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Intervention, intrigue and secret manipulation: 80 years of relations between the US and Europe, from support to contempt

2025-12-08 22:52:42Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Intervention, intrigue and secret manipulation: 80 years of relations between
Trump and European leaders

Federico Rampini – Corriere della Sera

What's really new about Donald Trump's involvement in European politics? In the White House's latest strategic document, the Old Continent is described as endangered by economic, demographic, and moral degradation, as well as exposed to illiberal degeneration.

Although historical analysis requires the removal of emotion and personal pride, historically the transatlantic relationship of the last 80 years has been fraught with interference, intrigue, and manipulation, both covert and overt. During the Cold War, American interventions were justified by the actions of the Soviet Union, which financed left-wing parties and unions, manipulated unilateral peace movements, and supported neighboring intellectual forces. America, from Truman and Kennedy to Eisenhower, interfered in the domestic politics of its allies.

For Italy, the story began with support for De Gasperi's Christian Democracy, from the "political" use of the Marshall Plan for reconstruction, to secret financing. In the most dangerous moments of the Cold War, when a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was feared, secret "resistance" organizations were created, involving deviant secret services, neo-fascist forces and criminal organizations.

The so-called “K” factor, Washington’s implicit veto against communists entering government, lasted until the 1970s. Fears that the US might orchestrate something similar to the coup in Chile against Allende inspired Enrico Berlinguer’s “historic compromise,” in which the alliance with the Christian Democrats was also intended to appease the Americans.

Later, interventions took on more open and transparent forms, such as during the presidency of Bill Clinton, when the idea of ​​a “Third Way” involved leaders such as Tony Blair, Gerhard Schröder, Romano Prodi and Massimo D’Alema. The relationship between Barack Obama and Matteo Renzi was the latest version of this approach.

But how can Trump be described? The White House's strategic document reflects the vision of the right-wing or extreme version of these 80-year interventions. Migration and "woke" censorship are identified as threats to Europe, while anti-Semitism and hostility to Israel are seen as a consequence of immigration from Islamic countries, which, according to the "Make America Great Again" ideology, influence foreign policy and endanger European values.

According to this vision, freedom of expression is limited by rules that hide an intolerance similar to that of the “woke” of the progressive American elites. The case of the arrest of a satirist in England for insulting the trans community has caused a stir in MAGA circles.

This illiberal current, in the perspective of Trump, Vance and Musk, is linked to Europe's demographic and economic stagnation, lack of technological innovation and bloated bureaucracy, going so far as to predict terminal degradation. This position finds support among right-wing and far-right forces in Europe, but it has clear weaknesses:

While towards China, Russia and the Middle East, Trump followed a pragmatic realistic approach, not getting involved in political models and applying realpolitik according to the legacy of Henry Kissinger, towards Europe detailed "assessments" on domestic elections are imposed.

Tactically, in the Cold War the Americans had strong allies like the Christian Democrats in Italy, with broad support and deep roots in national culture. Today, Trump and Vance play to the advantage of peripheral forces like the AfD in Germany or Farage in London, creating concerns among traditional conservative parties like Merz's CDU, which are nevertheless close to MAGA politics on many issues.

According to historians and analysts, Trump's document is a diplomatic own goal: It weakens America's allies and strengthens its enemies, marking a clear turn from the previous 80 years of transatlantic relations.


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