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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:04 AM Jul 2020

Cracks in the Trump-Europe relationship are turning into a chasm

For more than 70 years, the transatlantic alliance has served as the unshakable foundation of European stability and underpinned the values of the US-led Western order. In 2020, it appears that relationship is being rethought on both sides of the Atlantic.

Earlier this week, the European Union declined to include US in its list of "safe countries," meaning that American travelers will be unwelcome inside the bloc for the foreseeable future, due to the eyewatering US coronavirus infection numbers. Controversially, the list includes China -- the country where the virus originated -- on the condition of reciprocal arrangements.

The Brussels official explains that Trump's "break from multilateralism" on big international matters like Iran, coupled with the US taking "less responsibility in European security" has accelerated European thinking to take a step away from America and "do our own thing on the world stage."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cracks-in-the-trump-europe-relationship-are-turning-into-a-chasm/ar-BB16jVwP?ocid=msedgntp

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Cracks in the Trump-Europe relationship are turning into a chasm (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2020 OP
Can't say that I blame them. Laelth Jul 2020 #1
Right. I hate to see this happen, but if the shoe were on the other foot... Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #7
Good Nature Man Jul 2020 #2
Ooh, does that make Trump Wile E. Coyote? tanyev Jul 2020 #3
The EU is the Franco-German alliance. roamer65 Jul 2020 #4
Regardless of Donnie's stupidity... paleotn Jul 2020 #5
Heckuva job Trumpy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #6
Putin must be proud. chowder66 Jul 2020 #8

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. Can't say that I blame them.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:11 AM
Jul 2020

But Joe Biden promised them that we’d be back, and we will. When that happens, I suspect that we will be welcomed with open arms (as soon as we can get the coronavirus under control).

-Laelth

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
4. The EU is the Franco-German alliance.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:22 AM
Jul 2020

They will stand on their own and take their rightful place on the world stage.

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
5. Regardless of Donnie's stupidity...
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jul 2020

It is time the Europeans shoulder more of the foreign policy burden, including security beyond their own borders. They benefit from global political and economic order just as much as we do. We really can't afford Pax Americana anymore and I'd rather we use that money for other things like universal healthcare, infrastructure renewal and a whole host of other pressing matters. The downside is EU members have a tough time agreeing on much of anything. That would be a problem in a crises. Then again, they're much less likely to be as interventionist than the US has been over the last 25 years. We've created more messes than we've clean up.

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