EU Braces for Trump 2.0
Trump’s return is a fork in the long story of this relationship. Down one way is what Fabrice Pothier, the former head of policy planning at NATO who runs a geopolitical consultancy, calls — without endorsing this outcome — “the great undocking.” Europe and America move further apart. Europe was put off by America’s cultural and national fervors. And it will be put off by what may follow: The isolationism that calls into question America’s commitment to defend Europe and the protectionism that could rupture the world’s closest commercial relationship. For its part, America looks at Europe’s slow growth, political dysfunctions and lack of innovation and turns its attentions elsewhere. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI, ‘Politico’
Europe braces for American isolationism in a World beset by global conflicts and intractable wars. American leadership to promote a more peaceful existence will be put to the test in the next several years as wars rage and regimes, like Assad’s get toppled, in short order with dramatic realignments that happen overnight. Inability to adjust and within the context of constant change will be a deciding factor in the success or failure of regimes and nations, the status quo will never the same.
