The article points out two facts:
- Trump is prioritizing America’s dealings with big powers like Russia and China over its security commitments to small nations.
- In addition to the point above, Trump’s promotion of nationalism, skepticism of free trade, criticism of traditional US allies… contributes to a new consequential dynamic in international affairs: the slow-motion fraying of US-Europeans relations.
It also leads to European nations distrust to the new US administration. The author predicts that they are going to find a new way to protect themselves without strong support from the US.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/trump-tillerson-nato/520254/