Crises precipitate change. That's no reason to induce a crisis, but you'd be a fool to let a crisis go to waste. Donald Trump is the greatest crisis of our young century, and the EU looks set to squander the opportunity, to its own terrible detriment.

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@pluralistic nailed it again.
Must read for every #EU official. We must build our own, independent and open technology. Because when it comes to Trump: “Trump treats every capitulation as a sign of weakness that signals that he can safely ignore his end of the bargain and demand twice as much. For Trump, the "art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: reneging.”
@EUCommission @bert_hubert

@ebuising @pluralistic @EUCommission @bert_hubert

"The art of the deal" should be called by its proper name "The art of screwing people over to get what I want".

@raymierussell @ebuising @pluralistic @EUCommission @bert_hubert "art" in this context is the multicolored vomit finger painting of a two-year-old proudly displayed on a family fridge.