EU pushes back hard against Trump tariff threats and his caustic comments that bloc is out to get US

The European Union is insisting that the 27-nation bloc is not out to undermine the United States as U.S. President Donald Trump put it. The EU says instead that the bloc was the world's largest free market that has created an economic windfall for U.S. companies working on and with the continent. The bloc also said that it would vigorously fight a wholesale tariff of 25% on all EU products headed for the United States. Thursday’s EU pushback came after Trump told reporters that “the European Union was formed in order to screw the United States.