Trump told European leaders that US ‘will never come to help you’

Then president told European commissioners in 2020 that Nato is dead' and the US would never defend Europe if it were attacked

Donald Trump told the president of the European Commission in 2020 that the US would never come help" if Europe was attacked and also said Nato is dead", a senior European commissioner said.

Multiple news outlets said the exchange between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020 was described in Brussels on Tuesday by Thierry Breton, a French European commissioner responsible for the internal market, with responsibilities including defence.