European Leaders Are Now Describing Trump as a Threat
The new administration has called into question "the last 70 years of American foreign policy,” one says.
by Uri Friedman
Jan 31, 2017
2 minutes
Something has fundamentally changed in the world when one of the leaders of the European Union mentions the American president among the top threats to European unity, along with Russian aggression, radical Islamic terrorism, and civil wars in the Middle East. On Tuesday, European Council President Donald Tusk did just that. In to the heads of EU member states, he expressed deep misgivings questioned the value of NATO, applauded Britain’s exit from the European Union, suggested other countries may also leave the bloc to reclaim “their own identity,” and dismissed the EU as merely a “vehicle for Germany” to assert its power.
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