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Summary Of Trump's Oval Office Briefing

This is following his meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The briefing is still going, but I stopped watching. Here's what I summarized:

1. The deal with the UK is great and historic, because he's friends with Sean Connery, aka James Bond, and it's a comprehensive deal.

2. The world has been talking about a deal between the US and the UK for 25 years, since Brexit, but no one can do it and he made it happen now.

3. He loves Rolls Royce and Bentley and wants to help them. He's had many of them.

4. When he announced his tariffs on April 2nd, a bunch of car companies decided to build plants in the US, and in fact construction is under way.

Great news. Now, in reality...

Brexit was 5 years go, but what's 20 years between friends.

Sean Connery has been dead about 5 years also, and what does Sean Connery have to do with the trade deal.

The UK was somewhat a bit reserved, calling the deal a "framework" and the details will take a long time to iron out.

Who are these car companies building plants in the US, and how did they manage to:

1. Locate the land.
2. Negotiate a sale/lease agreement for the land/location.
3. Design the plant.
4. Hire a design firm to design the plant.
5. Finish the design and get internal approval and permits.
6. Hire people.
7. Start construction

All in about 4 weeks.

Also he said that grocery prices are down and things have been amazing. 😭 But whatever is not going right, is Biden's fault.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I have been hearing two different nouns from different people of both nations:

Deal,

Agreement.

We learnt this morning, on the Today programme, that there is an important difference between them. A deal is normally temporary, often quite short-term. An agreement is designed for longevity.

So is it a deal or an agreement?

And is it fair or all one-sided, tilting Westwards?

......

What's Mr. T. waffling about anyway? Does he not know that much of Britain's car manufacturing was bought by American firms like GM, and Ford established factories of their own here, a very long time ago?

......

Had he not reduced his tariffs on imports from the UK:

3) He could have bought a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley, paid the import-tax as well as normal retail price in the USA, and so helped RR, the US agent and his own nation's Treasury!
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@ArishMell
What's Mr. T. waffling about anyway?

Question of the century 🤣
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@ArishMell It is a deal, not an agreement (in the sense of the agreement reached with India yesterday). The President does not have the authority to approve a binding trade agreement. That must be passed by Congress.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl I see. Thankyou . I had the impression this President is not too worried about such niceties, though.
It has been amazing...ly horrific.
tobynshorty · 51-55, F
My coffee black just curdled reading this.😐
Northwest · M
@tobynshorty This was just a quick summary. He went over everything from how Biden raised the price of eggs, to how well his personal company is doing in the golfing business in the UK, how Buttigieg used a bicycle to commute to his office with his husband, and took pains to re-emphasize the "husband" to the laugh in the background...
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Carla · 61-69, F
There was a list of all the promised new businesses that didn't materialize during his first circus.
This will be no different.
The rest? Delusional speech from a delusional individual.
He so wants a win. Any win.
Prepare for what he may do to think he might get one.
Northwest · M
@Carla The part of the deal that was signed today, removes the 25% tariff on UK cars that he imposed on April 2nd and turns it into a 10% tariff.

Any guess what the tariff on UK cars in the year 2024?

If you guessed 10%, you would be right.

This briefing was inside the oval office, so all the reporters were hand selected, and of course not one of them asked this question:

"So, the tariff used to be 10% under Biden, and you raised it to 25%, and then you spent 108 days negotiating a deal that brought it back to 10%, right?"
Carla · 61-69, F
@Northwest his cult and his sycophants will hail his deft negotiating skills.
They won't hear that the great deal was no real deal.
Trump wields tariffs like a weapon. I wouldn't trust anything that he has promised.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Northwest And people wonder why the federal and UK civil services are so large . . thousands of hours of manpower are wasted negotiating face-saving charades such as this.
TheShanachie · 61-69, M
WTH did I just read??🤷‍♂🙀
Northwest · M
@TheShanachie
WTH did I just read??🤷‍♂🙀

Just the highlights. I did not even fully get into the price of eggs and his golf courses in Scotland.

 
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