During a warm joint press conference in the White House on Thursday, US President said his colleague in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer, “A lot works to convince him not to make tariffs for Britain.
“I will tell you that he earned all that cholera they paid there, but he tried,” Trump said about Starmer, calling him “a very harsh negotiator.” “We could finish the real trading deal very well if the tariffs are not needed. Let’s see.”
Trump’s products that the UK may avoid tariffs on the day after it threatens the EU 25 percent on exports, and a few hours after it said it would be tariff for Mexico and Canada and increase the planned collection in China.
Trump said the UK is a “completely different place” with the EU.
Starmer confirmed that the UK and the United States on Thursday decided to “start work on a new economic transaction with its best technology.”
British officials stated that both sides sought a phased economic and technical agreement that focused on the full free trade agreement.
Trump said Vice President J. D. Vens and US Finance Minister Scott Igent were among the high -ranking US administration officials working on a potential transaction. “I think we will have a deal…. As soon as it can be done,” he said.
However, attempts to deal with the US-UK trading transactions in the past have been founded compared to Britain’s refusals to accept certain American farmers. The idea of such a trade pact became the main argument for pro-Brexit, which almost ten years ago.
While a full-scale trade transaction with US faces facing the United States would be a “real bonus” if the UK reaches a more modest tariff tariff tariff, said Paul Dals, the UK economist at the Capital Economics.
The meeting between Trump and Starmer, which focused on providing a peaceful deal for war in Ukraine, took place a few days after French President Emmanuel Macron visited the White House for similar discussions.
President of Ukrainian Valodimir Zelensky will meet with Trump in Washington on Friday with signs of thawing in their relationship. When asked what he had previously referred to Zelensky as a “dictator”, Trump said, “I said it?”
European leaders call on Trump to provide a military cover for any peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. But on Thursday, Trump said the United States will not need to provide such a “back platform” because the Americans working on the proposed minerals with Kiev will serve as a deterrent to the possible Russian attacks.
“We are the back platform because we will be there, we will work in the country,” Trump said in an oval office.
“This is a great thing for them economically,” he said. “We will have a lot of people there. I just don’t think you will have a problem.”
Trump said the United States “will definitely try to get so much” Russian Ukrainian land “as we can return” and that he will discuss it during their private meeting. “They fought on earth for a long time,” Trump said.
The US president, who accepted the invitation from King Charles to visit the monarch in Scotland and the prospect of the second visit to the UK, collapsed to Starmer, calling him a “special person”.
“I always cared for the British,” Trump said. “They don’t need much help, they can take care of themselves.”
But the US president added qualification, which would probably confiscate Starmer: “If they need help, I will always be with the British, well? But they don’t need help.”
Trump told the senior who will meet with European leaders from 18 London countries on Sunday to discuss European defense, which believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will honor any peaceful deal affected by Ukraine.
“I think he will keep his word,” Trump said. “I talked to him, I have known him a long time ago.” He added: “I do not believe he will break his word. I think the deal will hold on.”
Asked if he trusted Putin, Trump said he had a “confidence” for the Russian president.
During the White House meeting, Trump also unexpectedly supported the UK’s transaction to the Sovereignty of the Council of Mauritius as part of a long -term agreement on ensuring the future of the UK military base in Diego Garcia for 140 years.
“We will have a few discussions about it very soon, and I have the feeling that it will work out very well,” Trump said.
While the conversation between Trump and the starter was mostly heartfelt, Vens previously stated that the UK was responsible for “violations of free speech, which actually affect not only the British. But also affect US technology companies and, in expanding, American citizens.”
Starmer pushed back, saying that there was a freedom of speech “very, very long” in the UK and adding that it “would last very, very long.”
Starmer started a meeting with Trump, handing him a letter from King Charles, in which the monarch invited the US President to Scotland.
The visit is intended to prepare the soil for the fact that St.
Asked if he would accept the proposal to visit Scotland, Trump said, “The answer is yes,” adding that the king is a “beautiful man”.
Additional Stef Chavez report in Washington
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