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Donald Trump, NATO’s Gravedigger

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Published in Frankfurter Rundschau
(Germany) on 13 February 2024
by Eva Quadbeck (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Kirsty Low. Edited by Michelle Bisson.
With his remarks about the defense alliance, the former U.S. president is advancing the interests of the Russian leader. If he gets into office again, danger looms. A commentary.

Anyone who believed the democratic Western world could come through a second Donald Trump term unscathed has been proven wrong following his campaign rally in South Carolina. Trump has invited Russia to "do whatever the hell" it wants to NATO members he perceives as being delinquent. That is an outrageous statement. It turns the NATO principle of "all for one, one for all" upside down.

This statement is extremely dangerous because NATO's strength has been based on the mutual defense pledge. Trump can rightly denounce the fact that many NATO states, especially Germany, have recently failed to keep their promise of investing 2% of their gross domestic product in their own defense capability. But if he encourages NATO's most dangerous opponent to attack other countries in Eastern Europe, then he is advancing the interests of the Russian leader.

Trump's reelection as U.S. president could lead to NATO's strongest partner to date becoming its gravedigger. If Trump moves back into the White House, the world will have to prepare for an America poised to take a 180-degree turn.


Donald Trump, der Totengräber der Nato

Mit seinen Aussagen zum Verteidigungsbündnis betreibt der Ex-US-Präsident das Geschäft des russischen Machthabers. Kommt er noch mal ins Amt, wird es gefährlich. Der Kommentar.

Wer geglaubt hat, die demokratische westliche Welt könne eine mögliche zweite Amtszeit von Donald Trump erneut glimpflich überstehen, ist seit der Wahlkampfveranstaltung in South Carolina eines Besseren belehrt. Trump hat Russland eingeladen, mit den aus seiner Sicht säumigen Nato-Staaten „zu tun, was zum Teufel“ es tun wolle. Das ist eine ungeheuerliche Aussage. Es hebt das Prinzip der Nato aus den Angeln, wonach einer für alle und alle für einen einstehen.

Diese Aussage ist brandgefährlich, weil sich die Stärke der Nato aus dem gegenseitigen Verteidigungsversprechen gespeist hat. Trump kann zu Recht anprangern, dass viele Nato-Staaten, insbesondere Deutschland, zuletzt ihrem Versprechen nicht nachkamen, zwei Prozent des Bruttoinlandprodukts in die eigene Wehrfähigkeit zu investieren. Wenn er aber den gefährlichsten Gegner der Nato ermuntert, weitere Länder im Osten Europas anzugreifen, dann besorgt er das Geschäft des russischen Machthabers.

Mit einer erneuten Wahl Trumps zum US-Präsidenten könnte der bisher stärkste Nato-Partner zu ihrem Totengräber werden. Sollte Trump ins Weiße Haus einziehen, muss sich die Welt auf ein um 180 Grad gedrehtes Amerika einstellen.
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