A Trump administration guided less by the idealist civilizational platitudes of a dying neoconservative movement and more by sheer self-interested pragmatism is likely to see Europe as collateral damage in the nascent cold war. While recently addressing NATO, Defense Secretary Hegseth struck a defining note for the Trump era: “I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.” https://jacobin.com/2025/03/trump-europe-dependence-military-energy