European arrogance on display | Power Line

European arrogance on display | Power Line: "
The Washington Post reports that European leaders are vexed with President Trump.
Sorely vexed.
Our European partners feel that Trump “delight[s] in smashing transatlantic bonds.”
The situation is so dire that, according to Josef Janning of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the post-World War ties that provided the basis for Western strength and peace for 70-plus years are probably gone forever.
...But what actual policies and controversies support this European pessimism? 
The Post’s article, by Griff Witte and Michael Birnbaum, cites three.

• First, and apparently foremost, is Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. 
• Second, Witte and Birnbaum point to “the bloodshed in the Gaza strip,” referring to it as a “Trump-ignited brushfire.”

...By treating these two decisions by the Trump administration as serious affronts to the transatlantic alliance, Europe’s leaders seek, in effect, a veto over American foreign policy decisions that don’t directly affect Europe. 
If that’s their demand, then the Post is right; the alliance isn’t viable.
But that’s not President Trump’s fault. Blame it on European overreach — and arrogance...
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