The Washington Group” detected, in which European leaders comment on Trump

But for many European governments, including the oldest and most loyal allies of America, Trump's threat of punitive tariffs against anyone trying to stop him from taking Greenland was the final point. Divorce, they believe, now it's inevitable, it broadcastsgraphy.

In privacy, frustrated European officials describe Trump's haste to annex Danish sovereign territory as “mad” and crazy “”, asking whether he is busy in his “his son-in-law to the fighter” after his adventure in Venezuela ♫ and saying he deserves Europe's harshest revenge for what many see as a <x6th> ” clear and untryed against allies on the other side of the Atlantic.

“I think is perceived as a step far away”, said a European diplomat, who, like others, was given anonymity to speak sincerely.

“Europe has been criticised for its weakness against Trump. There is some truth in this, but there are red lines”, he added.

Senior European officials believe more and more that it is time to face the truth that America and Trump are no longer a reliable trade partner, less a reliable security ally, and to look urgently towards the future.

There is a change in US policy and in many ways it is permanent”, according to a senior official with a European government.

Waiting is not a solution. What needs to be done is a regular and coordinated movement towards a new reality”, he added.

This coordination has already begun, as has the big conversation about what follows.

In addition to a major change in the approach of the United States, this process seems likely to end in a radical reform lesson of the West, which would overturn the global balance of power.

Implication ranges from transatlantic economic damage as trade tensions rise to security risks as Europe tries to protect itself without American aid before it is fully ready to do so.

It is likely also costing the United States, such as its ability to design strong powers in Africa and the Middle East without access to the network of bases, aircraft tracks, and logistical support that Europe currently offers. A future after the United States.

In addition to all the revenge discussions aimed at US trade, diplomats and government officials in national capitals are also considering what a long-term division from Washington can bring about.

For most, the prospect is painful, ending 80 years of peaceful co-operation, mutual support and lucrative trade, and inflicting a deadly blow NATO in its current form.

Many governments want to save what they can, while Italy's far-right leader, Giorgia Melon, is trying to rebuild relations.

But for some government officials, a future behind the US for Western allies is not difficult to imagine.

For starters, European states, including those not in the EU like Britain and Norway, have spent most of Trump's second mandate working on an increasingly effective group that already operates without America: the so-called coalition of willing to support Ukraine.

National security advisers from 35 governments are in regular contact, often meeting online and personally, and interacting through less formal messages.

They are used to seeking multilateral solutions in a world where Trump is a major part of the problem. The levels of trust in these circuits are generally high, according to people known to the way the group works.

Nor is it only on the official level: National leaders themselves are spinning their sleeves and working on new intimate groupings.

Leaders, including the UK's Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron of France and Germany's Friedrich Merz, as well as European Commission President Ursula von Leenen, Alexander Stubb of Finland and Mellon of Italy regularly exchange messages with each other often in the same group of conversations.

Leaders Who Exchange Messages

During the past year, they have developed a well-trained message exchange routine every time Trump does something wild and potentially harmful.

When things start moving fast, it's hard to coordinate, and this group [talk] is really effective. He tells you much about personal relations and how important they are”, said a person familiar with the agreement.

The <x0form but active” agreement is known as the Washington Group, according to the group of European leaders who visited the White House with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky last August.

Their approach over the past year has been largely to remain calm and react to his political actions rather than succumb to his provocative words.

This etos has spurred the peace process in Ukraine, with the coalition cooking shut down a framework for a peace plan in which the US are signed including American security guarantees for Ukraine. This marks an important achievement given that Trump previously ruled out the possibility of the American Army playing a role.

But Trump's nervousness over Greenland has now changed its balance.

Gone soft approach to the American president's threats. Even Starmer, usually the most cautious leader, called the president's threat of tariffs as the wrong “”, including, apparently, even in a direct call with Trump on Sunday.

Greenland's crisis has focused its minds on how to move forward without America in the arm.

The preparation co-ordination began by focusing on Ukraine”, another diplomat said.

But it has created very close ties among some of the main people in capitals. They have built faith and also the ability to work together. They know each other by name and it's easy to contact and send” messages, he added.

Who needs it NATO, anyway?

This format could potentially become the planting ground for a new security alliance in an era when the United States no longer supports NATO and European security.

A new agreement would not rule out co-operation with America, but it would neither take it for granted.

Also in text discussions with the leaders of the Washington Group is Zelensky himself, which brings another interesting idea to mix.

Ukraine is certainly the most militarized country among those represented, with a large army, a highly sophisticated production industry and more expertise in the realities of fighting one war than anyone else.

While Ukraine has long called for NATO membership, it now seems less like a price than once, as America's promises to support any security guarantees become less convincing every day.

If Ukraine's military power were involved when it was added to France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom, among other things, the armed potential power of the cooking coalition would be broad and would include both nuclear and non-substanti states, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.

Although Europe's need to defend itself with less American support is an old topic of conversation, in recent days have seen a host of initiatives and titles from Brussels. Officially, the EU has decided to be able to defend itself by 2030.

European Defence Commissioner Andrews Kublius, a week ago, proposed a permanent EU army of 100,000 personnel and revived the idea of a European Security Council of about 12 members, including the United Kingdom. Von der Leyen promised a new European Security Strategy, though few details have yet to be provided.

There is a broad agreement that these conversations about a new European security architecture should occur, and quickly. EU leaders will meet personally for an emergency summit in the coming days to calibrate an answer to Trump's threats to Greenland, though the discussion may go far wider than that.

With Trump expected to participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, there is also the possibility of face-to-face negotiations between the European and American parties.

After speaking to Merz, Macro, Starmer and NATO chief Mark Rutte, von der Leeyen said Sunday that Europeans would focus “on putting” in their commitment to protecting Greenland.

“We will face these challenges to our European solidarity with sustainability and determination”, she said.

In view of the current moment, little creative thinking will be required. /Periscope/