Washington’s new top diplomat for Europe

The recent unexpected resignation of US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Wess Mitchell made some people wonder whether and to what extent his departure would affect the American approach to issues that are of particular concern to Greece.

US foreign policy is obviously not the purview of just one man. There are interests and constants that are espoused by different presidents and secretaries of state. However, the administration of President Donald Trump has brought to the workings of Washington's foreign policy establishment a new and unprecedented reality, whereby nothing can be considered a constant anymore, not even the so-called traditional American interests.

The moment the president himself chooses to expose the intelligence services of his own country over relations with Russia, which is one of the US's most sensitive issues, or when he...