President Biden used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to unambiguously set the tone for his presidency. In one breath, he announced: “America is back. The Transatlantic alliance is back”. As relieved as his Western allies may have been to hear it, their doubts concerning the United States’ reliability cannot be glossed over so easily. During former US President Trump’s four years in power, his administration pursued an isolationist foreign policy, an ever-shifting strategy towards Russia, and a hostile tone with European allies that sowed doubts about the United States’ commitment to the Transatlantic alliance and its position as a global guardian of democracy.
The Trump Administration considered removing the United States from NATO, unilaterally withdrew the country from the Iran Nuclear Deal, and pulled out of both the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the Open Skies Treaty, dramatically increasing the prospect of a new arms race. Despite the United States’ new leadership, not only is Trumpism still alive and kicking, many points of contention between the two poles of the Transatlantic alliance remain.
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