US pounds the European Union in sharpest takedown yet as bloc mulls future of alliance

BRUSSELS — It’s not a beating, it’s a pounding.That’s how one European diplomat described a week-long political hammering from the Trump administration directed straight at the EuropeanBRUSSELS — It’s not a beating, it’s a pounding.That’s how one European diplomat described a week-long political hammering from the Trump administration directed straight at the European