"The European Union is very, very bad to us," says US President Donald Trump, threatening tariffs against the bloc, as well as China, which he accuses of "sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada". Speaking at the White House on the first full day of his second term in office, Trump also says further sanctions on Russia are "likely" if President Vladimir Putin doesn't come to the table for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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00:00You've called for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
00:03If Vladimir Putin doesn't come to the table to negotiate with you, will you put additional
00:07sanctions on Russia?
00:08It sounds likely.
00:09And do you think that the war should be frozen currently along the border, by the way?
00:14The war should have never started.
00:15If you had a competent president, which you did, and the war wouldn't have happened.
00:19The war in Ukraine would have never happened if I were president.
00:22The European Union is very, very bad to us.
00:26They treat us very, very badly.
00:28They don't take our cars.
00:30They don't take our cars at all.
00:31They don't take our farm products, essentially.
00:34They don't take very much.
00:36We have a $350 billion deficit with the European Union.
00:40They treat us very, very badly.
00:41So they're going to be in for tariffs.
00:45We're talking about a tariff of 10 percent on China based on the fact that they're sending
00:49fentanyl to Mexico and Canada.