President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting, Mar. 19, 2026

[0:05] The Press Well, thank you very much, everybody. [0:21] It's great to have you. [0:22] And we have a very special person, [0:24] just won a tremendous election [0:26] in a record-setting fashion. [0:29] So you have something in common. [0:31] And I was very proud and honored [0:33] to endorse the Prime Minister [0:36] because of the fact that I felt she was really good. [0:39] I thought she did a fantastic job. [0:41] I respect her a lot, so I gave her an endorsement. [0:44] And she had the most successful election, [0:50] in my opinion, in the history of Japan. [0:53] Won by the most ever. [0:55] So we have a very popular, powerful woman. [0:58] And she's a great woman. [0:59] We have a very fine relationship. [1:01] And we're going to be talking about trade [1:03] and many other things. [1:06] And it's an honor to have you. [1:08] Thank you very much. [1:10] Prime Minister Yamamoto Thank you very much. [1:13] I would like to thank all the ladies [1:15] who participated in the event. [1:17] And thank you very much for the opportunity [1:19] to meet this special person. [1:20] She is the one who helped me [1:22] win this historic election. [1:24] I think that she and I have something in common. [1:27] We have a great connection, [1:29] and that's why I sent a message of support to her. [1:33] She is a wonderful person, [1:34] and I also respect her from the bottom of my heart. [1:38] In the history of Japan, [1:39] she won the most wonderful election in history. [1:44] Thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me to the White House today. [1:56] My visit is timely, so given the current situation, I will go ahead and speak to you. [2:10] Oh, please, yes, absolutely. [2:12] You have a very good interpreter who I've known for a long time. [2:17] We've changed that, right? [2:29] Right now, situations in the Middle East and also the entire world, [2:36] we are actually experiencing a very severe security environment. [2:43] And also the global economy is now about to experience a huge hit because of this development. [3:08] But even against that backdrop, [3:11] I firmly believe that it is only you, [3:14] Donald, who can achieve peace across the world. [3:26] And to do so, I am ready to reach out to many of the partners in the international community [3:34] to achieve our objective together. [3:40] So today, I came here at the White House to directly convey this message to you. [3:45] Thank you. [3:46] And speaking of the situation in Iran, [4:00] Iran's development of nuclear weapons must never be allowed. [4:05] And that is why we, Japan, have been urging them [4:09] and also reaching out to other partners in the world. [4:12] Thank you. [4:13] Thank you. [4:14] Thank you. [4:15] Please take one. [4:16] In addition, Japan has condemned Iran's actions, [4:20] such as attacking the neighboring region, [4:27] and also the de facto or effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. [4:36] As a matter of fact, my fellow minister, Minister Motegi, [4:42] for mentioning the situation in Iran. [4:43] of Minister Motegi. Foreign Minister Motegi also had the direct exchange with the Iranian [4:50] foreign minister and urged Iran to stop such activities. [4:54] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI Yeah, you let me know. You let me know. [5:13] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And also the security environment in the Indo-Pacific [5:26] region is also becoming increasingly severe. Donald, you have shown deep trust in Japan [5:34] and also the unwavering commitment to the Japan-U.S. alliance. Once again, thank you [5:38] very much for that. [5:41] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI [5:44] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And today, I look forward to having a discussion [5:52] on how we can cooperate to make our two nations, both Japan and the United States, stronger [5:59] and more prosperous. [6:00] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:10] energy market. [6:11] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:14] energy market. [6:15] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:16] energy market. [6:17] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:18] energy market. [6:19] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:20] energy market. [6:21] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:22] energy market. [6:23] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:24] energy market. [6:25] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:26] energy market. [6:27] FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI And I also brought specific proposals to calm down the global [6:29] energy market. [6:30] I really look forward to having our discussion, particularly focusing on our collaboration [6:36] in economic security in the important areas such as energy and rare earth minerals. [6:42] And also, I look forward to discussing with you how we can make our two economies stronger [6:49] moving forward. [6:50] Thank you very much. [6:51] SECRETARY KERRY, Thank you very much. [6:52] And you're doing a great job. [6:54] Again, congratulations on the biggest win in the history of Japan. [6:58] That's not bad. [6:59] That's a pretty long history. [7:01] That's a large nation with a really great reputation, but it's a tremendous victory. [7:09] Congratulations to everybody. [7:10] I'm very proud of you. [7:11] I'm very proud of you. [7:15] We've become friends, and I'm very proud of the job you've done. [7:18] It's not easy. [7:20] Any questions? [7:21] Mr. President, are you fully satisfied with the level of support that you're getting from [7:22] Japan on Iran, including around the 9-11 crisis? [7:23] SECRETARY KERRY, Thank you. [7:24] Thank you. [7:25] Thank you. [7:26] Thank you. [7:27] Thank you. [7:28] Thank you. [7:29] Thank you. [7:30] Thank you. [7:30] Thank you. [7:31] Thank you. [7:38] Well, we're going to be speaking about it today. [7:48] Go ahead, you can go. [7:49] SECRETARY KERRY, We're doing – we're going to be speaking about it today. [7:50] We've had tremendous support and relationship with Japan on everything, and I believe that [7:54] based on statements were given to us yesterday, the day before yesterday, having to do with [8:00] Japan. [8:01] they are really stepping up to the plate. [8:04] Yes. [8:15] Unlike NATO. [8:19] Please. [8:20] Mr. President, do you intend to lift sanctions on Iranian oil, [8:23] and do you intend to potentially put U.S. troops [8:26] or more troops in the region? [8:28] No, I'm not putting troops anywhere. [8:31] If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you, [8:34] but I'm not putting troops. [8:35] And we will do whatever is necessary to keep the price as low. [8:41] I actually thought when I did this, [8:43] that the Dow just hit 50,000 a couple of weeks ago. [8:47] They said that couldn't happen for four years. [8:49] It wouldn't happen in my term. [8:51] It's such an outrageous thing because I said it would happen. [8:54] I didn't know it was going to happen that fast. [8:56] But it just hit 50,000, and we did that in one year, not four. [9:00] S&P had just hit 7,000. [9:04] They said that was even more impossible than the Dow hitting 50. [9:08] And we did that in one year. [9:09] So it's all done. [9:11] Everything was going great. [9:12] The economy was great. [9:13] Oil prices were very low. [9:15] Gasoline was dropping to, I mean, we had $1.99, $1.85. [9:20] We had great everything. [9:22] And I saw what was happening in Iran, and I said, [9:25] I hate to make this excursion, but we're going to have to do it. [9:29] And I actually thought the numbers would be worse. [9:31] I thought that it would go up more than it did. [9:35] But we're doing this excursion, and when it's completed, [9:38] we're going to have a much safer world. [9:40] And the Prime Minister agrees with me on this. [9:43] She considers it to be terrible what Iran did. [9:45] I think every country does. [9:46] Just about every country does. [9:48] Iran is a serious threat to the world, to the Middle East and to the world. [9:52] And everybody agrees with me. [9:54] I think virtually every country agrees with me on that. [9:57] So I wanted to put out that fire. [10:01] And I said, you know, we do that. [10:03] Oil prices. [10:04] Oil prices will go up. [10:04] The economy will go down a little bit. [10:06] I thought it would be worse. [10:08] Much worse, actually. [10:09] I thought there was a chance it could be much worse. [10:11] It's not bad. [10:12] And it's going to be over with pretty soon. [10:13] We've obliterated the Navy. [10:15] We've obliterated their just about everything there is to obliterate, [10:20] including leadership. [10:21] Their Navy is gone. [10:22] Their Air Force is gone. [10:23] Their anti-aircraft equipment is gone. [10:25] We're flying wherever we want, Pete. [10:28] We have nobody even shooting at us. [10:30] They have, I mean, and as you know, [10:34] their leadership is gone. [10:37] Their leaders are gone. [10:38] They pick new leaders, they're gone. [10:40] They pick new leaders, they're gone. [10:42] And now they're looking for new leaders again. [10:45] We can take out the island anytime we want. [10:50] I call it the little oil island that sits there, [10:52] so totally unprotected. [10:54] And we've taken out everything but the pipes. [10:57] We left the pipes because to rebuild the pipes [10:59] would take years for, you know, for them to do. [11:03] But we are, I would say, [11:06] we are substantially ahead of schedule. [11:09] And I had to do this. [11:10] I had to, I call it an excursion. [11:12] I had to take this little excursion and do something [11:16] that no other president had the courage to do. [11:19] And everybody wanted to do it, [11:20] but they never had the courage to do. [11:21] And I don't blame them. [11:23] I'm not blaming them. [11:25] It was left to me and we've done a great job. [11:26] Our military is incredible. [11:28] We have an incredible military. [11:30] We have the strongest military in the world by far. [11:33] We have the greatest equipment in the world by far. [11:35] In fact, Japan buys, [11:36] our equipment buys a lot of it. [11:38] And we're honored by that. [11:40] And that's one of the things we'll be talking. [11:42] They want to buy a lot of the military equipment. [11:45] So it's just an honor to have the Prime Minister. [11:47] We've had a tremendous relationship. [11:49] Okay. [11:50] The Press I think she's going [11:53] to have to go first before you go. [11:56] Is that okay? [11:58] Do you understand? [11:59] It's very good, I'll tell you. [12:02] I mean, it's so nice that we don't have to sit. [12:04] No, it's very good. [12:06] I haven't, I haven't picked up your language. [12:08] The next time you come, I'll have your language mastered. [12:12] All right, go ahead. [12:16] The Press Why is the Pentagon going to ask Congress [12:19] for an additional $200 billion? [12:21] The President Well, we're asking for a lot of reasons [12:23] beyond even what we're talking about in Iran. [12:27] This is a very volatile world. [12:30] And the military equipment, the power of some of this weaponry [12:35] is unthinkable. [12:37] You don't even want to know about it. [12:39] Oh, you could end this thing. [12:40] Two seconds if you wanted to, but we are being very judicious. [12:47] What we want to do, don't forget, Biden gave away. [12:50] I rebuilt the military my first time. [12:52] Biden gave away so stupidly to Afghanistan a lot. [12:57] He didn't want to move it. [12:58] He was too lazy, too stupid to move it. [13:00] But it was a very small amount. [13:03] It was a lot, but it was very small relative [13:05] to what I purchased and what I built. [13:08] We want to have a good, we want to have a vast [13:10] amounts of ammunition, which we have right now. [13:14] We have a lot of ammunition. [13:15] But it was taken down by giving so much to Ukraine. [13:19] They gave so much. [13:21] You know, Biden gave $350 billion worth of cash [13:24] and military equipment to Ukraine, [13:27] and he didn't rebuild anything. [13:29] Fortunately, we have a lot. [13:31] We have a tremendous, unlimited supply of what you'd call [13:34] middle and upper middle armaments and military equipment. [13:41] But munitions, armaments, but munitions in particular. [13:45] At the high end, we have a lot, but we're preserving it. [13:48] We don't really need it. [13:50] But we're building. [13:51] Our manufacturers of military equipment are building [13:55] at a level they've never seen before, [13:56] they've never done before. [13:57] Pete's in charge of it with all of us, really. [14:01] But Pete's been very, very strong on it. [14:04] The general and Pete, myself, the whole group. [14:07] And Raytheon is building four factories. [14:10] Lockheed is building five. [14:11] We're six factories. [14:12] And they're building them fast because we had a very tough meeting with them. [14:17] They were going out and buying, buying back stock for $51 billion in one case. [14:22] They spent $51 billion buying back stock. [14:25] Now they're not allowed to do that. [14:27] And they are now building a tremendous — [14:31] there's never been anything like it, what's taking place right now. [14:35] So we're in very good shape, but we want to be in the best shape, [14:39] the best shape we've ever been in. [14:40] We were that. [14:41] You know, when I read that, [14:42] he built the military, we were in great shape, [14:43] and then Biden blew it. [14:45] And he didn't do anything. [14:46] He didn't build — he didn't do anything. [14:49] And if you listen to the Democrats, [14:50] they don't even want to have a military. [14:52] Now you see how important it is. [14:55] But we have the strongest military in the world. [14:59] We have the best equipment. [15:00] We make by far the best equipment. [15:01] The other night, they had 114 rockets shot at a certain location. [15:07] And out of 100 — highly sophisticated rockets, [15:10] out of 114 sophisticated rockets, [15:12] we have the best equipment. [15:13] Every single one of them was shot down with our equipment. [15:17] All our equipment. [15:18] It's amazing, actually, how good it is. [15:20] So we want to be sure. [15:21] And it's a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy-top. [15:24] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [15:26] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [15:27] The Press The last thing, Mr. President, you said — [15:29] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [15:29] The Treasury Secretary this morning said [15:30] there were defections among Iranian leadership. [15:33] Are you aware of that? [15:33] And is there anybody the U.S. can work with [15:36] as a leader going forward? [15:37] The President Well, we have a man named [15:38] the Treasury Secretary here, so maybe he wants to discuss it. [15:42] Does anybody know — do you know? [15:43] Do you know who he is? [15:44] Central casting. [15:46] The Press Yeah. [15:49] So, and we are seeing the defections at all levels [15:53] as they're starting to sense what's going on with the regime. [15:57] It doesn't get reported here in the U.S. very well, [16:00] but we are trouncing them from the air, [16:03] and the regime will probably collapse within itself. [16:06] At Treasury, we've seen where they've wired their money [16:08] out of the country. [16:09] We're coming for that. [16:10] We're going to get it back to the Iranian people. [16:13] The President And are you seeing [16:13] defections — [16:14] The Press Yes, sir. [16:14] The Press On Israel, have you talked — [16:16] The President There's a lot of military defections also. [16:18] You have a lot of military defections in Iran. [16:21] I don't hate — I don't blame them. [16:23] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [16:24] Have you talked to Prime Minister Netanyahu [16:26] about attacking the oil and gas fields? [16:28] The President Yeah, I did. [16:29] I did. [16:29] I told him, don't do that. [16:31] And he said, we'll do that. [16:32] We didn't discuss. [16:33] You know, we do — we're independent. [16:36] We get along great. [16:38] It's coordinated. [16:39] But on occasion, he'll do something, [16:41] and if I don't like it — and so we're not doing that. [16:44] The Press And the last one, if I could. [16:45] The Fed chairman told me yesterday that he plans to [16:48] stay until a new Fed chairman is confirmed. [16:52] He also plans to stay on the board until the [16:54] investigation into the Federal Reserve is done. [16:55] The President Well, he's under investigation [16:57] because he's building a building for hundreds of [16:59] billions of dollars more than it's supposed to cost. [17:02] The building you see over there is under budget and [17:05] ahead of schedule. [17:06] That's the ballroom. [17:08] The ballroom is a much bigger building. [17:10] It's a much more complex building than what he's [17:13] doing. [17:13] It's at a fraction of the cost. [17:16] Something is going on, whether it's contractors. [17:18] That's what I do best in the world. [17:20] I build. [17:20] I build great buildings. [17:21] I've always done it. [17:23] And I build them under budget and ahead of [17:25] schedule. [17:26] They could have $4 billion — this is a [17:29] renovation job — for $4 billion. [17:32] And if you look at the building, it's not even — [17:33] I don't know if Kevin Warsh is ever going to be [17:36] able to move into it. [17:37] It's been under construction for years. [17:40] It's the most expensive building ever built. [17:44] Now. [17:44] I know it's grossly incompetent, because I [17:46] happen to think he's grossly incompetent. [17:48] Today, certainly, you should be lowering [17:50] interest rates. [17:51] All right? [17:51] Certainly. [17:52] Who would not lower them? [17:54] But he's stubborn, and he's got Trump [17:56] derangement syndrome. [17:58] But a lot of people have that. [17:59] You know, it's not a curable disease. [18:01] But he's also building — he should be [18:05] lowering rates immediately. [18:07] But he won't do that because he's — he's a [18:10] stubborn, incompetent person. [18:12] And that's a bad thing, you know. [18:14] When you're stubborn and incompetent, you're not [18:15] a smart person. [18:16] You're not a smart person. [18:17] You're not a smart person. [18:18] I think it's the worst combination. [18:19] I think it's the worst combination. [18:20] And he's also not a smart person. [18:21] But he's building a complex over there that's [18:23] under his jurisdiction. [18:25] He started it, and it's out of control. [18:29] It's billions of dollars for a little building. [18:32] I could have done that building and made it [18:34] beautiful for $25 million. [18:38] Twenty-five million, and it would have been [18:39] beautiful. [18:41] Look what I've done at the White House, fixing [18:42] it up. [18:43] And, I mean, the place was in bad shape. [18:46] You see the floors and everything. [18:48] It was in bad shape. [18:49] I could have — I could have made that building [18:51] beautiful for $25 million. [18:54] They're spending $4 billion. [18:59] All right? [19:00] So it's — there is criminality. [19:05] Maybe it's with the contractor. [19:07] But — because I know more about contractors than [19:09] any human being, maybe, that's ever lived. [19:11] But that contractor is a very rich man. [19:14] Whoever the contractor is — and we know — but [19:17] whoever the contractor is, is an extremely, [19:19] extremely rich man. [19:21] He's going to make — I mean, he could make [19:23] billions of dollars. [19:24] I don't — I'm hearing numbers from $3 to $4 [19:29] billion. [19:30] That would make it the most expensive building [19:32] on a square-foot basis ever built in history. [19:35] And you're not even building a building. [19:37] It's a renovation. [19:38] The exterior skin is staying. [19:40] The steel is staying. [19:42] The structure. [19:43] So all I want to do is bring out to the public [19:47] that this guy is an incompetent — he's a [19:50] very incompetent guy. [19:51] And he may be a dishonest man. [19:52] He may be a dishonest guy. [19:54] But somebody is dishonest, because there's no way [19:56] that building could be $3 to $4 billion. [20:05] The Press Thank you very much, Mr. President. [20:07] You just mentioned Japan. [20:08] The President This looks like one of your people right there. [20:11] The President Is he good or bad? [20:13] Is he a good reporter or a bad? [20:16] The President That's you know? [20:19] All right, looks like an asker. [20:21] The President Go ahead. [20:22] The Press Mr. President, you just mentioned [20:23] If Japan is stepping up, what kind of support do you expect from Japan in the future? [20:31] Look, I expect Japan to step up because, you know, we have that kind of relationship. [20:38] And we step up with Japan. [20:39] We have 45,000 soldiers in Japan. [20:43] We have — we spend a lot of money on Japan, so — and we've had that kind of relationship. [20:48] So I expect — I'm not surprised that they would step up. [20:51] We don't need much. [20:52] We don't need anything. [20:53] Honestly, we don't need anything from Japan or from anyone else. [20:56] But I think it's appropriate that people step up. [21:00] In the case of Japan, I hear they get more than 90 percent of their oil through the Strait. [21:07] So that's a big reason to step up. [21:09] I mean, we've demolished — that country is close to demolished. [21:15] The only thing is the Strait. [21:17] It's very hard. [21:18] You could take two people, and they could drop little bombs in the water, and they're [21:21] holding things up. [21:23] We don't want that to happen. [21:25] But honestly, Japan, China, Europe — parts of Europe get a lot of their oil through the [21:32] Strait. [21:33] We get none, practically. [21:34] We're less than 1 percent. [21:36] We don't have to be any percent. [21:37] We don't even — I think we do it just to be nice. [21:41] But we — think of it — we don't use the Strait. [21:45] We're defending the Strait for everybody else. [21:48] And then, in the case of NATO, they don't want to help us defend the Strait, and they're [21:53] the ones that need it. [21:54] But now they're getting much nicer. [21:57] Because they're seeing my attitude. [21:58] They're getting much nicer. [21:59] But it's — as far as I'm concerned, it's too late. [22:03] You know, UK wants to send aircraft carriers now. [22:08] And I said, I want the aircraft carriers before the war. [22:12] I don't want them after the war is won. [22:14] They want to send me aircraft carriers after the war is won. [22:17] There's practically nobody to shoot at them. [22:19] You know, their missile count is down — maybe you could discuss it — by about 90-something [22:24] percent. [22:25] The drones are way down. [22:27] And the factories are being demolished. [22:28] Yes, sir. [22:29] Our missile — missiles being shot are down over 90 percent since the beginning. [22:35] One-way attack drones down 90 percent since the beginning, which is a reflection of overwhelming [22:39] firepower. [22:40] But you mentioned the most important part, Mr. President. [22:42] Their defense industrial base. [22:44] If you can't make more of it in the future, then you have a limited supply. [22:47] And so we're going after all of their defense contractors that make all of their exquisite [22:52] weapons and ensuring that even if they wanted to rebuild more launchers or more missiles, [22:56] they couldn't in the future. [22:57] And that's a level of devastation for their military that they've never seen before. [23:02] So we have — in literally two weeks, we've demolished their Navy, their Air Force. [23:08] All technology is gone. [23:10] All communication is gone. [23:13] And all of the leaders are gone. [23:14] Other than that, they're doing quite well. [23:15] Okay. [23:16] How about one more question for the Prime Minister? [23:17] For the Prime Minister. [23:18] Let me pick a beautiful-looking person from — a beautiful person from Japan — a question [23:27] for the Prime Minister. [23:28] Go ahead. [23:29] Yeah, sure. [23:30] Oh, he doesn't believe he's real. [23:31] Oh, okay. [23:32] He's just — he's sounding shy. [23:33] Go ahead, please. [23:34] Of course, no, Japan and the U.S. are very good friends. [23:35] But one question. [23:36] Why didn't you tell U.S. allies in Europe and Asia, like Japan, about the war before [23:37] attacking Iran? [23:38] So we are very confused about Japanese systems. [23:39] Well, one thing you don't want to signal too much. [23:40] You know, when we go to the U.S., we don't want to go to the U.S. [23:41] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:42] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:43] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:44] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:45] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:46] We don't want to go to the U.S. [23:59] So when we go in, we don't want to tell anybody. [24:09] We don't want to tell anybody about it. [24:10] And we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. [24:11] Who knows better about surprise than Japan? [24:12] Okay? [24:13] Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? [24:15] Okay? [24:16] Right? [24:17] Now, you believe in surprise, I think, much more so than us. [24:21] And we had a surprise, and we did. [24:24] And because of that surprise, we knocked out — [24:26] the first two days, we probably knocked out 50 percent [24:30] of what we — and much more than we anticipated doing. [24:33] So, if I go and tell everybody about it, [24:36] there's no longer a surprise. Right? [24:39] Okay, one more? One more for the — [24:40] one more for the — [24:42] one more for the Prime Minister, please. [24:43] The Press It's the President. [24:44] The President Are you going to — for the Prime Minister? [24:46] The Press Yes, and this is a huge deal. [24:47] The President Thank you very much. [24:48] Japan's huge press. [24:50] Japan's biggest concern is China. [24:53] Now they are giving us export control and, you know, [24:58] very harsh terms to criticize us. [25:02] So, could you plan — would you really plan to bring out [25:06] a relationship between Japan and China [25:12] while you're there, you know, in China? [25:16] The President Well, I'll be going to China. [25:17] Very quickly. [25:19] But the — I think I'd really like to have the Prime Minister [25:23] talk about China because I know they have a little bit [25:25] of an edgy relationship. [25:27] And I'd just like to know where it stands, [25:29] how you're doing with China. [25:30] So, please. [25:47] So, first of all, Japan has been consistently open [26:00] to dialogue with China. [26:02] And also, second, we have been addressing our relations [26:07] with China in a calm manner. [26:10] And also, speaking of the U.S.-China relationship, [26:14] my sincere hope is that the relationship will be [26:18] something conducive for regional security [26:21] and also ensuring the global supply chain in the world. [26:25] Once again, I would like to reiterate that Japan [26:28] has been consistently open to dialogue with China. [26:33] The President And I think we're going to have a great trip. [26:35] The trip has been postponed for about a month and a half. [26:39] It's been reset, and we look forward to it. [26:43] And I'll be — I'll be speaking Japan's praises [26:47] when I'm in China with President Xi. [26:50] We have — but we're going to have some good talks today. [26:54] And I think mostly about trade, because they want [26:56] to do a lot of trade. [26:57] They're a tremendous purchaser of our energy, [27:00] our oil, gas, from, in particular, Alaska. [27:05] Because Alaska, believe it or not, is very close. [27:07] It's much closer than any other source. [27:09] It's just — it seems a little cold compared to you, [27:12] but it's just a short — it's just a short trip. [27:15] The President So that's something that we will talk [27:17] about in this work, at least. [27:19] The President We'll be discussing trade, [27:20] and a lot of the talk will be about energy. [27:23] Thank you very much, everybody.