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Trump-proof NATO? The United States Congress is on it. American lawmakers have moved to prevent any U.S. president from unilaterally withdrawing from the international alliance.
The potentially historic move came in an annual defence-spending bill that just passed the Congress on Thursday, in a largely bipartisan final vote of 310-118.
One tiny section of the massive $886 billion US National Defense Authorization Act includes a string of rules for a NATO withdrawal.
It says no president shall suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw from
