FULL SUNDAY GAGGLE: President Trump Takes Questions About Cost-Of-Living, Maduro, And More

[0:02] The President, everybody, we had a great weekend. [0:05] From an economic standpoint, our prices are coming down [0:09] very substantially on groceries and things. [0:12] They're already at a much lower level than they were [0:14] with the last administration. [0:17] And we worked on it this weekend, and you're going to [0:18] see some of the items that were a little bit higher. [0:21] They were lower than the last administration, [0:23] but a little bit higher. [0:24] We're going to have some little price reductions, [0:27] and in some cases, some pretty good ones. [0:30] They used the affordability word. [0:32] The affordability is much, much better with this. [0:35] And again, I go to Walmart and other companies, [0:39] and in every case, it's about 25 percent that a meal, [0:44] a Thanksgiving meal, and surroundings are 25 percent [0:48] lower than it was under the Biden administration. [0:50] That's a big fact. [0:51] And that comes from Walmart and others that do that. [0:55] Okay? [0:55] Any questions? [0:56] The Press. [0:57] Any update on Venezuela, Mr. President, [0:59] on Venezuela? [1:01] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:03] With the designation of that cartel associated with Maduro, [1:07] does that mean that the U.S. government can target [1:10] Maduro's assets or infrastructure inside Venezuela? [1:15] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:15] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:16] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:17] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:18] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:19] It allows us to do that, but we haven't said we're going to do that. [1:20] And we may be discussing, we may be having some discussions with Maduro, [1:26] and we'll see how that turns out. [1:27] They would like to talk. [1:30] And he says he's concerned that the Epstein probe [1:34] you were calling for is a smokescreen [1:37] to block the release of more files? [1:39] Is that the case? [1:40] The President Biden's update on Venezuela. [1:42] Well, I don't want to talk more [1:43] of it, because fake news like you — you're a terrible [1:44] reporter and fake news like you, they just keep bringing that up [1:48] to deflect from the tremendous success of the Trump administration. [1:53] So, a guy like Massey, his poll numbers are showing [1:55] he's at 6 percent approval rating right now. [1:58] And we call him Rand Paul Jr. [2:01] because he never votes for the Republican Party. [2:04] So, they're using Jeffrey Epstein as a deflection [2:08] from the tremendous success that we're having as a party. [2:12] The Press, President, on Venezuela, [2:13] you said they want to talk. [2:15] You said Venezuela wants to talk. [2:16] What does that mean? [2:17] The President Biden's Venezuela would like to talk. [2:19] What does it mean? You tell me. I don't know. [2:21] The Press, President Biden, [2:22] I would talk to anybody. [2:24] I'd talk to you, right? [2:26] I'd talk to anybody. We'll see what happens. [2:29] The Press, President Biden, her life could be in danger [2:30] because of the rhetoric? [2:32] The President Biden, her life is in danger? [2:34] Who's that? [2:35] The Press, President Biden, she says. [2:37] The President Biden, Marjorie Trader Greene. [2:39] I don't think her life is in danger. [2:41] I don't think, frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her. [2:45] Okay, what about you? [2:47] The Press, President Biden, are you negotiating with [2:50] lawmakers on healthcare ahead of a vote next month? [2:53] The President Biden, negotiating with lawmakers, [2:56] and I've had personal talks with some Democrats. [2:58] I can't tell you who they are. [3:00] I just don't want to do that. [3:01] It's not fair to them about paying large amounts of dollars [3:07] back to the people. [3:08] You know, this was my idea. [3:10] It came up during that. [3:12] You know, oftentimes in time, under times of stress, [3:16] like the shutdown, you come up with great ideas [3:19] that you wouldn't have thought of before. [3:21] The insurance companies are making a fortune. [3:24] Their stock is up over 1,000 percent over a short period of time. [3:28] They are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars, [3:31] and they're not really putting it back, [3:33] certainly not like they should. [3:35] So, when I see this, and when I've seen this over the last [3:38] pretty short period of time, I said, why do we just pay [3:43] this money directly to the people of our country [3:46] and let them buy their own health insurance? [3:49] And, you know, I made that statement, and I made it a little bit cavalierly, [3:53] but it sounded good. [3:55] And everybody has picked it up, including Democrats. [3:58] And I am talking to some Democrats right now about doing that. [4:02] People love it. [4:03] We're going to take the money, well, if it gets approved. [4:06] We're going to take the money, we're going to pay it back [4:09] to the people of our country to go out and buy health insurance. [4:13] Now, they can put it in a health account. [4:15] We can do it a lot of different ways. [4:17] But they'd buy their own health insurance. [4:19] They can negotiate price. [4:21] And it's going to be locked, so they can't go out and buy a Cadillac. [4:26] They can go out and buy health insurance. [4:28] The Pressure on Russia, Mr. President, Congress legislation [4:34] that puts pressure on Russia, it puts pressure on Congress. [4:38] The President Biden Well, I hear they're doing that, [4:39] and that's okay with me. [4:41] They're passing legislation or putting, the Republicans are [4:45] putting in legislation that's very tough. [4:49] It's sanctioning, et cetera, et cetera, [4:52] on any country doing business with Russia. [4:54] They may add Iran to that, as you know. [4:57] I suggested it. [4:59] So any country that does business with Russia [5:02] will be very severely sanctioned. [5:05] We may add Iran to the formula. [5:07] Yeah. [5:07] The Pressure on the President, Tucker Carlson recently had [5:09] a Front League interview with anti-Semite Nick Cuentes. [5:12] Who did? [5:13] The Pressure on the President. [5:14] What role do you think Tucker Carlson should play [5:17] in the Republican Party and the conservative movement going forward? [5:19] Well, I found him to be good. [5:20] I mean, he's said good things about me over the years. [5:23] He's, I think he's good. [5:24] We've had some good interviews. [5:26] I did an interview with him. [5:27] We had 300 million hits. [5:29] You know that. [5:33] Look, I can't tell him. [5:37] Will you let me finish my statement? [5:39] You are the worst. [5:40] You're with Bloomberg, right? [5:41] You are the worst. [5:42] I don't know why they even have you. [5:46] We've had some great interviews with Tucker Carlson. [5:49] But you can't tell him who to interview. [5:51] I mean, if he wants to interview Nick Fuentes, [5:53] I don't know much about him. [5:55] But if he wants to do it, get the word out. [5:57] Let him, you know, people have to decide. [5:59] Ultimately, people have to decide. [6:01] The mayor of New York, I will say, would like to meet with us [6:04] and we'll work something out. [6:06] But he would like to come to Washington and meet [6:08] and we'll work something out. [6:10] We want to see everything work out well for New York. [6:12] The Pressure on the Internet with Nick Fuentes [6:14] at Mar-a-Lago a few years ago. [6:16] What role should he play in the conservative movement? [6:18] Well, I didn't know he was coming and he was with, [6:20] as you know, somebody, Kanye. [6:23] And Kanye asked if he could have dinner and he brought Nick. [6:26] I didn't know Nick at the time. [6:28] And he did. [6:30] He came along with a few other people. [6:32] He brought a few people with him. [6:35] Meeting people, talking to people like for somebody like Tucker, [6:39] that's what they do. [6:41] You know, people are controversial. [6:42] Some are, some aren't. [6:44] I'm not controversial, so I like it that way. [6:46] The Pressure on Venezuela, [6:48] are you discussing options with Congress? [6:51] Are you going to Congress to discuss potential options? [6:54] You're concerned? [6:55] The President- We like to keep Congress involved. [6:57] I mean, we're stopping drug dealers and drugs [7:00] to come from coming into our country. [7:02] And I actually told Marco and some of the people, [7:04] our Secretary of State is doing a great job, by the way. [7:07] I said, go to Congress and let them know. [7:09] We're not letting drugs come through Mexico. [7:13] We're not letting them come through Venezuela. [7:15] I said, let Congress know about it. [7:17] We don't have to get their approval, [7:19] but I think letting them know is good. [7:21] The only thing I don't want them to do is leak information [7:24] that's very important and confidential [7:26] and may put our military at risk, [7:29] or whoever is doing, you know, CIA, military, et cetera. [7:33] But I did say, I said, go and see Congress, [7:36] see the representatives that we're supposed to be seeing, [7:39] and be open about it. [7:41] If they say, we don't want you to stop drugs [7:44] from coming into the country, [7:46] I don't think that would be good. [7:47] Yes? [7:49] The Pressure is committed to helping the U.S. [7:51] with Venezuela, or as all our actions feel- [7:54] The President- Yeah, we have great support, [7:55] because it's all about drugs. [7:57] Well, in Venezuela's case, it's about drugs, [8:00] and it's also about thousands, [8:02] hundreds of thousands of people [8:04] that they've released into our country. [8:07] And some are gang members from Tren de Aragua. [8:10] Some are drug- [8:11] Many are drug dealers. [8:13] Some are murderers. [8:14] So, in the case of Venezuela, it's about the prison population. [8:18] Their almost entire prison population [8:22] was released into the United States. [8:25] You know what that means? [8:27] Their prison population was released into the United States. [8:31] And we're getting it out. [8:32] We're doing an amazing job. [8:34] We have a strong border now. [8:36] We have everything- Our country is doing so well. [8:38] But what the Biden administration did to our country [8:41] should never be forgotten. [8:43] And the single worst thing they did [8:45] is allow 20 or 25 million people to pour into our country. [8:51] People from prisons, drug dealers, mental institutions, [8:56] bad people, gang members. [8:58] To allow that to happen to the United States, [9:01] totally unchecked and unvetted, should never be forgotten. [9:05] What they've done to our country is a very big thing. [9:08] But we are correcting it. [9:09] We have strong borders now. [9:11] We have a great economy. [9:13] The prices are coming down. [9:15] The Democrats like to use the word affordability. [9:18] But their affordability was terrible. [9:21] The problem with the Democrats, they lie. [9:23] They do it so well. [9:24] They talk about affordability. [9:25] But I'm the one that's getting the prices down. [9:27] As an example, they had the highest inflation [9:31] in the history of our country. [9:33] I have it down now to a normal level, [9:35] and it's going down further. [9:36] Thank you very much, everybody.