Trump envoy says Greece is now more likely to leave the euro

Ted Malloch, proposed US ambassador to the EU, casts doubt on survival of eurozone and says Athens should return to drachma

Donald Trump's administration has put itself on a fresh collision course with the European Union after the president's candidate to be ambassador in Brussels said Greece should leave the euro and predicted the single currency would not survive more than 18 months in its present form.

Days after being accused of "outrageous malevolence" towards the EU for publicly declaring that it "needs a little taming", Ted Malloch courted fresh controversy by saying Greece should have left the eurozone four years ago when it would have been "easier and simpler".

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Greece should get out of the euro & go back to their own currency--they are just wasting time.

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