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Many European countries were relieved when Biden announced that "America is back" after defeating Trump in the 2020** election, but this relief is being replaced by another perception: "America may come back, but it may also go back".
According to the global network, in February this year, the U.S. federal court announced that the trial of the former Trump election interference case would be postponed until further notice.
Although this news is inconspicuous in the current increasingly fierce United States, it is regarded by the United States as "another major victory for Trump", and such a victory is obviously not the result that European countries want to see.
NATO is dead! The reasons why Europe does not like Trump are self-evident, he is "arrogant" and "unavoidable", as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel commentedTrump's election to the United States** means that "the era of Europe's dependence on the United States is over."
In the four years from 2016 to 2020, Trump did not get along well with European leaders, especially when he said something that is still fresh in the memory of the European Union"NATO is dead, and if Europe is attacked, the United States will not provide any help or support, but Europe still owes the United States $400 billion in defense spending. ”
At this year's Davos forum, the European Union's Thierry Breton spoke again about Trump's speech, claiming that "this is a huge wake-up call, he could come back at any time, and Europe must be ready." ”
After a lapse of 4 years, especially when Biden has withdrawn from Ukraine and the United States has caught up with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it is not unreasonable for Europe to worry about Trump's returnThe former American has more than once boasted of his "friendship" with Putin, threatened to abandon Ukraine overnight, and questioned the meaning of NATO's existence.
Trump's attendance at the European Leaders' Summit in 2017 is naturally unacceptable in the eyes of some Eastern European countries, because no matter what the reason for the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, this war, which has lasted for nearly 2 years, has incited the "anti-Russian" sentiment and "Russophobia" of Eastern European countriesIt undoubtedly means that their jumping up and down for Russia over the past 2 years does not mean anything.
And for "old Europe" like France and Germany, they need to worry about more than the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. During Trump's first term, he launched an unprecedented ** war against Europe, although Biden terminated some of his radical policies after taking office, he did not stop "sucking blood" from Europe, the most intuitive example is the introduction of the "Inflation Reduction Act".The essence of the bill is to uproot the European electric vehicle industrySince its release, France and Germany have been whining.
Make America Great Again! In response to possible tensions between the United States and Europe after Trump's return, Kieren Skinner, the former head of the policy planning group of the United States and Trump, once wrote a detailed "plan", declaring that "Trump 2The United States** in the "0" era must conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S.-European relationship to ensure that U.S. companies are "treated fairly."
Don't look at Skinner's claim to seek "fair treatment for American companies", everyone knows thatThe so-called "fairness" of American politicians is actually the "America First" setTrump's first term of office began with the first war, which shows that if he returns to the White House, the tension between the United States and Europe in the political, ** and other fields is bound to worsen again.
At this year's Davos forum, Ian Bremmer, president of the American political risk consulting firm "Europe Group", even alarmistly declared that Trump's return was "the greatest risk facing Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989".
As countries begin to choose sides, right-wing politicians such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and AfD leader Weidel may have a "common language" with Trump, which will inevitably further deepen the internal workings of NATO and the EU.