As Donald Trump marches ahead with his no-holds-barred agenda to expand America's sphere of influence, the European Union is scrambling to find its footing, bogged down by internal divisions and a fear of antagonising the US president.
The US operation to remove Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president and Trump's renewed threats to seize Greenland from Denmark have forced the bloc to confront uncomfortable questions about its decades-long alliance with the world's largest economy – and the dependencies that relationship has entrenched.
