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Trump Gaggle at Prestwick: EU Deal Odds, UK Trade, and Gaza

July 25, 2025 · The White House · 0:08:04

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What happened

President Trump, on arriving at Prestwick, Scotland, said he would be meeting the prime minister over the following days and would do, in his words, some great things. He confirmed he would meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to work on a deal, saying they would see if they could make one, and called her a highly respected woman.

Asked what remains to be worked out in the UK deal, the President said nothing — the meeting would be more of a celebration than a workout, the deal is concluded, and it is a great deal for both sides that took 12 years to get done. On the EU deal he put the chances at 50/50, declined to detail the sticking points, and said they involve maybe 20 different things.

On France’s decision to officially recognize a Palestinian state, Trump said that is up to President Macron — he is with the United States, not with France. On Gaza’s humanitarian situation, he called it terrible, blamed Hamas for stringing everybody along, and said the response would depend in part on Israel, adding that it is getting to be that time. He also praised the UK prime minister as a good man who got a trade deal done.

Why it matters

The arrival gaggle set expectations for the Scotland trip’s centerpiece — a possible EU trade deal the President rated a coin flip — while treating the UK agreement as closed and distancing Washington from France’s Palestinian recognition move.

Scoreboard watch

Trump put the odds of an EU trade deal at 50/50 ahead of his Sunday meeting with von der Leyen; the outcome of that meeting is checkable against the subsequent trade announcements.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Arrives Prestwick, UK and Departs En Route Turnberry, Scotland”, 2025-07-25 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-25). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.