Trump's attacks weaken transatlantic security relationship, but Europe has few alternatives
WASHINGTON - Deeply alarmed at President Donald Trump's attacks on NATO and the transatlantic relationship, European governments are rethinking their reliance on the United States as a strategic ally against Russia, but they are unlikely to make regional security arrangements independent of Washington.
Trump has forced the reassessment in recent days by calling the European Union a "foe," expressing reservations about defending other NATO members, and blasting Germany and other allies - comments he said were aimed at strengthening the U.S.-European alliance but that raised concerns across the continent.
"We can no longer fully rely on the White House," Heiko Mass, Germany's foreign minister, said Monday, a position echoed by other senior European officials and
