Argentine President Mauricio Macri
met with U.S. President Donal Trump at the White House Thursday to
discuss business ties, after decades of knowing each other through
business deals as real estate moguls in their respective countries.
Thursday's talks marked the first
meeting between the two presidents and the second time a Latin
American head of state met Trump, after Peruvian President Pedro
Pablo Kuczynski did so two months ago.
"My good friend, for many,
many years," said Trump of Macri. "Long time, 25
years." Macri jumped in and corrected Trump: "More,
unfortunately, more, I was only 24," said the Argentine
president, who is now 58 years old.
When asked by a reporter of the
recent export restriction from the U.S. to lemons from Argentina,
Trump said, "I know about all the lemons. And believe it or
not, the lemon business is a big, big business."
"But we are going to give
that very serious consideration," the U.S. president
continued. "One of the reasons he’s here is about lemons —
and I’ll tell him about North Korea, and he’ll tell me about
lemons. I think that we’re going to be very favorably disposed.
We’re going to be talking."
Trump said he knew Macri from
before both entered politics in their respective countries due to
real estate deals and reiterated the many years of friendship with
the Argentine president.
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