Without NATO we would not be as strong. We are not paying for NATO. The arrangement is that each nation pay a certain amount of their GDP for defense. We are the one who decided to spend more money on defense than the other top 10 militaries combined. Article 5 has only been used once, this means that we have not had to stand up for Europe, they stood up for us when we started a war for no reason. Furthermore, it has been this partnership that has saved up from additional terrorist strikes due to them sharing intel with us. We cannot afford to lose any allies. It is time to stop listening to the rambling of an idiot who doesn't know wtf he is talking about.