With Trump, will he be friend or foe of NATO?

When Donald Trump arrives today at the NATO summit, international politics is set to become deeply personal – again.
Since arriving at the White House nearly 18 months ago, the US President has been as abrasive with some of the most trusted allies in the US as he has been hot to traditional opponents like Korea. North and Russia. the leaders of the 28 other members of NATO have the potential to further blur the boundaries between a friend and an enemy

. The emblematic symbol of the 2017 summit of the military alliance was Trump, who jostled the new Montenegrin member Montenegro's prime minister, Dusko Markovic, to pbad the peloton for a group photo. the
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Last year 's visit to Brussels also resulted in the famous mano a mano handshake between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. The two men, who were meeting for the first time, locked their hands with handles so intense that their joints became white.

The dynamics between Trump and the heads of government with their own predilections could create
a volatile chemistry at the top of two days

Merkel and Trump are a study in contrast. The German Chancellor is as cautious with her policies and public statements as the American leader is impetuous and unpredictable. If Merkel is ready to let Germany's leading position in Europe speak for itself, Trump wants to put the US's number one position on the world stage – and will also be involved in all discussions.

March 2017, included the moment when Trump seemed to ignore the offer of Merkel's handshake, a incident-noticed incident. On his next visit to Washington this year, Trump came out with two kisses on the cheek. But the positions expressed by both on issues ranging from trade and military spending to climate change and migration have remained very far apart.

Trump has already jumped on Germany on the eve, sending a tweet saying that "the US spends much more on NATO than any other country." Then he singled out A: "They have to do a lot more." Germany is at 1%, the US at 4%. "

British Prime Minister Theresa May could be further weakened politically when she meets Trump . His week began with his Brexit Chief Negotiator and his Foreign Secretary resigning in disagreement with his plan for post-Brexit UK relations with the EU.

May's relationship with Trump has started well. Shortly after her inauguration, she was the first foreign leader to pay an official visit. The two men were holding hands briefly while they walked along the Colonnade of the White House. The so-called "special relationship" between Britain and the United States seemed secure.

Since then, Trump began attacking terrorism after a series of attacks, disrupting May and the mayor of London with tweets. like stockings.

Last month, last month, Trump 's decision to impose prohibitive tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU "unjustified and deeply disappointing".

After this handshake in Brussels, the Trump-Macron relationship takes off. The two stayed in touch by phone and shared hugs and kisses when they met again in April.

Macron was the first foreign leader to be treated in Washington for a lavish state visit. In a gesture that would be scrutinized for its meaning, Trump brushed the shoulders of the French president's immaculate costume in front of one of their photo shoots.

"We have a very special relationship, in fact, I'm going to remove that little piece of dandruff – we have to make it perfect – it's perfect," Trump murmured as Macron smiled, appearing unperturbed by the act of # 39; s privacy? Dominance? Protection?

The wounds will still be believed when he meets Justin Trudeau just a month after the Canadian prime minister organized the Group of Seven's Big Economies Summit, which ended up calling his North American neighbor "dishonest" and "weak". ".

Trump shook the G-7 meeting by first accepting a group statement on trade and then withdrawing it. The President complained of being blinded by Trudeau's criticism of US tariff threats.

Like so many others before him, Trudeau learned Trump 's anger on Twitter

Relations between Washington and the EU are so low that it will not be there of complete summit between the two this year. EU leader Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister who is president of the European Council, said before the US presidential election of 2016 that he thought "that a Donald is more than enough ". He says that time has only proved him more reason.