RT by @lugaricano: Would a new Trump Presidency lead to a Europe-Russia war?
Politico reports:
"[European Commissioner] Breton told the following anecdote: “Back to 2020, January. We are sitting with Ursula von der Leyen, myself, Phil Hogan and the president of the United States of America. We were in Davos. And Donald Trump said to Ursula, ‘you need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you, and by the way NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO.’ It was the president of the United States of America — he may come back.” Breton added: “That was a big wake up call … So now more than ever, we know that we are on our own, of course.”"

=> consistent with public statements by John Bolton that Trump would've pulled the U.S. out of NATO had he won the 2020 election.
=> consistent with the U.S. Congress having approved a bill in December 2023 preventing the President from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO without Senate approval or an act of Congress.
=> however, under a Trump Presidency, as commander-in-chief, Trump would not need to formally withdraw to destroy NATO. He could simply refuse to come to the aid of Allies under attack. It would violate America's word, but it couldn't be prevented.
=> not sure we've seen much of a wake-up call anywhere. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a wake-up call in parts of Europe. But not all of it. Serious public talk by top military leaders in Western Europe that we may end up being at war with Russia started only a few months ago. Serious public talk by top *political* leaders in Western Europe on that same topic hasn't even started yet.
=> the next U.S. President will be inaugurated in 12 months' time. That's the time Europe has. 12 months.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EHunterChristie/status/1745034090456219861#m

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