How do we make Europe more secure? Here are five steps we need to take now
by Peter Pomerantsev from on (#6VM37)
Europe can't wait to react to Trump's mood swings but must show we have the will and the wallet to take back control
It's exhausting and humiliating to have no control - watching every meeting in the Oval Office for a glimmer of Trump's approval or displeasure, our security resting on a perceived slight or a mood.
The last week of meetings between Trump, Macron, Starmer and finally Zelenskyy always felt like crawling across a minefield. Some might agonise about whether Zelenskyy could have played things differently. It's the wrong question. The point is that we can't carry on being so dependent on every meeting at the White House. Until we start taking charge of our future, we will always be one heart palpitation away from dreading doomsday.
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