Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, President of the NATO Defense College Foundation and former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, is a guest on the February 18 episode of Omnibus, La7's morning talk show, focusing on the possibility of creating a true European defense , following a hypothetical American withdrawal from the Atlantic Alliance in the event of a Donald Trump victory: “Joe Biden is being criticized for stumbling, for confusing Egypt with Mexico and so on.” But it seems to me that Donald Trumo is too Shows signs of mental imbalance. We need to understand the words, but when he says that Russia should attack countries that do not comply with NATO's 2% of military spending, that is crazy. This must be considered. I'm not the first to say that Trump's mental balance needs to be carefully examined.
“This,” the ambassador continues, “is a good opportunity for Europe.” From a technical point of view, all the institutions needed are in place. But we lack the will to act and take responsibility. I believe that Europe's issue is armaments and defense, but most importantly there are no signs of conducting operations. There have been no European military operations since 2000. I – said Minuto Rizzo – do not believe that America will ever leave NATO; it would be enough to ignore and weaken it. Closing an organization seems completely theoretical and pointless to me. But if Trump wins, it could be weakened and then the Europeans would have to try to come to some agreement. This could be the right time.