The Dalai Lama has said that US President Donald Trump lacks moral principle.
In an interview with the BBC, the spiritual leader said that Mr Trump’s “emotions [are] also a little bit … too complicated,” while waggling his right index finger near his temple.
“One day he says something, another day he says something. But I think [there is a] lack of moral principle. When he became president, he expressed America first. That is wrong. America, they should take the global responsibility,” he said.
The Dalai Lama also told the BBC’s Rajini Vaidyanathan that while he was a supporter of the European Union, he did not want to see Europe become “Muslim” or “African”.
When asked if refugees should be allowed to stay in Europe, he said that only a limited number should be able to remain.
“But [for the] whole [of] Europe [to] eventually become [a] Muslim country? Impossible. Or [an] African country, also impossible,” he said.
“Keep Europe for Europeans.”
The leader also reiterated earlier comments that he would support a woman taking on his role as the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, but only if she is “attractive”.
The Dalai Lama has been exiled from Tibet since 1959 following a failed uprising.
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Favourite piece of music: Verdi’s Requiem. It’s awe-inspiring.
Biggest inspiration: My father, as I grew up in a house where music was constantly played on a wind-up gramophone. I had amazing music teachers in primary and secondary school who inspired me to take my music further. They encouraged me to take up music as a profession and I follow in their footsteps, encouraging others to do the same.
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Favourite holiday destination: Italy - music and opera is so much part of the life there. I love it.
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Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year
Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month
Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30
Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse
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