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title: "Europe's Plan for Dealing with Trump Backfired. Now What?"
description: "Europe bet on flattery to manage Trump—and lost. This video explores how the strategy backfired, the Greenland crisis, NATO’s fracture, and why Europe now faces its most dangerous reckoning in decades."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-slj4fiz4ouk.md
canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-slj4fiz4ouk/
datePublished: 2026-01-20T19:00:34.000Z
dateModified: 2026-01-20T19:00:34.000Z
author:
  - name: Fronts Staff
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/
publisher: Fronts
type: NewsArticle
language: en
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Europe bet on flattery to manage Trump—and lost. This video explores how the strategy backfired, the Greenland crisis, NATO’s fracture, and why Europe now faces its most dangerous reckoning in decades.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-slj4fiz4ouk/.
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