While not publicly expressed, genuine concern exists among Western intelligence services about future cooperation with the United States. As Washington continues to emphasize its intention to accelerate its "pivot" toward Asia, and after the Pentagon suspended its intelligence support to Ukraine between March 5 and 8, this precedent has caused a real shock, several security, military, and diplomatic sources told Le Monde in recent weeks. The Trump administration's actions have led to unprecedented reflection among allies. On April 17, the issue was prominently featured on the agenda of French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu's first visit to Washington since Trump's inauguration.

One symptomatic signal of this climate occurred on April 11 in Brussels during the annual meeting of the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC), a service that aggregates intelligence from European Union member states for High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, a former prime minister of Estonia. The SIAC lacks its own operational capabilities and is usually relatively neglected by intelligence services. However, this time, the highest officials from European agencies were present.

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