Markwayne Mullin & Trump swearing in ceremony, Trump talks Iran

[0:00] The President Oh, look who we have. [0:07] How are you? [0:08] It's been a long time. [0:10] Must be something big happening, huh? [0:15] You all set? [0:17] Well, thank you very much. [0:18] It's a great day for me because I have a lot of [0:21] confidence in this gentleman. [0:24] And we're thrilled to swear in our new Secretary [0:27] of Homeland Security, a great American patriot, to [0:29] put it mildly, Mark Wayne Mullen. [0:33] And I want to just say, Mark Wayne, congratulations. [0:36] You deserve it. [0:37] You're a great man. [0:39] Let me also thank Secretary Mullen's [0:42] beautiful family, including his wife, Christy. [0:45] Thank you. [0:46] His sons, Jim and Jace and Andrew. [0:51] And daughters, Lara, Ivy, Lynette, and other members [0:56] of the Mullen family. [0:57] It's a beautiful family. [0:58] You wouldn't know this guy. [0:59] He's our big wrestling, top wrestling guy. [1:02] I won't wrestle him for anything. [1:05] He's an all-American wrestler, huh? [1:07] He has good genetics in that. [1:09] He's got a family. [1:10] Proud of you. [1:11] Thanks as well to Attorney General Pam Bondi, [1:14] Chairman Jason Smith, Congressman Josh Gottheimer, [1:19] former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and [1:22] many other friends that are gathered with us. [1:24] It's a great, great group of people. [1:26] For 13 years, Mark Wayne has represented the [1:29] incredible state of Oklahoma, a state that I [1:32] won 77 out of 77 counties three times in a row. [1:36] So they like me there. [1:38] Second was Ronald. [1:39] Ronald Reagan. [1:40] Ronald Reagan at 56. [1:41] Did you know that? [1:41] Fifty-six. [1:42] That's not bad. [1:43] But 77, it's 77 out of 77, I think, right? [1:47] That's not bad. [1:49] But he was there in Congress as a member of [1:53] the House and then as an outstanding United States [1:56] Senator, and he really has been outstanding. [1:59] He's been a close and vital partner in helping [2:01] us secure the border, stop migrant crime, and [2:05] the scourge of illegal drugs, and make America [2:08] safe again and make America great again. [2:10] And he's a tremendous player. [2:12] He worked with Tom Holman, worked with all of our [2:15] people on the right, and many more. [2:18] And everything he's done has been good. [2:20] I say everything he touched, he's turned to [2:21] gold now. [2:22] But even in business, he was successful, in all [2:25] fairness, and he was successful. [2:26] And he said, I want to go into politics. [2:29] I hope you're happy. [2:30] But as the only Native American. [2:33] I didn't know that, huh? [2:35] Let me look at you. [2:36] Well, I think that's all right. [2:38] He's got the greats. [2:39] He's got the greats. [2:41] He's got the greats. [2:41] He's got the great quality, I can tell you. [2:43] He's the only Native American in the Senate. [2:45] How many have been there before you? [2:47] Do you know? [2:48] Native American? [2:50] Three? [2:51] Well, you're a fantastic representative. [2:54] Mark Wayne has also been a fantastic advocate for [2:57] our cherished tribal communities. [2:59] He's now the first member of the Cherokee Nation [3:03] ever to serve as a member of the Cabinet. [3:05] I didn't know all these things. [3:07] I would have picked him faster if I had known. [3:10] I would have made a quicker decision. [3:13] Prior to his career in public service, he was a [3:14] very successful man. [3:15] He had a very successful career in business, leaving [3:17] school at age 20 after his father got sick, taking [3:21] over his family business and turning it into a [3:23] multimillion-dollar success story. [3:25] He's a very successful guy. [3:27] Mark Wayne has also a career as an MMA fighter. [3:31] That's why I looked at his ears and I said, I'm not [3:33] going to fight with him. [3:34] You can tell a lot about a person by their ears, [3:36] right? [3:37] During which he went totally undefeated. [3:40] He was undefeated during his career, and he's been [3:44] inducted into the Oklahoma Wrestling Hall of [3:46] Fame, and the family is made of fantastic [3:50] wrestlers, especially that guy right there. [3:52] That's my favorite guy, huh? [3:54] And suffered bad injury and come back stronger [3:57] than ever, I think. [3:59] So, good to have you, man, right? [4:02] I have no doubt that as he takes the helm of DHS, [4:06] Mark Wayne will fight for homeland security, the [4:08] United States, and securing the country and [4:11] making it really strong and the way it should be. [4:15] Our country has come a long way in the last year. [4:18] We set it up so beautifully, and then we had [4:21] four years of horror. [4:22] We had four years of disgusting horror, open [4:25] borders, and things that nobody would even think [4:28] of, you wouldn't even think of. [4:29] Twenty-five million people poured into our country, [4:32] and we've gotten a lot of them out, but we have a [4:34] lot more to go. [4:36] 11,888 murderers came into our country. [4:40] People came in from all over the world, from [4:42] prisons and gangs, gang members, drug dealers, [4:45] people from mental institutions, insane [4:48] asylums. [4:48] That's the mental institution times two. [4:52] And what they allowed to happen to our country can [4:56] never be allowed to happen again, and it won't. [4:58] With Mark Wayne, we have somebody that's strong, [5:02] professional, and fair. [5:04] As you know, the department that Mark Wayne [5:06] takes over today is currently shut down by [5:09] radical-left Democrat thugs in Congress who have [5:13] blocked all funding for DHS. [5:16] Because they're trying to shield illegal alien [5:18] criminals, gang members. [5:19] They want to protect them from being taken out of [5:22] the country. [5:23] Drug dealers, murderers, they're protecting them all. [5:27] I don't know how people can vote for these people. [5:30] You know, I see the midterms are close. [5:33] I don't know what close means, but I don't know [5:36] how people can vote for them. [5:38] You take a look. [5:39] Men, they want men to be able to play in women's sports. [5:43] They want transgender for everybody. [5:45] They're terrible. [5:46] But that's the way it is. [5:47] They don't want to give voter ID. [5:49] They don't want voter ID for elections. [5:51] They don't want proof of citizenship for elections. [5:54] And then they get to vote. [5:56] They do cheat, but I don't know. [5:58] It's hard to believe they can cheat that much. [6:00] Just in the past few days, we've seen the horrifying [6:03] consequences of Democrats' deadly open-border extremism. [6:08] They want open borders, and they want to open the [6:10] borders again if they have their chance, because they [6:13] think they're going to get votes by doing that. [6:16] On Thursday, a precious 18-year-old college [6:19] student named Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed [6:23] while she was walking in a park. [6:25] She was just walking in the park. [6:26] Didn't do anything. [6:28] The illegal alien monster charged with Sheridan's [6:31] brutal murder had come illegally from Venezuela [6:34] and been released into our country by sleepy Joe Biden, [6:39] the worst president in the history of our country. [6:42] And I don't say that because I just because I [6:44] think he's fine. [6:44] He's okay. [6:45] I don't like him, dislike him. [6:48] I talk about job performance. [6:49] That's all I care about, job performance. [6:51] Worst president in history. [6:54] And Obama wasn't far behind, by the way. [6:57] But he was then arrested and released again by [6:59] Democrat governor, a real slob of a governor, J. [7:02] B. Pritzker, in the sanctuary city of Chicago, [7:07] which we could make safe in two months, I would say. [7:11] Two months if we sent in the group, Tom, right? [7:13] We could. [7:14] Two months would be good. [7:16] Three months, very good. [7:17] Four or five months, it would be great. [7:19] But they would never call because they don't want to [7:21] do that. [7:21] All they have to do is call and ask for a little [7:24] help. [7:25] The Democrats in Congress do not care how much [7:28] American blood they shed in their demented pursuit [7:31] of open borders. [7:33] From Sheridan Gorman to Jocelyn Nungry and Lake [7:36] and Riley, their quest to flood our country with [7:39] illegal aliens has left countless American victims [7:42] in its wake. [7:43] They never change, do they? [7:44] They see what's happening. [7:46] They never change. [7:47] That's what they want. [7:48] They want to get the votes with sanctuary and, [7:51] uh, sanctuary cities going at levels that they are. [7:54] And we've ended a lot. [7:55] We've done a lot. [7:57] But, uh, for some reason, they love it. [7:59] It's a sanctuary. [8:00] You know, sanctuary cities are sanctuary for [8:02] truly a sanctuary for criminals. [8:05] With Secretary Mullen at DHS, we will continue our [8:08] record-setting efforts to deport these illegal alien [8:11] criminals from our country. [8:12] And we are doing at record levels, despite a very [8:16] unfair court system, a radicalized left court [8:19] system, and others that I'm not too fond of, also. [8:23] And we'll protect innocent American lives. [8:26] Every single illegal migrant who is a criminal [8:30] record must be deported immediately. [8:32] If they have a criminal record, you got to deport [8:34] them. [8:36] And there's a lot that came in under Biden. [8:38] And Kamala, the great border czar Kamala, who [8:40] never went to the border and never called border [8:42] patrol. [8:42] Never once called border patrol. [8:44] Can you imagine that, Jim? [8:46] She's the border czar. [8:47] She never called border patrol. [8:50] Explain that to me. [8:52] He's the worst. [8:53] He was as bad as he was. [8:54] I'm going to give him I.Q. [8:56] tests next week. [8:57] Under the Trump administration, we've [9:00] achieved unprecedented gains on public safety. [9:03] Yesterday, we were in Memphis, Tennessee, to [9:06] celebrate the steepest reduction in crime ever [9:10] recorded. [9:11] We've been there for about five months, and the [9:13] numbers, nobody has ever seen anything like it. [9:16] And thanks to our Memphis Safe Task Force, it's [9:20] called Safe Task Force, alongside our efforts in [9:23] Washington, D.C. [9:25] And what we've done in Washington is, you know, [9:28] it's amazing. [9:29] We have Washington as a safe city now. [9:31] It's been amazing. [9:32] It's been, if you go back a year and a half, two [9:35] years ago, Washington was one of the most unsafe [9:38] cities anywhere in the world, let alone this [9:40] country. [9:42] And now we have a very safe city. [9:43] And what they've done with all of the people working [9:47] and many of the people standing right there has [9:49] been incredible. [9:51] And now we're going to see all of our cities take a [9:53] big step because of Mark Wayne. [9:56] In one year of my administration, we've [9:58] created the most secure border in the United States [10:00] history and the largest drop in illegal immigration [10:04] ever recorded, slashed the illegal fentanyl crossings [10:07] on our border by 64 percent, and accomplished [10:11] the largest decline in the murder rate in the history [10:14] of our country, bringing it down to 1,900. [10:16] That's before my father was born. [10:19] My father was born a little bit after that. [10:21] He wouldn't be happy mentioning this because he [10:23] never liked talking about age, but he lived to be a [10:26] ripe old age. [10:27] But that's before my father was born. [10:28] Think of it, 1,900. [10:31] We have a record, 1,900. [10:35] Murders last year were at the lowest level in 125 [10:38] years, and we're making America safe again. [10:42] We're doing it at levels that nobody [10:44] would ever think we're doing. [10:45] We're making great. [10:46] The border is great. [10:47] The military is great. [10:49] We're having, by the way, a tremendous success, as [10:53] you know, in Iran. [10:55] We had one in Venezuela, and now we're having one [10:58] in Iran. [10:59] They have no. [11:00] Navy left. [11:02] They have no Air Force left. [11:04] They have no anti-aircraft equipment left, no radar [11:08] left, no leaders left. [11:10] The leaders are all gone. [11:11] Nobody knows who to talk to. [11:13] But we're actually talking to the right people, and [11:15] they want to make a deal so badly. [11:17] You have no idea how badly they want to make a deal. [11:20] And we'll see what happens. [11:21] I want to thank Pete Hegseth. [11:22] The job you're doing over there is really incredible. [11:25] You and the general and all of the other generals [11:28] and colonels and captains and majors and everybody [11:31] else, right? [11:33] It's a perfect, amazing thing. [11:36] We make the best military equipment in the world. [11:38] Now we're going to make it faster. [11:40] We want to get it faster. [11:42] But we make the best in the world. [11:43] We're doing a job. [11:45] So I'd like to ask Attorney General Bondi to [11:47] come and do the honors of swearing in a man who's [11:50] going to do a phenomenal job for our country. [11:53] And I tell you, your family has to be very proud. [11:56] You have to be very proud. [11:58] Everybody wanted this job. [12:00] I said, there's one man for this job, and I have no [12:02] doubt he's going to be fantastic. [12:04] Thank you, Pam. [12:05] Come on over. [12:05] Thank you. [12:06] Attorney General Bondi, I do solemnly swear that I [12:25] will support and defend the Constitution of the [12:28] United States against all enemies, foreign and [12:34] domestic, and that I will bear true faith and [12:38] allegiance to the same, and that I take this [12:44] obligation freely. [12:45] And take this obligation freely. [12:47] Without any mental reservation. [12:49] Without any mental reservation. [12:51] Or purpose of evasion. [12:53] Or purpose of evasion. [12:54] And that I will well and faithfully. [12:56] And that I will well and faithfully. [12:58] Discharge the duties of the office. [13:00] Discharge the duties of the office. [13:02] On which I am about to enter. [13:04] On which I am about to enter. [13:06] So help me God. [13:07] So help me God. [13:08] Congratulations, Secretary. [13:09] Thank you. [13:22] I think that was the most nervous I've ever been. [13:23] Thank you. [13:25] It just seems surreal being in the Oval Office and [13:30] having the President of the United States speak so [13:34] highly of me and then recognize my family and [13:36] know my family by name, it's humbling. [13:39] And I never take it for granted, but I made this [13:42] very clear that I don't care what color your state [13:45] is, I don't care if you're red or you're blue. [13:47] At the end of the day, my job is to be Secretary of [13:50] Homeland and to protect everybody the same. [13:52] And we will do that. [13:54] I'll fight every single day. [13:55] Today, I got the privilege of meeting so many of the [13:58] employees at DHS. [14:00] These employees have been there for 30 days without [14:03] pay, and if you need anything to know their [14:07] dedication to show up and still protect the homeland [14:09] that you and I enjoy and the freedoms that we're [14:14] experiencing, they're working for free because of [14:17] political politics. [14:19] That's all I need to know. [14:20] I told them, if you're fighting 365 days, [14:22] understand I'll be fighting 365 days beside you. [14:24] So thank you. [14:25] Thank you. [14:26] No one's going to outwork me, and I'm not going to [14:29] let any of them outwork me. [14:30] The President is entrusting me with this, and [14:33] failure is not an option. [14:34] So thank you so much, Mr. President, for this [14:38] opportunity. [14:39] I won't let you down. [14:40] Thank you. [14:42] The President. [14:46] Secretary Sebelius- I love that expression, [14:47] no one's going to outwork me. [14:48] That's a wrestler's expression, isn't it? [14:51] That's a good wrestler's expression. [14:52] Yes, please. [14:53] The Press. [14:55] Will the Secretary's replacement in the Senate [14:56] support the SAVE Act and the use of the talking [14:59] bill of us to start to get it through? [15:00] The President. [15:01] Secretary Sebelius- Well, it's not the SAVE Act. [15:02] It's called the SAVE America Act. [15:03] There's a big difference, because the SAVE Act, [15:05] nobody knows what that means. [15:06] SAVE America means SAVE America. [15:09] And I can't speak for him, but I would imagine that [15:12] Mark Wayne, I didn't even ask him the question [15:14] because who wouldn't support it? [15:16] Voter ID with a picture. [15:19] You want citizenship, proof of citizenship. [15:23] Ideally, you want to end mail-in ballots because [15:27] there's tremendous corruption. [15:29] Then we added a couple of things, Mark Wayne, like [15:31] I don't think being a great athlete and [15:33] having a family of great athletes. [15:35] They have produced great athletes in this family, [15:38] all-American wrestlers. [15:40] They especially like wrestling, by the way. [15:42] And what about baseball? [15:43] Do you play baseball or anything? [15:45] They like wrestling. [15:46] But I don't think that you would say that his family [15:50] and I don't know this for a fact, and I shouldn't say [15:53] it because I could get myself. [15:55] Does anybody in your family want men to play [15:57] in women's sports? [15:59] I don't think so, Jim, right? [16:01] I don't think so. [16:02] I don't think. [16:03] How would they do? [16:03] Would they do good wrestling you? [16:05] They would be in trouble? [16:07] He said, yes, they'd be in big trouble. [16:09] It's so crazy. [16:10] So that would be one. [16:11] And then we have a few others that we call them [16:14] the best of, best of Trump. [16:17] But if you look at transgender mutilization of [16:19] children, we don't want that. [16:21] It's the mutilization of children. [16:23] We don't want that. [16:24] So generally speaking, I think I can answer that [16:27] Mark Wayne would be very much in favor of what I'm [16:30] in favor of. [16:31] Would you say that's right, Mark? [16:32] I can't think of too many things. [16:33] He might be. [16:34] He might be worse. [16:34] He might be worse than me. [16:35] That's my look at his wife is saying. [16:38] That's right. [16:39] But so, yeah, he's going to be great. [16:42] Yeah. [16:42] The Press Do you believe the Secretary will run [16:44] DHS any differently than Kristi Noem did? [16:47] What do you hope to see as his priorities? [16:49] The President Well, we had a good run. [16:51] Look, we created the strongest border with the [16:53] help of that man right there. [16:55] Tom is so incredible. [16:57] He's going to be a big influence here, too. [16:59] There's nobody more professional, nobody [17:01] better. [17:02] There's nobody better as a human being. [17:03] You know, he looks tough. [17:04] He's got a good heart, but not too good. [17:06] Don't make it too good. [17:08] But, you know, we had Tom. [17:11] We have the safest border we've ever had. [17:13] We have a lot of assets, but a lot of things we can [17:16] we can do and we're going to do. [17:19] We have to get the criminals out of our [17:21] country that were allowed in by Biden. [17:25] Yeah, please. [17:26] The Press Do you support the what appears to be [17:28] emerging agreement coming out of the Senate to [17:31] reopen the look at it? [17:33] The President And we're going to take a good, [17:34] hard look at it. [17:35] I want to support Republicans. [17:37] And, you know, sometimes it's awfully hard to get [17:39] votes when you have Democrats that don't want to [17:41] have voter ID. [17:42] They don't want to have proof of citizenship. [17:44] They don't want to do anything about men playing [17:47] in women's sports. [17:48] That's one of the items we put on, you know. [17:50] And I did that just because it's so popular. [17:52] You know, they say that's at least an 80-20 issue. [17:55] No, it's about a 99-1. [17:57] I don't think it's. [17:57] What do you think, Pete? [17:58] Do you think it's 80-20? [18:00] Who's closer, 80-20 or 99-1? [18:03] The President Almost 100. [18:04] The President Yeah. [18:04] I think. [18:05] I think 100 is really the. [18:06] So, you know, so I support that and I support [18:10] common sense. [18:11] The Press Would you be comfortable with a deal [18:13] that involves separating ICE funding from the DHS [18:16] funding package in order to reopen? [18:17] The President Well, they're working on all of [18:18] that. [18:19] You know, that's a detail that they'll explain later. [18:21] Please. [18:21] The Press For election integrity and DHS [18:23] measures, Mr. President, since CISA falls under DHS [18:27] and given that many credible voices have [18:29] raised concerns over its premature and possibly [18:31] faulty, likely faulty, 2020 election assessment, [18:34] will you and Secretary Mullen implement reforms [18:37] at CISA and at DHS to ensure full confidence in [18:40] future elections, like in the upcoming? [18:41] The President We'll talk about it, you know, [18:43] pros and cons. [18:44] Look, they used it to try and put me in prison, [18:47] right? [18:48] So I can't be thrilled with it. [18:50] They used that very strongly, very illegally. [18:52] The Democrats are thugs, and I don't want to say [18:55] that. [18:56] It would be nice to everyone get along, but [18:58] it's a different country than it was years ago. [19:01] It was very dangerous the way they used it, and they [19:05] weaponized government. [19:06] They used that to weaponize government. [19:08] So I'm not thrilled. [19:09] But I'll also go along with two groups of [19:12] people, the military. [19:13] And I think the military likes it, right? [19:16] And I'll go along with the senators. [19:18] It's I'm fine. [19:19] But I was a big victim of it. [19:20] Yeah, please. [19:21] The Press Are you going to send Jared Kushner and [19:23] Steve Woodcock to do direct negotiations with [19:25] the Iranians? [19:26] The President Yeah, well, we're in negotiations, [19:28] as it turned out. [19:29] And now you've seen what I said yesterday was [19:32] exactly correct. [19:32] We're in negotiations right now. [19:34] The President Yeah. [19:35] We're doing it along with Marco, J.D. [19:38] We have a number of people doing it. [19:39] And the other side, I can tell you, they'd like to [19:42] make a deal. [19:43] And who wouldn't if you were there? [19:44] Look, their Navy is gone. [19:47] Their Air Force is gone. [19:49] Their communications are gone. [19:50] That's the biggest problem. [19:52] It's very hard to communicate them between [19:54] themselves. [19:56] All of the anti-aircraft is gone. [19:58] Most of their missiles are gone. [20:00] We shot either shot them or they shot them and [20:03] don't have them anymore. [20:04] They're down to a trickle. [20:06] They're pretty much everything they have is gone. [20:09] I don't know. [20:10] Can you name one thing that's not gone? [20:12] Or can you name one thing that's doing well? [20:15] You know, if you read the papers, you think we're [20:17] tied, you think we're in a tough battle. [20:19] We are roaming free over Tehran, the city, Tehran, [20:24] as opposed to Iran. [20:26] We're roaming free. [20:27] We can do whatever we want. [20:30] And, as you know, today we're going to have the [20:32] privilege of shooting down a very big electric [20:36] generation plant. [20:37] One of the biggest in the world. [20:38] And one shot to the right location ends the plant. [20:42] It collapses. [20:44] And we held off based on the fact that we're [20:46] negotiating. [20:47] Yeah. [20:48] The Press What do you think was the turning [20:49] point to make you want to pursue a ceasefire? [20:51] A few days ago, you know, you said you wanted to [20:54] continue bombing Iran. [20:56] Now you want to pursue peace talks. [20:57] Was there something that happened? [20:58] The President The fact that they're talking to [20:59] us and they're talking since. [21:01] And remember, it all starts with they cannot [21:04] have a nuclear weapon. [21:05] Just, you know, I said yesterday, what are the [21:07] they said, what are the top 10? [21:09] I said, well, number one, two and three is they [21:11] can't have a nuclear weapon and they're not going [21:15] to have a nuclear weapon. [21:16] And we're talking about that. [21:17] And I don't want to say in advance, but they've [21:20] agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon. [21:22] They've agreed to that. [21:23] The Press Your former Border Patrol Chief Greg [21:27] Bovino said his only regret is that he didn't [21:29] catch more illegal aliens. [21:32] What's your reaction to that? [21:33] The President Who said that? [21:34] The Press That's your former Border Patrol Chief. [21:37] He just retired. [21:38] The President Well. [21:40] I mean, we captured a lot. [21:42] You know, they were allowed into the country [21:44] by Sleepy Joe and that group of incompetent [21:48] people that were here. [21:49] Worst president ever. [21:50] The group of incompetent people. [21:52] To me, that's the biggest scar. [21:53] You know, inflation. [21:54] They caused the highest inflation we've ever had. [21:57] We've already gotten rid of it. [21:59] The biggest scar is what they did. [22:01] The people that they allowed from prisons all [22:03] over the world. [22:03] They came from the Congo, from all over South [22:05] America. [22:07] Rough, rough, rough people. [22:09] Really tough people. [22:11] So, no, I understand what he means. [22:13] You know, he would have liked to have captured [22:15] more. [22:16] I'm not capturing so much as removing. [22:18] You know, we're removing thousands of people, and [22:21] many are self-deporting because we're going after [22:23] them so powerfully that they're self-deporting, [22:26] Tom. [22:27] Going back, I think that's one of the big unkept [22:29] secrets. [22:30] It's with thousands and thousands of people, and [22:35] they're self-deporting. [22:36] They're going back to where they came from. [22:38] But what we want really is the criminals. [22:40] We're really focused on those criminals, getting [22:42] them out. [22:42] Yeah. [22:43] The Press The message right now to Democrats [22:45] and also to Americans that are stuck in airports is [22:48] really devastating watching it online because [22:50] Democrats won't fund DHS. [22:52] The President What's devastating? [22:53] The Press What's the message to Americans right [22:54] now stuck in airports as we speak because Democrats [22:56] won't fund DHS? [22:56] The President Well, they just don't. [22:57] They won't. [22:58] Look, this is a deal that was done in the great, big, [23:00] beautiful deal, which gave you the biggest tax cuts [23:03] ever, including no tax on tips and no tax on Social [23:07] Security for the seniors. [23:08] Think of it. [23:09] No tax on overtime. [23:10] The President Yeah. [23:10] The President Tax deductions. [23:12] When you buy a car, you take money, pay interest [23:15] in the money, you deduct it. [23:17] We've never had that for people buying cars, if [23:21] it's an American car, only if it's an American car. [23:24] But they are just what they're they stick [23:31] together, the Democrats. [23:32] I tell you, I give them great credit for that. [23:34] We have some that will they're not good stickers. [23:36] We have guys like Tom Massey in Congress is [23:40] terrible. [23:40] He's just terrible, terrible person. [23:42] I call him Rand Paul Jr. [23:43] But they don't vote. [23:45] Rand Paul, I mean, rarely votes for stuff likes me, [23:50] says I'm a great president. [23:52] He said the other day, I'm a great president, one of [23:54] the greatest presidents. [23:56] But I said, do me a favor, vote for us and don't call [23:59] me a great. [24:00] I'd rather have the vote than the statement. [24:03] But we have people that don't stick together, and [24:07] those people hopefully will someday be gone. [24:10] The thing I most respect about the Democrats, even [24:13] on horrible policy, they stick together. [24:15] What they do have, though, is horrible policy. [24:18] Transgender for everyone, open borders, men and [24:23] women's sports. [24:24] They have the worst policy that you can imagine. [24:27] And so whether they stick together or not, I mean, [24:30] they have just as terrible policy. [24:32] We have great policy. [24:34] Republicans have great policy. [24:36] We have common sense policy, but it's great [24:38] policy. [24:39] That's our biggest advantage is our policy is [24:41] correct. [24:42] Yeah, please. [24:45] The Gulf to be more involved in the Iran [24:46] operation. [24:47] Say it. [24:48] Are you encouraging our allies in the Gulf to be [24:50] more involved in the Iran operation? [24:52] The President Yeah, I mean, a little bit, but [24:54] more NATO. [24:56] I think our Gulf allies have been pretty good, to [25:00] be honest with you. [25:01] UAE has been hit so hard. [25:03] They got hit by 1,400 rockets, shot them all out [25:06] of the air with our great Patriot missiles. [25:10] Think of it. [25:11] They shot 100 missiles at one of our aircraft [25:14] carriers, the Abraham Lincoln, one of the [25:16] biggest ships in the world, actually. [25:19] And out of 101 missiles shot, every single one of [25:23] them was knocked down in the sea. [25:24] Think of that. [25:25] Think of what that means. [25:27] A hundred and one missiles, highly [25:29] sophisticated, very fast missiles shot. [25:33] Out of 101, all 101 were shot down, and now, for [25:38] the most part, lie at the bottom of the sea. [25:41] It's pretty amazing, right? [25:43] Pretty amazing. [25:43] Our military is amazing, Pete. [25:45] You know the attack I'm talking about recently? [25:48] A hundred and one shot. [25:50] I said, wow. [25:51] I saw that. [25:52] You can see we have sort of pretty good equipment [25:54] that we see. [25:55] It's called the Red Line. [25:56] Those Red Lines were thick, right? [25:59] I said, that's a lot. [26:00] And then we saw them one by one just get shot. [26:03] And these guys that do the shooting, the coolest [26:05] cucumbers ever. [26:06] You know, most people. [26:07] You don't have a lot of time. [26:09] When a missile is going at 2,500 miles an hour, I [26:12] don't care how far away it is, you don't have a lot [26:14] of time. [26:15] But I watched them sit down and think. [26:21] Great students. [26:22] MITs, a lot of MITs, a lot of guys like this. [26:25] They're not as much into the muscle as they are this [26:29] one right here. [26:30] And amazing to watch them perform under great [26:35] pressure because they have a matter of seconds to do it. [26:38] If they don't do it properly, it's a big [26:42] problem, you know, because these were powerful. [26:44] These were very powerful missiles coming. [26:46] And so a lot of people choke. [26:49] They don't choke. [26:50] These guys don't choke. [26:51] They're the best in the world. [26:52] We have the best in the world. [26:53] Yeah. [26:54] What would be your message today to the TSA [26:58] agents who have been staying home in recent days [27:02] amid this impact? [27:03] Well, some of them are needing money, you know, [27:07] because the Democrats cut off their money. [27:09] I blame the Democrats more than anything else. [27:12] But some of them, you know, they didn't get paid [27:14] because they're not funded by the Democrats. [27:16] This is a Democrat problem. [27:18] In fact, I actually said to the Senate, why would [27:20] you say this is a Democrat problem? [27:23] I think the polls are showing it's a Democrat [27:24] problem. [27:25] And they'll do anything, actually, to hurt our [27:29] country so they can try and win the midterms. [27:33] And if we ever went back to our old policies, we [27:35] wouldn't have a country left. [27:36] The Press If they get a deal, Republicans and [27:38] Democrats in the Senate, to fund all but enforcement [27:41] operations of ICE, to get those TSA agents to be paid [27:45] and to open up the rest of the department, would you [27:46] sign that? [27:47] The President Well, I don't want to comment [27:48] until I see the deal. [27:49] But as you know, they're negotiating a deal. [27:52] I guess they're getting fairly close. [27:53] But I think any deal they make. [27:57] I'm pretty much not happy with it. [27:59] These guys came in. [28:00] They wouldn't pay people. [28:02] You know, they had a deal to pay. [28:03] They had to break their deal. [28:05] The Democrats broke the deal that we had. [28:08] It was all done. [28:10] Everything was fine. [28:10] And then they just said, well, we're not going to [28:12] pay anymore. [28:13] And they hurt our country. [28:16] And at a very difficult time, because, you know, [28:18] we are at, as they would say, a war. [28:20] They call it a war. [28:21] I call it a military operation. [28:24] A very successful one. [28:25] Like, successful like nobody has ever seen before. [28:28] Hey, Venezuela was equally as successful. [28:31] That was a great thing. [28:33] No, the Democrats had a deal. [28:35] It was a done deal. [28:36] And then they said, well, we're not going to pay. [28:39] And so they, a lot of people suffered over that. [28:43] And it put our country in danger. [28:45] Do you have another question? [28:46] You haven't been here in a while. [28:47] The Press Well, on Iran, can you give us any more [28:51] sense of who exactly in Iran it is? [28:55] Either Whitcomb and Kushner and others you're [28:57] speaking with? [28:57] The President Yeah, we had, I hate to say this in [28:59] front of these young. [29:00] People, they're not children. [29:02] I spoke to most of them. [29:04] They sound like adults to me, even though they are [29:06] sort of children, right? [29:07] They'll always be your children. [29:09] But I hate to say it, but we killed all their [29:13] leadership, and then they met to choose new leaders, [29:16] and we killed all of them. [29:19] And now we have a new group, and we can easily [29:22] do that, but let's see how they turn out. [29:24] It's, we have really regime change. [29:28] You know, this is a change in the regime because the [29:32] leaders are all very different than the ones [29:34] we started off with that created all those problems. [29:37] So this was, I think we can say, Jason, this is [29:39] regime change, right? [29:40] The Press What makes you trust them? [29:43] The President I don't trust anybody. [29:44] I don't trust you. [29:44] I mean, that's only because I know you. [29:48] But if I didn't know you, I'd probably have more [29:50] trust. [29:51] But I don't trust anyone. [29:54] The Press Why bother talking to them? [29:55] The President Why do you say that? [29:56] Why do you say, what makes you trust? [29:58] Do you think I trust them? [29:59] I don't trust them. [29:59] The Press Then why bother talking to them? [30:02] The President Because they're going to make a deal. [30:03] They're going to make a deal. [30:04] They did something yesterday that was amazing, [30:07] actually. [30:07] They gave us a present. [30:10] And the present arrived today. [30:12] It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount [30:15] of money. [30:17] And I'm not going to tell you what that present is, [30:19] but it was a very significant prize. [30:26] And they gave it to us, and they said they were [30:27] going to give it. [30:28] So that meant one thing to me, we're dealing with [30:30] the right people. [30:31] The Press Is that nuclear-related? [30:32] The President No, it wasn't nuclear-related. [30:34] It was oil and gas-related. [30:36] And it was a very nice thing they did. [30:38] But what it showed me is that we're dealing with [30:40] the right people. [30:40] Because, you know, you don't know, because the [30:43] leadership was killed, all gone. [30:45] Khomeini, all gone, as the expression goes, the [30:49] past Supreme Leader. [30:51] And then the new Supreme Leader was racked up, at [30:55] a minimum, racked up pretty good, and everyone [30:57] else was gone. [30:59] And then many of the people in the third tier [31:02] are gone, but we're dealing with a group of [31:04] people that I think turned out. [31:06] And the present, the gift they made to us, was very [31:10] significant, and they said they were going to do it. [31:12] And it happened. [31:14] And they're the only ones that could have done it. [31:16] Jennifer? [31:17] The Press This was related to the [31:18] straight-up moves and the flow of it. [31:19] The President Yeah, it was related to the flow and [31:21] to the straight, yeah. [31:22] The Press Are you negotiating on who's going [31:24] to control the straight from now on? [31:25] The President No, we're going to have control of [31:29] anything we want. [31:30] Look, if we can end this without more lives being [31:34] down, without knocking out $10 billion electric plants [31:39] that are brand new and the apple of their eye, I'd [31:43] like to be able to do that, you know? [31:45] But, you know, we're going to do it. [31:45] But we can't have certain things. [31:49] I mean, you know the things. [31:50] I don't have to go over the list, but, again, it [31:52] starts with no nuclear weapons. [31:53] And they've agreed to that. [31:55] There won't be any nuclear weapons. [31:56] They're not going to have enrichment, any of those [32:00] things. [32:01] But, look, I hate to say that we're in a very good [32:04] bargaining position, but, and I hate to say that [32:09] they're defenseless, because, you know, until [32:11] that last missile is fired, they have little [32:14] power, but we are in about the best bargaining [32:18] position. [32:19] We're way ahead of schedule. [32:21] And, again, they have no Navy, and they have no [32:23] Air Force, and they have no missile protection, and [32:25] most of their missiles are gone. [32:28] Most of their launchers we've killed. [32:29] You know, we've killed about 82 percent of their [32:31] launchers. [32:33] So, even if they had a missile, they can't launch [32:35] it. [32:37] And we've been very effective. [32:38] We have the greatest military in the world. [32:40] Nobody even comes close. [32:41] We have the best military equipment in the world. [32:43] Go ahead. [32:44] The Press": On Saudi Arabia, there's been some [32:45] reporting that you've been talking to the Crown Prince. [32:48] Have you been focused on normalization between, [32:51] say, Saudi Arabia and Israel at this point? [32:54] The President.: Well, no, we have a great [32:55] relationship with Saudi Arabia. [32:56] What do you hear with Saudi Arabia? [32:57] The Press.: Just hearing that you've been talking [32:59] and that he has been encouraging you to do [33:01] certain things related to Iran. [33:03] Can you share a little bit? [33:04] The President.: Well, he's a warrior. [33:06] The Press.: He does? [33:06] Yeah, he's a warrior. [33:07] He's fighting with us, by the way. [33:08] Saudi Arabia has been excellent. [33:09] And UAE, excellent. [33:13] And I will tell you, Qatar, incredible. [33:16] Qatar took a hit, a pretty bad hit. [33:19] Qatar is very close. [33:20] You know, they're essentially — you can walk [33:22] right over the border. [33:23] Qatar took a hit. [33:25] They've been great. [33:26] They've been very strong. [33:27] Kuwait, they had a little mishap. [33:30] They shot down three planes with our missiles. [33:33] They happen to be our planes. [33:35] But the pilots made it. [33:36] Can you imagine the pilots making it? [33:38] The pilots are always coming. [33:40] And they said, those are patriots. [33:42] We're not going to escape patriots. [33:43] And they got out of there pretty quick, Pete. [33:45] Right? [33:46] Pretty amazing that they got out. [33:48] The three pilots lived. [33:50] They're fine. [33:50] In fact, they're flying today. [33:52] The Press.: Was it the Kuwaitis that [33:53] accidentally fired the missiles? [33:54] The President.: Yeah, the Kuwaitis made a mistake. [33:56] They fired. [33:57] They thought they were firing at the enemy. [34:01] It was, as the expression goes, friendly fire. [34:04] But the pilots are great. [34:06] They're flying today. [34:07] Pretty amazing, when you think of it. [34:09] Yeah. [34:10] The Press.: Mr. President Trump, on a human level, [34:12] how hopeful are you that this peace deal will work [34:15] out, like, as a human, as — [34:16] The President.: On what? [34:17] The Press.: On a human level, not as the President [34:19] of the United States, how hopeful are you that this [34:22] peace deal will work out with Iran? [34:24] The President.: You're talking about to end it? [34:25] The President.: Well, I think we're going to end it. [34:29] I can't tell you for sure. [34:33] You know, I don't like to say this. [34:34] We've won this. [34:35] This war has been won. [34:37] The only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news. [34:40] I mean, the New York Times — you read the New York Times, [34:42] it's like we're not winning a war where they have no Navy [34:45] and they have no Air Force and they have no nothing. [34:48] And we literally have planes flying over Tehran [34:52] and other parts of their country. [34:55] They can't do a thing about it. [34:57] For instance, if I want to take down that [34:59] power plant, that very big, powerful power plant, [35:02] they can't do a thing about it. [35:04] It's like, take me. [35:06] That's all they can do. [35:08] And yet, if you read the New York Times or if you [35:10] watch ABC fake news or NBC fake news, you'd say, [35:15] it's a close battle. [35:16] It's not a close battle. [35:17] They're totally defeated. [35:19] You know, we killed their Navy in, would you say, [35:20] three days, Pete? [35:22] Gone. [35:23] In fact, I was a little upset with Pete. [35:25] I said, why didn't you save the ships? [35:26] We could have used them, right? [35:28] He said, it's more fun shooting them down. [35:30] But the Navy was — the Navy was — the Navy was [35:32] wiped out in a very rapid order. [35:36] Pretty impressive for you guys, you champion [35:38] wrestlers, right, when you hear this stuff. [35:41] But you don't — if you read the news, you don't [35:42] hear this. [35:43] You know, you read, like, oh, they're doing [35:44] wonderfully. [35:46] They're doing terribly. [35:47] They're wiped out militarily. [35:49] They are dead. [35:51] Yeah. [35:52] The Press Is there a new sense of a timeline? [35:53] Do you want to get something done before the [35:55] midterms? [35:56] The President Well, we'd like to see President [35:59] Putin and President Zelensky sit down and make a deal. [36:02] I think they're getting close, but I've been [36:03] saying this. [36:03] I've been saying that for a while. [36:05] I've settled eight wars. [36:06] All of them should have been more difficult than [36:08] this one. [36:09] This should have been the easiest one. [36:11] But these are two people that truly hate each other. [36:14] You'll find out that hatred is not good for [36:17] making deals. [36:18] These are people that — they don't like each [36:20] other very much. [36:21] Yeah. [36:22] The Press I know you said there's a bunch of [36:23] people from the administration who are [36:24] negotiating with Iran. [36:26] There's been reports that the Vice President is [36:28] leading those negotiations. [36:30] Is that true? [36:31] The President Well, he's involved in them. [36:32] J.D. is involved. [36:34] And Marcos. [36:35] Marcos is involved. [36:36] And Jared Kushner is involved. [36:38] Very smart guy. [36:39] And Steve Witkoff, smart guy, is involved. [36:44] And I'm involved. [36:45] I'm involved. [36:46] Why? [36:46] I'm going to be so big, oh, I don't want to talk [36:48] about it. [36:49] I'm the President of the United States, Tom. [36:52] And I'm not going to talk about it. [36:53] It's beneath me to talk about saving millions of [36:57] lives, because that's what you're talking about. [36:59] You're talking about saving millions of lives. [37:02] If Iran had a nuclear weapon, they would have [37:05] used it. [37:05] And if I didn't end the horrible Barack Hussein [37:10] Obama-Iran nuclear deal in my first administration, [37:14] they would have had a nuclear weapon three or [37:17] four years ago. [37:19] They would have used it. [37:20] I would have never gotten the chance, probably, to [37:21] be President. [37:22] Who knows you? [37:24] It would have been so devastating. [37:26] And if we didn't send those beautiful B-2 [37:28] bombers, they took them off my desk. [37:31] They were right there. [37:32] I don't know why. [37:34] But if we didn't have those beautiful B-2 [37:36] hit, which was so-we obliterated, despite CNN. [37:41] CNN said, well, maybe the word obliteration. [37:44] Said, no, no, we obliterated it. [37:46] Just obliterated their nuclear potential. [37:49] You would have had them having, two weeks after [37:52] that attack, had we not made the attack, they [37:55] would have had a nuclear weapon. [37:56] They would have absolutely used it. [37:58] And they would have used it on the entire Middle [37:59] East, including Israel. [38:02] And do you know why you see that? [38:03] Because, unexpectedly, when this war broke out, we [38:07] unexpectedly, they started sending missiles [38:10] to UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, [38:16] and elsewhere. [38:18] And nobody thought they were going to-were you [38:20] equally surprised by that, Pete? [38:22] The President, way more than we thought. [38:24] The Press, Pete, do you want to give about a [38:25] three-minute statement on how we're doing in this, [38:30] as I call it, military operation? [38:32] People don't like me using the word war, so I won't. [38:35] But the Democrats call it a war. [38:38] How about a little statement? [38:38] I think he's done a very good job. [38:40] The President, do we agree he's done a good job, [38:41] Mark White? [38:43] Can we take some of your time? [38:44] Mr. Well, thank you, Mr. President. [38:50] You're spot on. [38:51] Never in history has a modern military-Iran had a [38:55] modern military, a modern Navy, a modern Air Force, [38:58] modern air defenses, leadership, massive bunker- [39:02] never has a modern military been so rapidly and [39:04] historically obliterated, defeated, from day one with [39:09] overwhelming firepower. [39:10] The air campaign that we've conducted, that Israel's [39:12] conducted alongside us, was one for the history books, [39:15] truly, and it's because we have a President of the [39:17] United States that when he sends his warfighters out to [39:20] fight, he unties their hands to actually go out and [39:23] close with and destroy the enemy as viciously as [39:25] possible from moment one. [39:27] And that's why we see ourselves as part of this [39:29] negotiation as well. [39:30] We negotiate with bombs. [39:33] You have a choice as we loiter over the top of [39:36] Tehran, as the President talked about, [39:38] about your future. [39:39] The President has made it clear that you will not have [39:41] a nuclear weapon. [39:42] Our department agrees. [39:43] Our job is to ensure that. [39:45] And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as [39:48] long as it's hard, as it's necessary to ensure the [39:51] interests of the United States of America are [39:53] achieved on that battlefield. [39:54] This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. [39:56] This is not a President who's interested in vague [39:59] end states. [40:00] He's been very clear with us about what we need to [40:02] accomplish, creating the conditions for them never to [40:04] have a nuclear capability, and that's exactly what [40:06] we're doing in historic fashion. [40:07] Thank you, Mr. President. [40:08] The President. [40:11] The Press. [40:12] The President. [40:13] The Press. [40:14] The Press. [40:15] The President. [40:17] The President. [40:18] The President. [40:19] The Press. [40:20] The President. [40:21] The President. [40:22] The President. [40:23] You know, I don't do what you like to do, but I have [40:24] to. [40:26] I said, Pete and General Raising Cane, I think this [40:28] thing is going to be settled very soon. [40:29] Here they go. [40:30] Oh, that's too bad. [40:31] Pete didn't want it to be settled. [40:32] It's, these guys are doing a great job. [40:33] That's a good attitude though, Tom, right? [40:34] They were not interested in settlement. [40:36] They were interested in just winning this thing. [40:37] Yeah, please. [40:38] The Press. [40:39] The Press. [40:40] The Press. [40:41] Mr. President, can you, just taking things [40:42] locally, hopefully, not doing international affairs [40:43] for a second, do you support the construction of [40:44] on the international affairs for a second. [40:45] Do you support the construction of the 2nd Avenue Subway [40:48] in New York City? [40:49] And will your administration work with them? [40:51] The President You know, the 2nd Avenue Subway [40:55] has been under construction for, you're a young guy, [40:59] is longer than you are old, okay? [41:02] Huh? [41:04] That's been under construction. [41:05] I haven't heard about the 2nd Avenue Subway in 20 years. [41:09] What the hell kind of a question is that? [41:12] I guess they got to get it finished. [41:14] But they spent trillions of dollars, practically. [41:16] No, they spent more money on that than on anything, [41:20] I think, in the history of our city, in New York City. [41:23] And it's been under construction for a long time. [41:26] It's very sad, actually. [41:28] The only thing maybe worse was Gavin Newsom, [41:31] the governor of California. [41:32] His train — I call it his train wreck because it's a wreck. [41:37] That's been years. [41:38] It's literally 30 times over budget. [41:42] Nobody has ever seen anything like it. [41:44] And it doesn't go to San Francisco [41:45] and Los Angeles like it was supposed to. [41:48] They decided to cut it way short [41:50] because there was no way they could finish it. [41:52] But it's one of the worst — [41:53] I've never seen anything like it, [41:54] other than the worst — [41:56] the Federal Reserve building for almost $4 billion. [42:00] Little building that's going to cost a renovation [42:03] for $4 billion, [42:05] headed by our highly incompetent head of the Federal Reserve. [42:10] Yeah, please. [42:11] The Press- Mr. President, would you be open — [42:12] are you hoping to see the Senate pursue Reconciliation 2.0 [42:16] to fund ICE and pass the state — [42:17] The President- Well, we'll see about Reconciliation. [42:19] We're certainly talking about Reconciliation, [42:21] I think, Mark Wayne, right? [42:23] Do you want to talk about that for a second? [42:26] Now that he's working, we can get him to do this. [42:29] The Press- Thank you. [42:30] Lindsey Graham, the chairman, [42:32] where the Reconciliation will funnel through, [42:36] he is committed to making sure we get Reconciliation through. [42:40] If that is in some form with funding ICE, [42:44] possibly backfilling from the One Big Beautiful Bill, [42:47] but also, more importantly, the Save America. [42:49] There's a framework that we can do through Reconciliation, [42:53] paying for it, put some of the policies that cost money in, [42:57] because there's nothing more important [42:58] than the Save America Act. [42:59] I mean, that's what the American people want. [43:01] There's 80 percent of the population say they want [43:05] only Americans voting, citizens that are registered to vote, [43:09] citizens that have done it the right way. [43:12] And I believe that everybody wants an election in charity. [43:15] So, fortunately, Lindsey Graham has said, [43:18] through Reconciliation, [43:19] he's willing to put the framework out for that. [43:24] The President I think that was said so beautifully, [43:27] so concisely, so well, your father, [43:30] that we should let him have the last word. [43:33] And that was it. [43:33] That was the last word. [43:34] Did he do a good job? [43:36] Are you impressed with your father? [43:37] Mr. I've never been more impressed [43:38] than anybody in my life. [43:40] The President How about me? [43:42] Don't answer. [43:43] Mr. Don't answer, don't answer. [43:47] No, you like your father better, okay? [43:49] Come here, come here. [43:51] Look at this guy. [43:51] Come here. [43:53] This guy, don't wrestle him. [43:56] He's a little steel over here. [43:59] All right, I want to thank the family, [44:01] because without the family, he's not here. [44:04] You know, he's a different person. [44:06] And that goes especially for mom, [44:08] who looks like she's about 22 years old. [44:10] I don't know. [44:11] I see these kids, but she looks very young. [44:14] But it's a great couple. [44:16] Congratulations to you both. [44:17] Thank you. [44:18] Thank you, Martha. [44:23] Thank you very much, everybody. [44:24] Thank you. [44:30] Thank you, Chris.