{"id":235083,"date":"2026-02-16T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=235083"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:45:14","slug":"europe-and-us-need-each-other-but-trust-is-gone-politico-writes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/235083\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe and US need each other, but trust is gone, Politico writes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year’s Munich Security Conference was milder than last year’s, but Donald Trump has fundamentally changed transatlantic ties, Politico<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

As noted, European and American leaders spent three days pledging cooperation and offering to slap a new coat of paint on the façade of the transatlantic relationship. But the cracks are still showing.<\/p>\n

The United States was less combative than a year ago. in its showing at the Munich Security Conference, when Vice President JD Vance launched a scorching attack on Europe. There is no consensus on how the relationship can move forward given the regular seismic shocks the Trump administration revels in delivering to the system.<\/p>\n

The continent has been bumped down to third place after the Western hemisphere and China on the administration’s list of priorities; new U.S. aid to Ukraine has shriveled to almost nothing; and Europe has been subjected to constant attacks over free speech and digital regulation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the continent is fighting the rise of MAGA-backed far-right parties at home and a wounded but dangerous Russia on its doorstep that Trump insists on bringing back into the global order.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think we will be doing business as usual,” Evika Siliņa, the prime minister of Latvia, a country on the frontline of a potential Russian attack and which depends on allies for its security, told Politico.<\/p>\n

One European CEO said it would take “a generation” to rebuild the trust that has been lost over the past year.<\/p>\n

“American foreign policy has changed,” Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland and occasional golf buddy of President Donald Trump, told Politico.<\/p>\n

It also wasn’t lost on Europeans that Rubio barely mentioned Russia and Ukraine during his address, several officials told Politico.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"