Trump warns Europe is 'heading in bad directions'

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U.S. president Donald Trump warned that Europe was moving in “bad directions,” criticising EU policies, its fine on X, and its stance on migration amid widening rifts over Ukraine and regulation.

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump warns that Europe is moving in a very bad direction

00:05days after his new national security strategy criticizes the continent's migration policies.

00:11He condemns what he describes as a nasty $140 million EU fine imposed on Elon Musk's PlatformX

00:19while admitting he knows little about the specifics of the case.

00:23Look, Europe has to be very careful. They're doing a lot of things. We want to keep Europe

00:31Europe. Europe is going in some bad directions. It's very bad, very bad for the people. We don't

00:39want Europe to change so much. They're going in some very bad directions. That was a big thing.

00:44His comments followed the release of the U.S. national security strategy,

00:48which characterized Europe as over-regulated and at risk of civilizational erasure due to

00:55migration. The document said Washington would encourage internal resistance with European

01:01states to counter this direction. Tensions between Trump and European leaders have intensified over

01:07U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine, amid concerns in Europe that Washington intends to

01:13pressure Kiev into conceding territory to Russia.

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