Iran ceasefire 'on life support', says Donald Trump at White House event

[0:00] You mentioned that you were going to be meeting [0:02] with the generals on Iran. [0:03] You rejected a deal from Iran for the weekend. [0:06] Can you tell us anything about that proposal [0:08] and what, if any, [0:09] would have made to break this deal? [0:11] The President- It was just unacceptable. [0:13] You know, a lot of people said, [0:15] well, does he have a plan? [0:17] Yeah, of course they do have a plan. [0:18] I have the best plan ever. [0:19] Iran has been defeated militarily, totally. [0:23] They have a little left. [0:24] They probably built up during this period of time. [0:26] We'll knock that out in about a day. [0:28] But I have a plan. [0:29] You know what it is? [0:30] Very simple plan. [0:31] I don't know why you don't say it like it is. [0:33] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [0:36] They're very dangerous. [0:37] They're very volatile. [0:39] It's a terrible thing that's happened over there. [0:42] They've killed 42,000 people in the last two months. [0:47] 42,000. [0:47] At least that's what we know of. [0:49] 42,000 people. [0:50] They killed numerous people over the last week. [0:54] But they killed 42,000 people a month ago, [0:57] a month and a half ago. [0:59] They were unarmed protesters. [1:02] Not at all violent protesters. [1:04] And they started taking them out, shooting them. [1:07] So we're not going to let them. [1:09] That's the plan. [1:09] You know, people say, what's the plan? [1:11] The plan is very simple. [1:12] The blockade, first of all, was a part of military genius, [1:18] just like Venezuela was military genius. [1:20] We have the greatest military in the world by far. [1:23] And we're stocked up with great ammunition. [1:25] We have much better stuff than we did two months ago [1:29] when we first did the attack, which knocked them for a loop. [1:32] But very simple. [1:34] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [1:37] Can't have it. [1:38] And if they did have it, the Middle East would be gone. [1:41] Israel would be gone. [1:42] And then hit Europe probably next. [1:44] We're doing the service to the world. [1:46] And this has gone on for 47 years. [1:48] Other presidents and leaders of other countries [1:51] that have the power should have done it. [1:53] But they didn't do it. [1:54] But it's a very simple plan. [1:56] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [1:58] And they won't have a nuclear weapon. [1:59] And they didn't want to go that far. [2:02] If you can believe it, they didn't. [2:04] How stupid. [2:06] Are they stupid people? [2:07] They didn't want to believe it. [2:08] They think that, well, I'll get tired of this, [2:10] or I'll get bored, or I'll have some pressure. [2:12] But there's no pressure. [2:13] And there's no pressure at all. [2:15] We're going to have a complete victory. [2:17] We've already, in theory, had a complete victory [2:19] from the military standpoint. [2:21] The military, look, their navy is dead. [2:23] They have 150. [2:24] They had 159 ships. [2:26] Right now, they have zero. [2:27] Other than the little speedboats that go around, [2:29] they got taken out eight a day by us. [2:33] They have no air force. [2:34] They have no anti-aircraft. [2:36] Now, they probably put the shoulder jobs [2:39] into service over the last three weeks, probably. [2:44] But, essentially, they have no anti-aircraft. [2:46] They have no radar. [2:48] And, frankly, their leaders have been killed [2:50] at the first level, second level, [2:51] and half at the third level. [2:53] And then they come back, and they want to negotiate. [2:57] And they give us a stupid — it's a stupid proposal. [3:01] Nobody would take it, although Obama would have taken it. [3:03] Biden would have taken it. [3:04] What they took was far worse. [3:06] So we stopped them twice. [3:08] We stopped them when I terminated the worst deal [3:10] probably ever made in the history of our country [3:12] in terms of defense. [3:13] That was the Iran nuclear deal by Barack — [3:18] penned by Barack Hussein Obama [3:20] that would have given Iran a nuclear weapon within a year. [3:23] They would have had it years ago. [3:25] I terminated that in my first term. [3:27] And then, when that beautiful plane right there hit them hard — [3:31] we really hit them hard. [3:33] And they told me — I want to just tell you this, [3:34] because they like to say, [3:35] oh, well, maybe it wasn't that hard a hit. [3:38] Iran told me very strongly — because they intend to give us [3:42] the nuclear dust, as I call it. [3:44] It's easier than talking about other terms, [3:46] because it's a term everyone — [3:47] but the nuclear dust, which is what we hit — [3:50] and they told me, number one, you're getting it, [3:53] but you're going to have to take it out. [3:54] Because the site was so obliterated [3:58] that there's only one or two countries in the world [4:01] that could get it. [4:02] It's so deep and got hit so hard [4:05] that there's no way they have the equipment to move it. [4:07] You and China are the only two countries in the world [4:11] that could take it out. [4:12] So we talked about it, and they said, [4:14] you'll have to take it out, [4:15] because we don't have the capability of doing it. [4:18] So for those people that like to say that [4:20] those great pilots in those great planes — [4:23] well, we just ordered 22 more of them, [4:25] new and improved — [4:27] that those great pilots didn't do their job, [4:31] they did their job. [4:32] One o'clock in the morning with no moon, [4:34] no light, no nothing. [4:35] Every single bomb hit its targets. [4:37] And then, as you know, [4:39] we shot some incredible things. [4:44] There's things that nobody else has. [4:46] Nobody has a military like we have. [4:48] We shot the tomahawks from a submarine 200 miles away, [4:52] and that went on top of it. [4:54] But every one of those — [4:55] including the tomahawks — [4:57] every one of those weapons and shots hit perfectly. [5:02] And they said to me, just to put it on the record, [5:04] they said to me, there are only two countries in the entire world [5:09] that could ever get that stuff out of there, [5:11] because we don't have the equipment and nobody else. [5:14] They said, China and the United States. [5:16] So I just want to let you know, [5:18] those pilots did an unbelievable job, [5:22] very dangerous job, at one o'clock in the morning. [5:24] Think of it. [5:25] No sun — no moon, no nothing. [5:27] We had no light, purposely. [5:30] And every single one of those bombs [5:32] were right down an air chute [5:34] in a granite mountain and exploded. [5:37] And they are unable to get it, even if they wanted to. [5:41] But we're not going to take a chance. [5:42] So that's part of the deal. [5:43] So, sir, do you say — [5:44] The President's agreed to allow the removal [5:47] of all their enriched U.N. [5:49] Well, they did two days ago. [5:51] They didn't — okay. [5:53] They did two days ago. [5:55] They said, you're going to have to take it. [5:57] We were going to go with them. [5:59] But they changed their mind, [6:00] because they didn't put it in the paper. [6:01] So when they sent us this document [6:03] that we waited four days for, [6:04] that should have taken 10 minutes to do — [6:07] it looked very simple. [6:09] We get that. [6:09] They guarantee no nuclear weapons [6:12] for a very long period of time, [6:14] and a couple of other minor things, [6:16] but they just can't get there. [6:17] So they agree with us, [6:19] and then they take it back. [6:20] But they said to us [6:23] that it was so badly obliterated — [6:26] it was the word they actually used. [6:27] That was my original word. [6:29] Then it got challenged by some of the fake news. [6:32] But — and it wasn't challenged with any knowledge. [6:34] It was just challenged like they were hoping [6:37] that this wouldn't have been so successful. [6:40] Now, it was obliterated. [6:42] We have the greatest military in the world. [6:45] I built it largely in my first term, [6:47] and I didn't know I'd be using it [6:49] quite this much in my second term. [6:52] But very simply, when they say, [6:55] does he have a plan? [6:56] Yeah, I have a plan. [6:57] The plan is very simple. [6:58] You know, in war, you have to change. [7:00] You have to be flexible. [7:01] You have a lot of plans, [7:02] but you have to do different plans [7:04] in different days. [7:05] But I have a great plan. [7:06] But the plan is they cannot have a nuclear weapon. [7:10] And they didn't say that in their letter. [7:12] Mr. President, [7:13] because of the leadership changes [7:14] that you've talked about in Iran, [7:17] is this still a leadership that you believe [7:19] you can negotiate with [7:21] and ultimately reach a piece of a weapon? [7:22] Mr. I think so. [7:22] Well, you have two. [7:23] You have the moderates, [7:24] and you have the lunatics. [7:27] And I think the moderates are more respected. [7:31] The lunatics want to fight till the end. [7:32] You know, there will be a very — [7:34] it'll be a very quick fight. [7:36] But I call them — you have — [7:39] just like our country, we have lunatics too. [7:41] We have — I call them lunatics. [7:43] I call them stupid people too. [7:46] But in Iran, they have the moderates [7:47] that are dying to make a deal. [7:49] And then you have the lunatics. [7:50] And I guess they're a little bit afraid [7:51] of the lunatics, but — and why not? [7:55] The level of ferocity for protests. [7:59] You know, the people are watching it. [8:02] They want to go out on the streets. [8:03] They have no weapons. [8:04] They have no guns. [8:06] We thought the Kurds [8:07] were going to give us weapons, [8:08] but the Kurds disappointed us. [8:09] The Kurds take, take, take. [8:11] They have a great reputation in Congress. [8:13] Congress says, oh, they fight so hard. [8:15] No, they fight hard when they get paid. [8:17] So I'm very disappointed in the Kurds. [8:20] But they were given — [8:22] I said it wasn't going to work, by the way. [8:24] I just have to say it. [8:25] I disagreed with what they did. [8:27] They gave it. [8:28] I said, they'll never get there. [8:30] And I was right. [8:31] I like to be right. [8:32] In this case, too bad. [8:33] But we sent some guns with ammunition. [8:37] And they were supposed to be delivered, but they kept it. [8:41] I said, they're going to keep it. [8:42] But what — what do I know? [8:44] I've only been doing this a short period of time. [8:46] What do I know? [8:47] Go ahead. [8:48] The ceasefire remains in place. [8:49] What? [8:50] For the time being, the ceasefire remains in place. [8:52] It's unbelievably weak, I would say. [8:56] I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. [9:02] I didn't even finish reading it. [9:04] They said, I'm not going to waste my time reading it. [9:07] I would say it's one of the weakest right now. [9:10] It's on life support. [9:11] They understand. [9:12] These are all medical people. [9:14] Dr. Oz, life support is not a good thing. [9:16] Do you agree? [9:17] Diagnostic. [9:18] I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and [9:23] says, sir, your loved one has approximately a 1 percent chance of living.