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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  • @[email protected]
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    -710 months ago

    What treason? The US isn’t in “open hostilities” with any of the nations he’s been alleged to have conspired with.

    Legal definitions matter, unless you’re openly advocating for extra judicial action??

    • @And009
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      110 months ago

      The fact that everyone knows otherwise is troubling

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Knows otherwise? Care to expand on that?

        The user I responded to was banned for their comment.