Opinion: Britain is in turmoil — but Don Jr. can save the day
By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist March 20 at 7:03 PM Britain is in turmoil as the Brexit deadline approaches. But fortunately, that nation now benefits from the services of one of the great intellects of our time, swooping in at the last minute to offer sage advice.
Trump Jr. did not specify what the president’s “advice” was, but the prime minister is on record saying, with evident mirth, “He told me I should sue” the European Union. Beyond that, it’s not clear why anyone affiliated with the president would feel entitled to lecture other countries’ leaders about their domestic problems after President Trump, who enjoys a 39 percent approval rating in the latest Gallup poll, provoked the longest government shutdown in history, suffered a string of legal and legislative setbacks and has had his mental health questioned by a top aide’s spouse.
In Germany, lectures by U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell prompted a leader in the Free Democratic Party to call for Grenell’s expulsion for “interfering” with German sovereignty and acting “like a high commissioner of an occupying power.
The administration’s interventions in other nations’ internal affairs comes as fewer are heeding Trump’s advice at home. The Senate has voted to reject Trump’s border wall emergency, to cut off his military assistance to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and to disapprove of his proposed military withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan. The House passed legislation affirming support for NATO, and leaders of both parties invited NATO’s secretary general to address a joint session of Congress.
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