“He’s a killer…” Trump jokes with PM Modi about his negotiation skills at G7 Summit in France

[0:00] Well, thank you very much. We had some great meetings in France. [0:03] The group of people used to be the G8, now it's the G7. [0:08] I don't know if that was a good deal or not, but it's a G7. [0:11] And we have a G2 coming up, and then we have a G20 coming up. [0:16] You know what the G2 is, I think, most of you. [0:18] But we had in particular some very good conversations with Prime Minister Modi, India. [0:26] And we're doing trade deals. We're doing a lot of things. [0:29] A lot of things are happening between the United States and India. [0:32] The United States is doing the best we've ever done. [0:35] We have over $19.2 trillion coming in. [0:39] We're building factories. We're building everything. [0:42] Prime Minister is building a lot in the United States. [0:45] He's spending a lot of money in the United States, so we appreciate that job. [0:49] But I just want to say he's been my friend for a long time now, [0:52] and we've always had a great relationship, and it's great to be with you. [0:57] Thank you very much. [0:57] Great to be with you. [0:59] Prime Minister Modi, I'm very happy to meet you with me. [1:05] Mr. President, it's a pleasure to meet you here in Avia. [1:23] We had an extremely productive meeting in Washington last year, [1:27] and since then we have given new speed and new energy to our relations, [1:31] and we are working together on a number of areas. [1:33] And we're also happy that our teams have also been working in close coordination and engagement, [1:51] and they've been working towards achievement of the targets that we had set for ourselves last year. [2:05] Mr. President, I commend you for your leadership on the progress that has been made in the efforts to restore peace in West Asia. [2:12] Thanks to your efforts, Mr. President, a new hope for peace and stability in the region has been rekindled, [2:31] and I'm confident that this will lead to a long-standing peace in the region. [2:35] Mr. President, you and I agree that keeping the state of Hormuz open is vital for the global economy. [2:52] Mr. President, we always say that the freedom of navigation should be realistic and that we should be able to meet all of us. [3:03] Mr. President, India has consistently emphasized the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation, [3:08] and we should work together and place a particular emphasis on that. [3:12] Mr. President, we know that in the world of maritime trade, [3:17] Mr. President, you are aware that across the world, Indian seafarers in hundreds of thousands are working [3:40] and performing their duties across global maritime trade routes, including the state of Hormuz, [3:44] and their safety is of utmost importance to us. [3:48] Mr. President, you have made tremendous efforts towards reaching this understanding and this agreement, [4:07] and I'm confident that the issue of seafarers will receive the highest priority during the implementation of this agreement. [4:12] Mr. President, once again, I deeply appreciate and I deeply commend your efforts in ensuring the restoration of peace [4:33] and making efforts towards restoration of peace and stability in West Asia. [4:36] Thank you very much. [4:38] Thank you. [4:39] Thank you. [4:40] Thank you. [4:41] Thank you. [4:42] Thank you. [4:43] Any questions? [4:44] Thank you, Mr. President. [4:45] We just heard the Prime Minister producer your efforts, you know, peace efforts in the Middle East. [4:48] Thank you. [4:49] Do you think you can carry the momentum from the Iran deal over to securing an end to the world in Ukraine? [4:54] And can you tell us about your conversations with President Zelensky here at the Giuseppe? [4:59] Well, I had very good talks with President Zelensky and with President Putin, and we'd like to see that one end. [5:06] I ended eight wars, and to be honest with you, I thought this would have been one of the easier ones, [5:12] but they're not liking each other too much, and it makes it much more difficult. [5:16] But we're working. [5:17] I had two good conversations with President Zelensky and with President Putin. [5:22] Will you let them build U.S. missiles? [5:25] Or you're going to manufacture missiles, American missiles? [5:29] They would like to be able to do that. [5:31] We'll take a look at it. [5:32] How close are you to a U.S.-India trade deal? [5:37] Very close. [5:39] We've been there for a little while, and he's a very tough negotiator. [5:43] He's one of the toughest, actually. [5:45] So you look at this man. [5:47] I'll give you a lesson. [5:48] He's the most beautiful-looking man. [5:50] He looks so nice. [5:51] He's like an angel. [5:52] But actually, he's as tough as... [5:55] He's a killer. [5:56] I don't want to... [5:57] He's a killer. [5:58] He's as tough as they come. [5:59] But he looks so good. [6:01] So he gets you by surprise. [6:04] But there's few people like this. [6:06] People say, he's such a nice man. [6:08] I said, no, he's very... [6:09] He's very tough. [6:10] He's a tough negotiator. [6:12] And he loves the Indian people. [6:14] But he also loves the U.S.A. [6:15] We had Howdy Moody in Houston, remember? [6:18] And the stadium was full. [6:20] Right? [6:21] Remember that? [6:22] He did not say Trump in India. [6:23] That was great. [6:24] And we'll be going to India sometime in the future. [6:28] President Trump, when will you go to India? [6:31] And how do you see war as well? [6:32] This is a grouping that was started under your first term. [6:35] And this is a grouping that all the four countries are looking forward to. [6:39] Well, we had a great visit last time in India. [6:42] We opened up that new stadium. [6:43] And I think there were three, four hundred thousand people. [6:46] It seated like about 150,000. [6:51] And there were 250,000 outside. [6:54] And there were 100,000 on the grass. [6:56] That was... [6:57] I don't know if that record's ever been broken, but we had a great... [7:00] I had a great time in India. [7:01] President Trump, do you expect India to play any role in West Asia? [7:08] Say it. [7:09] Do you expect India to play any role in West Asia? [7:12] Yeah, I do. [7:13] I do. [7:14] I think India plays a big role in everything. [7:16] As long as he's the leader, India's going to play a big role. [7:20] President Trump, you said many times that India has a great friend in the United States, [7:25] in Washington, D.C., in White House, till the time you are president. [7:28] But some of your decisions recently caused trouble, concern in India. [7:32] How would you like to assure people of India? [7:35] Well, I said it. [7:36] As long as I'm president, we have a great... [7:38] They have a great friend in the White House. [7:41] I don't know where there might have been trouble, but I don't think so. [7:45] I can tell you, everyone here, they love India. [7:48] They have tremendous respect for this man. [7:50] Tremendous respect. [7:51] Go ahead, ma'am. [7:52] Are there going to be sanctions that are going to be reimposed on Russia now that the focus [8:01] is once again being shifted to the Ukraine-Russia war? [8:04] We are looking at that. [8:05] We're seeing how far the price of oil comes down. [8:08] It's really tumbling. [8:10] It's, I guess, 74, 75 right now. [8:12] So it's down. [8:13] It's soon going to be at the number that it was four months ago. [8:17] It's pretty amazing. [8:18] And on top of that, we will have an Iran without a nuclear weapon, [8:22] which I can tell you the prime minister feels very strongly about that, too. [8:26] What is your president here from European or G7 leaders? [8:29] They were, to a leader, and we had G7 plus many others came, as you know. [8:36] To a leader, they were thrilled. [8:39] They could not have been happier. [8:41] Well, this gentleman came. [8:42] That's a big, that's a big get. [8:45] He came, and they are, they cannot even believe that it happened. [8:50] It happened quickly. [8:51] But it really didn't happen quickly. [8:53] It happened, it's been happening for a long time. [8:55] It's been happening from my first term, when a very evil man named Soleimani was killed. [9:01] That's when it started. [9:03] And nobody else did this but Trump. [9:05] You know, you look at our president, 47 years, Iran took advantage of the world. [9:12] The Middle East, but the world. [9:14] Nobody did anything. [9:15] The Obama deal was one of the dumbest deals I've ever seen. [9:18] It was a road to a nuclear weapon. [9:20] My deal is a wall to a nuclear, you're not going to have it. [9:24] It's a wall to a nuclear weapon. [9:26] Are minesweepers, do you want the Europeans to send minesweepers? [9:29] Did you talk about minesweepers? [9:30] We don't need them, but if they want to send them, I think it's good. [9:32] Has anyone committed to minesweepers? [9:34] Yes. [9:35] All of them. [9:36] All of them. [9:37] Which nations? [9:38] The ones, the ones that have that kind of equipment have. [9:40] But every one of them have committed to being involved and so forth. [9:44] And at this point, do you feel that Vladimir Putin is more responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine? [9:50] Well, I don't want to comment on that because I'm trying to get it settled. [9:53] And that doesn't make it easy. [9:55] Mr. President, you're on the cusp of making history with the possible peace in the Iran conflict. [10:01] I like this guy. [10:02] Who is he? [10:03] Do you know who that is? [10:04] Your reporters are much nicer than my reporters. [10:07] Go ahead. [10:08] But there is also a tragic loss of lives of Indian sailors recently, sir, in American strikes. [10:14] Any words of condolences for the grieving families? [10:17] Yeah, I do. [10:18] I heard about that. [10:19] It's a rough profession. [10:21] There's no question about it. [10:23] And we work together on it. [10:25] This has been happening throughout time. [10:27] But we work together on it. [10:29] Yeah, certainly. [10:30] We love all of those people. [10:31] They're great people. [10:32] Yeah, please. [10:33] How long do you expect Bill Coulter to be acting DNI? [10:37] Well, as long as it takes to get everybody else approved. [10:40] I mean, they were doing a rush act and we didn't get anything for it. [10:44] Look, he's a very legitimate guy. [10:46] He's very smart. [10:47] He's a brilliant guy. [10:48] Look at the job he did at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. [10:51] I mean, it's worth probably a trillion dollars right now. [10:54] So we put him there. [10:56] But all of a sudden it was like a rush act by the Democrats. [10:59] And they said they were going to approve Pfizer. [11:02] And I said, but we want Pfizer approved. [11:04] But we want the Save America Act approved. [11:06] Voter ID, proof of citizenship. [11:09] We want no mail-in ballots, with exceptions, like for the military, sick, you're sick, you're traveling, disabled. [11:17] Very, you know, open and generous. [11:20] We also want no men playing in women's sports. [11:23] And we want no transgender utilization of our children. [11:28] None. [11:29] Those are five things that are 99% to, I mean, that's all we want. [11:35] It's not a lot. [11:36] It's not a lot. [11:37] The Save America Act. [11:38] And that can be passed any way they want to pass it. [11:40] But I'm not going to sign Pfizer unless it's done. [11:44] And this was like a rush act. [11:46] And it was a rush act by the Democrats. [11:48] All of a sudden they want to get. [11:49] And why are they afraid of this guy? [11:51] I mean, they're so afraid of him. [11:53] They'll do anything not to have Pulte go in there. [11:56] He's a very capable guy. [11:57] And they're worried about that. [11:58] Mr. President. [11:59] Mr. President. [12:00] Mr. President. [12:01] Yes, ma'am, please. [12:02] You said the deal, the Orion deal, the tax is still being finalized. [12:06] How confident are you that this Friday signing will happen? [12:09] You're talking about this one? [12:10] On the deal? [12:11] You know, deals are amazing. [12:15] I've done them all my life. [12:17] I've gone into deals that were 100% and they don't happen. [12:21] I've gone into deals that there was no chance of getting them done. [12:25] And it happens and they happen easily. [12:27] So you never know with deals, do you? [12:29] But you're going to find out pretty soon. [12:31] I think it'll be done. [12:32] They want to sign. [12:33] They want to get back to a normal life. [12:36] You know, we hit them very hard. [12:38] Don't forget, you know, people talk about when this started. [12:43] This didn't start three, four months ago. [12:45] This started years ago when I took out Soleimani. [12:47] That was a big event. [12:49] There are those that say it was the biggest event in the Middle East in 50 years. [12:54] So we took him out and they became a much different country. [12:59] And then we terminated, I terminated the JCPOA. [13:04] That's Barack Hussein Obama's horrible deal. [13:07] That gave them a nuclear weapon. [13:09] And I terminated it and I stopped it. [13:12] And then I stopped it a second time with the B-2 bombers. [13:14] And these are all major events in the history of the world, in my opinion, because it prevented them from having a nuclear weapon. [13:23] And now we're going to do it again and we're going to see how it works out. [13:27] So this is a memorandum of understanding, but it's a very strong one. [13:31] This isn't just like a two paragraph. [13:33] This is a long, you know, pretty detailed memorandum that goes into a regular contract. [13:39] I would think they would do it. [13:41] If they don't, then that's, you know, that's okay. [13:45] We'll have to start the process again. [13:47] And we don't lose. [13:49] We have the greatest military in the world. [13:51] We have the greatest blockade. [13:52] The naval blockade was 100% effective. [13:56] And again, they have no Navy. [13:59] They have no Air Force. [14:00] All bombed. [14:01] I don't want to say the leaders, but first level of leader, gone. [14:06] Second level of leaders, gone. [14:09] Some of the third level of leaders, gone. [14:13] And they want to make a deal. [14:16] They are so ready to make a deal. [14:20] You know what? [14:22] The defense relationship between India and the United States. [14:27] Sorry, I'm skipping. [14:28] I won't. [14:29] That's okay. [14:30] Can you speak to the defense relationship between India and the United States? [14:34] I think it's a great relationship. [14:35] I can tell you this without having a contract. [14:38] We don't have a contract. [14:39] You'd have to write contracts. [14:40] But if they were attacked, we would be there to help them. [14:44] Howard said, is that a good statement? [14:47] Okay. [14:48] Come here, man. [14:49] If anybody attacks that man, we're going to be there. [14:52] Now, if there's a new leader, I'm not sure about it. [14:55] If there's a new leader, I don't know about that. [14:57] But if they're attacked and he's the leader, we're going to be there to help. [15:01] And we have, and I will say this, and everybody says it. [15:07] I had a great meeting three weeks ago with President Xi of China. [15:11] We have the strongest military in the world by far. [15:15] And I built it in my first term, and we're using it in my second term. [15:20] And they gave some of it away stupidly in Afghanistan, as you know. [15:25] And they spent a lot on Ukraine, $350 billion. [15:29] But we have the most powerful military in the world. [15:33] You saw that with Venezuela, which was 48, think of it, 48 minutes. [15:39] And now our relationship with Venezuela is great. [15:42] We paid for the cost of the war 40 times, taking millions of barrels out. [15:48] Venezuela is benefiting. [15:50] We're benefiting. [15:51] Venezuela is benefiting. [15:52] And then we go to Iran. [15:54] And really, in the first week, militarily, we defeated Iran. [15:58] Nobody thought that could be done. [16:00] Yeah, please. [16:01] Mr. President, do you want Israel to halt its military campaign? [16:04] No, I want Israel to be able to protect themselves. [16:07] But I do want them to use good judgment. [16:09] Mr. President Trump, can you expect a highly skilled Indian professional [16:16] to be getting more opportunities in the United States under your presidency? [16:19] What does that mean? [16:20] What? [16:21] Highly skilled professionals to get more opportunities here in the United States. [16:24] Oh, yeah, sure. [16:25] I mean, always. [16:26] Yeah. [16:27] We've always had tremendous relationships in terms of employment with India. [16:31] Very talented people. [16:32] You've seen European leaders interact very warmly with you at the summit. [16:37] Do you think that they're coming around to your worldview? [16:40] Well, I think they think I was right. [16:42] I'm sort of always right. [16:44] You know, when you get right down to it. [16:46] I think they think I was right. [16:48] They feel good. [16:50] Now all of a sudden they're they all want to be involved. [16:53] They there's no reason to have them because it's pretty much over. [16:57] But they all want to be involved. [16:59] He'd be involved if I wanted. [17:00] But we don't want to waste his time for his people. [17:05] No, the European leaders, the meeting we had today was was just the leaders. [17:11] I don't even say the European. [17:12] The leaders that we had met with, in addition to the seven, we had quite a few come in. [17:18] They all were willing to get involved. [17:21] Thank you. [17:22] Thank you very much. [17:25] We had a great meeting on AI. [17:27] We had all the top people here. [17:29] And it was a great meeting. [17:30] And as you know, we're building tremendous numbers of plants. [17:33] But AI, we're building the biggest, the biggest in the world. [17:36] We're number one in AI by a lot. [17:38] And it was a very productive event. [17:40] How's it going with the negotiations with Anthropoc? [17:43] He was here. [17:44] Going fine. [17:45] I think it's going fine. [17:46] I think it's going fine. [17:49] Energy cooperation. [17:50] How do you see energy cooperation in India is diversifying, buying more energy from across [17:53] the world, including the United States? [17:55] I'm saying that's about from beyond. [17:56] How do you see India buying energy from you? [17:59] India can do anything they want with us. [18:01] We have the best relationship. [18:03] We cannot be closer than we are. [18:05] Would you say this? [18:06] I don't think we can be any closer. [18:08] Both him and I and our nations. [18:12] But it really starts with the two of us. [18:15] I am saying yes, Mr. Lomar. [18:16] We cannot be closer. [18:18] Thank you very much. [18:19] Thank you very much. [18:20] Thank you, Mr. Lomar. [18:21] Thank you.