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Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilat with Guy Parmelin of Switzerland - January 21, 2026

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Donald Trump 00:00:00-00:00:01 (1 sec)

Please.

Guy Parmelin 00:00:01-00:00:12 (11 sec)

So thank you, Mr. President. It's a pleasure for me to receive you in Davos. Davos, without you, it's not truly Davos.

Donald Trump 00:00:12-00:00:16 (3 sec)

I agree.

Guy Parmelin 00:00:16-00:00:23 (8 sec)

[Inaudible] US is, uh, something special. Uh, Ray and I, we appreciate, uh, that you are coming. You know, the colleagues --

Donald Trump 00:00:23-00:00:24 (1 sec)

Yes.

Guy Parmelin 00:00:24-00:00:52 (28 sec)

I, uh, we win some time. I would like -- uh, I know personally, Mr. -- Secretary Bessent, Secretary Lutnick, Mr. Greer, we have a meeting tomorrow. And Mr. Rubio. And thank you for appointing in Switzerland as ambassador -- Ambassador Gingrich, she do a real -- very good job. And I think, uh, it's possible to boost our relationships the next year.

Guy Parmelin 00:00:52-00:00:54 (2 sec)

Mr. President, another time, thank you.

Donald Trump 00:00:54-00:01:17 (22 sec)

Well, thank you very much, Mr. President. And I will say, you do have a great ambassador. And, uh, she will -- you know, she keeps her husband very much in line. She doesn't play games, right [Inaudible] she keeps him in line. He's over here also. Uh, I want to thank my team for having worked out a -- a very fair deal with Switzerland and it's an honor.

Donald Trump 00:01:17-00:01:35 (18 sec)

I speak about you often. Uh, you're a great country, a beautiful country. You do make great watches too. That I can say. There's nobody like you for watches, which is a big deal, but I appreciate the treatment we've been given and, uh, we will always reciprocate. And thank you very much for having us.

Guy Parmelin 00:01:35-00:02:17 (43 sec)

Thank you. It's a pleasure. And with your team, we have, uh, good relation too, are working hard and finalize -- finalize the agreement. We have this joint agreement that I'm optimistic that, uh, we can go forward. And, uh, the investment pledge, uh, the private sector promise, I think, uh, on [Inaudible] and we already see this unbalance you mentioned during your speech is actually -- on correction, uh, it's actually we have the last statistical surplus Plus 8.8 US dollars in the favor of US. But at the end, what it's important for me and for the two countries, it's a win-win perspective.

Guy Parmelin 00:02:17-00:02:26 (8 sec)

And I think, uh, my team and, uh, your team, uh, are working hard to find something very, very [Inaudible]

Donald Trump 00:02:26-00:02:31 (5 sec)

Good. Is there really a surplus, because that's a very unusual thing with Switzerland?

Jamieson Greer 00:02:31-00:02:34 (3 sec)

I think in the last couple of months, it started to reverse the other way.

Donald Trump 00:02:34-00:02:36 (2 sec)

Wow. That's -- that's unusual.

Jamieson Greer 00:02:36-00:02:38 (2 sec)

And when they the -- and when they bring the --

Donald Trump 00:02:38-00:02:41 (3 sec)

[Inaudible] I'm very proud of that, actually.

Howard Lutnick 00:02:41-00:02:45 (4 sec)

But when they bring their pharmaceuticals to America, then that'll settle it.

Jamieson Greer 00:02:45-00:02:45 ( sec)

Yep.

Donald Trump 00:02:45-00:02:53 (8 sec)

Yes, that's a very big thing. I think all pharmaceuticals are coming into America, so it's really a big thing. Uh, press, do you have any questions, please?

Question 00:02:53-00:02:57 (4 sec)

Uh, sir, are you going to meet Zelenskyy today or tomorrow?

Unidentified 00:02:57-00:02:57 ( sec)

Tomorrow.

Donald Trump 00:02:57-00:02:59 (1 sec)

I believe it's tomorrow.

Question 00:02:59-00:03:02 (4 sec)

Yeah. It's tomorrow? We just want to clarify that.

Donald Trump 00:03:02-00:03:03 (1 sec)

Yep.

Question 00:03:03-00:03:05 (1 sec)

OK.

Donald Trump 00:03:05-00:03:11 (6 sec)

Switzerland's a great place and we appreciate being here. Thank you all very much.

Note 00:03:11-00:03:11 ( sec)

[Crosstalk]