Trump Storms Davos

President Donald Trump expressed his vision for “a strong and unified West” at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday and called on Europe to abandon the culture it has cultivated over the past decade.

Trump said European policies in recent history have been “destructive,” leading to “lower economic growth, lower standards of living, lower birth rates, more socially disruptive migration, more vulnerability to hostile foreign adversaries, and much, much smaller militaries.”

“The United States cares greatly about the people of Europe. We really do. I mean, look, I am derived from Europe — Scotland and Germany. One hundred percent Scotland, my mother. One hundred percent German, my father,” he said. “And we believe deeply in the bonds we share with Europe as a civilization.”