US EditionTrump calls EU ‘nasty’ while sitting alongside NATO secretary
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for encouraging NATO members to increase defense spending during their meeting in the Oval Office, where Trump questioned the EU's commitment to fair trade practices.
- President Donald Trump criticized the European Union, calling it 'nasty,' due to its legal actions against American companies and stated that its policies create prohibitive trade conditions.
- Trump claimed that trade between the U.S. and the EU is 'like a one-way street,' highlighting that the EU sells millions of cars to the U.S. while U.S. car sales in Europe are virtually nonexistent.
- In response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, the European Union announced countermeasures against American exports worth up to $28.2 billion, with President Ursula von der Leyen stating that the measures are strong but proportionate.
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In the podcast Afhameren, political commentator Wouter de Winther and presenter Pim Sedee discuss the visit of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to President Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that he supported him for the position of NATO Secretary General, in the competition with President Klaus Iohannis, who later withdrew from the race. Trump emphasized that there was another candidate he did not like, without naming him directly, but Rutte's only opponent for NATO leadership was Klaus Iohannis.
NATO secretary-general tells Trump he's motivating alliance members to spend more on defense - Seymour Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte laid on the praise for President Donald Trump on Thursday as the two met in the Oval Office at a time when the president’s comments have raised doubts about his commitment to the transatlantic alliance and its mutual defense treaty. Rutte welcomed Trump’s efforts to get fellow members of the alliance to step up their defense spending and told the president, “I think they want to work together w…
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Trump calls EU ‘nasty’ while sitting alongside NATO secretary
President Trump on Thursday called the European Union (EU) “nasty” while sitting alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. Trump complained about the steep tariff on U.S.-made cars in Europe and a Court of Justice of the European Union decision in September that required tech giants Apple and Google to pay billions in fines over antitrust issues.…
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