Kamala Harris During an ABC debate on September 10, he famously claimed that “world leaders are laughing. Donald TrumpEuropean officials, however, dismissed the vice president’s comments at a UN high-level week, stressing that he was a “friend of the United States.”
European ministers rejected Harris’ claim that world leaders were ‘laughing’ at Trump.
When asked about the Democratic candidate’s claim about the former president Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that America and Italy are two sides of the same coin. “If Trump is the new president of the United States, we will work with him the same way we worked with him when he was president of the United States,” Tajani added, according to Fox News.
Earlier this month, Harris and Trump squared off during a presidential debate. The two candidates made controversial comments about each other, with the 59-year-old telling the GOP nominee, “I’ve talked to military leaders, some of whom have worked with you, and they say That is an insult to you.”
“For us, transatlantic relations are a key strategy of our foreign policy, Europe and America,” Tajani added. He explained that Italy “has done well”. Joe Biden and former US presidents, including George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of Lithuania and the Czech Republic declined to comment on the U.S. election, saying they “leave it up to American citizens to decide.” However, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky praised Trump’s defense spending.
“The point is that Donald Trump, in his time, had a strong message for Europe, and that message was very resonant and it’s more resonant now because he’s saying to spend more on defense,” Lipovsky said. , according to the outlet.
He added that his “government is spending more on our defense,” adding, “We want to reach that 2% of GDP, we will reach that this year, and we will next year. So, (if) Donald Trump is president with the message, ‘Please spend 2%,’ we’ll be fine.