FULL ADDRESS: U.S. President Donald Trump Holds Urgent Media Briefing Outside Oval Office — AC15

[0:00] I understand your husband's going through a treatment. [0:02] Yes, sir. Yes, sir. [0:03] He's going through some very serious cancer treatment. [0:06] So this goes a long way. [0:08] Yes, sir. It sure does. [0:10] Mr. President, are another round of talks planned with Iran? [0:14] And if so, will you send Vice President J.D. Vance again? [0:17] Well, he's done a good job at Steve and Jared. [0:20] They've all done a very good job. [0:22] And I can tell you that we've been called by the other side. [0:26] They'd like to make a deal very badly, very badly. [0:30] What was the sticking point over? You said it was over nuclear. [0:33] It was over nuclear. Very similar. Yeah, very good. [0:35] I guess you're listening. It's over the fact that they will never have a nuclear weapon. [0:41] Iran, you're marking it down. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. [0:45] And we agreed to a lot of things, but they didn't agree to that. [0:49] And I think they will agree to it. I'm almost sure of it. [0:52] In fact, I am sure of it. If they don't agree, there's no deal. [0:55] There'll never be a deal. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. [0:58] And we're going to get the dust back. [1:01] We'll get it back either. We'll get it back from them or we'll take it. [1:04] Mr. President, as far as the naval blockade is concerned, what's the end game? [1:07] Is it to force Iran back to the negotiating table? [1:10] Is it to open up the straits so the gas prices ultimately come down? [1:14] Maybe everything. I mean, both of those things, certainly, and more. [1:17] We can't let a country blackmail or extort the world because that's what they're doing. [1:26] They're really blackmailing the world. We're not going to let that happen. [1:29] And, you know, the amazing thing is we don't, can you believe this? [1:33] We don't use the strait. We don't need the strait. [1:35] We have our own oil and gas much more than we need. [1:38] We have more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia. [1:41] Think of this. We produce more. [1:43] Saudi Arabia and add Russia to it substantially more. [1:47] And by next year, we'll have double that amount. [1:50] So we don't need it, but the world needs it. [1:53] And many ships are heading to our country right now as we speak to load up with the best. [2:00] Really, I guess you could say somebody said the best and sweetest. [2:03] I don't know exactly what sweet is, but when it relates to oil, it's a good thing. [2:08] But they're coming to our country right now. [2:10] There are many boats coming to our country. [2:12] Now, it could very well be this is going to be settled before that. [2:16] We've been called this morning by the right people, the appropriate people, [2:21] and they want to work a deal. They would like to work a deal. [2:24] Is it your anticipation, Mr. President, that other countries will assist in this effort to blockade Iran and those... [2:31] Yeah, other countries are going to also... [2:32] Which countries, sir? [2:33] We don't need other countries, frankly, but they've offered the services. [2:38] We'll let it be known probably tomorrow. [2:40] Has the lockdown started, sir? [2:41] Yeah, started at 10 o'clock. [2:43] Bishop Robert Barron. [2:45] Bishop Robert Barron's support to you and your policies, creating his views for defending women's freedom. [2:51] Yeah. [2:51] He now says you owe Pope Leo an apology. [2:54] Do you apologize? [2:55] No, I don't, because Pope Leo said things that are wrong. [2:59] He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran. [3:05] Pope Leo would not be happy with the end result. [3:08] You'll have hundreds of millions of people dead, and it's not going to happen. [3:12] So I can't... [3:13] I think he's very weak on crime and other things, so I'm not... [3:18] I mean, he went public. [3:19] I'm just responding to Pope Leo. [3:21] And, you know, his brother is a big MAGA person, and he's a great guy, Lewis. [3:26] And I said, I like Lewis better than I like the Pope. [3:29] Now, you have to have law and order in our country, and that's what we have now. [3:34] We have the lowest crime numbers we've had in a long time, despite the fact that many criminals were allowed into our country. [3:40] But we've gotten a lot of them out. [3:42] We've done a great job on crime. [3:43] So we have the lowest murder rate in 125 years, since 1900, the lowest murder rate. [3:51] So we believe strongly in law and order, and he seemed to have a problem with that. [3:57] So there's nothing to apologize for. [4:00] He's wrong. [4:01] And the other thing is he didn't like what we're doing with respect to Iran, but Iran wants to be a nuclear nation [4:08] so they can exterminate the world. [4:12] Not going to happen. [4:13] If the deal is not reached by the end of the ceasefire, does your threat from before still stand? [4:21] Yeah, I don't want to comment on that, but it won't be pleasant for them. [4:24] Let me put it that way. [4:25] Do you still plan to charge a toll to use the straight-up for you, sir? [4:28] Has your timetable changed in any way in terms of ending this conflict? [4:31] No, it's going on. [4:34] Right now, there's no fighting. [4:36] Right now, we have a blockade. [4:38] They're doing no business. [4:40] I didn't like seeing boats come out if they were doing business with Iran, but if there weren't, no boats came out. [4:46] So now they're doing, Iran is doing absolutely no business, and we're going to keep it that way very easily. [4:52] Don't forget, their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their anti-aircraft is gone, their radar is gone, and their leaders are gone. [5:00] That's a lot. [5:00] Do you still want to charge a toll to you on the side of your money? [5:03] Coming from predominantly going to China, Mr. President, has Xi Jinping breached out? [5:08] No, but we have a very good relationship with China. [5:11] He would like to see this ended also. [5:14] He certainly wants it ended. [5:15] Everyone, I want to see it ended too. [5:17] But we can't give a nuclear weapon to a group of people that have caused nothing but havoc for 47 years. [5:26] Look, I'm the president that's done something about it. [5:29] This should have been, and many of the presidents regret that they didn't. [5:34] You know, so I'm doing something about it. [5:36] President, Ukraine impeachment documents that were just declassified show that Eric Charanella not only submitted false information, [5:42] but that he had no direct knowledge of the alleged conversations. [5:46] Do you feel indicated by those? [5:49] Yeah, I do. [5:49] Are there a bunch of crooked people? [5:51] You're talking about with respect to all of the things that they put against me? [5:56] Yeah. [5:56] Well, it's come out that in so many different ways. [5:59] Thank you very much for that question. [6:00] I appreciate it. [6:01] But in so many different ways, the election was rigged. [6:04] The 2020 election was rigged. [6:05] We found that out. [6:07] What you just said is just a piece of that. [6:10] It's a big piece, but minor, relatively speaking, compared to what they did. [6:14] They cheated on the election, they cheated on the vote, and they cheated in every way possible. [6:19] And it's the only way we got an incompetent man to be a president. [6:23] And he was an incompetent man. [6:24] Many of the things that we're talking about, even including this, this would have been settled a long time ago, not now. [6:30] And it should have been settled by other presidents. [6:33] But the election was a rigged election. [6:34] We can't let that happen to our country. [6:36] It's a very serious charge against them and the Democrats. [6:44] They cheat. [6:44] They can't get elected with their policy. [6:47] So their policy is no good. [6:49] They want to have, I mean, open borders. [6:53] They want to have men playing in women's sports. [6:55] Do you think that men should play in women's sports? [6:59] I really don't have an opinion on that. [7:01] You don't. [7:01] I'll bet you do. [7:02] No, no. [7:03] I'm here about no tax on tips. [7:07] Go ahead, please. [7:11] Thank you, Mr. President. [7:13] Is it your understanding that during this period of time, while the U.S. has instituted this naval blockade, that oil companies will be able to send their oil tankers through the strait, get more oil out from this area? [7:24] Yeah, I think they're going to be doing very well there. [7:26] And I think they're doing very well here. [7:29] You know, a lot of tankers are coming up here. [7:31] They're coming in empty and out full. [7:33] And we have a great capacity to take care of that business. [7:37] May we know your name, please? [7:39] Have you delivered to the White House before? [7:40] I have not. [7:41] My name is Sharon Simmons. [7:43] And are the White House good tippers? [7:45] Do you know? [7:46] Wait. [7:48] Potentially. [7:50] Yes, very. [7:52] Mr. President, can I ask you something else? [7:53] Thank you. [7:54] You reminded me of it. [7:56] Mr. President, one on Cuba, sir. [7:58] You previously said that you had no problem with countries sending fuel to Cuba after previously promising to tear them. [8:07] What happened? [8:08] What changed? [8:08] Well, we're going to see with Cuba. [8:09] Cuba's another story. [8:11] Cuba's been a terribly run country for a long time. [8:14] It's got a bad system. [8:16] It's been very oppressive, as you know. [8:18] And we have a lot of great Cuban Americans, all of whom just about voted for me. [8:23] And they were treated very badly. [8:25] In many cases, family members have been killed. [8:27] They've been beaten up and mugged and, like, terrible things happened in Cuba. [8:32] And Cuba's a failing nation. [8:35] And we're going to do this. [8:36] And we may stop by Cuba after we're finished with this. [8:39] But Cuba is a nation that has been horribly run for many years by Castro. [8:46] You said face-up by Regulator Bill Pulte. [8:49] Regarding those two recent referrals for Letitia James for the insurance fraud, [8:54] do you know if federal prosecutors have evidence to charge? [8:56] Well, I don't know. [8:58] I know she's a very corrupt person. [9:00] And you're talking about the so-called attorney general of New York. [9:04] She's a very corrupt person. [9:06] That's been proven now. [9:08] And I know they've... [9:09] I have nothing to do with it. [9:11] But they're looking at things all over, all over the place, more than one state concerning her. [9:16] And concerning people like Comey, who's a dirty cop. [9:21] Comey's a dirty cop. [9:23] And dirty cops are bad. [9:25] I love... [9:25] Nobody likes the police more than me, the law enforcement more than me. [9:29] But Comey's a totally dirty cop. [9:31] And we're not going to stand for it. [9:34] The UFC fight that's happening at the White House this summer. [9:37] The UFC typically numbers those fights consecutively. [9:41] But should they label this one UFC 1776? [9:44] That's a good idea. [9:45] I'll tell that to Dana White. [9:46] I like that idea, actually. [9:48] I will say I've been involved with a lot of big events. [9:51] I've never had an event that's had more interest than the UFC fight that we have right at the front door. [9:56] Right there, they're going to start building about a 4,500-seat arena. [10:01] And then in the back, at the Ellipse, we're going to have maybe 100,000, 50,000 to 100,000 people, I guess. [10:08] They're building tremendous stages. [10:12] And you're going to have massive screens of the fight. [10:15] And it's a very popular sport. [10:17] But I have never been involved because of the White House and everything. [10:21] You know, there's a lot of reasons for it. [10:22] But we're having a fight at the White House on June 14th. [10:26] And we're going to have an arena built right at the front door. [10:30] And, you know, if you want, is your husband up to coming, do you think? [10:33] Does he like UFC? [10:35] He might. [10:35] If he's feeling good, we'll make sure you come, okay? [10:38] That would be wonderful. [10:39] That's better than the tip I just gave you, I'll tell you. [10:41] That's a lot better. [10:42] But, no, if he's feeling good, right? [10:44] Is he doing okay? [10:45] Is he going to be okay? [10:45] He's doing very well. [10:47] He's doing very well. [10:48] He actually, during the process, he wrote a book. [10:54] Go ahead, give him the name. [10:56] Maybe it's a... [10:56] He hasn't had it published yet. [10:58] But it's a book on humility. [11:01] And his name is Leo. [11:03] And he's just... [11:04] Good guy. [11:05] Doing good. [11:06] He's doing great. [11:07] How long are you married? [11:09] We have been married for six years. [11:12] Oh, that's good. [11:13] We've, you know, like most people, we've been together for over 10, so... [11:17] That's very good. [11:18] Well, that's very nice to say hello to him. [11:20] He's going to be good. [11:21] Okay. [11:21] He's going to get better, and he's going to be good. [11:23] Yes, sir. [11:24] Good. [11:24] Well, I want to thank you all, and I especially want to thank you for being here. [11:28] Well, I want to thank you for the No Tax on Tips. [11:32] Oh, that's good. [11:33] It has helped my family out immensely. [11:35] And I definitely appreciate it. [11:37] Thank you. [11:37] That's so nice. [11:38] You know, the one thing that I, just in leaving, we've had more good press for change having [11:45] to do with the fact that people are receiving more money from their tax refunds than they [11:50] ever thought possible. [11:51] We had a man the other day got $5,000. [11:53] Another one got $7,000. [11:54] They weren't expecting anything like this, and it's because of the great, big, beautiful [11:58] bill, and that's why you came, and I really appreciate it, and tell your husband to get [12:03] better. [12:03] I will. [12:04] And if you're feeling good, you'll come up, and you'll watch that fight. [12:07] All right. [12:07] I appreciate it. [12:08] Thank you. [12:08] Thank you very much. [12:09] Thank you so much. [12:10] You take care of yourself. [12:11] Thank you. [12:11] Thank you. [12:11] Any update on DOJ, though, Mr. President? [12:13] Your reaction to Mr. Orban? [12:15] Any update on who you want to lead DOJ? [12:17] Well, I think, Todd, as far as doing a fantastic job, I will say that. [12:21] He's a great lawyer. [12:22] I know that because he's been with me a long time, and so far he's doing a great job. [12:27] But we have incredible people in the DOJ, getting better all the time. [12:31] Thank you very much, everybody. [12:33] Thank you, sir. [12:37] You want to come in for a second? [12:38] Thank you. [12:39] I don't have any tests. [12:49] Thank you. [12:56] Thank you. [12:58] Thank you. [12:58] Thank you. [12:59] You're welcome today, guys. [13:00] Thank you. [13:00] Thank you. [13:01] Thank you.