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The United States may not impose heavy tariffs on British pharmaceuticals, US president Donald Trump has hinted, as he met with Sir Keir Starmer at his Scottish golf resort.
Mr Trump said he would be announcing tariffs on pharmaceuticals soon, as he praised the the UK’s drugs industry alongside Sir Keir.
“But you also have a good pharmaceutical business – we’ll be dealing with you on pharmaceuticals also – and we certainly feel a lot better with your country working on pharmaceuticals for America,” he said.
It comes after MrTrump praised Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to reduce immigration via small boat crossings as a “fantastic thing” as the two leaders met in Scotland.
Mr Trump said he knew “nothing about the boats” while meeting the PM at his Turnberry golf resort on Monday, but said “my hats are off to you” if the UK was trying to reduce immigration.
Sir Keir and his wife Lady Victoria were greeted by the president on the steps of his resort to a chorus of bagpipes as they arrived in South Ayrshire on Monday.
Donald Trump has praised a GB News reporter for asking “such nice questions” at his press conference with Sir Keir Starmer.
The US president interrupted the broadcaster’s Bev Turner to ask which outlet she is from.
“Who are you with? Who are you with? Because you are asking such nice questions,” he said.
Donald Trump has advised Keir Starmer to cut taxes and tackle immigration to beat Nigel Farage at the next election.
Asked about the Reform UK and Labour leaders, he said: “The one who cuts taxes the most, the one who gives you the lowest energy prices, the one who keeps you out of wars,” tend to win.
“Low taxes, keep us safe, keep us out of wars….And in your case a big immigration component,” he added.
He also said he thought he had won his election to the White House because of immigration.
Rolls Royce nuclear power plants sound “pretty good”, Donald Trump has said, in an awkward moment which suggested he is unaware of the company’s long-standing status supplying reactors to the Royal Navy.
The US president said: “We also discussed inside that we are, you know, there’s a whole new thing happening with regard to energy, from nuclear, and the Prime Minister is looking at that very strongly.“
“And I know you have Rolls Royce nuclear plants, that sounds pretty good, right? “I love that. What a great brand that is.”
The remark comes despite Rolls Royce having long designed, built and maintained reactors for the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.
Donald Trump has said he is looking forward to his unprecedented second state visit to the UK in September, calling King Charles a ‘great guy’.
He told reporters: “I am a big fan of King Charles… a great guy, a great person … a very, very successful man”.
He also praised the King as “very committed to the relationship” between the UK and the US.
And he described the Royal Family as “really great people”, saying the UK was lucky to have them.
The United States may not impose heavy tariffs on British pharmaceuticals, Donald Trump has hinted.
Asked by reporters whether his plans for an import levy on medicines would affect the UK, the US president told reporters: “We will be announcing on pharmaceuticals sometime in the very near future. We have a very big plan on pharmaceuticals.
“We want to bring a lot of the pharmaceuticals back to America, where they should be.
“If you look at Covid it sort of taught us a lesson. We were getting our pharmaceuticals from other countries; we almost didn’t make any, we used to make them ourselves.
“And we’re going to want to be making a lot of them ourselves, all of them, in a sense.
“But you also have a good pharmaceutical business – we’ll be dealing with you on pharmaceuticals also – and we certainly feel a lot better with your country working on pharmaceuticals for America than some of the other countries that were… with the relationship we have, you would not use that as a cudgel. You wouldn’t be using it as a block.”
Donald Trump has said Sir Keir Starmer has a “perfect wife”, a bizarre compliment that was brushed off by the UK prime minister as the pair met today.
Heaping praise on Sir Keir and his wife Victoria, Mr Trump said: “I respect him much more today than I did before, because I just met his wife and family.
He’s got a perfect wife and that’s never easy to achieve, right?”Responding, the UK prime minister said: “I take no credit for that.”
Donald Trump has heaped praise on Sir Keir Starmer, describing the UK prime minister as “so strong and so respected”.
He praised Sir Keir for having been “so supportive” of the US, adding that the prime minister did a “fantastic job” in securing a trade deal.
“You know, they wanted a trade deal here for years, many years, through many different terms of different people, and you got it done. So I want to congratulate you on that”, Mr Trump said.
“And it’s a great it’s a great deal for both that brings unity. We didn’t need unity, but it brings us even closer together. I think it’s good for both parties.”
He added: “We are doing really well as a country, and I think that the prime minister is he’s been so supportive of us, and so so strong and so respected.”
Donald Trump has claimed he has “stopped six wars” since he came into office.
The US president – who has promised to bring an end to so-called “forever wars” – referred to the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, claiming that his intervention, particularly his threat to end trade talks, led to a ceasefire.
He also cited the conflict between India and Pakistan and the peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Speaking in Scotland, the US president said: “Now this would be six that we’ve stopped… I’m averaging about a war a month”.
Donald Trump indicated his new deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table over the Ukraine invasion would be between 10 and 12 days.
The US president had earlier announced he will bring forward a deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine, as he met Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland.
Asked by reporters how long he would set for the new deadline, Mr Trump said: “I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today.
“There is no reason in waiting.”
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