Trump said he didn’t know Karin Keller-Sutter.
The American president returned to the telephone conversation he had Thursday with Karin Keller-Sutter. “She was kind, but she didn’t want to listen to,” he said, calling her “Prime Minister”.
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During an interview with the CNBC channel, Donald Trump spoke of the telephone conversation he had last Thursday with the president of the Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter. At the end of this interview, the Minister of Finance had announced that she could not find an agreement on customs duties.
“I recently did something with Switzerland. I spoke with the Prime Minister, “said the tenant of the White House, referring to the federal councilor. Note that this role does not exist in Switzerland, Karin Keller-Sutter being in reality the president of the Confederation.
The passage in question:
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Trump then declared, still about his interlocutor:
“This woman was kind, but she didn’t want to listen to”
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Regarding customs taxes, Trump would have said: “They practically not paid customs duties. And I said: We have a deficit of $ 41 billion with you, madam ”.
“And you want to pay 1%?” They make a fortune with pharmaceutical products. And they make our pharmaceutical products in China, Ireland and everywhere else ”
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Donald Trump also said he did not know Karin Keller-Sutter. However, the American president had already called the federal councilor in April. The latter then said that she had “found the way” to get in touch with him.
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