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Why? Europe is much more politically stable than the US ever has been and particularly when we have a common enemy we can be quite politically effective.
One of the things people have historically complained about in Europe is the tendency to get involved in America's wars. The middle Eastern terrorists were never that interested in Europe until after the invasion of Iraq, where we rather painted a target on our backs. How do we stay out of that war we probably wouldn't have had all the bombings.
So a lot of people will be quite happy that we are now distancing ourselves from America since it'll prevent us getting mired in whatever political quagmire they get themselves involved in.
Because Europe still highly depends on the weight America provides within NATO to deter aggressors. Given Trump's statements, it is highly doubtful that they would actually honour Article 5. That is very bad news for countries such as the Baltics or those that missed the memo such as Germany.
We are involved no matter what. The masses of refugees caused by the US meddling in other countries will always be our problem, not the US's