As Donald Trump questions the need for NATO and praises Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Czech Republic and other post-communist countries fear a Trump-Putin alliance could destabilize European unity and security. Even though Political analysts and government leaders say it’s still too soon to predict the effects of a Trump-Putin alliance, they worry that Trump’s seemingly cozy relationship with Putin will come at the expense of the European Union and put NATO allies at risk. "More dangerous than Putin and Trump’s alliance is what Trump says about the European Union,” said Jan Machacek, a leading Czech analyst and former dissident during the communist regime. “NATO is absolutely important,” but Machacek is more concerned over Trump wanting “more countries to leave”