just mentioned on the political agenda the iran deal we have key differences we have in general a relationship currently between the e.u. and its key ally the united states that is to be sacked with contradictions as something that is completely new to the brussels political set up here. and so clearly this adds now to the insecurity the unstability of that relationship with rex tillerson being someone who is least was considered to be sort of a solid. address someone who at least acknowledged that values and that that there is a commitment on the u.s. part there is a strong relationship and that is something that that counts so what do representatives there in brussels have to do to now and. basically reestablish this relationship going forward. very difficult to predict i mean of course they ll be. very careful about the wording of welcoming his successor which they
a good time from his perspective to get rid of to listen now in contrast to that difficult relationship cost and donald trump speaking in a statement earlier a lot about the person he s bringing into this job mike pompei oh let s listen to what he said about my campaign. we re always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good that s what i. say. so we re always on the same wavelength carson is that why he s been floated for this job. you know this is i guess by far the most important qualification for any member of the trump team at least if you want to stay in that position in the long run the president really likes to pick people that he gets along with where he. he and the other person click. clearly rex tillerson and on and we re a mismatch apparently mike compare who has
because he doesn t trump it he would cut a good figure in this job but then he undercuts rex tillerson time and again when so many issues don t trump himself mentions a few in his statement that we saw a few minutes ago. on iran on north korea they clearly had different opinions again now while he was in africa and rex tillerson condemned the russian role in the poisoning of performance by the u.k. in much stronger words on the trump himself on the white house so there were definitely disagreements rex tillerson reportedly called on the trump more on after discussion over afghanistan strategy and he never really didn t he said that so we can assume he probably did say that donald trump doesn t forget such things and so he was probably just waiting for
will continue to drift further apart. that s hard hard to predict i mean there is clearly behind the scenes you have that concern at the same time we should also not accept the role of rex tillerson here there was always the concern does he really represent the few of the administration and then also it s also bear in mind he recently gave a speech on europe his only speech on europe and he practically mentioned in the entire speech the ward e.u. the key political club representing european states twenty eight of those european states in fact as you mentioned the e.u. once in that speech so he has he has been more careful about treading on the political ground here with europe he was. key that he emphasized that that we there is fundamental values that should be cherished with the e.u. partner but he was no big friend of the e.u.
something the you very much cares about but also two other positions as carson is said to you is on the same wavelength. as donald trump and that is the key concern here that this will lead to a hardening a bit of positions particularly also now when it comes to this key issue of tariffs on aluminum and steel and he s also been an outspoken critic of the iran deal must be said there is an argument that could be made to carry that until now the e.u. had a partner and rex tillerson who was at odds with the president and they didn t know if you was really speaking for the trumpet ministration could we possibly see an improvement in relations if now that you has essentially a door to the white house that is in lockstep with the president. what of course that s one way of looking at it and potentially if anything that adds to clarity will help him potentially go she ations whether it s be in the in the on the