U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters”The Art of the Deal” author President Donald Trump said in a surprising comment Tuesday that the United States does not need to “sign deals” with trade partners, despite top White House officials claiming for weeks that such deals are the administration’s top priority. “Everyone says, ‘when, when, when are you going to sign deals?'” Trump grumbled during a White House meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.”We don’t have to sign deals, they have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market. We don’t want a piece of their market,” Trump said.After weeks of touting how many countries were asking for bilateral trade talks with the United States, the president and his team have yet to announce any formal agreements or frameworks.”I wish they’d … stop asking, how many deals are you signing this week?” said Trump, clearly frustrated at the mounting pressure on the White House to show progress on trade talks. “Because one day we’ll come and we’ll give you 100 deals,” he said.Read more CNBC politics coverageUK and India strike a trade deal amid U.S.-led tariff tensionsGermany’s Merz fails to be elected chancellor in first-round parliamentary voteU.S. commodities regulator seeks to drop appeal of Kalshi election bets offersCredit Suisse to pay $511 million for helping U.S. taxpayers hide over $4B overseasJon Voight was behind Trump’s plan for 100% tariffs on films made overseasMessaging app used by Trump official suspends operations after reported hackTrump’s effort to deprioritize trade deals Tuesday marked a turn away from what his Treasury Secretary told CNBC the day before.The U.S. is “very close to some deals,” Scott Bessent said on “Money Movers.”Trump himself said Sunday on Air Force One that there “could very well be” trade deals rolled out this week. “At the end, I’m setting the deal,” he told reporters en route to Washi …
