Per the Guardian:
In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative, socialist and liberal groups in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloch….
When recently asked by the BBC why he was interested in moving to Brussels, Malloch replied: “I had in a previous career a diplomatic post where I helped bring down the Soviet Union. So maybe there’s another union that needs a little taming.”
He also said that Trump was not a fan of the EU, described it as “supranational and unelected” and attacked the European commission’s president, Jean-Claude Juncker. “Mr Juncker was a very adequate mayor I think of some city in Luxembourg, and maybe he should go back and do that again,” he said….
“In these statements, the prospective nominee expressed his ambition to ‘tame the bloc like he brought down the Soviet Union’, eloquently supported dissolution of the European Union and explicitly bet on the demise of the common currency within months.
“These statements reveal outrageous malevolence regarding the values that define this European Union and, if pronounced by an official representative of the United States, they would have the potential to undermine seriously the transatlantic relationship that has, for the past 70 years, essentially contributed to peace, stability and prosperity on our continent.”
Jon Stakes suggested here on Kos last week that:
Trump seems set to install a man banking on the EU to topple ... to be chief diplomat to the said EU….
Now, you have to ask yourself. Who would do such a thing? Essentially try to sabotage relations with your ally. You would either have to be subversively working for a foreign power, say Russia, or just be plain bat-shit crazy. Middle ground being — maybe a bit of both?
What’s clear is that Trump’s team consists not just of traitors to America, but traitors to civilization.