Donald Trump has described the EU as one of his greatest “foes” on trade.

Speaking in a TV interview for CBS News, the US President said that the trading bloc was “very difficult”.

“Well I think we have a lot of foes,” said Trump in Scotland. “I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now you wouldn’t think of the European Union but they’re a foe.”

Trump then went on to list traditional rivals such as China and Russia, before saying: “EU is very difficult. I respect the leaders of those countries. But – in a trade sense, they’ve really taken advantage of us.”

In response to the interview on Sunday, Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, tweeted: “America and the EU are best friends. Whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news.”

Trump has departed the UK for Helsinki, where he will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

The US President revealed he had “low expectations,” for his meeting with the Russian President.

John Bolton told ABC News that he expected to press Putin about election meddling.

“I find it hard to believe, but that’s what one of the purposes of this meeting is so the president can see eye to eye with President Putin and ask him about it,” he said.

“It’s very important that the president has a one-on-one conversation with President Putin and that’s how this is going to start off,” he added.

He’ll listen to President Putin’s response, and we’ll go from there.”

Trump’s visit to the UK was met with widespread protests. The President also gave a controversial interview with The Sun, where he criticised Theresa May’s approach to Brexit.