Trump's proposal to invoke Article 5 of NATO to address the immigration issue at the U.S. southern border has sparked controversy.

Trump posted today: "Perhaps we should test NATO: invoke Article 5 to force NATO to come and protect our southern border from illegal immigrants, thereby freeing up a large number of border patrol personnel to carry out other tasks."

Comment: Trump's remarks are a deliberate distortion and abuse of NATO's Article 5 collective defense clause, and also treat NATO as a tool to serve American domestic politics. It also reveals his dissatisfaction with NATO, showcasing his unilateralist hegemonic logic. The core of NATO Article 5 is collective defense against armed attacks on member states. It has been used only once, after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The issue of immigration at the U.S. southern border clearly does not fall under this category. His proposal completely violates the original intention of the clause and the core principles of NATO's establishment.

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