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Washington – 18 August 2025
1. Wide cutaway of White House East Room as European leaders prepare for meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“You look good. A little tan, you’re good? You look great.”
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Macron, French President:
“Thank you for working on–(inaudible)”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“It’s, uh, I can call Putin and– (inaudible) Yeah, I think… and set up a trilat(eral meeting), you know, so…I think he wants to make a deal. I think he wants to make a deal for me. Do you understand that? As crazy as it sounds. Just, sit down. Sit down, everybody. I think we’ll let the press come in for a minute. Please. How are you doing? All right? You look fantastic.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“He’s too tall for me.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“He’s a tall guy. Good looking.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“I never want him near (laughs), I prefer Volodymyr (laughs) no problem.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“Well, we’re building a big ballroom, beautiful. Right here, if you go, it would be right through that, right through here.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Keir Starmer, U.K. Prime Minister
“Well we saw the ballroom at the time.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“It’s going to be, I’ll tell you about, it is going to be, it will be fantastic actually. You can let them come in. I think we’re going to have a successful talk today.” (Meloni: “Yeah, me too.”)
11. Mid, Trump sitting at table with European leaders
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“Please come on in. Do you guys want to take some questions or anything? If you feel like it, huh?
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“Better not for we are too many– too long. Say a few words.”
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“Hi, Mark. Yeah hi, good. Well, thank you very much. It’s a great honor to have you here. Special place. White House is special. No matter where you’re from.”
15. Side cutaway of meeting as press escorted out of room
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“No, thank you for being so fair–(laughs)”
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Stubb, Finland President:
“Been through this every day.” (Trump: “All the time.”)
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“But he loves it. He loves it, eh? He does it, he does it always. I never want to speak with my press.”
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
“He’s a very good player, a golfer, you know. He went to college–”
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgia Meloni, Italy Prime Minister:
“Yeah, I know. But he says you always win.”
STORYLINE:
Microphones picked up conversations that U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders had as they gathered for talks at the White House.
Standing around the table before the start of the roundtable meeting in Washington, Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron were heard speaking about possible trilateral talks involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
After some pleasantries between Trump and Macron while standing around the East Room of the White House, Trump told Macron "I think he wants to make a deal," referring to Putin.
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