U.S. president launches blistering new trade attack against Brussels, as he agrees to cool tariff war with Beijing.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the European Union is worse than China, hours after Washington and Beijing agreed to slash respective punitive tariffs and de-escalate their trade war.

“European Union is in many ways nastier than China, okay?” Trump said, as he lashed the bloc. “Oh, they’ll come down a lot. You watch. We have all the cards. They treat us very unfairly.”

    • Taiatari@lemmynsfw.com
      2·
      2 days ago

      Honestly we’d give you Hungary if you pinky Promis that you also keep the whacko’s on your side of the pond so they don’t come here. Heck we could even throw in a couple of white large eggs.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      14·
      2 days ago

      And anti corruption laws. Qatar can just give him a nice plane and get anything they want in return. The EU has laws against doing stuff like that.

      • Coolbeanschilly
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        2 days ago

        It’s almost like they expect responsible leaders. Huh, isn’t that something.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          7·
          2 days ago

          Goes without saying. The first Trump administration shows that as long as Congress doesn’t impeach and convict you, none of the laws meant to rein in the executive mean anything.

          • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
            7·
            2 days ago

            dude committed treason on live television and it wasn’t enough to engage the part of the constitution that says the only punishment for that is hanging

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      What? Those Chinese embassy posts couldn’t have been more direct in calling America stupid.

      Or maybe he dissociates himself from the country despite being the president?

  • Rentlar
    9·
    2 days ago

    Is Trump just going to spin the wheel of tariffs (in his mind)? Next month bring down tariffs on EU, pick another fight with Canada? Then with Australia? India? Japan?

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I know there is going to be a lot of negativity in relation to this article and its obvious why but you have to admit one thing. If donald trump knows anything. anything at all. its about nasty and being so.