“In my second term, I will work to deepen our trans-Atlantic ties with the nations of Europe,” Bush told reporters at the White House. “We must apply the combined strength and moral purpose of Europe and America to effectively fight terror and to overcome poverty and disease and despair, to advance human dignity and to advance freedom.”

The goal, Bush said, would be “to remind people that the world is better off — America’s better off, Europe is better off — when we work together.”

A senior Bush administration official told NBC News on condition of anonymity that the trip was scheduled in just the last few days as part of an “intense period” of outreach to the European community.

“A re-elected Bush administration is sending the signal we want to work with Europe,” the official said.

Yeah. Raving, power-mad insanity. I was right about one of my predictions. A lot of people on the Left are dropping off the deep end.