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This weekend. >> this trip by washington and now florida is a high point for the trump administration. it has been without a flaw. you can see that there is real chemistry between the two leaders. also to americans worried about our security situation. to hear president trump commit to our defense relations with japan and to say he wants to have a stronger trade relations. it's a very encouraging relation. this is an interesting way to go about it. they were slated both before and after lunch today. it is rare for an american president to devote that much time it certainly seems to be a very s...
The u.s. has deep relations with china, big trading partner, et cetera. and it still has relations with taiwan on a thousand different levels. sells them loads of weapons, diplomatic -- not official diplomatic, but ties. that's the balance they have struck there. in effect you're not allies with both but you have relationships with both. china looks at taiwan as if a u.s. state left the united states, hawaii, and became its own country. china looks at taiwan that way. and this is how the u.s. has balanced that, in effect, having relations with both, but the official relations are with china at...
Do i expect unanimity among the 28 eu members? i have now been president for 5 1/2 years. and i've learned a thing or two about the european union, the european commission, the european council. sometimes i get them mixed up. but -- >> welcome to the club. >> -- but the basic principle that if you've got 28 people sitting around a table, then not everybody's going to agree, i think we take that for granted. and i also think that if, in fact, we have to move to sectoral sanctions, it's important to take individual countries' sensitivities in mind and make sure that everybody is ponying up, that...
28 eu members? i've now been president for five and a half years, and i've learned a thing or two about the european union, the european commission, the european council, sometimes i get them mixed up, but the -- >> welcome to the club. >> but the basic principle that if you have 28 people sitting around a table that not everybody's going to agree, i think we take that for granted, and i also think that if, in fact, we have to move to sectoral sanctions, it's important to take individual country's sensitivities in mind and make sure that everybody is ponying up, that everybody is bearing their...