Last time, the Europeans responded to Trump by sucking up to him. Will we see more of the same this time around, if he wins?
No. They know it doesn’t work. As soon as Trump flips on Ukraine and starts imposing tariffs, the gloves will be off. The EU will retaliate with tariffs of its own, and the downward spiral will begin.
It will be interesting to see how Viktor Orban, Trump’s ideological blood brother, enjoys losing the benefit of American markets and military assistance. The whole notion of an international grouping of fervently nationalist states makes no sense.