When asked in a TV interview on Sunday to name his “biggest foe globally right now”, US President Donald Trump started European Union (EU), and called the body “very difficult”.
“Well I think we have a lot of foes,” Trump told CBS News at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. “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.”
Surprised anchor Jeff Glor responded: “A lot of people might be surprised to hear you list the EU as a foe before China and Russia.”
According to The Guardian, “Trump’s controversial tour through Europe has turned postwar western relations inside out, the president sparring with Nato leaders in Brussels and blasting May’s Brexit strategy in the Sun newspaper. His remarks have reflected one of this president’s core beliefs: that America is exploited by its allies.”
On his way to Helsinki, Trump tweeted from Air Force One, “Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Democrats … know how to do is resist and obstruct! This is why there is such hatred and dissension in our country – but at some point, it will heal!”
