Trump Says He ‘Doubts’ US Will Make Trade Deal with Japan: Q&A
Voters.
Almost always they seem to go along with me because they know I’m working hard.
I have a nice high IQ. Like that.
You know, we like high IQ people, but. They know I make good decisions as well
with that. Trump was right about everything.
But, you know, I don’t like guys. Like they just keep saying no, I vote
no. I vote no.
No, nothing. Let him get something.
Let him get what he wants. Yes, but if you look at his voting
record, shows he gets. Well, he’s going to have an opponent.
He’s got he’s he’s going to have a big opponent, good opponent.
Who’s going to win. No apologies came out.
And it showed anybody I endorse against Massey.
Massey loses by 25 points. So.
He’s going to be think. I felt the Senate was going to be
tougher than the House. We got there, we got pretty much what we
wanted. It was an amazing package.
The biggest bill ever passed if we get this done.
You know, most of the people wanted seven or eight different bills.
And I thought that was tougher because it’d be 100%, there’d be nothing.
You could just build something for everybody by doing it this way.
So we’re happy about it. We’re happy with the result.
Well, they’re going to ask for certain changes, but I don’t know.
I mean, I guess what would happen if that happens?
You don’t have to run it fast, pass the Senate.
So, you know, it never ends. I don’t know if that’s going to happen.
Do you think it’s I guess it’s been done right on occasion.
That will happen with they make a change and they’ll get it back.
So I’ll go pretty quickly. But
I think the center was a very big move and they worked very hard.
I didn’t get along with Jealous. And he resigned.
That’s a good thing. Somebody that would really be great is
Fara. She grew up there.
But they live in Florida and have a very good life.
And they you know, they’re great people. She did fantastically running the RNC.
She’s even going to show this. Strike the number one show.
And Mark Levin is likewise I mean, they have the number one number two show over
the weekend. She’s a great person for a job.
You know, would always be. My first choice, which is to live there
now, which is there all the time in Paris.
And, you know, she really knows North Carolina well.
And I want to three times. I don’t know who the candidates are
going to be. I think you’re going to have one of the
congressmen step up and should do very well.
No, not at all. It’s so soon.
I had it out with this guy two nights ago and he resigned, you know, which I
was happy about. He did us all a favor. It appears to be.
No, I haven’t. You telling me this for the first time?
I think he’s done an amazing job on you.
Who are you? You with?
Good paper, actually. Are you concerned right now?
Yeah. It’s going to take a long period of
time. We’re going to have a lot of.
We’re going to have a lot of angst because it’s a tough it’s a tough thing.
But no, I think they’re doing an amazing job.
And, you know, we’re doing a lot of deportations.
We’re doing a lot of people, self deportations where they come in and they
deport and then they want to come back into the country and they can only come
back into the country under no circumstances unless they go out the
proper way. Otherwise, they’re never coming back.
No, I think it’s going very well. Look, I did a tremendous service when he
allowed this to happen to our. And I always said it’s the toughest
thing. You know, I had inflation and I got rid
of it when. I had a bad economy and we got to you
know, we set a new stock market high today.
We’re doing. Unbelievable.
The country is doing that. I always said the most difficult thing
is what happened at the border, allowing 21 or 25 million people to come into our
country. It’s the most difficult thing to do.
And I think I think we’re doing a fantastic job in getting them out.
But you have a lot of self deporting, a lot more than people understand that
those people are eligible maybe to come back in.
No, no, I’m not.
I’m not thinking about that. But I’ll be writing letters to a lot of
countries, and I think you’re just starting to understand the process.
We’ve dealt with Japan. I’m not sure we’re going to make it.
I doubt it. With Japan, they’re very tough.
If there’s ever a spoiler. I love your man.
I really like the new Prime minister, Shinzo Abe.
He was one of my closest friends. You know, the new prime minister is
great. He’s a very strong guy.
But they and others are so spoiled from having ripped us off for 30, 40 years.
That it’s really hard for them to make a deal.
You know, very. As an example which you.
They won’t take rice, and yet they desperately need rice.
You know that. But they won’t take rice.
They won’t take other products away. Think of it, they need rice so badly,
but they won’t take rice. I think that was an easy one for the
cards. As you know, they said that millions we
didn’t we didn’t give them one car In ten years, they won’t take any cars.
They’ll sell millions more. So, which.
I’m sorry, you can’t do that. We have a great relationship, great
reliance. And really a great
sort of a partnership in a way. But Andre, they’ve been very.
And those days are gone. So what I’m going to do is I’ll write
him a letter. So we thank you very much.
We know you can’t do the kind of things that we need and therefore you pay a
30%, 35% or whatever the number is that we determined, because we also have a
very big trade deficit with Japan. And it’s very unfair to the American
people. So
they maybe will be happy. They maybe won’t be happy.
But some countries we weren’t even allowed to trade.
But for the most part, we’re going to determine a number just very simply
wrote him a nice letter, probably one page or a page and a half at the most.
And it’s going to be essentially congratulations.
It’s going to be an honor to allow you to go and do business in the United
States of America, because it really is an honor to be able to do that.
But we never viewed it that way in this country.
And, you know, we took in $129 million already.
We haven’t even started. No inflation.
Our country is strong. Our interest rate should be three points
lower if our interest rate was three points lower.
That’s almost $1,000,000,000,000. Just by the signing of a pen.
But we have a moron. At the end of the day.
That is a moron. Speaking.
I do. I have I have two or three job choices
and no, you almost got me now.
I think we’re going to have a deal with India.
Possibly. And that’s going to be a different kind
of a deal. It’s going to be a deal where we’re able
to go in and compete. Right now, India doesn’t exempt anybody
in. It is going to do that.
And if they do that, we’re going to have a deal for less, much less tariffs.
Just. Thank you for showing me, by the way,
that you mentioned. Yes, it was a meeting ago. Well, they are open, is under
investigation. The other serious thing, I think, is one
of the most serious things I’ve heard. Mayorkas was a terrible, terrible
secretary. But he was given orders to do things.
And the people who gave those orders probably have.
Pardon my pardon. A lot of people.
The only one he didn’t find was himself. But I don’t know if I do to him what he
did to me. Problem is, he wouldn’t understand what
happened, so maybe it wouldn’t be so bad.
Right. Something else.
Oh. President Obama was a terrible
president. President Biden was the worst president
in the history of our country. President Bush should not have gone into
the Middle East to blow the place up. So I don’t give him high margin.
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
I give Trump very high marks. Goodbye.
President Trump spoke with reporters about the chances of a trade deal with Japan, his tax bill and throwing his support behind a primary challenger for Senator Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Air Force One.
President Donald Trump said he is not considering delaying his July 9 deadline for higher tariffs to resume and renewed his threat to cut off talks and impose duty rates on several nations, including Japan.
“No, I’m not thinking about the pause,” Trump said Tuesday when asked whether he would extend the negotiating period with trading partners. “I’ll be writing letters to a lot of countries.”
US stocks pulled back after Trump’s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One. The S&P 500 Index quickly dropped 14 points on the headlines after trading was steady earlier in the day. The benchmark was down 0.1% as of 3:36 p.m. in New York. The Cboe VIX Index jumped above 16.8 before paring its advance.
A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar changed little after Trump’s remarks, while the yen held onto gains versus the US currency, outperforming all of its Group-of-10 peers.
Investors are closely watching how the president decides to handle the current pause on his April tariffs, which he put on hold for 90 days to allow time for talks.
Trump for weeks has sought to exert leverage over trading partners with threats to set high levies on governments he sees as being difficult. His top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, a day earlier signaled agreements would be announced after the July 4 holiday and the signing of the tax and spending bill the US Senate approved.
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37 Comments
"I give Trump very high marks"
What Japan should do:
1 charge taxes for all American travelers that come to Japan. We already have too many tourists.
2 charge tariffs on iPhones and internet services such as google.
3 sell US treasury bonds and bankrupt America.
Great idea.
Mentally deranged freak back at it again!
With friends like the American 🤡 , you don’t need an enemy!
Nutjob. Those who follow him = red pill democrats, russian trolls, birchers and unionists
Give it 2 days.
LOL – Hey orange man, Japan does not need you. The East Asian countries will survive just fine.
Gulf of Mexico
It is you the US has been so spoiled by Japan. Nobody ripped off the US, and US just failed its arrogant, destructive policy for way too long. We do not live for fixing somebody's failure, the results of endless war. While you killed numerous human, we earned our profits by winning trust from the world. The entire Asia has zero problem if we have the separate world from the North Atlantic.
🤬 trump he’s a waste of a life
Duffus is a world class idiot
Lier
It’s laughable Japanese will want American rice, GMO garbage.
Art of the deal! HA!
Wow, conservatives sure did ruin everything
Nobody noticed how china just withdrew 1/4 of their gold from our reserve. We are losing our financial power and position. We look dumb. If your president speaks like a child how do you get respect. We are burying ourselves with this fool.
Wonder how many earmarks on the bill ?
Thank you America. Good knowing y'all. 🙏 good bye
I think Japan can manage just fine by themselves
Go to bed Grandpa, you look like death.
Who want American cars?? Unnecessarily big and fragile
The thing is Japan protects the farmers and rice is a staple in Japanese households. This is culturally,historically and traditionally ingrained. Even if Japan would import rice,Japanese people may not buy it. Why? Coz even Japanese people have this respect for their own rice and even have this reverence for good rice from one prefecture for instance and they wanna support the farmers there. About cars..most Japanese cars are small and parking lots are small because long time ago the roads are made for palanquins. If Japan would insist on Japanese to buy big cars where will they park? We can’t force individuals to shave off their streets for this. This is why there is also bicycle culture in Japan. I understand trump but the reason why European cars worked out in Japn coz most European cars are also small(geographically the streets in Uk and Europe are also narrow). It’s not always about money but respect of culture and history. I import goods and I cover the tariffs and charge my clients. Trump is making it look like the exporter will cover the tariffs but the importer pays at US customs.
https://youtu.be/kHGTjJqTji4?si=JGIMUZHntVQqmspP
外交に不動産取引の手法を用いる
バ○なやつ
“They like high IQ people “😂😂😂😂
Master negotiator, folks! 😂😂😂
Trump says that small countries that do not even possess nuclear weapons are equivalent to colonies. Japan has been exploited by America?? The United States has used laws to destroy Japan's semiconductor business, and now we have no money even to buy rice, our staple food. If you drive an American car in Japan, an accident will happen in 30 minutes. It would be good for Trump to try driving an American car on Japan's narrow roads. We Japanese have bought what America told us to buy, and have passed the bills they asked us to pass. And yet they say 'Japan is exploiting America'??? Are you siding with Russia and China?? A dictatorial country like America.
これが同盟国？？？？？？？敵だろもう。
5:35 Who told him this about rice? I live in Japan. I just got back from two different super market chains (large chains typical of many super markets in Japan). There is American rice on store shelves. Rice that was clearly labeled as being from America (one I remember being specifically from California). It was right there next to the Japanese rice. Granted, I didn’t buy any American rice. I bought some Jasmine rice from Thailand because I’m making Thai-style curry later. But I easily could have grabbed the bag of American rice instead — it was right there within arm’s reach. Who told him this about rice?!? Is Japan really not getting a trade deal because someone misinformed him about super market rice?
Japan holds 12% of the issued value of U.S. Treasury bonds, and 75% of the Japanese government's foreign exchange reserves are in U.S. Treasury bonds. Japan has been returning the profits it made from trade with the U.S. by purchasing U.S. government bonds. However, going forward, as Japan looks for new export destinations, the U.S. will need to find new buyers for its government bonds. My economics professor at university says that Trump has given big opportunities to countries with high purchasing power, such as China and India.
I'm sick and tired of this "piece of work" threatening the elected representatives who don't vote his way.
Japan's mistake was in aligning too closely with the US.
he got rid of inflation?! WHERE?!
keep kicking allys back
Plaza account 2.0?
Japan lost decade 2.0?
Japan won’t export electronic nor car nor chip anymore?
いじめられています、助けてください😢
私は日本人です。この際日本人の本音を伝えてやるからトランプ支持者はトランプに伝えてやれ！
まず自動車。日本は自動車をアメリカから買わないというが当たり前だろ？
日本は国産車だけでもトヨタ、ホンダ、日産、スバル、マツダ、スズキ、ダイハツ、三菱など選択肢がたくさんある。わざわざアメ車を買う理由があるか？アメ車は大きくて日本の狭い道路を走るのがすごく難しいから日本人にとってアメ車はそもそも選択肢に入らない。せめてアメ車のメーカーが日本にあうサイズの車を作って売れるように努力しろよ！またアメ車は燃費も悪い。日本車はみんな燃費がいいからわざわざ燃費が悪いアメ車は買わない。燃費がいい車を作れ！耐久性もアメ車は問題がある。日本車に比べて耐久性が低いのにわざわざアメ車を日本人が買うと思うか？買わないわ！てかなぜ日本でアメ車が売れないのかアメリカの日本車ユーザーに聞けば？まさかアメリカ人が日本を応援するためにわざわざ日本車を買ってるとでも？違う。単純にアメリカの優秀な国民はいい商品を選ぶ。だから日本車がアメリカでたくさん売れるんだよ！
次に米だ。確かに今日本は米不足だ。ただ、日本米とアメリカ米は品種が違う。はっきり言って日本人からしてアメリカ米は不味い。美味しくない。だから買わない。アメリカはパンやシリアルなどが主食だろうが日本は米が主食だ。だから米にはこだわりがあるんだよ。アメリカ人には分からないだろうけど。日本人にとって米ならなんでもいいわけじゃないという事を忘れるな！アメリカ米買うくらいなら日本米に似た品種を栽培してる東南アジアの米の方がまだマシだ！
また日本がアメリカ製をボイコットしているわけじゃないことも伝えたい。例えばスマートフォン。日本のスマートフォンのシェア6割がアメリカのiPhoneだ。またそれに加えてGoogleのpixelも売れてるから日本でのスマートフォンのアメリカ製が占める割合がどれほど多いか分かるよな？日本だってSONYやSHARPなどがスマートフォンを売ってるが売れていない。日本人もより良い商品を選ぶ事が分かった？
ちなみに日本の自衛隊の武器も戦闘機やミサイル、銃など様々な兵器がアメリカ製だ。
もう分かったでしょ？日本人は優れた商品はアメリカ製のものでも喜んで買う。日本人にとってアメ車やアメリカ米は価値がないから売れないんだよ！
商品を買うのは日本国じゃなくて日本国民だということをトランプに教えてやれ！
I'm Japanese. I'll take this opportunity to tell you what Japanese people really think, so Trump supporters, tell Trump!
First of all, cars. It's obvious that Japan doesn't buy cars from America, right?
Even just domestically produced cars, Japan has many options, such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Suzuki, Daihatsu, and Mitsubishi. Is there any reason to go out of your way to buy an American car? American cars are big and very difficult to drive on Japan's narrow roads, so American cars are not an option for Japanese people in the first place. At the very least, American car manufacturers should make an effort to make cars that fit Japan and sell them! American cars also have poor fuel efficiency. All Japanese cars have good fuel efficiency, so no one will go out of their way to buy American cars with poor fuel efficiency. Make a car that's fuel efficient! American cars also have problems with durability. Do you think Japanese people will go out of their way to buy American cars when they are less durable than Japanese cars? No, I won't! Actually, why don't you ask American Japanese car users why American cars don't sell in Japan? Do you think Americans are buying Japanese cars just to support Japan? No. Simply put, America's talented citizens choose good products. That's why Japanese cars sell so well in America!
Next is rice. It's true that Japan is currently short of rice. However, Japanese rice and American rice are different varieties. Frankly speaking, American rice tastes bad to Japanese people. It's not tasty. That's why we don't buy it. In America, bread and cereals are the staple food, but in Japan, rice is the staple food. That's why we're particular about rice. Americans probably don't understand that. Don't forget that for Japanese people, not just any rice will do! Rather than buying American rice, it's better to buy rice from Southeast Asia, where a variety similar to Japanese rice is cultivated!
I also want to tell you that Japan is not boycotting American products. For example, smartphones. 60% of the smartphone market share in Japan is the American iPhone. In addition, Google's Pixel is also selling well, so you can see how much of the smartphone market in Japan is American, right? In Japan, Sony and Sharp are selling smartphones, but they're not selling well. Did you know that Japanese people also choose better products?
Incidentally, the weapons used by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, including fighter jets, missiles, guns and other weapons, are all American-made.
You get it now, right? Japanese people are happy to buy high-quality products even if they are made in America. American cars and American rice have no value to Japanese people, so they can't be sold!
Let's teach Trump that it's the Japanese people, not the country of Japan, that buys these goods!