JUST IN: Trump threatens WIPEOUT of Iranian bridges, power plants

[0:02] ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING WE ARE [0:04] JOINED BY PHONE WITH OUR [0:06] PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE [0:07] UNITED STATES, DONALD J. [0:08] TRUMP. [0:09] MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO [0:10] MUCH FOR COMING ON. [0:11] WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE MEETING [0:13] WITH NETANYAHOO AND ZELENSKYY [0:14] THIS MORNING. [0:15] WE SAW THEM FLYING IN [0:16] YESTERDAY. [0:17] THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE OF [0:18] LINDSEY GRAHAM'S FUNERAL AND [0:19] LINDSEY WAS YOUR FRIEND. [0:20] HE IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR [0:22] COUNTRY FOR MANY REASONS BUT [0:24] MAINLY FOR HIS RELATIONSHIP [0:26] WITH WORLD LEADERS. [0:27] HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT [0:29] LOSING YOUR FRIEND AND WHERE [0:30] DO WE GO FROM HERE? [0:32] WELL, HE WAS A GREAT GUY. [0:33] HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN [0:34] ACTUALLY. [0:35] PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HE [0:36] REALLY WAS. [0:37] HE WAS ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE [0:38] TOGETHER. [0:39] IF I NEEDED A DEMOCRAT HE COULD [0:40] USUALLY PRODUCE THAT DEMOCRAT [0:42] IF I HAD TO HAVE HIM IN AN [0:43] EMERGENCY. [0:44] HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN AND A [0:47] GREAT GENTLEMAN AND I GOT [0:48] ALONG A LITTLE BIT ON THE [0:49] ROUGH SIDE BECAUSE HE WAS [0:51] CAMPAIGNING 2016 FOR THE [0:54] PRESIDENCY AND STARTED A LITTLE [0:56] BIT ROUGH. [0:57] THEN IT GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER AND [1:00] ENDED UP BEING A GREAT FRIENDSHIP. [1:04] IT'S VERY HARD. [1:05] HE REALLY BECAME LIKE A MEMBER OF [1:07] THE FAMILY IN A SENSE. [1:09] YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT. [1:12] YOU DON'T SEE HIM OFTEN. [1:13] YEAH. [1:14] MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT [1:16] AFTER THAT ROUGH PATCH WHERE [1:18] YOU WERE IN LONGER HEADS WITH [1:20] EACH OTHER TRYING TO BECOME THE [1:22] NEXT PRESIDENT, YOU EVENTUALLY [1:24] STARTED PATCHING THINGS UP BY [1:25] GOING GOLFING. [1:26] DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL US [1:29] A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT WAS [1:30] LIKE WHEN IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF [1:32] YOU DRIVING AROUND A GOLF COURSE [1:33] ALONE? [1:34] HE LOVED GOLF. [1:36] HE JUST LOVED IT. [1:37] HE WORKED HARD AT IT. [1:39] AND IT WAS SOMETHING, IT WAS [1:41] REALLY A PASSION OF HIS. [1:42] AND HE WAS GETTING BETTER, GETTING [1:44] BETTER ALL THE TIME. [1:45] WERE YOU TEACHING HIM? [1:46] HE WASN'T BORN. [1:47] LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. [1:48] HE LOVED IT BUT HE WASN'T BORN [1:50] TO BE A GOLFER, OKAY? [1:51] HE WASN'T BORN TO BE A [1:53] POLITICIAN BUT NOT A GOLFER. [1:54] HE WASN'T BORN TO BE A GOLFER. [1:57] BUT HE LOVED IT AND IT WAS GREAT. [1:59] AND WE TALK ABOUT MOSTLY [2:01] POLITICS AND TALK ABOUT THINGS [2:02] YOU'RE DOING. [2:03] AND A VERY POWERFUL FORCE WHEN [2:08] HE GOT BEHIND SOMETHING. [2:09] AND I KNOW HE THOUGHT GOLFING [2:11] WITH YOU WAS THE MOST [2:13] INTRIGUING, FUN THING THAT HE [2:14] COULD EVER DO AND HE WOULD ALSO [2:16] MIX THE PERFECT THINGS HE LOVED [2:18] SO MUCH AND THAT WAS WORK AND [2:21] FUN AND BEING WITH SOMEBODY [2:23] WITH GREAT INFLUENCE LIKE [2:24] YOURSELF. [2:25] I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE [2:27] TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY WITH [2:28] BENJAMIN, THE PRIME MINISTER [2:30] BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. [2:31] AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE, WE HEAR [2:33] THAT YOU'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW [2:35] WITH LEADERS ON IRAN. [2:36] BUT IRAN HAS COME OUT [2:38] PUBLICLY AND SAID WE'RE NOT [2:39] TALKING TO THE U.S. [2:40] WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE AS [2:41] LONG AS THEY'RE PAUSE. [2:42] WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE WHILE AGO [2:44] BECAUSE... [2:45] SO COULD YOU TELL ME WHO [2:46] YOU'RE TALKING TO, MR. [2:47] PRESIDENT? [2:48] FOR SOME REASON, FOR SOME [2:49] REASON, WE CAN BE IN THE MIDST [2:50] OF A BEAUTIFUL DISCUSSION AND [2:51] THEY'LL COME OUT AND SAY WE'RE [2:52] NOT TALKING OR WE DIDN'T [2:53] DISCUSS NUCLEAR. [2:54] WELL, THAT'S ALL WE DISCUSSED [2:55] BECAUSE THEY'LL NEVER HAVE A [2:56] NUCLEAR WEAPON. [2:57] THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. [2:59] AND WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY GOOD [3:03] TALKS AND VERY INTERESTING WITH [3:04] LINDSAY. [3:05] HE WAS VERY MUCH A HAWK, AS YOU [3:07] WOULD SAY, ON IRAN. [3:08] AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I [3:10] WOULD SAY THAT HE BECAME LIKE [3:11] IF YOU COULD MAKE A DEAL, IT'S [3:13] BETTER MAKING A DEAL IN THIS [3:14] CASE THAN JUST DESTROYING THE [3:16] COUNTRY. [3:17] WE'VE DESTROYED MOST OF IT, [3:19] FRANK. [3:20] SOMEBODY THAT SAID IT'S A GOOD [3:24] TIME TO MAKE A DEAL. [3:25] NICE TIME TO MAKE A DEAL. [3:26] WHAT DOES A GOOD DEAL [3:27] LOOK LIKE? [3:28] NOW, I WOULDN'T SAY [3:29] NECESSARILY HE FEELS THAT WAY [3:30] ABOUT UKRAINE. [3:35] I MEAN, LINDSAY LIKED WAR, TO [3:37] BE HONEST WITH YOU. [3:38] I SAID, YOU'RE A NICE GUY. [3:39] HOW COME YOU LIKE WAR SO MUCH? [3:40] THERE'S A GUY THAT LIKED WAR, I [3:43] JOKINGLY SAY, AND THERE'S NOTHING [3:45] FUNNY ABOUT IT, BUT HE'S NEVER [3:47] SEEN A WAR THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE. [3:48] HE WAS VERY MUCH INTO THAT, AND [3:52] YOU KNOW, FOR GOOD REASON. [3:53] HE FELT THAT WAY. [3:54] SOME OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THAT [3:55] WAY. [3:56] BUT HE WAS VERY MUCH VERY STRONG [3:59] ON THE MILITARY. [4:00] AND I BUILT A GREAT MILITARY, [4:02] AND HE HELPED ME. [4:03] WE BUILT IT DURING MY FIRST [4:04] TERM, AND WE USED IT NOW. [4:06] BUT I BUILT A GREAT, GREAT [4:08] MILITARY. [4:09] HIS SISTER DARLENE WAS [4:11] INTERVIEWED RECENTLY. [4:12] YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT WITH [4:13] SEAN HANNITY. [4:14] SHE SAID HE DIDN'T LOVE WAR. [4:16] HE LOVED PEACE, AND HE LOVED [4:17] THE END OF WAR. [4:18] BUT SOMETIMES WAR IS NECESSARY. [4:19] YOU SAY THAT IRAN WILL NOT HAVE [4:21] A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [4:22] THERE ARE REPORTS NOW THAT [4:24] NETANYAHU IS GOING TO TALK TO [4:26] YOU ABOUT ONGOING EXCAVATION AT [4:29] PICKAXE MOUNTAIN, CONSTRUCTION [4:30] VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING [4:31] TUNNELS, PAVING NEW ACCESS [4:32] ROADS. [4:33] SATELLITE IMAGERY AND INTEL [4:35] INDICATES THAT IRAN IS [4:37] ACTIVELY CONSTRUCTING AND [4:39] FORTIFYING PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. [4:40] HOW WILL WE RESPOND? [4:41] I DON'T NEED BEEBEE TO TELL ME [4:43] THAT. [4:44] BEEBEE IS TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE [4:46] HE WANTS ME TO STAY INVOLVED. [4:47] I DON'T NEED BEEBEE TO TELL ME [4:48] THAT BECAUSE HE WANTS ME TO STAY [4:49] INVOLVED. [4:50] I DON'T NECESSARILY. [4:51] THE FINEST BECAUSE OF THE [4:53] SPACE FORCE. [4:54] WE HAVE THE GREATEST CAMERAS IN [4:55] THE WORLD FOCUSED. [4:56] WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING [4:57] ON. [4:58] I HEARD BEEBEE ANNOUNCE THAT. [5:01] I SAID WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL [5:02] IT TO ME. [5:03] WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT TO [5:04] THE WORLD? [5:05] I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AT [5:06] PICKAXES. [5:07] IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM. [5:08] WE TOOK OUT THEIR NUCLEAR SITES [5:10] AND WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE OUT [5:11] PICKAXES IF WE DON'T MAKE A [5:12] DEAL. [5:13] IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL WE'LL [5:14] TAKE IT OUT VERY EASILY. [5:15] RIGHT. [5:16] SO MR. PRESIDENT, NETANYAHU, AS [5:18] YOU SAID, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT [5:20] HE'S GOING TO SAY. [5:21] MR. PRESIDENT, WE GOT TO KEEP [5:23] THIS WAR GOING. [5:24] AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT [5:26] THERE ARE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS [5:28] IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO HAVE AN [5:30] EYE ON NOVEMBER AND THEY'RE [5:31] GOING, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU GOT TO [5:32] WRAP IT UP. [5:33] YOU GOT TWO DIFFERENT MESSAGES. [5:35] WRAP IT UP, KEEP GOING. [5:36] WRAP IT UP, KEEP GOING. [5:37] WRAP IT UP, KEEP GOING. [5:38] WELL, I HAVE A THIRD MESSAGE [5:39] BECAUSE I HAVE MANY REPUBLICANS [5:40] THAT WANT ME TO KEEP GOING AND [5:41] GO DO IT. [5:43] I MEAN, WE POUNDED THE HELL OUT [5:44] OF THEM. [5:45] THEY HAVE NO NAVY. [5:46] THEY HAVE NO AIR FORCE. [5:47] THEIR ARMY HAS BEEN BADLY, [5:49] REALLY BADLY MORTIFIED. [5:51] SO MANY OTHERS, YOU KNOW, YOU [5:53] LOOK AT THEIR DEFENSE, THEIR [5:55] AIR DEFENSE, IT'S GONE. [5:57] ALL OF THEIR RADAR IS GONE. [5:58] MOST OF THEIR WEAPONRY IS GONE. [6:00] MOST OF THEIR MANUFACTURING IS [6:01] GONE. [6:02] AND YOU LOOK, BUT I HAVE SOME [6:04] REPUBLICANS THAT, WELL, WHY [6:06] DON'T WE HIT THEM HARDER? [6:07] SO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT. [6:09] SO I HAVE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF [6:11] COMPETING FACTIONS. [6:12] YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT [6:15] WANTED TO BE OBLITERATED IN THE [6:17] TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD. [6:18] THEN YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT [6:20] SAYS THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD [6:22] TIME TO MAKE A DEAL FOR THEM. [6:23] IF THEY DON'T MAKE A DEAL, THEN [6:24] I GO BACK AND FINISH THE JOB. [6:26] BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM [6:28] FOREVER TO REBUILD. [6:29] ALREADY IT'LL TAKE THEM MANY [6:30] YEARS TO EVER TO BUILD. [6:32] AND IF I GO BACK AND FINISH UP [6:34] THE JOB AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD [6:35] LIKE WITH THE BRIDGES, WITH THE [6:37] VERY EASY, I COULD TAKE OUT [6:39] MOST OF THEIR BRIDGES IN LESS [6:40] THAN AN HOUR. [6:41] LESS THAN AN HOUR. [6:43] BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES THEM [6:45] TEN YEARS TO BUILD A BRIDGE. [6:47] BRIDGES TAKE THE LONGEST AND [6:48] POWER PLANTS IN A SECOND. [6:50] I CAN KNOCK OUT THE POWER [6:51] PLANTS. [6:52] WITHIN ONE DAY ALL OF THEIR [6:55] POWER PLANTS WOULD BE GONE. [6:56] AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT. [6:58] YOU KNOW, WITH NEGOTIATIONS, [6:59] THEY SAID, LOOK, PEOPLE WANT ME [7:00] TO DO THAT. [7:01] I THINK I GET ALMOST THE SAME [7:03] THING OUT OF IT AS DOING IT. [7:04] BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY'LL NEVER [7:05] BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK [7:07] ABOUT 91 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT [7:09] POWER, WITHOUT BRIDGES, WITH [7:10] THAT THAT LIVE. [7:11] AND IT'S A VERY, VERY DELICATE [7:14] BALANCE. [7:15] SO I THINK WE HAVE A VERY STRONG [7:16] POSITION RIGHT NOW. [7:17] THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT [7:18] IF THEY DON'T MAKE A DEAL. [7:20] THE BRIDGES ARE GOING TO BE GONE. [7:23] LITERALLY IN LESS THAN, I WOULD [7:24] SAY IN TWO HOURS, MOST OF THE [7:25] BRIDGES, THE MAJOR BRIDGES WILL [7:26] ALL BE GONE. [7:27] AND THE POWER PLANTS IN ONE DAY. [7:30] AND, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN AVOID [7:33] DOING THAT, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. [7:35] THE HARDEST THING TO BUILD IS A [7:36] POWER PLANT. [7:37] THE LONGEST THING TO BUILD IS A [7:38] BRIDGE. [7:39] IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO REBUILD [7:41] AND BUILD BRIDGES. [7:42] THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO FOR A [7:44] LIVING, CONSTRUCTION. [7:45] IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD THESE [7:46] THINGS. [7:47] AND, YOU KNOW, AND KNOCK THEM OUT [7:48] IN ONE HOUR. [7:49] AND IT TAKES MANY YEARS. [7:52] IT REALLY DECIMATES THE COUNTRY. [7:54] SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS. [7:55] AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THE [7:56] DESALINIZATION PLANTS. [7:57] AND WHO AM I HURTING THERE? [7:58] I'M HURTING THE PEOPLE. [7:59] SO I'M NOT LOOKING TO DO THAT. [8:00] I JUST WANT VERY SIMPLY, THEY [8:02] CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [8:03] VERY SIMPLE. [8:04] AND THEY'VE AGREED TO THAT, [8:05] ESSENTIALLY. [8:06] WE HAVE TO GET THEM TO MAKE IT [8:07] FORMAL. [8:08] BUT THEY'VE AGREED TO IT. [8:09] HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? [8:10] TELL ME, WHY WOULDN'T THEY? [8:12] NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE [8:13] IRANIANS. [8:14] IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS. [8:15] SO PICK AX. [8:16] 50 YEARS. [8:17] YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. [8:18] AND FOR 50 YEARS OTHER [8:20] PRESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE DONE [8:21] THIS JOB AND THEY NEVER DID [8:22] ANYTHING. [8:23] OBAMA ACTUALLY DIDN'T [8:24] ANYTHING. [8:25] OBAMA ACTUALLY DIDN'T FIGURE OUT [8:26] THE OTHER PRESIDENTS SHOULD [8:28] HAVE DONE THIS JOB AND THEY [8:29] NEVER DID ANYTHING. [8:30] OBAMA ACTUALLY PAID THEM [8:31] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. [8:32] THE OPPOSITE. [8:33] HE THOUGHT HE COULD BRIBE HIS [8:34] WAY INTO FRIENDSHIP. [8:35] AND THEY WENT OUT AND TRIED [8:36] TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR MISSILES [8:37] AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM IT. [8:39] SO, YOU KNOW, FOR 50 YEARS [8:41] OTHER PRESIDENT, EVERY SINGLE [8:42] PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE DONE [8:43] SOMETHING. [8:44] OR OTHER COUNTRIES YOU COULD [8:45] SAY, TOO. [8:46] NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES. [8:47] IT'S ALWAYS THE UNITED [8:48] STATES. [8:49] BUT FOR 50 YEARS OTHER [8:51] PRESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY [8:52] KEPT SAYING 47, 47. [8:53] SO IT'S REALLY 50 BECAUSE [8:54] THEY'VE BEEN SAYING 47 YEARS [8:56] FOR THREE YEARS. [8:57] BUT FOR 50 YEARS OTHER [8:59] PRESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE DONE [9:00] THIS JOB. [9:01] IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT [9:02] EASIER. [9:03] THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS [9:04] COMPETENCE. [9:05] WELL, NOW WHEN I TOOK OUT [9:06] GENERAL SOLEMANY MY FIRST [9:07] TERM, THAT SET THEM BACK [9:09] BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD [9:10] HAVE FOUGHT IN A DIFFERENT [9:11] MANNER. [9:12] I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF HE [9:13] WERE AROUND, MAYBE HE WOULD [9:14] HAVE HAD THE NUCLEAR. [9:15] WE STOPPED THE NUCLEAR WITH [9:17] THE B-2 AND I STOPPED IT ALSO [9:19] WHEN I ENDED, WHEN I TERMINATED [9:21] THAT HORRIBLE DEAL MADE BY [9:22] OBAMA. [9:23] THEY CALL IT THE IRAN NUCLEAR [9:26] DEAL. [9:27] IT WAS THE WORST, DUMBEST [9:28] DEAL. [9:29] IT WAS A ROAD TO A NUCLEAR [9:30] WEAPON. [9:31] AND IF THEY HAD A NUCLEAR [9:32] WEAPON, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE [9:33] ISRAEL AROUND. [9:34] FRANKLY, IF I WEREN'T [9:36] PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED [9:37] STATES, ISRAEL TODAY WOULD [9:39] NOT EXIST. [9:40] SO IT'S BEEN SAID BY [9:42] MILITARY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW [9:43] BETTER, THAT FOR THE 14 DAYS [9:45] OF THE UNITED STATES, THE [9:47] UNITED STATES WAS RELATIVELY [9:48] SURGICAL, IT WAS FOCUSED [9:50] BASICALLY AROUND THE STRAIGHT, [9:52] BUT FOR IT TO AMP IT UP, YOU [9:54] NEEDED MORE OF YOUR MATERIAL [9:56] IN THE REGION AND IT'S ARRIVED. [9:58] HAS ADMIRAL COOPER GIVEN YOU [10:00] THE TYPE OF PLAN THAT YOU [10:02] BELIEVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN [10:04] ESSENTIALLY DESTROYING THEIR [10:05] NUCLEAR, STOPPING THEIR [10:07] FUNDING OF PROXIES, AS WELL AS [10:09] THEIR BALLISTIC PROGRAM. [10:10] HAVE YOU SEEN THAT ON PAPER? [10:12] NO, THE ONLY SHIPS THAT WE [10:15] WANT TO GET THROUGH, GET THROUGH. [10:16] IRAN DOESN'T CONTROL THE [10:17] STRAIGHT, WE CONTROL THE [10:18] STRAIGHT. [10:19] NOW, THEY CAN DROP A COUPLE OF [10:21] MINES IN THERE AND SCREW THINGS [10:22] UP, BUT WE CONTROL THE STRAIGHT. [10:24] OUR NAVY IS INCREDIBLE. [10:25] NOT ONE SHIP HAS GOTTEN TO IRAN [10:27] DURING ANY TIME WHERE WE HAD [10:28] THE BLOCKADE. [10:29] SO WE HAD THE BLOCKADE, WE HAD [10:31] THE CONFINES OF A DEAL, I SET [10:33] THE BLOCKADE BACK, BUT I DIDN'T [10:35] TAKE IT AWAY. [10:36] THE SHIPS WERE NOT FAR AWAY. [10:37] THE SHIPS ARE NOT GETTING [10:38] THROUGH NOW. [10:39] THEN I HAD TO BRING IT BACK. [10:40] BUT NO, THIS IS DONE WITH THE [10:41] ADMINISTRATION. [10:42] HE'S GREAT. [10:43] THIS IS ALL DONE WITH THE [10:44] ADMINISTRATION. [10:45] HE'S A GREAT GUY. [10:46] GENERAL RAISEN CAIN. [10:47] MR. PRESIDENT, ARE WE RIGHT [10:48] THAT NO MERCHANT SHIPS ARE [10:49] GETTING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, [10:50] MAYBE THREE OR FOUR A DAY WHEN [10:51] YOU NEED ABOUT 100? [10:52] THE ONLY ONES THAT GET [10:53] THROUGH ARE THE ONES THAT WE [10:54] WANT TO GET THROUGH. [10:55] WE HAVE A BLOCKADE THAT'S SO [10:56] POWERFUL THAT NOBODY CAN GET [10:57] THROUGH. [10:58] THEY TRIED. [10:59] THREE OR FOUR OF THEM TRIED [11:00] OVER THE LAST WEEK. [11:01] BUT, YOU KNOW, WE OPENED THE [11:02] BLOCKADE BECAUSE WE HAD THE [11:04] CONFINES OF A DEAL. [11:05] SO WE DID IT AND THEN WE PUT IT [11:07] BACK BECAUSE THEY BROKE THE [11:08] DEAL. [11:09] THEY BREAK THE DEAL. [11:10] WE CANNOT HAVE THEM BREAK [11:11] DEALS ANYMORE. [11:12] MR. PRESIDENT, LET'S [11:13] TALK ABOUT THE FAUCI DIARIES. [11:14] SENATOR RAND PAUL RELEASED [11:15] MORE THAN 1,000 PAGES OF THIS [11:17] PRIVATE TYPED DIARY ENTRIES, [11:19] MANY OF THEM, OF DR. ANTHONY [11:21] FAUCI DURING COVID. [11:22] HE WAS SAYING ONE THING IN HIS [11:24] DIARY ENTRY, SAYING SOMETHING [11:25] ELSE PUBLICLY. [11:26] FOR INSTANCE, THE ORIGIN OF [11:27] COVID. [11:28] HE WAS SAYING IT WAS FROM THE [11:29] WET MARKET, NOT THE WUHAN LAB. [11:31] HE WAS WRITING SOMETHING [11:32] DIFFERENT. [11:33] HE WAS SAYING HE NEVER TALKED [11:35] ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS. [11:36] HE'S WRITING THAT HE TALKED TO [11:38] CUOMO AND HE TALKED TO GAVIN [11:40] NEWSOM ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS [11:42] IN NEW YORK AND IN [11:43] CALIFORNIA. [11:44] SO A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT [11:45] THINGS. [11:46] HE'S GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF [11:49] CONGRESS TOMORROW TESTIFYING. [11:50] WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS? [11:52] WHAT IS YOUR TAKE AWAY? [11:53] WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER [11:54] EARLY ON WHEN IT FIRST CAME, I [11:56] ALWAYS SAID IT CAME FROM THE [11:57] WUHAN LABS. [11:58] I NEVER CHANGED MY TUNE ON THAT. [12:01] I THINK HE SAID SOMETHING [12:02] DIFFERENT. [12:03] HE WAS A MUCH BIGGER PLAYER IN [12:05] THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. [12:06] I GREW TIRED OF HIM. [12:08] HE WAS, YOU REMEMBER THAT, YOU [12:10] KNOW, HE WANTED TO CLOSE [12:11] EVERYTHING DOWN. [12:12] I ALLOWED IT TO BE UP TO THE [12:13] GOVERNORS. [12:14] YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICAN [12:18] GOVERNORS DIDN'T WANT TO CLOSE. [12:19] BEING SOMEWHAT OF A FEDERALIST, [12:21] THE FEDERALIST THEORY IS LET THE [12:23] GOVERNORS MAKE A DECISION. [12:24] WE LET THEM. [12:25] THE BLUE STATES WERE MOSTLY [12:27] CLOSED AND THE RED STATES WERE [12:29] OPEN OR THEY STARTED TO OPEN [12:31] VERY FAST. [12:32] SO THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY DID A [12:34] VERY, VERY GOOD JOB HAVING TO DO [12:36] WITH THAT. [12:37] WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH [12:38] OPERATION WARP SPEED. [12:39] I NEVER GOT THE CREDIT THAT WE [12:41] SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN. [12:42] WE DID A LOT OF THINGS, TO BE [12:44] HONEST. [12:45] THE MILITARY, THE REBUILDING, ALL [12:46] THE THINGS WE'VE DONE. [12:47] THE ECONOMY WITH THE BEST ECONOMY [12:49] IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY IN [12:50] MY FIRST TERM. [12:51] THIS IS GOING TO BE BETTER. [12:52] SOON AS THIS LITTLE SITUATION [12:54] GETS WORKED OUT, I BELIEVE IT'S [12:56] GOING TO BE BETTER. [12:57] IT ALREADY IS BETTER. [12:58] WE'RE HITTING, JUST TODAY, WE'RE [13:00] HITTING NEW STOCK MARKET HIGHS [13:02] EVERY SINGLE DAY. [13:03] WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 80 OF THEM. [13:05] 80 DAYS IN A YEAR AND A HALF. [13:08] 80 DAYS HIT NEW STOCK MARKET [13:10] HIGHS. [13:11] 401Ks ARE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE EVER [13:13] BEEN. [13:14] SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE AN AMAZING [13:15] ECONOMY. [13:16] AND FRANKLY, WHEN THIS GETS DONE, [13:18] THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO [13:19] COMPETE. [13:20] THIS IS, WE HAD THE BEST ECONOMY [13:22] OF ANY PRESIDENT EVER IN MY [13:23] FIRST TERM. [13:24] I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BLOW [13:26] IT AWAY. [13:27] MR. PRESIDENT, YOU ALSO GET [13:29] CREDIT FOR OPERATION WARP SPEED, [13:30] WHICH GOT A LOT OF CRITICAL [13:31] STUFF THAT WE NEEDED AT THE TIME [13:34] TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [13:36] IN THIS... [13:37] THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR THAT. [13:39] ABSOLUTELY. [13:40] THANK YOU. [13:41] OPERATION WARP SPEED IS [13:43] CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST [13:44] THINGS THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER SEEN [13:46] A PRESIDENT DO. [13:47] AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT, BUT [13:50] THEY DON'T SAY IT PUBLICLY. [13:51] AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING IT. [13:53] AND I LIKE YOUR SON. [13:55] OKAY? [13:56] I LIKE YOUR SON. [13:58] YOU ALWAYS KEEP HIM ON HIS [14:00] TOES. [14:01] I'LL JUST SAY THAT. [14:02] SO, MR. PRESIDENT, SO GIVEN THE [14:04] FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE [14:06] HEAVILY INVESTED BECAUSE THAT [14:07] WAS AT THE END OF YOUR FIRST [14:09] TERM WITH COVID, YOU KNOW, IN [14:12] THIS PRIVATE JOURNALS HE HAS SOME [14:14] VERY UNKIND THINGS TO SAY ABOUT [14:15] YOU. [14:16] HE DISAGREED WITH YOUR APPROACH. [14:18] IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN HIS. [14:20] IF YOU... [14:21] YEAH, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO CLOSE [14:23] IT DOWN AND I DIDN'T. [14:25] ABSOLUTELY. [14:26] BUT GIVEN WHAT YOU KNOW NOW... [14:28] HAD I TAKEN HIS ADVICE, THE [14:29] WHOLE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN [14:30] CLOSED DOWN. [14:31] AND MUCH OF THE COUNTRY WAS OPEN [14:33] BECAUSE I DIDN'T CLOSE IT DOWN. [14:35] WHAT I DID DO, THOUGH, IS WITH [14:37] OPERATION WARP SPEED, IS WE GOT [14:38] THINGS DONE THAT NOBODY HAS EVER [14:39] SEEN IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE GEAR [14:41] NECESSARY. [14:42] AND WE LEARNED THAT THE [14:43] COUPARDS WERE BEAR. [14:44] YOU KNOW, WHEN I TOOK OVER, WE [14:46] HAD NONE OF THIS. [14:47] WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VENTILATORS. [14:48] I KNOW. [14:49] WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. [14:50] WE ENDED UP BECOMING THE [14:51] NUMBER ONE VENTILATOR PRODUCER. [14:53] AND WE WERE SUPPLYING VENTILATORS [14:55] TO OTHER COUNTRIES BY THE TIME [14:56] WE GOT GOING. [14:57] THAT'S RIGHT. [14:58] AND WE DID A GREAT JOB. [14:59] NO, BUT I WAS NOT A BELIEVER [15:00] BECAUSE HE SAID EVERYBODY HAS TO [15:01] WEAR A MASK. [15:02] THEN HE SAID DON'T WEAR A MASK. [15:03] YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A WHOLE [15:04] THING. [15:05] WEAR HIM, DON'T WEAR HIM. [15:07] I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING? [15:09] HE STARTED OFF SAYING DON'T WEAR [15:11] HIM. [15:12] THEN HE SAID WEAR HIM. [15:13] THEN HE SAID DON'T WEAR HIM. [15:14] AND I LOST A LOT OF RESPECT FOR [15:16] HIM DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME. [15:17] BUT I INHERITED HIM. [15:18] HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE 1980s. [15:20] HE WAS A GUY THAT WAS THERE THAT [15:22] I INHERITED. [15:23] AND WITH TIME, I DIDN'T MIND HIM. [15:25] I DIDN'T FIND HIM TO BE BAD, [15:27] YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY AS A PERSON. [15:29] BUT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT HE [15:31] WAS SAYING OR WHAT HE WAS DOING. [15:32] AND WHEN BIDEN CAME IN, HE [15:34] INHERITED HIM AND HE GAVE HIM A [15:36] TREMENDOUSLY HIGH POSITION. [15:37] AND THEN HE GAVE HIM A PARDON. [15:39] HE DID INDEED. [15:41] AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL [15:43] THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF [15:44] SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT HE WAS [15:45] SAYING AND MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. [15:46] BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU [15:48] WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN WHAT YOU [15:49] KNOW NOW, WOULD YOU HAVE FIRED [15:50] HIM? [15:51] WELL, I WOULD HAVE FIRED HIM. [15:53] BUT, AGAIN, I DIDN'T LISTEN TO [15:54] HIM. [15:55] SO WHEN HE WAS WITH BIDEN, HE WAS [15:57] LIKE THE GOD. [15:58] WHEN HE WAS WITH ME, HE WASN'T [16:00] EVEN CLOSE. [16:01] AND I WASN'T VERY CLOSE TO HIM. [16:03] I DEALT WITH HIM VERY LITTLE. [16:05] I DIDN'T AGREE WITH MANY OF THE [16:06] THINGS HE SAID. [16:07] NO, HE WANTED TO CLOSE UP [16:08] EVERYTHING. [16:09] LOOK AT ALL THE STATES THAT [16:10] REMAINED OPEN. [16:11] THOSE STATES REMAINED OPEN. [16:12] HE WANTED EVERYTHING CLOSED. [16:13] AND IT JUST TURNED OUT THAT [16:15] CLOSING WASN'T SO GOOD BECAUSE, [16:17] YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY [16:18] INTERESTING. [16:19] SOME OF THE STATES THAT FAIRED [16:20] THE WORST IN TERMS OF THE [16:22] SPREAD WERE ACTUALLY CLOSED. [16:24] OKAY? [16:25] EXCLAIN THAT. [16:26] HE WAS THE WORK. [16:27] HE DID MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYBODY [16:28] ELSE. [16:29] IT WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE IN A [16:31] LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. [16:32] SO, MR. PRESIDENT, WITH THE [16:35] ECONOMY, THAT'S GOING TO BE [16:36] YOUR FOCUS. [16:37] THAT WAS YOUR FOCUS YESTERDAY IN [16:39] THE MIDTERMS IN MICHIGAN. [16:40] ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THE [16:42] TARIFFS THAT YOU PUT FORWARD [16:44] OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS [16:46] WILL HURT THE ECONOMY AS THEY [16:48] ADJUST IN BRINGING [16:49] MANUFACTURING HOME? [16:50] IT'S BRINGING HUNDREDS OF [16:51] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. [16:52] I WAS AT GENERAL MOTORS [16:53] YESTERDAY. [16:54] THEY HAVE THE BEST YEAR. [16:55] THEY HAVE THE MOST TRUCKS, THE [16:56] MOST CARS. [16:57] THE TARIFFS HAVE SAVED GENERAL [16:59] MOTORS. [17:00] WHAT I'VE DONE TO THE AUTO [17:01] BUSINESS, WHAT I'VE DONE TO THE [17:02] CHIP BUSINESS, WE HAVE CHIP [17:03] COMPANIES NOW MAKING, BUILDING [17:05] HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF [17:07] DOLLARS WORTH OF CHIP PLANTS IN [17:09] ARIZONA, THE BIGGEST COMPANY, [17:11] CHIP COMPANY OF ITS KIND IN [17:12] THE WORLD. [17:13] THE BIGGEST COMPANY THERE IS IN [17:16] THE CHIP WORLD IS BUILDING A [17:18] $400 BILLION PLAN. [17:20] WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH 40 TO [17:22] 50% OF THE CHIP BUSINESS FROM [17:23] NOTHING IN A YEAR AND A HALF [17:25] FROM NOW. [17:26] NO, NO. [17:27] THE TARIFFS HAVE, I MEAN, IT'S [17:29] A SHAME THAT I HAVE TO GO A [17:31] HARDER WAY FOR THE TARIFFS [17:32] BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT IN A [17:34] VERY CLOSE DECISION, YOU KNOW, [17:36] RULED AGAINST ME. [17:37] NOW I HAVE OTHER WAYS OF DOING [17:39] THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S A [17:41] MORE CUMBERSOME, YOU KNOW, WAY OF [17:43] DOING IT. [17:44] BUT THE TARIFFS HAVE MADE THIS [17:45] COUNTRY A FORTUNE. [17:47] IT MADE THE COUNTRY RICH. [17:48] AND IT STOPPED EIGHT WARS. [17:50] I WOULD SAY FIVE OF THEM BECAUSE [17:52] OF TARIFFS. [17:53] THE THREAT OF TARIFFS STOPPED [17:56] INDIA AND PAKISTAN FROM GOING [17:58] INTO A NUCLEAR WAR. [17:59] THE THREAT OF TARIFFS STOPPED [18:01] NUMEROUS OTHER COUNTRIES FROM [18:03] GOING TO WORK. [18:04] THESE TARIFFS, IT'S THE GREATEST [18:05] THING. [18:06] AND ONLY THE REALLY SMART PEOPLE [18:08] OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE [18:09] NONPOLITICAL AND THAT GET IT [18:11] TALK ABOUT IT. [18:12] THE DEMOCRATS KNOW HOW GOOD IT [18:13] HAS BEEN. [18:14] WE HAVE THE HOTTEST CAR BUSINESS. [18:16] WE ARE RIGHT NOW BUILDING MORE [18:17] CAR PLANS THAT AT ANY TIME IN [18:19] OUR HISTORY. [18:20] TOYOTA JUST LEFT MEXICO. [18:22] THEY ARE BUILDING, THEY JUST [18:24] ANNOUNCED, THEY ARE BUILDING A [18:26] $12 BILLION WORTH OF PLANTS IN [18:28] THE UNITED STATES. [18:29] ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO AVOID [18:30] TARIFFS. [18:31] THEY HAVE NO TARIFFS IF THEY [18:33] BUILD THEIR PRODUCT HERE. [18:34] THE USMCA, ARE YOU LOOKING TO [18:36] UPDATE THAT? [18:37] I DON'T CARE. [18:38] I DON'T REALLY WANT TO. [18:40] I'D RATHER BE INDEPENDENT. [18:42] HERE'S THE THING. [18:43] MEXICO AND CANADA NEED US. [18:45] WE DON'T NEED THEM. [18:47] THE DEAL IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM. [18:49] IT'S NOT IMPORTANT FOR US. [18:50] OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT. [18:51] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [18:52] I KNOW YOU'RE SPEAKING AT [18:53] LINDSEY GRAHAM'S FUNERAL THIS [18:54] MORNING. [18:55] WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRYING THAT. [18:57] OUR COVERAGE STARTS AT 1 O'CLOCK. [18:59] GOD SPEED. [19:00] I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. [19:01] I KNOW HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF [19:02] YOURS. [19:03] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [19:04] HE WAS A GREAT GUY. [19:05] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.