For years, Europe has endured U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s complaints that it is a complacent continent hiding under America¡¯s security umbrella. Now, as he launches the first open-ended military campaign of his presidency, its leaders find themselves holding something he still needs: their bases, airspace and strategic geography.
Trump this week mocked U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer as ¡°not Winston Churchill,¡± and threatened to cut off trade with Spain after the two countries put limits on facilitating U.S. military operations in Iran.
Yet both leaders held their ground.
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