Donald Trump referred to his trade war during a briefing on board Air Force One while returning from Florida, where he spent the last three days playing golf. The president argued that America's foreign trading partners were coming to negotiate with him, but noted that This is only possible if they agree to balance their trade in the USA.
When asked about the statement of his adviser and billionaire Elon Musk about the fact that he would like to create a free trade zone without duties between the USA and Europe, Trump again He expressed his grievances about the “terrible treatment of America” by the EU.
– The United States cannot lose $ 1.9 trillion on trade. We cannot do it and spend a lot of money on NATO to protect European nations, protect it with the army and lose money on trade. The whole thing is crazy and I was chosen on this basis – he said. “You know, Americans understand it much better than the media, but the media understand it,” he added.
Donald Trump about duties. “I won't talk otherwise”
He noted that although European leaders “They come to the table” and want to talk, “there will be no conversations until they pay us a lot of money every yearfirst of all for the present, but also for the past. “
In a similar tone he spoke about possible conversations with China.
– We lose hundreds of billions of dollars a year with China. And if we do not terminate this problem, I do not intend to conclude a contract. I am willing to conclude a contract, but They must solve their surplus Trump said.
The President confirmed the reports that he was close to the conclusion of the Tittok taking over a contract with China, but Beijing withdrew after he announced new duties. – If I reduced the tariffs a little, they would approve this contract in 15 minutes, which shows the strength of the tariff, right? He assessed.
When asked if he wanted to deliberately lead to a crash on the stock exchange, Trump denied this hypothesisdespite the fact that he twice on his social networking site a film from the thicket claiming that he intentionally strives for declines in the markets to force a federal reserve to reduce interest rates.
During the briefing on board the Trump aircraft, he only briefly negotiated with Russia and the war in Ukraine. He only stated that talks with Moscow were ongoing, but he noted that “He doesn't like bombing.”
