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Global Alliance in Rupture: NATO Freezes U.S. Under Article 5 After Trump’s Venezuela Strike Unthinkable Break: NATO Condemns Trump, Suspends U.S. as Maduro Is Captured
Global Alliance in Rupture: NATO Freezes U.S. Under Article 5 After Trump’s Venezuela Strike
Unthinkable Break: NATO Condemns Trump, Suspends U.S. as Maduro Is Captured
Global Alliance in Rupture: NATO Freezes U.S. Under Article 5 After Trump’s Venezuela Strike
Unthinkable Break: NATO Condemns Trump, Suspends U.S. as Maduro Is Captured
In an unprecedented rupture of the post–World War II security order, NATO has moved to freeze the United States from the collective defense guarantees of Article 5 following a unilateral U.S. strike in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The decision—described by diplomats as “extraordinary and reluctant”—marks the most severe rebuke the alliance has ever issued against its founding member.
A Shock to the Alliance
According to alliance officials, the U.S. operation was launched without prior consultation or authorization from NATO partners. While Washington framed the action as a limited mission aimed at stabilizing the region and protecting U.S.