{"id":195266,"date":"2020-01-18T20:14:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/the-united-states-main-allies-are-abandoning-trump-as-his-threats-to-world-leaders-backfire\/"},"modified":"2020-01-18T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:14:22","slug":"the-united-states-main-allies-are-abandoning-trump-as-his-threats-to-world-leaders-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/the-united-states-main-allies-are-abandoning-trump-as-his-threats-to-world-leaders-backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States&#8217; main allies are abandoning Trump as his threats to world leaders backfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:5%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"Analysis banner\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DHXUovGQZ53qlcJ2efzwwA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1LjgwNzY2MDI4MzA5NzQy\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/bB11Znatdtab0vpvYBngXQ--~B\/aD02MTt3PTEyMDE7c209MTthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/6ce996d565f14109e6d3eac554b8c868\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Analysis banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Business Insider<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EiDF4RGKhiRbqW23Z6ZWrQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/ab71c6be52d0528d997309a72fa9dfbc\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EiDF4RGKhiRbqW23Z6ZWrQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/ab71c6be52d0528d997309a72fa9dfbc\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Donald Trump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li>\n<p><strong>President Donald Trump&#8217;s threats to allies are backfiring as European leaders speak openly about loosening their alliance with the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump has threatened Europe with a new trade war if it defies him on Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Now European leaders are talking openly about cutting back on their ties to the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump&#8217;s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has exposed a growing transatlantic rift.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has exposed a growing rift between the US and its historically closest allies in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was met with a remarkable level of criticism by European leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The UK threatened to cut back on its long-standing defense alliance with Trump, and Germany suggested openly that the importance of its relationship with the US was declining.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded by threatening European leaders with a new trade war if they remained committed to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>Yet rather than bring US allies into line, Trump&#8217;s threats merely highlighted the declining importance that many European leaders now place in the transatlantic alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Trump&#8217;s international allies are increasingly abandoning the president as his administration alienates them.<\/p>\n<h2>UK threatens to cut defense ties<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"boris trump 2\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LLwdxSojRvQHa6KVwo0mWw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/4d7f33acf90329550a68fc19ebb44a73\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"boris trump 2\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LLwdxSojRvQHa6KVwo0mWw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/4d7f33acf90329550a68fc19ebb44a73\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">boris trump 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was endorsed by Trump when he entered office and has previously been keen to stay close to the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s order to kill Soleimani, however, has triggered a remarkable turnaround in the UK prime minister&#8217;s approach to the US.<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of Soleimani&#8217;s assassination in a drone strike in Iraq, an operation the US did not warn the UK would take place, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab declared that the conflict was &#8220;in none of our interests,&#8221; adding that the only winners of an Iranian war would be the Islamic State terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also spoke out against the US policy, urging Trump to &#8220;dial this down&#8221; and warning that targeting Iranian cultural sites, as Trump threatened, would be a war crime.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp caas-button collapse-button\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-ylk=\"g:9d1ed84c-67eb-3999-84c1-a9e64eccd74a;elm:readmore;slk:Story continues\">Story continues<\/button><\/p>\n<p>UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace went even further, telling The Sunday Times that Trump&#8217;s isolationist foreign policy had prompted the UK to consider cutting back on its defense ties with the US.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I worry if the United States withdraws from its leadership around the world,&#8221; Wallace said, adding that &#8220;the assumptions of 2010 that we were always going to be part of a US coalition is really just not where we are going to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Germany warns that Europe&#8217;s alliance with the US is crumbling<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"trump merkel 4x3\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vJBOJDYIpzSTCoW.b.RYew--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi43OTM1MDU0MTIxNTY1NQ--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/5131f985b3f23c146a2d3324cc94c3e0\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"trump merkel 4x3\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vJBOJDYIpzSTCoW.b.RYew--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi43OTM1MDU0MTIxNTY1NQ--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/5131f985b3f23c146a2d3324cc94c3e0\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">trump merkel 4&#215;3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jesco Denzel\/German Federal Government via AP; Samantha Lee\/Business Insider<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of Soleimani&#8217;s assassination, a German government representative warned the US against any further conflict, telling reporters that Trump&#8217;s intervention amounted to a &#8220;dangerous escalation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The attack, which damaged Germany&#8217;s policy of engagement with Tehran, has triggered open debate about the value of Europe&#8217;s alliance with the US.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke openly about the declining importance of Europe&#8217;s alliance with the US.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s been a shift,&#8221; she told the Financial Times, adding, &#8220;The United States&#8217; focus on Europe is declining \u2014 that will be the case under any president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response, she said, &#8220;We in Europe, and especially in Germany, need to take on more responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>France dismisses Trump&#8217;s threats on Iran deal<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"trump macron\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nl.a5BXe_HtGv7UQdk0Ceg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/1c7a7752e5205389701cf4f6744bb11f\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"trump macron\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nl.a5BXe_HtGv7UQdk0Ceg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM1Mi41\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/EN\/business_insider_articles_888\/1c7a7752e5205389701cf4f6744bb11f\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">trump macron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ludovic Marin\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>France, alongside the UK and other European countries, was instrumental in attempts to forge and maintain a new relationship with Iran through the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>It has strongly criticized Trump&#8217;s decision in May 2018 to withdraw the US from that deal, and the French government quickly called on the Trump administration to step back from any further conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration responded by threatening a new trade war with Europe, imposing tariffs on cars if European leaders remained committed to the Iranian nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>France instead joined with Germany and the UK in signing a statement of support for retaining the deal, while launching a dispute mechanism designed to bring Iran back into line.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/united-states-main-allies-abandoning-121439444.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Analysis banner Business Insider Donald Trump Getty President Donald Trump&#8217;s threats to allies are backfiring as European leaders speak openly about loosening their alliance with the US. 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