How Europe dropped the ball on its own defence and was left fawning over Donald Trump – podcast

By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Laura Hood, Host, Know Your Place podcast, The Conversation

The language from European leaders was fawning and obsequious. At one point, the head of Nato, Mark Rutte, even called Donald Trump “daddy”. But when the US president left the Nato summit in late June, there was a sigh of relief that he had not made any more angry criticism of the alliance.

After months of American pressure, Nato members – with the exception of Spain – agreed to increase…

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