In an interview with BBC Two Ted Malloch, Trump’s pick for US Ambassador to the European Union, bragged that in his previous career he had “helped bring down the Soviet Union,” suggesting he would apply that experience to an attempt by the US to “tame” the European Union.
Malloch appeared dismissive of the European Union in general, mocking the current European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, as a “very adequate mayor of some city in Luxembourg.” He added that he expects the euro to soon collapse.
Beyond that Malloch said Trump isn’t a fan of the European Union either, and believes it is “not frankly a proper democracy.” While Trump expressed support for the Brexit, he has not publicly declared the EU to be a non-democracy so far.
Trump has been criticized by a lot of European leaders for some time, centering mostly on the sense that he is insufficiently pro-NATO. If Malloch is to be believed, Trump has much bigger problems with Europe’s general structure than have been discussed so far, and Malloch would be expected to do something about it if appointed to the post.
interesting in that Trump early on talking about interfering with Nato, but now he’s certainly must have been briefed enough to understand that’s not the in the cards. It was utter stupidity by an uninformed lout who knew nothing
Yet now, this article begins to lead us to believe that he will have his lackeys work against the better wishes of the EU!
I would see this as the opening up of an opportunity for the EU to withdraw their own support of Nato. Trump certainly does open up opportunities for a break away from US control over Europe. It that could happen then Germany would be the first to realign with Russia, China, and/or the Brics.
Lots of new possibilities arise with a psychopath in the US driver’s seat!
Threat of US led war with Russia? How close will European countries allow the madman to approach that possibility? How far will Trump’s vanity force him to go. Has he surrounded himself with anybody that has the will to stop him?
For all of Trump’s other flaws — and he’s got plenty — I feel a lot more comfortable with his finger on the button than with Queen Hillary’s. If I had the luxury of living in a solidly red or a solidly blue state, I’d have done what I suspect Ron Paul did and vote for Jill Stein. But living in Pennsylvania, that would have been a cop-out. So I held my nose and voted for a reset with Russia.