Trump Addresses Media Near Renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — AC1G

[0:00] The President has worked so hard to make things beautiful. [0:02] We're not going to let a nuclear weapon ruin it. [0:04] So, thank you. [0:07] Are you also in Oklahoma? [0:08] Yes, sir. [0:09] The President has worked out. [0:11] They wanted super quality, right? [0:13] That's right. [0:14] We bring quality. [0:15] Oklahoma brings quality. [0:16] The President has worked out. [0:17] He's doing a good job, Mark Wayne. [0:19] You know, Mark Wayne could have been a senator for [0:21] the rest of his life. [0:22] Maybe he could have been president. [0:23] Who the hell knows? [0:24] I don't recommend it. [0:27] But he was your senator, and he wanted to do this. [0:31] He wanted to work with the men. [0:32] And then Tom Holman, who I'm sure you never heard of. [0:34] But he's done a job. [0:36] So, Tom, how good a president is Tom? [0:39] The President has been a president of my lifetime. [0:43] Yes, sir. [0:44] The President has been a man. [0:45] I've got a question. [0:46] Are you all legal? [0:47] Yes, sir. [0:48] Yes. [0:49] The President has been from Oklahoma. [0:52] The answer is probably a yes. [0:53] The Indians, sir. [0:54] Yes, sir. [0:56] Chau, chau. [0:57] The President has been here pretty much until [0:59] this gets finished, sir? [1:00] Yes, sir. [1:00] Absolutely. [1:01] The President has been here with the company, [1:02] with the contract? [1:03] I'm with those two men behind you. [1:04] Yes, sir. [1:04] The President has been here. [1:05] You've got a good-looking crew back there, fellas, huh? [1:07] Yep. [1:08] The President has been here against the backdrop of war [1:11] in Iran. [1:12] Why focus on all of these projects right now? [1:15] The President has been here against the backdrop of war in Iran. [1:15] You know why? [1:16] Because I want to keep our country beautiful and safe. [1:19] Beautiful also. [1:20] This place was a disgusting place. [1:24] It was Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we [1:29] had a terrible disguise. [1:32] I don't know. [1:33] You probably don't see dirt, but I do. [1:36] And you walk down this pond. [1:38] If you were to walk down, they'll tell you better than anybody. [1:40] They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of [1:44] that lake, out of that water, and it sat there for years like that. [1:48] And that's not what our country is about. [1:50] Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people, not a filthy capital. [1:56] That's such a stupid question you asked. [1:59] We're fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument. [2:06] And you say, why are you fixing it up? [2:09] Because you can understand dirt, maybe, better than I can, but I don't allow it. [2:14] This is one of the worst reporters. [2:16] She's with ABC Fake News, and she's a horror show. [2:19] And she's saying, why would you bother fixing this up? [2:22] Why would I bother taking 11 or 12 truckloads of filth out of the water in front of the [2:27] Lincoln Monument? [2:28] That's what made our country great. [2:31] Beauty made our country, people made our country great. [2:35] A question like that is a disgrace to our country. [2:38] Any other questions? [2:39] The Press, Mr. President, I'm also with Amy. [2:41] The Press, Mr. Fake news. [2:42] The Press, have you been briefed on the virus? [2:44] The Press, Mr. Yes, I have. [2:45] The Press, can you tell us what you've learned in these briefings? [2:47] The Press, Mr. Well, I think you're going to be told everything, and you already have. [2:50] It's very much, we hope, under control. [2:54] It was the ship, and I think we're going to make a full report about it tomorrow. [2:59] We have a lot of people, a lot of great people are studying it. [3:02] It should be fine. [3:03] We hope. [3:04] The Press, should Americans be concerned that it would spread? [3:05] And how are you hoping to get the American people? [3:06] The Press, Mr. I hope not. [3:07] I mean, I hope not. [3:08] We'll do the best we can. [3:09] Yeah. [3:10] The Press, Mr. Go ahead. [3:11] The Press, could you detail your meeting with President Lula today? [3:15] Was there anything agreed on between the two of you? [3:16] The Press, Mr. No, we had a great meeting with the President of Brazil. [3:19] We're doing a lot of trading, and we're going to do some increased trading. [3:23] We talked about tariffs. [3:24] We talked about, you know, they would like to have some tariff relief. [3:28] But we had a very good meeting. [3:31] He's a good man. [3:32] He's a smart guy. [3:33] The Press, Mr. President, after these strikes, is the ceasefire with Iran still on? [3:38] The Press, Mr. Yeah, it is. [3:40] They trifled with us today. [3:42] We blew them away. [3:44] They trifled. [3:45] We'll let a trifle. [3:46] I'll let you know when there's no ceasefire. [3:48] You won't have to know. [3:49] If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know. [3:51] You're just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran. [3:55] And they better sign their agreement fast. [3:57] The Press, Mr. No, it's going — the talks are going very well. [4:03] But they have to understand, if it doesn't get signed, they're going to have a lot of pain. [4:08] They're going to have a lot of pain. [4:10] They want to sign it, I will tell you. [4:12] They want to sign it a lot more than I do. [4:16] I think that's what you want to hear, fellas, right? [4:19] What you want to hear, a different tone. [4:21] That's the only thing they understand. [4:23] They don't understand it. [4:24] We had three world-class destroyers go through the strait today. [4:32] Any other country, under the circumstances, wouldn't have done — shot missiles at it [4:37] and drones at it and these stupid boats that came at it. [4:42] They got blown away in about two minutes. [4:45] Their tanker got blown. [4:47] You know what we did with the tanker? [4:48] We didn't want to create an environment. [4:50] So we shot out the rudder and the tankers going around, spinning around in circles. [4:55] They should not have done that today. [4:58] We thought they might. [4:59] We didn't know. [5:00] But we were prepared. [5:02] They shot missiles. [5:03] Every missile was knocked down. [5:05] Every drone was knocked down. [5:07] And the people that shot it are no longer with us. [5:10] The Press, has President Biden officially responded to the one-page offer? [5:15] Well, it's more than a one-page offer. [5:17] It's an offer that's basically said they will not have nuclear weapons. [5:20] They're going to hand us the nuclear dust and many of the things that we want. [5:25] The Press has been relapsed so far, Mr. President. [5:27] Yeah. [5:28] They have agreed. [5:29] But when they agree, it doesn't mean much. [5:30] Because the next day, they forget — they forgot they agreed. [5:32] And, you know, we're dealing with different sets of leaders. [5:36] When you talk about regime change, you know, [5:38] they keep talking about regime change. [5:40] Well, we got rid of the first regime. [5:42] We got rid of the second regime. [5:43] We got rid of most of the third regime. [5:45] And then they say, oh, is that regime change? [5:48] I think, I think it's the ultimate regime change. [5:51] The Pressure How close are you that you are [5:52] to a deal right now with Obama? [5:54] The President Could happen any day. [5:56] Could. And it might not happen. [5:58] But it could happen any day. [5:59] I believe they want the deal more than I do. [6:01] The Pressure Are you aware of the FBI rate [6:05] on Virginia State Senator Luis Lucas's house yesterday? [6:08] The President Who's who? [6:09] The Pressure Virginia State Senator Luis Lucas. [6:11] She's a Democrat. [6:12] The President I'm not aware of it. [6:13] The Pressure Yes, I'm not aware of it. [6:14] The Pressure Mr. President, is your trip with China [6:17] still going ahead? [6:18] The President Yeah, sure. [6:18] Which companies do you have to find? [6:20] The President I have a very good relationship [6:21] with President Xi. [6:22] We've had a great economic time. [6:24] China has been great for us economically, [6:26] but not for other Presidents. [6:28] But we've done very well with China. [6:31] We're going to have a meeting with President Xi. [6:33] It's going to be, I think, quite amazing. [6:36] He's been a friend of mine. [6:38] I got I've gotten along with him very well over the years. [6:40] We have had no problem. [6:42] And we've had no problem with China and Iran. [6:44] And everybody said, oh, China, China. [6:46] We've had no problem with China and Iran. [6:48] The Pressure Virginia State Senator Luis [6:50] The President Have you spoken to Secretary Rubio [6:51] since his meeting with Pope Leo? [6:53] And did you ask him to pass on a message? [6:55] The President No, I spoke to him. [6:56] I just said, tell the Pope very nicely, very respectfully, [7:02] that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [7:06] So when he comes to their defense, also tell the Pope [7:09] that Iran killed 42,000 innocent protesters [7:14] who didn't have guns, who didn't have weapons. [7:17] Tell that to the Pope. [7:20] The Pressure Virginia State Senator [7:21] has been imprisoned since October. [7:24] I know that members of your administration have pushed [7:27] to highlight the protection of Christians. [7:29] The President What's his name? [7:29] The President His name is Ezra Jin. [7:31] Are you going to press President Xi on his release? [7:33] The President Well, I've heard about it. [7:35] I will certainly look into it. [7:36] Yeah. [7:36] The Pressure Virginia State Senator I'll look at it. [7:38] I'll bring it up. [7:39] The Pressure Virginia State Senator I've gotten a lot of people out. [7:42] The President You know, I've gotten a lot of people [7:43] out of different countries, including China. [7:46] People that were hostages or held. [7:50] So we'll take a look at that, including Pastor Brunson, [7:53] as you know, from — in that case, it was Turkey. [7:57] So we've — we've done a lot of that. [7:58] I do a lot. [7:59] And I don't pay $6 billion to get somebody out, [8:02] like Biden used to do, or Obama. [8:04] They give $6 billion to get some person out. [8:07] The Pressure Virginia State Senator What's the action, sir, [8:08] to the Court of International Trade's ruling against [8:10] your 10 percent across the border? [8:12] The President Well, we were surprised. [8:13] We had one very positive vote. [8:16] We had two radical-left judges that voted against it. [8:21] So nothing surprises me with the courts. [8:24] Nothing surprises me. [8:25] So we always do it a different way. [8:27] We get one ruling, and we do it a different way. [8:30] We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars from tariffs. [8:33] And we're taking — we're taking it away from countries, [8:37] frankly, that have ripped us off for years. [8:39] And now they're not ripping us off anymore. [8:44] Why was that suspended administration official [8:46] tightness after the next phase of the war? [8:47] The President The President The President Really wonderful [8:49] leadership at a place. [8:52] As you know, Pakistan has been fantastic. [8:56] And their leaders have been fantastic. [8:58] The Field Marshal and the Prime Minister. [9:01] And they asked us not to do it. [9:02] We'll go back to it if we have to. [9:04] They asked us not to do it during the negotiation. [9:07] The Pressure Virginia State Senator What are you doing? [9:12] The President The President The President Well, no. [9:12] Gas prices have come down today. [9:15] Have you looked? [9:16] They've come down very substantially today. [9:18] The gas prices — you know what's happened today? [9:20] Gas prices are way down, and the stock market is way up today. [9:23] So gas prices have come down. [9:26] And I saw today that they broke negatively — in other words, [9:31] to our positive position. [9:33] They broke our way very substantially. [9:35] And when the war is over, gas will fall down at levels [9:40] that you've never seen before. [9:41] You'll be down to where you were, maybe even lower. [9:43] We had it down to — I was in Iowa, and we were at 85 — [9:49] about 85 — what did you say? [9:51] The Pressure Virginia State Senator We broke — we broke it. [9:53] The Pressure Virginia State Senator We broke it. [9:55] We broke it. [9:55] We had numbers that nobody has seen in a long time. [9:58] So you had $2 a gallon. [10:01] We were down, I think, to $1.85, $1.90 in Iowa [10:05] and a lot of other places. [10:06] Outside of California, where California charges such a high tax [10:10] on the gasoline when you take that tax off. [10:14] But California has a tremendous — I don't know if anybody knows, [10:16] California was the third largest area for oil. [10:21] And you were telling me, and Chris was telling me before, [10:25] we're talking about California oil. [10:27] They — California is like an oil — it's rich with oil. [10:32] But stupidly, 15, 16, 17 years ago, people stopped drilling. [10:38] It was third to Texas and another state, probably Oklahoma. [10:43] But when this is over, I think you're going to see oil prices [10:47] drop down to the levels where they were. [10:49] It may be lower. [10:49] There's a lot of oil out there. [10:51] And the stock market hit a new high. [10:54] Nobody thought that was possible. [10:55] The stock market today, for the 59th time since I'm President, [11:01] hit a new high. [11:02] And people that have 401 s — you guys have 401 s? [11:05] You got to like me. [11:07] Does everybody have a 401 s? [11:09] Because you got to like Trump if you do. [11:11] The 401 s, right. [11:13] The 401 s are through the roof. [11:15] All right. [11:16] One or two more. [11:17] I want to look at the surface, [11:18] because I like the surface better than I like it. [11:20] The Pressure, why haven't you endorsed either [11:23] John Cornyn or Ken Paxton in effect? [11:25] The President Trump's — I'll make a decision. [11:26] Yeah, I'll make a decision. [11:26] The Pressure, when will you make your decision? [11:28] The President Trump's — maybe relatively soon. [11:30] The Pressure, President Trump's — I like them both. [11:31] The Pressure, President Trump's — I like them both. [11:32] The Pressure, President Trump's — I like them both. [11:33] The Pressure, President Trump's — [11:34] So, would you consider export curbs on oil or jet fuel, [11:36] if supplies can get tight? [11:38] The President Trump's — I don't need them. [11:39] We don't need them. [11:40] And we have tremendous amounts of oil. [11:42] We are not suffering oil. [11:44] And, again, ships are coming all the way [11:46] where they used to go to Hormoz. [11:47] They're coming all the way up. [11:49] And we have hundreds of ships coming up to Texas, [11:52] coming up to Louisiana, and coming to Alaska. [11:55] They're filling up, and they're going back [11:57] and making a lot of money. [12:00] The Pressure said that taxpayers could not pay [12:05] for the ballroom at the White House. [12:07] Why should taxpayers now be on the hook [12:10] for a billion dollars? [12:11] The President Trump's — [12:11] The President Trump's — [12:12] The President Trump's — [12:12] Well, they're not, because that's for many [12:13] other projects. [12:14] That's for projects having to do with safety [12:15] in a certain section of the White House grounds. [12:20] That's not all for the ballroom. [12:22] And we're putting up $400 million to do the ballroom [12:26] section of the ballroom. [12:27] We are putting that up privately. [12:29] I am doing it along with other patriots that love [12:32] our country. [12:33] But they want to do certain things militarily [12:37] with respect to the ballroom, [12:39] having nothing to do with us [12:40] or having to do with the safety of the President. [12:43] So having to do with a lot of things. [12:44] But we are going to have a safe ballroom. [12:48] It's under construction. It's ahead of schedule. [12:51] It's right on budget. [12:52] It would be $300 to $400 million that we're putting up. [12:55] And a lot of that money will be going to safety also. [12:59] But the House approved, or the Senate approved, I guess, [13:03] or they're going and looking at approving. [13:05] I don't know if it got approved yet, [13:07] but they're talking about putting up a certain amount of money, [13:10] having to do with security at the White House and the East Wing. [13:13] Yeah. [13:14] The Press Press- And will you commit to publicly [13:16] the amount of money that the private donors [13:18] have given to the ballroom? [13:19] The President- Well, I have no problem with it. [13:20] You're not supposed to, because it's done under a way [13:22] where you don't have to do that. [13:24] But I have no problem. They're unbelievable people. [13:27] These are great patriots. They're putting up — [13:30] you know, it's the only place in the world [13:32] and you can give a $400 million ballroom, [13:35] you put up the money, and they're unhappy with it. [13:38] They think the taxpayers should pay for it. [13:40] So this will be the most beautiful ballroom [13:42] anywhere in the world. [13:43] And it'll be the safest ballroom, by far, [13:46] anywhere in the world. [13:47] And you won't have a fiasco like you did [13:50] Saturday night two weeks ago. [13:51] The Press Press- Are you excited to have [13:52] the Atari jet by July 4th? [13:55] The President- By July 4th. [13:56] Yeah, we think we're going to have it. [13:57] Yeah, we do think we're going to have it. [13:59] Thank you very much for the question. [14:00] Thank you, thank you Press. Thank you.