The fact that, after France's President Emmanuel Macron, his English colleague Keir Starmer will now travel to the White House in Washington to convince Donald Trump that it must be in the interests of the Americans to actively intervene in the war in Ukraine shows just how distressed and panicked the Europeans are at the moment. They are well aware that they will not succeed in convincing the USA to get involved at a low level and are now faced with the ruins of their own geopolitical contortions.

The fact that Germany, the economic heavyweight of the European Union, once again had to report recessionary figures for its economy today is further deepening the worry lines of decision-makers in London, Brussels, Berlin and Paris. Wanting to escalate a kinetic conflict with Russia, and ignoring the fact that, both militarily and in terms of energy policy, Russia cannot be taken seriously against energy-rich Russia, is one of the biggest historical mistakes of the past 100 years. Looking at the catastrophic fiscal situation of the EU, the economic disintegration of the eurozone, the smouldering de-industrialization and recession, one can assume that the Europeans will soon focus on their domestic problems and a new major financial crisis.

While the Americans are dealing with their fiscal problems and repairing the damage of the past few years, it can be seen that the Europeans have lost control of Washington. the tail is no longer wagging the dog.