The storm over Greenland may have abated for now, but Europe’s relations with Donald Trump remain grim.
Europeans need to face facts: they cannot rely on the mercurial US president to protect them from Russia; indeed, he too poses a threat.
Now, then, is the time to accelerate plans to reduce Europe’s military, economic and technological dependence on Trump’s America and to build new partnerships with like-minded powers.
Read my latest Brussels Times column.