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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

‘Trump-proof’ European security by setting up ‘Nato bank’, thinktanks urge

Mark Rutte with flags behind him
Nato's new secretary general, Mark Rutte, could face huge cuts to the budget if Trump is elected and slashes defence spending in Europe. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images

Europe, the UK and Ukraine urgently need to “Trump-proof” their collective security by setting up a “Nato bank” to aid defence spending, a report suggests.

Europeans have to face the reality that if Donald Trump wins next month’s presidential election, he may quickly slash US defence spending in Europe, seek to impose a peace deal on Ukraine that leaves tracts of its territory in Russian hands and even withdraw from Nato altogether, the report by UK and German thinktanks says.

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