President Donald Trump Holds White House Briefing And Addresses Reporters In Washington — AC1D

[0:00] than at any time in the history of our country. [0:03] We just had, just in case, we had another aircraft carrier, [0:07] we have many, sailing over and just arriving in the Middle East, [0:12] so we have three, and they're all locked and loaded, [0:15] and hopefully we don't have to use them. [0:21] Are you going to bring up the case of Jensen Wong [0:24] with President Xi when you visit with him next week? [0:26] No, I don't think so. [0:27] I mean, maybe, I'm sure, President Xi will ask me about it. [0:32] I just know Jensen very well. [0:33] I just think he's a very honorable man. [0:36] I mean, he's a great, he built a great company, [0:38] American company, and I think he's a very honorable guy, [0:42] and I feel very confident that he'll be in good shape. [0:44] The Press Press, in sticking with Jensen Huang, [0:48] when you went to China earlier this year in May, [0:50] did you know about these alleged ties [0:53] with the Chinese spies then, or? [0:54] No, I didn't hear about it then. [0:56] But a lot of people have heard about it, [0:59] and Jensen totally denies that. [1:01] He had — I asked him today, [1:02] because I did speak to him today, [1:03] just to see if he's feeling all right, how you doing. [1:06] And I asked him about that, [1:08] and he said he had absolutely no idea [1:12] that the person in question was a spy. [1:14] The Press Press, President Xi. [1:15] I asked him that question. [1:16] Did you have any idea that she was a spy? [1:18] He said, I had no idea that she was a spy. [1:20] And I really believe him. [1:21] Yeah, please. [1:22] The Press Press, President, are you hoping for a breakthrough [1:24] on Ukraine at the talks in Abu Dhabi this week? [1:27] And if so, why do you trust — [1:28] The President Xi. I just think that Ukraine [1:29] and Russia are tired of fighting. [1:32] They're tired of seeing dead, young soldiers — [1:34] mostly soldiers. [1:35] Most of the people are soldiers. [1:38] Think of it. They're losing 25,000. [1:39] Danny, can you imagine 25,000? [1:41] That's like a stadium — Madison Square Garden. [1:43] You have your fights. 25,000. [1:45] That's what it holds. [1:47] And they're losing that every single month. [1:50] Dead. Young, beautiful people. [1:53] And it's got to stop. [1:54] You know, it doesn't affect us, [1:57] but I'm able to get them together. [2:00] And we're meeting now — right now, as we speak — [2:03] and the meetings are going okay, [2:04] but we're trying to get it settled. [2:05] Only because we want to say — [2:08] it doesn't affect us as a country, but it affects me. [2:11] Twenty-five thousand people a month are being killed. [2:14] Daniel. [2:15] The Press Press, President, earlier — [2:16] Mr. President, earlier — [2:17] The Press Press, President, a number of Senate GOP members [2:20] are urging the conference to delay their leadership votes tomorrow. [2:25] We know that John Thune is running unopposed in the Senate. [2:27] Do you think that Mr. Thune has earned the right [2:30] to lead Senate Republicans? [2:31] The President Trump's office is a very fine man. [2:32] I know him very well, but that's really up to the senators. [2:36] I like John Thune. I wish they could get more produced. [2:41] You know, we — we've had Save America up there. [2:45] We've had, you know, Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship. [2:48] And many other things, it's not easy. [2:51] He's got some people that — first of all, [2:53] you have 100 percent negative Democrats. [2:55] They never vote yes. They always vote no. [2:58] That means he has to get almost 100 percent of the Republicans. [3:01] And you have some Republicans in there — [3:03] I can name them, but why should I — [3:05] that are very difficult. [3:07] And, you know, I said, as leader, [3:09] you have to get those people. [3:10] But John is a good man. [3:12] I guess they're going to be voting tomorrow, [3:14] or maybe it's delayed. [3:15] I don't know what the status — but, you know, [3:17] he's a friend of mine. [3:18] I wish the Senate could get more done. [3:21] The Press. [3:22] The Press. [3:23] You spoke about Venezuela. [3:26] Do you plan on having elections there before the end of the term? [3:28] The President Trump's office? [3:29] The President Trump's office. [3:30] The Press. [3:31] The Press. [3:32] The Press. [3:32] The Press. [3:33] The Press. [3:34] The Press. [3:34] The Press. [3:35] The Press. [3:35] The Press. [3:36] Mr. President, earlier today, [3:37] you posted on social media where you questioned whether the midterm election results were honest. [3:38] Yeah. [3:38] The Press. [3:39] The Press. [3:39] The Press. [3:40] Separately, did you — did you watch Senator Thomas Massey lay out his articles of impeachment [3:46] this afternoon? [3:47] The President Trump's office. [3:48] No, I don't watch Massey. [3:49] Look, Massey's a loser. [3:51] He shouldn't be taking up the time of Congress or the Senate or anything that he's doing. [3:58] The guy's a stone-cold loser. [3:59] Would always — he's a Republican. [4:01] Always he would vote against. [4:02] You're just — we could come up with the best bill. [4:05] We could come up with — and he would always vote against. [4:08] There's something wrong with him. [4:10] And I said, look, I've got to challenge him. [4:12] And I challenged him, and he lost in a landslide to a very good man. [4:16] We have a very good man, Ed Gilrain, who's great — took his place. [4:21] But, you know, I went and did something that is very tough to do. [4:25] Now, I challenged others also. [4:27] I challenged Cornyn. [4:28] I challenged Tillis. [4:30] And I challenged — if you look at Louisiana — Cassidy III. [4:35] So that makes things a little bit harder to get their votes because I wouldn't say they like me. [4:40] But of all of them, I would say there's — there's something wrong with Thomas Massie. [4:44] He was an automatic no vote. [4:46] You could go in with the greatest bill — bills where even Democrats were voting — and he'd be no. [4:53] And I said, what is wrong with this guy? [4:55] He's a sick — sick guy. [4:56] There's something wrong with him, actually. [4:58] Now, he's — he's after Pete Hexth. [4:59] He doesn't like Hexth. [5:00] But really, what has Hexth done? [5:04] He won the war. [5:04] He was in charge. [5:06] He won the war in Venezuela — as I said, 48 minutes. [5:11] It was flawless. [5:12] Nobody killed. [5:13] And he certainly — I think he's won the war in Iran, but he's certainly winning the war. [5:18] Iran would love to make a deal. [5:21] And they've been obliterated — their Navy and their Air Force. [5:25] So he won the war in two places — two big places — very important, very impactful. [5:31] And they were won. [5:32] They're not like Vietnam, where nothing was won, or Afghanistan, or Iraq, or any of these [5:38] wars where nothing was won. [5:40] There was nothing won. [5:41] Just lots of death, and then let's leave. [5:44] In one case, he's not — they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. [5:46] In the other, we're making hundreds of billions of dollars for this country. [5:51] So I say this — Pete Hexth won two wars — oh, let's impeach him. [5:58] What about impeaching the gentleman from Biden — his person that disappeared for two weeks [6:06] and nobody had any idea where he was? [6:09] What about impeaching the people that ran the Vietnam War? [6:12] What about impeaching that went — that ran Iraq and Afghanistan? [6:17] And all of these other wars, where thousands of lives have been. [6:22] You know, we lost 18 people — 18. [6:26] They lost 65,000 in Vietnam. [6:30] We're in there for seven months. [6:31] They're in there for 21 years. [6:33] What about impeaching those people? [6:35] What about impeaching the leaders of these stupid wars that were done when nothing was gained? [6:41] In Iran, they won't have a nuclear weapon. [6:44] That's a big thing. [6:46] Now, short-term, probably bad for me, because people want to have a little bit lower energy [6:50] cost. [6:51] We'll get it back down. [6:52] We're at the lowest cost, you know. [6:54] It's even lower now than it was with Biden and Obama. [6:58] But I've done something different. [6:59] They won't have a nuclear weapon. [7:01] That's a big thing. [7:02] And with the other, we're making a fortune — and we have tremendous amounts of oil. [7:06] We're going to have — we have more oil, including Venezuela, than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. [7:14] By far. [7:15] In fact, by two. [7:16] Yeah, please. [7:17] Do you believe the midterms are rigged? [7:19] Do you believe the midterms are rigged? [7:20] Well, I think the numbers were terrible in terms of those early votes. [7:25] You look at all those early votes. [7:27] And look at another one. [7:28] I'm watching Alaska. [7:30] So you have a guy named Dan Sullivan and another guy named Dan Sullivan runs. [7:35] And one's a J and one's an S. And the one with a J, which is a fake Dan Sullivan, tries [7:40] to have his initial change to S. He never ran before. [7:44] He never was a political person before. [7:47] He was fraudulently put in the race. [7:51] And then they tried to change his middle name so it was a nested to confuse. [7:55] So Dan Sullivan and the woman, Peltola, is — they're very close. [8:01] He's only — I guess she has 400 or 500 votes. [8:05] But this fake Dan Sullivan, because of confusion, only because they're meant to vote, has 2,500, [8:11] almost 3,000 votes. [8:13] That means he wins the election. [8:15] But in addition, they have a second person they put in. [8:19] And they made a big issue with the second. [8:21] And that person has 4,000 or 5,000 votes. [8:25] Those votes should go also. [8:26] But even if you don't include that, you have a Dan Sullivan and a Dan Sullivan. [8:32] And the Democrats put him up in order to confuse the voters. [8:37] So anybody that voted for that second Dan Sullivan, the fake Dan Sullivan, was supposed [8:42] to be a vote for the real Dan Sullivan. [8:45] So they stole it. [8:47] And that election should be called right now because Dan Sullivan won easily if you add [8:52] up the numbers. [8:53] Now, if you add up the numbers for the second person they put in, he's leading by 6,000, [8:58] 7,000 votes. [8:59] Go ahead, please. [9:00] You have multiple times given Vladimir Putin — [9:01] Yeah, I'll stand by him. [9:02] You have multiple — Mr. President. [9:03] Stand by him, yeah. [9:04] He won two wars. [9:05] He was in charge. [9:06] We all won. [9:07] I had great people. [9:08] You what? [9:09] Massey says that he's carried out — [9:10] Massey's a loser. [9:11] Just like you're a loser at CNN. [9:13] Just like your ratings are a loser. [9:14] Massey is a loser. [9:15] Stone-cold loser. [9:16] I ran — I did something that nobody's done. [9:17] I took on a guy that was, in his own way, sort of popular in his state. [9:21] And I beat him badly. [9:22] I beat him easily with a man that never ran before but a good man. [9:37] Massey has a lot of hatred in his heart. [9:42] I watched — I heard what Massey did. [9:44] I don't want to waste my time watching him. [9:47] But he was a good guy. [9:48] I've had a lot of hatred in his heart. [9:51] waste my time watching them. [9:54] We won two wars. [9:55] We won two wars. [9:57] And we've made the world a lot safer place. [10:00] And then we're supposed to impeach. [10:01] Why haven't we gone after all these other people [10:04] that ran wars that lost? [10:06] What about this? [10:07] What about, what about, what about good old Lloyd? [10:10] Why didn't we go after him? [10:12] Why didn't we go after the people that disappeared? [10:15] They're in charge of the military and they [10:17] disappeared from nobody knew, had any idea that [10:21] nothing happened to him. [10:23] What about all these people that lost wars? [10:26] You don't have to. [10:27] All I can say is this. [10:29] We have the highest recruit, the recruitment numbers of, [10:33] you know, when I came in, when I was campaigning, [10:37] we had the worst recruitment people wanting to join [10:40] the military in the history of our country. [10:43] We couldn't fill any of the spots. [10:45] It was a disaster. [10:46] Now we have the best numbers we've ever had. [10:49] More people want to be in the Army, Navy, Air Force, [10:51] Marines, Coast Guard, even the police, Space Force, [10:56] firemen, anybody with a uniform. [10:59] So now we have the best numbers we've ever had. [11:02] And I will say this, the soldiers, the actual soldiers, [11:06] the great people that do the work, the great patriots, [11:09] they love Pete Hexeth. [11:12] So if you go back two years ago, before I got into office, [11:16] two years ago, we could not recruit people. [11:21] And you know that better, the Army was way behind everybody. [11:24] Now, we have waiting lists of people trying to get in. [11:28] He's done a very good job. [11:29] The Presser, you have given Vladimir Putin multiple deadlines [11:42] over the last 22 months to enter into a ceasefire, [11:45] but also to meet directly with Vladimir Zelensky. [11:48] He has repeatedly ignored your demands, yet you have provided. [11:51] Well, you know, you say he's ignored. [11:53] Has he been fighting us in the war? [11:55] The Presser, you also, the President. [11:56] Yeah, yeah, let me ask you this question. [11:57] The Presser, you also, the President. [11:58] Who are you with? [11:59] Who are you with? [12:00] The Presser, with MSNOW. [12:00] What, at what point? [12:01] The President. [12:01] MSNOW, it's a fake, that's a fake deal. [12:03] I don't want to take that question. [12:04] Go ahead, go ahead. [12:06] MSNOW gets the worst ratings in their history. [12:10] Used to be MSDNC. [12:12] It's one of the worst. [12:14] You're a fake network. [12:15] The Presser, go ahead, Jennifer, Jennifer, go ahead. [12:18] The Presser, today was Stephen Miller's [12:21] MSNOW, what a joke you are. [12:22] Go ahead. [12:23] The Presser, full day here at the White House. [12:26] The President. [12:26] The President. [12:27] The President. [12:28] What changes has he made so far, sir? [12:30] Policy-wise? [12:30] The President. [12:31] I don't think he's going to be great. [12:32] He's been with me from the beginning. [12:33] He's smart. [12:34] He's tough. [12:35] He's fair. [12:36] And he actually will get along, I think, very well [12:38] with the Democrats. [12:39] The Presser, would he like to put a deal with Democrats [12:43] on immigration? [12:44] The Presser, I want to put a finer point. [12:45] The President. [12:46] They're going to try. [12:47] And, you know, I'm open to it. [12:49] We're not going to have amnesty or anything. [12:50] We're going to, you know, people are going to do it [12:53] the right way. [12:53] They have to do it. [12:54] It's unfair to other people. [12:55] But certainly, I'm open to it. [12:57] The Presser, I want you to put a finer point on when [12:59] exactly you were made aware of the intelligence around Jensen [13:00] Wang. [13:01] The Presser, but this has been going on. [13:02] The Presser, put an intelligence memo out last year. [13:03] Did you read that memo? [13:04] The President. [13:05] The Presser, I'd certainly check with the intelligence [13:06] people. [13:07] They could have been mentioned. [13:08] Certainly, it didn't make much of an impact on me. [13:09] Yeah. [13:10] The Presser, what are your first tests for bipartisanship [13:12] in this new era? [13:13] It's going to be working with Democrats on this [13:14] permitting bill, which is expected to get a vote [13:15] tonight. [13:16] The Presser, the permitting bill is a great bill that's [13:17] supposed to be bipartisan. [13:18] We are behind it a hundred percent. [13:19] The Presser, are you going to whip that in the House? [13:21] It faces a harder... [13:22] The President. [13:23] Well, we may see, but the Democrats want that. [13:25] I mean, maybe they've changed, but they wanted [13:27] as much as the republics. [13:29] The Presser, you're going to approve wind turbines in [13:31] the future. [13:32] You've been very critical than that. [13:33] That's part of this bill. [13:34] The Presser, I wouldn't approve wind turbines. [13:36] Well, that's part of the bill, sir. [13:37] A key part of the bill. [13:38] You're not going to approve that. [13:40] I'd approve it. [13:41] The Presser, sir, you're not going to you. [13:43] critical then that's part of the no I want to prove winter well that's part of [13:45] the bill sir keep up not going to you're not the bill has been fully [13:49] negotiated I will not approve when tie burns because wind turbines are a [13:54] major loser [13:56] because you said before it was going to be your pleasure to take Cuba in your [14:05] mandate do you still plan on taking Cuba or well Cuba's falling it's a [14:09] a failing nation. [14:11] It's got an ideology very similar to what the [14:13] Democrat ideology is. [14:16] And it's a failing nation. [14:17] It's a communist nation, socialist nations, sort [14:21] of everything all wrapped in into one. [14:25] We have tremendous people who were treated very [14:28] badly, Cuban Americans. [14:30] And they voted for me 94 percent. [14:33] And we take care of those people. [14:35] But Cuba is a failing nation. [14:37] We will help them on a humanitarian basis. [14:40] We are helping them, actually. [14:42] But we'll see what happens. [14:43] Cuba is going to be interesting. [14:44] I would imagine it will fall fairly soon. [14:47] I can't keep this man waiting. [14:51] He's a very, very powerful man. [14:53] So let me ask — wait, wait, wait. [14:55] So let me ask you the big question. [14:57] Dana, would you like to be Press Secretary of the [15:00] United States of America? [15:03] Look at a sign you'd have this behind you all the [15:05] time — the White House Washington. [15:07] Would you like that? [15:07] Or do you just want to stay with this ridiculous UFC? [15:10] Huh? [15:12] Go on. [15:14] The Press Secretary, uh — the Prime Minister of [15:15] United States of the United States? [15:17] Thank you for the offer, sir. [15:19] For the offer, I have no, no — I do not want to be in [15:20] politics now. [15:22] I am devastated to hear this. [15:23] Goodbye, everybody. [15:25] The Press Secretary, okay? [15:27] Mr. President, thank you, everybody. [15:34] Just to conclude, our country is doing really well. [15:38] We're respected by everybody in the world, [15:40] something that was not true two years ago. [15:43] Our country is doing better than it's ever done before. [15:46] Thank you very much.