Does Trump really want to break up the EU? This MEGA plan supposedly suggests “the US should actively encourage four EU member states to break away” from the troubled bloc. This includes Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, which would then “align more closely with Washington DC”. For Brussels, this was a signal that Washington DC might actually view EU cohesion itself as a threat to its strategic interests. However, while Brussels is quite limited in this regard, Washington DC certainly isn’t.