The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.
“The prospect of United States interference in the democratic politics of Europe, I believe, is chilling … The absence of condemnation for Russia is extraordinary, though not surprising.”
He said the US pivot left the UK “especially vulnerable”.
Keir Starmer and his ministers have been cautious not to criticise Trump and have sought to play down the implications of the strategy document.
Invited by Dean to condemn the strategy’s language, Malhotra said she did not agree with its narrative of civilisational erasure.
It said European countries were mired in “censorship of free speech” and “loss of national identities and self-confidence”.
“It is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies,” the document said. »