Michael Barnier said today that President Donald Trump wants to “destroy the EU”. During an interview with Chatham House a day before the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit vote, Barnier — who led the EU’s negotiating team with the UK following the referendum and briefly served as French prime minister in 2024 — said it was the first time in 60 years that “the American president wants to destroy the EU, for different reasons than the Russian pres…