Does the U.S. Still Need NATO? Trump says he'll withdraw more troops. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! For decades, if Europe faced a major war, the hidden assumption was not just that America would show up. It was that America would organize the fight . The United States would provide the top commanders, the logistics, the intelligence, the airpower, the nuclear umbrella, the reinforcement routes, the satellites, the refueling aircraft and the command networks that made NATO work