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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      • ravhall
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        Armchair communist? Parlor Pink?

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

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

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      Of course you’re not. Not understanding things is how you came to be racist and wrong in the first place.

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        I really don’t know where you’re getting racism lol.

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          It’s everyone’s favorite game to play with their klansman uncle: make them admit they’re a racist!

          …it’s futile!