Spokesmen for many European countries have long expressed uneasiness about what will happen on the day Trump could return to the presidency.
Fears that America's contribution to the security alliance would be drastically reduced and its commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with Europe would erode.
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If that happens, Europe must be prepared to manage its own security without the help of the United States. And then NATO, as we know it today, will be history.
If so, that would be good news for Vladimir Putin and Russia.
– could lead us to a new era of great power wars
– We generally have to rely on a significantly weaker Western alliance. Trump is more than willing to deal with America's enemies like a businessman. Trump is said to be not without political successes and foreign policy achievements. Other countries have shown restraint because they don't know what Trump can do.
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This is what Professor Hilmar Mjelde of the University of Western Norway tells ABC Nighter.
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– How will NATO be affected if Trump wins the November election?
– The danger for NATO and the West is that the United States withdraws from world politics and no longer wants to lead. Mjelde replies that this will lead us to a new era of great power wars.
– I think we will see at most one more aid package for Ukraine
– How do you assess the impasse in the House of Representatives regarding support for Ukraine?
– I think we will see at most one more aid package for Ukraine. If Biden wins re-election, there may be more, but it may be too late for Ukraine.
– Joe Biden has warned that if Trump wins, authoritarianism and democracy will collapse in America. Does it take too much?
– Hard to say. I don't think Trump has any intention of destroying democracy. Hilmer Mjelde has warned that I am more concerned that America is inadvertently losing democracy because Trump lacks restraint and abuses his power without realizing it.
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