UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — International ministers from European nations with shut U.S. ties reacted to Vice President Kamala Harris’ declare world leaders are “laughing” at former President Trump, dismissing the declare.
Throughout September’s presidential debate, Harris stated, “World leaders are laughing at Donald Trump. I have talked with military leaders, some of whom worked with you, and they say you’re a disgrace.”
When requested about this quote, overseas ministers in attendance on the United Nations Excessive-Stage Week confused they don’t have any view someway on the U.S. election and can work with whomever wins.
“We are friends of America,” Italian International Minister Antonio Tajani stated, noting Italy and the U.S. are “two sides of the same coin.” “If Trump will be the new president of America, we will work with him as we worked with him when he was president of America.”
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“We worked well with Biden, with Bush, with Reagan, with Clinton, with Obama,” Tajani added. “For us, the transatlantic relations are the key technique of our overseas coverage, Europe and America.”
International ministers of Lithuania and the Czech Republic confused that they won’t intervene within the election by stating a choice, as a substitute saying they “leave it to the American citizens to decide.”
NATO Secretary Normal Jens Stoltenberg, heart, appears on as President Trump and Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, discuss throughout a working lunch on the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain, Dec. 4, 2019. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
“My role is not to comment on such a political statement,” Czech International Minister Jan Lipavsky stated.
Nevertheless, Lipavsky praised Trump’s “strong” message of protection spending, which he hoped Europe would proceed to embrace within the face of Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine.
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“The point is that Donald Trump had, at his time, one strong message for Europe, and that message was quite resonating and is resonating more now because he was saying spend more on your defense,” Lipavsky stated.
“My government is spending more on our defense,” he added. “We need to attain these 2% of GDP, might be reaching them this 12 months, and we are going to proceed subsequent 12 months. So, (if) Donald Trump could be a president with this message, ‘Please spend 2%,” we would be OK.”
President Trump reacts next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they attend a working lunch during the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain, Dec. 4, 2019. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis highlighted the “very long history” between the two countries, saying that the relationship is “more than politics.”
Instead, he reiterated the message that whoever wins the election will need to focus on the same message of defense spending that Trump pushed during his first administration.
Previous to the Trump administration, just a few members of NATO had upheld their commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense, but that number rose sharply due to Trump’s insistence and hard-line stance over the issue.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in June reported that 23 of the 32 member states have hit the minimum spending requirement, which helped improve the bloc’s ability to support Ukraine and, potentially, deter Russian aggression beyond its current ambitions.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban with former President Trump during his visit to Mar-a-Lago in Florida in July. (@PM_ViktorOrban)
No European nation, though, has touted the success of Trump’s first term and expressed hopes for a strong second term as has Hungary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó revealed his government would have “enormous expectations” for a new Trump administration.
“We now have enormous expectations as a result of we do imagine that most of the main crises which give us a variety of concern will be resolved by an administration of President Trump,” Szijjártó stated, noting he speaks because the longest-serving overseas minister in NATO with 10 years beneath his belt.
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“I did not actually see anybody laughing at Trump,” Szijjártó said. “What I’ve seen many having concern. I’ve seen many being afraid of a U.S. president being trustworthy, not a hostage by the liberal mainstream, representing a patriotic place, talking clearly about America first.”
Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have done little to hide their rosy friendship, with Trump invoking the Hungarian leader as a “sturdy man of Europe” who speaks well of the former president.
Orbán proved this is a mutual dynamic when he chose to leave the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., earlier this year to instead meet with Trump in Mar-a-Lago in Florida to discuss foreign relations.
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“Underneath President Trump, every thing was beneath management,” Szijjártó said. “Since President Trump has left workplace, the entire world safety state of affairs is deteriorating. So, I imply, these are experiences.”
“If we base it on our expertise, we are saying sure, from a perspective of U.S.-Hungary relations, I feel President Trump would deliver one other impetus, freshness, dynamism to this relationship. And I feel if President Trump is elected, I feel the world has a great likelihood to turn out to be a extra peaceable place in comparison with the present state of affairs.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
