German Chancellor Angela Merkel vented her frustration with Trump in a speech in the North Rhine-Westphalia city of Muenster on Friday, saying his Iran decision “undermines trust in the international order.” “If everybody does just what they want, that’s bad news for the world,” Merkel said. This outburst coincided with one of the most provocative covers Germany’s highly respected weekly, Der Spiegel, ever published — an outstretched middle finger bearing Trump’s likeness, with the English caption, “Goodbye, Europe!”

Spiegel’s editorial to go with this image called on Europe to join the anti-Trump resistance: The West as we once knew it no longer exists. Our relationship to the United States cannot currently be called a friendship and can hardly be referred to as a partnership. President Trump has adopted a tone that ignores 70 years of trust. He wants punitive tariffs and demands obedience. It is no longer a question as to whether Germany and Europe will take part in foreign military interventions in Afghanistan or Iraq. It is now about whether trans-Atlantic cooperation on economic, foreign and security policy even exists anymore. The answer: No.

Germany has done the US a favor by not seeking a leadership role in the decades since its reunification. There’s no guarantee, however, that post-Merkel it won’t take a more assertive stance, using the European Union as a vehicle for its ambition. Even if a post-Trump US government walks back some of his unilateralism, the mistrust that’s been building up for years won’t go away overnight.