Donald Trump speaks to reporters after departing from China

[0:02] We begin with breaking news this evening and US President Donald Trump has wrapped up his [0:07] two-day visit to China after high-level talks with Xi Jinping. Earlier, Donald Trump spoke [0:13] to reporters on board Air Force One after departing from China. Let's take a listen [0:18] into what he had to say. [0:20] President Xi is an incredible guy. He got along with a lot of great trade deals, including [0:25] over 200 planes for Boeing with a promise of 750 planes, which will be by far the largest [0:33] order ever if they do a good job with the 200, which I'm sure they will. And that's General [0:38] Electric also, the engines. So they're buying General Electric. So it's approximately 400, [0:45] 450 engines, 200 planes, and a promise of up to 750 if they do a good job. We had an amazing [0:55] time. It's a very historic. Oh, look who we have. Hello, David. That was a very historic [1:01] couple of days, I think. A million days. [1:06] Sir, I know there'll be a lot of questions around the China trip, but just first on Iran, [1:10] have you rejected the latest proposal from Iran, or where does that stand? [1:14] Well, I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence, I'd just throw it away. [1:20] What was the first sentence? [1:21] An unacceptable sentence. Because they're fully agreed, no nuclear, and if they have [1:28] any nuclear of any form, I don't read the rest of them. [1:30] So 20 years is not enough for you? It's got to be a perfect- [1:33] No, 20 years is enough. But the level of guarantee from them is, in other words, it's got to be [1:41] a real 20 years. It's not a big way to get all the fuel out and no more production. [1:47] You have to get everything, but we're not even talking about, I call it the nuclear dust. I came up [1:52] with the term, which seems to have gone on. [1:54] They're talking about it because they would not remove the- [1:56] And they said that they can't remove it because they don't have the technology to remove it. [2:00] They don't have the type of tractors. They say the only one, they told me directly, [2:06] they said the only one that can remove it is China or the U.S. We're the only ones with the equipment. [2:10] And they said, you were right, it is a complete obliteration. With that being said, I want [2:16] to get it. And they agreed to it, but then they took it back, but they'll agree to it eventually. [2:21] Sir, can I ask you about Taiwan? What did President Xi say to you about Taiwan? [2:27] What did President Xi say to you about Taiwan? And are you still going to approve the arms sale? [2:34] So, President Xi and I talked a lot about Taiwan. He thinks they cannot have [2:40] anything to do with what they're doing. I mean, he's against very much what they're doing. [2:48] We talked about Taiwan. We talked about Iran a lot. And I think we have a very good understanding [2:53] about Taiwan. He does not want to see a fight for independence because that would be a very strong [3:02] confrontation. And I heard him out. I didn't make a comment on it. I heard him out. I have a lot of [3:10] respect for him. On Iran, it's very interesting. He feels strongly they can't have a nuclear weapon. [3:16] You can see that very strongly. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. And he wants them to open up the [3:22] strait. But as he said, they closed it and then you close them with a smile. And it's true. We control the [3:30] strait. And they've done no business. Literally, they've done no business in the last two and a half [3:36] weeks, which is approximately $500 million a day. So we have, we're doing very well on all fronts. [3:45] But, sir, before we leave it, Mr. President, President Xi said that there was a risk of conflict [3:52] with the U.S. over Taiwan. What's your response to that? I don't think there's a conflict other than [3:57] he's a buyer. And we're not. We don't need it. And on Taiwan, he said that there was a risk of [4:05] conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan. No, no, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think we're [4:09] going to be, I think we'll be fine. He doesn't want to see, he doesn't want to see a war. And you have [4:17] two things. You have the Iranian situation with that. I think we agree almost entirely other than [4:23] he's a buyer. And we're not. We don't need it. And on Taiwan, he doesn't want to see a movement for [4:29] independence. He says, look, you know, we've had it for thousands of years. And then at a certain period [4:35] of time, it left that we were going to get it back. They had the Korean War. A lot of things happened. [4:39] But no. On Taiwan, he feels very strongly. I made no commitment either way. Let's see what [4:48] happens. What about the arms sales to Taiwan? I'll make a determination over the next early [4:53] short of year. You're not necessarily going to go ahead. It was your proposal? I'm going to [4:57] make a determination. I'm going to say, I have to speak to the person that right now is, you [5:01] know, you know who he is that's running Taiwan. Did President Xi make any firm commitments to [5:08] put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the strait of our news? I'm not asking for any favors. [5:15] Because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return. We don't need favors. We've [5:20] wiped out their armed forces, essentially. We may have to do a little cleanup work because [5:26] we had a little month-long ceasefire, I guess you'd call it. But we have a blockade that's [5:33] so effective. That's why we did the ceasefire. We really did the ceasefire in the [5:38] request of other nations. I wouldn't have really been in favor of it. But we did it as a favor [5:43] to Pakistan with terrific people, the field marshal, the prime minister. But no, I mean, [5:51] the president Xi and I agree on many things. And we agree very much on trade. We're going [5:57] to be doing a lot of trading. Our farmers are going to be taken in. I mean, our farmers are [6:02] going to be very happy with the deal we made. Is your instinct that he will put pressure, [6:07] that he will try and get them to be involved? He is going to put pressure because I don't [6:12] need favors. I think he will. I think automatically. He'd like to see it opened up. He gets about [6:18] 40 percent of his energy or his oil from the strain. We get none. We get none. We don't need it. [6:25] Mr. President, on Trump's social, you said that President Xi had made a reference [6:31] to the decline of the U.S. We didn't hear him say that. Maybe it was something he said in private [6:37] to you. So what was it, first of all, that he said the profit did? He made a statement. It [6:44] might not have been from him. It was somebody. But they talked about the decline. But he said [6:48] today, and he said it very publicly, he said the U.S. was declining for the last four years. [6:54] And he said what President Trump has done in the last 15, 16 months has been virtually [7:01] a miracle. He said we have the hottest. He said we have the hottest country anywhere in the [7:06] world. But he said it was a declining country under Joe Biden. He said we had a declining, [7:14] a seriously declining country, which we did, with people pouring in from all over the world, [7:20] from prisons and everything else. He said what President Trump has done has been a virtual [7:26] miracle. It's the hottest country anywhere in the world. And it is, yeah. [7:31] We have a different subject on Cuba. There's reporting that Raul Castro could be indicted by [7:38] the DOJ, I believe. What does that mean? [7:40] Well, I don't want to comment on that. I'll let the DOJ comment on it. But they need help, [7:45] as you know. And you talk about a declining country. They are really a nation or a country [7:51] in decline. So we're going to see. We have a lot to talk about on Cuba, but not maybe for [7:55] today. [7:56] Tariffs, Mr. President. Did you agree with President Xi to extend that year-long truce [8:02] on tariffs? [8:03] We didn't discuss tariffs. I mean, they're paying tariffs. They're paying substantial tariffs, [8:08] but we didn't discuss. You know, before I came along, it was the opposite. We didn't [8:14] discuss tariffs. [8:15] How come it? [8:16] It wasn't brought up. [8:17] Mr. President, you said in January to us that you were going to bring up the expansion [8:24] of their nuclear program. Obviously, they've got 600 weapons now. By the Pentagon's estimate [8:29] going to 1,500. Did that come up? Did you succeed in getting them into any form of arms [8:36] control or the — remember, we discussed — [8:38] You're talking about China. [8:39] China. [8:40] China. [8:41] We brought it up. The denuclearization — I talk about it all the time — with Russia [8:46] and with China. And it did come up. We did discuss. And what did you conclude? [8:50] I got a very positive response since the beginning. You know, we're going to be together [8:55] four times potentially this year. We have the G20, which he wants to come to, which I'd [9:01] like him to come to. It's going to be in Miami. It's going to be a Doral. And it's going [9:05] to be, I think, very good. Much more important if he's there. And so you have the G20. We [9:10] have one that he has, as you know, in November. [9:13] Right. [9:14] In China. He's asked me to be there. I'm going to try to be there. And then we have [9:19] another one on September, I guess, 26th or 24th, when he's coming into the White House. [9:24] I'm trying to understand what it is he committed to, if he committed anything. [9:27] Well, I don't want to say anybody committed, but we have a very good understanding. [9:31] You know, the concept of denuclearization. Denuclearization or just an extension of [9:37] denuclearization. In other words, building down. And you bring Russia into it also. But [9:42] the concept of that is something that would be very good.