{"id":313984,"date":"2026-01-30T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/america-is-in-deep-trouble-robert-kagan-on-what-next-for-trump-and-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:00:06","slug":"america-is-in-deep-trouble-robert-kagan-on-what-next-for-trump-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/america-is-in-deep-trouble-robert-kagan-on-what-next-for-trump-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018America is in deep trouble\u2019 &#8211; Robert Kagan on what next for Trump and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/2e3OQEcTJ88\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018America is in deep trouble\u2019 - Robert Kagan on what next for Trump and Europe\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2e3OQEcTJ88\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has warned UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that the deals they are striking with Xi Jinping in China are \u201cdangerous\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Robert Kagan, who has advised successive administrations in the White House on foreign policy, says \u201cmiddle powers\u201d like European states and the UK must make \u201chard choices\u201d in order to \u201csurvive as independent sovereign states in a world dominated by predatory empires\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Tocci, Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Europe, and a senior fellow at Bocconi University\u2019s Institute for European Policymaking, says Trump\u2019s threats over Greenland and the way he \u201cbacked down\u201d in the face of Europe\u2019s threats should be a \u201cwatershed moment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the full episode of this Fourcast, click here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/RE9covQGzlM?si=TwAqkkgEOA9ZPUgL<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has warned UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that the deals they are striking with Xi Jinping in China are \u201cdangerous\u201d. 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