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so, that would have very likely incited The Netherlands to invoke Article V against the UK. Which would have been… interesting, considering who was the US president at the time.
On a related note, I’m guessing that’s the only reason they even evaluated the option - because BoJo thought he could spin it in a way Trump would buy into the idea if they actually decided to try it. But also, something like that would have utterly destroyed the internal integrity of NATO for several pretty fucking huge reasons.