Trump Takes Question After Question From Reporters After Rejecting Iran Peace Proposal

[0:00] And with that, do you have any questions? [0:02] Mr. President, you mentioned that you were going to be meeting with the generals on Iran. [0:06] You rejected a deal from Iran on the weekend. [0:09] Can you tell us anything about that proposal? [0:11] And what, if any, would you aim to break this down? [0:14] It was just unacceptable. [0:17] You know, a lot of people said, well, does he have a plan? [0:20] Yeah, of course they do have a plan. I have the best plan ever. [0:23] Iran has been defeated militarily, totally. [0:26] They have a little left. They probably built up during this period of time. [0:29] We'll knock that out in about a day. [0:31] But I have a plan. You know what it is? A very simple plan. [0:34] I don't know why you don't say it like it is. [0:36] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [0:38] They're very dangerous. They're very volatile. [0:42] It's a terrible thing that's happened over there. [0:46] They've killed 42,000 people in the last two months. [0:50] 42,000. At least that's what we know of. 42,000 people. [0:54] They killed numerous people over the last week. [0:57] But they killed 42,000 people a month ago, a month and a half ago. [1:02] They were unarmed protesters. Not at all violent protesters. [1:07] And they started taking them out, shooting them. [1:10] So we're not going to let them. That's the plan. [1:13] You know, people say, what's the plan? The plan is very simple. [1:16] The blockade, first of all, was a part of military genius, just like Venezuela was military genius. [1:23] We have the greatest military in the world by far. And we're stocked up with great ammunition. [1:29] We have much better stuff than we did two months ago when we first did the attack, which knocked them for a loop. [1:35] But very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They can't have it. [1:42] And if they did have it, the Middle East would be gone. Israel would be gone. [1:45] And then hit Europe probably next. We're doing the service to the world. [1:49] And this has gone on for 47 years. Other presidents and leaders of other countries that have the power should have done it. [1:56] But they didn't do it. But it's a very simple plan. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [2:01] And they won't have a nuclear weapon. And they didn't want to go that far. [2:06] If you can believe it, they didn't. How stupid. Are they stupid people? [2:10] They didn't want to believe it. They think that, well, I'll get tired of this or I'll get bored or I'll have some pressure. [2:15] But there's no pressure. There's no pressure at all. We're going to have a complete victory. [2:20] We've already, in theory, had a complete victory from the military standpoint. [2:24] The military, look, their Navy is dead. They have 150. They had 159 ships. [2:29] Right now they have zero, other than the little speedboats that go around that got taken out eight a day by us. [2:34] They have no air force. They have no anti-aircraft. [2:39] Now, they probably put the shoulder jobs into service over the last three weeks, probably. [2:47] But essentially, they have no anti-aircraft. They have no radar. [2:50] And frankly, their leaders have been killed at the first level, second level and half at the third level. [2:56] And then they come back and they want to negotiate and they give us a stupid. [3:02] It's a stupid proposal. Nobody would take it. [3:05] Although Obama would have taken it. Biden would have taken it. [3:08] What they took was far worse. So we stopped him twice. [3:11] We stopped him when I terminated the worst deal probably ever made in the history of our country in terms of defense. [3:16] That was the Iran nuclear deal by Barack, penned by Barack Hussein Obama, [3:23] that would have given Iran a nuclear weapon within a year. [3:26] They would have had it years ago. I terminated that in my first term. [3:30] And then when that beautiful plane right there hit them hard, we really hit them hard. [3:35] And they told me, I want to just tell you this because they like to say, oh, well, maybe it wasn't that hard to hit. [3:41] Iran told me very strongly because they intend to give us the nuclear dust, as I call it. [3:47] It's easier than talking about other terms because it's a term everyone, but the nuclear dust, which is what we hit. [3:53] And they told me, number one, you're getting it, but you're going to have to take it out. [3:58] Because the site was so obliterated that there's only one or two countries in the world that could get it. [4:05] It's so deep and got hit so hard that there's no way they have the equipment to move it. [4:10] You and China are the only two countries in the world that could take it out. [4:15] So we talked about it and they said, you'll have to take it out because we don't have the capability of doing it. [4:20] So for those people that like to say that those great pilots in those great planes, [4:26] well, we just ordered 22 more of them, new and improved, that those great pilots didn't do their job. [4:33] They did their job. [4:35] One o'clock in the morning with no moon, no light, no nothing. [4:39] Every single bomb hit its targets. [4:41] And then, as you know, we shot some incredible things. [4:46] There's things that nobody else has. [4:49] Nobody has a military like we have. [4:52] We shot the tomahawks from a submarine 200 miles away and that went on top of it. [4:58] But every one of those, including the tomahawks, every one of those weapons and shots hit perfectly. [5:05] And they said to me, just to put it on the record, they said to me, [5:09] there are only two countries in the entire world that could ever get that stuff out of there [5:14] because we don't have the equipment and nobody else. [5:17] They said China and the United States. [5:20] So I just want to let you know those pilots did an unbelievable job, [5:25] very dangerous job, at one o'clock in the morning. [5:28] Think of it. [5:29] No moon, no nothing. [5:30] We had no light, purposely. [5:33] And every single one of those bombs were right down an air chute in a granite mountain and exploded. [5:40] And they are unable to get it, even if they wanted to. [5:44] But we're not going to take a chance. [5:45] So that's part of the deal. [5:46] So, sir, do you think the Marines have agreed to allow the removal of all their enriched units? [5:51] Yeah. [5:52] Well, they did two days ago. [5:53] They didn't. [5:54] Okay? [5:55] They did two days ago. [5:57] They said, you're going to have to take it. [5:59] We were going to go with them. [6:01] But they changed their mind because they didn't put it in the paper. [6:05] So when they sent us this document that we waited four days for, [6:08] that should have taken 10 minutes to do, look, it's very simple. [6:12] We get that. [6:13] They guarantee no nuclear weapons for a very long period of time [6:17] and a couple of other minor things, but they just can't get there. [6:20] So they agree with us and then they take it back. [6:23] But they said to us that it was so badly obliterated. [6:29] It was the word they actually used. [6:30] That was my original word. [6:32] Then it got challenged by some of the fake news. [6:34] But, and it wasn't challenged with any knowledge. [6:37] It was just challenged like they were hoping that this wouldn't have been so successful. [6:43] No, it was obliterated. [6:45] We have the greatest military in the world. [6:48] I built it largely in my first term and I didn't know I'd be using it quite this much. [6:53] in my second term. [6:55] But very simply, when they say, does he have a plan? [6:59] Yeah, I have a plan. [7:00] The plan is very simple. [7:01] You know, in war you have to change. [7:03] You have to be flexible. [7:04] You have a lot of plans, but you have to do different plans in different days. [7:08] But I have a great plan. [7:09] But the plan is they cannot have a nuclear weapon. [7:13] And they didn't say that in their letter. [7:15] Mr. President, the leadership changes that you've talked about in Iran. [7:20] Is this still a leadership that you believe you can negotiate with? [7:24] Yeah. [7:25] I think so. [7:26] Well, you have two. [7:27] You have the moderates and you have the lunatics. [7:29] And I think the moderates are more respected. [7:34] The lunatics want to fight till the end. [7:36] You know, there will be a very, it'll be a very quick fight. [7:39] But I call them, you have, just like our country, we have lunatics too. [7:44] We have, I call them lunatics. [7:47] I call them stupid people too. [7:49] But in Iran, they have the moderates that are dying to make a deal. [7:52] And then you have the lunatics. [7:53] And I guess they're a little bit afraid of the lunatics. [7:55] But, and why not? [7:58] The level of ferocity for protests. [8:02] You know, the people are watching it. [8:05] They want to go out on the streets. [8:06] They have no weapons. [8:07] They have no guns. [8:08] We thought the Kurds were going to give us weapons. [8:11] But the Kurds disappointed us. [8:12] The Kurds take, take, take. [8:14] And they have a great reputation in Congress. [8:16] Congress says, oh, they fight so hard. [8:18] No, they fight hard when they get paid. [8:20] So I'm very disappointed in the Kurds. [8:23] But they were given, I said it wasn't going to work, by the way. [8:27] I just have to say it. [8:28] I, I, I disagreed with what they did. [8:31] They gave it. [8:32] I said, they'll never get there. [8:33] And I was right. [8:34] I like to be right. [8:35] In this case, too bad. [8:37] But we sent some guns with ammunition. [8:40] And they were supposed to be delivered, but they kept it. [8:44] I said, they're going to keep it. [8:45] But what, what do I know? [8:47] I've only been doing this a short period of time. [8:49] What do I know? [8:50] Go ahead. [8:51] For the time being, the ceasefire remains in place. [8:52] What? [8:53] For the time being, the ceasefire remains in place. [8:55] It's unbelievably weak. [8:58] I would say. [8:59] I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. [9:06] I didn't even finish reading it. [9:07] They said, I'm not going to waste my time reading it. [9:10] I would say it's one of the weakest right now. [9:13] It's on life support. [9:14] They understand. [9:15] These are all medical people. [9:16] Dr. Oz, life support is not a good thing. [9:17] Do you agree? [9:18] I prognostically. [9:19] I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, [9:29] sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living. [9:34] Yeah. [9:35] Mr. President, sir. [9:36] Daniel, go ahead. [9:37] Yep. [9:38] One of the best reporters in Washington. [9:39] Go ahead. [9:40] Thank you, sir. [9:41] Dr. Oz referenced this a little early. [9:42] Two questions on healthcare, if I can. [9:43] The Council of Economic Advisors released a report saying that the most favored nation, [9:48] drug deals, will generate about $529 billion in domestic savings over the next 10 years across [9:55] all markets. [9:56] How transformative are these deals? [9:58] And makes people better. [9:59] Yeah, it does. [10:00] How transformative are these deals for millions of Americans? [10:04] And do you believe that the most favored nation, drug deals, are the Republicans' golden [10:09] ticket to the midterms? [10:10] I think the Republicans should walk away with the midterms. [10:13] Now, typically, whoever is president, they vote the other way. [10:17] Nobody knows this. [10:18] Do we have a psychiatrist in the group? [10:21] Nobody knows why. [10:22] Because I think we've had the best president — a lot of people have said, even some radical [10:26] left lunatics have said that we've had the best presidency, the best first year of any [10:30] president. [10:31] Look, I stopped eight wars, got the largest tax cuts in history, the largest regulation [10:35] cuts in history. [10:36] All the things we've done, so many — like, all of this that we've done. [10:40] Medically, we've done so much. [10:42] You know, we did a thing called Right to Try, my first — and I could never understand [10:47] it when I was a civilian, which wasn't so long ago. [10:50] I haven't been doing it that long. [10:51] But I always used to marvel at the fact that if they had a great drug, and it had to go [10:57] through the FDA, and the FDA guarded it and said, you can't use it. [11:01] And if a person was terminally ill and the drug was showing great promise, the person's [11:07] terminally ill, they wouldn't give it to the person because they didn't want to hurt [11:11] the person. [11:12] And I said, well, we need something on that. [11:14] And it was very important to me. [11:15] And I had no idea it would be so hard to get, but we got it in total. [11:19] We got it in full. [11:20] It's called Right to Try. [11:21] That if you're terminally ill, you have the right to try a drug that has not gone even [11:27] anywhere near final, if it shows even a little promise. [11:31] And we've saved thousands of lives. [11:33] It was very hard to get because the insurance companies didn't want it. [11:36] The doctors didn't want it because the doctors didn't want to be blamed. [11:40] The drug companies didn't want it because if it didn't work, they didn't want it on their records. [11:44] So what we did is we said, we're not going to count it on your record. [11:48] If somebody's terminally ill and they take the drug, it doesn't work, we're not going to count it on your record. [11:52] We'll have another record, you know, a little smaller one that not a lot of people look at. [11:56] But we're not going to count it on your record. [11:58] So Right to Try has been one of the great successes. [12:01] Again, nobody talks about it. [12:02] We've saved thousands of lives on us. [12:05] But you know what is maybe even more important? [12:08] We've learned very quickly that some drugs work and some drugs don't. [12:11] In other words, some drugs take a person who's terminally ill, and there are numerous cases. [12:19] And without waiting seven years, ten years — by the way, we think we've cut it in half. [12:24] But you do need a period of time. [12:27] Without waiting many, many years, we know the drug works. [12:31] Because we've taken people that were dead — we had a person given the last rites — gone. [12:37] The kids are crying and — and started them on this drug, and the person became better. [12:43] It works. [12:45] You know? [12:46] And some don't work. [12:47] But you learn really fast. [12:49] It's called the ultimate test, I think, right? [12:51] You know? [12:52] They test all these things. [12:53] They use animals all over the place. [12:55] They use everything to test. [12:57] A person is going to die. [12:59] So they didn't want it because they didn't want to be sued for — you know, the drug companies [13:04] didn't want to be sued if it didn't work. [13:05] The country didn't want to be sued. [13:07] So I got everybody into a room, and I said, we're going to do this. [13:10] But if anybody uses it, they have to sign a document — they signed a very strong document — that [13:15] they're not going to sue the doctor. [13:16] They're not going to sue the country. [13:18] They're not going to sue the manufacturer, the pharmaceutical company. [13:23] They're not going to sue anybody. [13:24] But we're going to give it a shot. [13:26] It has been — right to try has been so successful. [13:28] It's been amazing. [13:29] Nobody talks about it, but everyone knows how successful it is. [13:32] Mr. President, there was a young man that we visited on — actually, in Los Angeles, [13:37] who's taking advantage of this program. [13:38] Katie actually spoke to him by phone. [13:39] It's from Alabama, that he reached out to you directly. [13:42] And this is the same program that benefited him. [13:44] And just to put numbers on the Council Economic Advisors, it's between, you know, 500 and whatever [13:49] it was — 30 million that you said — and $700 billion in savings. [13:52] So we estimate it's $600 billion in total savings. [13:55] And the impact on the American people, Ms. President, is one in three Americans leave [13:58] a drugstore without their medication because they can't afford it. [14:01] Even though they got a doctor's prescription, they know they can make a difference in their lives, [14:05] that will no longer happen with the most favored nation drug pricing. [14:08] And we're giving drugs like the — which, as you call it, the fat shot, the weight-loss drugs, [14:13] to all beneficiaries of Medicare. [14:15] Every senior in America can get them for $50 starting on July 1st. [14:19] These are just inconceivably good prices. [14:21] And they're so good, in fact, that we actually see the taxpayer money by reducing the downstream effects [14:26] of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. [14:28] Ms. President, all possible because you took brave action. [14:30] And again, the question we should be asking ourselves is, why did that — why didn't this happen a decade ago? [14:35] Katie, what do you think about that young man? [14:36] Ms. Oh, that he is — he has a new lease on hope. [14:40] And it's because of you. [14:41] I talked to his parents, and they said, we feel so good about our country that we literally have the president [14:47] and Dr. Oz and Secretary Kennedy doing everything possible to give our son a fighting chance. [14:52] They said before, you know, no one was listening. [14:55] But you, Mr. President, took action. [14:57] And Will Roberts, he — that is such a — he is such a great young man. [15:01] He's inspired so many people. [15:02] We're right to try. [15:03] Nobody talks about us. [15:04] We're with him. [15:05] Thousands of people. [15:06] But it's also like this incredible laboratory of people that are — they're finished. [15:12] They're terminally ill. [15:13] They're not going to live. [15:15] And we weren't given — and this went on for years. [15:17] You know, this went on — Madam Secretary, you're doing such a good job with prices, agriculture. [15:23] How's the beef doing? [15:24] We've got to get the beef down. [15:25] We're working on it. [15:26] It's the only thing. [15:27] We've got to get the beef down. [15:28] But this was — this was so incredible because — and I marveled at it for 30 years. [15:36] I'd say, why — I'd have friends that were terminally ill. [15:41] You'd meet people. [15:42] They were really in bad shape. [15:44] They weren't going to make it. [15:45] And they couldn't get a drug that looked like it was going to work. [15:48] They couldn't get it. [15:49] They asked me to get it. [15:50] Do you have contacts? [15:51] You know, could you get it? [15:52] You couldn't get it. [15:53] You'd go to jail if you get — and they were going to die. [15:56] They'd die three weeks later, four weeks later. [15:58] And we're saving a lot of people that were gone, that were terminally ill. [16:02] And what we're doing is producing almost immediately — you know, you can almost immediately approve these drugs. [16:08] But it was very — you know, look, legally it was a disaster because everybody would be sued. [16:13] The problem is somebody would die, and then they'd blame the drug, and then the drug company gets sued. [16:17] The doctors, the country gets sued. [16:19] You know, a member of the family goes crazy, and you're settling for millions of dollars because you killed somebody that was going to be dead in two weeks. [16:27] So I did that, and I'm very proud of it. [16:31] The other thing — the doctor mentioned the fat drug. [16:34] So think of it. [16:36] $87 it would sell in London, and $1,300 in New York for the exact same box made — I won't name the company — made by the same company in the same facility. [16:51] $87 in London, $87 in Heidelberg, $87 in Paris, $1,370 in New York. [17:05] And this went on for a long time. [17:07] And I want to tell you, you know, he could be a famous guy. [17:09] He's begging me not to release his name. [17:11] He's a very highly neurotic, very fat — sort of a fat slap, I would call him. [17:18] But he's a brilliant man. [17:20] We know many of those people. [17:22] He's a brilliant guy, actually. [17:23] But he said, President, what the hell is going on here? [17:27] He didn't need the money. [17:29] He's rich as hell. [17:30] But he just couldn't understand why he had to pay so little in London. [17:33] He went to London, and he couldn't understand it. [17:36] He said, this is crazy. [17:37] And it actually motivated me in a certain way, because he was very smart. [17:41] He did a study. [17:42] He actually set his people. [17:44] And he traced this medicine, and he found out it was — the box here is the same box [17:50] as he had in New York. [17:51] It was made in the same plant. [17:53] And it cost, you know, 10 times more here than it did in London. [17:57] And that — there are worse stories than that. [18:01] And I said, that's it. [18:02] It's over. [18:03] We're going to do it. [18:04] That got me really motivated. [18:06] He's begging me not to release his name, because he is a well-known person. [18:09] And I've so destroyed his reputation, in terms of his physicality, [18:15] that he just doesn't want me. [18:17] I said, you know, you've had a big impact on medicine, [18:20] because you got — you got to me better than any normal person could have, you know? [18:24] He said, no, I don't want — okay, yeah, please. [18:27] Mr. President, what do you hope to get out of the summit in China, [18:30] and how much has the war in Iran changed the agenda? [18:32] A lot. [18:33] Look, look, I have a great relationship with President Xi. [18:36] We're doing a lot of business, but it's smart business. [18:38] We used to be taking advantage of, for years, with our previous presidents. [18:43] And now we're doing great with China. [18:45] We make a lot of money with China. [18:46] I have a great relationship with President Xi. [18:49] And I think you can see that with the fact that in Hormuz, [18:52] they get a big percentage, 40 percent of their oil from Hormuz. [18:56] There's been no ships coming in, no nasty ships coming in that we end up in skirmishes with. [19:03] There's been — he'd like to see it get done. [19:05] He doesn't want to see — I'll tell you what. [19:07] Look, I respect him a lot, and hopefully he respects me. [19:12] He didn't respect our previous government, that I can tell you. [19:15] The guy couldn't talk. [19:16] It was ridiculous how that ever happened. [19:19] Our country has hurt so badly the last four years. [19:22] You know, I say it all the time. [19:24] It was the king of Saudi Arabia, but everybody says, [19:27] We were a dead country a year and a half ago, and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. [19:32] And you know that better than anybody. [19:33] You know, you see that — Olivia sees that. [19:37] You see it in the numbers. [19:38] Look at the numbers. [19:39] Look at the stock market. [19:40] The stock market is now higher than it was when this war started. [19:43] So I thought that would go down 20, 25 percent. [19:47] I was — it was fine. [19:49] You know, I'm willing to — it's a terrible expression — take a bullet. [19:55] It's a terrible expression, especially when it's used by me. [19:59] But I am. [20:00] I'm willing to take a bullet for the country. [20:03] And I said, Look, the stock market is going to go down, [20:05] but we're going to have a threat of lunatics having — they're lunatics — having a nuclear weapon. [20:14] I deal with them. [20:15] I deal with them. [20:16] I say it to them. [20:17] I say, You people are crazy. [20:18] I deal with them. [20:19] I deal with them. [20:20] They talk differently. [20:21] I say, You're crazy. [20:22] You're crazy people. [20:24] You're nuts. [20:25] You're not having a nuclear weapon. [20:26] They think they can talk me into it, and then I — they don't do very well with it. [20:31] But they know how I feel. [20:33] They can't have a nuclear weapon. [20:34] They would use it within an hour after getting it. [20:37] If the Obama deal wasn't terminated by me, they would have had it six years ago, [20:43] and they would have used it immediately on Israel and also the rest of the Middle East. [20:47] You saw that when they started shooting rockets. [20:49] Nobody thought Saudi Arabia and Qatar and UAE were going to get hit, or Kuwait, Bahrain. [20:56] I think it was a tremendous strategic mistake, and they wasted those missiles. [21:01] We have the patriots that knocked them down every time. [21:04] You know, we had — I told this story. [21:07] We have — we were shot at one of our great assets — happened to be a ship. [21:12] Great ship. [21:13] 111 missiles going at very high rates of speed. [21:17] Sophisticated equipment. [21:18] And, you know, that's all they did is build missiles. [21:21] They had thousands of missiles. [21:22] Who has — who does this except for people that are looking for trouble? [21:26] We had 111 shot at one of our ships over a very short period of time. [21:32] Out of 111 missiles going at 3,000 miles an hour, all 111 missiles were knocked down into the ocean prior — long prior to arriving at the target. [21:46] And the cool guys — the coolest guys are the guys that do this. [21:49] You know, they're — they're not growing their brain. [21:52] They sit there. [21:53] Missiles shot. [21:54] You're going to see it happening. [21:55] Missiles coming. [21:56] They got, like, about 13 seconds to make a decision. [21:59] It's not like, gee, let's figure it out. [22:01] They make a wrong calculation. [22:03] You know, you lose some — a lot of men — a lot of men and a lot of billion dollars times 10 ships. [22:12] So — but there's a level of coolness that missile shot — they'd look — bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah. [22:20] And, you know, they're going — heading 47 degrees north, 1,300 feet, going 3,000 miles an hour. [22:30] Okay, we have it in our side. [22:33] Fire. [22:34] Boom. [22:36] Ten seconds left. [22:38] Let me tell you, they need smart people. [22:40] These people are smart. [22:41] Amazing. [22:42] And they're so smart that they're cool. [22:44] You know, under the calculations, for some people are very tough. [22:48] For other people, not so tough. [22:50] There's — you know, about 1 percent. [22:52] There's not too many — there's not too many people around like that. [22:55] I say — I call — a lot of times I'll call these gunners because they're phenomenal geniuses. [23:01] You know, where did you go to school? [23:03] I went to MIT. [23:04] Where did you go to school? [23:05] I went to the best schools. [23:08] Smart. [23:09] You got to be smart. [23:10] We have the greatest military in the world. [23:12] Okay. [23:13] Thank you, President. [23:14] Back to motherhood. [23:15] Your one big, beautiful bill — [23:16] I like that. [23:17] Because this is about motherhood, not about the beautiful country of Iran. [23:22] Go ahead. [23:23] If you all remain here, your one big, beautiful bill defunded Planned Parenthood for one year, [23:28] but that expires on this July 4th. [23:30] Would you like Congress to use — [23:32] Well, we're going to see what happens. [23:34] Congress is now negotiating. [23:36] We've been very good for the people that want it, for the people that are here. [23:41] And we'll see how that goes. [23:43] It's been a very thorny — to put it mildly — it's been a very thorny issue. [23:48] It's all under negotiation right now. [23:50] Yes, ma'am? [23:51] Would you like to see that defund? [23:52] Go ahead, please. [23:53] Thank you, Mr. President. [23:54] What do you think about the handling of the Hunter virus by the U.S.? [24:01] I think fine. [24:02] Do you regret the drawing from the WHO, given that — [24:07] No, I'm glad. [24:08] So, we were paying the World Health Organization $500 million a year. [24:16] Look, it's a lot of money, but in the overall scope it's not that much, but it's a lot of money. [24:20] And we weren't being treated well. [24:24] And they were making the wrong diagnoses. [24:26] I was the one that said it came from Wuhan. [24:29] They didn't say that. [24:30] They refused to say that because they were totally owned by China. [24:33] So, I was saying it came from Wuhan. [24:36] They didn't want to say that. [24:37] Now it's turned out — I think it's been conclusive that it came from Wuhan. [24:40] But I said that on the first day because I saw satellite pictures with body bags all over Wuhan. [24:46] Literally all over Wuhan. [24:49] So, I said that. [24:50] They lied to me or they didn't know. [24:52] So, we were paying for, let's say, 350 million people. [24:57] We were paying $500 million a year to the World Health Organization. [25:03] That's a lot of money. [25:04] What the hell are they going to do with that kind of money? [25:06] And China was paying $39 million a year for 1.4 billion people. [25:12] So, I said, you know, you got your story wrong because we should be paying about $10 million, not $500 million. [25:19] And they were willing to negotiate, but it was so popular when I pulled out. [25:24] They gave us all wrong information on COVID. [25:27] They were totally wrong. [25:28] And I looked today and I saw the same doctor that was there. [25:31] He's a good politician. [25:32] I don't know how the hell he kept his job, but he was there telling us about this. [25:36] Now, the one thing with this one is that it's much harder to catch. [25:41] And we've had it for a long time. [25:42] It's been around for a long time. [25:44] People are very familiar with it. [25:45] So, you know, I hope it's fine. [25:48] All I can do is everything that a president can do, which is actually somewhat limited. [25:53] But it seems like it is not easy to spread. [26:00] In fact, it's in certain ways very hard to spread. [26:04] It's been we've lived with it for years, many years, and we think we're in very good shape. [26:09] We're very careful. [26:10] And Nebraska has done a fantastic job. [26:13] They have a place there that those doctors are unbelievable. [26:19] The job they've done. [26:20] Yeah, please. [26:23] Yeah, I'm going to reduce until the... [26:27] Let me tell you. [26:28] As soon as this is over with Iran, as soon as it's over, you're going to see gasoline and oil drop like a rock. [26:37] Going to be dropping down like a rock. [26:39] I mean, already, look, just on the basis of... [26:43] You know, things have happened. [26:45] When it first came about, 20% of the oil came out of Hormuz. [26:51] That's a lot. [26:52] But, you know, with time, it's like they're going to Texas, they're going to Louisiana, they're going to Alaska, a lot of Alaska. [27:02] Alaska is, you know, sort of, it seems like very far away from Asia, but it's actually a relatively short trip by comparison to other locations they have to go to to get oil. [27:14] And they're going to Alaska. [27:17] In fact, our big problem is we're building bigger docks, docking, you know, to fill up. [27:22] But we have... [27:23] We've become very big on the filling station. [27:26] We're a big filling station. [27:28] And what's happening is when this first... when people heard about losing Hormuz, they said, [27:35] Oh, this is... it's genius. [27:37] They're finding other locations. [27:39] And some of those people, I spoke to them, companies and countries, some of those people are going to continue to go to Texas. [27:46] They like it better. [27:47] They said it's an extra 45 minutes. [27:49] They like it better. [27:51] And it's sort of amazing, you know, it found its way. [27:56] So a lot of people thought oil would go to $250, $300. [27:59] It's not. [28:00] I mean, today it's at less than $100. [28:02] Think of that. [28:03] Now, when this ends, you're going to see a drop like a rock. [28:08] How long are you going to suspend that tax? [28:12] Until it's appropriate, yeah. [28:13] Until it's... [28:14] Mr. President, it's a... [28:15] It's a... [28:16] You know, it's a small percentage, but it's a... [28:18] You know, it's still money. [28:19] Yeah. [28:20] Do you still believe that the diplomatic solution is possible with Iran, or do you only have military options? [28:25] No, I think it's very possible. [28:28] Look, I've had to deal with them four or five times. [28:31] They change their mind. [28:32] They're very dishonorable people. [28:34] The leadership. [28:35] Don't forget it's the third level. [28:38] The first level is God. [28:39] They were unreasonable. [28:40] The second level is more reasonable. [28:42] The third level, nobody wants to be president. [28:44] You know? [28:45] They say, who wants to be president? [28:47] There's nobody who raises their hand. [28:49] You know? [28:51] But we're... [28:52] They just... [28:53] They change their mind. [28:54] I've had that in business many times. [28:56] You know, the mind change, as you call them. [28:58] They... [28:59] These people that... [29:00] You make a deal, and then the next day they send you a document that takes... [29:03] That takes five days to get there, when it should have been there in 20 minutes. [29:08] You know? [29:09] It's a pretty simple document. [29:10] They will never have a nuclear weapon. [29:11] Yeah? [29:12] Thank you, sir. [29:13] I was speaking with Claire Lai this morning. [29:14] She's the daughter of Jimmy Lai. [29:15] And she told me that she's been praying and hoping that you'll be the one that brings her [29:19] dad home. [29:20] She says, of any administration, she thinks you're the one that could do it. [29:23] You said Jimmy Lai. [29:24] Jimmy Lai's daughter. [29:25] And there's another gentleman, a minister, pastor, as you know. [29:30] I'll bring them both up. [29:32] I brought it up before. [29:33] Jimmy Lai I brought up. [29:34] The other one I just heard about this morning, actually. [29:37] And I do bring that up. [29:39] You know, we've gotten... [29:41] I don't know if you've been reading John Cole, who's a great lawyer. [29:44] He was a tobacco lawyer. [29:47] Great, great guy. [29:49] I won't say he's an older guy, because he may be offended by that, but he is. [29:53] He's a little older. [29:54] He's a little older. [29:55] And he's a wise man, actually. [29:57] He made a fortune with the tobacco. [29:59] He did the first tobacco lawsuit. [30:01] And he's a great man. [30:02] And he's brought back hundreds of people out of various Belarus. [30:08] You know, you read about that. [30:10] And the leader has been fantastic. [30:13] But somebody has to ask him. [30:15] Biden never asked. [30:16] We ask. [30:17] And we're getting hundreds of people out of confinement and prisons that shouldn't be there. [30:24] And hundreds. [30:25] And many of them aren't even citizens of the United States. [30:28] They're people that have been captured in some form. [30:31] Ministers. [30:32] People that are really innocent people. [30:34] And they're being held captive. [30:36] And I bring up Jimmy Lai. [30:39] Now, Jimmy Lai, you know, caused a lot of bedlam. [30:43] You know. [30:44] I don't know. [30:45] It's like saying to me, if Comey ever went to jail, would you let him out? [30:51] That might be a hard one for me. [30:55] Does that make sense? [30:56] It might be a hard one for me. [30:57] You know, because he's a dirty cop. [30:59] But Jimmy Lai isn't that way. [31:01] But Jimmy Lai, he caused lots of turmoil for China. [31:07] He tried to do the right thing. [31:09] He wasn't successful. [31:10] Went to jail. [31:11] And people would like him out. [31:12] And I'd like to see him get out, too. [31:14] So I'll bring him up again. [31:16] I have brought him up. [31:17] And there's another gentleman, a pastor, as you know, with a beautiful daughter and son-in-law that would like to see him get out. [31:26] I'm going to bring his name up. [31:27] Mr. President, what about Taiwan? [31:28] Do you expect Taiwan to come up in your information? [31:30] Yeah, it always comes up. [31:31] Yeah, it always comes up. [31:33] It's — I used to say Ukraine would — you know, four years, you never even heard the word Ukraine. [31:40] It was never going to happen. [31:41] And it was handled so badly, Ukraine. [31:44] Ukraine should have never come up. [31:46] They lost last month 25,000 soldiers — both sides. [31:50] 25,000. [31:51] They're losing, on average, 25,000 soldiers. [31:53] It's like a meat grinder. [31:54] It's horrible, what's happening. [31:56] That would have never happened, had the election not been rigged. [31:59] That would have never happened. [32:01] And Putin and I would talk about it, but there was never any — he would have never done it. [32:08] Taiwan — I equated a little bit to that. [32:11] If you have the right president, I don't think it'll happen. [32:13] I think we'll be fine. [32:14] I have a very good relationship with President Xi. [32:17] He knows I don't want that to happen. [32:19] Very far away. [32:21] Very, very far away. [32:23] We're just at 9,500 miles. [32:26] You know, we're 9,500 miles. [32:29] He's 67 miles. [32:31] It's a little bit of a difference. [32:33] But, you know, there's a lot of — there's a lot of support for Taiwan from Japan and from countries from that area. [32:40] Do you think we should still be selling them weapons? [32:42] The United States should still have — [32:43] Well, I'm going to have that discussion with President Xi. [32:46] The President Xi would like us not to. [32:48] And I'll have that discussion. [32:51] That's one of the many things I'll be talking about. [32:54] We'll have a — you know, he and I have gotten along well. [32:56] Other than with COVID, I — you know, I was not — I was — I was just not accepting of what happened with COVID. [33:04] But other than that, he and I have had — he's a great gentleman. [33:08] I find him to be an amazing — an amazing man. [33:12] And when I say that, the press always says, [33:14] Oh, that's terrible that he calls it. [33:16] You know, he runs 1.4 billion people with a pretty iron fist. [33:21] He's — he loves his country, I can tell you that. [33:25] President Xi. [33:26] I look forward to being there. [33:27] And if he felt anything, we wouldn't — we wouldn't be doing it. [33:31] But a lot of good things can happen. [33:33] Now, we'll be talking about — I mean, he'll bring up Taiwan, I think, more than I will. [33:39] But I think that a discussion will be a little bit about — a little bit about energy [33:46] and about the very beautiful country of Iran. [33:50] And by the way, Iran is a beautiful country. [33:53] But it's got people running it now that shouldn't be there, perhaps. [33:57] Yeah. [33:58] Mr. President, just a couple questions. [33:59] Outside of these amazing benefits from employers for IDF, [34:02] there are a lot of women out there who either they work part-time [34:05] or they self-pay for health insurance. [34:08] Is there an option for cheaper IVF exposure? [34:10] And what would you like to know? [34:13] For IVF, bring it down to the cost that's associated with — [34:16] I don't know. [34:17] Olivia, could you answer that question, please? [34:19] We're trying to make — [34:20] We're putting her through a little training here, Tom. [34:22] Let's see whether or not she's got it. [34:24] I have no doubt she does. [34:26] Go ahead. [34:27] Just a softball from the President. [34:28] And happy moms help the babies in America. [34:29] Let's give this one to Olivia. [34:30] We are focused on making America the safest and best place to have a baby. [34:36] The IVF question, I think, could probably be better hit by Senator Britt and Dr. Fink and others. [34:41] Yeah, so what we're trying to do is obviously make sure that people have greater access and that the affordability goes down. [34:48] We did that, obviously, with what you saw from the President last year in the two different announcements he made. [34:53] We've seen, you know, over — gosh — I mean, thousands of people have more access with regards to affordability. [35:00] I think we've saved about $15 million, but we know that this is going to go up to the tunes of billions of dollars with what we're doing here. [35:07] With being able to allow employers to do this, we think it will ultimately drive down to each and every person. [35:14] So that is the point. [35:15] The more that people are able — we want to get — as Secretary Kennedy said, we want to get to root causes as well. [35:20] So we want to make sure that we are treating the entire issue, not just putting a Band-Aid on it and moving on. [35:26] We want people who want to bring life into the world to have that opportunity. [35:29] We do believe that this will do that. [35:31] So a combination of allowing this to be available, but then also the affordability element — I think it's down, as he said, [35:39] I mean, some of these drugs down 80 percent from a year ago, some down 40 percent every year ago. [35:44] So it's a really exciting time, and we do think that this will ultimately be able to reach all Americans. [35:49] But a lot of people don't realize it's available. [35:52] I spoke to people. [35:53] They don't know about the Trump. [35:56] They don't know about any of these things that, you know, where you're saving so much money, where they can actually afford it. [36:04] You know, when you get prices down to just a tiny fraction of what they used to be, that's one of the reasons. [36:10] I don't need it for myself. [36:11] I get enough publicity. [36:12] But I need it to inform the public. [36:15] A lot of people — like, your question's a good question — but a lot of people don't know. [36:19] IVF and so many other things that could help them that they assume it's so expensive it's not within their price range, [36:26] and they're not going to be able to afford it or even think about it. [36:29] And then they hear about these numbers. [36:31] And in addition, there's some help that we give them beyond even the low numbers. [36:34] The President, only one in three Americans know what TrumpRx.gov does. [36:39] It would be a great service. [36:40] I know he kids you a lot about this not getting reported appropriately. [36:45] But there is no excuse to buy drugs. [36:47] Make sure you're getting the best. [36:50] And, sir, we've got tens of millions of people who are going to it, but, you know, there's hundreds of millions of Americans. [36:58] So we have got to get Americans to realize — you mentioned fertility. [37:00] Fertility drugs are probably a third of the cost of the entire process. [37:05] For those to drop by 90 percent, dramatically changes the equation. [37:08] They're private companies who are now taking advantage of the whole group of individuals who can get access to fertility medications and the treatments that go with them. [37:17] And as the services get better, we make them more affordable. [37:20] We'll have more truck babies. [37:21] Yeah, and we hope that that lays the groundwork, though, so that anyone has an ability to receive these. [37:26] And also remember, this is all on moms.gov as well. [37:28] I mean, that's one thing we're trying to do is make sure that we are pushing people to all of these resources, [37:32] because when you either want to have a child or you find out you have a child, you know, sometimes that's a very exciting thing. [37:37] Sometimes, you know, it's — you're a little overwhelmed. [37:40] We want all of those resources to be in one spot so that we can help these women in their journey to other people. [37:46] And when people hear how inexpensive it is relative, you know, they can't even think about it, [37:50] now all of a sudden they say, I can afford that. [37:52] And they get help also in affording it. [37:54] There are ways of getting help to afford even those low prices. [37:58] How about one more last question? [38:00] Please. [38:01] Thank you, Mr. President. [38:02] What do you say to infectious diseases experts who say they are worried the country may not be prepared to deal with something like hantavirus [38:10] because of all the HHS, you know, funding and staffing cuts? [38:14] Well, I think we take care of that — do you want to answer that? [38:17] It's just not true. [38:18] Jay Bhattacharya is taking this task on. [38:20] Secretary Kennedy is involved with them. [38:22] You can speak to it perhaps even better than — in fact, best in the room. [38:25] But the country is prepared and the CDC is focused on it. [38:28] And the agency is well aware of the opportunities to actually treat this problem, [38:33] not just try to prevent it in the future, but treat if it happens now. [38:35] Secretary? [38:36] Yeah, I mean, we've had CDC teams on it from day one. [38:41] I was speaking with the University of Nebraska since the second day of the outbreak. [38:46] I was speaking with Governor Billin of Nebraska. [38:49] We had a CDC team at Tenerife. [38:52] We had airplanes ready to take the patients, the 17 patients, off the vessel and transport. [39:03] Two of them went to Atlanta. [39:04] One of those was symptomatic. [39:07] They are in a biocontainment lab in Atlanta. [39:11] The other 16 are now in Nebraska. [39:14] One of them is symptomatic. [39:16] He is in the biocontainment lab. [39:18] The other ones are being tested and supervised and given plans for going home. [39:23] We have this under control, and we're not worried about it. [39:27] But the CDC took four days after the WHO issued its, you know, alert. [39:34] Why was it? [39:35] Why did it take the U.S. four days to issue an alert? [39:39] It's not true. [39:40] As soon as we determined that the virus was out there, we issued an alert. [39:45] The alert means nothing. [39:46] They acted very quickly. [39:47] I saw the alert, too. [39:48] Yeah. [39:49] Give me a minute. [39:50] They acted very, very quickly. [39:51] And it looks like, you know, I can't bet anybody's life on it. [39:57] But it looks like it's just a disease that we've had around in a very small way for a long time. [40:03] Not a good one to catch because, you know, it's a very severe disease if you catch it. [40:07] But it's very hard to catch. [40:08] Daniel, did you have a question? [40:09] One last one. [40:10] Senator Britt mentioned the website Moms.gov. [40:11] One of the policies that's on there are the Trump accounts, right? [40:12] They're getting ready to go live this summer. [40:13] When you speak to young parents, this is one of the policies they repeatedly bring up about [40:17] how impactful it would be for them. [40:18] Can you just talk about why Americans need to know about this and how important it is for younger [40:27] parents to know their cases? [40:28] So we've done more for young parents. [40:31] I guess it's a way you could say it. [40:33] Great, beautiful term. [40:34] But we've done more for young parents than any administration ever in history. [40:39] And we're going to continue to do so. [40:41] This is — look at the people up here. [40:43] They're all, like, brilliant. [40:45] I'm one of the young ones. [40:47] You know, I'm — [40:48] That's right. [40:49] I'm a similar age to all of you. [40:51] Very similar. [40:52] I feel the same as them. [40:53] I actually feel for sure. [40:55] You know, I don't know what this is. [40:56] I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. [41:00] Yeah. [41:01] It's crazy. [41:02] Someday there'll be a day when that won't happen. [41:05] I'll let Bobby and Oz know, you know? [41:07] It's not quite the same. [41:09] But I feel literally the same. [41:10] I don't know why. [41:11] I'm not — it's not because I eat the best foods. [41:14] Maybe they are the best foods. [41:15] Who knows what the best foods are? [41:17] Maybe — maybe junk food is good and the other food is no good. [41:20] I know people that eat the best food. [41:23] They go to a restaurant, they have celery, and I don't want — [41:26] and I'll have steak and everything else. [41:29] And I say, how are you doing? [41:31] Well, it's over for me at a young age. [41:35] And all they do is watch — [41:37] I know many, many people that all they do is watch their weight, [41:40] their this, their that. [41:42] And they kick the bucket. [41:44] And here we are. [41:45] I feel great. [41:46] Thank you, Daniel. [41:47] Thank you very much, everybody. [41:48] Thank you, Press. [41:49] Thank you, Press. [41:50] Thank you, Press. [41:51] Thank you, Press. [41:52] Thank you, Press. [41:53] Thank you, Press. [41:54] Thank you, Press. [41:55] Thank you, Press. [41:56] Thank you. [41:57] Thank you, Press. [41:58] Thank you. [41:59] Thank you, Press. [42:00] Thank you.