{"id":8658,"date":"2026-03-23T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/8658\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:15:39","slug":"how-two-wars-are-pulling-europe-and-the-us-apart-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/8658\/","title":{"rendered":"How two wars are pulling Europe and the US apart \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s easy to see why EU leaders are so anxious. In recent days Trump has repeatedly blasted them for failing to do more to help him unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping route used by about 20 percent of the world\u2019s oil that has effectively been closed by Iran. He has also explicitly linked continued U.S. involvement in NATO to the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO IS A PAPER TIGER!\u201d he railed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116261796648776538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Social Post<\/a> over the weekend. \u201cThey complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don\u2019t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz \u2026 COWARDS,\u201d he concluded. \u201c[W]e will remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, further deepening fears about the transatlantic alliance, Moscow offered Washington a quid pro quo under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia, POLITICO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/putin-offers-stop-intel-iran-condition-us-cuts-off-ukraine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. declined the offer, according to two people familiar with the U.S.-Russia negotiations, the fact it was proffered in the first place points to a possible tradeoff between U.S. involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a crack right now emerging between, you know, Europe and the U.S., which, again, as an avid pro-American and transatlanticist, I lament,\u201d Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/03\/22\/president-stubb-finland-interview\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview with the Daily Telegraph<\/a>. \u201cBut it\u2019s a reality that I have to live with. And I obviously try to salvage what I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missiles like candies<\/p>\n<p>Governments are concerned that the war in Iran is using up missiles and air defense munitions that Kyiv needs to protect itself against Russia, the four EU diplomats, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic exchanges, told POLITICO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s easy to see why EU leaders are so anxious. 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