Europe 'should prepare for scenario' where US makes deal with Russia
Sources expressed concern that Trump may no longer protect Nato member states if Russia were to attack their territory.
A European official said: “The Americans withdrawing from European security affairs is no longer the worst-case scenario. The worst-case scenario is Americans withdrawing from European security and turning against us.”
They worried this could involve Trump “attempting to do a grand bargain with Russians over our heads — things [that] seemed impossible five to six years ago”.
A British military source also raised concerns that the US might not be there to protect the eastern flank if it were attacked.
The concerns were raised on the same day that the US mulled diverting key resources for Ukraine to the Middle East.
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