2024-11-12
6 分钟The Economist Hello, I'm Rosie Bloor.
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Had Carmela Harris won on November 5th, Europe would have heaved a huge sigh of relief,
turned over and promptly gone back to sleep.
Donald Trump's first presidency,
followed by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022,
had served as a pair of noisy wake-up calls,
forcing Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz to invoke a seitanwende,
a historic turning point in defence and security.
But as the war in Ukraine has settled into a grinding, slow-motion endurance test,
European countries have been distracted by the concerns of voters about eroding pay packets,
surging migration and failing healthcare systems.
Many have returned to the habitual complacency that comes from sheltering peacefully for 80 years under America's mighty umbrella.
Mr Trump's triumph means that those days in Europe are over.
Few places will be worse affected by the return to the White House of the 45th President.
He will have no patience for Europe's trade surplus.
In the campaign, he has been caustic about German cars.
In security,