“The world has entered an era of “wrecking ball politics,” a team of conference staff wrote on Monday, in their 2026 Munich Security Report. The conference is a highly watched annual gathering of security officials from Europe, the U.S. and beyond, and was roiled last year by a castigating speech from Vice President JD Vance, who called on European leaders to cooperate with parties they have deemed extreme.”

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“European officials say their countries need to be self-sufficient because Washington’s foreign policy sometimes directly threatens European interests, most notably in President Trump’s recent insistence that the U.S. government play a significant role in the control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.”

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“Like Canada, European nations have begun to question the reliability of the United States as an ally, given the Trump administration’s threats against Greenland.”

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“Mr. Kono, a former minister for foreign affairs during the first Trump administration, suggested that Japan and other countries might have to consider forming an international convention to deal with U.S. tariffs.”

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