TRUMP WARNED THE EU COULD FACE 35% TARIFFS "They paid 600 billion and because of that I reduced their tariff from 30% down to 15%. That's a gift, that's not a loan," he said in an interview with CNBC. "The details are 600 billion to invest in anything I want. The purpose was they've been ripping us for so many years that it's time that they pay up. And they have to pay up,"(*Walter Bloomberg)