Trump EU frontrunner: Global institutions 'breaking down'

Ted Malloch

An expert on Europe and the European Union, and the frontrunner to become the U.S. ambassador to the EU, says global institutions are disintegrating before our eyes.

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, a longtime "Europhile," has been in the news lately not just for his likely nomination but also for his comments. He recently told the BBC the EU may need "a little taming."

In another interview, Malloch said the EU "is an overly complex, fairly bloated bureaucratic organization."

"Its ambitions have basically overstepped its capabilities, so the question really is what the European member states want to see for that European Union," he said.

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In an interview Friday with WND, he warned that the world is changing rapidly.

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"The global arena is full of conflict and unrest," he said. "It is as volatile as at any point in recent history."

He warned that what "always" has been, may not be in the future.

"The global institutions founded 70 years ago are breaking down and a new order is becoming a reality which is state-centric, not multinational or supranational," he explained.

"Terrorism is both a 24/7 and ever-present reality, and the role of non state actors is heightened. The nature of lone-wolf attacks and the migration of peoples across borders make terrorism an ever-present danger."

He said the best protection for a nation is "to protect your borders, use the best vetting procedures, especially from countries where known dangers exist and to collect intelligence on threats from all sources."

He noted the decision on Thursday by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the suspension of President Trump's plan to bar travelers from seven terror-producing nations.

"Trump's plan makes infinite sense. It was what he campaigned on and it is a core of his administration. America's security is equal to America's prosperity; indeed, the two are intertwined. Europe needs to follow a similar path, and some nations or parties within nations are pursuing such but not all and therein lies the problem," he said.

Regarding the three 9th Circuit judges who overruled the president's national security decision, he said: "The three branches are equal in the American government as we learned in civics classes, but judicial activism is not a proper function of the judiciary. The 9th Circuit Court is notorious in that regard, and it is certain that this decision will be overturned at the U.S. Supreme Court."

It was only days ago when Malloch, author of the new book "Hired: An Insider’s Look at the Trump Victory," emphasized his admiration and hopes for Europe as a continent.

Malloch has caught flak from European leaders for his support of Brexit and his lack of concern that other member-states may soon follow Britain out of the EU. He told WND that European elites will need to rethink the purpose of having a union if more countries end up leaving this year.

"The purpose of the EU is being rethought before our very eyes," he said. "After Brexit, other countries may go down a similar path. We will have to see, but there are elections in the Netherlands next month, then France and then Germany. The Greeks have started discussing leaving the euro again, a so-called Grexit."

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