I think that what Trump wants to achieve is blame the rest of the world for anything that he wants to do in the US, and pander to his fans/voters. So he can blame Europe for restricting free speech while not allowing independent press into the Whitehouse and remaining silent with regards to Russia and China, can slap tariffs on his allies and blame them for taking American jobs when Americans will be the ones paying for the tariffs, can pretend that the whole world is sucking on the teat of America, when in reality, the US gets a hell of a lot back from the rest of the world in relation to strategic US bases, military cooperation etc. He wants to scapegoat everyone else and his fans will go mad with adoration about how he is putting 'America First'. The US has already lost trust. If everyone stood on their own two feet ( which I think they should) then the US would have no right to a say in the running of Europe. The problem is, will Europe be prepared to do their own minerals deal with Ukraine and tell them to stuff their military bases where the sun don't shine, or get them to pay for them? I doubt it.