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Trump and Putin usher out 80 years of U.S.-led security and cooperation

Trump's embrace of Putin and contempt for long-established transatlantic ties is an existential crisis for Europe and NATO.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Saudi-sponsored investment conference in Miami.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Saudi-sponsored investment conference in Miami. (AN/White House)

BRUSSELS (AN) – U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetorical alignment with Russian President Vladimir Putin's false narratives about Ukraine upended the post-World War II order and sent political shock waves through Europe.

Under Trump, European leaders learned this week, the U.S. can no longer be counted on to put Europe's security and sovereignty ahead of Russian ambition. In doing so, he cast aside eight decades of U.S.-led security guarantees and international cooperation that fueled the West's prosperity.

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