Lord Cameron warned: “There is another future for Nato, for the West. And that is one where we allow Putin to succeed and the celebrations will be held mostly in Moscow, and, of course, Beijing, Tehran and North Korea.
“That is a very bleak future, not only because I believe other European countries would be at risk, but I think all of the world would look around in America, Britain and other European powers when we stand up for our allies, how reliable are we and even the absolute key to Nato, article five.
“Allies in Europe would start looking at each other and wondering how much they could really trust each other.”
In February, Mr Trump, who could be the US president come January if he defeats the incumbent Joe Biden, described a conversation with a leader of a Nato country about whether the US would protect it if it did not pay two per cent and Russia attacked.
Mr Trump said: “I said: ‘You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?’… ‘No I would not protect you, in fact, I would encourage them to do whatever they want. You gotta pay’.” He has since insisted he would not pull the US out of Nato.
Meanwhile, Labour has doubled down on its support for Nato in an article for The Telegraph by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and John Healey, the shadow defence secretary.
They wrote: “Labour’s commitment to Nato is unshakeable, alongside our total support for our nuclear deterrent, which we maintain on behalf of our Nato allies.”
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