About 64 percent of Europeans don’t trust the Trump administration, according to a poll by the Financial Times. Alexander Kryvosheyev, Vice President of Public Affairs for Japan Tobacco International, highlighted the poll in remarks to the FT Business Regulation Forum in Berlin last week.

There are many reasons to distrust President Trump, but when it comes to regulating lifestyle choices, Europeans ought to take a close look at the many reasons to distrust their own governments far more.

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