Echoes Of Reagan In Trump’s Clashes With Allies

The French foreign minister accuses the American president of furthering a "divorce" between the United States and its European allies.  "Deep Trade Rift With Allies Seen" is a New York Times headline. "The Roots of Western Disunity" is the headline over another New York Times piece observing, "Over the last few years, trans-Atlantic differences on foreign policy have become so frequent that most of us regard them as the normal state of affairs."

The French foreign minister accuses the American president of furthering a "divorce" between the United States and its European allies.  "Deep Trade Rift With Allies Seen" is a New York Times headline. "The Roots of Western Disunity" is the headline over another New York Times piece observing, "Over the last few years, trans-Atlantic differences on foreign policy have become so frequent that most of us regard them as the normal state of affairs."…