‘By the way, Nato is dead’: If Trump wins, Europe is on its own

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EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton at the Elysée Palace in Paris following a ceremony for the late European Commission leader Jacques Delors on January 5th. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images The spectre of a Trump victory in November’s US presidential elections is haunting European Union and Nato policymakers in Brussels. Donald Trump is committed to “a complete re-evaluation of Nato’s purpose and mission” if he wins the election, as current polling suggests he can do. At Davos in 2020 Trump told the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the French and Irish commissioners Thierry Breton and Phil...