A populist on the European Union’s frontier with Russia says he needs $1-billion to bolster the military. And he wants the US to pay. Mart Helme’s EKRE party is hot on the heels of Estonia’s two biggest political groups before March elections, campaigning on an anti-immigration and tax-cutting platform. But his unlikely pledge to overcome President Donald Trump’s America First instincts and persuade him to fund a splurge on defence is also making waves.
