Washington (CNN) On Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel uttered a single sentence that speaks to how fundamentally President Donald Trump has reshaped -- and will continue to reshape -- the world, and America's place in it. "The times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over," Merkel said at a beer hall(!) rally to support her campaign. While Merkel made no mention of Trump specifically, she made clear that her realization had come "in the last few days" -- a time period which overlapped with a G7 meeting in which Trump blasted America's traditional European allies over NATO obligations and made clear that he was more than willing to go it alone on climate change and trade.It is far easier for a President to have major influence over American foreign policy than over domestic policyTrump's moves represent the real possibility that America's engagement with its European allies may be fundamentally changing
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