German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned of “a deep rift” between Europe and the United States, arguing that the latter “will not be powerful enough to go it alone.” In his address at the Munich Security Conference Friday,

European leaders braced for a combative Munich Security Conference on Friday, with Germany’s Friedrich Merz noting starkly that the international world order “no longer exists” – one of the few points of agreement between the fractious allies in the transatlantic alliance.

At this year's Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed European leaders with affirmations of transatlantic ties -- calling America a "child of Europe" -- while urging reforms to address deindustrialization,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to paper over cracks in the relationship between the U.S. and Europe in a speech at the Munich Security Conference, though foreign diplomats were less convinced t

The survey conducted in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain found that up to one-third of respondents considered the U.S. to be a major threat to Europe. The figure rose to as much as 61 percent to include those who considered it a moderate threat, in some cases higher than China, Iran or North Korea.

Publicly at least, the Trump administration is doing much less at NATO. A year ago, Hegseth warned that America’s security priorities lie elsewhere and that Europe would have to look after itself, and Ukraine in its battle against Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Colby, Deputy Secretary of Defense and key figure in the new National Strategy of the Trump Administration, will present this new phase of the Organization at the meeting of Defense Ministers this Thursday.