Trump claims UK 'out of line' as he threatens to expand tariffs to Europe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In comments overnight, the US president suggested he is poised to expand his tariff regime to both the UK and the EU, but added that he thinks a deal can be done with Britain.
49% : " The Prime Minister added: "In the discussions that I have had with President Trump, that is what we have centred on - a strong trading relationship.
48% : Sir Keir will urge EU countries to shoulder more of the burden of aid for Ukraine at the meeting in Belgium.
43% : But the US president said tariffs will "definitely" be placed on goods from the EU, saying America's trade deficit with the bloc is "an atrocity" that means "they take almost nothing and we take everything from them". UK ministers have previously suggested the UK could avoid US tariffs because America does not have a trade deficit with Britain.
39% : EU officials have started drawing up contingency plans for the threat of US tariffs, and representatives of the bloc are bullish about the prospect of a face-off with America, the Telegraph reported.
13% : The looming prospect of a trade war with the US threatens to overshadow Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's meeting with EU chiefs after Donald Trump claimed the UK is "out of line".

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