In the vortex of trade fires between the US and the EU, the Donald Trump said he hoped to meet the “fantastic” European Commission President Ursula von der Layen.
«It is truly fantastic, I hope we will meet ‘, Donald Trump said in response to a journalist who asked him at the Oval Office yesterday (08.05.2025) if he was providing a conversation with her.
Unusual in this tone on the part of the White House tenant, who does not hide that the European Union and its institutions do not get rid of it, the head of the European Commission laughed when asked about this flattering characterization.
‘I generally like compliments“, He replied on the occasion of a press conference in Brussels along with the new German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz.
Asked at the Oval Office about talks with 27, Donald Trump did not go into details, but said he was convinced that the EU wants to “truly conclude an agreement”. “The whole world wants to conclude a deal with the United States“, He argued.
The US president and the president of the Commission had a brief conversation on April 26 in Rome, on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral, and agreed to meet on a subsequent date.
“I had good talks with President Trump, from the phone and at the Pope’s funeral, but for me the important thing, if I go to the White House, is to have a package on which to discuss. So it must be specific and I want to have a solution to which we both agree, “the European Commission President reacted.
The EU threatened yesterday, Thursday, to tax US vehicles and airplanes if negotiations on US customs duties fail.
The European Coalition is confronted with customs barriers imposed by Trump, mainly 25% of steel, aluminum and cars and 10% on most other species exported.