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$817 billion. we rebuilt china. what the european union is doing to us is incredible. they made $151 billion. they sound nice, but they are rough. they are all coming in to see me tomorrow. they are all coming to the white house. they said, they have to change. they didnt want to change. they said okay we will tariff your cars. mercedes, bmw, so many cars. i said we will have to tariff your cars. and they said to come up when can we be there. would tomorrow be okay? well, folks, stick with us. [...

>> president trump: its okay, its fine, they have to pay. they werent paying, other presidents went, they made a speech and they leave and nothing would happen. the fact that they didnt pay is not a new fact, this is something that people have known for a long time. other countries were delinquent, we say in business they use the word delinquent, they didnt pay. i went there three or four days ago and i said youve got to pay because were not going to pay it from-90 -- were not going to pay 90% o...

Risk, so what is the purpose of nato right now? >> president trump: its okay,s its fine, they have to pay. they werent paying, other presidents went, they made a speech and they leave and nothing would happen. the fact that they didnt pay ih not a new fact, this is something that people have known for a long time. other countries were delinquent, in the real estate business, we say the word "delinquent." they didnt pay. i went there three or four days ago and i said youve got to pay because we a...

And also, interestingly, a big part of natos mission is to prevent any hostility from russia. and yet angela merkel wants to import billions of dollars of their energy, up to 70%. which i would argue, that would make them vulnerable. >> president trump: shes paying russia billions of dollars. now thats her choice. she is going to do it, but it is a little tough when you are ins nato and you do that. i will say that i was amazed at the media because honestly, i was there for a day and a half, and...

We lost $151 billion last year. so they beat us on trade, and we defended them for essentially nothing. and i said its not going to be that way anymore. youve got to pay up. he gave me all of the credit. last year, $44 billion more. a more additional, and he said it was only because of president trump. so i figured i would wake up and read these wonderful stories, and by the way, i got along great -- i actually thought finally, we have a great story. okay, foreign relations. im going to have a g...

They charge us tariffs on cars far greater than we charge them. you know all these things. and last year theresa we lost $151 billion with the european union. we cant have that. we wont have that any longer, okay? thank you. >> robert. >> itv. mr. president, how would you characterize your relationship with the united kingdom? more special than with other countries? by the way on farm products on the prime ministers deal you wouldnt be allowed to export many of your farm products to the u.k. wou...

Things including our cars. they charge us tariffs on cars far greater than we charge them. as you know. you know all these things. and last year, theresa, we lost $151 billion with the european union. we cant have that. okay, thank you. >> robert. >> robert paxton, itv. mr. president, how would you characterize your relationship with the united kingdom? more special than other countries? by the way, on farm products, i think on the prime ministers deal, you wouldnt be allowed to export many of y...

Defend them through nato and nicely pay for it. the e.u. retaliated. now, the u.s. is threatening new tariffs on european cars. its interesting because people who follow deficits and markets. the president thinks of a trade balance as a bank account, right? he thinks thats a bank account thats been empty of $151 billion. and a lot of trade catchers point out, well, we bought stuff for that. its not like we got nothing. >> and were the victim here. >> right. >> these are the live pictures coming ...

Tariffs on $34 billion in chinese goods. that was punishment for china stealing u.s. trade secrets. china responded with tariffs in equal measure, but the president threatened to hit another $200 billion, if they retaliated. these tariffs will hit thousands of products, including consumer goods, handbags, refrigerators, furniture, apparel, mattresses. so far until now, the u.s. had avoided targeting things that americans would buy and would feel right away the higher prices, but the current scal...

So far, the u.s. avoided targeting things like that, that most americans buy, in the first round of tariffs. but the current dollar scale of the threats from the u.s. makes that nearly impossible. this announcement comes as trump meets with nato allies, many of whom he accuses of unfair trade practices. he tweeted yesterday that the u.s. has a $151 billion trade deficit with europe, but they want us to happily defend them through nato and nicely pay for it. the u.s. already hit the eu with tarif...