WSJ details Europe's 'NATO alternative' plan

European officials are urgently drawing up contingency defense plans in case the United States, under President Donald Trump, withdraws from NATO or significantly reduces its participation. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fallback plan envisions a European-dominated NATO designed to continue deterrence against Russia, with its own conventional and nuclear capabilities. This planning reflects deep-seated anxiety in European capitals about the future of the transatlantic alliance under the current U.S. administration. The discussions are part of a broader effort to ensure European security can be sustained independently of American guarantees.