Asked by the BBC in a stop at the Joint Base Andrews air force facility whether the U.K. could be hit with tariffs, Trump said: “It might happen with that, but it will definitely happen with the European Union.”
Taking aim at the EU, before pivoting back to the U.K., Trump said: “They don’t take our cars, they don’t take our farm products. They take almost nothing, and we take everything from the millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products.
“So the U.K. is way out of line, and we’ll see the U.K., but [the] European Union is really out of line.”
Trump then went on to talk up a warm relationship with Britain’s Labour Prime Minister Starmer, who has held a series of calls with Trump and repeatedly stressed the so-called “special relationship” between the two countries — despite a series of potential flashpoints.
“U.K. is out of line,” Trump repeated. “But I’m sure that one, I think that one, can be worked out. Prime Minister Starmer has been very nice. We’ve had a couple of meetings, we’ve had numerous phone calls, we’re getting along very well, and we’ll see whether or not we can balance out our budget with the European Union.”
The EU has already warned Trump the bloc will retaliate if he imposes tariffs on EU goods.
