{"id":117878,"date":"2026-01-21T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:00:48","slug":"gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878","title":{"rendered":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans a trip to China early this year, probably in late February. So does British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose government just surrendered to\u00a0Beijing by greenlighting the “mega embassy,”\u00a0thus assuring the\u00a0visit will go forward. French President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> and wife traveled to the Chinese capital at the beginning of December.<\/p>\n

Europe is desperately looking to China, to achieve elusive goals of trade and security. Unfortunately, there is, as Margaget Thatcher once said, “the stench of appeasement” in the air. European leaders are absolutely determined to placate the Chinese, no matter what Beijing does to impoverish Europeans and endanger their homelands.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the decline in support for the U.S. across Europe<\/a> has been, as Mark Leonard, director and co-founder of the European Council on Foreign Relations, points out, “precipitous across the continent.”<\/p>\n

TRUMP AFFIRMS US ‘WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR NATO,’ WHILE EXPRESSING DOUBTS ABOUT ALLIANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Europeans,” writes Leonard, “have already realized Washington is more foe than friend.”<\/p>\n

Foe? Europeans are now focused on President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s brazen demands to annex Greenland, a territory of Denmark. His implied threats to use force \u2014 “one way or the other, we\u2019re going to have Greenland,” he told reporters this month \u2014 and tariff threats of course alienate Europe, but Europe\u2019s leaders are not keeping their eyes on what\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

In fact, they just do not get Trump.<\/p>\n

As an initial matter, they should be criticizing themselves for ignoring the real threat: China\u2019s and Russia\u2019s militaries<\/a> were openly threatening to dominate the Arctic with frequent and aggressive air and sea patrols. China, in addition, is installing its own infrastructure of satellite ground stations and fiber-optic cable in the region, part of its Polar Silk Road and Digital Silk Road initiatives.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ISSUES STERN WARNING TO NATO AHEAD OF VANCE’S HIGH-STAKES GREENLAND MEETING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump has been right in noting that Greenland\u2019s defense now consists<\/a> of “two dog sleds.”<\/p>\n

NATO countries<\/a> \u2014 France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium\u2014 are now sending military personnel to the world\u2019s largest island. Yes, these tiny deployments are apparently intended to prevent Trump from invading, but he is getting them to take Greenland\u2019s defense seriously, long neglected by both Denmark and NATO.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the American president has been good for Europe, shaking it out of an almost terminal slumber. Even after two Russian invasions of Ukraine<\/a>, European leaders were having trouble stirring themselves into necessary action.<\/p>\n

WHITE HOUSE URGES ‘COOLER HEADS TO PREVAIL’ AS EU FIRES BACK ON TRUMP TARIFFS OVER GREENLAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte last month declared, Trump has been good for the Atlantic Alliance, calling the recent pledge of member countries to spend at least 5% of their economic output on defense the American president\u2019s “biggest foreign policy success.” He also said NATO was “stronger than it ever was” and that the American president “is good news” for both collective defense in general and for NATO in particular.<\/p>\n

Europeans are understandably irate by Trump\u2019s abrasive tactics, but they didn\u2019t budge when previous American presidents, including Trump himself in his first term, used only soft words to get them to up absolutely necessary defense spending.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s second-term actions, therefore, were needed. And although Europe, in its stupor, had essentially abandoned itself, Trump has the best of intentions. His National Security Strategy, released<\/a> last month, makes this crucial point: “We will need a strong Europe to help us successfully compete, and to work in concert with us to prevent any adversary from dominating Europe.”<\/p>\n

EUROPEAN ALLIES WORKING ON PLAN IF US ACTS ON ACQUIRING GREENLAND: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

At the moment, Europeans are reacting emotionally. “The rules-based order<\/a> is giving way to a world of spheres of influence, where might makes right and the West is split from within,” wrote Leonard.<\/p>\n

Leonard and others are not paying attention. Trump does believe that foreign powers should stay out of the Western Hemisphere \u2014 the “Donroe Doctrine,” as it is now called \u2014 but he does not believe either Russia in Europe or China in Asia should have their spheres. Trump\u2019s short and easy-to-read strategy document makes that clear.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Security Strategy prioritizes regions, with Europe coming in third behind the Western Hemisphere and the Indo-Pacific. Whatever one thinks of Trump\u2019s division of the world \u2014 I don\u2019t think the world, with China and Russia challenging America across-the-board, can now be broken up that way \u2014 Europe is still seen as a power controlling its own destiny.<\/p>\n

Leonard, also author of Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail, correctly points out that the rules-based order is dead or dying. Many in Europe, including Leonard, blame Trump, but here they are wrong. China and Russia killed the rules-based order throughout this century, with, among many other things, the invasions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Americans and Europeans, trying to accommodate Beijing and Moscow, refused to defend that order when they had the chance. Trump, to his credit, is taking the world as it is. He is using American power to secure America.<\/p>\n

By doing so, he is making the world safe for Europe too.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM GORDON CHANG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans a trip to China early this year, probably in late February. So does British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose government […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-117878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans a trip to China early this year, probably in late February. So does British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose government […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\"},\"wordCount\":901,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\",\"name\":\"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR","og_description":"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans a trip to China early this year, probably in late February. So does British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose government […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might","datePublished":"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878"},"wordCount":901,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878","name":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-21T10:00:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/gordon-chang-appeasing-china-wont-save-europe-trumps-hard-power-just-might-117878#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GORDON CHANG: Appeasing China won\u2019t save Europe \u2014 Trump\u2019s hard power just might"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117878"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=117878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}