An interesting comment from a French general: he thinks the best thing that can happen to NATO is actually the US pulling out of NATO. This would preserve the benefits of NATO (interoperability between all western armies) but would force Europeans to take their own defense seriously instead of relying on the US.
Interesting. Also, the EU has been quietly trying to build an army, this would let them leapfrog all the political potholes of doing so and just assimilate NATO as the new EU army.
For those interested in more details, the podcast (in French): https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/lesprit-public/la-def...
That makes me think it may actually happen.