Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday called for President Joe Biden to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mediaite reported.

The congresswoman's basis for calling for the withdrawal of the U.S. from NATO was that the alliance is "not a reliable partner" and that member nations consistently fail to meet their minimum annual military funding obligation of 2 percent of gross domestic product.

Greene's proposed amendments to 2024 NDAA bill

Rep. Greene's call for President Biden to withdraw the U.S. from NATO came in the form of an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that she offered, along with several others, during a House Rules Committee hearing on the annual military funding bill.

"My amendment would direct the President withdrawal from NATO. They are not a reliable partner whose defense spending should be paid for by American citizens," Greene said. "For the better part of the last decade, Germany contributed only around 1 percent of its GDP to finance NATO obligations while the United States is paying around 4 percent of our GDP to defend NATO countries."

"The United States has been financing and promising to defend NATO countries for decades and paying more than their fair share," she added. "Western European countries could and should be stepping up their financial contributions to ensure the security of NATO; instead they are entirely beholden to Russia and the U.S. taxpayer is expected to foot the bill."

Mediaite noted that Greene did not elaborate on how European NATO allies are "entirely beholden to Russia," but may have been referencing the previous heavy reliance of much of Europe on oil- and gas-rich Russia for its energy needs -- at least prior to the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Speaking of that Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Georgia congresswoman also submitted several amendments to the 2024 NDAA that would strip financial and military assistance to Ukraine, including a prohibition on the provision of F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles, among other things.

Biden currently at NATO summit

Notably, as Rep. Greene was calling for the U.S. to be withdrawn from NATO, President Biden was in attendance at a major NATO summit in Lithuania, where he reiterated the "ironclad commitment" of the U.S. to the Cold War-era anti-Russian military alliance.

In a Tuesday morning tweet, Biden said, "The United States is here today to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to NATO, but also to our Ally Lithuania. Our partnership goes back a long way. And our commitment to Lithuania, to the Baltics, and to NATO has not wavered."

The main topic of discussion at the summit was, naturally, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as Ukraine's demand that it be given a guarantee of future NATO membership -- something NATO has signaled that it is highly reluctant to do, at least so long as the fighting continues.

Greene is not incorrect in criticizing NATO members' funding shortfall

Newsweek reported that Greene's speaking out against NATO and Ukraine assistance is nothing new for the Georgia congresswoman -- nor are her economic reasons for exiting the military alliance untrue or unknown.

Indeed, former President Donald Trump often and correctly -- and usually quite loudly -- pointed out that the vast majority of NATO member nations consistently failed to meet the minimum military funding obligation of 2 percent of their respective GDPs.

Of course, as President Biden's tweet made clear, to say nothing of dozens of comments to reporters and in speeches over the past several years, it seems beyond unlikely that he would ever authorize or support the withdrawal of the U.S. from NATO.