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President Trump's statement: The European Union was created to benefit the US
2025-03-12 18:39:32 / BOTA
During a meeting with the Irish Prime Minister in the Oval Office of the White House, President Donald Trump stated that the European Union was created to benefit the United States.
"The EU was created to benefit the United States ," Trump says.
Asked if Ireland was also benefiting from the US, he said: " Of course it is. I have great respect for Ireland, for what they did and they should have done exactly what they did."
But the United States should not have let it happen. We had stupid leaders, we had leaders who had no ideas.
"Suddenly Ireland has our pharmaceutical companies, this beautiful island of five million people has the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its hands," Trump says.
"I have property in Ireland, as you know, and I like it, it's very nice, but I would like to see the United States not be so stupid for so many years, not just with Ireland, with everyone.
For example, when pharmaceutical companies started going to Ireland, I would say, 'It's fine if you want to go to Ireland, I think that's fine, but if you want to sell anything in the United States, I'm going to put a 200% tariff on you, so you'll never be able to sell anything in the United States.' You know what they would have done? They would have stayed here," he added.
Trump's comments reflect his views on trade with Canada and European countries in recent weeks, in which he claims some countries are taking advantage of the United States.
He said at today's press conference that the US " has been abused but will not be abused again ."
He also said the US will respond to counter-tariffs introduced today by the EU.
The US president added that there is currently flexibility on tariffs, but this will stop once the tariffs are implemented.
There is still a "massive deficit," Trump says, but the US will make it up.
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