Trump suggested Macron to leave the European Union, they say

At their meeting in April at the White House, US President Donald Trump proposed to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, to leave his country from the European Union. Washington Post.

"Why do not you leave the EU?" Trump told Macron who has a clear stance in favor of the bloc, according to a press article quoting two leaders as sources European

The content of this conversation was confirmed in AFP by a diplomatic source.

Trump has stepped up his attacks against the EU in recent months, ] denouncing what he regards as unfair trade practices, particularly in the automotive sector .

"The European Union was of course created to enjoy the United States," he said Wednesday night at a rally in North Dakota.

Chosen under the slogan "This is the United States first," Trump usually attacks multilateral organizations, and regularly criticizes NATO.

At the recent G7 summit in Canada, he told his allies that the Atlantic Alliance It was as bad as the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) who threatened to crush him.

In this context of strong tensions with his allies, Trump will participate in the July 11 and 12 in Brussels at the NATO summit before meeting a few days later with the President Russian Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

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