Could US midterms impact the EU? Transatlantic ties hit new low after Trump-Putin diesel deal

Home Shows Talking Europe Video content Program Europe To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 12:25 Issued on: 30/10/2026 - 17:24 From the show From the EU's perspective, the second Trump presidency has felt even more destabilising than the first. From making the false claim that the EU was set up to "screw" the United States, to slapping tariffs on European goods, to making territorial claims on Greenland, to doing a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and telling Ukraine to get a new president, Donald Trump has more than ruffled feathers on this side of the ocean. He has shaken the very foundations of the historical transatlantic relationship. Could things change after the US midterm elections in November? Will we see "Trump lite"? Or the opposite? We discuss what's at stake with two MEPs. Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Oihana Almandoz, Perrine Desplats and Florine Hausfater EUROPE © FRANCE 24