ICYMI: President Trump Holds Press Conference Aboard Air Force One

[0:00] had some pretty good news 20 minutes ago, but it seems to be going very well in the Middle East [0:07] with Iran. We'll know over a little bit of time. We're negotiating over the weekend. [0:13] And as you know, we have the blockade. The blockade's been very successful. [0:19] And of equal success has been the five weeks before the blockade. The combination is pretty [0:25] lethal, I would say. So we're going to be knowing very shortly. But we're talking over. [0:31] And I expect things to go well. Many of these things have been negotiated and agreed to. [0:35] Sir, what was the good news that you had 20 minutes ago? [0:38] Having to do with Iran. Can you tell us anything about... [0:40] No, but you'll hear about it. But I just think it's something that should happen. [0:44] It's something that only makes sense to happen. And I think it will. We'll see what happens. [0:50] But I think it will. Have you agreed to sanctions really earlier that everything has been agreed to? [0:54] No, we haven't. No, none. You told me earlier that everything has been agreed to. [0:58] Iran was saying something different. So what has been worked out? [1:02] Well, he's got to say something different. Because, you know, they have people that they [1:06] have to cater to also. I really don't. I'm just doing the thing that's right. [1:10] I'm just saying it like it is. And we have a situation, I think, that is going to be [1:14] very beneficial. And the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. [1:20] You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And that supersedes everything else. [1:24] Are you personally the one that's making these negotiations? [1:27] Say it. [1:27] Are you personally the one that's making these negotiations? [1:30] I guess. Yeah. I mean, I have people representing me, but I'm the one that makes the decision. [1:35] Sir, in the strait... [1:36] Mr. President, there have been reports that the Pentagon's preparing for military action in Cuba. [1:41] Are those reports true? Is Cuba next? [1:43] Well, it depends on what your definition of military action is. [1:50] Would it look like Venezuela or Iran? [1:53] No. It really does. It depends on what your definition of military action is, as Bill Clinton [1:59] would say. You understand that? No. Not a lot of people don't understand that. [2:03] Sir, I think that tomorrow, your 9 a.m. to event tomorrow, what are you planning to have? [2:09] Well, we have something tomorrow, and it's a little bit of a surprise. I think it's a very [2:12] positive thing, something I feel strongly about. Somebody's coming to the White House is very [2:18] good, very smart, very caring, a person that cares a lot about the country and beyond, and [2:24] so we're going to have a news conference tomorrow, a little unusual, Saturday morning. [2:28] Is it about Iran? Yeah, exactly. [2:29] No. Well, it will be. Ultimately, everything is about Iran, I guess. It all morphs into Iran. [2:33] You're going to be asking questions, but the Iran thing is just going well. Tomorrow is unrelated, [2:39] but you'll be probably, it'll be a form of a news conference, and I think it's going [2:44] to be something very good for our country. [2:46] Mr. President, do you want to do something at the White House when this all does end? [2:50] Yeah, sure. I mean, oh, we'll have a party, man. It would be great. Hey, we've been pushed [2:56] around by Iran for 47 years, but not anymore. [3:00] When you say that Iran has agreed to turn over their nuclear dust, does that mean, are they [3:05] destroying their nuclear material? No. They're turning it over to the office group [3:11] on that process? We're taking it. We're taking it. Very [3:13] simple. We're taking it. Yeah. With Iran. We're going in with Iran. [3:17] Does that mean you guys will be on the ground? We will have it. I don't call it. We'll take [3:21] it after the agreement is signed. After, there's a big difference. Before and after, BC. It's [3:27] before and after. Sir, in the street, are there going to be restrictions? [3:31] After the agreement is signed, it's a lot different than before. We would have taken it. If we didn't [3:35] have an agreement, we would take it, but I don't think we'll have to. [3:39] Sir, in the street, are there going to be restrictions and tolls managed by Iran for ships and vessels [3:44] passing through? No way. [3:45] No way. None at all? [3:46] Nope. No restrictions? [3:47] Do you, Mr. President, talk to FISA? When I say no restrictions, yeah, the restrictions, [3:52] you can't do the tolls. No, they're not going to be tolls. [3:55] On FISA, Mr. President, Jennifer Paul Luna is pushing to have the Save America Act linked [4:02] to FISA in the FISA renewal. [4:04] Well, I think she's great, and I'd love to see that. The Save America Act is so important. [4:10] It's so good. It's voter ID. It's, you know, basic. It's your basics about a democracy. Voter [4:18] ID, birthplace. You have to be born in the United States to vote. We have no transgender transgender. [4:25] We added no transgender. Mutualization of our children. Very important. No men in women's [4:33] sports now. We added that. Also, we talk about the top three, and we put as the three, you [4:39] know, the three having to do with the vote. We also have no mail-in ballots other than [4:43] for the military, et cetera. If you're sick, the military, if you're away, if you're disabled, [4:50] any of those things. It's pretty generous, actually. But mail-in ballots, the tremendous [4:55] cheating that goes on with mail-in ballots. So we would have no mail-in ballots except [4:59] for those various exceptions. [5:01] Mr. President, does fire in Lebanon need to happen for you to get to a deal with Trump? [5:06] No, it's not really tied. But you could say maybe psychologically tied. But we're going [5:11] to help Lebanon become a country again. You know, it's been a long time for them. They've [5:15] gone through a lot. And we're going to help them be a country again. [5:18] Mr. President, were you frustrated with Netanyahu while you were negotiating with [5:22] CISFAR in the last round? Was it his action bombing Lebanon? [5:26] Mr. No, look, he's been a very good partner. No, we disagreed on some things. [5:29] But he's been a very good partner. We did a good job. There's probably never been anything [5:33] like it. He says, we were the senior, and we are the senior. We're the senior. We have [5:37] the greatest military in the world. I built it in the first term. Didn't think I'd be using [5:42] it this much. But we have the greatest military in the world, greatest equipment, greatest. [5:49] When you look at it, we had 101 to 111, depending on your definition, because some were two. [5:56] They came out in twos. Missiles shot at a certain very valuable asset of ours that happened [6:02] to be sitting on the water. Every single one of those missiles were shot down. Think of it. [6:07] 111 missiles. Every single one of them was shot down. Never even got close. Nobody has [6:15] a military like this. Nobody has equipment like this. Nobody has the power that we have. [6:19] The Pressure. So you said that the U.S. was going to take the nuclear dust from Iran. [6:23] Mr. Yeah. Yeah. If we didn't make a deal. What's the time? What's the timeline on that? [6:26] How long will that take? [6:27] Mr. Well, I'm not going to give you the time and date and everything else. [6:29] The Pressure. Is it like you've been negotiating how long that process will go on? [6:31] Mr. If we obviously I'm not going to give you the time, other than if we sign the agreement, [6:36] then I can give you the time somewhere after the signing of the agreement. [6:39] And will it involve U.S. military? [6:41] Mr. We'll go in with Iran, and we will take it together, and we will bring it back, [6:46] 100 percent of it, back to the United States. If we don't do that, we will get it in a different [6:52] form, in a much more unfriendly form. [6:55] And if that's not that unfriendly form, would that involve war? [6:58] Mr. Excuse me. Excuse me. But in any event, we'll get it. Go ahead. [7:01] If you don't have a deal by Wednesday when the ceasefire ends, will you extend the [7:05] ceasefire? [7:06] Mr. I don't know. Maybe not. [7:07] Maybe I won't extend it. [7:08] The Pressure. [7:09] Mr. Okay. [7:10] Mr. But the blockade is going to remain. [7:11] The Pressure. [7:12] Mr. But maybe I won't extend it. [7:13] The Pressure. [7:14] Mr. So you have a blockade, and unfortunately, we'll have to start dropping bombs again. [7:18] Thank you very much, everybody. [7:19] Thank you. I think it's going to happen. [7:20] The Pressure. [7:21] What about the UFOs, Mr. President? [7:22] The Pressure. [7:23] Thank you, Mr. President.