The US is advancing a new global order. Over the past eight decades Washington pursued when it suited American interests an order based on international law, liberalism, multilateralism and democratic values. The new one is based on autocracy and the use of force, and is underpinned by xenophobic nationalism. For the transatlantic relationship this is transformative: it means that coercive action now drives policy change. Europe's security dependency on the US is leverage to be ruthlessly exploited.