That's completely different from asking two different countries to withhold information from multiple criminal investigations for political gain by a specific group of US politicians.
European countries don't even trust US politicians anymore with information about ongoing investigations, due to the blabbermouth president. Why would they even communicate this with them to begin with?
They still hold some clout as long as they are in office.
And don't forget that the administration has installed a lot of affiliated poeople into agencies. (Ratcliffe for instance.)
I'm not saying the dutch and the french did some kind of cooperation with the US here, I'm just saying I would not gasp of surprise if it turned out to be so.
GCHQ were involved which means the NSa would have known about it since they're not really separate organizations. I believe they would refrain from briefing the president on something which was important to keep secret.
Do you mean the staff remember to cater to the whims of their newly appointed chief, or do you mean, they remember and try to stall the worst madness from above?
European countries don't even trust US politicians anymore with information about ongoing investigations, due to the blabbermouth president. Why would they even communicate this with them to begin with?