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Trump Meets with the President of the European Commission in Scotland, July 27, 2025

July 27, 2025 · The White House · 0:25:55

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What happened

President Donald Trump met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27, 2025, in a session opening their trade talks, carried on the White House channel. “It’s a great honor to have the president of the European Union with us,” the President said. “We’ve had a very good relationship over the years, but it’s been a very one-sided transaction, very unfair to the United States. And I think both sides want to see fairness.”

Von der Leyen framed the stakes: the United States and the European Union are “the two largest economies worldwide,” with “the biggest trade volume globally with $1.7 trillion dollar among us” and a combined market of 800 million people, as she stated them. She called the President “a tough negotiator and dealmaker” and said a successful outcome would be “the biggest deal each of us has ever struck.” The President noted the Japan deal had just been struck and that on most other countries “I’m just going to charge tariffs.” Asked to rate the chances of a deal, the exchange continued from his Friday estimate of 50 percent or less. The session closed with the President promising: “We’ll let you know what’s happening.”

Why it matters

This Turnberry session is the on-camera opening of the U.S.–EU trade negotiation — the fairness case stated by the President and the $1.7 trillion frame stated by the Commission President, in the room where the talks began.

Scoreboard watch

This meeting is a scoreboard reference point: the July 27, 2025 opening of U.S.–EU trade talks at Turnberry, with the figures as stated by President von der Leyen, to be checked against the agreement announced from the same visit. The White House’s second upload of this meeting and its short trade clip are recorded as alternates of this page.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Meets with the President of the European Commission” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the meeting at Turnberry, Scotland). All figures and characterizations as stated by the President and by President von der Leyen. Alternate IDs recorded: k2w3imNVMSM (second White House upload of the same meeting), yPGD9uwMmQ4 (White House 1:02 trade clip of the same meeting).