Lagarde Says History Suggests New Trump Term Would Be Threat
- US interests not aligned with Europe’s in Trump’s first term
- ECB president comments in TV interview with France 2
Donald Trump with Christine Lagarde during the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, 2018.
Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that a look at Donald Trump’s first term as US president raises concerns about his potential return to power in 2025.
“If we should learn lessons from history, from the way he led the first four years of his mandate, it is clearly a threat,” Lagarde told France 2 TV in an interview Thursday. “It’s sufficient to look at the trade tariffs, the commitment to NATO, the fight against climate change. In just these three areas, in the past, US interests were not aligned with European interests.”