Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“Fifty years ago this week, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. In clumsily attempting to declare a new official holiday, ‘Victory Day,’ President Trump got his history wrong, forgetting that World War II continued until Japan surrendered on September 2. The German surrender of May 7, 1945, began an 80-year period in which the United States was the global hegemonic power with Europe as junior partner. Trump has now brought that partnership to an abrupt end. At its best, the Atlantic Alliance was the centerpiece of a rules-based global system that prized democracy and the rule of law. At its worst, the system was a vehicle for American overreach that sometimes gave priority to corporate interests at the expense of democracy.” (05/06/25)
https://prospect.org/world/2025-05-06-did-trump-do-europe-a-favor/