{"id":2753,"date":"2026-05-25T17:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:06:12","slug":"trump-claims-people-of-europe-like-me-as-approval-polls-reveal-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=2753","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims \u2018people of Europe like me\u2019 as approval polls reveal the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump\u2019s return to the White House has unsettled America\u2019s European allies.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Following one of the toughest periods in US\u2013Europe relations since the end of World War II, President Donald Trump has insisted that \u201cthe people of Europe like me.\u201d Yet over the past year, there has been little to support that assertion. The administration\u2019s renewed transatlantic engagement began in February 2025 with Vice President JD Vance addressing the Munich Security Conference and declaring that Europe\u2019s greatest danger was not Russia, but a supposed \u201cthreat from within.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vance went further, sharply criticizing several major NATO partners \u2014 including Britain, Washington\u2019s closest ally \u2014 over cultural and political issues. He argued that liberal democracies across Europe were facing \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d as a result of immigration policies.<\/p>\n

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If that opening chapter of Trump\u2019s second term was poorly received, his repeated suggestions that the US could seize Greenland \u2014 through military action or economic pressure \u2014 sent shockwaves through the postwar international order. The remarks prompted many EU nations to reconsider their reliance on American security guarantees.<\/p>\n

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Trump has not overlooked this realignment.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By openly questioning America\u2019s commitment to NATO, he has repeatedly pressured European members to boost their defense spending within the alliance.<\/p>\n

Most recently, at a White House event on Wednesday (February 11), the president signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to prioritize buying electricity generated by coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n

In a show of deference and fealty now a regular feature of Oval Office events, Trump was awarded the title of \u2018Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal\u2019 at the meeting, where he also blasted his European allies for investing in renewable energy.<\/p>\n

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Ridiculing the use of wind turbines across Europe, where each 300ft turbine is capable of powering up to 1,500 homes and wind power accounts for up to one-third of total energy production, the president claimed \u2018every time [a wind turbine] goes around it loses a fortune\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Unlike the architectural magnificence of a coal-fired power plant, or the tranquil beauty of an area where surface mined coal has stripped huge areas of the landscape, Trump claimed that wind turbines had ruined the ancient beauty of Europe.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAnd you know, I was recently there and it\u2019s not recognizable what they\u2019ve done to their beautiful fields and those beautiful, beautiful scenic areas and they put those wind turbines all over the place and they\u2019re chugging, chugging, chugging, not doing a damn thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he slammed decades of European policy making in the face of climate change, Trump claimed the continent\u2019s people agree with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you know who likes me over there? The people like me over there. I can tell you because they know I\u2019m right,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Yet someone should have told the people of Europe that, as a January YouGov poll showed fewer than 19 percent of people in UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, sharing favorable views of the American president.<\/p>\n

For the people of Denmark, this number was even lower. Just four percent expressed support for Trump, which is unsurprising after he threatened to take the country\u2019s Greenland territory by force.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not every day that a former U.S. president talks about aliens in a relaxed interview setting \u2014 but that\u2019s exactly what happened when Barack Obama addressed the topic head-on.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During a conversation with commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama was asked directly: \u201cAre aliens real?\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of dismissing the question outright, Obama responded with humor. Leaning back casually, he said something along the lines of, \u201cThey\u2019re real \u2014 but I haven\u2019t seen them.\u201d His tone made it clear he was joking rather than confirming extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

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He also addressed long-standing rumors about Area 51, the highly secretive military facility in Nevada that has fueled conspiracy theories for decades. Obama clarified that aliens are not being stored there.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s no underground lab full of extraterrestrials,\u201d he implied, adding that if such a massive secret existed, it would have to be hidden even from the President of the United States \u2014 an idea he treated as unlikely.<\/p>\n

When Cohen asked what question he was most curious about when he first took office, Obama quipped: \u201cWhere are the aliens?\u201d Again, clearly in a playful tone.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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As for Area 51, its documented history is far less mysterious than popular culture suggests. The facility has long been known as a U.S. Air Force testing site. During the Cold War, it played a major role in developing and testing advanced aircraft, including the U-2 spy plane, which was used for surveillance missions over the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, conspiracy theories have persisted for decades, suggesting the base houses alien remains or advanced extraterrestrial technology. The fascination grew so intense that in 2019, a viral Facebook event invited people to \u201cstorm Area 51\u201d under the slogan \u201cThey Can\u2019t Stop All of Us.\u201d While a handful of curious visitors showed up in the Nevada desert, no one actually breached the facility.<\/p>\n

In the end, Obama\u2019s remarks were delivered with humor rather than revelation.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

While the mystery of extraterrestrial life continues to capture the public imagination, there\u2019s still no official evidence confirming aliens \u2014 or secret alien vaults in Nevada.<\/p>\n

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At least for now, Area 51 remains what it has long been: a classified military testing site, not a science-fiction movie set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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