Horror, unease and questions for US allies as Trump’s big shift puts European security in doubt

We are witnessing one of the biggest shifts in geopolitics since the Second World War. This week one of the fundamental assumptions underpinning European security was put in doubt. American military might has underwritten the defence of Europe since 1945 – Donald Trump says that can no longer be America’s primary focus. Follow latest: Ukraine casts doubt on US peace plan Image: One of the fundamental assumptions underpinning European security was put in doubt with Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. Pic: AP But there is a lot more to give America’s European allies grounds for profound unease. The most immediate…