EU was born to ‘screw’ US, Trump says; EU commission fires back β€’ FRANCE 24 English

Donald Trump said during his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the European Union was born to “screw” the United States. He said he’ll be announcing a 25% tariff hike on EU exports “soon”. The European Commission has fired back, saying the EU has been a “boon” for the United States. FRANCE 24’s Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
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42 comments
  1. Well his mum was from Scotland his dad was German they gave birth to him. So techinically we have screwed the USAπŸ˜€πŸ˜€

  2. Europe starts more wars to shower themselves with greed, perhaps, the US should let Russia and China owned Europe if it wasn't for Ukraine wanting to join NATO, there wouldn't be a war!

  3. The U.S. provides cheap protection, Russia provides cheap energy, and China provides cheap industrial goods. Europe?

  4. The European Union (EU) was formed to end the frequent wars in Europe and to create lasting peace and prosperity.

    How it began

    In 1946, Winston Churchill called for a "European Family" or "United States of Europe"

    In 1950, Robert Schuman, the French Foreign Minister, proposed merging European coal and steel production

    In 1951, the Treaty of Paris established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)

    In 1957, the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC)

    Why it was created

    To prevent any one country from secretly building weapons against others

    To make countries economically interdependent and less likely to go to war

    To increase cooperation between countries

    To create a single market and customs union

  5. Now Europe has three enemies – European elites, USA and Russia. If I was a European citizen, I would go out and let them know that I am not with them long times.

  6. There are lots of dramatic comments about boycotting US products, any such boycott is unlikely to happen, however the uncouth and retarded comments of Trump will lead to a reduction in demand for US goods and encourage customers to question why they have brand loyalty to any US product or service. Trump’s trade war will lead to a contraction of the US economy.

  7. Excellent decision. EU needs a taste of its own medicine. They should see how far they can go without the US. They have been acting entitled for too long now. Let them wake up to reality that they are nothing without the US.

  8. How about finally realising a tax on online revenue in each European country? Let's tax Amazon, Facebook … in France, Spain, Germany…

    This would hurt the techbrows immediately and not increasing prices for most Europeans

  9. Its amazing Europe can tarriff the US for decades and now the shoe is on the other foot they sure as hell dont like it!!! Tou dont want tarriffs….drop yours and have free trade!!! Time for the US to leave NATO and Europe…your on your own!!!

  10. His threat is not of Tarrif but a business terror. He wants to loot the world for the U.S.
    Since,he is nonsense for human welfare and service, unable to understand aid.

  11. The US sees any situation that doesn't exclusively benefit them as being "screwed over".

    Never forget it was the US that first advocated free trade and globalisation to gain an advantage and now they're crying foul because how dare other countries benefit as well.

  12. The only thing alienation for America is trump caused. Really can't believe how the uk invited him to visit the uk. Trump even had to order the PM to read the Kings letter. πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

  13. He even says, even if an individual country wants to leave the EU, they can't…. talk about a controlled people, you have an elite world board running your countries from the outside.

  14. You uppity Europeans always have to make excuses about the fact that, you are being betrayed by your own Union.

  15. We love you donald trump thank youβ€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸ˜Š

  16. If America could produce goods at a fair price perhaps Americans would by them. Americans can now buy American products at a higher price, enjoyπŸ˜…

  17. Don't mess with the old world you Anglo-Saxon refugee! And read a book once in a while.

    If you've got anything to add why don't you reply in a different language that you have learned because you are not a barbarian xD.

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