He was the EU's great Brexit survivor. Can Maroš Šefčovič now pull off a trade deal with Trump?

In May 2019 MaroÅ¡ Å efčovič was travelling with Donald Trump and his entourage to a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. The then European Commission vice-president in charge of energy had flown with Trump onboard Air Force One, calling his wife as the privilege of a first-time flyer on the presidential plane. Once at the facility, Trump gave a typically rambling speech, in which he name-checked Å efčovič from the stage, pointing into the crowd like a gameshow host: "MaroÅ¡, thank you very much. Thank you." "Of course," recalled someone familiar with the day, "when Trump pronounced his name…