The relationship with its European allies has long been a critical cornerstone of the U.S. foreign policy after World War II. Nevertheless, the Trump administration appears to have scrapped the tradition and start it all over again.
Since Trump took office, his "America First" policy was frequently at odds with his European partners. He called NATO "obsolete," opposed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change, threatened to scrap the Iranian nuclear deal and announced moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
In recent years, there were increasing complaints and dissatisfaction with the United States in Europe. Many European mainstream media including German weekly Der Spiegel hold that even convinced Atlanticists can no longer deny the crisis of the transatlantic relations. And it is Washington that poses the biggest threat to the values shared across the Atlantic.
German politician Rolf Mutzenich said in his article "End of Transatlanticism?" that Trump is not an accident of American history, but the result of years of arrogance and the self-righteous hubris of the American world power after the Cold War.
The U.S. president has torn the mask off the U.S. face and shown the true face of an unscrupulous and self-reliant world power, Mutzenich said.
Due to their differences on strategies, interests and policies, the United States and its European allies have been drifting apart. The poisoning incident helped Washington bond with its allies across the Atlantic despite the deepening rift, which could explain why they took collective action against Russia.
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