One year into Donald Trump's presidency, it's clear this White House isn't one for carefully picking its battles. And given the president's appetite for confrontation, it is only matter of time before the U.S. and its allies end up in a pointless fight over EU defense.
A Pentagon official this week criticized the EU's “common security and defense policy” (CSDP) for pulling forces away from NATO, and the U.S. ambassador to the alliance warned against its provisions to protect European defense companies. This will make for awkward conversations at the Munich Security Conference this week, where the allies intend to push back against talk of a NATO divided under Donald Trump.
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