US President Donald Trump was touting new trade deals with Asian countries as he appeared at a Washington event on artificial intelligence on Wednesday. The president, speaking at an AI summit being held at an auditorium in Washington, opened his remarks focusing on one of his favorite subjects: tariffs. Trump was supposed to discuss his AI action plan but instead launched into a recap of his trade deal announced Tuesday with Japan, along with a trade framework for the Philippines. Trump said he's making so many deals that "even if you're like me, a deal junkie, that's a lot of deals.