The Republican president-elect has threatened to relaunch a trade war with Europe, withdraw US support for Ukraine, and roll back America’s transatlantic security commitment.

Even as European leaders scrambled to congratulate Donald Trump and offered to work with him, some of their underlings were on the brink of despair.

“It is a disaster for us, there is no good to come from this,” said an EU diplomat, whose weary eyes betrayed an all-nighter watching the election results roll in.

Officials in the Belgian capital have spent months discussing how to “Trump-proof” the EU and Nato.

On Monday, its incoming trade chief Maros Sefcovic said that regardless of who won, the bloc would “put forward an offer of cooperation” but would “be ready to stand up for our interest if faced with a disruptive scenario”.

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    15 days ago

    Hey look the person that refuses to read and makes racist comments is calling others fake lefties.

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      15 days ago

      It’s not a racist comment. It’s suggesting someone is a paid actor. Which, may be true, but it’s not for the Chinese. So, that word was kind of pointless

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        15 days ago

        Right you accuse those that correct you of being paid Chinese agents. This is correctly understood as a racist response.