European Parliament member slams likely U.S. ambassador

European Union Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Donald Trump may be the leader of the free world now, but some European chiefs apparently are determined to not accept the staunch nationalist without a fight.

Jo Leinen, a member of the European Parliament representing Germany, rebuked the new U.S. president in a blistering statement Monday by encouraging his colleagues to reject the man expected to be named Trump's ambassador to the European Union.

"The European Union should refuse to accede to the designated U.S. Ambassador Ted Malloch," Leinen stated.

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch said if the E.U. follows Leinen's advice, it would be a huge slap in the face to President Trump.

"What he's basically saying is people of his political stripe should declare war," Malloch said in an interview with WND. "That means they should work – it's probably very unlikely – to try to have it such that the European Union does not accredit me when I'm nominated by Donald Trump. In other words, they would like such a political manifestation, basically spitting in Trump's face and saying, 'We don't want your damn ambassador. Frankly, we don't want any of your policies, Mr. Trump. Europe is going to do what it damn well pleases to do, and it's not going to please you.'"

Malloch has not officially been named Trump's ambassador to the E.U. The formal nomination would be made by Rex Tillerson, who has not yet been confirmed as Trump's secretary of state.

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Leinen claimed Malloch had completely disqualified himself from the ambassador job by making "anti-E.U. statements."

"We do not need an ambassador in Brussels who is dreaming of the end of the euro and wants to tame and conquer the E.U. like the former Soviet Union," Leinen declared.

He was referring to an interview with the BBC in which Malloch said he would "short the euro" – take a market position that bets on the value of the currency failing – because he believes the single currency could collapse in the next 18 months. Leinen also referred to a BBC interview in which Malloch said, when asked why he wants to be U.S. ambassador to the E.U. when he is no fan of Brussels: "I had in a previous career a diplomatic post where I helped bring down the Soviet Union. So maybe there’s another union that needs a little taming."

Malloch was alluding to his time as a deputy executive secretary in the United Nations from 1988 to 1992. In that role, he was heavily involved in analyzing the state of the Soviet Union and the myth of Soviet economic power.

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"It became clear to us that a number of the Eastern European countries, primarily Hungary, Poland and then-Czechoslovakia, were not only quite dissident from the Soviet Union, but interested in a higher degree of economic reform and therefore some political independence from the Soviet Union," Malloch told WND.

"So through all kinds of channels backward and forward, mostly backward, we helped encourage that, and I was in all those countries more than once."

In the 18 months after the Berlin Wall came down, Malloch took part in missions to all the Eastern European countries, usually as either the head of delegation or co-head of delegation, to help those nations move their economies in a market-oriented direction. Soon after that, the Soviet Union collapsed.

"I am not, however, suggesting that the European Union is the Soviet Union, is communist in its orientation, or is anything like the paper giant that the Soviet Union was," Malloch emphasized. "I’m just suggesting that the European Union has overstepped its economic intentions and taken on a political mantle that, frankly, is against American interests. And that's why I am now in the target hairs of the European left."

Malloch warned there is currently a battle raging in Europe between integrationists, such as Leinen, and those who wish to either exit the E.U. or reduce its function. He said European elites are worried about the future of the E.U., not only because of Brexit but because of upcoming votes in other countries later this year.

"So the fact that a Trump administration may have a different point of view, a different policy toward the European Union, is very alarming to them," he said.

Although Malloch previously served on the executive board of the World Economic Forum, which meets every year in Davos, Switzerland, he declared recently that "Davos-man is dead" and national sovereignty is on the rise again.

"The global elites have run their course," he explained. "The pendulum of history has swung. With the Brexit vote and other votes forthcoming in Europe and the Trump election, we have the articulation of a counter point of view which is back toward national sovereignty, back toward the widest interpretation of culture through the lens of the common person, and away from these small, unelected elites who meet in places like Davos and try to determine the future of the world."

Leinen suggested the E.U. heads of state and their government use the E.U. summit in Malta to come up with a strategy to deal with the Trump administration.

"The values and interests of the E.U. must be defended against the attacks of Trump and other representatives of the administration," Leinen stated. "Trump is a test case for the unity of Europeans to defend international rules and standards, whether it be for human rights or economic relations."

Malloch said E.U. elites need to realize the pendulum has swung away from their globalist world, and he urges them to get on the other side of history.

"The Trump 'America First' paradigm is not problematic for Europeans," he asserted. "Europeans should have their own national self-interests equally in mind, and we could deal with those relations bilaterally in a way that's very constructive. So America remains a Trans-Atlantic power; it needs to maintain through institutions and bilateral relationships all of those ties to Europe."

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