US Edition'Europe Is a Bit of a Mess', Donald Trump Jr. Tells Panel in Bosnia
He said EU liberal policies are discouraging investment and predicted a split between eastern and western member states.
- On Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. visited Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, criticizing European Union policies as a "disaster" and predicting a "major fracture" between the bloc's eastern and western member states.
- Local leaders in Republika Srpska admire President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin; Milorad Dodik, a Bosnian Serb politician, described the visit as signaling a U.S. shift in care for Christians in Europe.
- During a business discussion in Banja Luka, Trump Jr. claimed "the biggest players, the biggest names in banking and finance" view Europe as a disaster, citing "woke nonsense" as a parasitic influence in Western Europe.
- The Trump administration lifted sanctions on Dodik last year, reversing the Biden administration's 2022 penalties. Concurrently, Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of a contested election.
- Despite Trump Jr.'s critiques, the 27-nation European Union remains Bosnia's largest trading partner and investor. The visit complicates the regional landscape as Dodik continues advocating for the Serb-run half of Bosnia to break away.
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An important message for Srpska is that Trump Jr. recognized the need for Americans to come here and get to know the real world.
DONALD Trump Junior, the eldest son of the US President, has arrived in Banja Luka to talk to entrepreneurs and politicians.
'Europe is a bit of a mess', Donald Trump Jr. tells panel in Bosnia
President Donald Trump's eldest son visited Bosnia's Serb Republic on Tuesday, a trip widely seen as a gesture of support for its ousted pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik, during which he criticised the European Union as "a little bit of a mess".
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Donald Trump Jr. criticizes the European Union during a trip to Bosnia
Donald Trump Jr. has lashed out at the European Union. He said on Tuesday that the 27-nation bloc's liberal policies were discouraging investment and predicted a “major fracture” between the EU's eastern and western members.
Banja Luka was visited by Donald Trump Jr., who is in Republika Srpska at the invitation of Igor Dodik, the son of the president of the ruling SNSD party, Milorad Dodik.
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