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European leaders divided over how far to accommodate Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics and foreign policy

US Democrats will use a security summit this weekend to urge European leaders to stand up to Donald Trump, with the continent divided over how to keep the unpredictable US president on side.

Democrats at the annual Munich Security Conference will include some of Trump’s most outspoken critics, such as the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Arizona senator Ruben Gallego and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

Newsom has already urged Europeans to realise that “grovelling to Trump’s needs” makes them “look pathetic on the world stage”, telling reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month he “should have brought a bunch of knee pads”.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 57 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

How about the damn Democrats stand up to Trump. Stop asking the world to fix your problems.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I understand that it isn't fair and that we don't "deserve" help, but Trump is a cancer on the earth itself.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

European leaders and OP when Trump inevitably attacks and invades a NATO nation because they don't take him seriously:

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago

This, exactly. trump and everything he represents is only ever been made possible by the feckless, equivocating cowardice of a Democratic Party that more organized around fundraising than it is about accomplishing anything. Newsom is the complete embodiment of those failures and his posturing for the next presidency represents a continuation of them.