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Has Trump killed the U.S.-Europe alliance

After 80 years of mutual cooperation, the Trump administration appears to be systematically undoing the US-Europe transatlantic alliance and redrawing the lines of global power along the way.
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A man with brown hair, a brown beard and a blue suit with a blue tie speaks at a podium.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich on Feb. 14, 2025. (Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press)
Front Burner31:38Has Trump killed the U.S.-Europe alliance?

Over just a few days, senior Trump officials declared that Ukraine should prepare to cede territory to Russia and that Europe is not likely to have a seat at the table during negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. They then closed the week with a history-making address by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at this year's Munich Security Conference in which he appeared to threaten the future of the US-Europe partnership wholesale. 

Richard Walker is DW's Chief International Editor, and joins the show to discuss the deteriorating Western front, its implications on world affairs, and why an American President would want to unravel 80 years of foreign policy on the European continent.

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