European Union Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas said the U.S. wants to “divide Europe” ‌and doesn’t “like the European Union” in an interview published by the Financial Times ⁠on Friday (March 13, 2026), after more than a year of turmoil in transatlantic relations.

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“What I think is actually ‌important for everybody to understand is that the U.S. has been very clear ‌that they want to divide Europe. They ‌don’t ⁠like the European Union,” Ms. Kallas told the ⁠FT.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted the European Union in his second term, imposing tariffs on member countries and others and ‌talking about annexing Greenland - a move that could effectively end the NATO alliance.

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