'Fade away please': Hillary Clinton slammed as she warns Trump will withdraw US from NATO if re-elected

WASHINGTON, DC: During a lunchtime panel at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a stark warning regarding a potential action by former President Donald Trump in the event of his re-election.

On Saturday, February 17, Clinton asserted that Trump might seek to withdraw the United States from NATO, and urged delegates to take his intentions "literally and seriously", according to NBC News.

“We have a long struggle ahead of us, and the obvious point to make about Donald Trump is take him literally and seriously,” Clinton remarked.

“He means what he says,” she added. “People did not take him literally and seriously in 2016. Now he is telling us what he intends to do, and people who try to wish it away, brush it away, are living in an alternative reality.”

Hillary Clinton warns of Trump becoming 'absolute authoritarian leader'

Additionally, on Saturday, Clinton, who lost her bid to challenge Trump in the 2016 presidential election, issued a warning claiming that the former president would try to "pull us out of NATO."

“He will do everything he can to become an absolute authoritarian leader if given the opportunity to do so. And he will pull us out of NATO even though the Congress passed a resolution saying that he couldn’t without congressional support, because he will just not fund our obligations,” Clinton stated.

The 77-year-old Republican presidential frontrunner has been criticized for his recent remarks about NATO countries that didn’t go down very well with said US allies.

During a rally in South Carolina, Trump stated that if a NATO country failed to make payments to the alliance, he would not defend it against an potential Russian attack, and would let Russia "do whatever the hell they want."

In response to the comments made by the former POTUS, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q Brown Jr, stated last week that the credibility of the United States is on the line with all of its alliances, including NATO.

During an interview with NBC, Brown said, “This year is the 75th anniversary of NATO. And I think we have a responsibility to uphold those alliances. US credibility is at stake with each of our alliances, and US leadership is still needed, wanted and watched.”

Despite this, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared that he is "confident" that the United States would "remain a strong ally and committed ally" irrespective of the results coming out of the upcoming November US general elections.

Stoltenberg explained his stance regarding the matter in an interview with Sky News last week, “Because it is in the US security interest to have a strong NATO. It is strong bipartisan support in the US Congress and for NATO. And the criticism has been mainly about NATO allies not spending enough on NATO.”

Joe Biden calls Trump’s comments on NATO 'un-American'

President Joe Biden and his campaign have slammed Trump's remarks about NATO with the 81-year-old incumbent condemning his predecessor's comments as "dangerous" and "un-American."

“The former president has sent a dangerous, and shockingly, frankly, un-American signal to the world. Just a few days ago, Trump gave an invitation to Putin to invade some of our NATO allies,” the Commander-in-Chief said from the White House last week.

Trump views NATO as a “burden” and “doesn’t see the alliance that protects America and the world,” he continued.

In a new advertisement aired Friday, Biden's re-election campaign questioned Trump's relationship with Putin and objected to his "traitorous comments" about NATO.

“No president has ever said anything like it,” the narrator says in the ad citing Trump’s comments on NATO.

“It’s shameful. It’s weak. It’s dangerous. It’s un-American,” the narrator concluded, echoing Biden's comments from last week.

Amid wars breaking out between nations around the world, it is important to note that Article 5 of the NATO treaty states that if any member nation is attacked, other members will come to its defense.

This clause has only been put into action once, after the 9/11 attacks, when the United States requested assistance from other NATO countries.

Internet slams Hillary Clinton

People on X criticized Clinton as she cautioned Trump would seek to withdraw the US from NATO if re-elected.

One X user remarked, "Just go away. Fade away please."

Another argued, "What's wrong with withdrawing from NATO ? They do not fund themselves, why should we pick up the slack? Let Europe take care of Europe, what are we....the world's police ? It's time for the USA to take care of the USA, then worry about others....."

Someone else quipped, "Doing the opposite of what Hillary wants is a good thing."

One user asked, "Does anybody still listen to or care what she says?"

Another said, "Honestly, who cares what Hillary Clinton thinks."

"What’s her point? Seriously," someone asked.

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