"Europe has entered a new state of alert in the face of increasingly explicit signs that the United States not only no longer wants to bear the burden of guaranteeing the continent's security, but is also displaying open hostility in areas that go beyond simple economic and technological competition and touch the deepest core of strategic and security issues. Donald Trump recently asserted that his country needs Greenland an autonomous territory belonging to Denmark, a NATO ally for national security,"
"At the beginning of December, Washington published its new National Security Strategy, in which it launches an explicit attack on the EU, describing it as an entity that undermines political liberty and promotes censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, while promising to cultivate resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations, which means a campaign of support for European nationalist forces that seek to dismantle the community integration project and harassment of those who promote them."
"Another serious example of hostility surfaced in late December, with the sanctions imposed by Washington on former European Commissioner Thierry Breton former head of technology regulations on online content moderation and hate speech and on leaders of organizations that combat illegal and extremist content. This is yet another pressure tactic by Washington to get Brussels to soften its rules for American companies and to benefit the tech oligarchs who are now part of the Trumpian ecosystem."
Europe faces a heightened security alert as US actions increasingly challenge transatlantic guarantees and strategic stability. US rhetoric and operations — including presidential claims over Greenland and a U.S. incursion into Venezuela resulting in Nicolas Maduro's capture — reflect a shift toward unilateralism and open hostility. Washington's new National Security Strategy labels the EU as undermining political liberty while pledging to support nationalist movements that could dismantle European integration. Sanctions on former Commissioner Thierry Breton and leaders fighting online extremism signal pressure to loosen Brussels' rules to favor American tech firms and oligarchs within the Trump-aligned ecosystem.
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