Europe braces for US elections: Is the EU ready for President Trump 2.0?

Back to homepage / Shows / Talking Europe Issued on: 01/03/2024 – 13:08 12:37 TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 The spectre of a second Donald Trump presidency is stalking America. Depending on whom you believe, the world’s biggest superpower is either sleepwalking into dictatorship, or everyone just needs to chill out. Eight months before the […]

Europe braces for US elections: Is the EU ready for President Trump 2.0?

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The spectre of a second Donald Trump presidency is stalking America. Depending on whom you believe, the world’s biggest superpower is either sleepwalking into dictatorship, or everyone just needs to chill out. Eight months before the US presidential election, there are many unknowns. But America is rife with dystopian warnings that Trump’s return would spell the last rites of American democracy. Europeans, meanwhile, are bracing for the impact of a President Trump “2.0”. Trump’s hints that he might pull the US out of NATO – or encourage Russia to attack allies who don’t pay their fair share to the alliance – have led some to ask “is Europe ready?” So is it? Can Europe “Trump-proof” itself? And does it need to? We delve into these questions with two MEPs.

Programme prepared by Perrine Desplats, Isabelle Romero, Sophie Samaille and Agnès Le Cossec

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