Donald Trump does Donald Trump. The American president described this Wednesday, February 26, European integration, a project encouraged for decades by Washington on Wednesday, as being rooted in an attempt to counter the United States. “Listen, let’s be honest, the European Union (EU) was designed to piss the United States,” said Donald Trump at the first meeting of his cabinet in the White House since his return to power. “It was the goal and they succeeded. But now I am the president,” he added.
The American president announced on this occasion that European products will be “soon” of 25 % customs duties. “We have made the decision, and we will announce it soon, it will be 25 %,” said Donald Trump. It is therefore the level at which Canadian and Mexican products should also be taxed from April 2, except change by then.
“We are the corne of abundance”
Donald Trump repeated his grievances against the EU, believing that “they did not accept [leurs] cars or [leurs] agricultural products “.” They take advantage of us in a different way “of Canada or Mexico, he added. The American president repeated that the American trade deficit vis-à-vis Europe was” 300 billion dollars “. These data are disputed by the European Commission: it estimates it on the contrary at 150 billion euros ($ 157 billion) on goods only, but only 50 billion American trade surplus in services.
According to the tenant of the White House, European countries could be tempted by reprisal measures but “they will not”. “They can try to do it, but the effects will never be the same, because we can leave. We are the cornucopia, what everyone wants and they can try reprisals, but it will not work,” he said. “It is enough that we no longer buy anything, and if that’s what happens, we win,” he insisted.
Donald Trump also said this Wednesday that it was to Europeans, not in the United States, to provide security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a conflict settlement plan with Russia. “I will not provide security guarantees beyond many,” said the Republican leader. “We are going to ask Europe to do it because, you know, Europe is their immediate neighbor, but we will make sure that everything is going well,” he said.