This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.," the president proclaimed on Truth Social

The president in a social media post on Thursday said that he would move forward with the import duties if Brussels follows through with a tax on American whiskey exports.

In his first term, Trump also targeted the alcohol industry. A series of tit-for-tat tariffs hit alcohol products in the U.S. and the EU. The Biden administration suspended those tariffs, but now the industry is once again in the crosshairs. The industry has still been recovering from that first tariff spat.