Shellshocked EU Rethinks US Relationship After Trump Threat
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland on July 27.
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesEuropean officials agreed on one thing in the hours after US President Donald Trump pulled back from the brink over Greenland: The continent’s economy and defenses must stand on their own, fast.
But when it came to opinions on how to do that, and how strongly to confront the US in the future, that unity dissolved.