About taxation and things like that, and migration, that are all shaped by the european union in part, and i think they re probably less likely to be discussed in this campaign than some might want. it s a case that many people make, and i m personally not quite sure whether it s true or not, but that britain s position in the world is a diminished one. if that is the case, would it continue to be diminished, or do you think the next government, whichever it may be, will be able to raise britain s position a little? i think what will happen is, whoever wins, there will be a continuing increased sort of curiosity about the brits. i spoke to one european ambassador here in the uk recently who said that because of the other elections taking place in europe in coming months and years, where the far right is making gains, notjust in the european
Max olson: there s a side to it that s almost like a hunter, because you re trying to narrow down where in the country this relatively rare phenomenon is gonna take place. storm chaser: come on. tim marshall: now there are thousands of people who do this. there s even tour groups nowadays, and you can get in a van and go with a group of fellow enthusiasts and drive out onto the plains and see the majestic skies. allison chinchar: in the united states, we average more than 1,200 tornadoes per year. that is number one in the world by a long shot. the second closest is canada, which only gets 100 per year. you could actually add canada, australia, and all european countries combined, and we still see more than they do. tornadoes are most common in the midwest. max olson: we also have another area that s really prone to tornadoes in our southeastern states. harold brooks: the tornado season depends on where
Make no mistake. these republicans that attacked the jurors, that attack the decision, that attack the judicial decision and make those comparisons with the worst dictators of the 20th century, um, all they re doing is they re putting the lives of the judge, the family, the jurors, everybody in danger. yeah. and long-term ramifications for the country. november s presidential election has implications beyond our country s borders. in a new piece in the atlantic entitled what europe fears details how european leaders and nato are preparing for the potential re-election of joining us now, the author of the piece, staff writer at the atlantic, mcckay coppins. what are they saying? european leaders are watching this closely.
Prepared for without america s support. mckay, let s dive into that a little more. from president macron of france, in particular, there s been this effort to make europe more independent or, let s say, less dependent on the u.s. in terms of military and financial strength. what other steps are he and his fellow european leaders taking to try to, if you will, trump-proof what they re doing right now ahead of his possible return? yeah, there have been a number of efforts recently proposed. one of them, as you mentioned, is, you know, developing defense autonomy in europe in a way that would potentially channel funds away from nato, which really does rely on america and toward the european defense alliance. there s been talk of taking the responsibility for arming ukraine, the literal logistical responsibility out of nato s hands. they don t know if a future
Is the far-right party, there was one recent poll that found that 25% of germans now identify with that party. that s a pretty extreme party. there s no question that throughout western democracies and really in europe especially, we ve seen lot of the same forces that contributed to trump s rise. to that, europeans say it through that prism. we get it. we have our own issues here. some allies have elected leaders like donald trump. it s different when it happens in america. america is not only the linchpin of nato alliance, it is, in a lot of ways, seen as kind of big brother, right? european countries rely on america for security. they rely on it for leadership. they rely on america to set an example to the world for what a well-functioning western democracy should look like. a lot of the anxiety about this
The state secretary in germany actually told me in a year where billions of people around the world will have the opportunity to vote, the one election everyone in europe cares about and is paying attention to is the american presidential election. the other thing that struck me is that almost every official i spoke to believed that donald trump was going to win again. they say that with a sense of dread, in some cases, bordering on panic, honestly. you know, the word that i heard most often in these interviews was existential. they said if donald trump comes back you know, we made it through the first trump term, right? it took a toll on the transatlantic relationship. but they made it through. they said if he comes back, given what he has been saying about nato, given what he has been saying about russia, the war in ukraine, they re really afraid that it will be the end of nato and the gunning of a new stage of russian aggression, that europe, frankly, isn t
Election in europe stems from the fact that they re seeing this kind of chaos in american democracy and wondering if the city on a hill can still be looked to as an example. that causes a lot of alarm among our friends in europe. the new piece is online now for the atlantic. staff writery coppins, thank you for writing the piece and being on the show. coming up, melinda french gates announces a donation for women s rights. one of the recipients is an organization for boys and men. we ll explain how this can help with the fight for gender equality. that s ahead on morning joe. what causes a curve down there? is it peyronie s disease? will it get worse? how common is it? who can i talk to? can this be treated? stop typing.
Particularly. really, biden has never been more than a point or two behind and, in many polls, has been ahead in those states which are incredibly important. mckay, i want to ask about what is going on in europe domestically in terms of their politics. we have seen in the united states populism and a strain of anti-immigration, nationalism, that s roiled our politics here. what is happening on that front in europe? it looks from a distance that they re having some of the issues internally within the conservative parties there, the anti-immigration, the populism. is that something that europe is also worried about? oh, no question. you know, the fear of trump s return in europe is of a piece with the fear of a broader rise of right-wing populism and nationalism across europe. we ve seen it in the uk. we ve seen it in italy. in germany, the afd party, which
Trump administration would abandon the war or not. really, the biggest change has been a lot of european allies are spending a lot more now on their own defense. this is one thing that, you know, trump takes credit for, and i have to say, a lot of the european officials i spoke to actually grudgingly gave him credit for. they said, you know, trump, by kind of being so vociferous about this issue that european allies aren t spending enough on defense has sort of bullied a lot of these countries into spending more. but it s come at a cost. that cost is that these european countries, while they are now spending more on collective defense, contributing more to nato, all don t trust america as a long-term ally the way they have for the last 75 years. when america becomes an unpredictable power or a transactional power, that changes the entire global order in ways they don t think we can predict right now. sure does. well, and we heard back in, i
Think 2018, 2019, angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, saying we can no longer depend on the united states, basically with trump, because he is so erratic, we have to defend ourselves. it is something macron has said as well. it is damning with faint praise, claire mccaskill, is donald trump is making them spend more money on defense. they re spending more money on defense because they know they can t count on the united states, in their minds, if donald trump is president of the united states. mckay writes this also, that almost every official i spoke with believed that trump is going to win. i hear that an awful lot from europe and hear it across the world. i think, claire, we should probably tell our friends not to bet too many euros or pounds or rubles on that fact. what you see on tv may not be what ends up happening in voting booths for swing voters in wisconsin, michigan, and washington. yeah, those three states,