Balance of Power

Trump’s World View Is Forcing a Transatlantic Realignment for Europe

Marc Rubio offered a hand of partnership to Europe, but on US terms.
Police officers outside the Hotel Bayrischer Hof today on the final day of the Munich Security Conference.Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/Getty Images

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As the snow fell on Munich, the chill cast over transatlantic relations was palpable.