London’s The Economist published an article yesterday headlined “What Would Europe Do if Trump Won?” which expresses great concern over the future of NATO’s “forever war” in Ukraine, should Donald Trump be elected President of the U.S. The article notes that “even as NATO meets, Europeans are exploring a plan B,” given that Trump said he would end the war “in 24 hours.”
“How? He did not say, but his words imply halting military aid to Ukraine and letting Russia keep the gains of its invasion…. If so, the return of a `Trump unbound’—more resentful, more organized and less constrained than in his first term—could be a calamity for Ukraine. It may be a disaster for Europe in other ways. He may well enact a threat, dating from his first term, to leave NATO.… And merely suggesting he would not fight for allies could complete the destruction of the European order that Russia is attempting.”
