Transatlantic Partnership

Submitted by University College of Dublin on Thu, 06/01/2017 - 10:55

 "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston (1848)

US President Donald Trump strutted to the centre of a group photo at the G7 summit, obscuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel from view in Taormina, Saturday...

G7 Summit 26-27 May 2017

Emmanuel Macron appears to swerve as he is walking towards Donald Trump to greet Angela Merkel first at the Nato summit in Brussels. President Trump then see...

NATO Summit 24-25 May 2017

US President Donald Trump was caught on camera pushing Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic out of the way at the NATO summit in Brussels. COURTESY: RT'...

NATO Summit 24-25 May 2017

"The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all government." North Atlantic Treaty preamble (1949)

"They will seek to eliminate conflict in their international economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration between any or all of them." North Atlantic Treaty Article 2 (1949)

"We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change" Donald Trump (2017)

"The times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over" Angela Merkel (2017)