When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, European countries at first chose appeasement as their preferred U.S. strategy. Faced with a belligerent Washington that threatened to withdraw the American security umbrella, back Russian President Vladimir Putin by brokering an unjust peace in Ukraine, impose punitive tariffs on their exports, and help far-right parties, European leaders convinced themselves that flattery and restraint were the best response. They avoided

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