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US President Donald Trump expressed support for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ remarks on the potential for a mutually beneficial trade agreement between the European Union and the United States.
“I agree. I know him, he’s a good man, I appreciate his comments,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday, April 9, adding, “Yes, a deal can be made with any of them. A deal will be made with China. A deal will be made with every one of them. And there will be fair deals with all of them.”
POTUS Trump responded to Greek PM Mitsotakis interview to Brietbart. He agreed with Mitsotakis’ comments.
— Paschalis Tsiompanis (@P_Tsiompanis) April 9, 2025
Earlier, Mitsotakis had told Breitbart News that there is potential for a “win-win” trade deal that is “mutually beneficial” for the United States and the European Union.
Mitsotakis’s comments come as the EU has just launched new trade actions with regard to the United States. The actions, which focus on steel and aluminum, were mostly planned prior to Trump’s worldwide tariff rollout last week.
“There is a European message and then there is a Greek message,” Mitsotakis told Breitbart News when asked for his message to Trump.
“On the European front there is a possibility of finding a win-win solution when it comes to trade, a solution which will be mutually beneficial. Τhis was my firm belief from the beginning, before tariffs were announced.
“There is still room for negotiations before we consider any major reciprocal response beyond what has been announced today, which, anyhow, was, the expected EU reaction. I think, at the end of the day, Europe and the European market is very important for the U.S. and U.S. is important for Europe and we need to work out a solution.”
Mitsotakis’s interview with Breitbart News sends a signal from Europe that European leaders want to work with Trump and it seems as though a broader realization is settling in across the continent that the real target of Trump’s actions appears to be China.
Mitsotakis’s interview also comes after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had publicly offered earlier this week to drop European tariffs on American industrial goods to zero if the U.S. did the same—one of many world leaders like those in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere to signal a willingness to work with Trump rather than against him.
When it comes to a Greek-specific message, Mitsotakis told Breitbart News he considers the United States to be a key strategic partner of Greece and mentioned specifically the IMEEC corridor, which is a trade corridor deal that Trump has signed with a number of countries, including India, Middle Eastern nations, and European nations.
IMEEC, which stands for India-Middle East-Europe-Economic Corridor, is viewed by many in the west as a U.S.-led counter to the Chinese Communist Party’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Mitsotakis framed the IMEEC corridor as one connecting the world’s biggest democracy in India on one side, the world’s most powerful democracy in the United States on the other, and bridged in the middle by the birthplace of democracy right here in Athens where ancient leaders first tested the form of government that would dominate the west for millennia.
“As far as Greece is concerned, we have a strategic partnership with the US,” Mitsotakis said.
“And when I look at IMEEC, Greece, the birthplace of democracy, can be the bridge between the world΄s largest democracy and the most powerful, strongest democracy. For geopolitical, economic reasons, Greece is an important ally to the U.S. I have worked with President Trump before, and I can work very well with him again addressing regional challenges.”
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