Telegraph: NATO should prepare for US to leave
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sun / 10 March 2024 / 12:37
Diplomats in Europe and beyond believe a Donald Trump reelection could lead to Washington quitting the bloc.
Tehran-ISNA- NATO could face a serious risk of the US leaving the alliance if Donald Trump is re-elected in November, the Telegraph said on Saturday, citing several diplomats from the bloc's member states. Europe's NATO countries should develop some strategy to deal with the consequences of such an eventuality and reconsider the bloc's defense capabilities, they warn.
The possibility of America's withdrawal is a "concern," one European diplomat told the paper. "Nobody knows what he's going to do next," he said, referring to Trump.
The former president secured his leadership in the Republican primaries earlier this week as he swept 14 out of 15 states at stake on Super Tuesday and got 995 Republican convention delegates' votes. His only opponent, Nikki Haley, dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination soon thereafter.
He is now expected to face off against President Joe Biden in November since the incumbent American leader also came out on top in the Democratic primaries.
Earlier, several former senior US officials claimed that a Trump White House could make America withdraw from NATO. Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper made such a prediction in December 2023. According to him, Trump could start pulling US forces out of NATO countries, potentially causing "the collapse of the alliance." Reuters also reported on such a possibility at that time.
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