UK: Trump's just misunderstood, says Labour Shadow Secretary [View all]
Think Donald Trump’s going to leave Europe to fend for itself? Don't be so sure, says Britain’s Labour Party.
David Lammy, vying to be Britain’s next top diplomat if his opposition party proves the polls right and wins a general election, told a U.S. think tank Wednesday that the former president’s stance on Europe's security is “often misunderstood.”
And he urged fellow Europeans not to “personalize” the debate over NATO members paying their way in the military alliance.
Trump triggered alarm in European capitals earlier this year when he said he would "encourage" Russia to "do whatever the hell they want" to NATO countries who don’t meet their financial obligations.
But Lammy — who has sharply criticized Trump in the past and once branded him a "neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath" — told the Hudson Institute in Washington he does “not believe that [Trump] is arguing that the U.S. should abandon Europe.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-misunderstood-uk-labour-party/
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