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Letter: Europeans’ Trust in American Leadership is Damaged Beyond Repair

European trust in U.S. global leadership may be damaged beyond repair.

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By David Whineray
Published on Mar 12, 2020

Source: Financial Times

Gideon Rachman is right that a Biden presidency “could not turn back the clock” on Donald Trump (March 10). But it’s not the case that Europeans just expect and hope “that an administration led by the former vice-president would effectively reset the geopolitical calendar to January 20 2017”.

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This article was originally published by the Financial Times.

About the Author

David Whineray

Former Nonresident Fellow, Europe Program

David Whineray was a nonresident fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

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David Whineray
Former Nonresident Fellow, Europe Program
Political ReformForeign PolicyGlobal GovernanceNorth AmericaUnited StatesEastern EuropeWestern EuropeIran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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