BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to Europe, the president of the European Council Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
In a letter to national leaders before a summit that he will chair in Malta to prepare the European Union’s future after Britain leaves , the conservative former Polish prime minister called on Europeans to stick together to avoid domination by three other continental powers.
Trump’s more protectionist trade policy offered the E. U. a chance and it should do more now to set up free trade deals, he added.
Saying the E. U. faces its biggest challenges in its 60-year history, the senior official said an « assertive China, » « Russia’s aggressive policy » toward its neighbors, « radical Islam » fueling anarchy in the Middle East and Africa were key external threats. These, he said, « as well as worrying declarations by the new American administration, all make our future highly unpredictable.
