quite happy with the U.S. paying for everything. He was saying that it's not fair for the U.S. to have to practically completely subsidize NATO if the other members weren't going to be as committed to it as the U.S. is. The NATO agreement is for all members to commit at least 2% of their GDP on defense spending in order to ensure NATO remains a strong and viable force. Many members are not spending that much on defense, like they are supposed to, and it appears they are doing this because they are content to just live under the safety of the umbrella of protection provided by the other members (especially the U.S.), instead. Many of these nations have quite robust economies of their own (especially looking at you, Germany) and can surely afford to pay the 2% toward their defense spending. So, Trump was not happy with these other member nations not holding to their NATO commitment, that's all. -- NOTE: This is not meant as either an endorsement or a criticism of Trump. This is just a point of clarification regarding why Trump was talking about the U.S. leaving NATO. Please, restrain yourselves in any responses to this comment. Thank you, in advance.

American here. I have no problem with NATO, it protects our shores as well. My issue is with our enormous military budget when we have people living on the streets and children going to bed hungry. Also, I'd like to see the rest of the world doing a better job of policing itself and not rely so much on the USA...the States could use a rest.

The sheer cost of parking tickets owed by diplomats would make ya'lls head explode.

At the beginning of this year, Zelenskyy talked to American media. He listed all of the defenses that Ukraine would build/employ with the billions of $$$ we'd sent. This week, reports AND videos showed the land that Russia had newly conquered. There were none of those defenses built! A look at the books showed multi-millions being paid to "defense firms" there. These companies had only one worker listed as being employed there, the CEO. I don't know about you, but it sure sounds fishy to me!

“Let’s not even develop that guys” lmao I agree bro, that is absolutely terrifying.

I'm sorry I am tired of my money going to this stuff. I need to keep my own money. I want out.

Yeah, NATO isn't exactly viewed favorably in the US atm lol.

Almost none of the NATO members spend the 2% of GDP they committed to under the NATO charter. When Trump came in, he demanded that these other countries pay what they committed or we would pull out. So, for 4 years, other NATO members paid the committed amount. When he left office, these same countries immediately quit paying the committed amount. (This is not a political commentary, just commenting about what happened).

The census during Trump first era was that; if other countries in the world is getting the most benefit of NATO, then they should be proportionally paid ! Unarguably fair and reasonable expectations.

Hypersonic missles can definitely be detected in time to react. Not every nation has the capabilities but the US definitely does.

Does America have allies, or a bunch of free loading countries?

I don’t think it’s our responsibility to pay for everything yes we the taxpayers of America I know I’m tired of it

10:21 well that point is invalid as shit. NATO wasn’t around in WWII and America still secretly sent supplies to its allies. America will be involved, just not to the scale Europe and the rest of the world has gotten used to. America will still have its allies (hello, the UN still exists) and we’ll still project our power. If anything, we’d have more, because with the money we’d have available, we could work on our own infrastructure and improve our nation from the inside. Hell, we may even develop those hypersonic missiles and crap quicker and more efficiently. Our power projection just won’t be as blatant as now. America will project power by nearly wrecking the economies of Europe, who have become too dependent on American military and financial aid. America could up and leave all their bases, leave their supplies if they want (say as a parting gift so Europe wouldn’t need to scramble for military weaponry), and just focus on America. All those billions of dollars could also go towards our increasing homeless population, food shortages, or our healthcare system. This would improve America’s standard of living and lead to an influx of jobs, new fields of study, and longer life spans (since it won’t put you into debt to have a medical emergency). Meanwhile, Europe would have to scramble to fill the gap the Americans left. The reason Europe has good healthcare is because NATO nations don’t have a huge defense budget, so they can afford to spend it on healthcare. Even with America’s parting gift, those nations would still need to ramp up their defense budget and thus cause the healthcare system to crash. This video downplays just how much Europe relies on America. America helps fund the NATO nations’ standard of living. If America left, NATO nations would suffer record inflation to try to alleviate the financial gap the US filled. And if all goes sour, those nations could suffer economic ruin. America may also help by giving out loans, but unlike all the loans America has given out before, those loans should never be forgiven and those nations would have to pay us back. It’s nothing against our allies, we love our allies. But, if we’re going to be shouldered with the brunt of everybody’s financial and military burden, we would at least like some respect. And as shown by most of NATO not paying their share and how some Europeans talk about Americans, we aren’t respected. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you 💛

I hate when they always look at the military budget and do not place it in context. Our military is 100% professional, which means it is a volunteer force. As such, we are paid higher than the conscripts that make up most of the militaries in other countries. This is never pointed out and is quite annoying.

Yup, Americans are getting tired of footing the bill for NATO. Europe should start paying their fair share or this may become a reality in the not too distant future.

Albert Einstein is often quoted as having said: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones".

Why does my tax payer dollars keep going to the world?

Between foreign aid and what America spends on NATO, the $ amount gets close to 1 trillion a year. This is money well spent though as it allows the world to afford to continually badmouth the U.S.

Here is a question...........Who wins.......THE BEAR or THE BEES.....for the honey??

Pray for our country! God has blessed America 💕💜

It's just a shame other countries won't help us out like they agreed. It's the US taxpayers who pay. Where's the sense in that?

United Kingdom is quite capable of taking care of themselves you have the Scottish lol 💥💥🤕

As an American, I personally don't want to leave NATO. The UN, absolutely. NATO, no. However, I do wish our allies would act more like actual allies and take their own defense more seriously, rather than dependants. Even with our massive economy, there may come a day the US can't take the strain that our excessive spending is putting on it. If our allies aren't prepared to stand on their own democracy may fall with us. I don't want to see that happen.

Spending would change if our politicians and their relatives weren't allowed to invest in the market.... mainly the Military/Industrial complex/Market...

That's foolish to think we would leave the military bases if we left NATO. Leaving NATO doesn't mean we would stop being allies with those countries. We could simply leave NATO bc we're sick of paying for all of it ourselves. Just like brexit you guys aren't now enemies with the other European countries

You guy's start paying your bills and we won't leave.

It basically ceases to exist as an organization overnight, which means Europeans will probably start fighting each other again, not their problem anymore.

Well we could take that money and idk...help our homeless, rebuild these broke ass bridges, etc etc

One thing that isn’t mentioned is how much taxes would increase for all Europeans that are in NATO . The up tick in having to increase all of their military budgets wouldn’t be free .

We aren't going to leave NATO. As much as people complain about contributing so much more to NATO than Europe, we are still greatly benefited by the alliance and there's no benefit to leaving. That being said, every country really should be contributing 2% of their GDP. Only 11 nations met their obligations in 2023 😵‍💫

I would never want to leave NATO, but we need to start paying half of what we're paying right now. I believe most Americans want to be in NATO and we want to help where we can. HOWEVER we should also take care of our citizens first. Kids are hungry, people don't have health care, we are all one accident away from losing everything, our elderly need better care, our homeless situation, our vets and ill repeat the first one, our kids are going hungry. All of that aside just one small example, we live in America and we have to PAY FOR WATER. 😂 I'm sorry I find that to be the most ridiculous thing ever. We love our allies and again would always hope to help!! Especially our British family 😉❤️

Europe needs to learn to fend for themselves!

See....this is why you should never talk about politics or money at the dinner table. 😳🤣

Only 38% of NATO countries meet their obligations. We don't expect you to spend as much as the U.S. does because our economy is massive, but it's really not too much to ask Europe to at least meet the spending that you promised. Instead Europe relies on us for your defense, we subsidize your healthcare by eating all of the costs of medical research and then Europe turns around and routinely spits in our faces. So you tell me. What benefit is the U.S. getting from being allied with Europe? Why should we stay in NATO and protect you? It's far past time that Europe steps up and actually pay what it should. As far as I'm concerned, Europe should at least meet us halfway for the total budget, there's 32 other countries in NATO, that isn't unreasonable to expect.

America you cant help but love this dude........

If the rest of the world wants the u.s to stay in nato, pay your fair share. Otherwise I'm perfectly fine with saving the expense.

Great, NATO will be ok. Then the US "SHOULD" leave NATO.

All other countries need to do their share. All our money goes to help other countries. All countries need to learn to help themselves first.

Being in NATO is not only good for the safety of other countries, but for ours as well. True, other countries need to start taking their fair share of the cost, but would you rather the US police the world, Russia, or China? That's a huge HELL NO from me!

We need out of the U.N. first then NATO.

Every nato country is supposed to provide 2% of their GDP to defense, the only one who actually follows that is the U.S. & the defense that is provided for all of NATO is paid for basically all by the U.S.

There would be no nato if the U.S leaves no country has the logistics to create, then amazon prime what you need to fight a conflict without the U.S

The video makes a false equivalence towards the end about the U.S.’ reputation if it left NATO. It’s not like the U.S. wouldn’t have allies and treaties with the majority of European countries. NATO should have been disbanded after the Soviet Union fell. NATO has just grown and intervened in conflicts. I’m sick of my country policing the world with NATO.

Most of Americans want nato but need to figure the budget out.it will be bad if we did for us Americans

F.Y.I. there is a lot of support in the U.S. to leave both NATO and the UN. Edit: That is a propaganda video probably made by someone that lives in a NATO country that hasn't kept up their financial obligations in decades.

The average United States taxpayer pays for everything 💥💥

Leaving NATO would be one of the first thins Trump would do. He already threatened that very thing while he was in office. I cant even bring myself thinking of him as MY president.

I mean... It sounds like a bad idea if you don't live in the USA... If you do, though... That's literal Billions of dollars we can use to take care of all the things we "Don't Have The Money For" and invest into making the country as a whole even stronger. IMO, the rest of NATO should contribute at least as much as the USA does. You guys are kinda getting most of the reward with pretty much no risk. While we're taking most of the risk and receiving very little reward. I also don't think it would tarnish the US's reputation either. Probably make it better to be honest. Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. 🎉

Were tired of paying for almost all of it,2/3rd. Spend it here on Americans.

The US should be in NATO, but we need to shrink our funding or demand that other member give up some money! The US is being taken advantage of being the world police!

As an American I do not want to leave NATO but if all members are not spending at least 3% of their GDP on the collective then I do want them kicked out of NATO.

What would be good is if Europe started to fulfill their agreement financially.

America has always wanted to be the "good guy"(barring the corrupt politicians and businessmen). It has cost us greatly, but that's part of being American. Nato is not set in stone. It can, and should, be reorganized for the needs of the post cold war world. Just abandoning Nato is unwise, impractical and nonsensical.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization❌️ North American Treaty Organization✅️ Lol jokes guys

Being in NATO is not only good for the safety of other countries, but for ours as well. True, other countries need to start taking their fair share of the cost, but would you rather the US police the world, or have Russia, or China take over? That's a huge HELL NO from me!

People got pissed at Trump , he made everyone start paying more. He didn't think it was right for America to be paying the majority... I agree with him and was happy when he did that, but man he took a ton of flack for that.

For centuries Europeans have been waging war continuously. Since the end of WW 2, Europeans, especially Western Europeans have lived in relative peace for 80 years and it's because of the protection provided by the U.S. The Cold War was cold because of the U.S. and we kept Western Europe safe from the Soviet Union. European countries have that luxury of only paying for a small defense force and living under the umbrella of security provided by America. So this is not about money, but the principal of the matter . Regardless of the organization, it's morally wrong to EXPECT one of its members to pay for the majority of the bills and everyone else pays little, but has the same benefits. Trump asked NATO nations to simply pay it's fair share and was blasted for it and was given the middle finger by Europe. It's ridiculous... share and

I'm not really a fan of any global organization. UN, WHO., NATO...but if the others would contribute a little fairer percentage. I would be more inclined to want to remain. it does have benefits that we could get no other way.

as a American i think leaving nato would hurt more then help and the idea of it is very shortsighted/ not considering the future with facts because if we lose the trust of our allies it will open them up and even possibly force them to have to accept other allies through expansion which said leaders and non nato members esp a certain Russian guy who one of the greatest gifts hes said would be US leaving nato of it to assume as we cant go back to the old archaic ways and become isolationist ways we had before that being said from a monetary stand point some of the great stuff people use here in the us is Not manufactured { that includes critical gasses and parts} in the us and well to be blunt everything if not most of the electronics we all use have more then likely 2-4 + countries involved so no leaving nato would be tactically financially and just down right giving anti nato dictators the fast pass bullet train for expansion which is what they want and well alot of them even though they said they would stop at random place they factually dont so sure the take over may not happen in your time of being alive but at some point there will be no buffer zones left

I'd suggest you watch a video on how a nuclear attack is launched because of how concerned you are over a single actor. Briefly it's impossible for one person to do it on any of the systems.

We will always look after our UK friends. USA!

The other countries need to contribute more than this

I wouldn't be sad if we left NATO. We could save a ton of money.

When the nuclear fuel decays, it just becomes a normal bomb.

England said 🖕 The EU, And so do I. Let them defend themselves. US, England and Australia can stick together.

That's just the "known" bases.. ;)

America sure has its problems, but better America than any other country.

This is why I'm voting Trump.

the unfortunate thing is that the united states should not have to front the bill for nato. every country should be paying their part. the american people dont deserve it