The media learned about the US plans to relinquish leadership in NATO in favor of Britain or France.

The President USA Donald Trump is considering abandoning the leadership of NATO in favor of France or the United Kingdom. This was reported on Wednesday, March 5, by the British tabloid href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14461995/Trump-leadership-NATO-UK-France-Starmer-Zelensky-peace-plan.html"> Daily Mail (DM).

"Donald Trump is considering giving up leadership in NATO after insisting that European allies take more responsibility for the continent's security," the newspaper writes.

It is clarified that in this regard, the Trump administration expects that the post of Supreme Commander of the United Armed Forces (UAF) of NATO will be occupied by a representative from Britain or France.

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On the eve of March 4, political analyst Alexander Asafov, in an interview with Izvestia, said that NATO is the largest arms market for the United States, therefore Washington href="https://iz.ru/1848637/2025-03-04/politolog-vyrazil-somnenie-v-gotovnosti-ssha-otkazatsia-ot-chlenstva-v-nato"> will not give up membership in the block. Prior to that, American entrepreneur and head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, supported the idea on the withdrawal of the state from NATO and the UN.