In a move that redraws the boundaries between military alliance and political allegiance, the United States has begun distributing questionnaires to NATO member states asking them to demonstrate ideological loyalty to the Trump administration's foreign policy vision before committing to its military presence in Europe. Where the postwar alliance was built on the relatively stable premise of mutual defense, Washington is now introducing a conditional logic — one in which continued protection is tied not merely to shared security interests, but to public alignment, procurement choices, and regul