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PoliticsCould US midterms affect the EU? Transatlantic ties hit a new low after Trump-Putin diesel deal

From the EU’s perspective, Trump’s second presidency has been even more destabilising than his first. His claim that the bloc was created to “screw” the United States, tariffs on European goods, territorial claims on Greenland, a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and calls for Ukraine to get a new president have shaken the foundations of the transatlantic relationship.

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Could US midterms affect the EU? Transatlantic ties hit a new low after Trump-Putin diesel deal
Could US midterms affect the EU? Transatlantic ties hit a new low after Trump-Putin diesel dealPolitics