David Ignatius: How Are the Europeans Ever Going to Trust Us Again?

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IGNATIUS: “So I think this does add to new questions about American leadership. I think European and Asian countries will come away, believe that what we hope will be some kind of patched together settlement, but less confident that America has a clear strategic direction. It will mean that the Arab Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain will be under what will be more or less permanent threat, potential threat in coming years from Iran. Contrary to President Trump's claims that there's been a kind of regime change because there's a new cast of characters in Tehran. I look at this as regime reinforcement.”