Vaughn Hillyard on Trump’s Visit to Scotland: There’s a Business Component, Suggesting a 50/50 Chance of a Deal with the EU Before Tariffs Kick In

WELKER: “Vaughn, let’s shift to the president’s trip to Scotland. Of course, he’s just landed. What are the key goals of this trip? What are you going to be watching for?”

HILLYARD: “Right. The president first is going to be heading to two of his golf courses. One of these is a new 18-course — golf — 18-hole golf course that is going to be opened that he is going to be there for the ribbon cutting for, but there is also a business component of this. the White House has made clear. Just earlier today, the head of the EU suggested that she will be meeting personally with the president on Sunday at a time in which the president continues to hold out in striking a trade agreement with the European Union. Upon arriving here to Scotland just moments ago, he suggested that it is a 50/50 chance that he strikes a deal with the EU before new additional tariffs are set to go into effect on August 1st. But the president is also going to be meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday. This is a four-day trip here to Scotland, quite a time for the president to leave the mainland United States, but also a very important time overseas, as his White House attempts to strike these trade deals that have been sort of far-reaching and far from being able to wholly be ultimately signed off on here over the last months.”