Europe’s rising fears as Trump marches towards the White House

A European army? Play the China card? Europe ponders its options in the event the former president gets re-elected.

The prospect of Donald Trump’s political resurrection deeply worries all of America’s allies. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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A spectre is haunting Europe: The possibility that Donald Trump will be re-elected as United States president this November.

Of course, the Europeans are not the only ones to fret; the prospect of Trump’s political resurrection deeply worries all of America’s allies.

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