Rubio Sponsored Law Now Blocking Trump From Exiting NATO

President Donald Trump’s threat to exit NATO as retaliation for the bloc’s failure to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz faces a major obstacle — one that comes from his very own Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.

Rubio as a Republican senator from Florida sponsored bipartisan legislation that bars presidents from unilaterally withdrawing the US from the security alliance without the approval of Congress. The measure, co-sponsored with Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, was included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law.

Now Trump’s top diplomat, Rubio has gone from being one of NATO’s ...