Challenge: Sino-Soviet style split between US and EU/Western Europe

With a PoD of 1950, how can we have the US and either Western Europe or the EU go through a big split politically? Neither the US or Western Europe can fall under a dictatorship or go Communist or Nazi here.

Is this feasible?
 
With a PoD of 1950, how can we have the US and either Western Europe or the EU go through a big split politically? Neither the US or Western Europe can fall under a dictatorship or go Communist or Nazi here.

Is this feasible?

You need a few things:

-Western European countries recovering economically (and growing too I guess) a lot faster
-UK & France (but mostly UK) far more willing to maintaining their grip on their colonies and their imperial ambitions
-US being a lot more distracted by the Far East and wherever...
 
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