Fact check: Trump and the case of the nonexistent $600 billion EU ‘gift’
Foreign Policy,EU,European Union,Donald Trump,Facts And Fact Checking
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Seventeen days ago, President Donald Trump made a dramatic claim in an interview on the business news channel CNBC. As part of his July trade agreement with the European Union, he said, the EU gave the United States a $600 billion present he could spend however he wanted.
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