Guidelines of D. Trump’s Policy in the Euro-Atlantic Area

The article aims at analyzing the impact of the 2024 US presidential election on transatlantic relations. The Trump effect is supposed to be multi-faceted towards Europe, although his policy line and priorities have not yet been completely shaped. His first presidential term could be reasonably taken as a starting point for calculating possible implications of his landslide election victory for US-European relations, given the fact that he still doubts the value of NATO and fiercely criticizes the EU. There is little doubt that Washington will try to put the main burden for defense in Europe onto the allies and simultaneously draw them into the US policy of containing China. Deep divergences between the US and the EU in addressing some crucial international issues, as well as clash of their interests in trade and technology competition set ground for tension in bilateral relations. Assessing the prospects of transatlantic relations during D. Trump’s second presidential tenure requires consideration of the conflict between the anti-globalist part of the American political class and the neoliberal elites of Europe. However, the US and the EU have a wide array of common interests that lay ground for bilateral cooperation. This is first and foremost preserving the foundations of the world order that has been designed to maintain the West’s hegemony and counteracting the formation of alternative patterns of global governance. How deep the transatlantic controversies may become during D. Trump's second presidential tenure depends on various circumstances. However, it is already clear that with Trumpism becoming a powerful trend in American political life, the possibility of mutual alienation between the US and Europe has ceased to be a hypothetical scenario.