Then president told European commissioners in 2020 that ‘Nato is dead’ and the US would never defend Europe if it were attacked

Donald Trump told the president of the European Commission in 2020 that the US would “never come help” if Europe was attacked and also said “Nato is dead”, a senior European commissioner said.

Multiple news outlets said the exchange between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020 was described in Brussels on Tuesday by Thierry Breton, a French European commissioner responsible for the internal market, with responsibilities including defence.

“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 speaking at the European parliament.

According to Breton, Trump also said: “By the way, Nato is dead, and we will leave, we will quit Nato.”

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  • @shalafiEnglish
    10•11 months ago

    Nitpick; Trump never plays his statements off as a joke. His sycophants do, but never the man himself.

    Remember everyone being shocked by, ‘I don’t kid’: Trump says he wasn’t joking about slowing coronavirus testing?

    He says what he means, and he’s quite literal. Major reason his detractors get confused. Yes, he said that. Yes, he meant it literally.

    Sane people: “Politicians can’t talk that way!”

    Trump supporters: “He speaks truth!”

    I kinda get the nut cases on this one. I’ve always wanted a politician that “tells it like it is”, with cojones. I just don’t like Trumps “truth”.