Trump Calls E.U. an "enemy" of trade; He says that he had not thought about the search for Russian extraditions

KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND – President Trump, adding to the list of allies he faced last week, said Sunday in an interview that he considered the European Union as an "enemy" "commercial, a few days after a controversial NATO summit and on the eve of ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin

. Trump made these remarks in an interview Saturday with "CBS Evening News", during which he also said that he "had not thought" to request the extradition of the 12 intelligence officers Russians accused of hacking Democratic Party organizations in an effort to influence the 2016 election.

"Well, I could," Trump said during the interview, led by anchor Jeff Glor at President Turnberry's golf course in Scotland. "But I will definitely ask questions about it."

The United States does not have an extradition treaty with Russia.

Regarding his point of view on trade, but they are an enemy, "Trump told CBS." Russia is an enemy in some ways. China is an economic enemy, certainly an enemy. "

Before leaving his resort in Turnberry, Scotland on Sunday, he spent two days golfing and organized meetings and calls to prepare for the meeting with Mr. Putin in Helsinki, Finland. A harsh message to the Russians, as some Republicans and diplomats have hoped, Trump once again made US cybersecurity a partisan rather than national issue, and he also seemed to mock the hacking of the National Democratic Committee's servers.

"We had much better defenses," said Trump, suggesting that the Russians could not hack the Republican National Committee. "I think the DNC The President gave a series of interviews and press conferences during his trip to Europe last week at a NATO summit in Brussels and during a working visit. in England. In each, he sought to minimize the meeting with Mr. Putin. He also refused to severely criticize the Russian president before meeting them face-to-face. The two men must hold a joint press conference after their meeting.

As his NATO allies observed him in Brussels, Mr. Trump refused to call Mr. Putin an enemy or friend, but called him a "competitor" . And at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday, Mr Trump said that he would raise the issue of Russian interference in the elections. But he again stressed his wish to engage with Mr. Putin, among other leaders whose actions were hostile to the NATO alliance

"I will absolutely evoke "interference", Mr. Trump said. sure. "I hope we will have very good relations with Russia, China and other countries."

The CBS interview was conducted for a week when Mr. Trump publicly blasted several media outlets for publishing what he called "false." news "- including his own quotes on record and recorded in The Sun, a British tabloid.

He also targeted individual journalists for trying to ask him questions about his strategy with Russia At some point , he denigrated a NBC reporter for asking him if he gave Mr Putin any advantage after a week of denigrating the United States' closest allies.

He said that "the false news does not want to talk about the" efforts of his administration to increase the pressure on Russia for its hostile behavior, including the expulsion of 60 Russian officials from the United States in March about the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil

This month, two Britons were poisoned in Amesbury, England, by Novichok, a neurotoxic agent of the Soviet era, near the site of previous poisoning. , in Salisbury, England. Britain has accused Moscow of attacking the former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury. Moscow vigorously denied any involvement.

After marveling at the Trump brand M & M that he found in the plane, Mr. Morgan met with the president, discussing his more impulsive and charismatic regime. salmon and a lemon bar), the first lady, Melania Trump – "I hope that she never runs against me," he said – and Mr. The audience of Trump with Queen Elizabeth II

Bolton, who travels with Mr. Trump in Europe, said that a possible alternative would be to use Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, for " red notices," or requests arrest pending extradition.He also said that he expected the Ministry of Justice to take measures to stop the Russians.