You’re fired

28 February 2017 By Gina Chon Follow @GinaChon

The president’s support for Brexit and criticism of the European Union makes its members nervous. Though leaders publicly pledge a united front, they are privately jockeying for influence in his administration. It’s a closed-door version of the TV contest that made Trump famous.

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In a rare public appearance on Feb. 23, White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda is about “deconstruction of the administrative state.” That includes scrapping global trade pacts and international organizations that have infringed on U.S. sovereignty, he told the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Reuters reported on Feb. 21 that Bannon told Peter Wittig, Germany’s ambassador to the United States, that the European Union is a flawed organization and he preferred to conduct relations on a bilateral basis with member nations. That contradicted Vice President Mike Pence, who told EU officials in Brussels on Feb. 20 that the Trump administration wanted to deepen their relationship.

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