“Other countries are horribly ripping us off, and the worst offenders are the so-called allies. The European Union treats us worse in trade than China, ”RIA Novosti quotes Trump.
According to him, "they were created to economically crush" the United States.
“And at the same time, we are protecting them together with NATO, they are ripping us off from commerce and we are protecting them, and they are ripping us off on this again,” the president said, noting that “he forces them to pay.”
In March, Donald Trump threatened the European Union countries with imposing import duties on "many goods" if they did not agree to negotiate trade.