How to be Trump-proof: Europe’s big test

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Trump’s victories in the early Republican primary caucuses in January, and his lead over President Joe Biden in many opinion polls, were already causing much quiet speculation over what might befall trans-Atlantic relations, Ukraine, and world politics more generally, if he wins in November. But this chin-scratching turned into open-mouthed alarm last weekend, when Trump told a rally that he would “encourage them [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want” to any NATO member who was not spending at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence. NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg, presiding over a handily timed gathering of...