Western Unity on a Severe Test

As the sharp differences and tense exchanges between the US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Oval Office on February 28 last year spread into the public domain, US-Europe differences and divisions have continued to dominate headlines worldwide. Added to this, relations between Europe and America remain strained with the US President prioritizing the takeover of Greenland, overshadowing the Ukrainian war. Although the crisis over Greenland appears to have been defused through a “framework deal”, Europe is likely facing more serious shocks to the trans-Atlantic relationship. The Wall Street Journal (Jan 22) wrote an editorial stating that the US President "backed down from his demands to own Greenland after financial markets, European allies and the US Congress raised objections.”