President Trump Holds Press Briefing In Response To Supreme Court Striking Down His Tariffs

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[29:26] Thank you. [30:05] Thank you. [30:35] Thank you. [31:07] Thank you. [31:37] Thank you. [32:07] Thank you. [32:37] Thank you. [33:18] Thank you. [33:50] Thank you. [34:21] Thank you. [34:51] Thank you. [35:02] Thank you. [35:03] Thank you. [35:05] I don't know. [35:24] Yeah, it's a good question. [35:28] I feel like we don't have this. [35:31] I mean, it's a piece. [35:32] I don't know. [35:34] I can't say it anymore. [35:39] That's a good one. [36:11] How much time is left? [37:09] That's why we're waiting. [37:11] Okay. [37:12] I've been waiting for that. [37:13] Yeah, yeah. [37:14] This isn't a good one. [37:16] I don't know. [37:21] I know. [37:23] I'm going to have to scan them. [37:25] It's going down. [37:27] Hear about that? [37:30] I think he's here. [37:33] Hear Marine, Warren. [37:34] I think the battery's there. [37:41] Hey. [38:18] I'm going to see if chat GPT now. [38:44] Why? [38:46] I'm going to see if chat GPT now. [39:19] Yeah. [39:20] Yeah. [39:21] Yeah. [39:22] How much time left? [39:23] The ball's under review. [39:25] The ball's under review. [39:26] The ball's under review. [39:27] Oh. [39:28] . [39:29] . [39:30] Got it. [39:31] I'll go with that. [39:32] All right. [39:33] I'm glad AI solved this. [39:34] Oh. [39:35] Okay. [39:36] Oh, okay. [39:37] Perfect. [39:39] Right. [39:40] There's only one of them. [39:41] There is only one. [40:01] You're right. [40:02] Yeah. [40:03] Yeah. [40:04] Yeah. [40:05] Oh, I missed it. [40:08] Yeah. [40:15] There's only one of them. [40:16] Yeah. [40:17] There is only one. [40:18] You're right. [40:19] Yeah. [40:20] There is only one. [40:21] The goal, actually, might be to go forward. [40:28] How much time? [40:29] 40 seconds. [40:30] In the game? [40:31] Yeah. [40:32] Oh, good. [40:33] Yeah. [40:34] Talk about it. [40:36] No. [40:37] No. [40:39] No. [40:41] No. [40:44] No. [40:46] No. [40:47] No. [40:48] No. [40:49] No. [40:50] No. [40:51] No. [40:52] No. [40:53] No. [40:54] No. [40:55] No. [40:56] No. [40:57] No. [40:58] No. [41:00] No. [41:01] No. [41:02] No. [41:03] You're all in, right? [41:06] Thank you, Amanda. [41:08] Thank you, Amanda. [41:10] Hi! [41:11] Good. [41:13] People have this thing with uberают as to why people use the ones you don't use. [41:20] Ok? [41:20] Wow, that's a lot of people. [52:05] That's a new record. [52:06] We set a record every time. [52:09] Well, thank you very much for being here. [52:12] The Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing. [52:19] And I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having [52:25] the courage to do what's right for our country. [52:29] I'd like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for their strength [52:35] and wisdom and love of our country, which is right now very proud of those justices. [52:44] When you read the dissenting opinions, [52:47] there's no way that anyone can argue against them. [52:51] There's no way. [52:53] Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic. [52:58] They're so happy. [53:01] And they're dancing in the streets, but they won't be dancing for long. [53:05] That I can assure you. [53:07] The Democrats on the court are thrilled, but they will automatically vote no. [53:13] They're an automatic no, just like in Congress. [53:15] They're an automatic no. [53:18] They're against anything that makes America strong, healthy, and great again. [53:24] They also are a, frankly, disgrace to our nation, those justices. [53:30] They're an automatic no, no matter how good a case you have. [53:33] It's a no. [53:36] But you can't knock their loyalty. [53:38] It's one thing you can do with some of our people. [53:45] Others think they're being politically correct, which has happened before far too often with [53:51] certain members of this court. [53:53] And it's happened so often with this court. [53:56] What a shame, having to do with voting in particular, when, in fact, they're just being fools. [54:03] Thank God they're not. [54:05] But why are they doing this? [54:07] They're just a bunch of good-for-nothings. [54:09] They're not good for the people. [54:11] They're just a bunch of losers and lapdogs for the RINOs and the radical left Democrats. [54:15] And not that this should have anything at all to do with it. [54:19] They're very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution. [54:22] It's my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement [54:29] that is far smaller than people would ever think. [54:33] It's a small movement. [54:34] I won by millions of votes. [54:36] It's like, too big to rig. [54:38] But these people are obnoxious, ignorant, and loud. [54:41] They're very loud. [54:42] And I think certain justices are afraid of that. [54:46] They don't want to do the right thing. [54:48] They're afraid of it. [54:51] This was an important case to me. [54:53] Moore is a symbol of economic national security. [54:58] And also, I would say, just for our country itself, [55:02] so important, because we're doing so well as a country. [55:06] We've never done so well. [55:08] The good news is that there are methods, practices, [55:12] statutes, and authorities, as recognized by the entire [55:16] court in this terrible decision, and also as [55:20] recognized by Congress, which they refer to, that [55:24] are even stronger than the IEPA tariffs available to [55:27] me as President of the United States. [55:29] And in actuality, I was very modest in my ask of [55:33] other countries and businesses because I wanted [55:36] to do, and it's very important. [55:39] I wanted to be very well-behaved because I [55:43] wanted to do anything. [55:45] I didn't want to do anything that would affect [55:47] the decision of the court because I understand the [55:49] court. [55:51] I understand how they are very easily swayed. [55:55] I want to be a good boy. [55:58] I have very effectively utilized tariffs over the [56:02] past year to make America great again. [56:05] Our stock market has just recently broken 50,000 on [56:09] the Dow, and simultaneously, and even [56:14] more amazingly, it's broken 50,000 on the Dow. [56:14] It's broken 70,000 on the S&P, two numbers that [56:20] everybody thought, upon our landslide election [56:24] victory, could not be attained. [56:27] Think of that. [56:28] Nobody thought it was possible to do it within [56:30] four years, and we did it in one year. [56:33] They said, you'll never be able. [56:35] You'll go back and you read the geniuses, read [56:38] their statements. [56:40] All of the Nobel Prize winners in economics, they [56:45] said, no, you couldn't do it in four years. [56:47] Well, we didn't do it in four years. [56:49] We did it in one year. [56:51] We broke every record in the book, and we're [56:52] continuing to do so. [56:55] Tariffs have likewise been used to end five of the [56:59] eight wars that I settled. [57:01] I settled eight wars, whether you like it or not, [57:03] including India, Pakistan, big ones, nuclear, could [57:06] have been nuclear. [57:09] Prime Minister of Pakistan said yesterday at [57:11] the great meeting that we had, the Peace Board, he [57:17] said yesterday that President Trump could have [57:19] saved $35 million. [57:20] We're saving lives by getting us to stop fighting. [57:23] They were getting ready to do some bad things, but [57:26] they've given us great national security. [57:29] These tariffs have and together with our strong [57:32] borders reduced fentanyl coming into our country by [57:35] 30 percent. [57:37] When I use them as a penalty against countries [57:40] illegally sending this poison into our country to [57:44] poison our youth, all of those tariffs remain. [57:48] They all remain. [57:48] I don't know if you know that or not. [57:51] They all remain. [57:53] We're still getting them. [57:53] And we will. [57:55] After the decision, I guess there's nobody left [57:57] to appeal to. [57:59] But again, those three people, such respect. [58:01] I've had a lot of respect for them anyway, but such [58:03] great respect. [58:05] But other alternatives will now be used to [58:07] replace the ones that the court incorrectly rejected. [58:11] We have alternatives, great alternatives. [58:15] Could be more money. [58:15] We'll take in more money and we'll be a lot stronger [58:19] for it. [58:19] We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars. [58:22] We'll continue to do so. [58:24] To show you how ridiculous the opinion is, however, [58:27] the court said that I'm not allowed to charge even [58:31] one dollar. [58:31] I can't charge one dollar. [58:32] I can't charge a dollar. [58:35] I would have used one penny, but we don't make [58:38] the pennies anymore. [58:39] We save money. [58:40] I can't charge one dollar to any country under AIPA. [58:45] Not one dollar. [58:47] I assume to protect other countries. [58:49] This must have been done to protect those other [58:51] countries, certainly not the United States of [58:53] America, which they should be interested in [58:56] protecting. [58:56] That's what they're supposed to be protecting. [58:59] But I am allowed to cut off any and all of the [59:01] trade or business with that same country. [59:05] In other words, I can destroy the trade. [59:07] I can destroy the country. [59:09] I'm even allowed to impose a foreign country [59:12] destroying embargo. [59:13] I can embargo. [59:15] I can do anything I want, but I can't charge one [59:18] dollar because that's not what it says. [59:23] And that's not the way it even reads. [59:25] I can do anything I want to do to them, but I can't [59:29] charge any money. [59:33] So I'm allowed to destroy the country, but I can't [59:35] charge them a little fee. [59:35] I could give them a little too. [59:37] Two-cent fee. [59:39] But I cannot charge under any circumstances. [59:42] I cannot charge them anything. [59:44] Think of that. [59:45] How ridiculous is that? [59:46] I'm allowed to embargo them. [59:48] I'm allowed to tell them, you can't do business in [59:50] the United States anymore. [59:51] We want you out of here. [59:53] But if I want to charge them $10, I can't do that. [59:57] It's incorrect. [59:58] Their decision is incorrect. [59:59] But it doesn't matter because we have very [1:00:02] powerful alternatives that have been approved by this [1:00:05] decision. [1:00:06] You know, they've been approved by the decision [1:00:08] for those that thought they had it. [1:00:10] Yes. [1:00:11] And they're saying that I have the absolute right to [1:00:14] license, but not the right to charge a license fee. [1:00:18] So think of that. [1:00:19] I have the right to license, which is a very [1:00:21] powerful word. [1:00:22] In many ways, license is more powerful than tariffs. [1:00:24] In fact, I was thinking about using it. [1:00:26] But they came up with the idea that I can license, [1:00:30] just like the people that were opposing me told them [1:00:34] to do, but not the right to charge a license fee. [1:00:37] Think of that. [1:00:39] Who ever heard of such a thing? [1:00:40] What license has ever been issued? [1:00:42] Without the right to charge a fee. [1:00:44] You get a license, you charge a fee. [1:00:45] It's automatic, but not with this court. [1:00:49] But now the court has given me the unquestioned [1:00:51] right to ban all sorts of things from coming into [1:00:54] our country, to destroy foreign countries. [1:00:58] But a much more powerful right than many people [1:01:01] ever thought we even had, but not the right to [1:01:04] charge a fee. [1:01:05] How crazy is that? [1:01:08] Our country is the hottest country anywhere in the [1:01:10] world right now. [1:01:11] And it was a dead country one and a half years ago, [1:01:15] under an incompetent president. [1:01:17] But now I'm going to go in a different direction, [1:01:20] probably the direction that I should have gone [1:01:25] the first time. [1:01:26] But I read the language. [1:01:27] I'm very good at reading language, and it read our [1:01:30] way 100 percent. [1:01:31] But now I'll go the way I could have gone originally, [1:01:34] which is even stronger than our original choice. [1:01:38] As Justice Kavanaugh, whose stock has gone so [1:01:42] up, you have to see, I'm so proud of him, wrote in [1:01:46] his dissent. [1:01:48] Although I firmly disagree with the [1:01:49] court's holding today, the decision might not [1:01:53] substantially constrain a president's ability to [1:01:57] order tariffs going forward. [1:01:59] So think of that. [1:02:03] The decision might not substantially constrain. [1:02:07] And it doesn't. [1:02:08] He's right. [1:02:08] In fact, I can charge much more than I was [1:02:10] charging. [1:02:12] So I'm going to just start. [1:02:13] Although I firmly disagree with the court's [1:02:15] holding today, the decision might not [1:02:18] substantially constrain a president's ability to [1:02:22] order tariffs going forward. [1:02:23] That's because numerous other federal statutes, [1:02:28] which is so true, authorized the president [1:02:31] to impose tariffs and might justify most, if [1:02:34] not all, of the tariffs issued in this case. [1:02:38] Even more tariffs, actually. [1:02:41] Those statutes include think of that. [1:02:44] Those statutes include, for example, the Trade [1:02:49] Expansion Act of 1962, Section 232. [1:02:53] All of these things I know so well. [1:02:56] The Trade Act of 1974, Sections 122, 201, 301. [1:03:02] And the Tariff Act of 1930, Section 338. [1:03:06] All clear, but it's a little bit longer process. [1:03:09] I thought I'd make things simple, but they didn't let [1:03:13] us do that. [1:03:13] I would like to thank Justice Kavanaugh for his, [1:03:16] frankly, his genius and his great ability. [1:03:20] Very proud of that appointment. [1:03:24] In actuality, while I am sure that they did not mean [1:03:28] to do so, the Supreme Court's decision today [1:03:32] made a president's ability to both regulate [1:03:34] trade and impose tariffs more powerful and more [1:03:38] crystal clear rather than less. [1:03:41] I don't think they meant that. [1:03:43] I'm sure they didn't. [1:03:46] It's terrible. [1:03:48] And to think that the Democrats who oppose this [1:03:51] only because they want to go the opposite way. [1:03:54] They'd like to pack the court. [1:03:55] They want to put on 21 people. [1:03:57] They want to pack the court, pack the Supreme [1:03:59] Court. [1:04:00] Maybe they should do it. [1:04:01] Maybe they would be better off. [1:04:03] If they did it, they want to pack the court. [1:04:06] They want to do anything to hurt our country. [1:04:09] There will no longer be any doubt. [1:04:12] And the income coming in and the protection of our [1:04:15] companies and country will actually increase [1:04:18] because of this decision. [1:04:19] I don't think the court meant that, but it's the [1:04:23] way it is based on longstanding law and [1:04:26] hundreds of victories. [1:04:29] And even as I was pointed out before, even thousands [1:04:32] of victories over the years. [1:04:34] To the contrary, the Supreme Court did not [1:04:37] overrule tariffs. [1:04:38] They merely overruled a particular use of IEPA [1:04:42] tariffs. [1:04:44] And essentially, it's to use to get a fee. [1:04:47] I can do anything I want with IEPA. [1:04:50] Anything. [1:04:50] I just can't charge anybody for it. [1:04:54] I can license. [1:04:55] I just can't charge them. [1:04:56] It's ridiculous. [1:04:57] But it's okay because we have other ways, numerous [1:05:01] other ways. [1:05:02] The ability to block, embargo, restrict, [1:05:06] license, or impose any other condition on a [1:05:11] foreign country's ability. [1:05:12] To conduct trade with the United States under IEPA [1:05:17] has been fully confirmed by this decision. [1:05:20] So now there's no doubt because, you know, there [1:05:22] were a lot of questions about tariffs because no [1:05:25] president was smart enough to use them to protect our [1:05:27] country from those countries and businesses [1:05:30] that were ripping us off. [1:05:32] You took a look at the deficits that we had with [1:05:34] some of these countries. [1:05:35] It was disgraceful what they got away with for [1:05:37] many, many decades. [1:05:40] But now we know because this decision affirms all [1:05:42] those things that some people weren't sure about. [1:05:45] In order to protect, and it says so, in order to [1:05:50] protect our country, a president can actually [1:05:53] charge more tariffs than I was charging in the past [1:05:58] period of a year under the various tariff [1:06:02] authorities. [1:06:02] So we can use other of the statutes, other of the [1:06:07] tariff authorities, which have also been confirmed [1:06:12] and are fully allowed. [1:06:16] Therefore, effective immediately, all national [1:06:19] security tariffs under Section 232 and the [1:06:22] existing Section 301 tariffs, they're existing, [1:06:26] they're there, remain in place, fully in place, and [1:06:32] in full force and effect. [1:06:34] Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10 percent [1:06:37] global tariff under Section 122 over and above [1:06:42] our normal tariffs already being charged. [1:06:45] And we're also initiating several Section 301 and [1:06:49] other investigations to protect our country from [1:06:53] unfair trading practices. [1:06:55] And we're also going to make sure that we're [1:06:57] protecting the interests of other countries and [1:07:01] companies. [1:07:02] Thank you for your attention to this matter. [1:07:04] And I say quite simply, which I've said for a [1:07:07] long time, make America great again. [1:07:09] And interestingly, we've already made it great, so [1:07:12] I don't have to use that. [1:07:13] But I don't think we'll ever give up on MAGA. [1:07:15] MAGA's always going to be with us. [1:07:17] If you have a few questions, you can let us [1:07:20] know. [1:07:21] But just to end, so we're going forward. [1:07:24] We will be able to take in more money. [1:07:27] Thank you. [1:07:27] Thank you. [1:07:28] The Press [1:07:59] We have more of a — we have a totally firm decision now. [1:08:03] And I don't think the Court meant it, [1:08:05] because the Court doesn't show great spirit toward our country, [1:08:10] in my opinion. A lot of bad decisions. [1:08:12] But there are usually ways around it. [1:08:15] This is something we could have done. [1:08:17] As Justice Kavanaugh said, [1:08:18] we could have done this originally, [1:08:19] but we're doing it now. [1:08:21] And the numbers could be far greater [1:08:22] than the hundreds of billions we've already taken in here. [1:08:25] Yeah, please. [1:08:27] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:08:28] Mr. President, I'm very curious. [1:08:30] You've spoken about — [1:08:32] The President Thank you so much, Mr. President. [1:08:34] Justice Thomas and Alito, as you know, [1:08:35] are the most conservative constitutional justices. [1:08:38] Do you think that you'll get to appoint two more justices [1:08:41] later this term with similar ideologies? [1:08:43] And what type of vetting process will they go through [1:08:45] to ensure the upholding of the Constitution? [1:08:47] The President I don't know, but they're great justices. [1:08:48] That's all I can say. [1:08:49] And I hope they're going to be around a long time. [1:08:51] I hope they're going to stay healthy. [1:08:52] They're great people. They're great. [1:08:54] And Justice Alito, too, to add to the group. [1:08:57] These are great — these are great men. [1:08:59] They're with a great love of our country [1:09:02] and a great understanding of the law. [1:09:04] The Press The President asked Congress [1:09:07] to take additional action on tariffs now. [1:09:09] The President I don't need to. It's already been approved. [1:09:12] I mean, I would ask Congress and probably get it. [1:09:14] When people look at the real numbers [1:09:17] and you look at hundreds of billions of dollars [1:09:20] that have come into our country — [1:09:21] yesterday, I was at a steel plant, as you know, [1:09:24] and I went to — great, great place, great plant, [1:09:28] great, wonderful people. [1:09:30] And they were telling me — I said to them — [1:09:32] you were there, a lot of the press in this room. [1:09:35] Of course, I don't think there's planes big enough [1:09:37] to take the press in this room, [1:09:39] but a lot of the press right here. [1:09:41] We're in Georgia. [1:09:43] And I said to the owner of — I made a speech at a factory. [1:09:46] They make steel products. [1:09:48] And I said, how are you? Nice to meet you. [1:09:51] How's business? [1:09:52] President, I'd love to kiss you. [1:09:55] This is a very powerful man. [1:09:57] I don't want to be kissed by that man. [1:09:58] But a very powerful, strong man. [1:10:00] He's been in the steel business for many years. [1:10:03] His father started it. [1:10:05] And he said, sir, I want to kiss you. [1:10:07] I said, why? [1:10:08] He said, because we were down to working one hour a week, [1:10:12] and then you came in and imposed tariffs, [1:10:15] and all of that foreign junk [1:10:17] that they were dropping into our country stopped. [1:10:20] And we're now going to double shifts seven days a week, [1:10:24] and we may be very soon going to 24 hours around the clock, [1:10:27] almost seven days a week. [1:10:29] He said, sir, I want to kiss you. [1:10:31] And I said, no, thank you so badly. [1:10:33] And I said, no, thank you. [1:10:34] But you know what? [1:10:35] He just — and just to finalize it, he said, oh, [1:10:38] this is a great place in Georgia. [1:10:41] He said, all up and down the highway. [1:10:45] Same exact answer, sir. [1:10:47] We're all going out of business. [1:10:48] We're going to go bankrupt. [1:10:49] We're all going out of business. [1:10:51] And now every one of us are thriving, [1:10:53] and we're hiring people like we haven't — [1:10:56] he said, like I've never — [1:10:58] and he's been in business for, I think, 45 years, [1:11:00] like we've never hired before. [1:11:02] That's because of tariffs. [1:11:04] And we're going to keep it going the same way. [1:11:06] And it's — you're going to start to see the results [1:11:07] in a year from now, when all those factories start — [1:11:10] that are under construction right now. [1:11:11] You see all the construction numbers are so good. [1:11:14] Those construction workers are building factories [1:11:16] that are going to be open, including not only AI, [1:11:19] which is big, but car plants coming in from Canada, [1:11:23] who ripped us off for 30 percent of our market. [1:11:26] Mexico ripped us off for a big portion. [1:11:28] Over the years, they've taken our market. [1:11:31] They've taken our cars. [1:11:33] They manufacture them in Japan, Germany, [1:11:35] and all over the place, [1:11:36] because nobody standing in this position — [1:11:39] the position I have as President of the United States — [1:11:43] had the insight, the courage — [1:11:44] well, I don't know what it is to charge tariffs. [1:11:49] You can make your product outside. [1:11:51] You can put our people out of business. [1:11:52] You can put everybody on the unemployment rolls. [1:11:56] But if you're going to make a car in some other country, [1:11:58] you're going to pay a 15, 20, 30 percent tariff. [1:12:01] And those things would have never happened. [1:12:03] We wouldn't have lost our business. [1:12:04] Same thing with — as an example, Taiwan. [1:12:07] Taiwan came in. [1:12:09] They stole our chip business. [1:12:10] They made chips. [1:12:12] For 30 years longer, they made chip, chip, chip. [1:12:15] And they put our companies — [1:12:19] Intel would be now the largest company. [1:12:21] I saved Intel. [1:12:22] I literally saved it at the beginning of this administration. [1:12:27] And now all those companies in Taiwan are building factories [1:12:32] in Arizona. [1:12:32] They're going to Texas and various other places [1:12:34] because they don't want to pay tariffs. [1:12:36] They're all pouring into the United States. [1:12:39] But just like that great patriot said yesterday, [1:12:42] Sir, what you've done, nobody thought was possible. [1:12:47] And Steve Moore, a highly respected economist, [1:12:50] came into my office yesterday. [1:12:51] He said, You've done something nobody has ever done. [1:12:54] Twenty-two Nobel Prize winners in economics said, [1:12:59] We would right now be in a recession. [1:13:02] And you said, No, we're going to — [1:13:04] We're going to have a booming country. [1:13:05] We're going to have a booming country. [1:13:06] You were right. [1:13:07] All 22 were wrong, and you were right. [1:13:11] This country is booming. [1:13:12] And it's booming because of the election on November 5th. [1:13:16] And it's booming for another reason. [1:13:18] It's booming because of tariffs. [1:13:19] Yeah, please. [1:13:20] Go ahead. [1:13:20] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:13:22] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:13:23] The President Thank you, Mr. President. [1:13:24] The Press What will you say to foreign nations [1:13:28] who seek to renegotiate their deals? [1:13:30] And what did you mean a moment ago when you said [1:13:32] that the Supreme Court has been swayed? [1:13:34] By foreign interests? [1:13:36] The President Well, I think that foreign interests [1:13:38] are represented by people that I believe have undue influence. [1:13:42] They have a lot of influence over the Supreme Court, [1:13:45] whether it's through fear or respect or friendships. [1:13:49] I don't know. [1:13:50] But I know some of the people that were involved [1:13:52] on the other side, and I don't like them. [1:13:54] I think they're real slimeballs. [1:13:56] And you got to do what's right for the country. [1:13:59] You got to do what's right for the Constitution. [1:14:01] That's why I respect so much Justice Thomas, [1:14:05] and Alito, Kavanaugh, because they not only dissented. [1:14:10] Their dissent is so strong. [1:14:11] When you read their dissent, you know, a lot of times [1:14:13] you'll read a dissent and it's like, well, you don't know. [1:14:15] It could go either way. [1:14:17] There's no other way. [1:14:18] The good news is, it's like Justice Kavanaugh said, [1:14:21] very strongly said, you have other ways you can go. [1:14:24] You don't have to go that way. [1:14:25] You can go other way. [1:14:25] There are numerous other ways you can go. [1:14:28] And frankly, this should have been done by presidents [1:14:31] many years ago. [1:14:32] They allowed our country to be eaten alive. [1:14:35] We lost 50 percent of our car business. [1:14:38] Make we used to make cars. [1:14:39] We made all the cars. [1:14:41] And then Mexico came. [1:14:42] Canada came. [1:14:44] Japan and Germany. [1:14:46] But they're all coming back now. [1:14:47] They're all coming back at record level. [1:14:49] Please, please. [1:14:56] I'm not, I'm not talking to you. [1:14:58] I'm talking, I don't talk. [1:14:59] I don't talk to CNN. [1:15:00] It's fake news. [1:15:01] Go ahead, please. [1:15:02] The Press, Mr. President, yesterday you made the case [1:15:03] that the economy is the hottest it's been in a long time. [1:15:06] January job support beat expectations. [1:15:08] CPI report beat expectation. [1:15:10] Real wages are up. [1:15:11] What would you tell Americans who are worried [1:15:13] that this decision will kind of throw the economy [1:15:16] that you have projected going in the right [1:15:17] direction at a very rapid pace off track? [1:15:20] The President Well, thank you for the question. [1:15:21] And I will say this. [1:15:23] We really are at a very important point. [1:15:27] I've been waiting for this decision so long. [1:15:30] They could have made this decision a long time ago. [1:15:33] Not complex. [1:15:33] They're wrong on it. [1:15:34] It's a ridiculous decision. [1:15:35] But they should have released this a long time ago. [1:15:38] We waited months. [1:15:39] And that gave uncertainty. [1:15:40] Now we have certainty. [1:15:42] And I think you're going to see the country get much [1:15:44] stronger because of it. [1:15:45] Look, we were ripped off by almost every country in [1:15:49] the world. [1:15:50] If you look at the surpluses, almost every [1:15:52] country in the world that did business with us, our [1:15:55] people were stupid. [1:15:56] And I blame presidents for it, because they're [1:15:58] ultimately the leader. [1:16:01] We were being ripped off by almost every single [1:16:04] country in the world had massive, some massive [1:16:07] surpluses. [1:16:08] China had hundreds of millions. [1:16:10] They had billions of dollars in surpluses with [1:16:12] the United States. [1:16:12] They rebuilt China. [1:16:13] They rebuilt the army. [1:16:15] We built China's army by allowing that to happen. [1:16:17] I have a great relationship with [1:16:19] President Xi, but he respects our country now. [1:16:22] Now, what we've done, I charged China a 20 percent [1:16:25] tariff as a penalty for sending fentanyl in. [1:16:30] And that was 20 times more than they could make by [1:16:33] selling fentanyl. [1:16:34] And I said, you know, at some point you're going to [1:16:35] say, like, and they have reduced it. [1:16:37] You know, fentanyl is down by more than 30 percent, [1:16:41] and it's going to our country. [1:16:41] Part of that is a strong border. [1:16:43] We have a strong border now. [1:16:44] But thank you. [1:16:45] Thank you for your question. [1:16:46] The Press Sir, you warned once in a [1:16:52] social media post that if the Supreme Court did this, [1:16:56] shot down your tariffs, the U.S. [1:16:58] would be, quote, financially defenseless. [1:17:00] Are we financially defenseless right now? [1:17:01] The President No, because we're doing something in [1:17:03] a different way. [1:17:04] We're doing something in a very powerful way, and [1:17:07] we're using things that some people thought we [1:17:09] should have used in the first place. [1:17:11] It's more complicated. [1:17:12] It's a little more complicated. [1:17:14] The process takes a little more time. [1:17:16] But the end result is going to get us more money. [1:17:18] And I think it's going to be great. [1:17:20] Yeah, please. [1:17:22] Peter, go ahead. [1:17:22] The Press Thank you, President Trump. [1:17:23] So, since Liberation Day, there's about $175 billion [1:17:27] in tariff revenue that is now in limbo. [1:17:31] Do you have to refund $175 billion? [1:17:34] The President No, think of it. [1:17:34] Think of it, Peter. [1:17:35] Very fair question. [1:17:37] They take months and months to write an opinion, [1:17:40] and they don't even discuss that point. [1:17:43] We've taken in hundreds of billions. [1:17:44] Billions of dollars. [1:17:45] Not millions. [1:17:46] Hundreds of billions of dollars. [1:17:49] And so I said, well, what happens to all the money [1:17:51] that we took in? [1:17:52] It wasn't discussed. [1:17:54] Wouldn't you think they would have put one sentence [1:17:56] in there saying that, keep the money or don't keep [1:17:59] the money, right? [1:18:00] I guess it has to get litigated for the next two [1:18:02] years. [1:18:03] So they write this terrible, defective [1:18:07] decision. [1:18:07] Totally defective. [1:18:10] It's almost like not written by smart people. [1:18:13] And what they do? [1:18:14] They don't even talk about that. [1:18:15] Your question is very basic. [1:18:16] That was the first question. [1:18:17] I asked also, to make you feel good. [1:18:19] They said, what about all the money that we've taken in? [1:18:22] Sir, they don't discuss that. [1:18:23] How crazy is that? [1:18:24] The Press Are you saying that you don't plan [1:18:29] to honor refunds for companies that file for them? [1:18:32] The President I just told you the answer, right? [1:18:34] I told you the answer. [1:18:35] It's not discussed. [1:18:35] We'll end up being in court for the next five years. [1:18:38] Go ahead. [1:18:42] Greene. Greene. [1:18:43] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:18:45] When you are talking about the relationship with [1:18:48] countries that you have sought trade deals with, [1:18:50] do you anticipate that they will seek to [1:18:52] renegotiate those? [1:18:54] What do you say to them? [1:18:55] And do you view this as a potential undermining power [1:18:58] for your negotiations? [1:18:59] The President Well, we're going straight ahead [1:19:00] with 10 percent straight across the board, which [1:19:02] was the absolute right to do. [1:19:05] And that's taking place. [1:19:06] That's a lot of money coming into our country. [1:19:09] And then, during that period of about five [1:19:11] months, we are doing the various investigations [1:19:14] necessary to put fair tariffs or tariffs, period, [1:19:20] on other countries. [1:19:22] So we're doing that, period. [1:19:23] But we're immediately instituting the 10 percent [1:19:25] provision, which we're allowed to do. [1:19:27] And in the end, I think we'll take in more money [1:19:29] than we've taken in before. [1:19:30] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:19:34] You've used the tariff revenue to pay for a host [1:19:37] of federal policies. [1:19:39] You've claimed that they will pay for them. [1:19:41] What happens to those things? [1:19:42] The President Well, like the farmers. [1:19:43] We took care of farmers. [1:19:44] You know, the farmers were mistreated by foreign [1:19:47] countries very badly, very, very badly. [1:19:49] And last week, I gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. [1:19:52] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:19:52] The President We intend to, out of tariff money [1:19:56] because, just so you understand, we have tariffs. [1:20:00] We just have them in a different way. [1:20:02] And now they've been confirmed by the Supreme [1:20:05] Court of the United States. [1:20:07] So there's no longer that question out there about [1:20:09] tariffs. [1:20:10] And we'll be taking in hundreds of billions of [1:20:12] dollars. [1:20:13] And countries that have treated us badly will have [1:20:16] to pay a price for treating us badly. [1:20:18] And countries that have been good to us will be [1:20:20] treated very well. [1:20:22] We just left the timeline. [1:20:23] A top person in a place called Vietnam just left my [1:20:28] office. [1:20:29] Great gentleman. [1:20:30] Strong and smart. [1:20:32] He said, you know, I think this means you're [1:20:33] allowed to charge us more tariffs than before. [1:20:37] And Canada said to Jameson, I might want to [1:20:42] say it, Jameson, but Canada said, I hope you [1:20:45] win this decision because if you don't win, you'll [1:20:47] actually be allowed to charge us, with a little [1:20:49] additional work, higher tariffs. [1:20:51] Jameson, you want to comment on that? [1:20:53] The President Yes, sir. [1:20:55] So to the President's point, we have a lot of [1:20:57] tools out there. [1:20:58] We have Section 122, which will be implemented today [1:21:01] and will be signed today and implemented in the [1:21:04] third. [1:21:05] We have Section 301 investigations, which are [1:21:06] incredibly legally durable, where we can [1:21:09] address, investigate and address unfair trading [1:21:12] practices that have led to our huge trade deficit. [1:21:15] And so you can look forward in the coming days [1:21:16] and weeks to seeing all of that come out. [1:21:18] And we're going to keep continuity in the program. [1:21:21] We're going to keep addressing this so that [1:21:23] the deficit can keep going down. [1:21:24] That's the trend it has. [1:21:25] And we can make America great again. [1:21:26] The President No. [1:21:27] The Press Several of Republicans in Congress have [1:21:33] supported this decision by the Supreme Court. [1:21:36] And Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, has [1:21:39] called you a wannabe king. [1:21:41] Why wouldn't you? [1:21:42] The President I call him a low IQ. [1:21:43] The President But why wouldn't you? [1:21:44] The President He doesn't even know. [1:21:45] And I watched him the other day interview. [1:21:46] The guy doesn't even know what a tariff is. [1:21:48] The President But there's been bipartisan [1:21:49] criticism of the tariffs. [1:21:50] The President No, not bipartisan. [1:21:51] Excuse me. [1:21:52] A few people. [1:21:53] The President There's several Republicans [1:21:54] have said that. [1:21:55] The President Yeah, a few people. [1:21:56] The President I don't have to. [1:21:57] The President I don't have to. [1:21:58] The President To push tariffs through. [1:21:59] The President I have the right to do tariffs. [1:22:00] And I've always had the right to do tariffs. [1:22:01] And it's all been approved by Congress. [1:22:02] So there's no reason to do it. [1:22:04] All we're doing is we're going through a little bit [1:22:06] more complicated process. [1:22:07] Not complicated very much, but a little more [1:22:10] complicated than what we had. [1:22:12] We'll be able to take in tariffs, more tariffs. [1:22:15] And the Congress people and the Congress. [1:22:17] The Press The House just voted down the Canadian [1:22:19] tariffs last week. [1:22:20] There's been votes in the Senate against it. [1:22:22] The President Yeah, because we lost two [1:22:24] Republicans or three Republicans because [1:22:26] they're not good Republicans. [1:22:26] The President What you don't say. [1:22:27] See, you don't say that we had that we got 215 [1:22:30] votes. [1:22:31] The Press You need 215 for something to pass. [1:22:33] The President Yeah, sure we do. [1:22:34] We might have lost three votes. [1:22:36] And we got. [1:22:37] And what was the score on the Republican side? [1:22:39] 215 to three, right? [1:22:40] But you don't say that. [1:22:41] We have great unity. [1:22:43] There's great unity in the Republican Party. [1:22:45] And I hope everyone is going to vote Republican [1:22:47] because otherwise you won't have a country left [1:22:49] because these people have been destroying. [1:22:50] They are destroying our country. [1:22:52] Please. [1:22:53] The Press Mr. President, the 122 tariffs, that 10 [1:22:56] percent. [1:22:56] Is that going to be for 150 days or do you want to [1:23:00] charge that indefinitely? [1:23:01] The President We have a right to do pretty much [1:23:02] what we want to do, but we're going to charge it [1:23:04] starting effectively. [1:23:05] I think it's three days from now. [1:23:07] Yeah, please. [1:23:07] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:23:08] You speak to a lot of factory workers, a lot of [1:23:10] manufacturing workers. [1:23:12] What does the Supreme Court ruling say? [1:23:14] What's that message to those factory workers? [1:23:16] The President Well, I think the factory workers [1:23:18] are happy because we're now telling them that [1:23:20] they're going to look. [1:23:22] The man I met with yesterday who owned a [1:23:24] factory was out of business. [1:23:27] He was out of business. [1:23:28] And now he's employing five times. [1:23:32] In fact, I walked in. [1:23:33] He's got a brand new crane. [1:23:34] I said, how old is that crane? [1:23:36] We got it in December. [1:23:36] He's allowed to write it off in one way. [1:23:39] The Great Big Beautiful Act gave no tax on tips, [1:23:43] no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. [1:23:46] He said this, this great, big, beautiful bill, [1:23:50] frankly, has been the best thing that's ever [1:23:52] happened for the workers of the much more so than [1:23:55] for rich people. [1:23:56] The only thing it does for rich. [1:23:58] People, it allows them to hire a lot more people. [1:24:01] But when I saw him and then he said it's all up [1:24:03] and down the line, this is a place in Georgia, all [1:24:07] up and down other factories doing different, [1:24:09] not only steel products, different. [1:24:11] He said every one of us was out of business. [1:24:14] We could barely make it. [1:24:16] Some of them were down to less than an hour a week. [1:24:18] Think of it one hour a week to make just a few [1:24:21] little trinkets or whatever they make. [1:24:24] Now they're going round the clock. [1:24:25] I had it a month ago. [1:24:27] I went to Michigan. [1:24:29] I went to Ford. [1:24:30] And I met with Bill Ford, the head of Ford. [1:24:33] And we were in one of the biggest plants, an [1:24:35] original plant from the early 1900s, where, by the [1:24:38] way, just I might add this, it's not really [1:24:42] relevant, but it's all relevant. [1:24:45] Murders are down the lowest since 1900, [1:24:49] around the time that he had this plant. [1:24:52] That's 125 years. [1:24:53] We have the lowest murder rate. [1:24:54] Okay. [1:24:55] And our crime is way down in the country. [1:24:59] The factories. [1:25:00] The people that we're talking about, the people [1:25:01] that we're talking about, they are so thrilled with [1:25:04] Trump. [1:25:05] So whether we charge IEPA tariffs or whether we [1:25:08] charge tariffs under a different section, that's [1:25:10] what we're going to be doing. [1:25:11] There's no way we can leverage. [1:25:13] This is what happened to our country. [1:25:14] This is why we owe $38 trillion, which we'll get [1:25:17] rid of in pretty good course. [1:25:20] We have a very incompetent Fed chairman who likes high [1:25:25] interest rates for political reasons. [1:25:27] He likes them. [1:25:28] But we're going to have somebody very good. [1:25:31] Interest rates should come down very substantially. [1:25:34] I think we should pay. [1:25:36] We should pay the lowest interest rates on the [1:25:39] planet. [1:25:39] There should be no country. [1:25:41] And we don't do that. [1:25:42] We're number 38. [1:25:44] This is just bad policy for a long period of time. [1:25:47] But what's happened is we've made America strong [1:25:50] again. [1:25:50] We've made America great again. [1:25:52] We should pay. [1:25:53] As an example, the country of Switzerland, we were [1:25:58] getting almost no tariffs from then. [1:26:00] We had a $40 billion deficit. [1:26:01] We had a $40 billion deficit. [1:26:02] And the Prime Minister called me up. [1:26:05] She said, but we are a small country, because I [1:26:07] said we're going to raise it to 39 percent from [1:26:09] nothing. [1:26:11] That would have rendered them not very successful, [1:26:14] as opposed to right now. [1:26:15] They're considered elite. [1:26:17] But if we put a tariff, they would. [1:26:19] And I realized then, she said, but, sir, we are a [1:26:22] small country. [1:26:23] I said, you're a small country with a big [1:26:24] deficit for us. [1:26:27] You're making a lot of money off the United [1:26:28] States. [1:26:29] If we do that, a lot of these elite countries, [1:26:33] they're elite because we let them. [1:26:34] We let them make so much money. [1:26:37] And I want them to do well. [1:26:39] But I don't want them to do well on the backs of [1:26:42] the American taxpayers. [1:26:43] So I appreciate your question. [1:26:45] I think it's . [1:26:46] The Press Thank you, Mr. President Trump. [1:26:48] You said that you were disappointed with that. [1:26:50] But were you surprised with this decision? [1:26:53] What are you felt when you . [1:26:54] The President I was surprised because I thought [1:26:57] that what we did was, number one, according to [1:27:00] I mean, I read the paragraphs. [1:27:01] I read very well. [1:27:03] Great comprehension. [1:27:07] Everything there is to read. [1:27:08] And I said, we can't lose this case. [1:27:11] But we can when judges are political, when they want [1:27:13] to be politically correct, when they're catering to a [1:27:16] group of people in D.C. [1:27:17] Maybe I don't know what it is, because when you read [1:27:19] it, there's no other interpretation. [1:27:22] We have there is no other interpretation, but it's [1:27:25] OK, because what has come out, I'll say it for the [1:27:28] third time and maybe the last time in a while, is [1:27:31] that we've taken the uncertainty of tariffs [1:27:33] out because we had uncertainty. [1:27:36] We got sued by Sleazebag. [1:27:37] I know him well. [1:27:40] That are very outside country China centric, but [1:27:43] outside country centric. [1:27:45] And they're going to end up not doing as well as [1:27:48] they did before. [1:27:49] America was becoming really, really strong [1:27:52] again. [1:27:53] Hey, we have the strongest military I built. [1:27:58] I rebuilt the military in the first term. [1:28:01] We have the most powerful military. [1:28:03] We make the best equipment. [1:28:05] And even then, you know, we have to we could do [1:28:07] much better. [1:28:08] We have people that get paid a lot of money. [1:28:09] We have to manufacture Patriot missiles and [1:28:12] javelins and all the different things. [1:28:14] But when you want them, they're too slow. [1:28:17] And we put them on notice and they're going to make [1:28:19] our country is is building a lot of things right now. [1:28:23] And our country is doing really well. [1:28:25] And we're going to keep it that way. [1:28:27] The bottom line is that the word certainty is now [1:28:31] in the equation. [1:28:32] Every single thing I said today is guaranteed [1:28:35] certainty. [1:28:36] It's been tested, as Jameson said, a thousand [1:28:40] times with literally I said hundreds of times. [1:28:43] He said, sir, actually thousands of times and one [1:28:46] in all of the courts. [1:28:48] And we're just going back to that. [1:28:50] And the problem is that we had other presidents that [1:28:55] weren't into trade. [1:28:57] Maybe they weren't business oriented. [1:28:59] Maybe they weren't smart. [1:29:01] We had some dummies to, you know, respectfully say [1:29:03] we had some real dummies. [1:29:04] So so we are going to keep it going just as before. [1:29:10] Probably more so. [1:29:11] But it's. [1:29:12] We're going to be asking every time I got up, [1:29:14] you'd ask, well, what happens if you can't [1:29:16] charge us now? [1:29:18] We can. [1:29:19] And by the way, in their decision, they specifically [1:29:21] said we can do these. [1:29:23] We have alternatives. [1:29:24] Yeah, I'm on the trade deals that were negotiated [1:29:29] using IEPA tariffs. [1:29:30] Do those stand now or are they have to be? [1:29:33] Well, some of them stand. [1:29:34] Many of them stand. [1:29:35] Some of them won't. [1:29:36] And they'll be replaced with the other tariffs. [1:29:38] The Supreme Court justices who ruled against this [1:29:43] policy. [1:29:44] The policy striking it down. [1:29:45] Are they still invited to your State of the Union [1:29:47] next week? [1:29:48] And will you speak with them? [1:29:49] They are invited. [1:29:50] Barely, barely. [1:29:55] Three are happily invited. [1:29:57] No, no, they're barely. [1:29:58] They're barely invited. [1:30:00] Honestly, I couldn't care less if they come. [1:30:02] OK, thank you, Mr. President. [1:30:08] On the trade deal, which is the framework, which is [1:30:11] signed to be signed with India sometime soon. [1:30:14] Will that stand now? [1:30:15] No, it doesn't. [1:30:16] Nothing changes. [1:30:17] Nothing changes? [1:30:18] No, nothing changes. [1:30:19] They'll be paying tariffs. [1:30:20] And we will not be paying tariffs. [1:30:22] Our deal with India is they pay tariffs. [1:30:23] This is a reversal from what it used to be, as you [1:30:25] know. [1:30:27] India, I think Prime Minister Modi is a great [1:30:30] gentleman, a great man, actually. [1:30:33] But he was much smarter than the people that he was [1:30:37] against in terms of the United States. [1:30:39] He was ripping us off. [1:30:40] And India. [1:30:41] So we made a deal with India. [1:30:43] And it's a fair deal now. [1:30:44] And we are not paying tariffs. [1:30:45] We are paying tariffs to them. [1:30:46] And they are paying tariffs. [1:30:47] We did a little flip. [1:30:48] The Press Thank you so much, Mr. President. [1:30:53] The Press Thank you so much. [1:30:54] As of now, for this. [1:30:54] Mr. President. [1:30:55] The Press No, the India deal is on, yeah. [1:30:56] The Press Thank you so much, Mr. President. [1:30:58] The Press All the deals are on. [1:30:59] It's just we're just going to do it a different way. [1:31:00] The Press Thank you so much, Mr. President. [1:31:02] I think there is another war that you saw that you [1:31:04] should take credit, which is in Syria. [1:31:07] Secretary Rabio, after his meeting in Munich with [1:31:09] the Syrian Foreign Minister and the Kurdish [1:31:11] General, Muslim Abdi, he said that President Trump [1:31:14] was directly involved with the new force to stop [1:31:16] the fighting between the Kurds and the Syrians. [1:31:18] How will your administration will make sure [1:31:21] that this peace is sustained? [1:31:22] And do you support the idea? [1:31:24] The President Well, it's a very different topic. [1:31:25] And so I don't want to spend a lot of time. [1:31:26] But all I can say is that the President of Syria, [1:31:29] who I essentially put there, is doing a [1:31:32] phenomenal job. [1:31:33] He's a rough guy. [1:31:35] He's not a choir boy. [1:31:37] A choir boy couldn't do it. [1:31:38] But Syria is coming together, really coming [1:31:41] together well. [1:31:42] And thus far, he's been very good to the Kurds. [1:31:45] Yeah. [1:31:45] The Press Thank you, sir. [1:31:47] The Press Thank you. [1:31:48] The Press Mr. President, what's your message to the [1:31:49] Iranian people after two rounds of talks with them? [1:31:52] Do you have any message to the Iranian people? [1:31:53] The President The Iranian people in Iran or people [1:31:56] here? [1:31:57] The President Yeah, people in Iran. [1:32:01] The President They better negotiate a fair deal. [1:32:02] They better negotiate. [1:32:04] You know, the people of Iran are a lot different [1:32:06] than the leaders of Iran. [1:32:08] And it's very, very, very sad situation. [1:32:12] But 32,000 people were killed over a relatively [1:32:16] short period of time. [1:32:18] They were going to hang 800 two weeks ago. [1:32:20] Hang. [1:32:21] Hang. [1:32:22] Some by crane. [1:32:23] They lift them up with a tall crane, and they play [1:32:26] them around the square. [1:32:28] They were going to hang 837 people. [1:32:31] And I gave them the word, if you hang one person, [1:32:34] even one person, that you're going to be hit [1:32:36] right then and there. [1:32:37] I wasn't waiting two weeks and negotiating. [1:32:40] And they gave up the hanging. [1:32:42] They didn't hang 837. [1:32:43] Supposedly, they didn't hang anybody. [1:32:46] But, no, I feel very badly for the people of Iran. [1:32:48] They've lived like they've lived in hell. [1:32:50] Please. [1:32:51] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:32:52] You mentioned multiple times foreign influence [1:32:55] over the Supreme Court. [1:32:56] Do you have evidence of that? [1:32:58] And if not, will you investigate that? [1:32:59] The President You're going to find that. [1:33:02] The Press What alternatives are you going to [1:33:04] put into place in your relationship with Europe [1:33:07] and also those tariffs that have been called [1:33:10] illegal? [1:33:11] How are they going to impact the relationship [1:33:14] with Russia that you sanctioned? [1:33:16] The President Well, I want Europe to strengthen up. [1:33:18] Europe has gone woke. [1:33:19] Europe is not recognizable when you go into [1:33:22] so many places. [1:33:23] You look at countries, you look at Hungary, you look [1:33:26] at Poland, Czech, Slovakia. [1:33:34] There are some countries that have gone very much [1:33:36] the opposite, some really, and some others. [1:33:40] But Europe has to be strong, and they become [1:33:44] soft and not recognizable. [1:33:46] You go into some of the countries, I don't want to [1:33:48] be specific, but I think everyone knows what I'm [1:33:50] talking about. [1:33:51] And they're not recognizable. [1:33:54] They become. [1:33:55] The environmentalists have taken over. [1:33:58] They've got windmills destroying their fields [1:34:01] and their beautiful meadows and their oceans, [1:34:04] and they're paying a fortune. [1:34:07] No, Europe has to get smart. [1:34:09] Europe is getting killed on two things, energy and [1:34:12] immigration. [1:34:13] And if they don't solve both of them fast, [1:34:15] Europe-y- Europe is not the same place. [1:34:17] Yeah, please. [1:34:18] The Press Mr. President, if justice is [1:34:20] fortunate and fair, are you surprised in particular [1:34:23] by their decision today? [1:34:24] The President I am. [1:34:25] The Press And do you regret nominating them? [1:34:26] The President I don't want to say whether or not [1:34:28] I regret. [1:34:28] I think their decision was terrible. [1:34:30] The Press I think it's an embarrassment to their [1:34:35] families. [1:34:36] You want to know the truth. [1:34:37] The two of them. [1:34:38] Yeah. [1:34:43] The Press Mr. President, are you specifically on [1:34:44] that two-billion-dollar tariff chart? [1:34:45] The President Mr. President, I didn't call [1:34:46] you. [1:34:47] I didn't call you. [1:34:48] The Press Mr. President, to be clear, do you [1:34:49] believe at the end of implementing these new [1:34:51] tariff tools, the tariff rate and tariffs will [1:34:53] ultimately be higher than they currently are? [1:34:55] The President Potentially higher. [1:34:57] It depends, whatever we want them to be. [1:35:00] It's fair for other countries. [1:35:01] And, you know, we have some countries that have [1:35:03] treated us really badly for years, and it's going [1:35:07] to be high for them. [1:35:08] And we have other countries that have been [1:35:09] very good, and it's going to be very reasonable for [1:35:11] them. [1:35:12] Yeah. [1:35:13] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:35:14] The Press So specifically on the tariffs [1:35:15] question. [1:35:16] I mean, on the two-thousand-dollar. [1:35:17] The President I didn't call you. [1:35:17] I didn't call you. [1:35:18] The Press Mr. President, thank you, Mr. President. [1:35:20] Do you have any plans to travel to India for the [1:35:22] Quad Summit? [1:35:23] And how do you think your relationship with India is [1:35:25] right now? [1:35:26] The President I think my relationship with India is [1:35:28] fantastic. [1:35:29] And we're doing trade with India. [1:35:31] India pulled out of Russia. [1:35:32] You know, India was getting its oil from Russia, [1:35:38] right? [1:35:38] And they pull way back at my request because we want [1:35:41] to settle that horrible war where 25,000 people are [1:35:43] dying every month. [1:35:45] And my relationship with Prime Minister Modi is, I [1:35:49] would say, great. [1:35:50] I also stopped the war between India and [1:35:52] Pakistan, as you know. [1:35:53] There were 10 planes we shot down. [1:35:56] That war was going and probably going nuclear. [1:36:00] And just yesterday. [1:36:02] The Prime Minister of Pakistan said President [1:36:04] Trump saved 35 million lives by getting them to [1:36:09] stop. [1:36:10] That's and I did it largely with tariffs. [1:36:12] I said, look, you're going to fight. [1:36:14] That's fine. [1:36:14] But you're not going to do business with the United [1:36:16] States and you're going to pay a 200 percent tariff [1:36:19] each country. [1:36:20] And they called up and they said, we have made [1:36:23] peace. [1:36:24] Okay, I just want to thank you all. [1:36:27] Look, great certainty has been brought back to the [1:36:32] economy of the United States. [1:36:34] Actually, the economy of the world, because we [1:36:36] generate so much in the world. [1:36:37] We're the biggest in the world. [1:36:39] And we're now the strongest by far. [1:36:40] We were a country that was dead one and a half years [1:36:43] ago. [1:36:44] Now we have the hottest country in the world. [1:36:45] We're going to keep it that way. [1:36:46] Thank you very much, everybody. [1:36:47] Thank you. [1:36:49] Thank you very much. [1:36:50] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:36:51] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:36:53] The Press Would you say 32,000 were killed in Iran, [1:36:54] sir?