Look, we have shared interest that this isn't sustainable, as I said before, especially

on the Chinese side, and you know, 145%, 125% is the equivalent of an embargo.

We don't want to decouple.

What we want is fair trade.

My sense is that this will be about de-escalation, not about the big trade deal,

but we've got to de-escalate before we can move forward. Meanwhile, President Trump now says the United

States doesn't need to sign trade deals. That's what he told reporters yesterday at the White House

after weeks of promising deals with dozens of countries.

The president appeared annoyed with questions about the lack of new trade agreements.

We also have a situation because everyone says, when, when are you going to sign deals?

We don't have to sign deals.

We could sign 25 deals right now, Howard, if we want it. We don't have to sign deals. We can sign 25 deals right now, Howard, if we wanted. We don't have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market. We don't want a piece of their market. We don't care about their market. They want a piece of our market. You keep writing about deals, deals. When are we going to sign? It's very simple. We're going to say, in some cases, we want you to open up your country. In some cases, we want you to drop your tariffs. They're going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It's very simple. It's very simple. So I wish to keep, you know, stop asking how many deals are you signing this week?

Because one day we'll come and we'll give you a hundred deals. And they don't have to sign.

All they have to do is say, oh, we'll start sending our ships right now to pick up whatever we want or to bring whatever we want.

It's very, very simple.

We've sort of heard this, right? The idea that maybe it's not an official trade deal that's

signed, but instead maybe something that's just a handshake agreement or discussed and

agreed upon. That's what the president seems to be saying there. And he made those comments

during a meeting with Canada's new prime minister.

Mark Carney arrived at the White House yesterday. He and the president discussed tariffs, as well as

Trump's push to annex Canada.

Mr. President, you have said that Canada should become the 51st state.

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