Did Trump Do Europe a Favor?

President Trump got his history wrong, forgetting that World War II continued until Japan surrendered on September 2 .

Julian Zelizer : Europe will have to figure out how to stand on its own, at least until sanity returns to U.S. Zelizer says Europe will be the prime surviving democratic region, until America is able to defeat Trumpism.

Europe will be the prime surviving democratic region, until America is able to defeat Trumpism.

80 years is a long time for a stable international system, with 27 member nations making up the EU .

If and when the U.S. purges itself of Trump , we will have to earn our way back to a new partnership.