Published: 2025-05-12 15:58:41 | Views: 1
Trump is asked whether if no trade deal is reached with China at the end of the 90-day pause the tariffs will go back up to 145%.
“No,” he says. “But they will go up substantially higher [than 30%].”
He thinks Washington and Beijing will have a deal, he adds.
Key events
Trump says he thinks China will follow through with removing non-monetary barriers, adding: “I think they want the deal very badly.”
Trump raises the prospect of joining talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday.
Trump will be visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. He says:
I think you may have a good result out of the Thursday meeting in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine.
I was thinking about flying over. I don’t know where I’m going to be on Thursday. I’ve got so many meetings, but I was thinking about actually flying over there. There’s a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things can happen, but we’ve got to get it done.
Trump says he doesn’t plan to use the plane after he leaves office.
Trump says “it’s a great gesture” from Qatar and says turning down a free and very expensive plane would be “stupid”.
Asked if Qatar has asked for anything in exchange for the $400m jet, Trump says no, adding Air Force One “isn’t even in the same ball game” as planes owned by “some of the Arab countries”.
He justifies his plans to accept the plane as a gift from the Qatari royal family by arguing that Boeing’s delays in delivering a new Air Force One make it a practical decision.
Trump is asked whether if no trade deal is reached with China at the end of the 90-day pause the tariffs will go back up to 145%.
“No,” he says. “But they will go up substantially higher [than 30%].”
He thinks Washington and Beijing will have a deal, he adds.
Trump hints towards removing sanctions on Syria following a query from Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
“We may take them off of Syria, because we want to give them a fresh start,” Trump says.
Iran is “being very reasonable thus far”, says Trump, signalling that nuclear talks are going well. “I think they understand that I mean business.”
“Many other [trade] deals are coming in,” Trump claims, adding the US will “set the price”.
Trump says he’ll add on to tariffs if countries don’t abide by his “equalizing” drug policy to lower prices.
