Eloy
Gold Member
The president of the European Union Council, Donald Tusk, warned the heads of governments from all the European Union (EU) states (except England) that newly elected U.S. President Trump represents a danger to the EU because he encouraged Britain to leave the union while encouraging other states of the EU to also leave.
It is reported on the front page of THE TIMES today that President Tusk sees a danger in the nationalism which is sweeping the world with Donald Trump's slogan of America First, England wanting out of the EU and political parties in France, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands, sounding racist.
President Tusk says that individual countries outside of the EU will find themselves subject to exploitation by the three powers of the USA, Russia, and China. Now, more than ever, European states of the Union need to keep focused on the European ideal of an ever closer political union so that the EU will hold its own against the Americans, the Russians, and the Chinese.
I believe President Tusk is right and it is sad to see the United States being perceived as a malevolent influence over Europe when we were so close after World War II but the corollary to America First, NATO being obsolete, and the breakup of the EU are all messages from Donald Trump. So long, it's been good to know you.
Donald Tusk -- President of the European Council
It is reported on the front page of THE TIMES today that President Tusk sees a danger in the nationalism which is sweeping the world with Donald Trump's slogan of America First, England wanting out of the EU and political parties in France, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands, sounding racist.
President Tusk says that individual countries outside of the EU will find themselves subject to exploitation by the three powers of the USA, Russia, and China. Now, more than ever, European states of the Union need to keep focused on the European ideal of an ever closer political union so that the EU will hold its own against the Americans, the Russians, and the Chinese.
I believe President Tusk is right and it is sad to see the United States being perceived as a malevolent influence over Europe when we were so close after World War II but the corollary to America First, NATO being obsolete, and the breakup of the EU are all messages from Donald Trump. So long, it's been good to know you.
Donald Tusk -- President of the European Council