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To double, triple, quadruple that so if they go in a slightly different route. it will be independence it is just your definition. but if they are going to go a certain route i just said i hope you are going to be able to trade with the united states. i read reports where that wont be possible. but i believe after speaking with the prime ministers people and representatives and trade experts it will absolutely be possible. so based on that, and based on just trade in general and our other relati...

>> president trump: i didnt consider it nice the prime minister, i have a loot of respect for the prime minister. its called fake news. we sol have a lot of problems -- solve a lot of problems with recording instruments. shes a total professional. when i saw her, i said i want to apologize, i said good things about you. >> sensational headlines in "the sun" and the president smoothed it over today. pretty clear the presidents mind was also pretty focused on trade between the u.s. and the u.k. >>...

Current brexit plan, that would probably kill the possibility of a trade deal with the uk. >> i didnt criticize the prime minister. i have a lot of respect for the prime minister. unfortunately there was a story done, which was generally fine, but it didnt put in what i said about the prime minister. really just said shes going to make a decision as to what shes going to do. only thing i ask of theresa is that we make sure we can trade. that we dont have restrictions. we want to trade. >> just t...

Been stronger than it is now. so madam prime minister, thank you very much. its been an honor. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president, thank you. >> we will take four questions each. im start off with laura. >> thank you very much, prime minister, and mr. president. laura, bbc news. mr. president, you seem rather to have changed your tune from what you said earlier this week, when you said that on the current brexit plan, that would probably kill the possibility of a trade deal with the uk. our ...

He cant play the issue. he goes to vietnam and says, we want to have a partnership with you. the other thing he has in his pocket is the fact that vietnam has a great economy, south koreans have a great economy. japanese have a great economy. >> laura: he wants to do one on one. bilateral trade agreements. get out of these megadeals where we always get the short end of the stick. to me thats doing trade the smart way. >> thats fulfilling his election promise. by doing this, walking away, bringin...

He cant play the issue. he goes to vietnam and says, we want to have a partnership with you. the other thing he has in his pocket is the fact that vietnam has a great economy, south koreans have a great economy. japanese have a great economy. >> laura: he wants to do one on one. bilateral trade agreements. get out of these megadeals where we always get the short end of the stick. to me thats doing trade the smart way. >> thats fulfilling his election promise. by doing this, walking away, bringin...

He goes to vietnam and says, we want to have a partnership with you. the other thing he has in his pocket is the fact that vietnam has a great economy, south koreans have a great economy. japanese have a great economy. >> laura: he wants to do one on one. bilateral trade agreements. get out of these megadeals where we always get the short end of the stick. to me thats doing trade the smart way. >> thats fulfilling his election promise. by doing this, walking away, bringing over the bernie folks....

Peoples, we will, from now on, expect our partners will faithfully follow the rules, just like we do. we can no longer tolerate these chronic trade abuses and we will not tolerate them. >> dana: i have to say. having been on a lot of those presidents or trips, this one, i think, has been flawless from start to finish. hes been successful on the world stage. what do you make of his different tactics on trade and both of those countries? >> its been well executed, dana, no question about it. i do ...

Were doing trade with greece, and were going to have some meetings right after this, were having meetings with the staff, were having a luncheon with the staff also, and well be talking about additional ways where greece will help us and we will help greece. but weve had a long-time relationship with greece. theyve been great friends and loyal friends and allies, and we look forward to our discussion today. thank you, mr. prime minister. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for the invitation ...

Inexplicably. there was another threat the president made say he is considering stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. that was talking about china who is north koreas biggest trading partner and ours too. $650 billion of trade with china in the year. that seems to be pretty unrealistic. there is room for more sanctions but stopping all trade with china? >> china has been a huge proble problem. >> absolutely. >> 90% of north koreas trade is with china. they do these...