Trump’s NATO Comments Are ‘Wake-up Call for Many European Countries that Haven’t Done Enough’
In an interview with PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Shiffrin on Friday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kalas responded to former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about NATO by saying, “U.S. All of these statements from the US President Trump said, “We are not taking our defense seriously enough,” and President Trump’s comments were “a wake-up call to many European countries that are not doing enough.” And I think if they start doing more, that’s a positive thing. ”
Shiffrin said: “This week, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service released a new assessment stating that Russia is preparing for military conflict with the West within the next decade. What is that based on? Also, is it possible to prevent it?”
Karasu said, “If you focus on defense, you can prevent it.If you think about attackers, they will attack someone when they think they can win because the other person is weak.” That means we don’t take defense seriously enough. And that means all NATO allies have to do more.”
“We’ve been looking at Europe, but we want to ask you about the United States. Is the United States a reliable partner?” Shiffrin asked.
Mr. Karas replied: “Of course, all these statements from the United States are worrying us, because the United States is our greatest ally. And the only time Article V has been used is in the following cases: [the] America is calling us. So this is something we need to do together.When aggression is rewarded [in] Parts of the world will invite invaders from other parts of the world to start wars elsewhere. ”
Shiffrin then asked, “Does Europe need to assume that the United States cannot protect Europe and perhaps no longer provide a nuclear umbrella for Europe?”
Mr. Karas replied: In NATO, we have an agreement and all the structures are in place. What we definitely need to do ourselves is, as I said before, do more. But the United States is a reliable partner. And of course, I hope it will be the same in the future. ”
Ms. Shiffrin then asked specifically about Mr. Trump’s comments, to which Mr. Karas said, “This was a wake-up call to many European countries that are not doing enough.” And I think if they start doing more, that’s a positive thing. But, of course, we observe and try to understand such statements, and this is not surprising. The President — Presidential candidate Trump had the same idea when he was president. But what I’m saying is that more than 60% of America’s exports go to Europe, not Asia. So it’s actually in the interests of your people, your jobs, your employment, your prosperity that we are deeply connected to each other.So if something happens in Europe, it has a very obvious impact [the] It’s the American economy. ”
Trump’s NATO Comments Are ‘Wake-up Call for Many European Countries that Haven’t Done Enough’
In an interview with PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Shiffrin on Friday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kalas responded to former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about NATO by saying, “U.S. All of these statements from the US President Trump said, “We are not taking our defense seriously enough,” and President Trump’s comments were “a wake-up call to many European countries that are not doing enough.” And I think if they start doing more, that’s a positive thing. ”
Shiffrin said: “This week, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service released a new assessment stating that Russia is preparing for military conflict with the West within the next decade. What is that based on? Also, is it possible to prevent it?”
Karasu said, “If you focus on defense, you can prevent it.If you think about attackers, they will attack someone when they think they can win because the other person is weak.” That means we don’t take defense seriously enough. And that means all NATO allies have to do more.”
“We’ve been looking at Europe, but we want to ask you about the United States. Is the United States a reliable partner?” Shiffrin asked.
Mr. Karas replied: “Of course, all these statements from the United States are worrying us, because the United States is our greatest ally. And the only time Article V has been used is in the following cases: [the] America is calling us. So this is something we need to do together.When aggression is rewarded [in] Parts of the world will invite invaders from other parts of the world to start wars elsewhere. ”
Shiffrin then asked, “Does Europe need to assume that the United States cannot protect Europe and perhaps no longer provide a nuclear umbrella for Europe?”
Mr. Karas replied: In NATO, we have an agreement and all the structures are in place. What we definitely need to do ourselves is, as I said before, do more. But the United States is a reliable partner. And of course, I hope it will be the same in the future. ”
Ms. Shiffrin then asked specifically about Mr. Trump’s comments, to which Mr. Karas said, “This was a wake-up call to many European countries that are not doing enough.” And I think if they start doing more, that’s a positive thing. But, of course, we observe and try to understand such statements, and this is not surprising. The President — Presidential candidate Trump had the same idea when he was president. But what I’m saying is that more than 60% of America’s exports go to Europe, not Asia. So it’s actually in the interests of your people, your jobs, your employment, your prosperity that we are deeply connected to each other.So if something happens in Europe, it has a very obvious impact [the] It’s the American economy. ”
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