Trump: EU was 'set up to take advantage' of US

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico-Europe



‘We can’t let that happen,’ US president said.

By GABRIELA GALINDO 6/28/18, 10:30 AM CET Updated 6/28/18, 10:31 AM CET

Donald Trump has accused the EU of going after the United States’ “piggybank,” amid an ongoing trade dispute over tariffs.

“We love the countries of the European Union. But the European Union, of course, was set up to take advantage of the United States,” Trump said at a rally in North Dakota on Wednesday. “And you know what, we can’t let that happen.”

His latest comment comes amid a continued escalation in the trade war between the U.S. and the rest of the world, which began when Trump slapped a series of tariffs on some countries at the end of March, before extending them to close allies such as the EU at the end of May. Brussels responded with retaliatory duties, which came into force last week, prompting iconic American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson to announce it would move some of its production abroad.

Trump on Wednesday doubled down on his claims the EU is cheating the U.S on trade, saying the U.S. last year lost $15 billion on trade with the EU.

Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-eu-was-set-up-to-take-advantage-of-us-trade-tariffs-protectionism/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The EU was set up in part to COMPETE with the U.S. that dominated the world economy

based on its federation of states.

[Itchinjim]

2. Putin must be ecstatic

[MBS]

9. I have absolutely no doubts about that.

I'm sure that Putin and every other foreign leader pegged Trump early on for the unstable, insecure, ignorant, narcissistic, bullying fool that he is. Especially the fool part.

This pseudo president is doing so much damage on EVERY front. Ditto his supporters and enablers and co-conspirators.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Projection again

[Snellius]

4. You find this same kind of zenophobic paranoia in Mein Kampf

And in Nixon's Six Crises. This black and white, good vs. evil, psycho-world of us against them that's all is his megalomaniac head. Everyone's out to get us. We're the only ones that matter. The supermensch. The "real" Americans that "make America great". Recently he's gone from characterizing the "elite" as not only himself but his yahoos as well.

[TomVilmer]

5. Oh sh*t! He guessed it.

[turbinetree]

6. Hey sexual predator..................you know the rooms you have and the golf course you have in

the EU country called Scotland......................They the Scots should condemn the property or better yet declare imminent domain and take it back..............................and then see you blow a gasket on, when they do. I want to see the blood vessels in your neck just bulge, with rage...................just to watch you go completely ballistic................


In fact if any Scots are reading this why not.................just tell him to go fuck himself and your take the property back................

[Orsino]

7. I think his handlers have learned no to bother making his talking points persuasive.

He doesn't listen to briefings and is just going to make shit up.

[Coventina]

8. And if it was, so fucking what?

According to Trump's doctrine of "America First," every country should be allowed to act entirely in its own self-interest.

And if that means joining up with other countries to take America down, then that is their right, by Trump's own rules.

Fuck you, Trump.

(I had promised myself I would stop swearing online, but I just can't take it anymore.)

[truthisfreedom]

10. Finally an admission of how pootie conned trumplet.

This is the message pootie is using to:

1) get trumplet to support brexlit

2) get trumplet to hurt the EU

3) and the list goes on and on. Our so-called leader has been conned because he’s full of himself.