President Emmanuel Macron of France has made it clear that he believes a politically polarized United States, more focused on China, will inevitably reduce its commitments to Europe.
He has been pushing Europeans to do more for their own defense and interests, which are not perfectly aligned with Washington’s.
So far he has largely failed in that ambition and, given the war in Ukraine, has instead embraced a stronger European pillar within NATO.
But even Mr. Macron would not welcome an American withdrawal from the alliance.
“It’s absolutely clear that Putin intends to continue the war, at least until the American elections, and hopes for Trump,” as does China’s leader, Xi Jinping, said Thomas Gomart, the director of the French Institute of International Relations.
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