Europe should reconsider its excessive dependence on America
| European diplomats say that Europe should prepare itself for the possible victory of the former American president and Washington's withdrawal from NATO. |
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, the English newspaper “Daily Telegraph” quoted NATO member diplomats and stated that due to the possibility of Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, returning to the White House, European countries should increase their defense spending. give.
These diplomatic sources also announced that Europe should be ready to reduce Washington’s participation in the activities of NATO institutions if Trump wins the US presidential election this November.
according to the Daily Telegraph, “European diplomats even called for the development of plans for the possible withdrawal of the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”
According to these officials, Europe should review its excessive dependence on America in the field of defense.
In the middle of February, the New York Times also wrote in a report that senior German officials are worried about the possible return of Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, to the White House and fear that NATO will withdraw from the second term. Trump’s presidency did not survive!
Trump had previously said in a gathering of his supporters in Las Vegas: America pays for NATO and we don’t get much benefit from it. If we ever need their help and suppose we are attacked, I don’t think they will come to our aid.
The former US president accused NATO allies in Washington of being unable to exert influence in this military alliance and in 2017 also said that NATO is “obsolete”. is.
In a report, the New York Times, referring to the growing concern of senior German officials about Trump’s return to the White House, wrote: Informal negotiations are underway in Berlin and other European capitals and said The focus of these negotiations is the possible dissolution of NATO, which is 180 degrees different from the dominant thinking of this alliance after the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, which focused on the alliance.
In the continuation of this report, the deadlock of several months in the approval of the $60 billion proposed package of the Joe Biden administration for Ukraine is pointed out and it is stated: the current concern is the growing pessimism about the continuation Aid to Kiev comes from America.
This American newspaper, citing unnamed sources, reported last December that EU diplomats and representatives of several think tanks contacted Trump’s relatives and They have “appealed” to know if he decides to withdraw America from NATO or not!
