The 'west' is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : For example, where USAid has been hobbled, the EU should see a prime opportunity to step in.
49% : For as long as Vladimir Putin has been in power, his geopolitical project has been twofold: to break apart Nato and the EU.
49% : Does anyone truly believe that Trump would honour an invocation of article 5 of the Nato treaty, under which an attack on one member state is an attack on all? Forget about benign neglect.
44% : And while we shouldn't be under any illusions about China - an authoritarian state with imperialist territorial designs, colonialist economic policies all over the African continent and an atrocious human rights record - unlike the US, it is the only global player with the ability to move at the scale and speed necessary in decarbonising enough emissions for us to still have a chance of limiting global heating to 2C. If there is a chance to strike a climate-focused deal, the EU shouldn't hesitate to prioritise doing so above the US's eventual objections.
42% : None of this radical remaking of the US constitutional order is hidden - Trump has, more than once, mentioned serving a third term, despite US presidential term limits.
36% : " Even if - and the probability of this is dropping fast - the US has free and fair elections in 2028 that remove Trump and the Republicans from power, there is no unbreaking what is now shattered.
30% : Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic values In 1966, after years of friction with the US over whether France should have its own independent nuclear deterrent, the French president, Charles de Gaulle, withdrew his country from Nato's integrated command (not, however, from the alliance itself - a common misconception) and asked all US forces stationed in France to leave.
30% : As a bonus, Trump has also signed an executive order to halt the prosecution of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials to win business.

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