Why do the Eurocrats hate him?

[endicom]

Power Line
Paul Mirengoff
Feb. 20, 2017

Yesterday, in discussing Mike Pence’s speech in Munich, I argued that the animosity towards President Trump expressed by some of our European allies has little or nothing to do with Trump’s statements about Russia and NATO. Rather, the animosity stems from the fact that Trump isn’t a leftist and the view that he is a vulgarian.

American left-wing elites despise Trump. Why expect European left-wing elites not to?

I forgot, however, to mention the one substantive issue that engenders European hatred. Trump is not supportive of Europe’s ultimate left-wing project, the EU.

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[EC]

Can't argue a single point in this.

Nice find. 

[endicom]

Can't argue a single point in this.

Nice find. 

The EU is their ticket to power. The power to destroy all that is their power. Die, EU, die.

[EC]

It's dying. Thankfully.

Italy is leaving, it's just a case of before or after 2020 (love Italians, hell I married one, but even my bias can't claim they are what you'd call organised!). You've kept enough of an eye on the French to know they're pretty tired of being second fiddle to Germany and there is a loud and growing leave movement. Holland will leave - there's already talk of a North Sea trade group.

The Euroweenies over-reached. They always do in the end.

[endicom]

...there's already talk of a North Sea trade group.

That I can see. Much like the mostly free trade among U.S. states.

[EC]

Exactly. And while the probable members have historically been enemies more than allies, it's sort of a friendly enmity, if you get me. We all know each other.