- Trust is difficult to build and easy to destroy.

Here you are assuming that the European politicians do not know what the US administration wants and is doing - they are just doing political theatrics for their public, while maintaining close ties with the US. The European superpowers (and the emerging powers) are very much part of this political idea of a stronger NATO as they agree with their Anglosphere partners (Five Eyes) that to challenge a united Russia and China in the future, a stronger military is very much required. Trump is an easy (and willing) target to blame for the "public breakdown" in relationship - note that nobody in Europe is politically disparaging the whole of the US for this, which would be much harder to politically repair.

I disagree. “American” has gained a very negative connotation in my circle of friends.

And there are more and more politicians openly anti-US (not just anti-Trump). Mostly opposition, smaller parties, yes. Big players are too afraid of what they have to lose, and while I can’t read their mind, I can’t imagine this shift hasn’t reached them too. They’re just hiding it out of fear.

Politicians may often be self-interested, but in general less so. And most importantly, they are emotional beings like the rest of the population. To think that their emotions are not impacted by two Trump mandates is naive.

You think politicians are machines, self-interested with zero loyalties or emotions in general, literally a different species from the rest of the population. I think that’s far too simplistic.