JD Vance predicts Trump will sign a trade deal with the UK
Vice President JD Vance predicted that President Trump would sign a trade deal with the UK, a country he “truly loves.”
“He praises and loves the king. It’s a very important relationship,” Vance mentioned Charles III in an interview released Tuesday by Unherd, a British news and opinion website.
Vance said the White House is working closely with Britain and his government Prime Minister Kiel Starmer. “Yes, I think we’re likely to reach a big agreement that is in the best interest of both countries,” he said.
Vance did not enter into details of the potential deal. Complex and politically charged In the UK. The country is a number of countries lined up for talks with the US since Trump imposed on-ship tariffs on dozens of countries and placed far greater collections on China.
A British official said last week that he believes the Treasury Secretary will first focus on an agreement with Japan, the US’s fourth-largest trading partner, after Canada, Mexico and China. The European Union has the largest trading volume across the US, but is not considered a priority, just like any other country.
Still, Vance softened him from becoming softer towards Europe. Old fell European leaders appeared to support far-right parties, such as Germany and the AFD alternative, and paraded British and French troops. Both fought alongside the American troops in Afghanistan.
“I love Europe,” Vance said. I said hard. “I love European people. I keep saying that American culture cannot be separated from European culture.”
That was far from Vance’s boring tone at the Munich Security Conference. There, if you continue to ignore the people’s opinions to the European leaders, “America has nothing to do for you, and there is nothing to do for the Americans.”
Later Mr Vance Provoked anger In Britain and France, the mineral trade negotiated between the US and Ukraine is “a better security guarantee than an army of 20,000 people from a random country that has not fought war in 30 or 40 years.”
The UK and France have tried to arrest the troops to ensure Ukraine’s security if peace was reached with Russia. The British fought the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq, while the French fought in Afghanistan.
However, the Vice President did not abandon his complaints that many European countries were not responsible for the burden of their security. “It’s not good for Europe to become a permanent security vassal of the United States,” he told Unherd.
Mr Vance exempts Britain and France from that category. (He claimed that his previous statements about the “random country” did not apply to them, but it was not clear who he was referring to.)
Despite goodwill, analysts say the much-anticipated trade deal could still be elusive. in Previous negotiationsthe United States pushed the UK to accept American beef and poultry imports. British critics for many years “Chlorinated chicken” It makes it difficult for the UK government to compromise.
Vance’s choice of Unherd for the interview was well known. The website was founded in 2017 by Paul Marshall, manager of hedge funds. Paul Marshall, once a donor to the British Liberal Democrats, has since been shaking with his political views. Marshall also owns The Spectator, a public service commenting magazine, and is an investor in GB News, a right-wing news channel.
