The Trump administration has a new European target in its crosshairs: China’s state ownership of Piraeus port in Greece.
“It is unfortunate, but I think there’s ways around it, that something could be worked out, whether you pursue a path of enhancing output in other areas or perhaps that Piraeus could be for sale,” the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, said in an interview with local outlet Antenna TV.
China invested heavily in debt-ridden Greece during the country’s lengthy economic crisis, with the goal of making it a hub for Chinese exports. Athens actively courted Beijing as companies from other Western countries turned away from Greece, spooked by its financial woes and infamous bureaucracy.
In the pre-Trump era old world order, “ask US first” was a common practice among NATO allies. Now that Trump has started to dismantle it with his “USA fist” thing. Why would anyone fucking care?
You can’t have the cake and eat it.