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EU is not really the same as the UK, especially if UK is leaving the EU. Trumps criticism is against the EU, Trump is a nationalist, something he is scolded fo
by fetbaffe 8y ago
EU is not really the same as the UK, especially if UK is leaving the EU.
Trumps criticism is against the EU, Trump is a nationalist, something he is scolded for by the left, but everyone wants to forget his nationalism when it fits the argument that he is anti-UK (or any other European country)
And not to mention, Trumps "foe" comment was in regard to trading with EU, not a military conflict.
- simonh 8y agoI'm perfectly aware he's a nationalist, why do you think I'm forgetting it? I'm concerned principally with what he's doing because of it. Trump's trade actions against the EU, including Britain, and other allies were on national security grounds. He's publicly sided with Putin against his own national security agencies. None of this is encouraging from a European perspective. Nobody is anticipating military conflict between the EU and US, but hostile acts via security agencies? Especially targeting trade and economic activities? Operations on that front that would have been inconceivable just a few years ago cannot be discounted.