Republicans Overseas Chair: Trump favors bilateral ties

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The Chair of Republicans Overseas Greg Swenson says Trump prefers bilateral deals over multilateral ones, making a visit from EU’s von der Leyen to Washington unlikely. #Trump

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00:00Do you think a visit to the White House by the EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is still a very,

00:05very long way off? Yeah, I'm not sure about that. You know, look, she's saying on occasion she says

00:11the right things. She didn't say the right thing yesterday when she was complaining about the

00:15president. But, you know, two weeks ago, she was one of the first world leaders, if not the first,

00:20to say, I want to reach out to the White House and negotiate a trade deal and maybe even zero

00:25tariffs. So, you know, on occasion she says the right things. I think it's likely, you know,

00:30to at least a visit to Washington. You know, not sure she's going to get the, you know,

00:36the red carpet. The president loves bilateral relationships. He doesn't really care as much

00:41for multi-lat relationships. So, again, it puts the UK and Keir Starmer in a much better position,

00:48in my view, than the EU.

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