One may (tentatively) view the Trump admins's approach towards the war in Europe and European military resilience postively:

1) It achieved more in 5 weeks to change European stances on defence than other admins did in 30 years

2) It tries to avoid a Treaty of Versailles-like outcome for #Russia.

I don't buy into 1) as I don't share the belief that Europe has been irresponsibly "free-loading" on U.S. security guarantees. (Things are way more complex, from the Helsinki Accords (1975) to the #NATO Double-Track Decision (1979) and the "peace dividend" at the end of the Cold War (1989), the latter providing the U.S. with the opportunity to restructure and decrease its military presence in Europe.)

But 2) is a point worth pondering. Whether it accords with reality is difficult to say as Russia has pretty much always been a revanchist state harbouring grudges against the West. Still, Europe will have to live with Russia and to foster such sentiments in Russia should perhaps be avoided (if possible). But then the questions are: At what price and is this price worth paying?