Getty Images“It is terrible to see black and white. But it’s not surprising,” how the best European diplomat reacts to deep, heart -to -despise for European allies, on Monday. A group of online groups among the best US security guards.
Apparently, Atlantic Magazine Editor -in -Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to a conversation discussing the planned strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen, aiming to prevent trade routes at the Suez Canal. Later, he opened the Frank Exchange to the public.
In the conversation, Vice President JD Vance says that only 3% of the US trade has passed through the channel unlike 40% of the European trade, and then and defense secretary Pete Hegseth complained to Europe without “free loading”.
The monumental security violation causes a ruckusa at home, and the democrats call hegseth’s resignation as a result.
Opposite the pond – Aka Atlantic – Europe’s leaders and policy makers felt “sick of their stomachs” as an EU official put me.
The authorities quoted here speak on the condition of anonymity to freely interpret the variable times in the US-European relations. In order not to shake the transatlantic boat, you will not see comments in the public sphere.
In his speech, Vance, who first condemned the continent because he had falsely placed values such as protecting abortion clinics and censorship in the media and online at the security conference in Munich. “The enemy from the inside,” he said.
The signal conversation on Monday is currently hitting the heart of a series of tensions, discomfort and simple old fear in Europe, and the Trump administration cannot be trusted as the biggest ally of the continent. At a time when Europe faces a resurrected Russia.
Western Europe has looked at the United States to have its back in terms of security and defense since World War II.
But in this way, Riles and his mind strengthened the Trump administration as “free loaders” in his mind.
While the US committed to defend 3.7% of its enormous GDP, the transatlantic defense alliance coughs the majority of European partners in NATO until recently. Big economies, some like Spain and Italy, are not there yet, but they say they plan to be soon.
In addition to other things, Europe greatly rely on the United States for intelligence, air defense capabilities and nuclear umbrellas.
With the recruitment of most European countries, the continent is also relying on the US troops ready for approximately 100,000 war in Europe to act as a deterrent against potential attackers.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, Europeans have focused on investing in more prosperity and social services than defending collective or otherwise. Why should Trump manage the gap on earth.
In the leaked group conversation, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz burns the European Navy Province. “There must be the United States that reopened them [Suez] shipping strips. “
The conversation then discusses how Europe will charge the US for its actions.
“If the US successfully recovered the freedom of navigation at a great cost, more economic gain should be achieved in return,” Waltz said.
Europe is now spent on his own defense loudly and openly on his own defense – he hopes to keep Donald Trump in the bay after Ukraine.
But Trump’s irritation with Europe is nothing new.
In his first period, he exhibited his discontent in the office: angry about Europe’s low defense expenditures; Akkor over the surplus of trade with the US.
The United States had been taken for a journey for a long time, and it should stop, seeing her feeling.
Applying trade tariffs was one of Trump’s first response. As it is now.
At the beginning of this month, when Trump threatened a 200% tariff threat on European alcohol in an ongoing trade, he lambed the EU as “abusive” and “hostile” because it was claimed to benefit from the US at any opportunity.
EPAMaros Sefcovic, the trade commissioner of the EU, who coincided with the leaked signal conversation and Euro-yayak, came to Washington on Tuesday, hoping to start a attraction attack to try to establish a new tariff with the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Lenin.
Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened that the United States would not protect the US “non -paying” countries.
The next US Ambassador to NATO means that Europeans spent 5% of GDP.
The UK is currently spending 2.3% of GDP to defend and targeting 2.6% by 2027. France is digging 2.1% of GDP in annual military expenditures.
During the Cold War, the common enemy was the Soviet Union, including the areas of Eastern Europe.
The United States asked Western Europe to be close and to remain military dependent.
Since then, there has been increasing indifference to NATO and Europe. Especially after the 9/11 twin Tower attack in the USA.
In Washington, attention returned to Iraq and Afghanistan. To China.
President Obama was clearly wanted to be the biggest foreign policy priority of Asia.
Trump is far from the first US President in the reluctance of Europe to do more for its own defense and to spend more.
However, there is a deep ideological division with Trump.
On social values, as JD Vance implies in Munich.
But at the same time – and this key – Trump not only an antipathy for Europe and the war in Ukraine “over and larger” not only shows impatience, but also Russia shows a proximity to Vladimir Putin, and Europe is an immediate threat to the security and prosperity of all continents.
