Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
I don't know how any EU lover can slag Trump as a Putin lover, when the EU has become ever reliant on him.
Funny how the tables turn.
As I'm probably the most vociferous on the TrumpTin Bromance, I take it that this particular sentence is aimed, at least in part, in my general direction.

If you've followed my input to the Brexit thread you will be aware that I am not a great lover of the EU. I'm all for an integrated free trade area. Yes please with knobs on. The corrupt Brussels based political quagmire is a swamp that needs draining and disbanding IMO. The EU should never have been borne out of the Common Market. It should have stayed the way it was. By all means extend the boundaries of the free trade area. Not even Putin would find that threat. Have the European NATO countries get their defensive capability back up to scratch and keep it there. Never let your guard down. We don't need the EU for that.

The EU is still haemorrhaging billions a year. The money comes in, it goes out, but billions are unaccounted for. Where did they go? Nobody knows they say. I suspect a select few do know but aren't telling as they don't want their back pocket emptying.

Trump? He wants the USA turned into a sort of right wing dictatorship where only rednecks have the right to vote and the rest are 2nd class citizens. He'd probably even bring back slavery if he thought he could get away with it although there are already very many US citizens working very hard at multiple minimum wage jobs who still can't afford the basics like health insurance, a solid home and sufficient food who might think that slavery still abounds in a lesser form.

Some parts of this post have been purposely embellished to make a point.