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514 | The Alliance on Edge: How Trump’s Greenland Gambit Shook Europe’s Trust in America

514 | The Alliance on Edge: How Trump’s Greenland Gambit Shook Europe’s Trust in America
514 | The Alliance on Edge: How Trump’s Greenland Gambit Shook Europe’s Trust in America
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The transatlantic alliance is facing its most serious test in decades. President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to assert control over Greenland—combined with mounting pressure tactics against U.S. allies—has accelerated a quiet but consequential shift in Europe’s strategic thinking.

In this episode, Ambassador Daniel Fried, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a former senior U.S. diplomat deeply involved in NATO and European security policy, joins us to discuss how harsh rhetoric and failed coercion fractured long-standing assumptions about American leadership.