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    Trump Flirts With Leaving NATO, and ‘Zero’ Republicans in Congress Are Impressed

    For someone who actively avoids criticizing the president, Senator Jim Risch has a lot to say about how he will deal with Trump.
    by Uri Friedman Jan 17, 2019 6 minutes
    Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP / RTImages / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The Atlantic

    It’s a familiar pattern: President Donald Trump’s Republican allies disagree with him on a major issue. They send statements and tweets, and repeat talking points on cable news. But will those in positions of power actually stand up to the president when they are at odds with him?

    For Jim Risch, the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a big test could come if Trump decides to withdraw from NATO, the military alliance with Europe that the U.S. has led for more than 70 years, as he has reportedly suggested he may do.

    “There is zero appetite in the United States Congress to leave NATO,” Risch told me on Wednesday. “Fair statement?” he asked, turning to an adviser. “Maybe one voice,” the adviser joked. Risch amended his statement: “Almost zero appetite.”

    Coming from a Republican lawmaker who is often portrayed as a steadfast supporter of the president’s, and who is now the most powerful shaper of American foreign policy in the Senate, it was

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