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    Preparing to meet with Putin, Trump calls the European Union a 'foe'

    by Laura King and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Jul 15, 2018 4 minutes

    HELSINKI - On the eve of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump Sunday described the European Union as a trading "foe," further unnerving some of America's closest partners after disruptive visits to NATO headquarters and the United Kingdom.

    Trump has not said what he hopes to gain from four hours of scheduled talks with Putin - including 90 minutes without any note-takers or aides - Monday in Finland's main presidential palace.

    "I don't expect anything," he said on CBS shortly before he left Scotland for Helsinki. "I frankly don't expect - I go in with very low expectations."

    Many foreign policy experts have similar expectations. But they worry that Trump's lack of preparations, his disparagement of U.S. allies in

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