Europe set to 'circumvent America' as they do not trust Trump after 'betrayal': analysis

European nations may be set to freeze out the United States following Donald Trump's push to take control of Greenland, a political commentator has claimed.

Colonel Robert Hamlin believes NATO members, European countries, and world leaders are wary of Trump after his Donbas showmanship. Leaders will meet at a summit in Munich, Germany, later this month to deliberate on world affairs, and the US may find itself frozen out of such a conversation.

Col. Hamlin believes this could be a direct response from Europe after Trump tried to strongarm his way into ownership of Greenland. He wrote in The Hill, "As the grandees of geopolitics gather in Munich, the realization is dawning that there is not much to be done about Trump. Until voters rein him in, the goal will be to circumvent America and preserve what can be preserved.

"The question is whether there will be enough trust left whenever the U.S. comes to its senses and returns to the table. After the monumental Trump betrayal, that is not at all so clear."

The meeting could also see world leaders reduce their reliance on the US, with Col. Hamlin suggesting those countries meeting in Munich will try their best to stick to the rules.

"America’s erstwhile allies will try to preserve as much of the rules-based order as possible, reduce their vulnerability to U.S. coercion, and at least try to keep the door open for America to return if and when it chooses to do so," he wrote.

"But expect also economic and strategic workarounds, and the beginning of a campaign to project to American voters, with an eye to November, that their clueless leadership is engaged in terrible self-harm.

"The dense web of institutions and alliances built after World War II were not only primarily underwritten by the U.S., but also arguably made it the main beneficiary. This reality clashes violently with Trump’s narrative — cynical and seductive, but also stupid — that our allies have taken us for suckers."