Stefanie Babst, former head of NATO’s strategic planning staff, said this in an interview with Ukrinform.
”I think the European allies + Canada should suspend the U.S. from NATO’s political bodies and decision-making. It’s crucial to send a strong signal to Washington — Europe and Canada will not bend to cleptocratic authoritarians: neither in Moscow nor in Washington. […] I think the European allies should actively prepare for a NATO without [Trump],” Babst said. […]
”But we are neither poor nor toothless: we are 450 million people in the European Union; we have two nuclear powers among us (France and the UK), we are economically strong and many EU countries have started to upgrade and modernize their armed forces: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Norway and the Baltic countries are all clear-eyed about the Russian threat. Together with Ukraine, we are a strong group of countries. Of course, over time, we will be able to defend ourselves without the Americans. But to be able to do this, we need to believe in our own strength,” she said.
Babst also did not rule out the possibility that the next NATO summit might not take place. Läs artikel