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    Trump heads to Europe amid frayed alliances, and worries about his tilt to Putin

    by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Jul 09, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump rattled foreign allies last month when he angrily refused to sign their summit accord, then went on from Canada to make nice with longtime adversary Kim Jong Un of North Korea.

    Those same allies, and more, now worry about a sequel.

    This week, in an eerily similar scenario, Trump - seemingly spoiling for a fight over defense spending - is scheduled to meet with the leaders of the 28 other NATO countries in Brussels, then briefly visit Britain, before heading off to see Russian President Vladimir Putin, another autocrat whom he has gone out of his way to praise.

    That has European and Canadian diplomats hitting the heartburn medicine amid continued agita that Trump is upending the post-World War II order - challenging international organizations the United States has long led and starting fights over trade and defense spending with old friends

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