Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list

[0:04] Well, thank you very much. This was a meeting set up very proudly by us, [0:08] having to do with voter integrity and mail-in ballots and stopping the massive cheating that's [0:15] gone on. And so we're going to be signing an executive order. It's — I believe it's foolproof. [0:22] And maybe it'll be tested, maybe it won't. I think it's very obvious what's said. [0:26] And I'll ask Will Scharf to start off — attorney, a great talent, a very brilliant young man. And [0:32] if you could discuss it, and then I'm going to ask Howard Luttnick to say a few words, [0:37] and then I'm going to sign it. And we'll take a couple of questions. Okay, thank you. [0:40] Mr. President, as you said, you have in front of you an executive order that deals with a [0:44] number of issues relating to election integrity. As you've consistently identified, two of the [0:49] biggest problems we have with election integrity in this country are, one, inaccurate voter rolls [0:55] that allow ineligible people to vote in various federal and state elections all over the country. [1:00] And then secondarily, you've consistently identified [1:02] that vote-by-mail in this country has become rife with fraud — people returning ballots who [1:08] aren't eligible to return ballots, ballots being sent to people who aren't confirmed to be eligible [1:14] voters. So what this executive order is going to do is, one, we're going to take federal data, [1:19] we're going to ensure that each state's election officials are provided with a comprehensive view [1:24] of who the eligible voters in their jurisdiction actually are, [1:28] allowing them to properly verify that everybody voting in their elections [1:32] is legally able to vote. And then it orders the Postmaster General, the U.S. Postal Service, [1:39] to take bold new measures to verify that ballots both being sent to people are being sent to people [1:45] who are eligible to vote, and then that ballots being returned are being properly returned [1:50] by eligible voters only. And we believe that combined, the measures in this executive order [1:55] will help secure elections in the future and ensure that the many abuses of our election [1:59] system in the past aren't repeated in future elections. [2:03] Howard? [2:03] So the fundamentals of our democracy are built on voter integrity, right? We all need it. You've [2:09] said it time and time again. It's a total agreement amongst everybody. So here's the idea. [2:16] The states, right, run these elections. They will — if they want to use the U.S. mail, [2:22] the U.S. Postal Service, they're going to get a code, a barcode from the U.S. Postal Service, [2:28] and they're going to put that on the envelope. And we will have one envelope, [2:32] and we will have a million envelopes. And we will have a million envelopes to vote. [2:37] None of this time where we have no idea, there's no observers to mail, there's no envelopes, [2:42] there's no certainty. That's all going to go away. And what the president is doing today [2:47] is he's going to make sure that mail-in ballots are safe, secure, and accurate, [2:53] and will have a clear distinction. If you voted by mail, you will have it on the envelope. Obviously, [2:58] not on the ballot, but on the envelopes. So we will know a million mail-in ballots, [3:02] exactly, correctly, that citizens voted. [3:07] And this came up with some great legal minds. They looked at the various documents and [3:12] everything that was going on, because the cheating on mail-in voting is legendary. [3:17] It's horrible, what's going on. And it's very clearly covered, very, very clearly. So [3:23] I think this will help a lot with elections. We'd like to have voter ID. [3:28] We'd like to have proof of citizenship. And that'll be another subject for another time. [3:33] We're working on that. You would think it would be easy. It's a 98 percent issue for Republicans. [3:37] It's 86 percent. A thing just came out, a poll. And it's 86 percent with Republicans and Democrats, [3:45] not leaders, because the leaders of the Democrats cheat. And the only people that don't want to do [3:50] voter ID are people that cheat. There's no other reason for proof of citizenship. [3:55] They want to be able to cheat. There's no reason. They have all sorts of reasons, [3:58] excuses, but it's all nonsense. They want to cheat. But the Democrats themselves, [4:03] very high. It's a very positive, very, very good thing. The Democrat voters, [4:08] the Democrat leaders, guys like Schumer, who are corrupt, they want to use it for cheating, [4:13] because their policy is so bad with — think of their policy, open borders for everybody, [4:18] where people pour into our country from countries all over the world. Think of that. [4:22] You look at — just take any issue, take anything. Everything they have is so crazy. [4:29] But the fact that they don't want to sign voter ID is another issue. It's a big issue. [4:33] The fact that they don't have proof of citizenship, that they want transgender for [4:38] everybody, that they want men in women's sports — so the only way, they assume, [4:45] the only way they can win is to cheat. When you have men in women's sports, it's fine. [4:49] It's wonderful. By the way, I worked very hard with the Olympic Committee [4:53] and got that terminated for the Olympics. Very nice. Now, girls won't have to get beat up in [4:57] the boxing ring like they did last time, if you saw those fights. Two people that transitioned, [5:04] beat the hell out of everyone, out of other people, women. It was not a pretty sight to watch. [5:10] So I worked very hard with the Olympic Committee, and we were able to get that out, [5:14] so the Olympics will not have men in women's sports. [5:17] But these are the things that they vote on, and that's why we're having a problem with them. [5:22] They don't want ICE because they don't want people to be taken out of our country that are murderers, [5:27] that are drug dealers, and that are people from mental institutions, the criminally insane. [5:33] These are not nice. [5:34] These are not nice people. And it's amazing. I just, it's not even believable. If you go back, [5:42] if you go back 12, 13, 15, 20 years, that we even have to bring up a separate, like, [5:50] there will be no trans mutilation. We don't want any transgender mutilization of our children. [5:59] We don't want to have people pouring into our country from other countries all over the world, [6:03] where prisons are opened up. [6:06] All over the world, they're opened up, and they pour into our country, murderers. [6:10] 11,888 murderers. Think of that. We got many of them out. [6:18] And by the way, Washington, D.C. just set a new record for safety, and I'm sure you know that, [6:23] because, Peter, when you walk down the street, you're not mugged lately. [6:27] But it just, it's a very safe city now. We took great pains to make it that way, [6:34] but it actually happened pretty quickly. Within three months, we got a new record. [6:36] Within three months, it was good. Within four months, it was very good. [6:38] Within five months, it was great. Now it's better than it ever was. [6:42] And so Washington, D.C. is now considered a very, very safe city. [6:46] We removed almost 4,000 people, just so you understand. [6:49] You know, an interesting stat is that 2% of the people create more than 90% of the crime. [6:59] And the good thing about that is, when you get rid of 2%, it's not that many, [7:03] you don't have a lot of crime. But Washington, D.C., we're very proud of. [7:07] We're very proud of Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and New Orleans is unbelievable. [7:13] They had the safest — they just finished their Mardi Gras — their Mardi Gras. [7:18] They had the safest Mardi Gras in 58 years. The governor just called me. [7:23] Jeff Landry just called me. He said, it's the safest Mardi Gras in 58 years because of us. [7:29] And, really, Chicago should call and say we'd like help. [7:33] New York should call. They've had a lot of problems that we want help. [7:38] Los Angeles should call and probably will. I think they have to. [7:41] Now, we're going to have to do something when it comes World Cup time, [7:45] and we're going to have to force ourselves upon them, which we have the right to do, [7:48] because we don't want to have any crime. [7:50] We don't want to have any problems for the Olympics and the World Cup, and even for 250. [7:55] So, with all of that, I'm very happy to be signing the voter integrity, [8:00] and I think it's going to be really great. [8:03] So, if you don't mind, I will take some time, and I'll make this signature absolutely perfect. [8:09] So, it looks very good. So far, so good. [8:23] Okay. So, that's a big deal. I'm very proud of it. [8:28] And I think — I don't know how it can be challenged. [8:30] They'll probably challenge it, and you may find a rogue judge. [8:34] You get a lot of rogue judges, very bad, bad people, very bad judges. [8:39] But that's the only way that can be changed, and hopefully will win an appeal if it is. [8:44] But I don't see how anybody can challenge it. I don't see how they can challenge it. [8:50] And remember, it's about voter integrity. [8:52] We want to have honest voting in our country, because if you don't have honest voting, [8:57] you can't have — really, a nation, if you want to know the truth. [9:00] Howard, I'll give that to you. [9:02] Do you have any questions? Please. [9:04] Yes, Mr. President. [9:06] Do you know the AHN-funded Coast Guard is one of them, which is — it's very important, [9:13] especially if it's one of the moves. [9:16] And you have the power to transfer control from the Department of Homeland Security to the Navy. [9:24] Are you considering doing that? [9:26] No, I have a lot of powers to do things. And we use the powers where appropriate. [9:31] Sometimes you don't have to use those powers. They're a little severe. [9:35] And then people accuse me of being a king. You see, the king — this is the new one. [9:40] They try — they've been trying for a long time, including four years where I was [9:45] out of office watching how badly this country was run. [9:48] But they've been trying for a long time. [9:50] You know what they really are doing is they want to have people coming into our country. [9:54] They want to have open borders. They want to have criminals. [9:56] They want to have criminals coming into our country. [9:58] They want to have people unchecked, unvetted coming into our country [10:02] that you can look at them and say, this is not good. [10:05] And that's what happened. They allowed 25 million people into our country. [10:08] Many of those people were criminals. Many of them were drug dealers and murderers and [10:14] people that were let out of mental institutions, prison populations. [10:19] In some countries, the Congo, almost its entire prison population was allowed to come into [10:27] the United States of America. The Congo. [10:30] Many of the countries in South America, they emptied their prisons out into our country. [10:34] This was under Biden. And nobody can tell me that's a good thing. [10:38] And yet, they haven't changed their ways, because if they ever took power, [10:41] they would open up the borders and they would let people pour in and destroy our country. [10:45] So I have many powers, but I don't have to use them. I mean, only in severe cases. [10:49] Yeah. [10:50] The Press [10:50] Mr. President, thank you. You want to sign the executive order to pay the TSA agents. [10:57] Why not do the same for FEMA? [10:59] Are there agencies within the Department of Homeland Security? [11:01] Well, FEMA is different, because FEMA — I really believe that — it's fine, [11:05] but I think it's very inefficient. I think — you know, we have smart governors. [11:10] And one way to tell whether or not they're smart is how well they do. [11:14] FEMA is a very expensive way of trying to put out a problem. [11:20] But what I'd rather do is let the states do it and help them financially, but let the states do it. [11:25] In other words, you'll have a hurricane in Florida, and people will come from a [11:30] lot of places in Alaska. They haven't been to Florida. By the time they get used to it, [11:34] you know, the problem can be solved. So I've never been a big fan of FEMA. I like to keep it local. [11:38] I like to see governors and neighboring states help each other, as opposed to FEMA. [11:44] FEMA is very expensive, and it really doesn't get the job done. [11:48] You know, North Carolina, they did a terrible job until I became elected a second time. [11:54] And I went and, you know, we had that tremendous water flood. There was a water hurricane, [11:58] the likes of which nobody has seen. [12:00] Land areas that never had lakes all of a sudden had lakes that you couldn't even get to it. [12:04] And actually, we were helped by Elon Musk with the communication, with his great communication [12:09] system that worked very well. We were very lucky. Saved a lot of lives. [12:14] But, no, I — we got to do things right. And if you don't do them right, we shouldn't do them at all. [12:21] Yeah, please. [12:21] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [12:23] You said today that's the wrong wording, and we assume the stock market closed much higher. [12:28] Do you have thoughts on that? And also, a judge just ordered you to [12:31] stop construction of the ballroom. Are you planning to stop? [12:34] The President Well, we'll appeal that. [12:36] But it's not — I don't know. It's basically — I mean, I wrote a part of his opinion, [12:44] but basically he's saying, I need congressional approval. And he's so wrong. [12:50] This is being financed privately. It's a donation that's being given by companies, [12:55] very rich companies, very rich people, so that for 150 years they've wanted a ballroom here. [13:02] We're going to have the finest ballroom. [13:04] I believe anywhere in the world. And he said we need congressional approval. [13:08] Well, they don't get congressional approval from the White House. [13:11] When they do things, they don't — especially when you don't — we didn't ask for any tax money. [13:15] We have no taxes. This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents. [13:21] And I see right here — I just wrote it out — he said we need congressional approval. [13:26] Well, we've built many things at the White House over the years. They don't get congressional [13:30] approval when they build in the White House. It's totally separate. [13:35] Especially when it's a donation. I mean, the ballroom is a donation. [13:38] It's gotten great reviews. People love it. And presidents for 150 years have wanted this [13:43] ballroom to be built, because when we have President Xi or other presidents or prime [13:47] ministers coming, we don't have a big room. We have the East Room, which is very small. [13:53] And he said we need congressional approval. He also said — but this is positive for us — I'm [14:00] allowed — meaning we are allowed to continue building as necessary, [14:07] to — let's see, what is that — to cover the safety and security of the White House and its [14:17] grounds. So it says here very carefully, the safety and security have to be protected of the [14:23] White House grounds. Well, that's what we're doing, because everything's bulletproof glass, [14:26] et cetera, et cetera, including the ballroom. And then it goes construction [14:33] and all of the things necessary. It says personal safety of the [14:37] president and his staff are a part of that. [14:40] So it talks about that we're allowed to continue building. In other words, [14:45] he put an order on — and even that, he gave 14 days. We don't need it, [14:48] because that's what we're doing. He's allowed to continue building as necessary. [14:53] And when it talks about the safety and security of the White House and its grounds — so, just so you [15:02] know, I wrote some of the thing down. We have a drone-proof roof. And it talks about the president [15:07] and his staff. Well — [15:09] We don't have a lot of bulletproof glass. The White House was built a long time ago. [15:13] This has the highest level of — in fact, they call this grass — this grass, [15:21] this — the glass — it's bulletproof and it's ballistic-proof. It's very thick. It's like that. [15:30] And it's going 45 feet high. And every window is covered. Every door is covered. [15:36] The roof is drone-proof. We have secure air handling systems. You know, bad things happen in [15:42] the air if you have bad people. We have biodefense all over. We have secure telecommunications [15:54] and communications all over. We have bomb shelters that we're building. We have a hospital [16:02] and very major medical facilities that we're building. We have all of these things. [16:10] So that's called, I'm allowed to continue building as necessary. [16:14] So think of that. [16:16] For the safety of the president. So we have all these things. So on that, we're okay. Where he's [16:24] totally wrong — and he made, you know, a statement, that's fine — but where we — I'll [16:28] give you an example. You have right here $300 to $400 million, depending on finishes. If I use [16:36] very expensive marble, if I use very expensive wall coatings, if I [16:41] could bring it up to $400 — otherwise, we're right now ahead of schedule. We're under budget. [16:47] But depending on finishes, from $300 to $400 million are being given by great people, [16:54] people that you all know — rich people, rich companies, big companies. They wanted to see [17:00] this built because every president literally for 150 years has needed a space like this. [17:05] Many of you have gone to the tent when we have a president of a big country or somebody being [17:11] honored of great distinction and they sit in a tent and if it rains you get soaked because the [17:16] The grass gets wet here very fast. [17:19] It's a very wet area. [17:21] They used to call it a wetland, [17:22] but I guess they don't do that for the White House, [17:24] but it's essentially a wetland. [17:26] And when it rains, you're in trouble. [17:28] The water can go up to three to four inches over their shoes. [17:31] It's not a good feeling for Prince, who was Prince Charles, [17:35] who will be here next couple of weeks. [17:39] It's King Charles who's a great guy. [17:41] We don't want him to sit in a pool of water. [17:45] And they've been wanting this for a hundred, [17:47] think of it, 150 years, and we're building it, [17:50] and it's covered perfectly. [17:52] What's not covered perfectly is the fact that the judge said, [17:55] we need congressional approval. [17:57] Many things have been built in the White House. [17:59] They haven't gotten congressional approval, [18:01] especially when the money is being not put up by the taxpayer. [18:05] The taxpayer is not putting up a dime. [18:07] This building was necessary for many years [18:10] by the fact that I've built many ballrooms, [18:12] and I've built many things, and I know how to build. [18:14] I'm not building the Federal Reserve [18:16] where the guy's spending $4 billion [18:17] for a tiny little building, $4 billion [18:21] for the Federal Reserve building. [18:24] That contractor is going to be one of the richest men [18:26] anywhere in the world after he finishes the Federal Reserve. [18:29] The man is totally incompetent. [18:31] Jerome, too late, Powell, is totally incompetent, [18:35] and he's got to get out of office pretty fast. [18:38] He's doing a bad job, but he's also done a bad job [18:40] in shepherding the construction of that building. [18:42] You know, they ripped down a part of that building, [18:44] and it was a nice, they say it's one of the nicest buildings [18:47] in Washington. [18:48] They ripped it down. [18:49] So we feel, and we don't feel, we know, [18:53] that congressional approval is not necessary [18:57] to put up a ballroom. [18:58] And many things have been built on the site. [19:00] They've never gotten congressional approval, [19:03] and especially when the money is all put up. [19:06] This is all donations by people that love our country, [19:10] that love the White House, and that feel it was very necessary. [19:13] The Press A couple of questions for you on Iran. [19:15] The first one affects Americans' gas prices. [19:18] Today, they hit $4. [19:20] The President Trump We're at $4, yeah, [19:22] and we have a country that's not going to be throwing [19:24] a nuclear weapon at us in six months. [19:26] The Press Of course, but Americans are feeling [19:27] the effects in the interim of this operation. [19:29] The President And they're also feeling a lot safer. [19:31] The Press What is the plan to bring them back down? [19:33] The President All I have to do is leave Iran, [19:35] and we'll be doing that very soon. [19:37] And they'll become tumbling down. [19:39] And stock prices were up today almost to a record [19:44] because they know two things. [19:46] Number one, we have a safe country. [19:48] We had to take a little detour because we had a madman named Khomeini, [19:53] who, sadly, is no longer with us. [19:55] And we had regime change already. [19:58] We've knocked out one regime. [19:59] Then we knocked out the second regime. [20:01] Now we have a group of people that's very — [20:03] that are very different. They're much more reasonable. [20:05] I think much more — much less radicalized. [20:08] It's a — we've had regime change. [20:10] We're dealing with people that are much more rational. [20:14] And it's very — it's amazing what we've done. [20:17] We had to make a little detour. [20:19] When the stock market broke all records just a few weeks ago, [20:24] when it hit 50,000 on the Dow, 7,000 on the S&P, [20:28] I said to the American people, [20:30] it's time that we have — make a little detour [20:32] because we have a madman that wants a nuclear weapon. [20:34] And if we did not come out with a B-2 bomber, [20:36] we would have a nuclear weapon right now. [20:38] We would — it would have been used — [20:40] it would have been used before this, before today. [20:43] And you may not be standing there asking that question, okay? [20:46] So I think we have a country that understands that. [20:49] I see CNN did a poll, and they talked about voters or MAGA voters. [20:53] And my poll came out at 100 percent. [20:56] Nobody — nobody covers that poll. [20:58] They had another poll where it was at 92 percent approval. [21:01] I think that the people understand it. [21:04] We'll be leaving very soon. [21:06] And if France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, [21:12] they'll go up through the Strait and — or most Strait. [21:17] They'll go right up there, and they'll be able to fend for themselves. [21:20] I think it'll be very safe, actually. [21:22] But we have nothing to do with that. [21:23] What happens to the Strait, we're not going to have anything to do with, [21:27] because these countries — China — China will go up, [21:30] and they'll fuel up their beautiful ships, and they'll leave, [21:33] and they'll take care of themselves. [21:34] There's no reason for us to do it. [21:36] We hit them hard. [21:37] We got rid of a lot of the radicalized lunatics along the Strait. [21:41] But if they want something — [21:42] but I would say that within two weeks, maybe — two weeks, maybe three, [21:49] we're hitting them very hard. [21:50] Last night, we knocked out tremendous amounts of missile-making facilities, [21:54] as you probably read or wrote. [21:57] We knocked out — [21:58] We'll be gone in two weeks, actually. [21:59] Excuse me? [22:00] Pardon me for interrupting. [22:01] We'll be — the U.S. will be gone or done with the war in two or three weeks? [22:02] I think in two or three weeks, yeah. [22:03] That really means that it is — [22:04] We'll leave, because there's no reason for us to do this. [22:07] Look, the problem with the Strait, a guy can take a mine, [22:11] drop it in the water, and say, oh, it's unsafe. [22:14] It's not like you're taking out an army or you're taking out a country or you're — [22:18] they can drop it. [22:19] Or you can take a machine gun from the Strait. [22:20] You can take it off the shore and shoot a little — [22:21] a few bullets on a ship. [22:23] Or maybe an over-the-shoulder missile, small missiles. [22:28] That's not for us. [22:30] That'll be for France. [22:32] That'll be for whoever's using the Strait. [22:34] But I think when we leave, probably that's all cleared up. [22:37] Today, I heard tremendous numbers of ships were sailing through. [22:41] We're negotiating with them right now. [22:43] They've been — [22:44] Again, we have had regime change. [22:46] Now, regime change was not one of the things I had as a goal. [22:49] I had one goal. [22:50] They will have a war. [22:51] They will have no nuclear weapon. [22:52] And that goal has been attained. [22:54] They will not have nuclear weapons. [22:57] But we're finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of [23:02] days longer, to do the job. [23:05] But we want to knock out every single thing they have. [23:07] Now, it's possible that we'll make a deal before that, because we'll hit bridges, and [23:12] we've hit some. [23:13] We'll hit some bridges. [23:14] We've got a couple of nice bridges in mind. [23:17] But if they come to the table, that'll be good. [23:20] But it doesn't matter. [23:21] Whether they come or not, we've set them back. [23:24] It'll take 15 to 20 years for them to rebuild what we've done to them. [23:28] They have no Navy. [23:29] They have no military. [23:31] They have no Air Force. [23:32] They have no telecommunications. [23:33] They have no anti-aircraft systems. [23:36] They have no leaders. [23:37] You know, their leaders are all gone. [23:39] That's why we have regime change. [23:40] We have nice new leaders. [23:41] Peter? [23:42] Thank you, President Trump. [23:43] You talked about how the ballroom needs to have a drone-proof roof. [23:46] Drone-proof, right. [23:47] There have been drone swarms flying over sensitive military bases. [23:48] And I think that's a good thing. [23:49] I think that's a good thing. [23:50] I think that's a good thing. [23:51] There have been some very, very good military installations in the U.S. over the last couple [23:54] weeks. [23:55] The reports are they don't look commercial, and they can't be jammed. [23:58] Is this another country's military? [24:00] I don't think so. [24:02] We have a great system of — do you notice that over the last four or five days you haven't [24:06] seen very many drone hits, right? [24:08] We have some unbelievable anti-drone weaponry that's incredible. [24:12] But you want to have, like, for instance, the ballroom. [24:14] We have a very powerful steel, very steel roof with other things in it. [24:20] And you want to have — if you're building a — [24:21] a building for security, like — just like is judge's opinion, you have to have security [24:25] for the president and the staff. [24:28] They have — you need heavy, strong ceilings. [24:32] You need seriously thick, bulletproof, ballistic glass. [24:38] And we have that. [24:40] Other buildings don't. [24:41] You know, modern — fairly modern buildings don't have that. [24:43] They have roofs that are weak, and they have regular glass windows. [24:46] There was this incident down at Barksdale, though, where apparently a whole swarm of [24:51] drones for a couple hours was over the flight line, and there's a lot of really important [24:55] planes down there. [24:57] How concerned are you that this is something that's — [25:00] Well, I'm not concerned. [25:01] Yeah. [25:02] I know about it. [25:03] They've checked that out, and they've gotten to the bottom of it. [25:07] You know, you have a lot of people now that fly these things all over the place, and we're [25:13] coming down very hard on them. [25:15] But we're able to take them out — militarily, we're able to take them out very easily. [25:19] And a new thing is lasers. [25:20] You know, the lasers are becoming very — [25:22] very effective. [25:24] You hit a drone and it melts in air. [25:26] It's a beautiful thing to see. [25:28] If it's coming at you, having a laser is a very nice thing. [25:31] But we have — there are methods of defending against — I mean, the advantage from the [25:36] standpoint of defense is they don't go very fast, relative to a F-22, that plane right [25:43] over there. [25:44] They go very slow. [25:46] They can be also shot out of the air by, you know, high-quality aircraft, which we have [25:50] more than anybody ever had. [25:51] There was a viral video this week — I don't know if you saw it — of Army helicopters [25:57] hovering near Kid Rock's house in Nashville. [25:58] Did you see that video? [25:59] I didn't see it, no. [26:00] But I'm sure they had a good time. [26:01] Well, so the Army just said the crews of these helicopters have been suspended. [26:02] What do you think of that? [26:03] Well, it depends. [26:04] Are they — well, they probably shouldn't have been doing it. [26:10] Yes, you're not supposed to be playing games, right? [26:12] But I'd take a look at it. [26:15] They like Kid Rock. [26:16] I like Kid Rock. [26:17] Maybe they were trying to defend him. [26:18] I don't know. [26:19] Does Iran have to make a decision? [26:20] Does Iran have to make a decision? [26:21] Does Iran have to make a deal for the U.S. to end its operation in Iran? [26:24] And have you spoken — [26:25] No, no. [26:26] Iran doesn't have to — [26:27] — and have you spoken directly — [26:28] Iran doesn't have to make a deal. [26:29] No. [26:30] Yeah, I've spoken to a lot of people. [26:32] It's a new regime. [26:33] They are much more accessible. [26:36] They are right. [26:37] You know, they said, we have a present for you, Mr. President, out of respect. [26:42] And they said — [26:43] I have a question. [26:44] Wait a minute. [26:45] Do you want me to answer the question? [26:46] You're a fresh person, you know. [26:47] We've had a lot of problems with you, haven't we? [26:49] No, they don't. [26:50] You asked me a question. [26:51] No, they don't. [26:51] They don't have to make a deal with me. [26:54] When we feel that they are, for a long period of time, put into the Stone Ages and they [27:00] won't be able to come up with a nuclear weapon, then we'll leave. [27:06] Whether we have a deal or not is irrelevant. [27:08] Now, it's possible that we'll have a deal because they want to make a deal. [27:12] They want to make a deal more than I want to make a deal. [27:15] But in a fairly short period of time, we'll be finished. [27:18] They will not be able to do a nuclear weapon for years. [27:22] And when they are ready, maybe in a long time from now, able to do a nuclear weapon, you'll [27:28] have a president that will be like me and that he will go there and he'll knock the [27:33] hell out of them again, because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. [27:36] They are very radicalized people. [27:38] They're very sick leaderships. [27:41] And I will say, though, that the leadership we're dealing with now — the new regime [27:45] — because we have a new regime, and the new regime is much better than the past. [27:50] Yeah. [27:51] I mean, the Iranian government threatened a bunch of U.S. companies today in the region, [27:56] including Google, Apple — [27:57] With what? [27:58] What did they threaten them with? [28:00] PP guns? [28:01] Or — [28:02] Well, that's a good question. [28:03] They don't have much left to threaten. [28:04] My question for you is, are you — [28:05] I don't know. [28:06] I mean, what are they — you made a statement. [28:09] What did they threaten them with? [28:10] I don't know. [28:12] Tell me. [28:13] How did they threaten them? [28:14] Well, all I know is that they threatened them, sir. [28:15] What does that mean? [28:16] Fair enough. [28:17] You said something nasty. [28:18] Do you have the government in touch with these companies? [28:20] Are you helping to backstop these companies? [28:21] You don't even know what the threat is. [28:22] I don't know what the threat is. [28:23] I don't even know what the threat was. [28:24] What was the threat? [28:25] I haven't heard it. [28:26] What was the threat? [28:27] Did they say they're going to blow them up? [28:28] They're going to hit them? [28:29] They're not — [28:30] They're not going to — [28:31] You know what they're not going to do? [28:32] They're not going to hit them with a nuclear weapon. [28:33] Yeah. [28:34] Is this something you're concerned about, sir? [28:35] No. [28:36] Iran's IRGC issued a warning that they will target 18 U.S. technology companies if the [28:41] U.S. continues targeted assassinations of Iranian leaders. [28:44] They're getting unable first. [28:45] Those companies — [28:46] Oh, really? [28:47] The video, Apple, Microsoft — [28:48] Most of those people are dead already. [28:49] Yeah, Peter? [28:50] I got one. [28:51] Your son, Eric, posted a post. [28:52] Yeah. [28:53] He posted a photo of what will be the Trump presidential library. [28:56] Yeah. [28:57] It's a huge skyscraper. [28:58] In Miami. [28:59] Is that all a library? [29:00] What else is going in there? [29:01] No, well, it's a library. [29:02] It's a museum or a library. [29:03] It's a presidential. [29:04] But I wouldn't start it until I'm out of office. [29:08] I don't believe in building libraries or museums. [29:10] It's really like the Barack Hussein Obama one in Chicago. [29:15] In not a good location, and it's a very unattractive building that's seriously late and seriously [29:21] over budget. [29:23] I think you're going to see a great one here, and it'll go up on time, on budget, best location [29:29] in Miami. [29:30] Best — they say it's the best block in Miami, and the state worked with it. [29:33] Will people live there? [29:34] Will people live in the floors? [29:35] No. [29:36] It's going to be most likely a hotel. [29:37] You know, this concept. [29:38] Could be office, but it's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath [29:43] and a 747, Air Force One, in the lobby, which is going to be a trick. [29:48] And the Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments about your executive order, [29:51] trying to get it. [29:52] Yeah. [29:54] You're going to get rid of birthright citizenship. [29:56] And I'm going. [29:58] You're going to go to the Supreme Court tomorrow. [29:59] I think so. [30:00] I do believe. [30:01] And just sit there and listen. [30:02] Because I have listened to this argument for so long, and this is not about Chinese billionaires [30:07] or billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children, or 59 children [30:13] in one case, or 10 children, becoming American citizens. [30:17] This was about slaves. [30:20] And if you take a look, slaves — we're talking about slaves from the Civil War. [30:24] And if you take a look at when it was filed, all of this legislation, all of this everything [30:30] having to do with birthright citizenship, it was at the end of the Civil War. [30:35] The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves and the protection of the babies [30:41] of slaves. [30:42] It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires and billionaires wanting [30:48] to have their children get an American citizenship. [30:51] It is the craziest thing I've ever seen. [30:53] It's been so badly handled by legal people over the years. [30:58] If you look at the original birthright citizenship papers, they all happened right after the [31:05] Civil War. [31:06] The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves. [31:10] And hopefully it's going to stay, because our country is being scammed. [31:15] We're getting all of these people. [31:17] They're selling the rights to them. [31:18] People are making a living, a big living, getting hundreds of thousands and even millions [31:23] of dollars. [31:24] And bringing people in and saying, congratulations, your whole family is going to be a citizen [31:30] of the United States of America, that's not what it was for. [31:34] It wasn't for billionaires bringing people in or family in. [31:37] It was for the children of slaves. [31:42] And what you really have to do, and I don't think the lawyers talk about it as much, look [31:47] at when the Civil War ended and look at the date of when this was enacted. [31:52] Okay. [31:53] Have you ever met a Supreme Court? [31:54] No. [31:55] Is this going to be the first time going to the Supreme Court? [31:57] No, I went once before, the opening of the Supreme Court and the last administration. [32:01] And which justices will you be listening for? [32:04] I love a few of them. [32:07] I don't like some others. [32:10] And you know, you say what you want, but you have the ones that were appointed by Barack [32:14] Hussein Obama and Biden. [32:17] I don't care how good your case is. [32:19] You can have the greatest case ever, and they're going to rule against you. [32:24] They always do. [32:25] And it's not supposed to be that way. [32:27] Now, the Republicans tend to... [32:29] be very different. [32:31] They want to show how honorable they are, so a man can appoint them and they can rule [32:36] against them. [32:37] It's so proud of it. [32:38] We're so proud we ruled against Trump. [32:40] We're so proud. [32:41] We're above it. [32:42] There are those that say that's wonderful. [32:46] And there are those that say they're so stupid, but the Democrats never fail at one thing. [32:55] When Barack Hussein Obama or when Biden appoints somebody, they go along that line. [33:00] You can have the greatest case in history. [33:02] History. [33:03] And almost, I guess I have to say almost, maybe I don't have to say it, almost without [33:10] fail, those people, four of them, sometimes five of them, but four of them, will vote [33:19] against you. [33:20] You don't have a chance. [33:21] You don't have a chance. [33:23] And that's not what the court system is. [33:24] Now, the Republican appointees tend to go... [33:28] And this has been long before me. [33:29] This has been for many years. [33:32] Some people would call it stupidity. [33:34] Some people would call it disloyal. [33:35] Some people would say they're right in doing it. [33:36] Some people would say they're right in doing it. [33:37] And I don't mind being right, but the other side almost never does it. [33:42] Almost. [33:43] I think you could find maybe a couple of instances. [33:45] Almost never does it. [33:46] When a Democrat appoints a judge, and I'm talking about judges, not just justices. [33:52] You go before some of these Democrat judges in Washington, D.C., you don't have a chance. [34:00] That's why I gave pardons to hundreds of people that were so badly treated having to do with [34:05] J6. [34:07] Yeah? [34:08] The Press. [34:09] No. [34:10] It's a same America act. [34:11] The next... [34:12] Oh, do you have a question? [34:13] Let's go. [34:14] You're right. [34:15] I didn't see you over there. [34:16] You've been so nice. [34:17] Here we go. [34:18] Now she's going to hit me with a bad one. [34:19] Go ahead. [34:20] On the same American act, Mr. President, do you still think it's going to pass? [34:21] Were you signed? [34:22] I don't know. [34:23] It's the craziest thing. [34:24] The Democrats are totally against it. [34:27] Again, they're unified. [34:29] I think maybe you would have Fetterman, who I have a lot of respect for, but the Democrats [34:34] are unified against it. [34:37] And you need Democrat votes unless you do something smart. [34:40] smart called the filibuster terminate the filibuster which they should do republicans [34:44] should do that but there are a couple of republicans that maybe they're not so smart [34:49] because the democrats will do it in the first day in office maybe the first hour it's a question [34:53] will be the first hour or the first day so uh who can who can believe that a person you can't even [35:02] get it to the floor that a person wouldn't vote for think of it for citizenship proof of citizenship [35:10] for voter identification and we also added one we added mail-in ballots mail-in ballots with [35:17] exceptions for the military for people that are sick people that are traveling for the disabled [35:24] we have very generous exceptions but who would believe that that would be possible not to get [35:29] those things to vote for then we added best of trump we added no men and women sports [35:35] different subject but we added that and we said no transgender utilization of our children [35:43] 90 95 maybe 98 in some cases maybe 99 in terms of if you those first two uh if you talk about [35:54] the first two i think you know i think i think in 98 99 percent voter identification right wouldn't [36:01] you think don't you think it's nice with picture wouldn't you think it's nice when the democrats [36:07] had their convention i remember it so well you had to have identification to get into the arena [36:14] and they had a [36:15] card that was bigger than most of their chests and it had everything it had their picture [36:20] it had and if you didn't have that card they threw you away in new york city recently we had big [36:27] snowstorm mayor mandami had he called out for people to shovel snow but you had to give [36:37] identification with picture if you didn't have and it wasn't one identification you had to have two [36:44] so to shovel snow in new york city you need identification double [36:49] with picture but to vote which is maybe our most cherished thing you don't need they don't want [36:56] voter id the democrats because they want to cheat the problem is we need their votes in order to get [37:01] it you need their votes and uh look they know their policy is so bad they know that if they [37:09] gave those votes they might never win another election so they're fighting like hell they're [37:14] actually fighting their for their survival because their policy the republicans have great policy [37:22] smart policy strong borders low interest rates low taxes we just gave you the largest tax cut in [37:28] history all these great policies you know we want a strong military look at our military we have the [37:33] strongest military look what happened in venezuela it was so incredible people said the greatest [37:40] military maneuver they've ever seen look what's happening in iran we're just i mean we're totally [37:46] unchecked everything's been bombed out they have no anti-aircraft protection they have known nothing [37:53] they don't have anything look at our military the democrats don't want that and when i read the fake [38:00] new york times you take a look at it it's like oh they're putting up a good fight they're not putting [38:05] up a fight they're not even shooting at us okay we have planes planes are just ruling the sky [38:12] we have airplanes those two those two we have air nice right lincoln with a little modern touch [38:21] the great benjamin franklin with a little modern touch but [38:25] think of it they are roaming the skies over teheran they're not even being shot at because [38:32] their equipment's been totally decimated they have nothing to shoot we have they have no navy they [38:39] have no anything and just think about this they have no navy they have no military they have no [38:45] nothing they're losing they admit they're losing they're begging to make a deal and if you read the [38:52] fake new york times a corrupt newspaper where i'm suing them and i think i should do very well [38:57] but you [38:58] almost think who's winning it's so fraudulent but just to finish up with the new york times [39:06] if you read the new york times prior to my election victory including the first one and [39:13] the second one too i won three times i went three times convincingly but let's go to the [39:20] third victory if you read the new york times you would say oh trump's going to lose but i [39:26] won in a landslide i won the popular vote i won the electoral college and a massive [39:31] number right massive i won the counties 86 of the counties i won all of these different things [39:39] winning the popular vote for republicans you know pretty amazing but if you read the new [39:44] york times for months and months and months you're hearing oh trump this was so badly [39:53] we have to straighten out our media the reason their circulation is way down the [39:57] new york times circulation you know has gone way down washington post is almost extinct uh the new york times is almost extinct [40:04] uh the papers that are being dishonest the papers generally people don't believe the media and to [40:12] finish i got 93 bad publicity some people say 97 but between 93 and 97 a person that gets 97 percent [40:23] of bad service maybe caroline's doing a poor job i don't know she's my representative you're doing [40:29] a terrible job should we keep everything we'll keep her but i get 93 to 97 percent bad press [40:35] Fake press, all fake. [40:38] I won in a landslide. [40:40] When you get 93 to 97 bad stories, bad press, [40:46] and you win in a landslide, you know what that says? [40:48] People don't believe the press. [40:51] And when people don't believe the press, [40:52] that's a very bad thing for our country. [40:55] And when you look at, let's say, the New York Times [40:56] or the Washington Post, their stories are so fake. [41:00] Wall Street Journal, too, a lot of bad stories. [41:03] I don't know what happened to them, but they're bad. [41:05] Their circulation went way down. [41:07] Wall Street Journal, I don't know if you saw the numbers [41:09] that came out yesterday. [41:10] New York Times, way down. [41:12] Wall Street Journal, way down. [41:14] Washington Post, number one, way down. [41:16] Because people don't believe them anymore. [41:19] And until they get — it's not the paper, it's not the — [41:22] it's that they have no credibility anymore, [41:25] which is a very sad thing for our country. [41:27] Thank you very much, everybody. [41:28] The Press Thank you, President Trump. [41:35] The President Thank you very much. [41:35] Thank you.