Trump and transatlantic relations : A fracture ?
Did you know that in orthopaedics, several classification systems exist to evaluate the importance of an open fracture ? The most common one, developed by Ramon Gustilo, ranges from grade I to grade IIIC, i.e. from a clean small wound to a surgical disaster. Let’s step our readers’ legitimate questionings aside : this article is not about sliding into gore or applying a medical analysis to international relations. This would be absurd. However, it is important to question the term of “fracture”, often used and a bit hackneyed when transatlantic relations under Trump’s era are mentioned. A fracture can be assessed, healed, and can occasionally it can worsen. How deep has the rupture in transatlantic relations triggered by Trump’s election been ?
