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Trump Pulling US Out of Europe Would Be ‘Nightmare’ for Baltics

  • Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis speaks in interview
  • Trump’s comeback is raising worries about US defense pledges

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If the US were to withdraw its forces from Europe, it would be a “nightmare scenario” at a time of Russian aggression, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“Europe as it is now is in great peril and we’re definitely counting the hours till the next phase of Russian escalation,” Landsbergis said. Global stability “hangs on the transatlantic connection,” he added.