WASHINGTON — President Trump described Europe as “decaying” and run by “weak” leaders in a harsh takedown of many of America’s top allies in a newly published interview .

“I think they’re weak,” Trump told Politico’s Dasha Burns on Monday on the latest episode of “The Conversation” podcast. “But I also think that they want to be so politically correct.”

“I think they don’t know what to do,” he added. “Europe doesn’t know what to do.”

Trump’s comments came days after his administration’s latest national security strategy warned that Europe was heading toward “civilizational erasure” due to “activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, ce

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