Post-Trump era a possibility, Europeans see no quick fix to U.S. ties
2020-07-10 08:30:08 source：Reuters
July 10, 2020
LONDON/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - If Donald Trump loses in November, it’s no secret that most European policymakers will be happy to see his back. But as they envision the possibility of a post-Trump future, many are wondering how quickly the trans-Atlantic alliance can be fixed.
Despite U.S. opinion polls showing Biden ahead, officials in capitals across Europe say they are making no assumptions about the likely outcome of the U.S. election.
Having failed to anticipate Trump’s first victory, “the German government already burned its fingers,” said Jürgen Hardt, foreign affairs spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party and an expert on U.S.-German ties. “I do not have the impression that the German government is waiting for another president – and I would advise them not to do it.”
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