#europe-us-relations

#europe-us-relations

When are we going to get the message? I joked a few months back that, when it comes to Donald Trump, Europe needs to learn from Sex and the City's Miranda Hobbes and realise that He's just not that into you. After this past week, it's clear that understates the problem. Trump's America is not merely indifferent to Europe it's positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.

Europe is on the verge of abandoning its role of a mediator between the US and Iran and instead handing the Iran nuclear file over to Donald Trump's veto, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said in an interview with the Guardian in Tehran. Esmail Baghaei said that as soon as UN-wide sanctions are reimposed at Europe's demand in less than 30 days, the US will regain its security council veto over what happens next, including the continuance of the sanctions.