Can Europe be Trump-Proofed? And Should It Be?

Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss the steps that European
countries can and should take to prepare for possible U.S.
retrenchment from the continent. Can NATO survive a second Trump
administration? Or should we be equally concerned about a second
Biden administration for transatlantic relations? Grievances for
Justin Trudeau and Canada’s meager defense budgets, to those who
kept President Biden’s health problems a secret, and to the
Pentagon for acquiescing to the Sentinel intercontinental
ballistic missile's rising costs. Attas to the Secret Service
agents who risked their lives to shield former President Trump,
to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro for his handling of the
tragic death of a fellow Pennsylvanian during the assassination
attempt on former President Trump, and to those members of
Congress starting to ask hard questions about the F-35.


 


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