That deal, of course, came right on the heels of another major deal the president announced here in Scotland during this short trip to his mother’s homeland: On Sunday evening, after just about an hour of negotiations, Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a massive trade deal between the United States and the European Union, which von der Leyen described as the “biggest trade deal ever.” Trump said he actually learned about much of the history of the hostilities between the two nations from Breitbart News, likely referencing a piece published last week from Christian Caruzo detailing how the current conflict dates back more than a century and other similar conflicts between the two date back centuries. I said ‘listen, we’re doing a trading deal’—with Thailand I started—‘we’re doing a trading deal and I’m not going to be doing a deal if you’re going to be killing each other.’ Then I spoke to Cambodia and said essentially the same thing.
Author: Matthew Boyle, Matthew Boyle
Published at: 2025-07-28 22:56:29
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