Donald v. Donald: Trump’s ‘Worrying’ Words an EU Risk, Tusk Says

  • EU president says bloc in ‘difficult situation’ with Trump
  • Europe’s future ‘unpredictable’ with new U.S. administration

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Donald Trump’s pronouncements in his first week as U.S. president are creating instability for the European Union at a time when the 28-nation bloc is facing the most dire threats in its six-decade history, EU President Donald Tusk said.

“The change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation, with the new administration seeming to put into question the last 70 years of American foreign policy,” Tusk told EU leaders in a letter on Tuesday. An “assertive China,” a more aggressive Russia, terrorism and “worrying declarations by the new American administration all make our future highly unpredictable,” he said.