Former Trump official issues ominous warning about potential second term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Trump is currently the overwhelming odds-on favorite to secure the 2024 GOP presidential nomination as he seeks a second term in the White House.
42% : While speaking on Saturday to a crowd of supporters at a "Get Out the Vote" rally in Conway, South Carolina, ahead of the state's GOP primary on February 24, Trump recalled telling a president of a NATO country that the U.S. would not protect them if they didn't put more money into the military alliance.
39% : Esper, who led the Department of Defense (DOD) from mid-2019 to late 2020, expressed concern in light of recent comments from Trump in which he denigrated Haley's husband, a deployed member of the South Carolina Army National Guard, and suggested that he would not send assistance to fellow member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) without a financial incentive.
38% : Despite the four criminal indictments leveled against him, to which he has pleaded not guilty, Trump has remained popular with Republican voters, having won every state-level primary or caucus so far, aside from Nevada where he was not on the ballot.
36% : Oh, he's away," Trump said.
33% : With polling averages generally showing a toss-up in the general election between Trump and President Joe Biden, many observers and pundits have expressed concern over the destabilizing effect that another Trump presidency could have on the United States and the rest of the world.
31% : "While Esper concurred with Trump on the argument that many NATO allies are not living up to their past commitments, a stance he said was held by many other former presidents as well, he stressed that exiting the alliance or threatening not to help other members fight against Russian aggression was the right answer.
24% : This, Esper worried, might also lead to Trump calling for U.S. NATO troops to be withdrawn from ally nations.
18% : Esper also said that while he is not so sure Trump would allow Russia to invade a NATO ally, he does fear that Trump would cut support for Ukraine in its ongoing war with Moscow.
17% : He also noted that former first lady Melania Trump has not been on the campaign trail with her husband, as Trump derided the Haleys for.
15% : During Saturday's rally, Trump brought up Haley's husband, Michael, mocking the former governor of her spouse's absence on the campaign trail.

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