Why the Very Stable Genius's sloppy way of putting things matters

He's gonna have ample opportunity to regret his terminology here:

Coming off a contentious NATO summit and a trip to the U.K. in which he seemed to undercut the government of America's closest ally, President Trump took aim at another Western institution just days before his high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

In an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor in Scotland on Saturday, President Trump named the European Union -- comprising some of America's oldest allies -- when asked to identify his "biggest foe globally right now."

"Well, I think we have a lot of foes. 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. Russia is foe in certain respects. China is a foe economically, certainly they are a foe. But that doesn't mean they are bad. It doesn't mean anything. It means that they are competitive," Mr. Trump said at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland. 

"I respect the leaders of those countries. But, in a trade sense, they've really taken advantage of us and many of those countries are in NATO and they weren't paying their bills," he added.

So that constitutes a foe? And I thought foes were by definition bad. Not in Squirrel-Hair World. " . . . that doesn't mean they are bad. It doesn't mean anything." Well, then, why did you open that unfiltered pie-hole of yours and say it?

Oh, it means they are "competitive." Do they garner your respect as a result or something?

How about rogue totalitarian regimes working feverishly on nuclear weapon-and-missile programs, Mr. President? Are they foes?

By the way, according the UK PM May, he encouraged her to sue the EU. Have we ever had a president whose mind gravitated to litigation so readily?

He's really set quite a table for tomorrow's summit with Putin.