There is a way to turn Trump’s chaos into an opportunity. Here is what European leaders must do

The EU, the world’s biggest single market, can reposition itself and become less reliant on exporting goods to the US and China

The dark Trumpian clouds have a silver lining if we Europeans play our cards right. Picture: AP /Alex Brandon

This is why America first doesn’t have to mean Europe last.

Europeans have had plenty to mope about since Donald Trump entered the White House not quite three months ago. The US president has said the EU was created to “screw the United States” and slapped punitive tariffs on European goods.