Brussels, dear? Is Europe ready for Trump in the White House?

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Is the EU adequately prepared in case Donald Trump returns to the White House? In the final weeks of his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave the world a glimpse of his potential approach to the war in Europe and Ukraine if he returned as commander in chief.

He told the world, “We encourage Russia to do whatever it wants to America’s allies unless they pay at least 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) for defense.” Ta. He also said that Ukraine was “resolved” within 24 hours.

None of the indications based on these or other statements are reassuring, even if they were at his base on the campaign trail.

He was joined by Ian Bond, deputy director of the Center for European Reform, who warned that Trump was “submissive” to Putin and that this was a threat to America’s European allies.

“We’ve seen in President Trump’s first term that he’s completely submissive to President Putin, and I think President Putin wants to take advantage of that again.” Bond continued, “Trump was given the opportunity to say that American intelligence showed that Russia attacked the American democratic process, and he basically said that President Putin did no such thing.” You assured me that it wasn’t, and I said so,” he reminded me. There’s no reason to doubt him. ”

“It was a really extraordinary, mind-blowing moment.”

However, Tomi Huutanen of the Wilfred Martens Center warned against a “Trump panic.”

But he said Europe needed to prepare: “We can no longer rely on US support. In fact, Ukraine comes first. So we really need to triple our support to Ukraine. ” he said. He also said Europe needs to be independent in terms of defense and security: “We need to start building our own defence, defense capabilities, defense industrial capabilities and military operations.”

M-Rex journalist Kaite Bolongalo reports that the 2020 election was led by Trump supporters who were led to believe that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen by Joe Biden, despite the lack of evidence to prove it. Reminiscing about the riots in Washington DC on June 6th.

“I think we need to recognize what we saw in the January 2021 insurrection. I mean, all of this checks and balances survived during President Trump’s first presidency, but Trump… Is it solid enough to withstand the next presidential era that is clearly in place?” Working with allies to create a map roadmap to weakening many systems? So if it’s I think that’s a big problem. ”

Vlad Gheorghe, a member of the European Parliament’s Liberal Renewal Europe group, also called for strengthening Europe’s defenses, saying, “We have seen that if the United States withdraws aid, there will be big problems. That’s why we will strengthen it further and rebuild Europe.” There is a need,” he said. It’s its own real army. ” And stop relying on “Big Brother.”