[The National Interest] The Messy (Un)truth Behind Trump’s Latest Conspiracy

No, the EU wasn’t set up to free ride on America. It does so anyway.

Reuters

Beltway blobsters were on the edge of their seats Tuesday last week as Donald Trump went off-script from prepared remarks at the Rose Garden. “The EU was formed to take advantage of the U.S.,” he asserted amidst a markedly Trumpian tour d’horizon that included attacks on Joe Biden and blows at China for cheating on trade and the WHO. “I know that. They know I know that, but other presidents had no idea,” he added. Needless to say, take advantage is the sentence’s climax, but formed is its novel keyword.

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