Trusting sources is getting harder and harder.<\/p>\n
Learning that someone like Steve Bannon wants to persuade Europeans to vote in Trump-like politicians is worrying.<\/p>\n
For a start when has any American truly understood Europe? So many countries with subtle – and not so subtle – differences that has, usually, found a way to work with the others.<\/p>\n
A Trump-like politician would alienate and break up the harmony that exists.<\/p>\n
Would that lead to wars? Possibly, possibly not, but it would lead to greater and more harmful breakdowns of the various societies.<\/p>\n
i don\u2019t want someone like that influcencing a destabilising way of working.<\/p>\n
Do you?<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/21\/steve-bannons-rightwing-europe-operation-undermined-by-election-laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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