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

[ish mailian]

Should read Will **NOT** antagonize Russia


On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:56 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 **NOT** 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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