Europe’s Uphill Battle to Keep Trump Invested in NATO

A Pentagon defence review being conducted by Elbridge Colby has Europe’s leaders worried, because he has argued that the US should reposition its forces to face China and the Pacific. Of all the challenges US President Donald Trump has presented to the established world order since returning to the White House in January, the impact he has had on the NATO alliance has been one of the most profound. The seismic effect Trump’s return to the White House has had on the Western alliance has been clearly evident from the desperate efforts made by European Union leaders to bolster their…