President Trump Signs Executive Orders - 04/30/26

[1:03] Well, unfortunately, I'm not running, except for you. [1:05] I'm not running, Peter, unless you say I can. [1:11] Well, thank you very much, everybody. [1:19] We very much appreciate it. [1:20] This is a big afternoon. [1:23] You all are, in a way, because all of these things that we do [1:26] are very important. [1:27] This afternoon, I'm thrilled to sign a historic executive order [1:31] expanding access to high-quality retirement savings accounts [1:35] for millions of Americans. [1:37] In my State of the Union, earlier this year, [1:40] I promised to make these same types of retirement accounts [1:43] enjoyed by the federal employees available to all Americans. [1:47] So that's what we're doing. [1:49] It only seemed fair. [1:50] It's a tremendous — it's really a tremendous situation for all Americans. [1:56] That was really much promises made, as I say, promises kept. [2:00] I'm thrilled to be joined by incredible people that I know, [2:04] and the warriors. [2:05] Jason Smith — these are congresspeople — [2:08] Brian Stile, Mike Carey, Lloyd Smucker, Bill Heisinger, [2:14] Ryan McKenzie, John McGuire, Zach Nunn, Derek Van Orden, [2:19] Jeff Crank, Nick Begich, Monica Dela Cruz, and Mike Lawler. [2:25] Warriors, every one of them. [2:27] They're great people. [2:28] They fought very hard for what we're about to sign. [2:31] And since my election, the stock market has set 59 — [2:34] this is in a little bit more than a year — [2:36] 59 all-time record highs, adding $9 trillion in value to, [2:43] really, the value of our country, if you think about it. [2:46] Under four years of Biden, the average 401k rose at a rate of just $875 a year. [2:53] Last year, under Trump, the average 401k balance was up $24,000. [3:00] So $875 versus $24,000, I would say that's pretty good. [3:05] Thank you. [3:06] This is really incredible. [3:08] The numbers are incredible. [3:10] The numbers being invested in our country are more incredible than anything. [3:14] You see it. [3:16] There are plants being built all over — all over the USA. [3:19] We have auto plants. [3:20] Not just AI. [3:21] AI is doing great. [3:22] We're leading China by quite a bit. [3:24] But we have auto plants being built all over the country. [3:28] They're coming back from Canada. [3:29] They're coming back from Mexico, Germany, Japan, South Korea. [3:34] Wherever they build autos, they're coming here. [3:38] Nobody ever thought they'd see that. [3:39] The union loves me. [3:40] You know, I did very well with the auto workers. [3:42] But they like me a lot more now than they did when I was just talking about it. [3:47] Beginning at the start of next year, every American will be able to go to trumpira.gov [3:53] and open a new low-cost IRA account. [3:56] You'll then be able to access the same type of retirement accounts that federal employees enjoy [4:02] through the thrift savings plans, which are incredible. [4:07] As part of the Federal Savers Match Program, low-income Americans will be eligible to receive [4:12] up to $1,000 per year in matching funds deposited directly into their accounts. [4:18] It's a great thing. [4:20] For millions of Americans who lack employer-sponsored plans, [4:25] this will be really revolutionary because they'll be covered. [4:28] Nobody thought that was possible. [4:30] For example, if a 25-year-old who is eligible for a Savers Match Program [4:35] invests just $165 a month under the matching federal contributions, [4:40] they will have an estimated $465,000 in their account by the time they're 65 years old. [4:49] In other words, they'll be rich. [4:51] And there's something awfully nice about that. [4:54] But this is only the first step. [4:57] I was talking to Kevin Hassett a little while ago, [5:00] and the people standing right behind me were going to take it to the next level. [5:05] And the next level, Kevin, you're going to mention something, [5:08] but the next level will be necessary to have congressional approval. [5:13] What you just heard, we don't need congressional approval. [5:16] And it'll never be terminated because the terminated, [5:19] if somebody else is in office, the terminated, [5:21] you'd have to take that money away. [5:23] You'd have to really take away something that's so positive. [5:28] I don't think any politician would do it. [5:30] But to take it to the next level, we need congressional approval, [5:34] which should be very easy to get. [5:36] It should be bipartisan. [5:37] Normally, it would be bipartisan. [5:39] But today, nothing's bipartisan. [5:41] I mean, it should be something that everybody supports. [5:44] So, Kevin, before we start, [5:46] maybe you could just explain what we're talking about for the next level. [5:49] Right. So, for the next level, sir, [5:51] what we're already talking, Chairman Smith and I, about, [5:55] and they're already, I've been talking with Mr. Smucker about this for a number of years, [5:59] is that we're going to expand this program that you're creating here, [6:03] which is for low-income people, to, you know, middle-income people, [6:07] and maybe above as well. [6:08] So that every American, you know, most high-income people, [6:11] have an employer that gives them a 401k with a match. [6:14] But low-income people or Uber drivers or something, [6:16] they don't have access to that. [6:17] They don't have access to the match. [6:19] What we've done here is you've given the match to low-income people [6:22] with incomes below 35,000. [6:24] But we think that there are a lot of people, even who make more than that, [6:28] that don't have many assets for retirement. [6:31] And so we're working with Congress to significantly expand this program [6:34] and are looking forward for legislation this year to expand this. [6:38] And also the Trump accounts, you remember, [6:41] with Michael Dell and Susan and the group that we had are setting records. [6:47] We have five million sign-ups right now, sir. [6:50] Five million sign-ups in a short period of time, [6:52] far above what we thought even possible. [6:55] So congratulations to everybody that got that started. [6:59] Michael Dell put in 6,250,000,000 houses. [7:03] So he put in a lot of money, and he's going to do more, too. [7:07] But they were very responsible. [7:10] So I just want to let you know, it's like record. [7:14] Nobody — you are even surprised by that number, I think, right? [7:17] I don't know if we can do that kind, but it's really way beyond what anyone thought. [7:23] It's great. [7:24] And we're going to be doing the same thing, I guess, in a certain way for older people. [7:28] For grown-ups. [7:29] We're going with a plan that, if it works, has to get approved by Congress. [7:32] But we think it'll get approved. [7:34] It'll be fantastic for the country. [7:37] Let's go. [7:38] Will, do you want to start? [7:39] Sure. [7:40] Do you want to start? [7:41] Sure. [7:42] There are some other things, and we thought we'd let these great people from Congress [7:45] and beyond — or below, I guess I could say. [7:49] So first, sir, this is the IRA executive order that you just mentioned. [7:53] This establishes the retirement accounts with the federal match for eligible people, [7:59] as you said in your speech and as Kevin explained. [8:02] This is a big step forward. [8:05] It's going to provide access to high-quality retirement accounts to a lot of Americans [8:10] who don't currently have access to such accounts. [8:14] Okay. [8:16] There it is. [8:17] That's nice. [8:19] Great. [8:20] Thank you very much, everybody. [8:21] Some that aren't associated with this, and then we'll talk about this with the press. [8:32] You'll ask some questions of the Congress people, okay? [8:36] Because they were really responsible for this. [8:38] All right? [8:39] Yes. [8:40] Who would like to hold that? [8:41] Good. [8:42] Popular guy? [8:45] Okay. [8:46] Let's go. [8:47] This is a presidential permit authorizing the Bridger pipeline, sir. [8:51] This is a transporter pipeline similar to the old Keystone XL pipeline. [8:55] It will significantly expand our ability to move oil around North America, oil and gas [9:01] around North America. [9:02] It's a huge deal in terms of long-term energy dominance and energy security. [9:06] Slightly different than the last administration. [9:09] Very different than the last one. [9:10] They wouldn't sign a pipeline deal, and we have pipelines going up. [9:14] Crazy. [9:15] By the way, they're way underground. [9:17] They're not a problem. [9:19] Nobody even knows they're there. [9:20] It's so crazy. [9:21] But they wouldn't approve anything having to do with the pipeline. [9:24] And they're great. [9:25] As opposed to trucking it or training it. [9:27] They're great. [9:29] A lot of jobs, too. [9:30] A lot of jobs. [9:33] A lot of jobs. [9:34] Okay. [9:35] Very good. [9:36] Next. [9:37] This is an executive order on federal contracting, sir. [9:40] Many federal contracts currently operate on a cost plus basis. [9:44] This provides, oftentimes, weird incentives for contractors. [9:47] Leads to cost overruns. [9:48] Cost the federal government a lot of money. [9:51] What this executive order does is it establishes a fixed price contract as the default in most [9:58] federal contracts. [9:59] This aligns the federal government with what would typically exist in the private sector. [10:03] And we believe will continue to drive down fraud and abuse in federal contracting government-wide. [10:09] Would anybody like to object to this? [10:12] No. [10:13] Absolutely not. [10:14] They're fighting for this one, too. [10:15] Thank you. [10:21] Next. [10:22] You previously announced that we were withdrawing Casey Means as the Surgeon General, sir, [10:27] and appointing Dr. Safir, or nominating Dr. Safir in her place. [10:32] Yeah. [10:33] That on the left is the withdrawal, which will later be transmitted to the Senate. [10:38] Okay. [10:39] And on the right is the new nomination form for our new Surgeon General nomination. [10:43] Nicole Safir, she's with Fox, was with Fox. [10:47] Is it with Fox anymore, Peter? [10:50] But she's great. [10:51] She'll be the Surgeon General. [10:54] Well said, yeah. [10:55] I believe she's at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New Jersey, sir, and she's an outstanding [11:00] doctor. [11:01] She is. [11:02] I just don't know how Biden used the auto pen. [11:18] There's so many things to say. [11:21] He'd say, here, please take this. [11:23] It's crazy. [11:24] All four years was crazy. [11:27] Okay. [11:28] Let's not bring it up. [11:31] She's going to be great. [11:37] Surgeon General. [11:38] Thank you. [11:39] This is a proclamation declaring this weekend to be National Fallen Firefighters Memorial [11:44] Weekend. [11:45] Awesome. [11:46] As you know, firefighters do an incredibly difficult, dangerous job. [11:49] Help keep us all safe. [11:51] This is a proclamation honoring their sacrifice and remembering those who have fallen, sir. [11:57] Great. [11:58] Everybody likes that? [11:59] You bet. [12:03] Okay. [12:04] Firefighters. [12:05] That one deserves one. [12:06] Yeah. [12:15] Lastly, sir, this is another proclamation. [12:17] Your administration, particularly the First Lady, have made foster and adoptive care major priorities. [12:22] Thank you. [12:23] This is a proclamation declaring National Foster Care Month, honoring those who have participated [12:29] in foster programs, who have helped raise foster children, and speaking about the many things [12:34] that your administration, including the First Lady's Office, have done on that set of issues. [12:39] Yeah, it's been a big thing for the First Lady, so this is in honor of our First Lady. [12:44] Well, thank you. [12:45] I spent time. [12:53] It's awesome. [12:54] I spent time with foster care. [12:55] That's great. [12:56] Yeah. [12:57] That's great. [12:58] That's good. [12:59] Thank you very much. [13:00] Thank you, Mr. President. [13:01] So do you have any questions? [13:02] Maybe we discuss the first signing first? [13:04] Do you have anything on that? [13:05] Mr. President. [13:07] Mr. President. [13:08] Mr. President. [13:09] How is this going to help small business owners? [13:10] Do you think this is going to inspire more people to go? [13:12] Is it small businesses that might be reluctant earlier for IRA to have their IRA? [13:17] This is going to help give them- [13:19] Well, small businesses now are thriving. [13:22] And as you know, more people are working right now than at any time in the history of our country. [13:26] We're doing great. [13:28] And there's more investment being made in the United States than any country at any time in history. [13:35] And a lot of that's AI, and a lot of that's maybe in a certain way, maybe more importantly, auto plants. [13:41] They're all coming back to our country. [13:43] They're coming back from different countries where they left us for Germany, as you know, and Japan, and South Korea, and Canada, and Mexico. [13:52] And they're all coming back at levels that nobody's ever seen before. [13:56] And tariffs did it. I did it. Maybe the election did it, but tariffs did it. [14:01] And if they build here, they don't have to pay tariffs. [14:05] We have Germany is giving a lot of- a lot of companies are coming in from Germany, from Japan. [14:11] Japan just announced $10 billion more plants going to be built between Toyota and Honda and all the different companies there pouring into our country and South Korea. [14:24] Canada, they're coming in, I don't know what they're doing, but I can tell you they're coming in tremendously from Canada. [14:32] There's no reason they don't want to pay the tariff. [14:34] And because of that, they're so, you know, they're investing at levels never seen before. [14:39] We will, you know, for 30 years, we didn't- we virtually didn't build an auto plant in this country, and now we're doing more than we've ever done. [14:49] So I'm very proud of that. [14:52] AI is going wild. We're doing great. And we're letting them build their own electric. [14:57] But we're actually making them build their own electric plants so they don't take- they take tremendous amounts of energy to have a successful plant. [15:03] And they're building- all of the new ones are building their own electric plant, like a utility. [15:08] And any extra, they'll either give it or sell it for a good price to local communities and to the grid. [15:16] So it's going to be fantastic. But we have tremendous amounts of factories being built in our country now, more than we've ever had at any time ever before. [15:25] And we have the biggest investment being made in our country. [15:29] In the history of our country- by the way, in the history of any country, there's never been a country that has the kind of investment coming in that we have right now. [15:37] And these things are being built right now. So you're not going to see the results. [15:41] I mean, you'll see construction results. You'll notice that construction workers are through the roof. [15:45] But when they open, the numbers are going to be staggering. Do you have a question? [15:50] I sort of do thank you, Mr. President. You had some good economic news. [15:54] Do you need to forge your business equipment search for the highest level in six years? [15:59] And IRS data shows that the agricultural tax return is up by more than 11 percent when you're preparing in the same time as last year. [16:06] Do you believe- It is up over 100 percent. [16:08] Do you believe that this is evidence that big, beautiful tax cuts that you signed into law last year are working? [16:13] And do you think the economy is going to continue to hum as the year progresses? [16:16] Yeah, thank you. So the biggest tax cut in history is in the great, big, beautiful bill. [16:21] And I think, you know, I see it. I actually see it reported where people are shocked at how much money they're making. [16:26] They can't believe the refunds that they're making. [16:29] Five thousand, six thousand, seven, eight, nine. [16:32] When I saw one last night on television, 11,000 more than she thought she was going to get. [16:39] And it's no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, no tax on social security for our seniors. [16:46] No tax on social. Nobody can believe it even. [16:49] And the numbers are far greater than they thought. [16:52] People that thought they were going to make an extra $500, turns out they're making an extra $5,000. [16:58] So it's been really great. Yeah. And that's going to carry forward. [17:03] Look, the country's doing really well. And that's despite a military operation. [17:08] I don't call it a war. I'd rather have a military operation. We're really, I mean, Iran is dying to make a deal. [17:17] I can only tell you that. I don't want to get into it. But they got to, they cannot be nuclear other than that. [17:23] But they are, their Navy's gone. Their Air Force is gone. Every ounce of any form of equipment practically is gone. [17:33] You know, their, their drone factories are about 82% down. And their missile factories are almost 90% down. [17:41] And many of their missiles have been knocked out between, they used some, but we knocked out more than they used. [17:48] And it's pretty, it's pretty amazing what's happened. They want to make a deal. [17:51] But despite the fact that we are in what some people would call a war, we just hit a new high today on the stock market. [17:57] We have S&P through the roof. They're all, I mean, they're through the roof. And, you know, when we hit 50,000 on the Dow and 7,000 on the S&P, I said to myself, [18:11] we're going to do something about Iran. They want to have a nuclear weapon. You can't let them have a nuclear weapon. [18:16] And I hated to do it to my people because they said 50,000. Peter, you know this, that 50,000 wouldn't be obtainable in my four years or anybody's four years. [18:26] And we hit 50,000 on my first year, the end of my first year. We hit 7,000 on the S&P. [18:32] They said that would be even less attainable. And we hit that at the end of the first year, before the year was up. [18:39] And then I said to Kevin, sorry about this, Kevin, but we have to, we have to put out a fire. [18:45] And the fire is taking place in the lovely country of Iran. And they want to have a nuclear weapon. [18:51] And if we didn't use this beautiful, see that plane right there? That beautiful B-2 bomber. [18:55] It looks small there, but it's actually quite, it doesn't look very powerful there, but it's quite, quite large, actually. [19:02] We ordered, actually, we ordered 25 more of them, the updated version, all built in America, which is very nice. [19:09] But if we didn't have that B-2 bomber, if we didn't go in and do what we did, we obliterated that nuclear capacity of theirs. [19:18] And so they never, they didn't get the nuclear bomb. If we didn't do that attack, should have been done long before I came along by other presidents or by another country or something. [19:29] But it should have been done long before I came along. But they are in very bad shape. [19:36] And they've got nothing going, including leadership. I mean, you know, their leaders are gone. [19:42] Now they have a whole new, their first string leaders are gone. Their second string leaders are gone. Now we're dealing with their third string. [19:48] But we'll see what happens. It's been an amazing, it's been an amazing period of time between Venezuela and where we're doing great. [20:00] We're getting along with them, great. We're working very closely with them. They're doing more oil now than they've done in many, many decades, actually. [20:10] And they're making more money and so are we. You know, we're like, it's like a joint venture, to be honest. [20:14] And we paid for the attack many times over. The attack, something you've never heard before, probably. [20:20] I always used to say to the victor, belong the spoils. But we paid for the attack, which is always expensive, but it was a less than one day attack. [20:31] It was actually a 45 minute attack. And that's a good, you know, they have a good military in Venezuela, but this, they did not expect that and that and that and that. [20:41] Other than that, when these suckers come at you at 2,500 miles an hour at 25 feet off the ground, they say, this is not what I bargained for. This is no good. [20:53] Anyway, so, and now, you know, Venezuela was amazing, but now we're doing essentially, it's larger, but we're doing essentially the same thing in Iran. [21:04] You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And their economy is crashing. The blockade is incredible. The power of the blockade is incredible. [21:12] They're not getting any money from oil. And hopefully it can be worked out very soon. Yeah. [21:18] All right. Iran is proving to be very stubborn. The talks seem like they are stalled. Are you getting antsy to break the ceasefire? [21:27] Well, I mean, I don't know what stubbornness, because really nobody knows what the talks are, except myself and a couple of other people. [21:36] They want to make a deal badly. And we have a problem because nobody knows for sure who the leaders are. [21:43] It's a little bit of a problem. You know, the leaders have been wiped out along with their military, almost all of their military. [21:50] I mean, think of it. 159 ships was their total Navy. Maybe 159 ships are gone. They're underwater. They're way below sea level. Sea level is big difference. [22:04] Pretty deep waters over there, too. So I don't know that we need it. We might need it. And on Iran a little while ago, the president of FIFA said that when the World Cup is here in the US, [22:19] the team from Iran will be playing in the games. Well, Johnny said it, I'm OK. [22:25] Did Johnny say it? He did. What if they win? [22:28] You know, that's a piece of work. What if they win? [22:31] Well, they wouldn't have to worry about that. That's that. I'm going to have to worry about that one. [22:37] Look, you know what? Let him play well. Johnny's fantastic. You know, he's a friend of mine. [22:42] And he he talked about it and said, you do whatever you want. You can have them. You don't have to have them. [22:50] Probably have a good team. Do they have a good team? You have any idea? [22:53] I have no idea. [22:55] Would be hard to believe, actually. But I think let him play. Right? [23:01] Well, this is a little bit different. But what is your take on these reports that your show? [23:06] The Apprentice is going to come back, could come back on Amazon with host Donald Trump Jr. [23:13] Well, I've been hearing it. Look, we had a great success, 14 seasons. And The Apprentice was a tremendous success. [23:20] So I've been hearing that a little bit. So we'll see what happens. He's good. He's a good guy. He'd be probably good. [23:28] He's got a little charisma going. You need a little charisma for that sacrifice. So we'll see what happens. [23:35] Yeah, they told me about it. We'll see. [23:38] Mr. President, thank you, Mr. President. There's been some talks about changes to your security after what took place. [23:44] Changing my security. [23:45] Changing your security after what took place. [23:46] Well, they did a pretty good job, actually. You know, they stopped at the NFL running back. [23:51] I mean, he was like a running back. In fact, if you ever got out there, probably got a sign. [23:56] He was a speedy guy. But he was stopped. They had many levels in front of him before he would even come close. [24:05] You know, you could be a baseball team and win 19 to nothing. And somebody could say, you should have won 21. [24:15] You should have gotten 25 runs. A team was no good or something. So I don't know. [24:19] I can only say that I know a lot of those people that Secret Service and they were they were good and they were forceful. [24:25] And I saw the guys in front of me. They were powerful looking guys. I said we could send them to Hollywood. They could make they could make movies. [24:34] I think that there's always room for improvement. Right. And you got into the building. The problem is that I know that's what I do. [24:45] I build buildings like that much nicer, actually. But I build buildings like that. And, you know, when you have a thousand rooms sitting on top of a ballroom and you have the elevators coming down right near the entrance. [24:59] It's a pretty tough situation. Now, right outside, we have something that's on time, on budget, actually ahead of time and ahead of budget, depending on finishes. [25:12] You know, finishes is a big difference between marble and onyx in price. But it's right on budget, right on time. [25:19] And that's built to the highest standards of security. No units on top, no hotel built on top where an elevator comes right down through the middle of it. [25:29] It's a it's a tough location. It's a that's a tough location. So I think I know the people at Secret Service. I think they're great. [25:40] And I think the Congress has to take care of those people. You know, we're talking about ice. We're talking about Border Patrol, Secret Service. Everyone is the Democrats essentially want to defund the police, just so you know. [25:53] That's right. They want to defund law enforcement. It's crazy. These people have gone crazy. I heard Hakeem Jeffries, a low IQ person, he's a very low IQ, screaming today that the Supreme Court is illegitimate. [26:06] I mean, that's a dangerous statement. And if I say something modest, they say, oh, he's a king. He's a king. They're sick. But Hakeem Jeffries said the Supreme Court is illegitimate. [26:25] That's a rough statement. If I made that statement, it would be the biggest story out there. Bad things would happen. [26:32] The average price of a gallon of gas is now $4.30 in this country. [26:39] And you know what? And we're not going to have a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran. The gas will go down. As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like a rock. There's so much of it. It's all over the place, sitting all over the oceans of the world. And it'll be, it'll go down. [26:55] But what won't happen is if Iran had a nuclear weapon and used it, then the whole world is a different place. You're not going to have to pay a little bit more for gasoline. The gasoline, the oil, will go down rapidly as soon as the war is over. [27:12] Can I follow up? [27:14] Good to see you. I've got two questions. First, I want to follow up on Daniel's question. I've described you as the peacemaker. You're achieving peace around the world. [27:23] Due to these latest policies, big bit of a bill, no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime, now the Trump account, and then the IRA account. [27:32] Can we describe you as the wealth maker? [27:35] Well, I'm helping people out. That's a nice question, actually. But I'm helping people out. These people are with me. You know, these are great people. [27:43] And feel free to speak up if you'd like, because they wanted this to happen. And we got it done. And they're Republican people. [27:54] I think in all cases, right? In all cases. It's crazy. We need, like, always unanimous. Because the Democrats, they will vote against anything, no matter how good. [28:05] If they had their favorite thing in the world, and we happen to want it, but we found a new strategy, we're going to oppose every single thing that we want, and we'll get unanimous votes. [28:16] So I'm going to come up and oppose everything, Brian, from this point forward, and they'll vote for it. Go ahead. [28:21] Second question. You created Space Force on the second end, towards the end of your first administration. [28:28] Right. [28:29] You just had the Artemis II crew in here. I know it's a big accomplishment. What do you see moving forward, the duration of your administration in terms of space exploration? I know that was a big moment for you. [28:40] Well, doing Space Force was, I think, it's going to go down as one of my more important things. It's turning out. Even a lot of these great military operations that we have right now, when you look at Venezuela, when you look at, like, the decimation of Iran, which was considered powerful. It was the bully of the Middle East. [28:56] And a lot of that took place so effectively because of what's coming out of space. When we did Space Force, when I did Space Force, I'm very proud of it. Space was like, we were third. China was first, Russia was second. [29:13] Now we've leapfrogged. We're way ahead of China. We're way ahead of Russia. And we made some great choices. The first person that headed Space Force, and really, after that, we had a couple of really great people heading it. Always very important. [29:29] And a new person is heading it now. I think he has a chance to be as good as anybody, as good as maybe better. I don't know. But we've had great people heading up Space Force. [29:38] It's been very important. It's been very important for what we're doing with respect to the different places. And as far as peace, I settled eight wars. And people try and dispute it, but then they go over them. [29:50] And almost in every case, they sent letters thanking me and letters to the Nobel Committee. I don't care about that. Maria was very nice. She gave me her Nobel Peace Prize because she said she didn't deserve it. She was very, very nice. [30:06] But I settled eight wars. And in every case, the people, the prime ministers or presidents wrote letters thanking me. In the case of India, look, the biggest one would have been Pakistan, India. The prime minister of Pakistan said, I saved from 30 to 50 million lives. But it could have been more than that. Two nuclear nations were going at it. Eleven airplanes were shot down. They were in the first week of what would have been a very bad war. [30:35] And I got it solved. You know how I got it solved? By the use of tariffs. I said, I'm going to charge you tariffs if you guys keep fighting. And they said, oh, please don't do that. [30:44] You just lifted some tariffs, right? You just lifted some tariffs on whiskey? Is that correct? [30:49] Yeah, what I'm doing is for as long as I've been here, they've wanted to, you know, Kentucky, which is a great place. And I also want Jason by a lot. But Kentucky with the bourbon and Scotland with the whiskey and they've had trade for years and years and years. [31:11] And a lot of restrictions, a lot of different restrictions took place that didn't amount to much. And it really stopped them. I don't know if you know, it's a barrel trade. [31:22] They use the barrels from the one to take care of the other. And the barrels are only good for one unit. In other words, they can't be used twice. [31:30] They can only be used once. But the once makes it makes it a better substance. I'm not a big drinker, so forgive me. But it makes them a big substance and a better a better taste. [31:40] But they dealt for years. This was Scotland and Kentucky, mostly Kentucky. And I just took all the restrictions off. So Scotland and Kentucky can start dealing again. [31:53] And I did it in honor of the king and queen who just left. They're heading back. It was a big deal. They've been trying to get this for a long time. [32:02] You talked about possibly pulling out some troops of Germany. Would you be considering the same thing for Spain and Italy? I mean, they haven't been exactly on board. [32:16] Yeah, probably. Yeah, I probably will. Why should I? You know, look, why shouldn't I? Italy has not been of any help to us. And Spain has been horrible. Absolutely horrible. [32:31] You know, it's NATO. It's not even the fact that they're bad. It's one thing if they said nicely or they said, OK, we'll help. But the help is a little slow. But the level. And we helped them with Ukraine. [32:46] You know, they made a mess out of Ukraine. A total mess. And we helped them with Ukraine. Ukraine has nothing to do. You know, we have. We're an ocean apart. It has to do with them. [32:58] It's like for them. It's their front door. We helped them. And Biden gave them $350 billion, which was insane. It's one of the reasons the world went on. [33:06] But when we needed them, they were not there. We have to remember that. And so if we ever have a big one, because we didn't need any help with Iran. We had Iran right from the first day. It was over. It was over. [33:23] And now it's even more so. We're so locked and loaded if we wanted to. But we didn't need the help. And to a certain extent, I asked them, I didn't need the help. But I said, yeah, we'd love to have you help. [33:34] Because I wanted to see if they'd do it. And they, in all cases, they said, we don't want to get involved. [33:41] And, you know, the amazing thing is they use the Strait of Hormuz. We don't. We don't use it. We don't need it. We have a lot of oil. [33:49] And, well, wait a minute. And they use it. We don't. And you would have thought they would have said, we would love to help you. [33:56] But they didn't, which I think was a very, and Germany, I mean, he's doing a terrible job. [34:01] He's got immigration problems. He's got energy problems. He's got problems of all kind. [34:07] And he's got a big problem with Ukraine. Because they're in that mess. [34:12] And he criticized me for doing the whole thing with Iran. [34:18] But I said, would you like to have a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran? [34:22] He said, no, I don't. I said, well, then I guess I'm right. [34:26] He didn't have any answer to that. [34:28] But the bottom line is for this world, for our country, but certainly for Israel, the Middle East, and Europe, much closer, you cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. [34:40] And if you agree that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon, which most people agree, almost everybody, it should have been done a long time ago. [34:48] But if you agree they can't have a nuclear weapon, then what I did has been executed perfectly because our military has decimated them. [34:56] Yeah, please, go ahead. [34:56] The Press. Mr. President, two questions for you. [34:58] Lady Ashrafi from the Daily Mail. [35:00] You have called this the new regime before in Iran. [35:04] But I speak to Iranians on a daily basis. [35:06] And they tell me that these are the same people that have murdered them, executed them, repressed them. [35:12] I talked to them through the blackout. [35:14] And they wanted me to ask you this question. [35:16] And second of all, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, how come he's not involved in these conversations? [35:22] He's very much involved. [35:23] Well, Marco is very, totally, he's negotiating with them all the time. [35:27] No, look, Iran killed 42,000 people over the last two months, protesters. [35:33] They were going to kill eight women whose lives I saved. [35:37] And I appreciate that they didn't do it. [35:39] I asked them not to do it. [35:40] They didn't do it. [35:41] They were getting ready to hang the women. [35:43] They were going to hang eight beautiful women that were, I mean, it just caught the imagination of a lot of people. [35:49] People were talking about it. [35:50] You know, it was inconceivable. [35:51] You saw those eight beautiful people. [35:54] And they were going to be executed that evening. [35:57] This was a week ago. [35:59] And I got on the phone very quickly. [36:02] And I said, don't do it. [36:03] Don't do it. [36:04] The whole world is watching. [36:05] Don't do it. [36:07] And they didn't do it. [36:07] I appreciate it. [36:08] I guess four were released. [36:10] And the other four are going to be released in a month. [36:13] They were ready to be executed that night. [36:16] So they take a tough, you know, they knocked out the wrestler they killed. [36:22] They killed the wrestler's teammates. [36:25] He was a world champion wrestler. [36:27] He was a great wrestler. [36:28] Great, talented wrestler. [36:30] They killed him because he protested. [36:34] He spoke. [36:34] He wasn't wrestling. [36:36] What he did is he spoke negatively about the regime and they killed him. [36:40] They executed him along with his friends. [36:43] They killed 42,000 people. [36:46] So when you say about, they say that I do the same. [36:50] I don't do the same. [36:51] I'm trying to, I'm trying to save that country in a certain way. [36:55] And nobody's ever seen it there. [36:58] Think of it. [36:59] They killed 42,000 innocent, not weapon carrying people for protesting. [37:07] 42,000. [37:08] And the number they say is a lot higher than that. [37:10] There's a rough group, but we have decimated them. [37:16] And their economy is a disaster. [37:19] So we'll see how long they hold out. [37:21] We'll see. [37:21] Mr. President Trump. [37:22] President Trump, Saudi Arabia is pulling the plug on Live Golf. [37:27] Once that tour is gone, do you think the PGA Tour should welcome the defectors back with open arms? [37:35] Mr. Well, I do. [37:36] It's a great question. [37:37] In fact, if I had time, I'd love to watch television today because the PGA Tour is playing at Doral, the Cadillac Championship. [37:44] And I said, who's winning? [37:46] I don't get a chance. [37:47] I can't even look at it. [37:48] Mr. Jordan Spieth was in the lead. [37:49] Who is? [37:49] Mr. Jordan Spieth. [37:50] Mr. Oh, that's good. [37:51] He's good. [37:51] Great guy. [37:52] Good putter, to put it mildly. [37:54] Right? [37:55] He's a very great guy. [37:56] Chipper putter. [37:57] No, it's, they're at my tournament right now, the PGA. [38:02] In two weeks, Liv is going to be at my course right here on the Potomac. [38:07] No, I'd love to see Liv, but I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing, the great golfers should be playing against each other. [38:15] I do believe, you know, it's sort of, they were viewing something as a monopoly, but it's a way, in a way, it should be the opposite of a monopoly. [38:24] Oh, I want to see Rory playing Bryson DeChambeau. [38:28] I want to see big John Rahm playing Scotty, who's so great, right? [38:35] Scott. [38:36] Scotty Scheffler is great. [38:37] And I want to see him play John Rahm and Bryson and all the different guys. [38:42] They have great players on the Liv. [38:45] But it's almost like people want to see that. [38:49] That's why the Masters were so good, because you saw everybody together. [38:52] Patrick Reed played great. [38:53] You know, he's on Liv and he played great. [38:55] And they all did. [38:56] They all played. [38:57] They're great players. [38:58] I play with them. [38:58] They're very good. [38:59] When I think I'm a good player and then I play with them, I don't think I'm that good. [39:03] But there's something nice about all of the players playing together. [39:11] Now, they'll all be accepted by the tour. [39:13] There's no question. [39:14] Because they're great. [39:15] If they weren't, you know, but the tour really will, the tour wants to have the best player. [39:20] You can't have the best player that they're boycotting. [39:22] Now, they may do something, you know, a little bit. [39:25] But they'll all be back on tour and it'll be great. [39:28] And, you know, having one tour, now I don't know that what's happening with Liv. [39:31] I'm not sure what's happening with Liv. [39:33] But they are playing at my course two weeks on the Potomac, beautiful course. [39:38] But right now they're playing at Doral, which I own. [39:41] And if I ever, if we end this early, I'll be able to watch for about three minutes. [39:47] I get back onto the economy and every other subject that we have, including Iran. [39:52] We're doing so well with Iran. [39:53] So, I think so. [39:55] I just want to follow up. [39:56] Thank you so much, Mr. President. [39:57] Jennifer Schoenberger with Yahoo Finance. [39:59] Question on clarification of the Trump IRAs versus a regular IRA. [40:05] Does it come down to the difference of a federal match? [40:08] Who would qualify for that? [40:09] And secondly, do you have any reaction to fellow Reserve Chair Jay Powell staying on the Board of Governors? [40:15] Were you prepared to take any action on that front? [40:17] No, I don't care. [40:18] If he stays on, he stays on. [40:20] That doesn't. [40:20] I just wanted to make sure that Kevin became the head. [40:24] It's very unusual that they stay on. [40:26] I predicted he would. [40:28] Because, you know, who's going to hire him, frankly? [40:31] So, I predicted he would stay on. [40:34] But, you know, he's a negative. [40:36] I think he's a negative force. [40:37] The thing that angered me about him more than interest rates was the fact that he could allow a building to cost billions of dollars more than it was supposed to. [40:46] I could have built that building. [40:47] I could have renovated and fixed that building, which is what I do. [40:50] I always did well with it for $25 million. [40:54] They're going to spend maybe $4 billion. [40:56] It's not even close to being open. [40:59] You know, Kevin, who's going to be fantastic. [41:01] I don't know if he's going to have an office. [41:03] I'm going to have to put him right here. [41:04] I'm going to give him that. [41:05] We'll cut the oval in half. [41:06] I'll give him half of the oval. [41:08] No, it's, I think, I'm very happy about Kevin. [41:12] I think Kevin sees a star. [41:14] And the other Kevin, we're going to talk to you. [41:17] Could you answer her question? [41:18] Yeah, sure. [41:18] It's a great question. [41:20] And the match is a super important part of it. [41:22] And it's one reason why we're calling on our friends here to potentially expand it so that right now the match is capped at $35,000. [41:29] But there's a whole academic literature that this match has a big effect on people's willingness to save and their long-run welfare. [41:36] And so the differences really are the match. [41:40] We're creating the trumpira.gov website, so it'll be really, really easy for people to have access to private companies [41:47] that have to follow the TSP rules that are really low-cost and so on so that they'll get the best possible investment. [41:53] And finally, you've noticed that Michael Dell has given money, promised money, for the Trump accounts. [41:58] We've also made it clear that the Trump IRA charities can contribute to other people's accounts. [42:03] And I imagine this will lose the stock market in economy first. [42:06] Do you want to mention phase two? [42:09] We're doing phase one today because I can do that without Congress. [42:13] But phase two is going to be something that would be unbelievable. [42:15] Would you want to just give a little summation? [42:17] We'll be going back to Congress to ask for this. [42:20] Right. [42:21] So the basic headline is that if you look at the huge success of Australia in their retirement savings accounts, [42:29] that we're working with the Treasury Secretary, he and I, and Jason Smith and other members of Congress [42:35] to come up with something that's pretty close or in the direction of the Australian system. [42:39] Or better. [42:40] Or better. [42:41] No, they had a couple of little glitches that we'll get rid of. [42:44] But there's absolutely no contemplation of harming Social Security in any way. [42:51] This is meant to be an add-on for that. [42:52] It'll be very exciting. [42:53] It's going to be great. [42:55] We'll be pretty quick. [42:56] Pretty fast. [42:57] We're going to move pretty fast. [42:58] Can I go ahead? [42:59] Something that we talked about a couple weeks ago. [43:03] There's all these missing scientists who had access to classified material. [43:08] A bunch of them have turned up either, they're either missing or they have turned up dead. [43:13] Have you been briefed yet about whether or not these cases are connected? [43:17] Yeah, I have. [43:18] And can you tell us if they are connected? [43:20] Well, so far, I mean, they're individual. [43:23] We have a lot of scientists. [43:24] So when you see, you know, you put together 10, it's a lot. [43:27] But it's, you know, a very small number compared to what overall. [43:31] We have a lot of scientists. [43:33] I was asking that question. [43:34] Thousands, hundreds of thousands of scientists. [43:36] So, you know, some of them that we looked at are very sad cases in some cases. [43:43] Some were sick. [43:45] Some left this earth self-inflicted. [43:49] Some had other things. [43:51] So, so far, it's not a major. [43:53] You know, sometimes there's a little bit of a connection anyway. [43:56] And you say, oh, this is a terrible thing. [44:00] But so far, we're finding that there's not much of a connection. [44:04] We'll let you know. [44:05] We're going to be doing a full report. [44:06] I mean, it's very serious stuff. [44:07] I just want to follow up on my question earlier. [44:10] Have you been informed if the Secret Service agent who was shot on Saturday, [44:15] if that was from friendly fire or if it was from the suspect? [44:18] Well, they say it was not friendly fire. [44:20] So you're hearing that it's from? [44:22] Well, that's what I heard. [44:23] I mean, I heard that. [44:23] They said it wasn't friendly fire. [44:25] Okay. [44:25] It was actually reported. [44:27] You read the reports? [44:28] Because it was actually reported. [44:29] Yes, sir. [44:29] I read through the DOJ memo about this. [44:31] Well, then why do you ask me the question? [44:32] I don't believe it said that the agent was struck by. [44:36] I'm just saying, they said it wasn't friendly fire. [44:39] And he hasn't charged yet. [44:40] It wasn't us. [44:41] Okay. [44:41] And he hasn't been charged yet with that. [44:43] Of course, that could come. [44:43] I want to follow up on the security changes. [44:46] Is there talks about you potentially wearing a bulletproof vest moving forward, [44:51] given you have now been shot at so many times? [44:53] Well, I don't know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier. [44:55] You know, these guys, they look like some of these guys, some of these guys are physical [45:01] specimens. [45:03] Some of these guys have trouble. [45:05] I don't want to be near him. [45:08] You know, if you want to gain 20 to 25 pounds, then it was the best. [45:15] And, frankly, the vest did an amazing job because it took a bullet close up. [45:21] And he didn't even want to go to the hospital. [45:24] I mean, we sent him to the hospital just in case. [45:26] But he didn't want, you know, it's still a hit. [45:29] But he didn't want to go to the hospital. [45:32] The vest totally protected him. [45:34] There's still a lot of power behind that shot, though. [45:37] That's like getting hit by Mike Tyson. [45:40] But it's amazing. [45:44] I've been asked about that. [45:47] And I guess it's something you consider. [45:50] In one way, you don't like to do it because you're giving in to a bad element. [45:55] And so, I don't know. [45:56] But I haven't asked it. [45:58] How nervous were you about it happening again? [46:00] Another assassination? [46:01] I don't think about it. [46:02] You don't think about it at all? [46:03] If I did, I wouldn't be doing a very good job here. [46:05] I've been thinking about nothing but that. [46:07] I don't think about it. [46:08] I don't think about it. [46:10] If I did, I wouldn't be effective. [46:12] Okay. [46:12] Mr. President, more quickly, you pushed on True Social, calling on Senate Republicans to blow up the filibuster. [46:21] It is a big issue with MAGA. [46:23] MAGA wants you to get rid of it. [46:24] They should do it. [46:25] Why don't they do it? [46:27] Why don't they do it? [46:28] I don't know. [46:28] I have no idea. [46:29] You know why, I guess, because they have three or four that are, like, hard-line. [46:35] The same ones, same ones, that are hard-line, no to everything. [46:41] And you don't have all of them. [46:44] You know, we have a very small majority. [46:46] John Thune's a good man. [46:48] I said to him, John, just go take the vote. [46:50] Let's expose who the people are. [46:51] But, you know, if we got rid of the filibuster, we could vote on the Save America Act, voter ID. [46:59] You know, you act so good. [47:00] I love this guy. [47:01] He's a great guy. [47:02] I'm curious. [47:03] You know I don't love his girlfriend too much, okay? [47:05] I won't tell you who the girlfriend is. [47:07] But I like him, and I've always liked him. [47:10] Thank you. [47:10] I'm actually curious. [47:11] It's great that he hasn't changed. [47:12] I'm the same man. [47:14] But, Brian, I think here's the problem. [47:16] It's not even imaginable to me why. [47:20] And people are angry about it. [47:21] People are angry. [47:22] I'm talking about Republicans who are angry about it. [47:25] The filibuster should be terminated. [47:27] If the Democrats ever get a shot, which probably, based on history, sometime they will, [47:32] they will use it in the first minute of the first hour. [47:36] And they will execute all of the bad things. [47:39] 21 justices. [47:40] You know, they really like 21. [47:42] I heard 13, but they really want 21 Supreme Court justices. [47:46] And they really want to have D.C. and Puerto Rico become states. [47:50] That would mean automatic, four senators go into the Democrat column. [47:56] And there's not even a chance that they don't do it and do it immediately. [47:59] Now, with that knowledge, because you could argue whether it's good or bad, but I don't [48:03] think it's that much of an argument, frankly. [48:05] But you could argue, with that knowledge that they're going to do it immediately, why wouldn't [48:10] you do it as a Republican? [48:12] Unless you have bad motives, almost. [48:15] But if we did it, we could pass one bill after the other. [48:20] We could pass laws and acts and things that we never even dreamt of passing. [48:25] And you know what else? [48:27] We wouldn't lose for 50 years. [48:29] You know, if we passed, if we terminated the filibuster, we would have a 50-year run. [48:36] You'd stop cheating. [48:37] I mean, look, they're professional cheats. [48:41] And they're great at it. [48:42] That's what they're best at. [48:43] Because you can't get elected with their policy. [48:46] You can't get elected with men and women's sports, with transgender mutilization of our [48:52] children, with open borders for jails to be dropped into our country, and mental institutions, [48:58] and drug dealers, and murderers. [49:00] Think of it, 11,888 murderers come into our country. [49:04] Nobody even talks to them about it, right? [49:06] We got a lot of them out because of, you know why? [49:09] Because of ICE, which they don't want to fund. [49:12] They're defunding our police. [49:13] When they defund ICE and with Border Patrol and Secret Service, they're defunding our police. [49:20] It's the same thing as they're doing with an officer on the street corner. [49:24] So, why the Republicans' Senate doesn't just sit in there and just do it, and take a negative [49:32] vote and do it again and again like the Democrats do. [49:35] They go again and again. [49:37] The war power. [49:38] I'm negotiating a deal with Iran. [49:41] And every week, every three days, they put in a thing that the war should stop. [49:48] And people ask me, how the hell do you negotiate like that? [49:52] But you're destroying them. [49:54] Every day I read, think of it, we militarily decapitated the country. [49:59] And every day I read about how well they're doing militarily. [50:03] They got nothing left. [50:05] They're done. [50:07] And yet I read in the New York Times, I see that stupid CNN, which I only watch because [50:12] you have to watch a little bit of the enemy. [50:13] So, I watch it for a very short period. [50:15] But you have to, you know, you have to be smart. [50:17] And if you see CNN, you'd think they're winning the war. [50:22] If you read the New York Times, it's actually seditious, in my opinion. [50:27] You read the New York Times, you actually think they're winning the war. [50:31] You, I read some of these columnists and, but it's all sorts from the top. [50:36] It's a terrible thing. [50:37] So, we're negotiating with them. [50:39] And they read how well they're doing. [50:41] And they're sitting in a cave and all their leaders are dead. [50:44] Everyone's dead around them. [50:46] Missiles are all over the place. [50:48] They have no Navy. [50:49] They have no Air Force. [50:50] They have no nothing. [50:51] We can fly right over the middle of Tehran without being shot at because they have no [50:55] anti-aircraft. [50:57] They have nothing. [50:58] And they're reading that they're winning the war. [51:02] They're trying to figure it out. [51:03] They get the New York Times, I guess, in some form. [51:06] And they think we're crazy. [51:09] But, you know, I'm supposed to be negotiating. [51:13] And they make you negotiate from weakness, not strength. [51:18] But the difference is I don't care. [51:20] And everybody knows the facts. [51:22] We are decimating that country. [51:24] I got a call today from another country that's more on our side than that Middle Eastern country [51:29] saying, sir, please don't hit them anymore. [51:32] They're decimated. [51:33] He's actually helping them. [51:35] He's actually saying, please. [51:37] And yet the New York Times will tell you that they're winning the war. [51:41] It's so sad. [51:44] I hate to even say that because when I say that, people out watching, they'll say, oh, maybe [51:48] they'll win it just by the fact that I'm saying it. [51:51] It is so ridiculous. [51:53] They're being decimated. [51:55] We have the greatest military in the world. [51:58] And one thing that's come out of this and Venezuela is some of the things that have happened. [52:03] I rebuilt the military my first time and did a good job. [52:07] And also the first year of this term. [52:10] We have the greatest military in the world. [52:13] When I spoke with President Xi, when I spoke with President Putin, I have great respect for [52:18] what I've done and what our military does. [52:21] We have a military like no other. [52:24] You know, when we attacked Venezuela, their equipment, none of it worked. [52:28] It was all good equipment, but it was discombobulated. [52:32] You know what that means. [52:33] They pressed the buttons and nothing happened. [52:35] They said, what the hell's going on? [52:37] They heard that weird buzzing sound from way up high. [52:43] It's amazing how great our military is. [52:46] And for us to read, it's like the B-2 bombers right there. [52:51] Late at night, eight months ago, they went into Iranian territory and Iran was waiting for them. [52:56] And they were firing at the wrong targets. [53:00] They were firing at their planes, but they didn't see them. [53:04] And with no moon, dark at night, they dropped each plane of two bombs, 14 bombs. [53:11] Every one of those 14 bombs went right down an air chute. [53:15] Think of it. [53:16] They followed the beam right into the chute. [53:18] And every single one of those bombs, very powerful, 200,000-pound bombs. [53:24] Every one of those bombs went right down an air chute. [53:27] Late at night, think of it, late at night with no moon, you couldn't see a thing. [53:33] They put those, and they went into territory. [53:36] All of a sudden, I was watching, they got faster. [53:39] Then they go like that because the bombs go faster when they head down. [53:42] I wouldn't want to head down. [53:43] And I said, I'd want to get the hell out of there. [53:47] And they let the bombs go. [53:50] And then the first one that let them go was a perfect hit. [53:53] He said, skedaddle. [53:55] And that plane turned over in its eyes. [53:57] And it went back to a place called Missouri. [54:02] God's country. [54:05] It went back. [54:06] It wanted to say hello to a very powerful congressman, by the way, from Missouri, Jason. [54:09] So, every one of those bombs. [54:13] And yet, before they landed, CNN came out with a report that maybe the damage wasn't that great. [54:20] The damage was far greater than we said. [54:22] It was obliteration. [54:24] And when the Atomic Energy Commission went there one week later, they say Trump was right. [54:28] It was obliteration. [54:30] And they still haven't been. [54:31] They've had possession of the site. [54:34] They haven't been able to do anything with it. [54:37] That stuff is buried. [54:38] And the reason I took such, I was angry about it, was because it's disrespectful to those pilots and those incredible people, [54:48] including the people that maintained the planes. [54:51] Those planes had to fly for 37 hours without stopping. [54:55] They got the tankers. [54:56] They had three tanker lifts, meaning they had to get refuel up in there. [55:00] They never landed. [55:01] They went all the way from Missouri to here and then back. [55:05] Some went to Guam, which there are those that say that was a way of camouflaging and all that, because they followed the ones who, they thought the ones from Guam were not coming. [55:16] They were going to take it easy at Guam. [55:18] That didn't work out too well. [55:19] But that was amazing. [55:23] And the New York Times and CNN, they said, well, maybe the B-2 attack was in circle. [55:30] Even to this day, I hear it. [55:31] Because we want to get the nuclear dust. [55:34] It's way down there. [55:34] You need excavators and everything to get it. [55:37] But we want to get it. [55:38] We'll take it one way or the other. [55:39] We'll get it. [55:40] We'll either get it or we'll take it. [55:42] They'll either give it to us or we'll take it. [55:43] But I think it's very disrespectful to our incredible military when they say maybe they missed the target. [55:51] Every single bomb hit the target. [55:53] Then on top of that, we shot from submarines 30 unbelievable missiles that also hit the target on top of that. [56:04] It was complete obliteration. [56:06] And it was confirmed by Atomic Energy. [56:08] But even the other day, I saw on CNN, well, I don't know. [56:12] They want the stuff, so therefore the bombs didn't hit. [56:14] Yeah, we want the stuff. [56:15] It's way buried. [56:17] But we want to get it. [56:19] We will get it. [56:20] It won't even be hard. [56:22] But they have to respect our military. [56:25] They have to. [56:26] If it were a miss, I'd tell you, you know, it would be fine. [56:28] It would have done a lot of damage. [56:30] But this was, these bombs went down the air chutes. [56:32] They'll never build air chutes again in the mountain. [56:35] You know, they built these air chutes to get a little air up there. [56:38] They'll have to find a different way because it didn't work. [56:40] But our military is amazing. [56:42] There's never been anything like, we have the most powerful military on earth. [56:48] And it's too bad we have to use it. [56:50] But we're doing really well. [56:52] So we'll see how that all works out. [56:53] Thank you very much, everybody. [56:56] How do you like the new floor? [57:02] So, we had all, what I do best is build. [57:07] That's what I do best. [57:08] I think, I say to people, am I a better builder or politician? [57:11] And most of them say politician, but that's okay. [57:14] What I do best is I build. [57:16] The ballroom will be just like that. [57:18] So I went out and I have a special black granite. [57:23] Granite is the most powerful stone there is. [57:26] Marble is much weaker than granite. [57:28] I like marble more because marble can be more beautiful. [57:31] But it's a much weaker stone. [57:33] When you look at grave sites and you look at a marble plaque, 100 years old, you'll see oftentimes you can almost not read it. [57:42] When you look at a granite plaque, 100 years old, it looks like it just got put there yesterday. [57:47] You know, that's a test. [57:48] But we have the finest granite anyone's ever seen. [57:52] It's called flawless granite. [57:53] There's very little of it. [57:55] And I replaced broken slate that was put here many years ago. [57:59] I saved the ramp because it's in honor of FDR. [58:03] FDR, right up there, he had that built as a ramp. [58:06] They said, oh, sir, we'll straighten it. [58:08] I said, no, you have to leave the ramp. [58:10] It was built. [58:10] That ramp was built for FDR with a wheelchair because, you know, it's a pretty good slope. [58:18] But a lot of people say, why is it a ramp? [58:20] They say, because of FDR. [58:21] They say, ah, I get it. [58:23] But we saved that. [58:24] But we replaced the broken slate. [58:26] And that slate, by the way, is meant for a roof. [58:28] It's not meant for a sidewalk. [58:31] And we replaced it with granite, the highest grade granite. [58:35] It's valued at, you know, they value stones in terms of, that's valued at one million plus. [58:41] That means one million plus years. [58:44] A marble will oftentimes be valued at 200 years, 300 years. [58:49] This is giving you a little lesson in stone. [58:51] Somebody will say, he went off on a tangent. [58:54] Like I did with the pen. [58:55] I gave you a little thing on the pen. [58:57] That that pen is better than the one that costs 2,000 that you're handing to everyone. [59:01] See, this one, I can hand to these guys. [59:03] That's worth three bucks. [59:06] So, anyway, but I always felt guilty. [59:09] But they said, he went off on a tangent. [59:11] I always say, I always say, if you don't find it interesting, leave during the, but the granite, in fact, if you can, let them leave through that door. [59:22] It's just completed. [59:24] We had it completed for King Charles. [59:27] On time, on budget. [59:29] I paid for it. [59:30] So, you know, it's very expensive. [59:32] Does he love this? [59:33] He loved it. [59:34] He loved it. [59:35] And he's seen some nice stone. [59:36] This is a Trump renaissance. [59:37] This is a Trump renaissance here. [59:38] Well, we're fixing the White House. [59:39] Mr. President, what about it? [59:40] But it was, it was sort of terrible. [59:41] People would walk to the Oval Office over broken slate. [59:45] Again, slate is used on roofs. [59:47] It's not used where people walk on it. [59:49] And it's been walked on for a long time. [59:50] And many, many broken pieces. [59:53] So I said to do it right. [59:54] Now, the other thing I did, if you want to have a look, all of the columns, they had 200 years of paint on them. [1:00:00] Wow. [1:00:00] And they looked terrible. [1:00:01] And, you know, they were chipped and broken. [1:00:03] And when you have a lot of paint, and I stripped the columns back down to the original stone and painted them. [1:00:09] And you'll see it. [1:00:10] But you may want to, that final touches, little touch up here with the paint, get a little hit by a couple of these heavy stones. [1:00:18] You know, they're very heavy, thick. [1:00:20] It's thick granite. [1:00:21] But that granite's valued at over a million years, in a lifetime. [1:00:25] One million plus. [1:00:26] That's your max. [1:00:28] Why don't you walk out there and take a look, okay? [1:00:30] And the company that did it, if you look at the settings, each point is perfect. [1:00:37] So take a, Peter, take a look. [1:00:39] Tell your father if I did a good job. [1:00:42] Thank you. [1:00:43] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:44] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:45] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:46] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:47] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:47] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:48] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:49] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:50] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:52] Thank you, Chris. [1:00:53] Thank you, Chris.