“The European Union on Thursday announced a plan to ramp up the pressure on the United States, hours before President Trump called the bloc’s top leader ‘fantastic’ and said that America would work with it toward a trade deal,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Trump’s tone was a marked shift from the one he has often struck toward the European Union, which he has said was formed to ‘screw’ the United States.”
“The change did not seem to be linked to the bloc’s announcement, but the pace of events underscored that Mr. Trump’s trade war is rapidly evolving and highly unpredictable.”
