Late Stage Capitalism

And what a great job they're doing! There's definitely no double standards here, oh no. *cough Israel *cough.

NATO only acts to prevent the expansion of the United States' rival imperial powers, like Russia and China. It's nothing more than a military alliance of western powers to maintain US hegemony. It's all well and good that it resists and deters Russia imperialism in Europe, but it has zero interest in stopping US imperialism in the middle east as carried out by the US' favorite proxy state and stationary aircraft carrier, Israel. NATO isn't attempting to maintain peace in Europe out of a genuine desire to protect human life, but simply to preserve the status quo and balance of power.

And if you're wondering how Trump wanting to leave NATO fits into all this, it's precisely because NATO preserves the balance of power. He thinks he can benefit from destabilizing the political climate of the world because he's a scumbag who takes advantage of chaos to advance his interests, and he doesn't care if other authoritarian leaders are able to do the same. The US could lose global standing, but that's a risk he's willing to take if it helps him consolidate power internally.