A victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election could upend relations with the EU on issues from trade to security and aid for Ukraine.
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00:00Donald Trump's agenda calls into question U.S. support for Kyiv as well as free trade.
00:13The tone is set.
00:14Mr. Trump has repeatedly said that he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours if
00:19elected.
00:21The cost of that to Europe would be high.
00:26One scenario is he would cut off the weapons supplies to Ukraine because he would want
00:32to forge a deal with Vladimir Putin over the heads of Ukrainians, over the heads of Europeans
00:39and bring a ceasefire and end to the war in Ukraine basically on Putin's terms.
00:48The Republican candidate also advocates a U.S. retreat into isolationism.
00:54At a rally in South Carolina, he even threatened not to defend NATO members that did not pay
01:00their dues.
01:24The former businessman also aims to apply a protectionist policy by raising custom duties.
01:30This would heavily impact European countries that export vehicles such as Germany.
01:54However the unpredictability of Donald Trump means that these campaign promises should
01:58be taken with a pinch of salt.
02:00He has been known to make threats in the past without following through with all of them.