Trump is threatening Europe: the US will not provide support in the event of an attack of Russia (video)

Trump can "pause" US NATO membership if it takes up the presidential seat in 2024 again. Former US President Donald Trump has promised not to defend Europe from an attack of Russia if he wins the next year's elections. A 77-year-old politician reminded that he had followed this position during his presidency and does not plan to change it in the future. This was reported by Bild. "I am no longer going to protect them.

I remember the head of one country got up and said," Tell, if Russia attacks my country, you won't be there? "That's right, that I mean, I will not protect you and will not give you money, "Trump said on Sunday, October 29, during a speech at the Iowa Election rally, where the Republican Party Primers begin in January. As President Trump regularly criticized his NATO partners for not investing in the Alliance budget.

According to Trump, at that time, only 8 out of 28 countries fulfilled their obligations. However, after his threats to leave Europe without US military support, hundreds of billions flowed into the NATO treasury. Trump's statement was reacted on social networks by supporters of Democrats and Joe Baiden.

In his comments, Trump's critics recalled the assumptions that arose during his stay in power: is Russian President Vladimir Putin had some pressure on Trump, which makes him behave "strangely humbly" about Moscow? Bild also quotes Donald Trump's interview, which he gave after the 2017 victory. Then, when he was in office, he called the transatlantic alliance "outdated" and "irrelevant".

He expressed an unambiguous position that in his policy, "America, first of all," has no place of concern for Europe, and especially about Germany. At that time, Trump said he wanted to bring 12,000 US soldiers to the end of his presidential term. BILD, citing US publications, writes that the Trump State apparatus was worth a lot of efforts to prevent him from getting out of NATO.

If Trump sets the presidential chair for the second time, he probably wants to at least put membership in the Alliance "on a pause" if his new requirements are not fulfilled. Among these conditions is the "reassessment" of the fundamental principle, according to which any attack on one member of the Alliance is equivalent to the attack on all. This principle has always been a kind of "insurance policy" for small countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.