'It's Time That We Play The Game The Way I Know How': Trump Defends Hardline Against EU With Tariffs

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump slammed the EU.

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00:00And we're going to do it very big. Yeah, please.

00:02Mr. President, what about the European Union?

00:04You said that negotiations are going nowhere.

00:07What, where are the kind of points where they're moving?

00:10They, I've been saying to everybody, they've treated us very badly over the years.

00:13It was formed in order to hurt the United States, in order to take advantage of the United States.

00:19And they've done that.

00:20We have a big deficit with them.

00:23They sell millions and millions of cars, as you know, Mercedes and BMW and Volkswagen and many others.

00:29And we, we were restricted from, essentially restricted from selling cars into the European Union, which is not nice.

00:38And I just said, it's time that we play the game the way I know how to play the game.

00:43You know, nobody, they've taken advantage of other people representing this country, and they're not going to do that any longer.

00:50Mr. President, you are deal maker.