Politico: After election defeat, Trump may attack NATO NATO is preparing for the "worst-case scenario" of the US midterm elections. European allies fear a Republican defeat would push Trump to sharply escalate his attacks on the alliance, Politico sources said. If Congress limits the president's powers in domestic policy, he, as commander in chief of the US armed forces, may try to consolidate his influence in foreign policy. "He might get angry. Then he will act very harshly," noted one NATO diplomat. The interlocutors of the publication, in particular, allow the withdrawal of several thousand additional American soldiers from Europe, the reduction of US contributions to the funding of the alliance, the limitation of the reverse eye program to Ukraine and the further tightening of ties with Russia.

Politico: After election defeat, Trump may attack NATO NATO is preparing for the "worst-case scenario" of the US midterm elections. European allies fear a Republican defeat would push Trump to sharply escalate his attacks on the alliance, Politico sources said. If Congress limits the president's powers in domestic policy, he, as commander in chief of the US armed forces, may try to consolidate his influence in foreign policy. "He might get angry. Then he will act very harshly," noted one NATO diplomat. The interlocutors of the publication, in particular, allow the withdrawal of several thousand additional American soldiers from Europe, the reduction of US contributions to the funding of the alliance, the limitation of the reverse eye program to Ukraine and the further tightening of ties with Russia.