am not european but i didn't see anything too surprising in the interview. he said he'd leave the future of our relationship/arms deal with saudi arabia up to congress but doesn't really expect it to end because it'll affect american jobs and the anti-iranian effort. also said that there are very few actual tariffs and the fed is the biggest threat to the economy but that he won't intervene with the fed.
WSJ: A lot of people say that tariffs are really the biggest threat to the economy long term.
Mr. Trump: We don’t have any tariffs.
WSJ: But you’re saying it’s the Fed.
Mr. Trump: It’s so much nonsense, OK. This is your story. We don’t even have tariffs. I’m using tariffs to negotiate. I mean, other than some tariffs on steel—which is actually small, what do we have? I didn’t put them on the USMCA. We have a trade deal. I didn’t put them on in South Korea. We have a trade deal. That was the worst deal. That was a deal made by Hillary Clinton. It was a horrible deal. We made it into a sound deal. But I didn’t put tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? We don’t have tariffs anywhere. I read that today: We’re worried about the tariffs. You know what happens? A business that’s doing badly always likes to blame Trump and the tariffs because it’s a good excuse for some incompetent guy that’s making $25 million a year.
WSJ: Just to go back to the Fed for a second—
Mr. Trump: But think of it, Michael. We don’t have tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? I’m talking tariffs. I’ll use tariffs. I mean it. I’ve said I was going to put tariffs on European Union cars, right? They came to my office. We made the concept of a deal. We’ll see what happens. But they agreed to a deal that they wouldn’t even talk about. There’s no tariffs.
I couldn't read the article. Is there anything of note?