Trump’s Foreign Policy Discord Drives Wedge Between Vital Allies

  • Talks in Warsaw, Sochi come as U.S. and Europe diverge on Iran
  • Putin to host Erdogan and Rouhani in Sochi to discuss Syria
Mike Pence in Warsaw on Feb. 13.Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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For a sense of Donald Trump’s upending of the global order, look to Europe this week.

In Warsaw on Thursday, a U.S. delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence is heading an international meeting focused on the threat posed by Iran. Meanwhile in the Black Sea resort of Sochi a thousand miles away, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani along with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for talks on Syria.