Trump-Zelenskyy clash delivers death blow to NATO

If NATO's European members decide to build a new alliance free from the whims of a pro-Moscow America, they'll have to figure out how to extend the modest British and French nuclear forces to protect itself.

In the White House on Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, and Vice-President J.D. Vance, right, launched a vicious attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the massed cameras of the American media, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of CNN

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

March 3, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—The North Atlantic Treaty Organization retired to its sickbed as soon as Donald Trump won the United States presidential election last November. NATO finally died on Feb. 28 in the White House when Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance launched a vicious attack ...

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