Critics say that all that President Trump accomplished with this deal were to get things that were already on the table — as you know, during the Obama administration, including negotiations on the — with something called the — our viewers might not have heard of — the TTIP, which is basically a potential trade deal with the European Union.

Take a look what the president of the National Foreign Trade Council said — quote — “Most of this deal” — the stuff that you worked on with President Trump with the E.U. this week — “Most of the deal is stuff we were already on the verge of agreeing on in the TTIP negotiations, before that deal got deep-sixed after Trump’s election.”

Your comment?

KUDLOW: Well, I — I — I’m not sure about that. I don’t want to get hung up on that, the Atlantic trading deal. There are a lot of issues with that. I don’t even want to go back there.

Look, E.U. President Juncker, President Trump got together, surprised probably almost everybody in the world, and basically came to an agreement on a number of key items.

I mean, lookit, if the deal works through nicely — and it’s going to be several stages — I don’t think there will be steel tariffs for the European Union. I don’t think there will be automobile tariffs. I don’t want to get ahead of it. But the president indicates…

TAPPER: That’s not in the deal right now, though, but you’re saying long term? KUDLOW: It was discussed.