U.S. wants to 'divide Europe': EU's Kallas

EU's Kaja Kallas claims the U.S. aims to "divide Europe" and doesn't support the European Union, amid rising tensions.

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.

“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.

This week, Mr. Trump’s administration launched trade investigations into the EU and ‌other countries, including China, India, Japan, South Korea and Mexico, over what it said were unfair trade practices. Under ⁠the investigation, the countries could face new tariffs by this summer, after the U.S. Supreme Court tore ‌down much of Mr. Trump’s tariff program last month.

Ms. Kallas said the United States’ approach to the EU echoed tactics used by the bloc’s adversaries, according to the FT.

EU countries should not be looking to deal ‌with Mr. Trump bilaterally, she said, and instead should deal with him together, “because we are equal powers when we are together,” the FT reported.