Euro could collapse in 18 months, predicts Trump’s pick for EU ambassador "I think it is a currency that is not only in demise but has a real problem and could in fact collapse in the coming year, year and a half… The one thing I would do in 2017 is short the euro,” he told the British broadcaster. "I am not the only person or economist of that point of view. Someone as acclaimed as Joseph Stiglitz - the World Bank economist - has written an entire book on this subject,” he added. source: KGB ziniu agentura