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As NATO allies convene in Washington, DC for their annual summit hosted by President Biden, the future of Ukraine weighs heavily on the minds of world leaders as a Trump reelection could throw European relations into a tailspin. Jim Townsend, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO policy, details the ways former President Trump could destabilize NATO relations if he wins the 2024 US presidential election this November. "Should Trump make a decision to disengage a bit from NATO — we hope that’s not what he does — but this would definitely have an impact, particularly if Trump makes a separate deal with Putin. And Putin says to Trump, ‘look, I don’t want NATO on my borders. I want you to get US forces out of Europe or I want to see the US not do as much for Ukraine,’" Townsend outlines a scenario. "If that’s what Putin is asking for. And Trump is willing to give it to them. That’s where there’s the problem… is that is that relationship between those two more than anything else and how that might play out." Townsend, currently an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), highlights the conditions US leadership must commit to in supporting Ukraine in repelling Russian forces: "Things have frozen on the battlefield now, and so I think the administration — whoever comes in in November — is going to have to deal with this problem, which is if you want Ukraine to win, you’re going to have to give them a lot more equipment and more sophisticated equipment than we have given them in the past." Watch Jim Townsend’s full interview on Catalysts, where he discusses the significance of President Biden hosting the NATO summit this week. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Catalysts. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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