WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. presidents usually pay lip service at least to being leaders of the free world, at the helm of a mighty democracy and military that allies worldwide can rally around and reasonably depend upon for support in return.
Not so under President-elect Donald Trump, a critic of many existing U.S. alliances, whose win of a second term this week had close European partners calling for a new era of self-reliance not dependent on American goodwill.
“We must not delegate forever our security to America,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at a European summit Thursday.
Based on Trump’s first term and campaign statements, the U.S. will become less predictable, more
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