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Donald Trump's insult to history

Merkel said US is no longer the reliable partner, Germany and the rest of Europe long depended on

Nato, US President, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, Paolo Gentiloni
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US President Donald Trump (centre), Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

NYT Editorial
The tectonic plates of Europe are shifting, and President Trump is at the heart of this upheaval. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany bluntly made that point on Sunday when she said, “The times in which we could rely fully on others — they are somewhat over,” and the result is that “we Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands.”

With that line, it became clear that the United States is no longer the reliable partner her country and the rest of Europe have long depended on. Since World War II, the United States led the way in