Source: Foreign Policy
by Stephen Holmes
“European leaders face a puzzle that defies the usual political logic. As U.S. reliability collapses under the second Trump administration, one might expect those Europeans most alarmed by American hostility to become the strongest advocates for autonomous European defense. Instead, the opposite pattern prevails. The constituencies most willing to invest in European rearmament are precisely those that still believe NATO can be salvaged — while those who have concluded that the United States is now an adversary are the least willing to bear the costs of replacing American protection.” (01/28/26)