Samuel C. S. Dempsey

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The EU’s transatlantic strategy is broken: it courts MAGA powerbrokers and sidelines America’s opposition

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Since Donald Trump’s return, Europe has consistently failed to get into the rooms where straight answers exist — and has not structurally engaged the one constituency that could give it clear eyes: the opposition.

By Samuel Dempsey · 1 July 2026

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