“The US has reversed its alliances to side with Russia against Europe!” This is the idea that many commentators in Britain, France and Germany have been hammering in for the past week.
The Washington Post went even further: “For Europe, this is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. The United States, which has guaranteed European security against Russia for 80 years, appears to have switched sides under President Donald Trump.”
Apparently sharing that analysis, the European Union organized two summits that included Great Britain as an ad hoc member.
