When Trump's push comes to shove in Europe

A video provides a glimpse of Trump team's plan to divide Europe and rally against the extreme right

Nato, US President, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, Paolo Gentiloni

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US President Donald Trump (centre), Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

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Last Updated : Jun 02 2017 | 3:15 PM IST

It has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between the reality show of Donald Trump in the Oval Office and the Saturday Night Live parody of the president.

Was it Donald Trump — or Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump — who shouldered aside the prime minister of Montenegro to gain a better position at the NATO photo shoot last week? Or maybe Donald Trump was imitating Alec Baldwin, the boorish TV exec on 30 Rock. Or, and this isn’t an Onion article, Trump didn’t shove the Montenegrin prime minister but simply patted him on the back as one might a rugby