Nearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.

The nine-country poll for the Paris-based European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent also found that nearly three-quarters of respondents wanted their country to stay in the EU, with almost as many saying leaving the union had harmed the UK.

Jean-Yves Dormagen, a political science professor and founder of the polling agency Cluster17, said: “Europe is not only facing growing risks, it is also undergoing a transformation of its historical, geopolitical and political environment. The overall picture [of the survey] portrays a Europe that is anxious, that is deeply aware of its vulnerabilities and that is struggling to project itself positively into the future.”

The polling found that an average of 48% of people across the nine countries see Trump as an outright foe – ranging from highs of 62% in Belgium and 57% in France to lows of 37% in Croatia and 19% in Poland.

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    I thought it meant half of the EU saw him as a friend, but thank god that’s not quite true:

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    Even if we ignore 90% of the things he has said about Europe I still think we have enough to come to that conclusion just on words alone.

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    So like the same 50% opposition as in the US. This kind of seems like we’re all living under the same propaganda and international political machines.

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      Yep… All those Europeans getting high and mighty about how we need to “fix our county” need to realize they’re right behind us on the pipeline

      This is a global problem

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      Europe is quite right wing, just european flavored right wing nationalism instead of christian/god fearing right wing nationalism like we see in the us

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        Actually in most of western europe its half think he’s their enemy 40 some percent think he gives zero fucks either way and only 7-9% think he’s on their side.

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      It’s insane, but it should be expected. Fascists have been using social media, traditional media, and surveillance capitalism — big data and analytics — to wage psychological warfare for decades. Most of the major players are American corporations, and all of the world’s elite/oligarchs are all invested in them; they’re all just as anti-democratic, pro-authoritarianism, mentally ill, criminally corrupt, and depraved as each other.

      This is the expected result when fascist state media like News Corp are allowed to exist; spewing disinformation 24/7. When a class of ultra-wealthy are allowed to exist, and the multi-tiered “democratic” and “justice” systems they create. When criminals are allowed to operate behind the liability shield of an LLC.