Trump: Europe Must Be ‘Careful’ | Responds to Elon Musk Controversy and Vaccine Mandate Debate

U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a series of sharp questions during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, reacting to a European Union decision reportedly affecting Elon Musk and warning that Europe is “going in some very bad directions.” Trump said he would request a full report on the ruling, calling it “a nasty one,” and noted that Musk had not contacted him for help.

During the same exchange, Trump was asked whether he would support ending federal childhood vaccine mandates and instead shift to recommendations similar to those in parts of Europe. He requested clarification from the reporter and said he would speak further after reviewing the issue.

The comments came as Trump discussed policy priorities with Cabinet officials and highlighted broader concerns over U.S.–Europe relations, regulatory trends, and health-related federal standards.

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00:00And that's what the Republicans want to do, because Obamacare is a disaster.

00:04And I said it five years ago, four years ago, three years ago, it was always a disaster.

00:09It's bad health care that's too expensive for people.

00:12And now your premiums, and you said it better than I said it, you said the Obamacare premiums are going to go up.

00:18They're going way up.

00:20And what I want to do is have the money, and you know who's getting that money?

00:23A lot of it is the insurance companies.

00:25I want the people to get the money and go out and buy their own health care.

00:29And everybody wants that, right?

00:32Okay.

00:32We must have five things, but you have to go on the floor, sir.

00:35Do you have any reaction on the fine that was imposed to X by the European Union?

00:39For what?

00:40To X, to the platform X, the fine that the European Union.

00:43That was pretty amazing.

00:45You're talking about, is that European Union, or is it, who did that?

00:50European Union, or you did?

00:51The European Commission.

00:52Whoa, that's a nasty one.

00:54I don't know.

00:55Elon has not called me to ask for help on that one.

00:59But, no, it's a tough thing.

01:02I don't think it's right.

01:03No, I don't think it's right.

01:04I don't see, you know, how they can do that.

01:07I'm not, I'm going to, I'll speak about it later.

01:10I'm going to get a full report on it.

01:12Look, Europe has to be very careful.

01:17They're doing a lot of things.

01:18We want to keep Europe Europe.

01:21Europe is going in some bad directions.

01:25It's very bad, very bad for the people.

01:26We don't want Europe to change so much.

01:29They're going in some very bad directions.

01:30That was a big, that was a big thing.

01:33You directed a review of the childhood vaccine schedule, possibly to match what is on par with peer nations in Europe.

01:39Would you support ending federal mandates and just making those recommendations for schools?

01:44You're going to have to say it again.

01:46As far as the vaccine schedule for children, would you support ending the federal mandates and making it optional for schools?

01:53Well, we're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines and with, you know, the different, I think we take like 88 different shots all wrapped up in one.