Trump ready for a trade deal with Europe

 Wall Street Journal:

President Trump said he would have “very little problem” making a deal with the European Union to reduce tariffs in exchange for access to a U.S. market that he said has “something everyone wants.”

“There will be a trade deal, 100%,” Trump said of the EU, adding they “want to make one very much.”

Trump spoke during meetings at the White House Thursday with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who invited Trump to Italy and to meet EU officials for trade talks.

Meloni is better placed to convince Trump to go easy on Europe than almost any of her counterparts. Meloni and Trump share a conservative, anti-woke worldview and they have a personal rapport. Meloni, who is close to Elon Musk, was the only European leader at the president’s inauguration.

Trump on Thursday called her a friend. “I do like her very much. I think she’s a great prime minister. I think she’s doing a fantastic job in Italy,” Trump said before lunch at the White House.
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 Meloni is probably one of the best European leaders to cut a deal with Trump and the US.  She has so far been much smarter than some of the other European leaders.  At this point, if I were an Italian, I would vote for her too.

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