President Donald Trump laughed off the French President's statements on recognizing a Palestinian state, pointing out exactly how relevant France is.

Mr Trump, meanwhile, took to the golf course on the first full day of his visit, playing at Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire under the watchful eye of heavy security. The president teed off at his luxury resort at about 10am.

Trump on Monday said the United States would ship "billions of dollars' worth" of military equipment to NATO members, paid for by the alliance, to be handed over to Ukrainian forces battling grinding Russian advances. Trump had earlier this month suggested NATO would "100 percent" pay for U.S. weapons, which would be sent to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump insisted Friday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “will happen," even as the Kremlin ruled out talks between the two leaders in the near term.

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday announced they had reached a deal to end a transatlantic tariffs standoff and avert a full-blown trade war.

President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen were to meet Sunday in Scotland in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff — with the US leader putting the chances of a deal at one in two.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have pledged to revive the Franco-German partnership, but differences partly related to U.S. President Donald Trump continue to divide the two,

The EU chief said at the start of the talks at Trump's luxury golf resort in southwestern Turnberry that if they reached a deal "I think it would be the biggest deal each of us has ever" made.