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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Esther Addley

‘Orchestrated grovel’: critics react to Europe’s attempts to tame Donald Trump

Donald Trump, with small US flag on desk, speaks to Mark Rutte
Donald Trump with Mark Rutte at the Nato summit in The Hague. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/Reuters

History may record this week as the one in which Donald Trump came to Europe to discuss defence spending.

Diplomats may remember it as the week in which the art of obsequiousness reached new highs and the sycophants plunged new lows.

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