“We are not that nervous because we know that with Trump it is all about relationships,” said one veteran European diplomat who has been in DC since the Trump administration.
“The logic of doing it at Heritage was not lost on us,” said Victoria Coates, a deputy national security advisor to former President Trump who is now a vice president at the think tank.
The comments sent European diplomats into over-drive, eager to understand exactly what Trump meant.
“If they are worried about how President Trump is going to react to them, they hold it in their hands to do something about it,” Coates said.
But European diplomats are not only worried about NATO.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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