EU/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday [6-29-18] he would not comment directly on a report that Donald Trump suggested France leave the EU — but his commitment to Europe made clear what his response would have been. Back in April, Trump proposed to Macron that France leave the EU, the Washington Post reported, citing two European officials, and said that if Paris left the bloc, it would win a bilateral trade deal superior to what the EU gets as a whole. The White House did not dispute the officials’ account, but declined to comment, the Post reported…Trump has been at war on various fronts with his European allies, trade in particular. Earlier this week, Trump trashed the EU at a rally in North Dakota.”
-Gabriela Galindo, “Trump: EU was ‘set up to take advantage’ of US,” Politico, June 28, 2018 10:30 am