europe Must prepare for Disruptive Trump Policies, Former communications Director Warns
European nations need to proactively prepare for potentially disruptive policies should Donald Trump win the November 5, 2024, U.S. presidential election, according to Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House Director of Strategic Communications under President Trump. Griffin issued this warning on January 20, 2026, during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Griffin, who served as the communications director from April 2020 to December 2020, described Trump as “attention seeking” and predicted he would likely pursue policies designed to elicit reactions from European allies.she did not specify which policies she anticipated, but emphasized the need for Europe to anticipate and mitigate potential negative consequences.
“Europe needs to get ahead of this. They need to war-game what a second Trump administration looks like,because it won’t be a continuation of the status quo,” Griffin stated,according to reporting by the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67890123
Griffin’s comments come as Trump currently leads in polls for the Republican presidential nomination. As of January 20,2026,FiveThirtyEight’s polling average gives Trump a 68.3% chance of winning the nomination. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary/republican/
She suggested that European leaders should focus on strengthening internal alliances and developing independent strategies to address potential challenges arising from a shift in U.S. foreign policy. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has previously called for greater “strategic autonomy” for europe, a concept Griffin’s remarks appear to support.
Oliver Smith, a senior buisness reporter, reported on Griffin’s comments from Davos.
