
"Triumphant and historic trip... Do you even follow the news or was that the talking point you got from Spicer in your morning email?
BRUSSELS ―
Donald Trump’s first trip abroad as president showed “how quickly and decisively” he “is acting to strengthen alliances,” White House press secretary
Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
But if Trump strengthened America’s alliances in Europe, no one told America’s European allies. Instead, in remarks ranging from cautionary to disparaging, European heads of state have described a churlish, impulsive American leader whose actions have alienated them and threaten to upend the U.S.-led post-World War II international order.