Published January 13, 2024
- A top EU official revealed that Trump said the US would not help Europe if attacked.
- The official said it was a “big wake-up call” and expressed fears about a second Trump presidency.
- As president, Trump was openly critical of the EU and questioned the US commitment to NATO.
Former President Donald Trump privately warned that the US would “never” help the EU if it were attacked, a top European Union official has revealed.
While speaking at an event on Tuesday, French European Commissioner Thierry Breton recounted Trump’s conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 2020 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, per Politico.
“You need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you,” Trump said, according to Breton, who was also present at the meeting.
According to Breton, Trump then said: “By the way, NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO.””
“And he added, ‘And by the way, you owe me $400 billion because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense,'” Breton said.
Throughout his presidency, Trump questioned the value of the United States’ commitment to NATO and complained that other countries were not spending enough to support the alliance.
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SOURCE: www.businessinsider.com
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File image of Trump at the annual NATO heads of government summit on December 4, 2019, in Watford, England. He questioned the viability of the alliance in 2020, according to an EU official.
Published January 11, 2024
Alarm bells are ringing in Europe after comments reportedly made by former President Donald Trump about NATO came to light.
Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union, said that the former president told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that “we will never come to help you and to support you” if Europe is under attack, during a meeting in 2020.
By the way, you owe me $400 billion, because you didn’t pay—you Germans—what you had to pay for defense,” the official quoted Trump as saying.
Breton said Trump told them that “NATO is dead,” threatening to quit the military alliance, which its supporters say is vital for maintaining peace.
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SOURCE: www.Newsweek.com
RELATED: Biden campaign blasts Trump for allegedly saying he wouldn’t defend Europe if attacked
“The only person he cares about is himself,” a Biden campaign spokesperson said.
President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College January 5, 2024 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Published January 10, 2024
President Joe Biden’s campaign attacked former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for saying that he wouldn’t protect Europe if it were attacked.
“The idea that he would abandon our allies if he doesn’t get his way underscores what we already know to be true about Donald Trump: The only person he cares about is himself,” Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa told POLITICO in a statement.
The broadside comes a day after a senior European politician recounted how Trump privately warned years ago that America would not come to the EU’s aid, as POLITICO reported in Brussels Playbook earlier Wednesday.
“‘You need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you,’” Trump told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 2020, according to French European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was present for their chat at the World Economic in Forum in Davos.
