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Trump’s confused criticism: “Europe is developing in a bad direction”
Donald Trump as soon as once more criticizes his European companions. But what precisely he meant stays unclear. Freedom of expression was as soon as once more a problem final week.
US President Donald Trump has as soon as once more sharply criticized Europe. “Europe is going in a bad direction. This is very bad, very bad for the people,” Trump stated at an occasion with farmers on the White House. The USA didn’t need Europe to alter a lot, Trump stated with out explaining what his criticism referred to. Europe needs to be very cautious about many issues.
Donald Trump criticizes EU punishment for X as a “very bad thing”
The president initially responded to a reporter’s query in regards to the EU Commission’s million-dollar high quality in Brussels in opposition to Platform X. “That’s a bad thing,” stated Trump. Trump stated he want to say extra about it as soon as he had been absolutely knowledgeable in regards to the case after which started his criticism of Europe.
In a safety technique revealed on Thursday, the USA complained a couple of lack of democracy and freedom of expression in Europe. Europe is dealing with main issues, the doc stated. According to the US authorities, these embody, amongst different issues, “censorship of free expression and the suppression of political opposition, plummeting birth rates and the loss of national identities and self-confidence.”
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