President Trump holds bilateral meeting with French President Macron: LIVE

[0:00] It was a deal where 1.7 billion in cash was put on a Boeing 7, well, not a 7, 757, I guess, right? [0:09] But it was put on a big, beautiful Boeing 757. [0:13] They needed a Boeing 747, to be honest with you, because it was a lot of cash. [0:18] 1.7 billion was taken out of the banks and given to Iran. [0:23] And on top of that, tens of billions of dollars was paid. [0:26] So they tried to bribe them to make a deal, and that didn't work. [0:30] It never works. [0:32] And we've done a great job, and hopefully it's going to be a good relationship, and we're going to get along. [0:40] And if we don't, we go back to where we started, but I don't think that's going to be necessary. [0:46] The Iran deal that we made is going to bring a lot of success to the world, [0:54] because the oil was really clogged up there for a while. [0:57] He would call me on occasion, say, come on, please, let's go with the oil prices. [1:01] But the oil is coming way down, so I'm very honored by it. [1:04] I want to thank you for your help. [1:07] You've always been a help, and it's an honor to be with you. [1:10] We had a very good conversation yesterday with President Zelensky and President Putin. [1:18] And I see maybe we can do something there. [1:22] I really do. [1:22] I think they're both open to it, so now that this is finished, we're going to be focusing [1:28] on that, see if we can get that one done. [1:31] 25,000 people a month are dying, mostly soldiers, and that shouldn't happen. [1:37] But I had two very good conversations yesterday. [1:39] We'll be talking about it. [1:42] And we had a really exciting, I think maybe one of the most incredible evenings in the [1:47] history of the White House. [1:48] We had an evening last night with the fighters, and I was very happy. [1:53] I called last night, very late last night, to congratulate you, because in the heavyweight [1:58] division, a French fighter won. [2:01] I don't know. [2:02] Is that maybe more important than the World Cup? [2:04] To some people, it might be. [2:05] You have a good team in the world, a very good team, but you have good fighters, too. [2:13] You're a great country, and it's an honor to be with you. [2:16] Thank you very much. [2:17] Hey, sir, are you going to try to attend the signing ceremony on Friday? [2:23] Well, it depends. [2:24] JD's coming in for it. [2:25] He was originally going to do it. [2:26] I'll probably be gone by then. [2:28] We're having dinner in a day and a half, right? [2:33] We're going to be staying quite late. [2:35] So I may be involved, I may not. [2:38] But JD was coming in for that, specifically. [2:41] President, when will the text of the MOU be released? [2:45] I think pretty soon. [2:48] I would say, I mean, I want it to be released, because it's a very powerful document. [2:52] It's not like the Obama document, which was just a terrible document. [2:58] This is a very powerful document, and I want it to be released. [3:02] So probably pretty soon. [3:03] I would say, sometime after Friday, because the strait opens completely. [3:09] It's open now, but it opens completely. [3:12] We'll have all the mines knocked out for the most part. [3:16] We have a lot of lanes right now already. [3:18] So I think sometime in the very near future, yeah. [3:24] Mr. President, does the deal involve any sanctions, really, for Iran? [3:29] When would that go into effect? [3:29] No, it doesn't. [3:30] Well, they have to. [3:31] It's really a behavioral thing. [3:33] If they do what they're supposed to do, that starts taking effect. [3:39] Mr. Macron, quel engagement est-vous prêt à prendre, on en apprendre, dans les trois [3:43] d'armouths, vous parlez du port-avion Charles de Gaulle? [3:46] Mr. President, what do you expect from France and... [3:50] Well, I would love them to do that. [3:52] I don't think we're going to need much help, because we have an agreement where it's going [3:55] to be open, and it's toll-free. [3:58] We had a little argument on that. [4:00] It's toll-free. [4:01] So I don't think we're going to need much help. [4:04] But I don't think it's a bad idea to have a ship or two up here from a few countries. [4:08] You'd be a great country to do it, because you never know what happens. [4:12] But I think it's going to be open, and I think it's going to be free-sailing. [4:17] We do want to see if we can straighten out the Lebanon thing, because it just seems to [4:22] just never end. [4:24] That's a mini version of what we were doing, but... [4:28] And it should not be tough. [4:30] It should not be tough. [4:30] So Hezbollah, we have to have a little talk with them. [4:43] The contribution, we're going to be able to have, from tomorrow, [4:47] hunters who are on the ground and who can take a mission to observation, [4:51] and, under 48 hours, ships who can, of course, be deployed. [4:55] And, under 2 or 3 days, the port-avion with the ships who accompany the whole group. [5:01] Of course, all this is supposed to be wanted and demanded by the United States [5:06] which is Iran-Omane, that is, the parties prenant of the accord and the 2 parties of the Détroit. [5:16] And we have agrégé, with the Britannic, a mission ad hoc, where already a vingtaine [5:22] of countries have given their concrete contributions and what they were able to do. [5:26] And we are 4 to be present in the region. [5:28] So, this is an offer. [5:30] We are available. [5:31] This is the support of the international community. [5:33] We have our desire to reopen this Détroit. [5:36] And, like the President said, maybe it will not be expected [5:39] and maybe it will not be necessary, but in any case, [5:41] it is a disposition that marks our desire to help, [5:48] support and our disponibility. [5:50] And we are ready. [5:51] Mr. McGee, you have a menace of the right? [5:52] No. [5:53] Mr. McGee. [5:54] No, we are there for discussing. [5:56] There are agreements that have been signed in advance. [5:58] Okay. Thank you. [6:00] Everyone. [6:01] Thank you. [6:06] Thank you. [6:09] Sorry. [6:11] Thank you. [6:14] Thank you. [6:15] Thank you. [6:16] Thank you. [6:17] Thank you. [6:18] Thank you. [6:19] Thank you. [6:20] Thank you. [6:22] Thank you. [6:28] Thank you.