Harsh Reality of US Trade Deal Stirs EU Soul-Searching Over Lost Clout

As European Union leaders work through the consequences of their new trading arrangement with the US, they are confronting the bitter reality of just how far they have fallen.

Donald Trump held court on Sunday at one of the golf courses he owns on the Scottish coast, touting the new ballroom he’d had built at the clubhouse and delivering a lengthy tirade on the problems with wind turbines. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen had to wait until the US president had finished his round for the day before she got her chance to discuss the transatlantic trade relationship.