Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, has launched a blistering broadside against “fake leaders” and the battle between patriotism and internationalism urged by President Donald Trump.
While Mr Tusk did not name the US leader in his valedictory speech at the UN General Assembly, he left little doubt about his main target in an address in which he denounced those who flirt with dictators and “use lies as a permanent method to maintain power”.
The top EU official pointedly highlighted Ukraine — where Mr Trump’s demands of President Volodymyr Zelensky have triggered Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry — as a case where stronger countries “have to help” the weaker ones.