Eu Nations React With Surprise, Defiance To Trump Remarks

By By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and RAF CASERT The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - European Union nations reacted with surprise and defiance Monday to comments by President-elect Donald Trump, who said in an interview that he believed NATO was "obsolete" and that more member states would leave the 28-nation EU. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speaking ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting, said Trump's view on NATO and criticism that allied members weren't paying their fair share has "caused astonishment." His French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault added that the best response to such an interview was simple - Europeans uniting. In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Trump's positions have been "long known" but added: "I think we Europeans have our fate in our own hands." "I'm personally going to wait until the American president takes office, and then we will naturally work with him on all levels," she told reporters. Though Trump had made similar comments during his tempestuous election campaign, a repetition of the same points still came as a bit of a surprise since his choice for defense secretary, retired Marine Gen.

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