Europe | Watching America

Ireland: Europe Must Stand Up to Trump if Our Freedoms Are To Be Preserved

Rejeanne Lacroix - November 4, 2026. Published in Irish Times

Germany: Europe Can’t Leave Ukraine to Trump*

Mallory Matsumoto - November 1, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

One should, if possible, be sitting at the table when decisions are being made about one’s continent.

Italy: President Trump and the Other Crocodiles

Chiara Ciccolella - October 26, 2026. Published in La Repubblica

[T]he right does not offer a better world — that would be difficult. Rather, it pursues and consolidates a worse one.

Austria: Our America … and What Has Become of It

Peter Carioca - October 10, 2026. Published in Der Standard

Have you actually noticed that your country has become an oligarchy of tech-bro billionaires with superhuman power fantasies?

Canada: Europe Has To Choose: Bend the Knee to Trump, or Join Carney’s New World Order

Rejeanne Lacroix - September 25, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

Spain: To the Barricades

Lucy Preston - September 5, 2026. Published in Ideal Digital

We have a Europe that’s scared out of its wits and diplomatically inept, presidents with dirty underwear, and borders that are bursting at the seams like old clothes.

Poland: Trump Was Supposed To Be a Model for Europe’s Right. Today, He Has Become Its Problem*

Danuta Kowalska - August 30, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita

Taiwan: US-EU Estrangement and Global Disorder

Jennifer Sampson - August 14, 2026. Published in The Merit Times

What should the world do when the United States is no longer trustworthy or capable of leading?

Austria: Trump May Talk a Lot of Nonsense — But NATO Restructuring Is Moving Forward Nonetheless

Peter Carioca - July 15, 2026. Published in Der Standard

How should you handle a U.S. president who constantly distinguishes himself with infantile provocations?

Saudi Arabia: Could There Be a NATO Without the US?

Jinghong Chen - July 10, 2026. Published in Arab News

Saving NATO in the age of Trump was on the minds of everyone in Ankara, but of course it was not discussed.

Poland: Europe Hears ‘Enough’ from the US: Clever Poles Refuse To Believe It

Danuta Kowalska - July 9, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita

We [in Poland] believe that we can create an enclave of the old transatlantic order.

Italy: Ankara Summit: A Turning Point for NATO and the US

Chiara Ciccolella - July 3, 2026. Published in La Repubblica

The era of bending over backwards to keep Trump on board is over.

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