Donald Trump embarrasses CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in brutal swipe

[0:00] Well, thank you very much. [0:01] We have some people that have captivated the [0:05] attention of the whole world, not just our [0:07] country, the whole world. [0:08] And they're very brave. [0:10] And there was a lot of rocket under them. [0:11] I never saw anything like that. [0:13] We were talking about it. [0:14] It's — I don't know how they do it. [0:17] I wouldn't want to do it. [0:19] But it takes people like this to make our country [0:22] great. [0:23] And, again, I've never seen anything — everybody I [0:27] knew, they wanted to see the launch, and they [0:29] especially wanted to see a successful landing. [0:33] And, Jared, I want to congratulate you on what [0:34] you've done at NASA. [0:36] That was — I made a great choice. [0:38] I made a great choice. [0:40] And if you have any questions for any of us, [0:44] feel free to ask. [0:46] But we're very proud of these people. [0:47] They have unbelievable courage. [0:49] Unbelievable — a lot of other things, too, by the [0:52] way. [0:52] To get in there, you have to be very smart. [0:54] You have to do a lot of things physically good. [0:57] So I would have had no trouble making it. [0:59] I'm physically very, very good. [1:01] Maybe a little bit of a problem — no, no, [1:03] I'm sure. [1:04] We'll have to try it sometime. [1:05] Is a President allowed to go up in one of these [1:07] missions? [1:08] We can get working on that, Mr. President. [1:09] We have no problem, right? [1:11] We're going to launch more rockets, the [1:12] opportunity — We'll have to try it. [1:14] Congratulations very much. [1:16] And, by the way, their families are over here, [1:18] beautiful families. [1:19] And they're in the Oval Office, and they walked [1:22] in, they said, wow, the Oval Office. [1:24] Everybody likes the Oval Office. [1:27] Any questions, please? [1:28] Mr. President. [1:29] Thank you, Mr. President. [1:30] First of all, it's a great honor to meet all of you. [1:32] Congratulations, and welcome to the White House. [1:36] I have had the privilege of interviewing Gene Cernan, [1:38] the last man to walk on the moon. [1:40] The President is all good, yeah. [1:41] Is that what you would like to do? [1:43] And, Mr. President, do you think that will happen [1:45] during your second term? [1:46] The President is all good. [1:47] I mean, we don't like to say definitely, because then you [1:50] say, oh, we failed, we failed. [1:52] Because we're — I think we could say we're ahead of schedule. [1:55] So we have a — we have a good shot. [1:57] We've authorized it. [1:59] And I think with this team and, you know, with — Jared's [2:02] done such an amazing job at NASA. [2:04] I think we have a good shot, right? [2:06] We'll see. [2:07] The President is all good. [2:07] We have — we have an achievable plan now back in the movement. [2:10] We're — we're back in the business of launching moon rockets [2:12] with frequency. [2:13] So we'll just send Artemis II around the moon. [2:15] We're going to launch Artemis III in 2027. [2:18] We'll protect up for two opportunities in 2028 [2:21] to return astronauts to the surface of the moon. [2:24] The President is a great honor. [2:25] I like space. [2:26] You know, I started Space Force, as you very well know. [2:27] It's been very, very important. [2:29] And they tried to kill it. [2:30] And actually, the military would not let the Biden administration kill it. [2:34] They wanted to kill it. [2:36] And it's turned out — it's going to turn out to be one of our most [2:38] important things. [2:39] I think it'll turn out to be one of the most important things they did. [2:42] But we got involved with NASA bringing it back. [2:46] And I was saying, when I first looked at some of your facilities, [2:49] they had grass growing on the runways, right? [2:51] In between the cracks of the asphalt. [2:54] And — but not anymore. [2:56] It's really strong. [2:58] And, you know, what they do — one of the things they do that's so important [3:01] is for our military — military offense and defense. [3:05] And a lot of people say, well, is it worth it? [3:08] It's really worth it. [3:09] Because what's happened militarily — you see what we're doing militarily — a lot [3:13] of that comes from space. [3:15] So it's been pretty great. [3:17] Good question. [3:18] Yeah. [3:19] The Press. [3:20] Thank you, Mr. President. [3:21] I have two questions for you. [3:22] First, on the topic of space. [3:23] Do you have an update on the UFO files? [3:24] And what might be — when we're going to be seeing this? [3:25] The President. [3:26] Well, I think we're going to be releasing as much as we can in the near future for some [3:31] reason. [3:32] And I guess it's just a reason it's been in the minds of people for a long time. [3:37] And that is such — they want to find out about the UFOs and anything having to do [3:42] with UFO or related material. [3:44] And we're going to be releasing a lot of things from — that we have. [3:48] And I think some of it's going to be very interesting to people. [3:51] I've interviewed people — my first term, primarily — but I interviewed some pilots, [3:57] very solid people. [3:59] And they said they saw things that you wouldn't believe. [4:01] So you're going to be reading about it. [4:04] Yes. [4:05] The Press. [4:06] Sir, you spoke to Vladimir Putin not too long ago. [4:07] Did you talk to him about — [4:08] The President. [4:09] I did today. [4:10] The Press. [4:11] Did you talk to him about progress in the space area? [4:12] And what else did you talk to him about? [4:13] The President. [4:14] I didn't talk about space. [4:15] No. [4:16] I talked about Ukraine. [4:17] And I talked a little bit about Iran. [4:19] I talked about a few different subjects, mostly about Ukraine. [4:24] And we had a very good conversation. [4:25] I think we're going to come up with a solution relatively quickly. [4:29] I hope. [4:30] What was he wanting — [4:31] I think you'd like to see a solution. [4:33] I can tell you. [4:34] And that's good. [4:35] What involvement does he want to have in the Iran situation? [4:40] He told me he'd like to be involved with the enrichment, if he can help us get it. [4:45] I said I'd much rather have you be involved with ending the war with Ukraine. [4:50] To me, that would be more important, because we're going to have that — look, we're not [4:55] going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon. [4:58] And we've knocked out their Navy. [5:01] We've knocked out their Air Force. [5:02] We've knocked out their anti-aircraft, everything — apparatus, everything they have, their radar. [5:09] They have very little left. [5:11] And they have some missiles, a small percentage. [5:14] They have a small percentage of missile-making facilities. [5:18] We've knocked out about 80 percent of them. [5:20] The rest could come very quickly if we don't make a deal. [5:23] They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. [5:25] They know it, and just about everybody else does. [5:29] And so we talked about that a little bit. [5:32] He doesn't want to see them have a nuclear weapon, either. [5:34] But I had a long talk with President Putin. [5:36] I suggested a little bit of a ceasefire, and I think he might do that. [5:40] He might announce something having to do with that. [5:42] Did he announce it yet? [5:44] I was wondering — I was just going to ask you — [5:45] You know, I asked him about — even if it's a little ceasefire, there's so many people [5:50] being killed, it's so ridiculous. [5:52] Yeah. [5:53] Thank you, Mr. President. [5:54] In light of today's Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, do you want Republican [5:59] states in the South to look at redrawing congressional districts before — [6:03] I don't know what you have to tell me. [6:04] When did the ruling come out? [6:05] I've been with the astronauts. [6:07] I've been with contractors, because we're trying to get the ballroom built ahead of schedule. [6:14] It's right on schedule. [6:15] It's ahead of schedule now. [6:16] I want to keep it that good. [6:17] So the ruling came out today — [6:18] And I was also with commissioning some people, but one of — you know David Warrington's son. [6:24] I don't — you know David. [6:26] Everybody knows David. [6:27] He's got this incredible son, so he was just sworn in, so we had other things. [6:31] Tell me about the — what happened? [6:34] Well, some think that the ruling could create more Republican-held congressional seats in [6:39] the South. [6:40] That's good. [6:41] Yeah. [6:42] That's the kind of ruling I like. [6:43] When did that happen? [6:44] Well, the Supreme Court ruled on it this morning. [6:46] Really? [6:47] Is that right? [6:48] Tell me about the ruling. [6:49] Well, I have a question to the President. [6:50] This is CNN fake news. [6:51] On your call with President Putin today, do you think the war in Iran ends first, [6:54] or the war in Ukraine? [6:55] Well, we talked about — more about the war in Ukraine, but he would like to be of help. [7:01] I said, before you help me, I want to end your war. [7:04] So, we had a good talk. [7:06] I've known him a long time. [7:07] I think he was ready to make a deal a while ago. [7:09] I think some people made it difficult for him to make a deal, but we talked more about [7:15] Ukraine. [7:16] But which war do you think ends first? [7:19] That's an interesting question. [7:22] You know, coming from you, that's very interesting. [7:24] Which war would end first? [7:25] I don't know. [7:26] Maybe they're on a similar timetable. [7:28] I think Ukraine, militarily, they're defeated. [7:31] Okay? [7:32] You wouldn't know that by reading the fake news, but militarily, look there. [7:36] Navy — so they had 159 ships. [7:39] Every ship is right now underwater. [7:41] Typically, that's pretty good. [7:43] What do you think, Jared? [7:44] I mean, it's going to be hard for them to make a naval comeback. [7:47] Okay. [7:48] Now they have an Air Force. [7:50] Every one of their planes has been shot down or has been decimated. [7:55] They have missiles. [7:56] About 82 percent are gone. [7:59] And they have drones, and most of them are gone. [8:03] Most of the factories are mostly gone. [8:05] And we have tremendous anti-drone equipment now between lasers and that new, very special [8:12] machine gun that knocks them out of the air like flies. [8:15] And we use bullets instead of million-dollar missiles to knock out a $30,000 drone. [8:22] So I would say Jared would tell me that with everything you just heard, typically we're [8:27] in pretty good shape. [8:28] And, in addition, their economy is crashing. [8:32] Their — as you know, their money — they call it their money. [8:37] They don't have a name for it. [8:38] Their money is valueless. [8:40] They've got inflation that nobody's ever seen before. [8:45] Other than that, I think they're doing quite well. [8:47] If you read the New York Times, you'd say they're doing wonderfully because it's fake news. [8:52] Or if you watch CNN — I mean, you cover it all the time — you think they're doing well. [8:56] Do you think they're doing well where they have no Navy, no Air Force, no anti-aircraft apparatus? [9:02] Other than what they may have put there, they may have brought in some light stuff during [9:07] the ceasefire. [9:08] And we know exactly where it is, so it'll be knocked out within the first 15 minutes. [9:13] The Press. [9:14] The Press. [9:15] The Press. 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[10:08] Some are greatly helped, and some, you know, it didn't make much difference. [10:12] Yeah, I would say they would do that. [10:14] They have time to do it. [10:15] Yeah, please. [10:17] Thank you, Mr. President. [10:18] I wanted to ask you, there's a lot of drama on the House floor today. [10:21] Several bills were stalled, and a rule took two hours to pass today, [10:24] and there's still some tension over the Farm Bill. [10:26] Do you think that you need to get more involved legislatively on Capitol Hill? [10:30] Well, we want the Farm Bill. The Democrats don't. [10:33] We want security, okay? [10:38] We need security. We want security. [10:40] The Democrats don't think we need security. [10:42] They actually do, but they suffer greatly from Trump derangement syndrome, [10:48] like at levels that nobody's ever seen. [10:51] They're sick people. There's something wrong with them. [10:53] They don't want to pay anybody for security. [10:55] They don't like ICE. They don't like Border Patrol people. [10:58] They don't like the people that keep us safe. [11:00] You know, when they ran this, they let 25 million people into our country, [11:05] and many of those people were from prisons. [11:07] They were from mental institutions, drug dealers, murderers. [11:10] 11,888 murderers, half of whom committed more than one murder. [11:18] They think that was fine. [11:20] I happen to like law enforcement. [11:23] They essentially want to defund law enforcement, [11:27] and I don't think the public's going to let them get away with it. [11:30] You know, we got it all approved in the great, big, beautiful bill, [11:33] and they want to renegotiate. We don't like that. [11:36] Mr. President, the King's speech that he made to Congress, [11:39] he spoke strongly, forcefully about the necessity for a strong NATO alliance. [11:45] He also spoke about the necessity to continue to support Ukraine. [11:49] Did his speech in any way change your thinking on either of those issues? [11:53] Well, you have to understand my thinking is, I think, exactly correct, [11:57] but I was very disappointed with the fact that when we called on them to give us a little hand, [12:03] we didn't need it. I actually did it just to see whether or not they'd be there. [12:07] When we called on NATO to give us a hand with Ukraine, [12:10] and in particular the most recent, you know, we asked them to do certain things on Ukraine, [12:17] and we also wanted them to do things with Iran. [12:20] And on Ukraine, they're very much involved, but they didn't do things the way we would like to see it. [12:26] You know, it's been going on for a long time. [12:28] And on Iran, they weren't there, as you know. [12:32] You know it better than anybody. They weren't there. [12:36] The King is fantastic. We spent a lot of time together. [12:40] We had a lot of talk. We talked about this also. [12:43] And he loves his country, and he's a great king, and he's a great friend of mine. [12:49] And I think if he were doing that, if that were up to him, he would have probably helped us with Iran. [12:55] He would have done — he would have followed the suggestions we made with respect to Ukraine. [13:00] Because, you know, we have some disagreements on Ukraine, [13:03] and not having to do with NATO so much as European countries. [13:07] But, you know, he — you know, he's coming back tomorrow. [13:14] We had an incredible evening last night. [13:16] And he's leaving tomorrow. He's going to come back and see us before he leaves. [13:20] And, you know — but I think he's a phenomenal representative for his country. [13:25] I think the people in the United Kingdom should be proud. [13:28] I loved his speech yesterday. I watched it. I loved his speech last night. [13:32] I don't know about my speech. I thought my speech was okay, too. [13:37] But I thought he was — I think he's an unbelievable king. [13:42] And, by the way, an unbelievable queen. They are a great couple. [13:47] So, this morning — I don't — you were talking about how busy you were this morning. [13:50] James Comey was in court. He self-surrendered. He's now been charged a second time. [13:54] This time, over a social media post with seashells that said 86-47. [13:59] Do you really think that he was endangering your life or threatening your life with that policy? [14:02] Well, if anybody knows anything about crime, they know 86. [14:08] You know what — it's a mob term for kill him. You know? You ever see the movies? [14:13] 86 him. The mobster says to one of his wonderful associates, 86 him. That means kill him. [14:20] It's — I think of it as a mob term. I don't know. People think of it as something having to do with disappearing. [14:26] But the mob uses that term to say when they want to kill somebody, they say 86, the son of a gun. [14:35] I'm trying to keep the language nice and clear. They don't use that term, son of a gun. They use another term. [14:41] But that's a mob term for kill him. Yeah? [14:43] But do you really think your life was in danger? [14:45] Probably. I don't know. You know, based on — based on what I'm seeing out there, yeah. [14:50] The people like Comey have created tremendous danger, I think, for politicians and others. [14:57] He — you know, Comey is a dirty cop. He's a very dirty cop. He cheated on the elections. [15:03] He tried to help Hillary Clinton, as you know. He dismissed a lot of things that he should have proceeded with. [15:09] I wasn't involved, but he should have proceeded with. No, he's a dirty cop. He's a crooked man. Yeah? [15:15] Mr. President, you just described there's been disagreement between the U.S. and Keir Starmer on support for Iran. [15:20] Did your visit with the king smooth that over or create any wound? [15:24] Mr. President, my visit with the king really was just — it was extraordinary. I mean, he's an extraordinary man. He's an extraordinary person. And, yeah, it helps from the standpoint that, you know, when you like the king of a country so much, it probably helps your relationship with the prime minister. [15:44] But, you know, in that case, the prime minister — I said, do you want to send a little help? He said, no, we'll send it after you win the war. I said, that's not good. That's not good. What do you think of that, Jared? [15:55] Sending help after we win the war? I don't know. Some — something that bothers me. [15:58] Mr. A little wait, sir. [15:59] Mr. Wait. I don't want to get you guys involved, but I can imagine what you think. [16:03] The United Arab Emirates, the UAE, they pulled out of OPEC. What do you think about that? [16:09] Mr. I think it's great. I mean, I think it's great. Look, I know him very well. Mohammed. [16:13] And very smart. And he probably maybe wants to go his own way. That's a good thing. [16:20] I think, ultimately, it's a good thing for getting the price of gas down, getting oil down, getting everything down. They have it all. [16:29] He's a great leader, actually. So, no, I'm okay. They're having some problems in OPEC. [16:36] Mr. President, Kevin Warsh — Kevin Warsh passed a hurdle today. The Senate Banking Committee confirmed his nomination. [16:44] It will go to the Senate floor. He'll be on the Fed in mid-May. [16:48] Is it your expectation that he can persuade the other Fed governors to lower interest rates? [16:53] Mr. Well, we'll see. I mean, they should. Because it's a good time to lower them. [16:57] We're the most prime country anywhere in the world. We're right now having investments made in our country at a level that nobody's ever seen. [17:05] No other country's ever seen it. Tens of billions of dollars are being invested. Factories, auto plants, AI — I mean, not just AI, because AI is new. [17:15] We're leading China by a lot in AI, as you know. I'm letting them build their own electric plants. They're building them. Otherwise, you could never do it. [17:22] It was a concept that I came up with. I'm very proud of it. And by the way, they're building electric plants that people in the utility industry have never seen before. [17:31] They're saying, man, that's incredible. So they're building these massive buildings that cost billions of dollars, and they're building their own electric plants. [17:39] So they're not taking from a source or the old grid. You know, an old grid that wouldn't be able to do it. [17:45] No, we're leading with everything. But in the history of our beautiful world, there's never been a country that has so much money being invested in it as us. [17:55] And a tremendous number of auto plants, by the way. The auto plants are coming out of Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Germany. [18:03] They're all coming to the United States. And the reason is they have a very smart tarot policy. [18:08] You know, we got — we were taken advantage of for years. We were being ripped off by other countries for years. [18:14] And those days are over. Yeah, please. [18:16] Mr. President, regarding Iran, how long are you prepared to maintain the blockade? Could that go several more months? [18:21] Well, the blockade is genius, okay? The blockade has been 100 percent foolproof. [18:27] It shows how good our Navy is, I can tell you that. Nobody's going to play games. [18:31] We have the greatest military in the world. And I built much of it during my first term. [18:36] And we've been building it since. And the greatest anywhere in the world. Nobody even close. [18:41] And you see that every — whether it's Venezuela, which — and they have a good military in Venezuela. [18:48] But it was over in one day. It was actually over in about 48 minutes. [18:53] Iran, the same thing. I mean, militarily, we've wiped them out. They have no military left. [18:57] They're — it's all — the Navy's at the bottom of the sea. The Air Force is never going to fly again. [19:03] We've — we've got an amazing military. Now we — now they have to cry uncle. [19:10] That's all they have to do. Just say, we give up. We give up. [19:15] But their economy is really in trouble. So, it's a — it's a — it's a dead economy. [19:20] The Press. [19:21] The Press. [19:22] The Press. [19:23] The Press. [19:24] The Press. [19:25] The Press. [19:26] The Press. [19:27] The Press. [19:28] The Press. [19:29] The Press. [19:30] The Press. [19:31] The Press. [19:32] The Press. [19:33] The Press. [19:34] The Press. [19:35] The Press. [19:36] The Press. [19:37] The Press. [19:38] The Press. [19:40] The Press. [19:41] The Press. [19:42] The Press. [19:43] The Press. [19:44] The Press. [19:45] The Press. [19:46] The Press. 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[19:49] consider it better but when you have to fly 18 hours every time you want to [19:53] have a meeting and you know what the meeting is all about and you know they're [19:58] going to give you a piece of paper that you don't like before you even leave [20:01] it's ridiculous they've come a long way the question is whether or not they're [20:06] going to go far enough so at this moment there will never be a deal unless they [20:12] agree that there will be no nuclear weapons [20:17] are you considering relocating NASA's headquarters out of DC [20:22] states like Florida Texas and Ohio have expressed interest you're gonna have to [20:26] say it differently sorry are you considering relocating NASA's [20:30] headquarters out of DC once the lease is up to states like Texas Ohio and well [20:35] the best man to tell you that is a man standing right over here you heard that [20:39] question with those beautiful ears of yours he's got great hearing you know [20:43] super he's got super hearing trick of the trade sir and I what's the answer [20:48] I think the answer to that is where we we have a number we have 10 amazing centers [20:52] around the country that all kind of bubble up to contribute to the mission [20:55] we're able to undertake like Artemis II I think in terms of the headquarters we we [20:59] have a lot of people very interested in our mission so being here in DC gives us [21:02] the opportunity to kind of interact from all our stakeholders make sure we make [21:05] the right decisions for the nation yeah DC is an advantage I guess for you it's got to go [21:10] around he's got to see some senators make sure they keep going that's mr. [21:14] president probably staying around sounds so bad and importantly Washington DC is [21:20] now one of the safest cities in the country when I came here a little more [21:25] than a year ago it was a very unsafe city and now maybe even more importantly [21:30] than that we have the hottest country anywhere in the world and you helped make [21:33] it hot you know you know you helped make it hot when a year and a half ago and I say a [21:39] lot the king of Saudi Arabia but others also the king of Saudi Arabia said mr. [21:44] president a year and a half ago year ago we thought you had a dead country we [21:50] thought the United States was a dead country and now you have the hottest [21:54] country anywhere in the world and we do and believe it or not I mean when [21:59] everybody in the world was watching that incredible performance by NASA these [22:04] incredible people behind me where they get the bravery I have no idea but you're a [22:09] big part of it you really we have the hottest country in the world thank you [22:13] very much everybody