In the capital of Bulgaria, European leaders gathered this past wednesday to discuss Trump’s foreign policies. It was apparent that the collective was quite frustrated with his approach towards: American’s exit from Iran nuclear deal and US tariff threats. Prior to the official announcement made by the Trump administration concerning their exit from the nuclear deal, it is reported that European leaders spent months negotiating with the White House in order to avoid the current outcome. Nonetheless, the US’s response to those negotiations seemed more like threats as they claimed to consider sanctions against European firms if they continued their business endeavors in the Iranian capital. Laurence Norman reports, “German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently has questioned the long term liability of Europe’s U.S security umbrella while French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday that Europe must salvage the Iranian nuclear deal and show the nations that the bloc aren’t American ‘vassals.’”

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Zohra Ouhabi