Posted on 11/13/2016 6:33:27 PM PST by lafroste
While America's so-called "establishment", the legacy political system and mainstream media, appear to be melting, and transforming before our eyes into something that has yet to be determined, Europe also appears to be disintegrating in response to the Trump presidential victory: as the FT reports, in a stunning development, Britain and France on Sunday night snubbed a contentious EU emergency meeting to align the bloc’s approach to Donald Trump’s election, exposing rifts in Europe over the US vote.
Hailed by diplomats as a chance to “send a signal of what the EU expects” from Mr Trump, the plan fell into disarray after foreign ministers from the bloc’s two main military powers declined to attend the gathering demanded by Berlin and Brussels.
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Trump's move infuriated members of Europe's fraying core, with Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister, tweeting: “If Trump wanted to look statesmanlike to Europe, receiving Farage was probably the worst thing he could [do].”
As the FT adds, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson dropped out of the Brussels meeting, with officials arguing that it created an air of panic, while French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault opted to stay in Paris to meet the new UN secretary-general. Hungary’s foreign minister boycotted the meeting, labeling the response from some EU leaders as “hysterical”.
Johnson’s refusal to attend will add to an already difficult relationship with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has told colleagues that he cannot bear to be in the same room as the British foreign secretary.
In short: total chaos.
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“Hungary’s foreign minister boycotted the meeting, labeling the response from some EU leaders as “hysterical”.
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It sure is. :)
“What the EU expects from Trump?”
How about “YOU GET NOTHING!”
Hey are running for the tall grass. Quickly.
Keystone Cops Euro style.
Excellent.
They believe Trump will do what he says.
EU is the UN without the postage stamps. EU is done
Love it.....They know their gravy train is coming to an end
I am certain Trump will seek healthy, bilateral relationships with all the countries in Europe and that he will give them time to ramp up their defense spending to the NATO minimum.
Looks like most in the EU don’t yet get it. Trump’s going to withdraw from international conflicts (except ISIS) and U.S. world policing duties left over from WWII and the cold war, and focus almost exclusively on domestic policy, fixing the many things broken about our country and let the rest of the world take care of itself for a change.
Trump will reach some kind of agreement with Putin, and then bow out, and let Europe fend for themselves against the Russians. If the Germans, French and other European countries want to hollow themselves out with unlimited immigration of Muslim peoples so backwards that flush toilets are a challenge and then are unable to deal with Putin because of such poor decision making, then so be it.
The Koreans and Japanese will be given the go ahead to build a nuclear arsenal and build up their military and then THEY can deal with China militarily, not us.
Trump will still guard the oil in the Middle East but make the oil countries pay for the guarding.
For the first time, the world will be made to take care of itself without the backing of U.S. industrial might, because the parts of the world that matter now have their own industrial might. They’ll also have to learn good decision-making as well, without having Uncle Sam to bail them out should they make fatal mistakes.
This new foreign policy will be one of the major reasons Trump will be able to succeed in fixing our nation, where the Bushes, Clintons, and Obamas have failed.
... stunning development, Britain and France on Sunday night snubbed a contentious EU emergency meeting to align the bloc’s approach to Donald Trump’s election
Half of the American electorate did this. Half of us are all that stands between freedom and totalitarian world government.
The end of the EU would be a very good thing.
Maybe there really is something to the pedophile stuff?
It might explain a lot if it went as far as the CTs claim it might.
Best Election Ever.
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This is too much! You could do a comedy skit with this bunch that would be HYSTERICAL!
“He’s the IDIOT that thinks it’s better to work with Russia, instead of trying to start World War 3”
“NO!, I’m not coming to your meeting. Shove it.”
“He STINKS! I can’t take being in the same room with him.”
“Trump will learn that having 6,000 nukes and a conventional military 10 times stronger than ours doesn’t mean the US is a significant player in world affairs”
“So Sorry, Mr. Junkyard, I can’t make it to your anti-Trump meeting because the Associate Dog Catcher for New Caledonia will be in town then.”
How sweet it is.I think in the not too distant future we will see the whole EU come unfromgathered.
Not even in office yet, and President Trump is already making the euroweenies squirm.
Good.
Man, is this going to be a FUN four years.
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