Donald Trump in CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2018


On Foreign Policy: European Union is a foe in trade, & in lack of NATO payments

Q: Who is your biggest competitor, your biggest foe globally right now?

TRUMP: Well, I think we have a lot of foes. I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now, you wouldn't think of the European Union, but they're a foe. Russia is a foe in certain respects. China is a foe economically, certainly. They're a foe. But that doesn't mean they're bad. It means that they're competitors. They want to do well, and we want to do well. And we're starting to do well.

Q: A lot of people might be surprised to hear you list the E.U. as a foe before China and Russia.

TRUMP: No, I look at them all. Look, E.U. is very difficult, I want to tell you. Don't forget, both of my parents were born in E.U. sectors, OK? I mean, my mother was Scotland. My father, Germany. And, you know, I love those countries. I respect the leaders of those countries. But, in a trade sense, they have really taken advantage of us, & many of those countries are in NATO. And they weren't paying their bills.

Source: CBS Face the Nation 2018 interviews of 2020 hopefuls Jul 15, 2018

The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2018
(John Dickerson & Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2018-20 races).
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