Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U. S. Tech . . . Concerns about how else Mr Trump might leverage technology for political advantage has jump-started efforts across the region to develop alternatives Casper Klynge, a former Danish and European Union diplomat who worked for Microsoft, said the episode was in many ways the “smoking gun that many Europeans had been looking for ”
Europe in the Haphazard Trumpian World | Carnegie Endowment . . . In addition, Trump might make a renewed offer to host a summit between him and Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, based on his May 15 statement that “nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together ” Such an initiative would trigger renewed misgivings from Trump’s European counterparts about
The Trump card: What could US abandonment of Europe look like? The latest actions of the Trump 2 0 administration have heightened fears about a dwindling US commitment to Europe But US abandonment could manifest in different ways – as a bargaining chip or as a policy goal To prepare for all possible scenarios, the EU and its Member States must invest in a strong European deterrent force
Trump’s political offensive on European allies will have long . . . Russia — a true threat to European security — is being offered what Trump called a “tremendous” opportunity for massive growth Finally, while it might not have the most immediate impact, it’s the Trump administration’s political offensive on its allies — and especially against Europe — that will have long-lasting consequences
The US and EU are in a showdown over trade. What does Trump . . . The EU could also reduce its 10% tax on foreign cars— one of Trump’s long-standing grievances against Europe “The United States is not going to export that many cars to Europe anyway The Germans would be most resistant, but I don’t think they’re terribly worried about competition from America,’' said Edward Alden, senior fellow
What Trump’s return might mean for Europe, and how it’s . . . Others, like the UK and the European Commission, are going to have to play either the pragmatist card, or be prepared to hit back, and hit hard against everything from isolationist tariffs to