I think we will see the end of the EU qute quickly. My guess is that Trump and the new American team don't give two hoots about it and the Farage at Trump Tower thing is a sign that the EU game is over. Obama went to Germany and said that Merekel was his closest partner because Merkel is now the last stand against Trump and the past Obama worldview. But I think the tide of populism will eventually sweep Merkel out and then it will all be over.
"Europe stares, cluelessly, into Trump crystal ball
European diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic are scrambling to figure out who has U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s ear on foreign policy and how he sees America’s role in the world.
EU foreign ministers will hold their first discussion of the shock U.S. election result in Brussels on Sunday night, during what diplomats have dubbed a “panic dinner,” ahead of more formal talks on European foreign and defense policy on Monday and Tuesday.
“We would never have had a similar dinner if Hillary Clinton had been elected. It shows just how much we’re panicking,” said a diplomat from one of the smaller EU states."
www.politico.eu/article/europe-stares-cluelessly-into-trump-crystal-ball/
The EU bigwigs, just like our political class, had hardly any contacts with Trump's transition team throughout his campaign because they were all too busy insulting him and thinking he could never make it.
Apparently, Steve Bannon, whom all our media and teams are now all insulting just like they insulted Trump, has reached out to Marine Le Pen's young niece, Marion Marechel Le Pen, to help her campaign etc
So it looks like Trump's team doesn't give a hoot about the EU, all their bigwigs and all their politically correct teams, and we may see a new world of independent, free countries all over Europe quite soon.
'some of the more venal politicians are going to realise that picking a fight with the new US President guarantees them exposure and will be popular, there has always been an undercurrent of Anti American resentment. '
That is a good point, but the problem they have got is that in a world of a populist rebellion, hardly anyone likes the political class apart from the media and the metropolitan elite. The political class are unpopular all across Europe and Trump has just shown the world that the people can be free of the whole politically correct lot of them and their stupid policies that they never ask the people about. I think the political class all across Europe will be in for a shock as the populist rebellion spreads and topples their teams.
They are busy "warning" Trump, but they are all paper tigers because the people don't like them.
Trump's rise is the start of a whole new world, the end of the EU, free, independent countries all across Europe, the end of political correctness, the end of Isis and all that and the start of better relations with Russia.
It is the end of the old ruling elite and all their teams and all their spin and lies. That is why their teams and media are deperately insulting Trump and Bannon, and their elites atre funding protests in the US and their best Oxbridge teams are pretending this is a "whitelash" in order to try and create divide and rule among the people.