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...Asked if people at the oil fund were concerned about the outcome of this year’s US presidential elections, where Donald Trump is seeking to oust incumbent Joe Biden, Tangen replied: “Yes.”...
...European countries are rushing to increase arms production, refill stocks and secure long-term military aid for Ukraine ahead of Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House in November’s US presidential...
...The Baltic states remain sceptical about beefing up the EU’s role in defence at the expense of Nato despite doubts over the US commitment to the alliance should Donald Trump return to the White House....
...He added that former US president Donald Trump was right to call for Europe to spend more. “It is our defence, and we should do it for ourselves,” he said....
...Those concerns are heightened by the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House after November’s presidential elections, which would raise serious doubts about the US commitment to European security...
...Governments have been galvanised by comments from former US president Donald Trump, seeking to return to the White House next year, that Russia could do “whatever the hell they want” with countries that...
...Asked about the possibility of a second presidency in the US for Donald Trump, Stubb stressed that Trump had been correct to point the finger at countries not spending enough on defence....
...Donald Trump, who is seeking to become US president again in November’s elections, said at the weekend that Russia could do “whatever the hell they want” with Nato countries that fail to meet the 2 per cent...
...In private, many worry that an election victory for Donald Trump in November’s US presidential elections could embolden Russia further....
...At the same time, Nato’s own future has been cast into doubt by the prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the White House....
...The US-Danish relationship was strained a few years ago when former American president Donald Trump floated the idea of buying Greenland, the semi-autonomous territory that is part of the kingdom of Denmark...
...Poland’s central bank has turned to the ECB to try to stop the country’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, removing the governor....
...This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to Copenhagen Donald Trump used to have “executive time”; I like to have “record-shop time”....
...Globalisation in the year to come The biggest danger to the world trading system is pretty obvious: Donald Trump....
...Stoltenberg has been praised by many of Nato’s leaders for his ability to handle former US president Donald Trump, who came into office criticising the alliance but ultimately took credit for its strengthening...
...Additional reporting by Richard Milne and Max Seddon Letter in response to this article: Macron is just an armchair warrior, safe in his bunker / From Michael Pettifer, Mechelen, Belgium...
...Context: Diplomats planned the date to force an agreement on a green steel club to end a transatlantic tariff war triggered under former US president Donald Trump....
...the host of next year’s Nato summit, is pushing its own prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė to be the new head of the western military alliance, joining a crowded field of potential candidates, write Richard Milne...
...One challenge is the stubborn idea that second-hand materials are somehow inferior, says Milne....
...She urged other European countries to lift their defence spending too, a long-held demand of US presidents, especially Donald Trump....
...As secretary-general of Nato, Stoltenberg gained plaudits for holding the military alliance together during the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump, who toyed with the idea of withdrawing the US....
...Donald Trump, the US president, has said the cure must not be worse than the problem and that the country needed to get back to work by Easter Sunday if possible....
...Donald Trump was so impressed by Finland’s forestry management that the former US president famously claimed that the Nordic nation had all but eliminated forest fires due to “raking and cleaning”....
...European allies had hoped Joe Biden’s election to the US presidency would bolster Nato’s relevance after Donald Trump’s acrimonious tenure....
...Friis said anxiety over both Donald Trump in the US and the rise of China helped seal the pro-EU change in sentiment....
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