Government is ‘extremely worried’ about ‘dangerous’ Donald Trump becoming President says minister

A SENIOR Cabinet minister has branded Donald Trump “seriously dangerous” for Britain if he is elected US president.

Fear is mounting in Downing Street over the controversial Republican candidate’s chances after his declaration that he may abandon NATO.

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Mr Trump insisted in July that he may not come to an alliance nation’s help unless they spend more on defence.

UK military and intelligence chiefs have warned ministers that his stand will have the effect of emboldening President Putin and lead to fresh Russian incursions into Eastern Europe, such as the Baltic states.

Under NATO’s founding Article 5 principle, an attack on one is an attack on all and countries are duty bound to step in and repel it.

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One worried Cabinet minister told The Sun: “Trump may look and sound like a bit of a joke, but he is a seriously dangerous man.

“He poses a serious threat to international stability because he won’t guarantee Article 5.

“We really are extremely worried about any prospect of him taking the White House”.

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Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon dropped a major hint about the Cabinet’s concerns on Sunday.

Sir Michael refused to criticise Mr Trump directly, but in a thinly veiled reference to the Article 5 comments, he told the Andrew Marr Show: “I will emphasise in NATO we’re all in it together”.

Trump, 70, sent shock waves across Whitehall in July when he railed against NATO members who are failing to meet the alliance’s minimum defence spend of 2% of GDP.

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Britain is one of only four of 28 nation members in total who have hit the target.

The property tycoon said: “People aren’t paying their fair share.

“People say: ‘What would happen if Russia or somebody attacks?’ I said: ‘I don’t know; have they paid?’”

Education Secretary Justine Greening has branded Trump’s comments on groping women “utterly crass”.

But Downing Street yesterday refused to drag the PM herself into the spat publicly.

The PM’s spokesman would only say: “It’s a matter for the American electorate”.