Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he considers the European Union an adversary of his country. \u201cI think we have a lot of foes,\u201d Efe quoted Trump as saying to CBS Evening News in response when anchor Jeff Glor asked him to name his \u201cbiggest foe globally right now\u201d. \u201cI think the\u2026<\/b>
\nWashington: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he considers the European Union an adversary of his country.
\u201cI think we have a lot of foes,\u201d Efe quoted Trump as saying to CBS Evening News in response when anchor Jeff Glor asked him to name his \u201cbiggest foe globally right now\u201d.
\u201cI think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now, you wouldn\u2019t think of the European Union, but they\u2019re a foe,\u201d the President said.
\u201cRussia\u2019s a foe in certain respects,\u201d Trump said, adding, \u201cChina is a foe economically, certainly they are a foe. But that doesn\u2019t mean they are bad. It doesn\u2019t mean anything. It means that they are competitive. They want to do well and we want to do well.\u201d
The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on imports from EU countries, China, and even Canada and Mexico, prompting retaliatory measures by those nations.
Before and during the NATO summit, the US President again berated European nations for falling short of the alliance\u2019s goal to have all member-states devote 2 per cent of GDP to the military.
\u201cI respect the leaders of those (European) countries,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut, in a trade sense, they\u2019ve really taken advantage of us and many of those countries are in NATO and they weren\u2019t paying their bills.\u201d
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