Evelyn Farkas: Europeans ‘Alarmed Across the Board’ by Everything Trump’s Said

EXCERPT:
HALPERIN: “Are people there, Europeans in particular, are they more unsettled by Donald Trump’s policies right now or by his behavior?”
FARKAS: “I think both, honestly. If I could say something about the segment Bill Neely's segment that you did on Russia. I think the Russians have severe buyer’s remorse. The fact they would come out publicly and talk about their psychological profiling and alarm about President Trump tells me they are backing away, so I wanted to get that out there. On Munich they are alarmed in Europe across the board about everything Trump has said, his attacks on the pillars of western society, things like the media, which you guys have talked about, of course, a lot on the show. They are also worried that they don’t see a real foreign policy. So we talked about this weird proposal coming from the outside, but what is this administration’s foreign policy on Russia? And are they going to stand really behind Europe, the West, the whole western system that we set up after World War II? The reason we have had peace since World War II all the way until now on a global scale is because of the institutions we set up. I was traveling with the congressional delegation. I spoke on a panel. But the highlight really was when Senator McCain got on the stage and said, look, we are in a dangerous moment right now. This is about, fine, you can stand with Europe and with NATO, but it’s about standing behind our institutions, our values, everything that has made America safe up until now. And we haven’t heard a message like that from President Trump. We need that message from him. That is what the Europeans said too. All of the meetings and discussions we had on the sidelines they were saying it’s fine for vice President Trump to say what we hoped he would say but we need to hear from President Trump.”