Trump's (& Putin's) Plan to Dissolve NATO & EU

[ish mailian]

Trump can't break up the EU even if he wants to. The EU may shed a
nation or two, add a nation or two over the next four years, but Trump
will have little to do with the outcomes. He is certainly putting
Europe and the world on notice that the free trade globalization days
are over and that the US will not sign on to new major trade
agreements, will work to renegotiate agreements, will antagonize
Russia and support the expansion of the NATO/EU markets East. He is
sending Mexico and China strong messages. How much of this is bluster
and bully-twitter remains to be seen, but for now he has the attention
of governments who must know that things are likely to change. Europe
seems poised to benefit from a stronger dollar and a stronger US
economy under Trump.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:22 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog
>
> Most people in this country, certainly most members of the political class
> and especially its expression in Washington, don't realize what Donald Trump
> is trying to do in Europe and Russia. Back in December I explained that
> Trump has a plan to break up the European Union. Trump and his key advisor
> Steve Bannon (former Breitbart chief) believe they can promise an
> advantageous trade agreement with the United Kingdom, thus strengthening the
> UK's position in its negotiations over exiting the EU. With such a deal in
> place with the UK, they believe they can slice apart the EU by offering the
> same model deal to individual EU states. Steve Bannon discussed all of this
> at length with Business Week's Josh Green and Josh and I discussed it in
> great detail in this episode of my podcast from mid-December.
>
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