European leaders have begun discussing the creation of structures that could replace or complement NATO amid fears that Donald Trump could become US president and reduce support for the alliance. This was reported by washington post.
According to the source, Europeans watch with horror the “weakness” of the current leader of the American state, Joe Biden, and are also afraid of the arrival of Trump, who has repeatedly spoken unflatteringly about NATO and Europe’s role in the alliance.
It was noted that concerns in Europe stemmed from Trump’s words that he would support a possible attack by third countries on a NATO member country that devotes less than 2 percent of its GDP to defense.
February 19, American edition of Bloomberg WroteHe said that members of the NATO Organization discussed the possibility of Russia attacking one of the alliance countries at the Munich Security Conference.
Times reportedIt was stated that Donald Trump’s words regarding Russia’s plans to encourage attacks against NATO countries caused concern among politicians from European countries, especially Estonia.
February 11 Donald Trump accused Some NATO member countries were unable to fulfill their financial obligations under the defense cut program.
Previously in the USA offered Keep countries with small defense budgets out of NATO.