Victory Day, World War II, May 8th, and just by happenstance, we have the Prime Minister

on the phone, and we were great allies in that, and it's very unusual that the trade deal comes

due, and we signed it up on the same day that we had a great victory, the greatest victory of

them all. So we are talking more and more about Victory Day that we had a great victory, the greatest victory of them all. So we are talking

more and more about Victory Day because we were a big part of it. And so was the UK. And it's

just, I guess, I don't know what you call it. It's just incredible that that day is the same day that

we signed a tremendous trade deal for both countries.

So I'm going to begin by just adding that we just concluded the rare earth deal with Ukraine.

That's been fully ratified and approved by their legislative branches, and so we appreciate that,

and I'll be speaking with the president in a little while, a little bit later,

and we appreciate that, but the deal is all now signed up and ratified,

and we have access to a massive amount of very, very high-quality, rare earth.

This morning, I'm thrilled to announce that we have reached a

breakthrough trade deal with the United Kingdom, credible country. Today is a victory day

for World War II. We won the war together exactly 80 years ago so there could be no more

perfect morning to reach this historic agreement.

And it's beautiful weather out, I will tell you that here. Beautiful weather. It's so perfect outside.

But it's really in particular the agreement with one of our closest and most cherished allies.

And we're so happy that that's the way it worked out.

I want to thank Prime Minister Starrmer and his very talented team for their outstanding work and partnership.

Today's agreement with the UK is the first in a series of agreements on trade that my administration has been negotiating

over the past four weeks. With this deal, the U.K. joins the United States in affirming that

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