Overview
- Speaking to Politico, the president described Europe as a decaying bloc led by weak leaders who are failing on migration and said, "Europe doesn’t know what to do."
- He praised hardline border policies in Hungary and Poland and confirmed he has endorsed Viktor Orbán, saying he would back favored European candidates despite backlash.
- On the war in Ukraine, he dismissed Europe’s role as talk without results, said Russia is in a stronger position, and signaled he could walk away from support for Kyiv.
- He escalated his long-running feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, calling him a "horrible, vicious, disgusting" mayor and claiming London and Paris have been changed by immigration.
- The European Commission pushed back, with chief spokesperson Paula Pinho saying the EU is proud of its leaders, after a recent U.S. strategy document warned of Europe’s "civilisational erasure" and did not name Russia as a threat.