THE Donald Trump He spent the first month of his second term in an excellent mission, dismantling the global system that the United States They have built for the last 80 years.

When Trump won the election in November 2024, Western diplomats in Washington had the feeling that their governments knew how to handle a president who in his first term made foreign policy via tweet.

But the shock that led European leaders to the extraordinary meetings of Paris suggests that they underestimated how disastrous Trump’s second term could be.

  • Trump overturned US policy on the war in Ukraine, taking the part of the intruder and not the one who suffered the invasion. It parrots Putin’s arguments and tries to drive Zelenski out of power.
  • Jay Di Vance’s Vice President went to Munich and accused European leaders of being “tyrants” who suppress conservative thought and pressed Germany to dismantle the political “protection wall” that he set up to ensure that fascists could never gain power.
  • Defense Minister Pitt Hegshez told Europeans that now they should “take over the security of the continent” by raising questions about NATO’s fundamental doctrine of mutual self -defense.

CNN notes that the denial of America’s traditional foreign policy is due to both Trump’s particular obsessions and the broader geopolitical changes.

The United States remains the strongest power in the world, but no longer have the power that can force others – such as China – to live in accordance with its rules. The new president has no intention of keeping any financial, commercial and diplomatic rule at all and threatens to annex Canada.

And as if that were not enough, the new government seeks to destabilize fellow democracies and to fuel a worldwide movement of right populism.

Vance said that European governments threaten their safety on their own because of their policies for freedom of speech and immigration.

He even met with Videl, the leader of the far -right, neo -Nazi AfD, and tried to strengthen the far -right parties in France and Britain.

So what can Europe do now that America- which has helped rebuild the Old Epirus by the ashes of World War II- seems to be an open hostile force?

Emmanuel Macron, experienced in his contacts with Trump during the first term and two, warns for years that Europe had to realize that America had become an unreliable partner. Now doubting the US military commitment to their allies, NATO members no longer have any choice but to increase reduced military spending.

This will be painful as many European governments are already struggling to balance their budgets and are unbearably pressured to maintain their welfare benefits.

And to agree on all members of the European Union to take more independent roads will be a betrayal.

Some nations in the old neighborhood of Moscow, such as Poland and the Baltic states, understand the Russian threat very well, but some smaller, Western European countries perceive the danger farther.

And the EU has some leaders who would like to help Trump do Putin’s job, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.

In just 31 days in power, Trump has already changed the world.

CNN notes that the issue of next week will be as Ukraine shows. From the visit of Macron and Starmer to the White House, Monday and Tuesday, respectively, we may learn more about whether there is a possibility of an American-European cooperation on the issue of war.