Lessons for Europe From One Hundred Days of Trump

At the end of April 2017 one hundred days into his presidency, Europe is still struggling to make sense of DonaldTrump. There is much consternation and vacillation in European capitals about what the Trump administration’s foreign policy will entail. Will the United States’ traditional global leadership role fundamentally change, leaving Europe to fend for itself? What does America First mean for Europe and the transatlantic relationship?

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Transatlantic Relations: Change or Continuity? (United States: Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service (CRS), 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-relations-change-or-continuity/

ESO: Background information: Pay no attention to the President? http://www.europeansources.info/record/pay-no-attention-to-the-president/

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