Trump: Global Tariff Rate Will Be 'Somewhere In The 15 To 20% Range'

During a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, President Trump was asked about a global tariff.

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00:00Food is being delivered, or at least all of it.

00:03You said you were going to set essentially a tiered for the world.

00:08For the world.

00:09What percent will that be?

00:11I would say it'll be somewhere in the 15 to 20 percent range.

00:15So maybe 15 or 20?

00:18No, I said, you know, I sort of know, but I just want to be nice.

00:22I would say in the range of 15 to 20 percent.

00:25Did you just announce that you might go back to the U.K.?

00:28Probably one of those two numbers.

00:29You saw the U.K. and steel and aluminum makers here are worried about aluminum tariffs.

00:33Will you do anything about it here?

00:34Aluminum?

00:36You're a pretty big aluminum maker.

00:38Yeah, that's already covered in the deal that we've agreed.

00:42So we're just doing the implementation of that.

00:44But, Mr. President, when will that come down from 25 percent to zero?

00:47You mean on the overall, on the world?

00:50On steel and aluminum from Britain, it's 25.

00:54Well, we're going to know pretty soon.

00:55We're going to have it pretty soon.

00:56You have no idea that these people are tough negotiators, OK?

01:02But we're a big buyer of steel.

01:04But we're going to make our own steel.

01:05We're going to make our own aluminum for the most part.

01:08But we buy a lot of aluminum from right here.

01:11And a lot of steel, too.

01:12Yeah.

01:13Who are you with?

01:14Who are you with?

01:15Because you're asking such nice questions.

01:17TV News.