US President Trump says the European Union (EU) is a “foe” of the United States because the bloc is “taking advantage” of the US in trade.
Asked in a CBS interview on Sunday who he considers Washington’s biggest foe globally, Trump quickly named the EU and its trade practices before proceeding to Russia and China.
“I think we have a lot of foes. I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn’t think of the European Union, but they’re a foe,” Trump said during a visit to his golf course in Scotland.
“Russia is foe in certain respects. China is a foe economically, certainly they are a foe. But that doesn’t mean they are bad,” Trump added. “It doesn’t mean anything. It means that they are competitive. They want to do well and we want to do well.”
Trump has been antagonizing longtime US allies like Canada, the EU and the UK over the past months, criticizing them for adopting trade policies that he says are…