“The European Union’s chief executive called for ‘permanent’ independence from the U.S. on Tuesday, framing President Trump’s hostility toward allies as a rupture on the scale of the 1971 ‘Nixon shock,’” Axios reports.
“Ursula von der Leyen’s remarks reflect the deep unease hanging over the World Economic Forum, where Trump arrives Wednesday amid an escalating crisis in transatlantic relations.”


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