President Trump: Iran is in a VERY BAD POSITION

[0:00] OKAY, WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US BACK HERE TO [0:03] THE WHITE HOUSE. [0:04] THANK YOU. [0:05] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT [0:07] WITH YOU IS IRAN. [0:08] OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW IT'S TOP OF MIND FOR YOU. [0:10] YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SAID YOU EITHER WANT A GOOD DEAL OR NO DEAL AT [0:13] ALL WITH IRAN. [0:14] SO WHAT DOES A GOOD DEAL LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? [0:17] WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO DEAL THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE [0:20] THE MEDIA WILL COVER IT. [0:21] WE'RE MAKING A GREAT DEAL. [0:22] WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT DEAL. [0:23] OR WE'LL JUST GO BACK AND FINISH IT OFF MILITARILY. [0:26] BUT THIS WOULD GO FASTER. [0:30] IT'S PROBABLY BETTER ON A HUMANE STANDPOINT. [0:32] THERE'S SOMETHING NICE ABOUT IT ALSO. [0:33] YOU SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. [0:35] WHETHER IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OR NOT, YOU SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. [0:38] BUT WE'RE CLOSE TO A VERY GOOD DEAL. [0:40] AND IF WE CAN MAKE IT GOOD, OTHERWISE WE JUST START UP WITH THE [0:43] DEPARTMENT OF WAR, AS WE CALL IT. [0:45] AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. [0:46] YOU SAW VENEZUELA. [0:47] IT WAS A ONE-DAY WIN. [0:49] AND THIS IS REALLY A WIN ALREADY. [0:51] WE'VE DEFEATED THEIR MILITARY. [0:53] ESSENTIALLY DEFEATED THEIR MILITARY. [0:55] I WOULD RATHER GET A DEAL BECAUSE WE CAN OPEN THE STRAIGHT [0:58] IMMEDIATELY UPON SIGNING. [1:00] THE ONE GUARANTEE THAT I HAVE TO HAVE IS THAT THERE WILL BE NO [1:04] NUCLEAR WEAPONS. [1:05] THEY'VE AGREED TO THAT. [1:06] AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. [1:08] THEY ORIGINALLY SAID WE WILL NOT DEVELOP A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [1:12] I SAID, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BUY A NUCLEAR WEAPON? [1:14] SO NOW IT SAYS WE WILL NOT DEVELOP OR IN ANY WAY PURCHASE A [1:18] MILITARY WEAPON. [1:19] THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. [1:20] SO WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE WANT SLOWLY. [1:23] VERY TOUGH NEGOTIATORS. [1:24] IT TAKES A LONG TIME. [1:26] I'M IN NO HURRY. [1:27] I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M IN A HURRY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GASOLINE [1:30] PRICES ARE GOING TO COME TUMBLING DOWN. [1:32] BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A HURRY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A [1:34] GOOD DEAL. [1:35] AND SLOWLY BUT SHURELY WE'RE GETTING I THINK WHAT WE WANT. [1:39] AND IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT, WE'RE GOING TO END IT A [1:41] DIFFERENT WAY. [1:42] SO THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED [1:45] THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN A DEFENSIVE POSITION AGAINST [1:49] IRAN. [1:50] THEY'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVE TO SOME EXTENT. [1:51] AND WE'VE BEEN DEFENSIVE. [1:52] IS THERE A LINE THAT THEY WOULD CROSS FOR YOU TO GO ON THE [1:55] OFFENSIVE AGAIN MILITARILY? [1:56] WELL, A DEAL THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE GOOD FOR US IS THE LINE [1:59] ULTIMATELY. [2:00] BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M PLAYING IT OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE. [2:02] AND THAT'S WHAT I DO. [2:03] I NEGOTIATE. [2:04] THEY NEGOTIATE. [2:05] THEY'RE VERY GOOD NEGOTIATORS. [2:06] THEY'RE CRAFTY. [2:12] WE'VE DEFEATED THEM MILITARILY. [2:14] LOOK, THEY HAVE NO NAVY. [2:15] EVERY SHIP, THEY HAVE 159 SHIPS. [2:17] EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. [2:20] EVERY SINGLE ONE. [2:21] WE TAKE PICTURES OF THEM. [2:22] WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING DOWN TAKING PICTURES OF HUNDREDS OF SHIPS. [2:25] THEIR NAVY IS TOTALLY GONE, 100%. [2:27] THEIR AIR FORCE IS TOTALLY GONE, 100%. [2:30] THEIR MILITARY, WE SORT OF LEFT IT ALONE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THEIR [2:35] MILITARY IS SOMEWHAT MODERATE. [2:37] THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT AREN'T MODERATE. [2:39] WE'VE TAKEN THEM OUT. [2:40] WE'VE TAKEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF LEADERSHIP OUT. [2:42] WE'VE ACTUALLY LEFT THEIR MILITARY ALONE. [2:44] PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT. [2:46] BECAUSE MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE IN WARS WHERE YOU WIPE OUT EVERYBODY [2:49] AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUNTRY THAT FOR 40 YEARS CAN NEVER REBUILD. [2:53] YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH IRAQ. [2:56] WE DID SO BAD. [2:57] IT WAS SUCH A FOOLISH THING WHAT WE DID. [2:59] WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, BY THE WAY. [3:02] AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN IRAN. [3:04] BUT IRAN HAS THE CAPABILITY. [3:07] IF WE DIDN'T HIT THEM WITH THE B-2 BOMBERS NINE MONTHS AGO, THEY [3:11] WOULD HAVE A NUCLEAL WEAPON RIGHT NOW AND IT WOULD BE A WHOLE [3:14] DIFFERENCE. [3:15] YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ISRAEL. [3:17] BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A MIDDLE EAST. [3:20] AND THEN WHERE DO THEY GO FROM THERE? [3:22] AND YOU GET TO SEE THAT WHEN YOU SEE THAT WHEN WE WENT BACK, THEY [3:26] HAD MISSILES AIMED AT QUATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UAE, KUWAIT, [3:30] BARAIN. [3:31] THEY ALL GOT HIT. [3:32] AND WE WERE SURPRISED. [3:33] I WAS SURPRISED. [3:34] ACTUALLY, I VIEWED IT AS A POSITIVE BECAUSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE [3:37] CAME IMMEDIATELY TO OUR SIDE. [3:38] THEY GOT HIT. [3:39] NOW, THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER VIEW. [3:41] THEY COULD HAVE SAID, WELL, WE WANT NO PART OF IT. [3:43] NOT THAT THEY LIKE IT, BUT THEY CAME TO OUR SIDE. [3:48] AND IRAN IS IN A VERY BAD POSITION. [3:51] THEY HAVE NO MILITARY. [3:52] ALL THEY HAVE IS GOOD TALK AND THEY HAVE A FAKE PRESS. [3:55] YOU KNOW, THE FAKE NEWS IS PROBABLY THEIR BIGGEST ASSET. [3:59] AND I PUT SOMETHING OUT ON TRUTH THE OTHER DAY THAT I THINK WAS [4:02] VERY PROFOUND. [4:03] IT SAID THAT WE WIPE OUT THEIR MILITARY. [4:07] WE WIPE OUT THEIR NAVY, THEIR AIR FORCE, THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT. [4:11] WE WIPE OUT EVERYTHING. [4:12] WE WIPE OUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEN WE WIPE OUT THEIR [4:15] LEADERSHIP A SECOND TIME. [4:17] AND THEN A TWO AND A HALF TIME, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE OTHER HALF. [4:20] AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE MUCH MORE REASONABLE. [4:22] AND YOU COULD SAY THAT'S REGIME CHANGE. [4:24] BUT I SAID SO THEY WOULD THEN RAISE THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER. [4:28] WE GIVE UP TO THE GREAT AMERICAN MILITARY, THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY. [4:32] WE GIVE UP, WE GIVE UP, WE GIVE UP. [4:34] THE NEW YORK TIMES WOULD SAY IRAN HAS FOUGHT BRAVELY AND HAS DEFEATED [4:40] THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [4:42] I MEAN, THE COVERAGE IS SO BAD. [4:44] YOU HAVE A BIG WIN IN A BATTLE. [4:46] AND THEY SAY YOU LOST. [4:47] YOU KNOCK OUT THEIR ENTIRE NAVY. [4:49] AND THEY SAY THEIR NAVY IS DOING FANTASTICALLY. [4:53] NO. [4:54] IT WAS DEFEATED. [4:55] TOTALLY DEFEATED. [4:56] AND THEN THEY SAY IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE THING FOR OUR COUNTRY. [4:59] AND, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY BE GREAT, YOU NEED A FAIR MEDIA. [5:02] AND WE DON'T HAVE A FAIR MEDIA. [5:03] I MEAN, THAT'S ALL THEY CAN DO IS LIE. [5:04] WELL, THAT'S THE DEMOCRATS. [5:05] THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GO ON. [5:06] THEY'RE DEMOCRATS. [5:07] THEY HAVE NO POLICY. [5:08] THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GO ON. [5:09] THEY'RE DEMOCRATS. [5:10] THEY HAVE NO POLICY. [5:11] WE HAVE A NEW NAME FOR THEM. [5:12] YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS. [5:13] I CALL THEM. [5:14] I WILL ALWAYS CALL THEM UNTIL THEY STRAIGHTEN UP DEMOCRATS. [5:16] BECAUSE THEY WANT WOMEN TO BE PUT IN DANGER BY HAVING MEN PLAY IN WOMEN'S [5:23] SPORTS. [5:24] THINK OF IT. [5:25] THEY WANT THE TRANS GENDER MUTILIZATION OF YOUR CHILDREN. [5:28] THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS. [5:30] WE WANT OPEN BORDERS. [5:31] THEY WANT HIGH TAXES. [5:33] YOU KNOW, THEY VOTED AGAINST THE TAX CUTS. [5:36] THEY VOTED AGAINST NO TAXES ON TIPS. [5:38] THEY VOTED AGAINST NO TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY. [5:40] THEY VOTED AGAINST NO TAXES ON OVERTIME. [5:42] THESE HAVE BEEN SO IMPORTANT. [5:44] BUT THE DEMOCRATS, THE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST ALL OF THAT. [5:48] BUT WE CALL THEM DEMOCRATS. [5:50] AND IT WORKS OUT WELL BECAUSE I TAKE THE WORD DUMB. [5:52] TAKE THE B OFF BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, [5:54] YOU KNOW, DUMB ENDS WITH A B. [5:56] BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. [5:58] AND ALL I DO IS I SWITCH THE E WITH A U. [6:00] AND YOU HAVE A DEMOCRAT. [6:01] AND I CAME UP WITH THAT BY WATCHING HAKIM JEFFRIES [6:04] BECAUSE HE'S A DUMB PERSON. [6:06] AND I SAID, HE'S REALLY DUMB. [6:07] I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, HE'S A DEMOCRAT. [6:09] SO I THINK IT WORKS. [6:10] I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS POCA HONTUS [6:12] OR FAKE NEWS OR SO MANY OF THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH. [6:15] BUT, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO JUST CALL THEM DEMOCRATS [6:19] BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN BE SO STUPID. [6:22] IMAGINE IF YOU COULD HAVE TIMED THINGS PERFECTLY. [6:26] HAVING A CONFLICT JUST IN FRONT OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AT A TIME [6:29] LIKE THIS ISN'T IDEAL. [6:30] YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE HIGH GAS PRICES. [6:32] YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN WILLING TO DO THE HARD THINGS. [6:36] THE THINGS THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE, [6:39] BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO DO THEM. [6:41] YOU HAVE TAKEN THEM ON. [6:42] AND IRAN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. [6:44] YOU HAVE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MIDTERMS, [6:48] YOU HAVE THE ELECTIONS. [6:49] WELL, THAT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS EVERY TWO YEARS. [6:52] SO YOU HAVE REALLY A VERY SMALL WINDOW. [6:54] SO IF YOU WANTED TO PLAY THAT GAME, THEN YOU WOULD WAIT TILL THE MIDTERMS ARE OVER. [6:58] AND THEN THE FOLLOWING HOUR, YOU'LL ATTACK IRAN BECAUSE THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [7:03] MOST PEOPLE AGREE WITH ME ON THAT. [7:05] BUT THEN IT GETS MAYBE CARRIED INTO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ELECTION, WHETHER IT'S A MIDTERM OR NOT. [7:10] SO YOU HAVE A VERY SHORT WINDOW FOR DOING ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH WAR. [7:15] BUT I DON'T VIEW THAT WINDOW. [7:16] I VIEW IT, I HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. [7:19] WHEN I ATTACKED VENEZUELA, IT WAS REALLY, I WAS HIT HARD. [7:24] NOW, I DID THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO OUR COUNTRY IN TERMS OF SENDING PRISONERS IN AND DRUGS IN AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. [7:31] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DRUGS DOWN 97%, FENTANYL AND VARIOUS DRUGS DOWN 97% ON DRUGS COMING IN BY WATER. [7:37] NOW WE'RE STARTING THE LAND AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER. [7:40] THE LAND IS MUCH EASIER. [7:41] YOU KNOW, THE DRUG, THE DRUG BOATS THAT ARE FOR THE MOST PART NO LONGER WITH US. [7:46] IN FACT, THE 3% WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD DO THAT. [7:49] I MEAN, THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T WATCH TELEVISION OR DON'T WATCH THE NEWS. [7:53] BUT THAT WAS VERY UNPOPULAR. [7:55] AS SOON AS THEY WON, IT BECAME UNBELIEVABLY POPULAR. [7:59] WELL, WE'RE WINNING IRAN. [8:01] IT'S A TOTAL WIN FOR US. [8:02] I MEAN, WE HAD TO DO IT. [8:03] LOOK, TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, THE STRAIGHT HAS TO BE OPENED IMMEDIATELY. [8:07] IT HAS TO BE FREE, NO TOLLS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. [8:10] AND NUMBER TWO IS THEY CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [8:12] THAT'S ALL THERE IS. [8:13] IT'S VERY SIMPLE. [8:14] AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE. [8:17] AND WE DON'T NEED THE STRAIGHT. [8:18] YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE. [8:20] SO WE PRODUCE NOW BECAUSE OF US, ME, WE PRODUCE MORE OIL THAN SAUDI ARABIA AND [8:26] RUSSIA COMBINED TIMES TWO. [8:30] THINK OF THAT. [8:31] WE DOUBLE WHAT THEY DID. [8:33] ADD SAUDI ARABIA AND RUSSIA, MULTIPLY IT TIMES TWO. [8:36] AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER. [8:38] WE'RE THE OIL SUPERPOWER. [8:39] FAR GREATER THAN EVEN SAUDI ARABIA, EVEN RUSSIA. [8:42] BUT YOU ADD THEM UP. [8:43] THESE ARE TWO BIG MONSTERS. [8:44] YOU ADD THEM UP. [8:45] AND WE DOUBLE IT. [8:46] WE HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY. [8:47] WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. [8:49] WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT ARE UNBELIEVABLE. [8:51] AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS. [8:54] I MEAN, I NEVER GET SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS. [8:56] THEY WON'T. [8:57] IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN IT WAS. [8:58] IT USED TO BE THEY'D GET TOGETHER, THEY'D HAVE LUNCH, [9:00] THEY'D FIGHT A LITTLE BIT, THEY'D HAVE BIPARTISAN. [9:02] I'M NOT SURE THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO DIFFERENT. [9:06] I WANT CLOSED BORDERS. [9:07] I WANT PEOPLE COMING IN LEGALLY. [9:09] THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS. [9:10] THEY WANT EVERY CRIMINAL IN THE WORLD TO POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY. [9:13] THERE ARE 25 MILLION PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM WERE CRIMINALS. [9:16] 11,888 WERE MURDERERS. [9:19] MOST OF THEM COMMITTED MORE THAN ONE MURDER. [9:21] I DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR COUNTRY. [9:22] I'M SORRY. [9:23] AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE TRANSGENDER, [9:26] TRANSGENDER MUTALIZATION OF YOUR CHILDREN. [9:28] THEY WANT THAT. [9:29] THEY WANT MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. [9:31] THEY WANT ALL THESE THINGS. [9:33] SO I DON'T KNOW. [9:34] PEOPLE SAY CAN YOU EVER GET TOGETHER? [9:35] I DON'T KNOW. [9:36] YOU KNOW, THE POLICIES ARE SO DIFFERENT. [9:38] I WANT BORDERS. [9:39] THEY DON'T WANT BORDERS. [9:40] THEY WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT. [9:43] I HAVE TO PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT. [9:45] THEN I HAVE PROTECTED IT. [9:46] BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT. [9:47] WE'VE DONE REALLY A LOT. [9:49] AND MORE PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW [9:52] THAN AT ANY TIME EVER BEFORE. [9:54] WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WORKING. [9:56] WE HAVE $18 TRILLION AS YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES. [9:59] I SAY IT ALL THE TIME. [10:00] NOW I HAVEN'T INCLUDED THE 12TH MONTH. [10:02] BUT FOR 11 MONTHS WE HAVE $18 TRILLION COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY. [10:07] BIDEN IN FOUR YEARS HAD LESS, A LOT LESS THAN $1 TRILLION. [10:11] AND IF THEY, I WILL SAY THIS, IF THEY WON THIS ELECTION, [10:15] I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE A COUNTRY ANYMORE.