BERLIN –
As European leaders get up to the fact of Donald Trump’s impending return to the White Home, they have to take care to keep away from two huge traps: panic and denial. It received’t be straightforward, however the stakes are too excessive to fail.
The explanations for panic are apparent. Trump could also be unpredictable and mercurial, however there may be little doubt that his political instincts and said plans will shake the pillars of Europe’s safety, financial and political order.
On safety, Europeans have each cause to worry that Trump’s proposed “peace plan” for Ukraine will deprive that nation of its territorial integrity and depart it demilitarized and completely excluded from NATO. And NATO itself might effectively go “dormant,” with America radically decreasing its participation and handing accountability for the alliance’s army command and assets over to the Europeans.
