Deal with the messaging on the ukraine, on all the scandals going on. Harris josh kraushaar, Political Editor for the national journal. Great to have you. Thank you very much. I am harris. Here is dana. Dana President Trump said to speak any moment as the fight over impeachment hits a new level. Hello, everyone. Im dana perino and this is the daily briefing. President trump is about to hold a joint News Conference with the president of finland but the big focus right now obviously, impeachment. The president attacking what hes calling the donothing democrats, accusing them of wasting time and not focusing on other issues. President trump also going after the whistleblower who reported on his july call with the ukrainian president. They come up with this impeachment nonsense and everyone knows. All based on one phone call that
i had. There was no quid pro quo. The whistleblower was so dishonest. The whistleblower said terrible things about the call, but i then found out he was secondhan
$178 billion of annual trade deficit with the european union. we welcome italy s support for a mutually beneficial trade agreement with the e.u., that ensures a level playing field for american workers. it hasn t been that for many years. i could solve the problem instantly, but it would be too harsh. it would be too harsh. it would involve tariffs on european products coming into this country, and for right now we are going to try and do it without that. but that would solve the problem instantly, because the united states is not being treated fairly. we also welcome italy s participation in combating predatory trade and investment practices worldwide, especially in technology. we must work together to shield their intellectual property, critical infrastructure ports, and data security. i applaud italy s recent commitment to use only safe and trustworthy technology providers, components, and
treating this country right for many, many years and they know it and i tell them and they know it. america s trade deficit with the eu has been averaging $160 billion a year for many, many years. achieving more balance than robust trade flows would greatly benefit both finland and the united states. we also appreciate finland s strong partnership in combating predatory trade practices worldwide including the theft of intellectual property. from trade to security, from travel to commerce, we are immensely grateful for our close and deeply valued friendship with the people of finland. great people. and we re now working on a deal to sell a large number of airplanes, fighter jets hopefully to finland. see how that works out. but we make the greatest jets in the world. we make the greatest missiles and military equipment anywhere in the world. nobody s even close.
european union because they have not been treating this country right for many, many years and i tell them and they know it and they know it. america s trade deficit with the e.u. has been averaging $160 billion a year for many, many years. achieving more balance and robust trade flows would greatly benefit both finland and the united states. we also appreciate finland s strong partnership in combating predatory trade practices worldwide including the theft of intellectual property. from trade to security, from travel to commerce, we are immensely grateful for close and deeply valued french with the people of finland. great people. we are working on a deal to sell a large number of airplanes, fighter jets hopefully, to finland. see how that works out. we make the greatest jets in the world. we make the greatest missiles had military equipment anywhere in the world. nobody s even close. mr. president, i want to thank you for visiting the white house. the history of our two nations