By February’s end, Europe’s first stage of grief — denial — had turned to anger.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Europe’s 5 stages of grief – POLITICO

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Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

 Since U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Europe has slowly but steadily moved through the five stages of grief, taking an entire year to finally reach acceptance over the loss of the transatlantic relationship.