Trump says US should have tested NATO by invoking Article 5 over border security

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States should have considered testing NATO by forcing member countries to respond to America’s southern border crisis.

Trump speculated in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. could have invoked Article 5 — the alliance’s collective defense clause that deems an attack on one member as an attack on all — thereby putting NATO "to the test."

"Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and...