Bill O’Reilly previews Trump’s address to nation, talks latest on Iran

[0:00] joins us now. Welcome back to the show, sir. Bill, good to see you. Thanks for being here. [0:05] Thanks for having me, Katie. [0:07] Great to see you. So your special is called The Decline and Fall of San Francisco. For [0:11] those who haven't seen it yet, what's the biggest takeaway about the city's failures [0:14] and your experience covering this? And does it also include, you know, can this be applied [0:19] to other cities we're seeing around the country? [0:23] Well, there's 40,000 drug addicts running wild in that town, doing exactly what they [0:28] want to do, and the city of San Francisco is paying them to do it. So the rate of homeless [0:34] in San Francisco, which according to a Harvard study is about 85 percent drug addicted, they [0:41] get money. They get debit cards in the name of humanity and compassion. And so they migrate [0:48] to the city and have destroyed the inner core, and it should never, ever be happening in [0:56] the United States of America. This is horrible. And it's not compassion to allow people to [1:04] kill themselves. [1:04] Yeah, we've seen policies in other cities that end that. Of course, domestic priorities [1:11] for President Trump continue to be a focus. Bringing down the cost of living is something [1:15] that he's been talking about. He's something he promised to do on the campaign trail, making [1:19] America's streets safer. But of course, the attention on the war in Iran is taking up [1:23] a lot of significant time in briefings, other public events. He's asked about this, of course, [1:28] every time he does a gaggle with reporters. Today, the president suggested, and you talked [1:32] about the European allies. Last time you were on the show, I had some general questions [1:34] and choice words that I agreed with. He suggested the European allies go get their own oil rather [1:40] than relying on the U.S. to continue fighting battles in which they have an interest. What [1:44] do you make of that statement? And is it time that the people who benefit the most from [1:49] the Strait of Hormuz being open go in and get the oil? [1:55] Well, let's take a look at what's going to happen tomorrow night, because it'll be very [2:00] interesting. President Trump, I've known him 35 years. He doesn't deliver bad news like [2:07] this. So you can expect a positive speech tomorrow at 9 Eastern. Okay? He's not going [2:14] to go in and say, hey, we screwed up. It isn't working out. We're not getting what we want. [2:20] That's not happening. So the president will put a positive face on the situation. He'll [2:27] run down his greatest hits, like he always does. You've heard it before, but he'll reiterate. [2:33] And then he'll pivot. I'm not sure what... [2:38] The Iranians have agreed to, but they've agreed to something. So he's not going to [2:45] go on and say, hey, I don't have anything. Thanks for watching. And now back to different [2:50] strokes. He's not going to do that. So the Iranians agreed to something. But it'll probably [3:00] leak out tomorrow, I'd say around mid-afternoon, what that something is. Now, as far as NATO [3:07] is concerned, that alliance... [3:10] Is shattered. It's like Humpty Dumpty. Nobody's going to put it back together again. It's [3:15] over. The president expected some support, and NATO let him down, particularly Spain. [3:25] If it were me, I'd try to get Spain out of NATO, because they denied landing rights to [3:31] U.S. air power. And they have no reason to do that, Spain. But they did it out of spite, [3:39] because it's a socialist country. [3:42] And they don't pay their dues like everybody else does for NATO. Why do we need Spain? Why? [3:50] Bill, actually, on that question, on that issue, I want to follow up on that on a different [3:54] topic, but related, because we're seeing this play out in real time, where our NATO allies [3:58] are not allowing us to use our bases or their bases when we need them in a crisis. The president [4:04] has made the case that this is why the United States should be in charge of Greenland. And [4:09] then the NATO partners have come in and said, no, we reassure you. We're not going to use [4:12] you. That you'll be allowed to use spaces in Greenland whenever you need to, should [4:17] there be a defensive cause against Russia and China in the Arctic. Does that fall apart [4:22] now as a result of what we're seeing in the Middle East? [4:25] I don't expect to hear any of that. [4:29] Not tomorrow, but I mean generally, more broadly, not just tomorrow night. [4:33] I think the Greenland thing has receded, because it just didn't make any sense. We can use [4:42] Denmark's territory. [4:45] Can we? [4:46] Denmark's not going to object to it. [4:47] I don't know. We'll see. [4:48] Yeah. They're not going to object to it. They're dependent on us for their defense. And NATO [4:58] is a very interesting animal, because none of these countries coordinate with one another. [5:04] They don't like each other. The Germans don't like the French. The French don't like the [5:08] Belgian. You know, it's on and on and on and on. I mean, it's not like this is one block. [5:13] And they all don't like President Trump. [5:16] Well, last time you said the Germans didn't like him. [5:17] I said the Germans were the worst. [5:18] Tony Blair is the prime minister. [5:19] So. [5:22] They are the worst, because we are dependent upon them, because they're so close to Putin. [5:29] And they don't care. [5:31] Look, when you have a threat that could blow up Europe—and I know people don't want [5:38] to believe it. [5:39] I wrote a message of the day. [5:42] It'll be on BillOReilly.com tomorrow morning. [5:44] People believe what they want to believe, Katie. [5:47] And they don't want to believe that Iran is capable of launching a nuclear war. [5:50] Yeah. [5:51] They don't want to believe that Iran is capable of launching a nuke. [5:52] They don't want to believe it. [5:54] And they do want to believe that Trump's the devil. [5:56] So that's what they do. [5:57] It's not—there's no rationality here, but just in a cautious realm. [6:04] Why wouldn't you back the U.S.A. in this? [6:06] Right. [6:07] We're doing all the heavy lifting, along with Israel. [6:08] And we're winning. [6:09] And you're not doing anything. [6:10] And we're winning. [6:11] Why wouldn't you—yeah, why wouldn't you back us? [6:12] Right. [6:13] Because the more you back us, the quicker it's over. [6:16] And the quicker the gas prices come down, which I think the president will emphasize tomorrow. [6:22] Because his problem is the U.S. voter. [6:23] Yeah. [6:24] And the U.S. voter, you know, look, it's a 50-50 split, I think, among people who hate [6:25] Trump and among people who like him. [6:26] And the midterms loom. [6:27] So I think that that—he's going to wrap that bow up. [6:28] But he has to do it before he goes to China. [6:29] Remember. [6:31] Yeah. [6:32] He's supposed to visit Beijing in the middle of April. [6:33] And the Chinese are big in this. [6:34] You don't hear from them. [6:35] But they're big in this whole thing. [6:36] Yeah. [6:37] Yeah. [6:38] Yeah. [6:39] Yeah. [6:40] Yeah. [6:41] Yeah. [6:42] Yeah. [6:43] Yeah. [6:44] Yeah. [6:46] Yeah. [6:47] Yeah. [6:48] Yeah. [6:49] Yeah. [6:50] Yeah. [6:51] Yeah. [6:52] Yeah. [6:53] Yeah. [6:54] And they're playing, because they need that oil coming through Hormuz. [6:57] Yes, they do. [6:58] China gets 80 percent of its oil from the Gulf. [7:04] And they can't have it closed down. [7:05] Yeah. [7:06] And that's a big factor. [7:08] Yeah. [7:09] On the issue of China, there's been a lot of talk, of course, about getting the Strait [7:13] of Hormuz open. [7:14] There's been a lot of hand-wringing in the media about this being a major crisis. [7:17] The president thinks it is, obviously. [7:20] However, when you look at it, it seems the people who benefit the least from it being [7:24] closed are the Iranians. [7:25] Iranians and China on top of China's oil getting cut off and the discounts taken away from the [7:30] Venezuela raid with Maduro. So is this actually more beneficial to the U.S. strategy in squeezing [7:37] the regime into a deal than we would think given the media coverage? I think in the end it'll come [7:44] down to the mullahs can stay there and the CIA will continue to undermine them hoping that the [7:50] people throw them out as they did with the Shah in 1979 and in return for them staying there [7:59] whoever they are and how many of them left they'll open the straits. I think that's probably going to [8:05] be the essence of the deal and then off that comes lower gas prices for the world. We won. [8:15] We took them out. They're evil and no nukes. The no nukes have got to be [8:21] in the forefront of any deal. Have to be. Yeah well we've heard the president you mentioned the [8:27] midterms say that look politics are of course important polling is important but sometimes [8:31] you have to do the right thing regardless of what the popularity of it is. So maybe he'll [8:36] address that tomorrow night. I want to switch gears before we let you go Bill. In your special [8:39] you highlight the issue of drug abuse. Prescription medications of course were a factor rather in [8:44] Tiger Woods accident and DUI arrest last week. What do you make of this latest situation and [8:50] the broader problem? [8:51] What do you make of the problem in America we have with this issue? Well Tiger Woods is a drug [8:58] addict. He admitted it tonight. He's going to rehab and I hope and I would encourage every American [9:04] to hope that he gets well because he's a danger to himself and others. So we live in a culture that [9:11] celebrates the destruction of the famous which is one of the bad things about the United States. [9:16] We'd love to see famous people get taken down. I don't know what that mentality is but I'm hoping [9:23] that Mr. Woods cleans it up. [9:25] As far as the other addiction problem that we have it is there's only one solution and that is [9:34] therapeutic areas where drug addicts who are on the street not under supervision are forced [9:44] mandatory to go there for their own good. You know there are narcotics now that block opiate [9:50] addiction. They block it so you don't have to do withdrawal. You don't do that. People in San [9:55] Francisco wanted to be there. They want to kill themselves. [9:57] I talked to them. They don't care whether they live or die. Did you know that the city of San [10:05] Francisco spends more than one hundred thousand dollars on each of these homeless people a year? [10:11] So what do you do with them? They don't care if they live or die. I mean what is the state supposed [10:16] to do given the homelessness industrial complex and all the tax money that's gone towards this [10:21] issue and it's gotten worse not better. Yeah because they knew it in the wrong way. You take [10:28] that money. You build therapeutic centers. [10:31] Okay. And you force these people to go there. They have no right to do this. They break every law in the world. [10:38] That's for sure. They don't have the right to do it in public. Bill we've got everyone but I want to ask you one more question. [10:43] One more question quickly about the media's duty to report the news accurately. There was a story yesterday in the Daily Mail that [10:51] completely botched developments in the murder trial of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk. Of course this doesn't only violate public trust [10:59] journalistic ethics but it also. [11:02] creates unhinged conspiracies and can actually interfere in a trial. I just wanted to get your [11:08] response to that false headline. Justice Department has looked at all of those conspiracies. They [11:14] say there's nothing to any of them. There have always been penny dreadfuls. You know what a [11:21] penny dreadful is, Katie? I don't think I do. Educate me, Bill. Okay. It's a tabloid sheet. [11:29] And it originated in England, and they called them penny dreadfuls, where they'll print anything. [11:38] Yes. And I think the publication you just named falls into that category, [11:42] along with a lot of other publications. Yes. Again, people believe what they want to believe. [11:47] Well, I think the facts in a murder trial are pretty important. Accuracy is crucial when it [11:51] comes to a trial that has not happened yet. Bill O'Reilly, thank you for sharing your thoughts [11:56] and spending some time with us on a variety of topics. We appreciate it. See you soon. [12:00] Thanks for having me. [12:02] Be sure to check out his special. It's called The Decline and Fall of San Francisco. You can [12:07] watch it on the News Nation YouTube channel. See you soon, Bill. Thanks.