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Originally Posted by Clocker
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Your comment is misleading in that it leaves the reader thinking that Pres. Trump called the E.U. America's biggest foe...period. It is pretty close to how a lot of fake news is reported, IMO.
The interviewer (Jeff Glor, CBS News Anchor) asked Pres. Trump a TWO-PART question. He set (set up??) the
trade mindset:
"Who is your biggest competitor, your biggest foe globally right now?"
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GLOR: 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 doesn't mean anything.
It means that they're competitors. They want to do well, and we want to do well. And we're starting to do well. You see what's going on. We have the best employment numbers probably that we have ever had. Black unemployment is the lowest level in history, Hispanic unemployment the lowest level in history, Jeff, women unemployment lowest in 66 years.
Our numbers are great. Our GDP numbers are far greater than what they thought.
GLOR: 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.
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in the context of the whole interview here - Transcript:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi..._on_trade.html
