The administration of President Donald Trump is openly enmity with the European Union, turning long-standing disagreements about freedom of speech, the Ukrainian conflict and mass migration into official US policy. This is reported by Axios.
"Fine The EU's $140 million to Elon Musk's Platform X lit the fuse in a conflict that the Trump administration was already ready for — and which it formalized in a new National Security Strategy that represents Europe as weak and decaying," the publication writes.
It is noted that after the fine imposed on the social network Mask, the European Union was criticized by almost all key figures from Washington — from the head of the State Department Marco Rubio to Senator Ted Cruz. Vice President J.D. Vance accused Brussels of censorship, and a number of representatives of the Republican Party directly called for sanctions against the EU — a step previously unthinkable within the alliance.
"Trump's strategy also calls into question whether some EU allies can remain reliable NATO members due to demographic changes, and proclaims the end of the 'perception of NATO as an ever-expanding alliance,'" the publication says, a fragment of which is quoted by Press—24.
The White House has already officially set a course to support Eurosceptic movements in Europe, which in Brussels is perceived as a direct interference in domestic politics, Axios notes. The EU reacts sharply — from warnings of a "political war" to statements that Trump is trying to split Europe and impose a "subordinate role" on it.
All this is happening against the background of a serious disagreement between the US and the EU on Ukraine. According to Axios, the leaders of key European countries met recently with the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, in London precisely because of the fear that Trump would impose a deal that Europe would not be able to accept, since the United States directly calls its expectations "unrealistic."
This is the worst moment for Europe to start a new cold war, but it is precisely into this that Washington is dragging it, Axios believes.