特朗普被曝曾私下告诉冯德莱恩：若欧洲被攻击...
进入2024年，美国总统大选一定会是最引人关注的政治事件之一。由于特朗普意欲卷土重来，不仅在美国本土，就连许多欧洲人士也担心不已。
据“政客新闻网”欧洲版（politico.eu）当地时间1月10日报道，欧盟内部市场专员蒂埃里·布雷顿（Thierry Breton）日前透露，他在瑞士达沃斯参加世界经济论坛2020年年会时，曾听到时任美国总统特朗普在私下里表示，如果欧盟受到军事攻击，美国将“永远不会”来援助欧盟。特朗普甚至还说，“北约已经死了”。
据报道，布雷顿是在当地时间1月9日于比利时布鲁塞尔举行的一场欧洲议会活动上透露这一消息的，当时的欧盟贸易专员菲尔·霍根（Phil Hogan）也在场。
在2020年的冬季达沃斯论坛期间，特朗普对欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩表示：“你们需要明白，如果欧洲受到攻击，我们永远不会来帮助和支持你们。”
特朗普还说：“顺便说一下，北约已经死了，我们将离开，我们将退出北约。”不仅如此，他还说：“顺便说一句，你们欠我4000亿美元，因为你们德国人没有支付你们必须支付的国防费用。”
“布鲁塞尔弥漫着对特朗普重返美国总统宝座的担忧。”在报道中，“政客新闻网”欧洲版这样形容当前欧盟内部的氛围，并在报道文字标题上也标注指出，特朗普不仅是美国前总统，也是“美国潜在的未来总统”。
作为负责欧盟工业政策和国防议程的官员，布雷顿一直在推动欧盟在俄乌冲突中提高自身的防卫能力，并于当地时间1月9日提出了一项1000亿欧元的基金提案，以提高欧盟的武器生产。
“这是一个巨大的警钟，他可能会卷土重来。”布雷顿在谈到特朗普时称：“所以现在我们比以往任何时候都更清楚，当然是要靠自己。我们几乎所有人（欧盟国家）都是北约成员国，当然我们有盟友，但我们没有其他选择，只能大幅增加这一支柱，以便为发生的任何事情做好准备。”
据报道，几天之后，美国共和党将于当地时间1月15日在艾奥瓦州举行党团会议，正式拉开2024年美国总统大选的序幕，这也是特朗普争取赢得共和党提名、重返白宫执政的首场竞选。
作为过去半个世纪以来历届美国总统大选的首场初选，艾奥瓦州的党团会议也在一定程度上被视为总统大选的“试水池”和“风向标”。当天，共和党成员将投票给包括美国前总统特朗普、佛罗里达州州长德桑蒂斯，以及前南卡罗来纳州州长、前美国常驻联合国代表黑利在内的候选人。
目前，特朗普是美国共和党总统候选人提名的有力竞争者，在民调上大幅领先于其他共和党竞选人，现任美国总统拜登(专题)则在民主党内占据领先地位。美国知名民调机构“晨间咨询”（Morning Consult）数据显示，截至去年12月19日，特朗普支持率为44%，略高于拜登的42%。
Trump told EU that US would never help Europe under attack - EU official
By Andrew Gray and Charlotte Van Campenhout
January 10, 20243:15 PM CSTUpdated 13 hours ago
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks dutring a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
BRUSSELS/ AMSTERDAM, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Donald Trump told top European officials while he was U.S. president that the United States would never help Europe if it came under attack, according to a high-level EU official.
Thierry Breton, a French commissioner who is responsible for the European Union's internal market, said Trump made the remarks to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020.
Breton recounted his recollection of the meeting, which he also attended, at a panel discussion in Brussels on Tuesday. His comments prompted sharp criticism of Trump on Wednesday from U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign for re-election.
"You need to understand that if Europe is under attack, we will never come to help you and to support you," Breton quoted Trump as saying during the Davos meeting.
"By the way, NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO," Trump also said, according to Breton, speaking at an event hosted by the Renew Europe political party at the European Parliament.
"And by the way, you owe me $400 billion, because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense," Breton quoted Trump as saying.
Asked whether von der Leyen's recollection of Trump's remarks matched those of Breton, a spokesperson for the European Commission president declined to comment.
"Out of principle the President NEVER discloses what her interlocutors have told her during closed door meetings. So we are not going to comment either way," the spokesperson said in an email.
Phil Hogan - an Irishman who was European Trade Commissioner and, according to Breton, also attending the Davos meeting - did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.
Trump is the frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election, with opinion polls predicting a tight contest against Biden in the November vote.
A spokesperson for Biden's campaign said: "The idea that he would abandon our allies if he doesn't get his way underscores what we already know to be true about Donald Trump: The only person he cares about is himself."
Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
During his first term from 2017 to 2021, Trump repeatedly clashed with traditional allies over trade and defense spending.
Trump himself has offered few clues about the foreign policy he would pursue were he to win in 2024 beyond broad claims like ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours, prompting concern in European capitals.
During a second term, he would likely install loyalists in key positions, allowing him more freedom to enact isolationist policies and whims, according to current and former aides and diplomats.