Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack
European confidence in an American “security guarantee” has hit a historic low, a survey suggests, with only one in 10 people across 15 countries seeing the US as an ally and majorities in all doubting it would come to their aid if they were attacked.
The survey, published on Wednesday by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank before critical G7 and Nato summits in France and Turkey over the coming weeks, revealed “deep European distrust in the US”, the authors said.
It also showed that, while many Europeans felt relations with Washington would improve once Donald Trump leaves office, they were increasingly ready in the meantime to protect themselves against US unreliability by bolstering Europe’s defence.
I believe that if Europe is going to be attacked it will be Russia supported by the US or the US and Russia working together. The billionaires and the GoP hate Europe, our regulations and not prioritizing corporations over people’s rights. They want to own us or destabilize us so they can take us down. The US has been our enemy for 50 years, look at what they did to the middle east, that’s our fate if we don’t because self sufficient.