EU Leader Issues Dire Warning After Trump’s Iowa Win

The Daily Beast reports:

The European Union presidency on Tuesday said that democracy will be “put to the test” with the looming 2024 U.S. election, warning that ties between America and Europe could be undermined.

Without explicitly naming Donald Trump, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo—whose country currently holds the rotating presidency—gave the somber assessment in the EU legislature hours after Trump claimed a record victory in the Iowa caucuses.

“If 2024 brings us ‘America First’ again, it will be more than ever Europe on its own.” He added that 2024 “will be a crucial year” where “a lot is at stake for the West—a year where our democracies and our liberties will be put to the test.”

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