The uneasy transatlantic relationship between the United States and the European Union is once again under strain. In recent days, US President Donald Trump has launched a new offensive against European leaders, calling them “weak," branding key EU nations “decaying," and accusing them of letting the war in Ukraine drag on. His remarks accompanied the release of a new US National Security Strategy (NSS), which has sparked concern across Europe for its rhetoric and implications.

What intensified the backlash was not only the tone of the published NSS, but also reports of an unpublished longer version flagged by US outlet Defense One. That internal draft allegedly proposed a plan to “pull" four countries—Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland—away from the EU and into closer alignment w

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