Trump inauguration: Just like the Bush era, the US is once again testing European unity

Having been humiliated by George W Bush, Europe should know the value of its fragile unity

US president George Bush was abetted by British prime minister Tony Blair in the totally unnecessary Iraq war that cost millions of lives. Picture: Alastair Grant/PA

A mercurial American leader ridiculed outside his own land, conflict in the Middle East, a cosy bromance with Vladimir Putin, and a deep suspicion of so-called ‘Old Europe’... 

Europe has got to do it all over again, but this one has been brewing for decades.