'We're Always Open To Talk': Donald Trump Debates Possibility Of Reducing European Tariffs

During a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump answered a question about tariffs.

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00:00Mr. President, Mr. President, you've praised European countries today as standing up for Ukraine, as being strong.

00:06Will you allow them to continue to negotiate tariffs lower than 30% before August 1st, or is the deal set at this point?

00:12What does that mean? You mean you're talking about the tariffs?

00:15On trade, on tariffs.

00:16Oh, you're back on tariffs. You're on a more friendly tariff, right? A little bit more friendly tariff.

00:21Perhaps.

00:23No, we're going to be talking to people. We have, you know, I watched the show this morning, they were talking about,

00:28well, when's he going to make the deal? The deals are already made. The letters are the deals.

00:32The deals are made. There are no deals to make.

00:35They would like to do a different kind of a deal. We're always open to talk.

00:39We are open to talk, including to Europe.

00:42In fact, they're coming over, they'd like to talk.