A relationship on the rocks: Europe and America need each other but trust is gone 

However he framed his attraction when it comes to blood and soil acquainted to Make America Nice Once more supporters, based mostly on frequent (typically financial) pursuits and never the frequent values of democracy and rule of regulation that had held the alliance collectively in previous many years.

“We’re sure to 1 one other by the deepest bonds that nations might share, solid by centuries of shared historical past, Christian religion, tradition, heritage, language, ancestry and the sacrifices our forefathers made collectively for the frequent civilization to which we have now fallen inheritor,” Rubio stated.

The response from European leaders was well mannered — nobody needs to interrupt the remaining bonds with an more and more unpredictable United States, whose troops, nuclear weapons and army capabilities nonetheless give the continent essential safety towards Russia.

However on the sidelines of the occasion, a number of officers in contrast the present state of affairs to an abusive relationship through which the abuser blames the sufferer whereas vacillating between violence and candy discuss.

U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona, stated the previous 12 months has been a “curler coaster of feelings” for European policymakers. “I really feel just like the poisonous girlfriend or poisonous boyfriend proper now … and Europe simply needs us to be higher.”

European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen stated she was “very a lot reassured by the speech of the secretary of state,” calling him a “good pal” and a “sturdy ally.”