Donald Trump's bruising assessment of Europe as "weak" and "decaying" is a bitter blow to nations already reeling from the release of his national security strategy.

At the end of the 45-minute interview with Politico, EU leaders might be forgiven for thinking, with friends like these, who needs enemies?

"Europe doesn't know what to do," Trump said, "They want to be politically correct, and it makes them weak."

Image: Trump meets leaders from Ukraine, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Finland, as well as the EU and NATO, in August Pic: Reuters

On the contrary, I would imagine some choice words were being uttered in European capitals as they waded through the string of insults.

First up, the US president criticised European leaders for failing to end the war between Rus

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