"A majority of Americans are dismayed and outraged by his policies, and will likely vote against him and the Republican Party in the coming midterm elections.”
While that is true, I doubt it eases European concerns. To them, our recent political see-sawing is the biggest problem, and no one can safely say that it will not happen again, even if Trump loses the midterms and we begin to constain him.
Francis is correct. Not clear yet, though, that this is the breaking point for Euros, but even Trump’s buddy Giorgia Meloni in Italy has been more critical this time.
One thing (on many) that concern me as a European living in Europe is the relative silence from the Democrats on this issue. There's been mild criticism, but nothing to suggest they support a more confrontational stance from Europe.
Secondly, also being pro-EU (despite it's many flaws), I worry that the EU has flunked two major geopolitical challenges in the last 6 months - the acceptance of the tariffs last year, as pointed out in the article, and the failure to use the seized Russian funds to support Ukraine. If they now fail to unite over Greenland (and I fear they won't), then I think we have to concede that people like Vance and Trump are correct - the EU is weak and has no standing as a global force, politically or economically.
I can understand your concern, but hope that you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's mildly encouraging that the Prime Minister of Belgium, the country that unexpectedly did so much to derail the proposed use of seized Russian assets to support Ukraine not long ago, is now talking about confronting Trump in Davos over Greenland.
"A majority of Americans are dismayed and outraged by his policies, and will likely vote against him and the Republican Party in the coming midterm elections.”
While that is true, I doubt it eases European concerns. To them, our recent political see-sawing is the biggest problem, and no one can safely say that it will not happen again, even if Trump loses the midterms and we begin to constain him.
Francis is correct. Not clear yet, though, that this is the breaking point for Euros, but even Trump’s buddy Giorgia Meloni in Italy has been more critical this time.
One thing (on many) that concern me as a European living in Europe is the relative silence from the Democrats on this issue. There's been mild criticism, but nothing to suggest they support a more confrontational stance from Europe.
Secondly, also being pro-EU (despite it's many flaws), I worry that the EU has flunked two major geopolitical challenges in the last 6 months - the acceptance of the tariffs last year, as pointed out in the article, and the failure to use the seized Russian funds to support Ukraine. If they now fail to unite over Greenland (and I fear they won't), then I think we have to concede that people like Vance and Trump are correct - the EU is weak and has no standing as a global force, politically or economically.
I can understand your concern, but hope that you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's mildly encouraging that the Prime Minister of Belgium, the country that unexpectedly did so much to derail the proposed use of seized Russian assets to support Ukraine not long ago, is now talking about confronting Trump in Davos over Greenland.
I hope so too. Le's see how it plays out.
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