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Roughly four in ten Republicans and GOP-leaning independents believe the United States benefits from NATO membership, according to a poll released Monday.<\/p>\n
A Pew Research Center poll found<\/a> that 38 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents believe that American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) benefits the United States. This is a 17-percent drop from 2021, when 55 percent of Republicans believed that NATO membership aided America.<\/p>\n Now, 60 percent of Republicans believe the United States benefits not too much or not at all from being part of the alliance with European countries. This marks the first time that a majority of Republicans have had such a dismal view of America\u2019s membership in NATO.<\/p>\n Overall, 59 percent of those polled believe that NATO helps the United States, and 82 percent of Democrats also believe that NATO helps the United States.<\/p>\n The survey of Americans\u2019 view of NATO was conducted as President Donald Trump has said he was strongly considering withdrawing America from NATO.<\/p>\n \u201cOh yes, I would say [it\u2019s] beyond reconsideration. I was\u00a0never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,\u201d he said<\/a> in an interview in early April.<\/p>\n Pew wrote:<\/p>\n The survey also finds that most Americans (63%) are not confident that Trump can make good decisions when it comes to working effectively with NATO.<\/p>\n Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats to be very or somewhat confident that Trump can make good decisions when it comes to working effectively with NATO. Roughly six-in-ten Republicans (62%) say this, compared with 11% of Democrats. Among Democrats, around two-thirds say they are\u00a0not at all confident<\/em>\u00a0in Trump\u2019s ability to work effectively with the alliance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pew said that Americans\u2019 belief in the benefits of NATO dropped after Russia\u2019s conflict with Ukraine started in April 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n