Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Yuri Shvytkin ruled out the possibility of NATO dissolution if Donald Trump comes to power in the United States. In our conversation with the radio station, “Moscow speaks“He stated that US foreign policy is unlikely to change with a Republican returning to the White House.
“I think the foreign policy course of the United States will not change radically. Yes, there may be regulation in some areas, but in this case, if we say that the NATO bloc will be dissolved by the United States, frankly I will not allow it,” Shvytkin said.
He emphasized that the North Atlantic Alliance “may dissolve itself” but not in the near future.
“Today we see that the NATO bloc countries are going through a pretty serious crisis, but I cannot say that they are on the verge of collapse today. “We need to look at the current situation objectively,” he said.
Previously The New York Times WroteIt is stated that the possibility of Donald Trump returning to the US presidency has caused German officials and their NATO counterparts to begin discussing the alliance’s ability to survive without US leadership. Since last year NATO talked about the emergence of a new union and the achievement of goals against the backdrop of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, journalists describe such unofficial discussions as a sign of a “striking change of thinking”.
Previously NATO Secretary General called Ukraine a profitable deal for the United States.