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US VP Harris to tell Munich that Trump's ideas won't win over Americans
Harris is scheduled to meet with US lawmakers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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"They're going to give a simple message: We're going to win the election," Shapiro predicted.
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Harris will also "express her confidence that given this stark choice, the American people will continue to support the Biden-Harris administration’s approach," the official said.
Democratic President Joe Biden is likely to face Trump in November in what looks like a tight rematch of their 2020 contest, at a moment when Trump's NATO comments have shocked Europe and Trump-supporting Republicans in Congress are blocking aid for Ukraine's defence against Russia.
Jeremy Shapiro, a research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said he did not expect Harris or Blinken to make any promises at the conference about what a prospective Trump administration might do.
Democratic President Joe Biden is likely to face Trump in November in what looks like a tight rematch of their 2020 contest, at a moment when Trump's NATO comments have shocked Europe and Trump-supporting Republicans in Congress are blocking aid for Ukraine's defence against Russia.
Jeremy Shapiro, a research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said he did not expect Harris or Blinken to make any promises at the conference about what a prospective Trump administration might do.
"No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them (Russia) to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay," Trump said he told the unnamed leader.
The NATO treaty contains a provision that guarantees the mutual defence of member states if one is attacked.
The NATO treaty contains a provision that guarantees the mutual defence of member states if one is attacked.
Biden took office in 2021 with a promise to revitalize alliances after Trump’s isolationist approach during his 2017-2021 White House tenure and he had largely succeeded - until now, said Rachel Rizzo, a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.
"But now with the deadlock in Congress, the administration itself is really under pressure to live up to the promises that it's made to European allies,” Rizzo said. Harris and Blinken have a difficult task of reassuring them, she added.
"But now with the deadlock in Congress, the administration itself is really under pressure to live up to the promises that it's made to European allies,” Rizzo said. Harris and Blinken have a difficult task of reassuring them, she added.
Source: Reuters
