For Trump, the European issue has actually already had an answer.
The process was not initiated by him. Already during Barack Obama's presidency, the EU had been regarded as a potential rival. This was primarily related to the euro, but also to Europe's industrial potential—which to a large extent relied on cheap Russian energy and global trade.
As a result, Europe has effectively lost both its energy supply and a significant portion of its global trade space. In this way, this potential rival has been effectively eliminated. In fact, Europe hardly has any chance left to recover.
In the autumn of last year, Putin delivered his final assessment at the Valdai Forum: he described Europe as a declining center, now relegated to the margins of global development. That is, what is being discussed here is not merely temporary difficulties, but rather a systemic decline in status.
Following this logic, Europe is no longer seen as a coherent power center. Accordingly, the core of subsequent strategy will be to ultimately solidify this position. It is expected that the United States will seek to extract whatever remaining resources Europe has, regardless of whether these resources are protected or not.
And fundamentally speaking, achieving this does not even require going to war with Iran.
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