EU nations alarmed by Donald Trump's comments Germany and France have led a sharp European response to US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks that NATO is "obsolete" and more countries would leave the European Union after Britain. In an interview with two European newspapers, Trump launched several attacks at Europe and criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel's "catastrophic" decision to open Germany's borders to Syrian refugees. With fears growing in Europe over Trump's commitment to the transatlantic alliance and signs he will move towards Russia, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the continent now has to take responsibility for itself. ALJAZEERA