America’s charm offensive in Munich masks harder line on Europe

(Felicia Schwartz and Jack Detsch – Politico) Trump administration officials have taken a markedly warm — even friendly — approach to European allies this weekend at the Munich Security Conference. But the message itself is uncompromising: Join Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the world for Washington’s benefit, or get out of the way. The U.S. sent more than half a dozen senior officials to the annual global confab of government officials and security professionals. It was, in some ways, a rare instance of the Trump administration engaging with the exact types of multinational institutions that it has excoriated over much of the last year. – America’s charm offensive in Munich masks harder line on Europe – POLITICO