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'I'm not counting on the US' — In Estonia, faith in Trump's defense of Baltics fades
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'I'm not counting on the US' — In Estonia, faith in Trump's defense of Baltics fades

by Martin Fornusek

TALLINN, Estonia — Among Estonians, there is little confidence that U.S. President Donald Trump would rush to defend their country in the event of a Russian invasion. As a 1.3-million-strong NATO member sharing a border with Russia, Estonia would likely be at the forefront of a potential conflict between the alliance and Moscow — a prospect seen as increasingly realistic since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Publicly, Estonian officials have cast a confident note. While Russia rem

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