The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It's Already Costing Us.
We are paying for Trump's hatred, vengeance, and incompetence in so many ways, both here and abroad. This piece in the NYT is an excellent summary of how Trump's bullying approach, tariffs, and untrustworthiness have harmed the US and how that harm will continue for decades. The link below is free, and the whole article is well worth reading.
"In March 2023, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, laid out a strategy for managing the coercive policies of China. Europe, she argued, should “de-risk” from its dependence on the economic juggernaut by joining forces and building homegrown alternatives.
Three years later, de-risking from predatory superpowers remains the fundamental challenge facing European leaders, but China is no longer the main country of concern: The United States is. As they publicly seek to mollify a vindictive American president, policymakers across Europe are quietly working to reduce their decades-long dependence on the United States by increasing their own defense, energy and technology industries and diversifying their relationships with other nations. That dynamic was on display last week at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where President Trump renewed his threats against the U.S. allies Denmark and Spain.
It’s not just Europe backing away from the United States. Leaders of America’s partners in Asia and the Middle East are quietly doing the same. The second Trump administration’s ostentatious corruption, trade conflicts, military adventurism and mercurial artificial intelligence regulation have produced a new moment in international affairs: a nearly global grand strategy of countries distancing themselves from the world’s most powerful nation."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/opinion/america-trump-nato-europe-world.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xFA.1xE3.F0nxQyRhVRIf&smid=url-share