Trump considers extending July 8 deadline for concluding tariff talks

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US President Donald Trump addressed questions on trade policy and protests in Los Angeles on June 11, speaking to reporters upon arriving at the Kennedy Center for a performance of Les Miserables.  Trump said he would be willing to extend a July 8 deadline for concluding trade negotiations before new US tariffs take effect.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thank you very much, have a good night.

00:30Would you be willing to extend the deadline for trade talks with these countries?

00:42I would, but I don't think we're going to have that necessity.

00:45We made a great deal with China, we're very happy with it.

00:49We have everything we need and we're going to do very well with it and hopefully they are too.

00:55We're dealing with Japan, we're dealing with South Korea, we're dealing with a lot of them.

00:59We're dealing with about 15 countries.

01:01But as you know, we have about 150 plus and you can't do that.

01:06So we're going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks to countries telling them what the deal is.

01:13Like I did with EU.

01:15And are you happy with the EU right now?

01:17You were unhappy with them about five days ago.

01:19Well, I'll let you know in about a week.

01:21They do want to negotiate, I will say that.

01:23The protests have spread down in 16 cities across the U.S.

01:26Well, I don't know, that's what you're saying.

01:28Do I believe you?

01:29I don't think so.

01:30I can tell you that what we have, what we have is a situation in Los Angeles that was caused by gross incompetence.

01:37They didn't have the police to handle it.

01:39The police were asking us to come in.

01:41They were very late.

01:42We had to go in to save a lot of ICE officers, as you know, who were held up.

01:46They were held up in a building and they were being attacked.

01:50And the military went in, the National Guard went in and got them.

01:53The police weren't able, unfortunately, to move fast enough.

01:56But we moved fast enough.

01:58And while we were there, we stayed there.

02:00And we stopped tremendous destruction and death.

02:07the police were holding up in and out of jail.

02:08And the police were holding up once they drove up.

02:09They were back there, they were not able to do that.

02:10And we're always wondering, what is the police, what is the police?

02:11What is the police, what do you want to do?

02:12What has the police had done?

02:13What is the police had done?

02:14You

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