Trump’s Makeover of US Diplomacy Leaves Many Allies at a Loss

Donald Trump and JD Vance during meetings in the Oval Office.Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg

Before President Donald Trump took office for a second time, European officials thought they had him figured out. He was transactional, they said, a man motivated by a good deal.

Some bragged they knew how to do business with him based on their interactions with the self-proclaimed deal maker in his first term.