# The Inside Story of Europe’s Breakup With the U.S. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/the-inside-story-of-europe-s-breakup-with-the-u-s Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/the-inside-story-of-europe-s-breakup-with-the-u-s.md Podcast: [The Journal.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598) Published: 2026-07-08T21:25:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ4557785387.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ4557785387.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/the-inside-story-of-europe-s-breakup-with-the-u-s Duration seconds: 1730 ## Resource President Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland, and other “America-first” demands have turned away the U.S.’s longtime allies. Now, Western leaders are considering how to decouple from American influence and move forward without the decades-long partnership. WSJ’s Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw explain how this "loveless marriage" is coming apart. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers - Make Money Not War: Trump’s Plan for Peace in Ukraine Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/the-inside-story-of-europe-s-breakup-with-the-u-s/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/the-inside-story-of-europe-s-breakup-with-the-u-s.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.