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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Reagan-era Republicans aghast as Trump turns Russia policy on its head

President Ronald Reagan speaks at the Berlin wall in 1987.
President Ronald Reagan speaks at the Berlin wall in 1987. “Ronald Reagan said, ‘Tear down this wall, Mr Gorbachev,’ and Trump is saying you can do whatever the hell you want to, Mr Putin.’” Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images

Republicans who served under President Ronald Reagan during the cold war have condemned Donald Trump’s move to soften relations with Russia and undermine the 75-year-old transatlantic alliance.

European leaders were left reeling last week when the US vice-president, JD Vance, told the Munich Security Conference that the greatest danger facing Europe was “the threat from within” and the “retreat from fundamental values”.

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