Just days away from the White House, the President-elect is sparking transatlantic turbulence by expressing fresh disdain for the two institutions that have been the bedrock of post-World War II peace, stability and prosperity -- NATO and the European Union.
But European governments worried about Trump's arrival in the White House now have new reasons to be fearful.
Fresh comments by Trump in an interview with two European journalists raise the extraordinary scenario of a new American president who seems to question the fundamental purpose of Western security infrastructure -- an unthinkable prospect ever since the defeat of Nazism and throughout the Cold War.
The President-elect warned that NATO was "obsolete," criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy of welcoming Middle Eastern refugees as a mistake, and predicted the United Kingdom would not be the last nation to leave the EU.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/donald-trump-nato-europe/index.html
But European governments worried about Trump's arrival in the White House now have new reasons to be fearful.
Fresh comments by Trump in an interview with two European journalists raise the extraordinary scenario of a new American president who seems to question the fundamental purpose of Western security infrastructure -- an unthinkable prospect ever since the defeat of Nazism and throughout the Cold War.
The President-elect warned that NATO was "obsolete," criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy of welcoming Middle Eastern refugees as a mistake, and predicted the United Kingdom would not be the last nation to leave the EU.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/donald-trump-nato-europe/index.html