{"id":402576,"date":"2026-01-12T07:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402576\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:48:44","slug":"trump-succeeds-in-uniting-our-traditional-allies-against-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402576\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump succeeds in uniting our traditional allies \u2014 against the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Donald Trump considers a maximalist foreign policy vision<\/a> rooted in his whims<\/a> and \u201cpsychological<\/a>\u201d needs, it\u2019s worth appreciating the degree to which the rest of the world has taken note of the president\u2019s erratic radicalism. Consider some of the developments from the past week:<\/p>\n

The leaders of France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain and Denmark issued a joint declaration<\/a> this week that warned the United States that they would \u201cnot stop defending\u201d the values of sovereignty and territorial integrity following Trump\u2019s threats related to Greenland.<\/p>\n

The U.S. faced a rare rebuke<\/a> at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council this week, where even our allies said Trump\u2019s military offensive in Venezuela violated the U.N. charter and \u201cchips away at the very foundation of international order.\u201d<\/p>\n

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has a largely ceremonial role, warned of a major global realignment<\/a> this week, insisting that there had been a \u201cbreakdown of values by our most important partner, the USA, which helped build this world order.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Netherlands announced this week that it\u2019s scaling back its participation<\/a> in U.S.-led missions to counter drug trafficking in the Caribbean because of its opposition to the Trump administration\u2019s deadly military operations against civilian boats. That came on the heels of a related announcement from Great Britain, which said it would stop intelligence sharing<\/a> with the U.S. about boats in the Caribbean for the same reason.<\/p>\n

If we look back just a few weeks earlier, Denmark\u2019s military intelligence service for the first time also described the U.S. as a potential security risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In isolation, each of these stories was and is important, but taken together, the emerging picture is one in which much of the world is not only afraid of what\u2019s become of the United States, but is also forging new partnerships and alliances that leave us behind.<\/p>\n

As The Washington Post\u2019s Max Boot put it in a late-November column<\/a>, much of the world has started to see the U.S. as a \u201crogue nation,\u201d and as a result, traditional allies \u201care looking elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times had a related report in June<\/a>, noting, \u201cNew trade deals. Joint sanctions against Israel. Military agreements. America\u2019s closest allies are increasingly turning to each other to advance their interests, deepening their ties as the Trump administration challenges them with tariffs and other measures that are upending trade, diplomacy and defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Six months later, this dynamic continues to intensify.<\/p>\n

At a campaign-style event in Pennsylvania last month, the American president repeated one of his favorite boasts. \u201cWe\u2019re respected again as a country,\u201d the Republican declared<\/a>. He had pushed a similar line a week earlier at a White House Cabinet meeting, claiming<\/a>, \u201cAmerica is strong and respected again. On the world stage, we\u2019re really respected.\u201d<\/p>\n

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