Author: Steven Erlanger
Published on: 27/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Trump’s view of European Allies Raises Alarm Debate is building over how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs. He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States. That’s the purpose of it, and they’ve done a good job of it,” he repeated. Friedrich Merz, 69, has expressed strong doubts about the trans-Atlantic relationship he and his country have been committed to for decades. He wondered whether the American nuclear umbrella over NATO would remain — and even whether the alliance itself would continue to exist. Mr. Merz’s remarks were reminiscent of a 2017 statement by Angela Merkel, then the German chancellor. Claudia Major directs security policy at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. “We have the right values and you have it wrong,'” Major says. The distinction holds real consequences for how Europe can respond. The Brussels Effect is the power of the European Union to establish global rules and norms. But if the Trump administration feels it necessary to destroy that threat, there is little European nations can do to appease the White House, some warned. The clashes are simultaneously ideological, strategic and economic, said Camille Grand, a former NATO and French official with the European Council on Foreign Relations. “We are in a new era where, by and large, international relations aren’t going to be determined by rules and multilateral institutions,” he said. Matthew Kroenig, a former defense department official, calls himself a “normal Republican” and says that “there has been a bit too much hysteria over the past couple of weeks” Mr. Trump has been engaged in “a policy of rapid, unilateral concession of long-held positions on fundamental interests” U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal: Officials in Ukraine and the Trump administration have reached a deal that would give the United States revenues from Ukraine’s minerals and other natural resources. Here’s what we know. American Businesses’ Interest in Russia: The White House promised “incredible opportunities” geopolitically and economically if Moscow ended the war in Ukraine.
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