President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, Mar. 26, 2026

[0:13] Ryan has been on an excursion, right? [0:16] Mr. Hi, how are you? [0:39] Are you all ready? [0:39] A lot of media, as usual. [0:46] So, thank you to the incredible members of my [0:49] Cabinet. [0:49] They're doing a phenomenal job. [0:51] Everybody pretty much agrees to that, including [0:53] our newest member, Secretary of Homeland [0:55] Security, Mark Wayne Mullen. [0:58] Thank you, Mark. [1:06] And we all know him very well, and he was a very [1:08] popular senator, a very effective senator. [1:11] Effective probably being the more important word. [1:13] J.D., don't you think? [1:14] Mr. Yes, sir. [1:15] The President And we wish you a lot of luck. [1:18] Mr. Thank you. [1:18] The President I think you do fantastically well. [1:21] Congratulations to you. [1:22] You have an amazing family. [1:24] They were here yesterday in the Oval, sworn in. [1:26] His family is amazing. [1:27] So, thank you very much. [1:31] We're now on day 41 of the disgraceful Democrat [1:34] shutdown of Mark Wayne's department. [1:37] Congratulations. [1:38] Mr. Thank you. [1:39] Mr. I'm glad you came into a department that's [1:41] shut down. [1:41] Shut down by the radical Democrats. [1:45] But Democrats are really punishing the American people. [1:48] I saw it today on one of the shows where they were [1:51] interviewing people at the airport, and they're all [1:53] angry at the Democrats. [1:54] They're saying they're actually angry at Schumer. [1:56] I didn't think anyone knew his name. [1:58] One woman said, that Schumer is disgraceful. [2:00] He's a disgrace to our country. [2:03] But they're angry at the Democrats. [2:04] They know what's happening. [2:06] But they are punishing the American people, including [2:08] travelers at airports, all in the quest to [2:11] return to open borders and give amnesty to illegal [2:15] alien criminals. [2:15] They want to give amnesty to some of the criminals [2:20] that came into our country. [2:21] Just about all of them, actually, if you look at [2:23] it. [2:25] They love sanctuary cities, which is a sanctuary [2:27] for criminals. [2:28] They want to make sure they're taken care of. [2:30] That's what we're fighting about. [2:31] That's really what they're fighting. [2:32] They don't talk about that, but that's what [2:34] they're fighting about. [2:35] They want to protect criminals. [2:37] In many cases, 11,888 murders. [2:40] Many of them, I will say, are gone now because of [2:43] us. [2:44] We got them out. [2:45] But still have some left. [2:47] Should have never happened. [2:48] Should have never been allowed to come into our [2:50] country. [2:51] But we're not going to let it happen. [2:52] We're not going to let the Democrats get away with [2:55] this stuff. [2:56] And people are wise to them. [2:56] So they need to end the shutdown immediately, or [3:01] we'll have to take some very drastic measures. [3:04] This morning, I want to give an update on the [3:07] Operation Epic Fury, which is an appropriate name [3:10] because we are absolutely obliterating them. [3:14] Over the past three weeks, we've been doing a lot of [3:16] work. [3:18] We've been hitting Iran's military capabilities at a [3:20] level that few people have ever seen before. [3:22] People never knew there was such a capability. [3:26] We have the strongest military anywhere in the [3:27] world, by far. [3:29] I built it during my first administration, and I used [3:33] it during my second administration. [3:36] Unfortunately, because I'd rather not have to use it. [3:39] But it's a display of force and precision and [3:41] skill like nothing the world has really [3:44] witnessed, although you got a pretty good [3:45] witnessing of it in Venezuela also. [3:49] That was a smaller version. [3:51] That was a smaller version of what we're doing now. [3:53] We're crushing their missiles and drone [3:55] stockpiles, destroying the defense industrial base. [3:58] We've wiped out their Navy completely, their Air [4:01] Force completely. [4:02] We've wiped out a large percentage of their missiles. [4:07] And the missile launchers, without the launchers, you [4:10] can't — the missiles don't do any good. [4:14] And we've knocked out probably close to 90 percent [4:17] of the launchers, probably more than 90 percent of the [4:21] missiles themselves. [4:22] Between some, they fired. [4:23] And more than they fired, we knocked out. [4:27] We've also destroyed a lot of the factories. [4:31] We're continuing to do that. [4:32] But a lot of the factories where they manufacture the [4:34] drones and the missiles — the drones, too, are way [4:37] down, but the reason they're down is they go one [4:41] way and they don't come back, because for the most [4:43] part, we're shooting them down. [4:45] But we also are able to — we've really done [4:48] tremendous damage to the places where they make them. [4:51] And just so we set the record straight, because [4:53] I've been watching the Wall Street Journal's fake [4:56] news and all these stories that get printed, [4:58] like, oh, I want to make a deal. [5:00] They are begging to make a deal. [5:01] Not me. [5:03] They're begging to make a deal. [5:05] And anybody that saw what was happening over there [5:07] would understand why they want to make a deal. [5:10] But they say, oh, we're not talking to them. [5:13] Anybody would know they're talking — and only a [5:15] total — and they're not fools. [5:17] They're very smart, actually, in a certain way. [5:19] And they're great negotiators. [5:21] I say they're lousy fighters, but they're [5:22] great negotiators. [5:25] And they are begging to work out a deal. [5:30] I don't know if we'll be able to do that. [5:31] I don't know if we're willing to do that. [5:33] They should have done that four weeks ago. [5:36] They should have done it two years ago. [5:39] Or they should have done it when we first came into [5:41] office, because two years ago, they had free reign [5:44] under Biden. [5:45] Sleepy Joe. [5:47] Worst President in the history of our country, [5:49] when he allowed to happen to our country at the [5:51] borders. [5:52] And even with a thing like this — but not just him. [5:55] Every President, for 47 years, every President [5:58] should have done this. [5:58] They should have done it a long time ago, because [6:00] you cannot give lunatics a nuclear weapon. [6:04] And they would have had a big one. [6:07] It stopped, really, when we did the B-2. [6:09] But even before that, the — Barack Hussein Obama, [6:14] what he did, where he gave them the Iran nuclear [6:16] deal, gave them free will toward a nuclear weapon. [6:20] Basically, he chose Iran over Israel and others [6:25] that didn't want him to do it. [6:27] But I terminated that deal. [6:29] Had I not terminated that deal, you would have had [6:31] a nuclear weapon years ago, and it would have [6:32] been used, guaranteed. [6:35] And one of the reasons — you know, I'm not [6:37] sure you know about the guarantee — is because [6:39] their neighbors were sort of like bystanders. [6:43] They weren't involved very much. [6:45] They didn't choose heavy size. [6:47] They didn't want to, because people were [6:49] concerned with Iran. [6:50] There was a big black cloud over the Middle East. [6:53] They were concerned. [6:54] But all of a sudden, the war starts, and they start [6:56] shooting at these five — in particular, five [6:59] countries. [7:00] They start shooting at Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, [7:06] Kuwait, Oman. [7:08] They start shooting at them. [7:09] And they were — they were — everybody was [7:11] shocked, including us. [7:13] You know why? [7:14] Because they're sick, and they had a plan to take [7:18] over the Middle East. [7:19] And some of those missiles that were shot at [7:21] them were locked long before we even started [7:24] this process. [7:25] They were locked and loaded and aimed at those [7:28] countries. [7:28] They wanted to take over the Middle East. [7:30] But we happened to come along, so it wasn't so easy. [7:34] So, right now, the Navy has sunk in the largest [7:37] elimination of a foreign navy that has taken place. [7:42] Maybe ever, but certainly since World War Two. [7:46] Their air force is gone. [7:47] Their anti-aircraft and communications [7:49] capabilities are totally dismantled. [7:53] And one of the problems they do have when they [7:55] deal with us is we deal with people and the people [7:57] aren't able to communicate with anybody else, you know, [8:01] because all of their leadership has been gone. [8:04] The first level is gone, and they met to pick a new [8:07] level, and they're gone. [8:09] They're all gone because they didn't make a deal [8:12] and because they're sick people. [8:14] They're really sick. [8:15] They're — they're really sick. [8:16] Sinister, sick people. [8:18] And if anybody thinks it was okay to have a group [8:21] of people like this, to have nuclear capability, [8:24] nuclear weapons — and if we didn't attack with the [8:26] B-2 bombers, they would have had a nuclear weapon [8:30] within two weeks of that, maybe four weeks. [8:33] But between two and four weeks, they were planning [8:36] to have a nuclear weapon. [8:37] If we didn't hit them at that time with the nuke — [8:39] with the B-2 bombers. [8:40] And one of the great air raids in history — maybe [8:44] the greatest — dark at night, no moon, no [8:48] light — every single bomb hit its mark and just [8:51] obliterated that place. [8:54] So it's now buried deep under Earth. [8:57] And it was an amazing thing. [9:00] But they would have a nuclear — and they would [9:01] have used it, without question. [9:03] And you know that because why did they shoot all [9:04] these countries that weren't even really [9:06] involved with them? [9:07] They weren't involved. [9:08] They had no big problems because they're sick, [9:11] because they wanted to take over the Middle East. [9:13] Not just Israel. [9:15] Certainly, Israel would have been the first on [9:17] their list. [9:17] They would have used nuclear weapons — a [9:19] nuclear. [9:20] I don't need too many of them. [9:22] But they would have used a nuclear weapon on Israel, [9:24] and they would have used it on the other — the [9:26] neighbors. [9:26] And then they would have come after us. [9:30] And if we had a weak President, they would have [9:32] done great damage. [9:33] But fortunately, you don't have a weak President. [9:35] I knew what was happening. [9:37] And I think we've been proven right. [9:39] You know, they took — one missile went 2,500 miles. [9:42] They supposedly didn't have a missile like that. [9:44] They had no missile with that capability. [9:47] But they shot the now-famous Ireland — the [9:50] island that — [9:53] the UK was very afraid to give us because they [9:58] didn't want to get dragged in. [9:59] But we don't want to get dragged into their wars [10:01] either. [10:02] You know, it's — one thing, we're very [10:03] disappointed — I'll say it publicly — we're [10:05] very disappointed with NATO because NATO has done [10:08] absolutely nothing. [10:10] And I've always said, 25 years ago — I mean, I was [10:13] somebody that wasn't a politician, but I was [10:15] always involved in politics, and I [10:17] understood politics — I said, 25 years ago, that [10:21] NATO is a paper tiger. [10:22] But, more importantly, that we'll come to their [10:25] rescue, but they will never come to ours. [10:28] And I want you to remember that we said this. [10:30] They didn't come to our rescue. [10:32] Now they all want to help when they're annihilated. [10:35] The other side is annihilated. [10:37] They said, we'd love to send ships. [10:39] They actually made a statement — a couple of [10:41] them — that we want to get involved when the war [10:44] is over. [10:44] No, it's supposed to get involved when the war is [10:47] beginning, or even before it begins. [10:50] We had the UK say that we'll send — this is [10:54] three weeks ago — we'll send our aircraft carriers, [10:56] which aren't the best. [10:57] Aircraft carriers, by the way. [10:59] They're toys compared to what we have. [11:01] But we'll send our aircraft carrier when the [11:04] war is over. [11:06] I said, oh, that's wonderful. [11:07] Thank you very much. [11:08] We said, don't bother. [11:09] We don't need it. [11:11] And we don't need it, and we don't need them. [11:13] We estimated it would take approximately four to [11:16] six weeks to achieve our mission, and we're way [11:19] ahead of schedule. [11:21] If you look at what we've done in terms of the [11:25] destruction of that country, I mean, we're way [11:27] ahead. [11:28] Think of it. [11:28] They have no navy, and they had good ships — a [11:31] hundred and fifty-four ships have been shot down [11:34] and are resting very nicely at the bottom of [11:36] the sea. [11:38] And we did that in a matter of less than a week [11:42] because we have the greatest military in the [11:43] world, by far. [11:44] Nobody even close. [11:47] So we estimated it would take approximately four [11:49] to six weeks to achieve our mission. [11:52] Twenty-six days in, we're extremely — really a lot [11:57] ahead of schedule. [11:58] The Iranian regime is now admitting to itself that [12:01] they have been decisively defeated. [12:04] They're saying to people. [12:05] This is a disaster. [12:08] They know it. [12:09] That's why they're talking to us. [12:10] They're only — they wouldn't talk otherwise. [12:13] But they're talking to us because they've got a [12:15] disaster in their hands. [12:17] They're defeated. [12:19] They can't make a comeback. [12:20] We're free to roam over their cities and towns and [12:25] destroy all of their crazy nuclear weapons and [12:28] missiles and drones that they're building. [12:30] Oh, we're doing that. [12:32] They now have a chance to make a deal, but that's up [12:35] to them. [12:36] And they'll tell you, we're not negotiating. [12:38] We will not negotiate. [12:39] But, of course, they're negotiating. [12:41] They've been obliterated. [12:42] Who wouldn't negotiate? [12:44] They are begging to make a deal. [12:47] We'll see if we can make the right deal. [12:49] And if they make the right deal, then the strait will [12:53] open up. [12:54] Hormuz Strait will open up. [12:56] And even now, we don't know if there are any mines. [12:58] You know, we — they have 22 mine — they call [13:01] mine droppers. [13:03] Think of it. [13:03] Who would have 22 mine droppers? [13:05] This is a boat that drops mines. [13:07] Who has 22 mine droppers? [13:09] Except for people with very evil intention. [13:12] So, everyone. [13:14] Every one of those mine droppers has been struck [13:19] with the same weapon we use to stop drugs from [13:23] coming into the United States of America. [13:27] When we hit those boats, it's the exact same [13:29] weapon — extremely effective. [13:30] We have unlimited supplies and extremely [13:33] effective, but they have no more mine droppers. [13:36] By the way, speaking of drugs, we're 98 percent [13:40] down drugs coming in by water, by the ocean, by [13:45] the sea — 98 percent. [13:48] And we're trying to find out who are the two [13:50] percent, because we think they're the bravest [13:51] men anywhere in the world. [13:53] Maybe women. [13:55] But whoever's on those boats is very brave, or [13:57] doesn't watch television. [13:59] But where drugs coming in by sea, coming in by [14:03] water, are 98 percent down. [14:07] And now we'll stop the drugs coming in by land. [14:09] The land is the easy one. [14:10] You had to stop the water. [14:11] A lot of it came in through the water. [14:13] Now it's all pinched. [14:15] And these people are trying to come in by land. [14:18] And we will — that's the easy one. [14:21] But we had to take care of the water. [14:22] Water first. [14:23] Nobody's — nobody's coming in. [14:25] Very — virtually nothing is coming in anymore. [14:28] It was — hundreds of millions of dollars a week [14:32] were coming in by water. [14:33] But they now have the chance — that is, Iran — [14:39] to permanently abandon their nuclear ambitions [14:42] and to chart a new path forward. [14:43] We'll see if they want to do it. [14:45] If they don't, we're their worst nightmare. [14:48] In the meantime, we'll just keep blowing them [14:51] away, unimpeded, unstopped. [14:55] There's not a thing they can do about it. [14:56] They can't do anything about it. [14:58] You know? [14:58] I'll tell you, if they could — if they could, [15:00] you'd be hearing about it. [15:02] You'd be hearing about it. [15:03] You don't hear anything about it. [15:05] They can't shoot our jets. [15:06] We have the best — we have the best military [15:09] equipment in the world. [15:10] No — not even a contest. [15:11] You see that with Venezuela. [15:14] They had other equipment. [15:15] They didn't have ours. [15:16] It didn't work. [15:16] It didn't work. [15:18] Think of it. [15:19] We did a — the situation in Venezuela. [15:21] It was a great military operation, getting a [15:24] very, very dangerous man who's killed a lot of [15:26] people, forced people into our country. [15:30] Incredible. [15:30] He let — he emptied his prisons in Venezuela. [15:34] Emptied his prisons into our country. [15:37] And I hope that charge will be brought at some [15:39] point, because that was a big charge that hasn't [15:41] been brought yet. [15:42] It should be brought. [15:45] He emptied his prisons into our country and was [15:49] a major purveyor of drugs coming into our country. [15:53] And he's now been captured, and he'll, you [15:57] know, I guess, be given a fair trial. [16:01] But I would imagine there are other trials coming [16:03] because they have just — [16:04] they've really sued him just on a fraction of the [16:07] kind of things that he's done. [16:09] Other cases are going to be brought, as you [16:11] probably know. [16:12] In the meantime, with Iran, we're going to keep [16:15] doing what we've been doing. [16:17] And nobody is a match for the United States, but [16:21] they're not a match for the United States. [16:22] It's small potatoes. [16:24] That's why I'm so disappointed in NATO, [16:27] because this was a test for NATO. [16:29] This was a test. [16:30] You can help us. [16:30] You don't have to. [16:31] But if you don't have — you know, if you don't do [16:34] that, we're going to remember. [16:36] Just remember. [16:37] Remember this. [16:37] And a number of months from now, remember my [16:40] statements. [16:43] They have an expression, a great expression, [16:47] never forget. [16:47] You can never forget. [16:50] So as we end threats to America abroad, we're [16:53] focused here at home on building the greatest [16:56] economy and the history of the world. [16:58] Now, before this started, the Dow hit 50,000. [17:01] The S&P hit 7,000. [17:04] Both of those achievements were not [17:08] achievable. [17:09] They — every one of you — most of you, I guess, [17:12] said, [17:12] you'll never hit 50,000 during a four-year period [17:16] because it was too high a number. [17:18] Well, we hit it in our first year. [17:21] And I said, well, now we have to take an excursion [17:24] to Iran, and we have to stop this maniac who's no [17:27] longer with us. [17:29] The Supreme Leader wasn't so supreme. [17:32] No longer with us. [17:33] It's very sad. [17:35] But we have to stop him from blowing up the [17:38] world, blowing up the Middle East, and blowing [17:40] up our country. [17:41] And we did that. [17:42] And I thought — frankly, I thought the oil prices [17:46] would go up more. [17:48] And I thought the stock market would go down more. [17:50] It hasn't been nearly as severe as I thought. [17:53] I think they have confidence in maybe the [17:55] American President and maybe the people sitting [17:57] around this table. [17:59] But Americans filing their taxes this year are [18:02] receiving record-setting refunds. [18:04] It's been a very big story. [18:05] Well, it should be a big story. [18:07] I don't think you write about it that much, but I [18:09] speak about it. [18:11] You know? [18:11] I speak about it. [18:12] Because if I speak about it, at least people here, [18:14] you don't write about it. [18:17] You don't write about the drug prices going [18:20] down. [18:21] It'll be going down 30, 40, 50, 60 percent, 70 [18:24] percent. [18:26] Favored nations — call them most favored nations [18:28] — we're going to be paying the lowest price [18:30] anywhere in the world. [18:31] Before, we paid the highest price in the [18:33] world, Bobby, right? [18:34] And now we're going to pay the lowest price in the [18:36] world. [18:37] That's quite a difference. [18:38] It's a difference of — from 40 to 70 and 80 and [18:43] even 90 percent. [18:44] That's a pretty big difference. [18:46] But we're slashing regulations and [18:48] investment is pouring in from all over the world. [18:51] We have the most investment. [18:52] The most investment of any country in history has [18:55] been put into our country in the last year. [18:57] And again, we had to take a little detour. [18:59] It won't be long. [19:00] It's going to end soon. [19:03] We had to take a little detour, go to Iran, and we [19:07] had to put out a fire — a very dangerous fire that [19:10] could have blown up big portions of the world, if [19:13] not the whole thing. [19:15] So tomorrow, we'll be announcing a variety of [19:17] actions that we're taking to support American farmers. [19:21] We'll never forget. [19:22] We love the farmers. [19:23] We gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. [19:26] We had a tremendous amount of tariff money come in. [19:30] And we continue to have. [19:31] We've gotten — as you know, the Supreme Court [19:32] gave us a very unfortunate, foolish ruling. [19:35] A ruling that gives the people that have ripped [19:38] off our country for many years, gives them some [19:41] money back. [19:41] But it's one of those things. [19:44] It's a terrible, terrible, horrible mistake they made. [19:48] But it's okay because we have another method that's [19:50] just as good. [19:51] We'll use the other method. [19:53] But because the tariff money has been so [19:55] substantial, we gave our farmers, who have been [19:57] mistreated by some countries. [19:59] We gave them $12 billion. [20:04] And they're extremely happy. [20:06] And they deserve it. [20:07] They've been great. [20:08] They never complain. [20:09] They just go out and they farm. [20:11] And they wouldn't do anything different. [20:13] They wouldn't trade jobs with any of you, except [20:17] maybe some of the fake media. [20:18] I don't know. [20:18] Somehow, I don't see that. [20:20] I like — I like their job better, actually. [20:23] I love the farmers. [20:24] So we gave them $12 billion. [20:26] So in just a few moments, Treasury Secretary Scott [20:29] Besant will discuss the actions that we're taking [20:32] to address energy prices, which have not gone up as [20:35] much as I thought, Scott, to be honest with you. [20:38] And, you know, it's not over. [20:39] So maybe it'll go up a little bit more. [20:42] It's all going to come back down to where it was [20:44] and probably lower. [20:45] And my predictions have been right. [20:47] Trump was right about everything. [20:48] They have a new hat. [20:49] Trump was right about everything. [20:51] It's pretty right. [20:54] But Scott is going to address that. [20:57] And I think before we go very much further, I want [21:01] to ask Vice President J.D. [21:03] Vance to say a few words about where we [21:05] are with the situation. [21:09] He's involved with Steve and with Jared on [21:11] negotiations. [21:11] And then some of the others will speak. [21:14] We'll have Marco say a few words. [21:15] Pete Hegseth, who was born for this role. [21:20] I mean, he's doing a great job. [21:22] They gave him a hard time. [21:24] And now people — I'll tell you, somebody came up [21:25] to me yesterday, gave you a very hard time, said, [21:27] you know, I made a mistake. [21:29] Pete Hegseth is doing a good job. [21:31] So when I tell you who, you're not even going to [21:34] believe it. [21:34] He said, Hegseth, he gave you such a nasty, hard [21:38] time. [21:38] But you're doing — you're doing great. [21:42] And then Steve is going to speak, and Scott will [21:45] speak last. [21:48] And if we have any questions, we'll take some [21:49] questions. [21:50] You may have questions. [21:51] I doubt it, but you may have some. [21:53] So, J.D., please. [21:55] The President. [21:56] Mr. Yes, sir. [21:57] Well, thank you. [21:57] It's good to see everybody. [21:58] Proud to be part of this team. [21:59] Proud to be serving the President of the country. [22:01] Let me just say a couple things. [22:02] The first of all is the President summarized this [22:05] very ably. [22:06] But look, the Iranian conventional military is [22:09] effectively destroyed. [22:11] They don't have a Navy. [22:12] They don't have the ability to hit us like they [22:14] could have even a few weeks ago. [22:15] And what that does is that gives us options, Mr. [22:17] President. [22:17] Now, there's been a lot of reporting about diplomatic [22:20] options, about negotiations. [22:21] There's, of course, Pete and his team. [22:23] There are further military options. [22:25] But what we have now that we didn't have when the [22:27] President took over just a little over a year ago is [22:30] the ability to use every tool at our disposal to [22:34] ensure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. [22:37] Because when I say options, I think it's important the [22:39] American people know options for what. [22:41] And it's options to ensure that Iran never has a [22:44] nuclear weapon. [22:45] You talk about people who walk into a crowded [22:47] supermarket and have a vest on. [22:49] And they blow up the vest and a couple of people get [22:51] killed, and that's a terrible tragedy. [22:53] What happens when what's on the vest is not something [22:55] that can kill a couple of people, but can kill many, [22:57] many tens of thousands of people? [22:59] That is the most important American national security [23:02] objective that exists for any administration at any [23:05] time, is you don't want the worst people in the world [23:07] to have a nuclear weapon. [23:08] That's why the President is doing this. [23:11] That's why the President cares so much about this [23:13] particular issue. [23:14] I'll let Steve talk a little bit about the details [23:16] of the negotiation. [23:17] But the last thing I'll say before I turn it over to [23:20] Marco is I'm very mindful, of course, that we have a [23:23] lot of folks overseas fighting very ably for the [23:26] United States of America. [23:27] I know Pete and the whole team, we're very proud of [23:29] them, but they're fighting at a time where we are about [23:33] to enter as Christians the most important week of the [23:36] Christian calendar, the holy week that's [23:38] celebrated the return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem. [23:41] And so I want to say to all of my fellow American [23:44] Christians, but particularly those serving [23:45] in the Gulf, that I wish you all a very blessed [23:48] Easter, a very blessed holy week, and we continue to [23:52] stand behind you and continue to support you [23:54] every step of the way. [23:55] Thank you, sir. [23:56] The President. [23:57] The Press Thank you very much. [23:58] Marco. [23:59] The Press The President The most important job any [24:00] President has is to keep the American people safe. [24:02] And every President says it, but we have a President [24:04] that means it and does something about it. [24:06] As the President outlined very clearly to the world [24:08] on the night this operation took place, the President, [24:09] said on the night this operation began, Iran has [24:11] been at war with the United States for 47 years. [24:14] For 47 years, Iran has been killing Americans and [24:17] attacking Americans across this planet. [24:19] And other Presidents had an opportunity to do something [24:21] about it, and they all warned about how Iran was [24:23] dangerous, but they refused to act. [24:25] And this President is not someone that's going to [24:27] refuse to act. [24:28] He's not going to leave a danger like this in place. [24:30] He's going to address it, and that is what he is doing. [24:32] From the very first night of this operation, the [24:34] President made it very clear, people like this [24:37] and now what I'm talking about it's not the people [24:39] of Iran. [24:39] The people that run this country are radical Shia clerics. [24:42] These are religious fanatics. [24:44] Look what they are doing now, at their weakest point. [24:46] This is the weakest Iran has ever been, and look at what they're doing. [24:50] They're attacking embassies, they're attacking hotels. [24:55] Imagine what these people would do if they had a nuclear weapon. [24:57] That is an unacceptable risk for the world. [25:00] By the way, the president's not just doing a favor to the United States and to our people. [25:04] This is for the world. [25:05] He defined very clearly on the first night of this operation what the goal was. [25:09] We were going to destroy Iran's navy, and that is happening. [25:12] We were going to, if it hasn't already happened, I'll let Pete speak to the specifics of it. [25:16] We were going to destroy their missile launching capabilities, and we're well on our way to [25:21] achieving that goal. [25:22] We were going to destroy the factory so they couldn't make more missiles and more drones, [25:25] and that is moving forward. [25:27] Every single objective the president clearly laid out on the first night of this operation [25:31] is being effectuated. [25:32] Again, Pete will speak to the specifics of it. [25:35] This has been an incredibly successful operation. [25:37] Every day. [25:38] We get covered because, you know, unlike them, we're not bombing embassies and hotels. [25:43] We're hitting military targets. [25:45] But every day, the Department of War lets the drummer get wicked over every portion [25:50] of Iran that has these military capabilities, and the results are going to bear fruit for [25:54] the world. [25:55] The world is going to be a safer and a better place when President Trump's mission here [25:58] is achieved. [25:59] And, frankly, I think countries around the world, even those that are out there complaining [26:03] about this a little bit, should actually be grateful that the United States has a president [26:06] that's willing to confront a threat like this. [26:08] Thank you. [26:09] Thank you very much. [26:10] Thank you very much. [26:11] Thank you. [26:12] Thank you. [26:13] Thank you. [26:14] We need to continue to do this, and not allow it to continue to persist, because these people [26:15] will kill as many Americans as they have a chance to do, and if they have a nuclear weapon, [26:16] as the Vice President pointed out, they could kill millions of Americans in the future, [26:20] and that is a risk that was not going to continue to exist as long as we had this president. [26:25] Thank you, Marco. [26:26] You know, it's very interesting because yesterday I was watching, is it Anthony Blinken? [26:32] And he was saying that they should have done it. [26:35] But they didn't do it. [26:36] Nobody did it. [26:37] Nobody did it. [26:39] For 47 years, Marco. [26:40] That's the number, 47. [26:41] I guess now it's 48, because we've been saying [26:44] 47 for a long time. [26:46] It's probably 48. [26:48] But for 47, 48 years, every President should [26:52] have done this. [26:54] And some are saying now that they made a big [26:58] mistake in not doing it. [26:59] But we're taking care of business. [27:01] Steve Woodcuff, please. [27:02] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [27:12] You directed Jared and I to pursue a diplomatic [27:18] resolution with Iran prior to Operation Epic Fury, [27:25] which we did. [27:27] However, it became quite clear during these [27:30] meetings with the Iranian negotiating team that we [27:35] could not make a deal that fulfilled your objectives [27:37] of the following. [27:39] No enrichment whatsoever. [27:41] No chance of weaponizing whatsoever. [27:45] Decommissioning of Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, [27:49] which you destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer. [27:54] No stopping. [27:54] No stockpiling of any material, which they [27:57] flagrantly violated. [27:59] Turning all enriched material over to us and a [28:03] cutback in Iran's missile inventory and range [28:06] capability of those same missiles. [28:10] Throughout our meetings with the Iranians, we [28:12] heard the following from them. [28:15] The Iranians have the inalienable right to [28:17] enrich. [28:19] Then we heard they possessed enough 60 [28:22] percent enriched material, 460 kilograms, to make 11 [28:27] atomic bombs. [28:27] Finally, we heard the following statement. [28:32] They would not give up diplomatically what we [28:35] could not win militarily. [28:38] In other words, they were again miscalculating the [28:41] success of Midnight Hammer, which was a total success. [28:45] These are incontrovertible signs, among many other [28:50] signs, sir, that their regime had not given their [28:55] negotiating team authority to make a deal required by you. [29:01] We conferred with you and all the other [29:04] members of your foreign policy team. [29:07] Susie Wiles, Pete Hegseth, the Chairman, Marco [29:10] Rubio, J.D., Scott Besant, Chris Wright, John [29:16] Radcliffe, throughout all of these negotiations, [29:20] and we were repeatedly rebuffed on everything we [29:22] asked for. [29:24] I have no doubt that we exhausted all efforts on [29:26] behalf of a peaceful resolution, as you [29:29] directed. [29:30] Jared and I both agreed that the Iranians were [29:33] there to buy time until a weaker President arrived. [29:38] This was a flawed strategy, as your clear [29:41] direction was to never allow Iran to obtain a [29:45] nuclear weapon today or any time in the future. [29:49] Against that backdrop and our compelling military [29:53] successes in epic fury, we have had multiple reachouts [29:57] from the region and others who want to play a role in [30:02] ending this conflict peacefully. [30:04] I can report to you today that we have, along with [30:09] your foreign policy team, presented a [30:11] 15-point action list that forms the framework for a [30:16] peace deal. [30:18] This has been circulated through the Pakistani [30:20] government, acting as the mediator, and this has [30:25] resulted in strong and positive messaging and [30:28] talks, as you just indicated to the press. [30:32] But these are sensitive diplomatic discussions, [30:35] and you have directed us to maintain confidentiality [30:38] on the specific terms and not negotiate through the [30:42] news media, as others do. [30:45] I can say this, we will see where things lead and if [30:49] we can convince Iran that this is the inflection point [30:54] with no good alternatives for them, other than more [30:57] death and destruction. [30:59] We have strong signs that this is a possibility and [31:03] if a deal happens, it will be great for the country of [31:06] Iran, for the entire region, and the world at large. [31:11] Your policy of peace through strength is the [31:14] most effective tool for a diplomatic resolution. [31:17] Just as this policy was an effective tool in each and [31:23] every one of all of the other conflicts you settled [31:26] in your first year. [31:28] Iran is looking for an off-ramp following your [31:30] powerful threat on Saturday. [31:34] Your indications that you are willing to listen to [31:37] peace proposals have been well received. [31:41] You have instructed us that your preference is [31:43] always peace, and that we should make that our priority. [31:48] We have delivered that message, sir. [31:49] Along with the 15 points for peace. [31:53] Finally, we have told Iran one last thing. [31:56] Don't miscalculate again. [31:58] The President President Biden [32:06] Well, he's done a great job. [32:07] Pete Hegseth, please. [32:08] The Press President Hegseth [32:11] I'll start kind of where you left off, Mr. President. [32:13] Thank you for doing the work of the free world and [32:16] having the courage to step up and stop the Iranian [32:19] terror regime from holding the world hostage. [32:21] That's really what it is. [32:23] And 27 days ago, Iran had a modern military. [32:26] Never in recorded history has a nation's military [32:28] been so quickly and effectively neutralized. [32:31] Operation Epic Fury is not an endless war. [32:35] It's a decisive campaign with clear objectives to [32:37] destroy Iran's offensive military capabilities and [32:41] ensure they never obtain a nuclear weapon. [32:45] This is stuff for the history books. [32:48] This is stuff for legacy. [32:51] Mr. President, you are acting now to ensure [32:54] future generations do not have to live under the [32:57] threat of a nuclear arm. [32:59] You are doing that for our nation. [33:01] You are doing that for our people. [33:03] You are doing that for our country. [33:04] You are doing that for our nation. [33:06] If you are going to do this for the people of Iran, [33:09] you are doing it for the people of Iran. [33:11] However, you wouldn't know it if you listened to the [33:14] dishonest hate Trump media, as you referenced. [33:17] The folks here in the room, these cameras, they have a [33:20] choice. [33:21] You're either informing the American people of the [33:23] truth or you're not. [33:24] Because I hear it from my people every day. [33:27] Behind every headline you write, there's a helicopter [33:30] crew in the air. [33:31] executing a dangerous mission. [33:33] My message to the media is get it right. [33:37] This actually isn't something new to me. [33:39] I may be a young guy, Mr. President, [33:40] but I'm not a rookie in this realm. [33:43] In 2007, I helped lead the surge, [33:47] the public fight for the Iraq surge. [33:48] Stood and watched people stand in the Senate [33:51] and declare the war is lost before it even started. [33:54] Who was that? [33:55] It was Harry Reid. [33:56] That was the Democrats and the media [33:58] working hand in glove. [34:00] Back then, it was three years into a war. [34:01] Now we're three weeks into an operation. [34:06] But see, unlike Iraq, this isn't a tie. [34:10] This is not parody. [34:11] This is not chaos. [34:13] This is success, pure American success on plan [34:17] and, as the President said, ahead of pace. [34:20] Over 10,000 enemy targets destroyed. [34:23] Over 140, I think now you're right, Mr. President, [34:25] over 150 naval vessels sunk. [34:28] Underground facilities destroyed. [34:29] Their defense industrial base in shambles. [34:32] And overnight, [34:33] not only do they not have a Navy, Mr. President, [34:35] they no longer have a Navy commander. [34:37] IRGC's Navy commander was killed overnight in operation. [34:41] So no Navy, no Navy leader. [34:45] Now that he's, here's the thing about the media, though. [34:48] If President Trump had not acted, [34:50] you'd be screaming, why not? [34:53] And now that he has taken decisive action, [34:54] you're asking, well, why did you? [34:57] It's the same old tired playbook, TDS in your DNA. [35:02] But the hardworking, God-fearing, [35:03] patriotic Americans out there know better. [35:06] And you alluded to this, President Obama, Mr. President. [35:09] Here's a fact that you don't hear on your networks [35:11] that we know. [35:13] Many of the Iranian military factories and bases [35:16] that we're systematically destroying were paid for [35:19] by the pallets of American cash that Barack Obama [35:23] flew into Tehran under the Iran deal. [35:26] A not, you might call it an inconvenient truth. [35:30] Iran took our money and turned it into weapons [35:32] and bunkers and ammo. [35:33] And now we're destroying those weapons [35:36] and we're writing, you're writing, Mr. President, [35:38] that grievous wrong. [35:40] And make no mistake, we had to act. [35:42] And our objectives are clear. [35:43] No nukes, no navy, and a complete dismantling [35:46] of their missile program and defense industrial base. [35:49] And as Marco pointed out, that mission, [35:52] and the VP as well, has not changed since day one. [35:56] Yet, two days ago, they shot two failed missiles [36:01] on a target 4,000 kilometers away. [36:04] For years, they told the world that their missiles [36:06] could only range two kilometers. [36:09] Surprise. [36:10] Yet again. [36:11] Iran lied. [36:12] And to the world, I say, London is 4,000 kilometers [36:16] from Iran. [36:18] Washington, D.C. is 3,300 kilometers from Venezuela, [36:23] another country President Trump did something about [36:25] that partnered for a long time with Iran. [36:28] So you're telling us that Iran is not a threat [36:30] to the world or to the U.S. [36:31] President Trump knows better. [36:33] And here's what success actually looks like right now. [36:36] You mentioned it, Mr. President. [36:37] A-10 Warthogs, if you know them, you love them, [36:41] and Apache helicopter gunships are flying [36:43] strike missions inside Iranian airspace [36:47] and throughout the Strait of Hormuz at will. [36:49] See, you only send these slow, low-flying, [36:53] close air support platforms when the enemy [36:56] has no meaningful air defenses left. [37:00] Their presence is proof that Iran's air defenses are gone. [37:05] Their command and control is shattered, [37:06] their top leaders hiding in underground bunkers, [37:09] while their mid-level commanders are being crushed [37:11] in the field, the morale of their fighters plummeting, [37:14] and we see that disconnect. [37:15] Daily. [37:17] They're privately admitting, as you said, [37:19] Mr. President, very heavy losses. [37:21] We know that. [37:23] President Trump has given us a clear mission. [37:25] Our capabilities are only going up, [37:27] and Iran's are plummeting. [37:29] We are here to win, and we're full speed ahead. [37:32] So, Steve, we appreciate your efforts. [37:35] We pray for a deal, and we welcome a deal, [37:38] and we have the ultimate dealmaker to make it happen. [37:41] But in the meantime, as I said yesterday, [37:43] the Department of War will continue negotiating with bombs. [37:47] War is negotiation. [37:48] It's negotiation by other means. [37:51] And finally, I want to thank our incredible troops, [37:54] our pilots, crews, sailors, refuelers, air defenders, [37:58] the absolute best of America, the real 1 percent of our country. [38:03] This President, President Trump, has your back. [38:06] And I know this Cabinet prays for you every single day, [38:10] and we ask the American people to do the same [38:13] as they continue in this mission. [38:14] God bless. Thank you, Mr. President. [38:15] The President Thank you very much. [38:16] It's great. [38:18] I think before I ask Scott to say a couple of words, [38:22] it would be great if people like the Mayor of Chicago [38:31] and the Governor of Illinois would say, [38:34] please come in and stop the crime. [38:38] A beautiful young lady was killed the other day. [38:44] The father was a very good friend of Dan Scavino, [38:49] and he took it very hard. [38:51] Dan took it very hard. [38:52] Like the father, friends, they grew up together. [38:56] And it's a young lady whose life would be saved if we had — [39:05] if we did what we did. [39:07] As an example, in Washington, D.C., which is now a safe city. [39:11] All the time, people come up to me in the building. [39:13] People that work here, they say, thank you so much. [39:15] I know immediately what they're talking about. [39:17] They're able to walk to work. [39:18] They walk to work. [39:19] You all walk to work. [39:20] Some of you were mugged. [39:21] I know you told me stories. [39:22] Some of you were mugged. [39:24] One person in particular was viciously mugged. [39:27] In the group right here, it's not happening anymore. [39:31] You have a safe city. [39:33] Louisiana, the Governor of Louisiana called me. [39:36] Could you help me with New Orleans? [39:38] They just had the money growing. [39:39] He said it was the safest. [39:40] Most money growing we've ever had. [39:42] It sounds terrible to say, but no murders. [39:45] You know, it sounds like, who would say this? [39:47] No murders. [39:48] But they always had murders. [39:49] They had a lot of crime during Mardi Gras. [39:51] He said virtually no crime. [39:53] We had the troops down there. [39:56] Memphis, Tennessee, I just got back. [39:57] We were there. [39:58] Crime is down 75 percent. [40:01] In a short period of time — we're there five months — [40:04] we could do that for Chicago. [40:05] We could do that for New York. [40:06] We could do that for L.A. [40:09] And we could do that for, frankly, San Francisco. [40:12] I know they have a mayor who's trying very hard. [40:13] He's a Democrat, but he's trying very hard. [40:16] But we can do it much more effectively [40:17] because he can't do what we do. [40:20] He can't take people out from the city [40:23] and bring them back to the country [40:26] from where they came, where they were in prisons. [40:29] They were allowed to go in prisons. [40:31] There were drug dealers — the highest-level drug dealers. [40:34] Murderers — 11,888 murderers. [40:37] We do things that they can't do. [40:40] I had friends calling me up from San Francisco. [40:42] Could you give him a chance? [40:43] I said, absolutely. [40:44] If you don't want him, we'll give him a chance. [40:45] And he's — [40:46] he's trying, he's doing okay. [40:48] But we could do much better. [40:50] We could make it a lot safer than it is. [40:51] San Francisco — a great city, was a great city — [40:55] could quickly become a great city again. [40:58] But, you know, they're going very slowly. [41:01] I tell my friends, they're very substantial people. [41:04] They're in a certain business [41:06] where people have made a lot of money. [41:08] I hope that lasts. [41:10] But they have a tremendous — a tremendous potential. [41:14] It was one of the greatest cities in the world. [41:16] Now it's got a lot of crime. [41:17] And the mayor is really trying. [41:19] Again, a Democrat trying. [41:21] And I spoke to him. [41:22] He just wants to have a chance. [41:24] And I said, we'll give you a chance, [41:25] but we can solve it very quickly. [41:28] This young lady would be around today [41:32] if we were around, [41:36] because we have nobody coming through our border. [41:38] I mean, literally, for nine months, it's zero. [41:41] It's hard to believe that that number can be possible, [41:43] because millions of people came in through Biden. [41:46] But nobody even tries. [41:47] We don't have the caravans of thousands — [41:51] 25,000, 30,000 people pouring into our border. [41:54] They come up in caravans. [41:56] We don't have caravans anymore. [41:57] There's no such thing anymore. [41:59] It's a name that I think I developed, [42:01] but somebody developed it, but I think it was me. [42:02] I thought it was inappropriate. [42:04] Thousands of people would come up [42:06] and just barge into our country — [42:08] totally unchecked, totally unvetted. [42:11] And this man came in — Dan, right? [42:14] And he came in through the ridiculous open border of Biden. [42:20] If we were there — the election was rigged — [42:24] what are you going to do? [42:25] Came back — big comeback. [42:27] But if we were there, [42:29] we wouldn't have had people coming through. [42:32] It's amazing. [42:32] You know, it's so easy now, [42:33] because everyone knows they're not getting through. [42:35] We don't have any caravans. [42:36] Once they know that — when it was easy to come through. [42:39] When I heard that they had an open border policy, [42:41] I said, boy, this is going to be — [42:43] I couldn't believe it. [42:44] But when it was actually — you know, it dawned on me, [42:46] because I had built a thousand miles of wall, [42:52] and we were finishing up some, [42:54] and he didn't want to finish it up, Biden. [42:56] I said, they really — [42:57] they do want to have an open border. [43:00] And we got it finished. [43:02] But that young lady would be alive today. [43:07] And she'd be alive for another reason, [43:09] because we would have the National Guard in Chicago [43:13] and in New York and in other places. [43:15] And they love doing it. [43:16] It's like training, to be honest. [43:18] It's actually training. [43:20] I never want to take him out of D.C. [43:22] I mean, maybe somebody later on will do it, [43:24] but I never want to take him. [43:25] You know, the people, they look, they say, [43:27] we feel so good, we feel so safe. [43:29] We see these beautiful, strong people. [43:32] And they're so nice. [43:34] They help — they open the doors for people. [43:37] They carry bags. [43:38] They pick up paper when they see paper on the ground. [43:42] I looked at D.C. last night. [43:44] I drove to make a speech, and I drove through, [43:46] and I said, take me this way, take me that way. [43:49] The city is clean. [43:50] The fences are down. [43:52] You don't have homeless all over your parks. [43:54] I mean, we had parks you couldn't — [43:55] there was no room for anything else other than homeless. [43:58] It's all clean and nice. [44:00] It's going to — and it'll be even more beautiful [44:01] in a year from now. [44:04] And we have some projects that are great. [44:06] This ballroom is going to be something that's so [44:08] beautiful for the city, so desperately needed by [44:11] Presidents. [44:11] I mean, now it's no secret. [44:14] The military wanted it more than anybody. [44:16] It was supposed to be secret, but it became [44:19] unsecret because of people that are really [44:22] unpatriotic saying things. [44:25] But it doesn't matter. [44:27] It doesn't matter. [44:28] It's going to be great. [44:29] We're building an arc, a triumphal arc, which will [44:32] be incredible for the city, incredible. [44:34] We're fixing up the — what was the Kennedy [44:36] Center? [44:37] I was honored when the board changed the name a [44:40] little bit. [44:41] Actually, it shows that the Republican and the [44:44] Democrats, they work together. [44:45] It's really something we work together. [44:47] So I think it's a great symbol, actually. [44:50] But we're doing a lot of work. [44:51] That building is ready to fall down. [44:52] It's in terrible shape. [44:54] We're closing it. [44:55] We're going to open it with a bang in less than [44:57] two years. [44:58] It'll come in under budget, ahead of schedule. [45:00] That's what I do. [45:01] It won't be like the Federal Reserve that's [45:03] costing $4 billion or something. [45:06] They're about — think of it. [45:07] Four billion dollars. [45:10] You know, it's amazing. [45:10] I said to the group before, I said, everything [45:13] I do, I get sued. [45:15] I build under budget, ahead of schedule. [45:19] I get sued over a ballroom that's going to be [45:21] the most beautiful ballroom in the country. [45:22] So desperately needed. [45:24] You won't have to have tents sitting on the wet [45:27] White House lawn. [45:28] If it rains, you get wiped out to honor the [45:31] President of China, or the President of France, or [45:35] the President of somewhere. [45:36] You can have the greatest — we get sued by the [45:41] National Trust for History. [45:42] Historic Preservation. [45:45] They don't know what they're doing. [45:47] Then I just found out we got sued by that group and [45:49] another group, I guess, on the — on the fixing up of, [45:55] again, I'll use the old name, Kennedy Center, [45:58] because they're not fixing up Trump Kennedy. [46:00] What — it's going to be beautiful when you add the [46:03] name Trump. [46:05] But we got sued. [46:07] And all I'm doing is fixing it up. [46:09] We're fixing broken marble. [46:12] We're putting on a roof because it leaks like a [46:14] sieve. [46:15] We're fixing steel that's broken. [46:17] It's the same building. [46:18] Same exact building. [46:20] We're fixing it. [46:20] It's going to be beautiful. [46:21] It's going to be so beautiful. [46:22] And safe. [46:23] It's actually unsafe. [46:25] You had some of those columns on the outside that [46:27] were painted a fake gold. [46:28] Now we painted them a beautiful white color. [46:30] A beautiful cream white. [46:32] It's beautiful. [46:33] Everyone says it's so much more beautiful now. [46:35] Instead of a cheap — you can't imitate gold. [46:37] See, I'm a gold person. [46:39] It's all real stuff. [46:40] You can't imitate it. [46:41] They've — someday they'll discover a paint that will [46:45] look like gold, and the guy's going to be the [46:46] richest man in the world. [46:47] But you can't [46:49] imitate real gold. [46:51] It just doesn't — that's 24 karat, which is what [46:55] this building deserves. [46:57] But think of it. [46:59] I get sued because I'm fixing up the Trump-Kennedy [47:02] Center. [47:03] We're going to make it gorgeous and safe. [47:06] We're fixing new windows, new this. [47:09] But just all fix up. [47:10] I get sued by preservationists. [47:15] But you know who they didn't sue? [47:17] The man that took this beautiful Federal Reserve [47:20] building that's small — much smaller than the [47:23] hotel I built. [47:24] I built the Waldorf Astoria Hotel down the [47:27] road, and it was a beautiful job for $200 [47:31] million — $201 million. [47:33] It's bigger, I think, than the Federal Reserve [47:35] building. [47:36] And it's got rooms and bathrooms, and it's not [47:38] like just an open office space, which is much [47:41] cheaper to build. [47:42] Think of this. [47:44] I hear he's going to be over $4 billion for a [47:46] little building. [47:49] He doesn't get sued by anybody but me. [47:52] I sue because it's either somebody who's very [47:55] crooked — which has to be, because what happened [47:58] to all that money? [47:59] You can't sue. [48:00] I would have done that building for $25 million. [48:04] It's going to cost maybe $4 billion, and we have a [48:08] great new person coming in to take over the Fed. [48:12] And Kevin may not ever have an office, because I [48:17] don't know if they're going to be able to build. [48:19] I passed that building the other day. [48:20] It's a see-through. [48:21] You know what see-through means? [48:22] There's no walls up, and they're going to spend. [48:27] But the National Trust for Historic Preservation, [48:29] which is a joke, by the way, they didn't sue that [48:32] building. [48:34] They didn't sue anybody. [48:36] They sue me, and I build. [48:37] And by the way, my buildings, it's all [48:40] donations. [48:42] Rich people and people are putting up the money. [48:45] Zero taxpayer dollars. [48:46] Is that right, Scott? [48:48] Zero taxpayer dollars. [48:50] This stuff is all done for free, and I get sued. [48:53] This can only happen to Trump. [48:56] But they don't sue the guy whose interest rates are [49:00] too high. [49:01] That's why we call him Too Late. [49:02] His name is Jerome Powell. [49:03] We call him Jerome Too Late Powell. [49:06] And he's done a terrible job. [49:10] He suffers from Trump derangement syndrome. [49:12] Missy probably should, because I hit him pretty [49:14] hard, but so I don't blame him. [49:16] But they don't sue a man who has taken this [49:21] gorgeous building, ripped it down from the inside, [49:26] taken ceilings that are as beautiful as you've ever [49:30] seen, taken the ceilings down instead of leaving [49:34] them, taking walls down that were two feet thick [49:38] of solid concrete and plaster, replacing them [49:42] with six-inch walls with no insulation. [49:46] And I said, let me ask you, are you going to put [49:49] insulation in? [49:50] No, it's not in the budget. [49:53] Insulation costs $5. [49:55] Now you're going to hear the guy next door. [49:58] If he's next door to me, I'll be able to hear his [50:00] military plan. [50:01] I'll know exactly. [50:04] If Lutnick is in there, I'll say, oh, I know [50:06] exactly what Lutnick's got planned. [50:08] It's the craziest thing I've ever seen. [50:11] They've ripped this gorgeous building apart, [50:15] and you can never build it again. [50:16] You can. [50:17] I could, but it costs a lot of money. [50:19] A normal person can never build. [50:21] So you're going to have crummy little walls, a [50:24] flat little ceiling, eventually, but right now [50:26] you don't have anything. [50:28] And nobody sues this guy. [50:30] And then when Jeanine Pirro, working with Pam [50:33] and others, has the courage to sue to find [50:36] out what happened to maybe $4 billion and a [50:40] building that may never be occupied by Kevin [50:42] Warris, she may never get there, we're going to [50:44] have to find him some space in the White House. [50:48] We'll put him in the basement of the ballroom. [50:51] But when, now think of it, when Jeanine Pirro and [50:57] Pam and the group, when they bring a suit, it's [51:00] like, oh, this terrible thing. [51:02] And then we have a judge that attacks us. [51:04] She attacks us. [51:06] So we've got to get our priorities straight, you [51:09] know. [51:10] It's a very sad thing that's happened with the [51:13] Fed. [51:13] And then just one other thing, very quickly, you [51:15] have Gavin Newsom in California Railroad. [51:20] That's a hundred times over budget. [51:22] It's out of control. [51:23] It was supposed to do it. [51:24] It was supposed to go from the middle of San [51:25] Francisco to the middle of L.A. [51:27] Well, now it stops way short of both. [51:31] It now goes into areas that nobody ever heard of. [51:33] It's billions and billions of dollars over [51:39] budget, years and years, maybe decades late. [51:44] And that's why we have a country that has a lot of [51:47] problems, you know. [51:48] We have incompetent people. [51:49] It's all people. [51:51] Think of this, Federal Reserve, I would have had [51:53] that building done for $25 million. [51:55] I would have, if I did it, it was up to $25 million. [51:57] Somebody else would have done it for more, so maybe [52:00] $50. [52:01] But you could have done that building, if it was [52:03] properly done and planned, you would have done that [52:05] building for, I would have done it, for $25 million, [52:10] and it would be better. [52:12] It would be better. [52:14] See this pen right here? [52:15] This pen is an interesting example. [52:16] It's the same thing. [52:18] So this pen is very inexpensive, but it writes [52:21] well. [52:22] I like it. [52:23] But I can't have the pen the way it was. [52:25] You know what it is. [52:26] I don't want to give too much publicity, but they [52:28] do treat me well. [52:28] Sharpie. [52:32] So I came here, and they have $1,000 pens. [52:35] And, you know, you hand pens out, you're signing, [52:37] and you're handing them out. [52:37] You're handing them out to all these people. [52:39] Sometimes you have 30, 40 people. [52:41] And they were $1,000 apiece. [52:44] Beautiful pen. [52:44] Ballpoint. [52:45] A thousand. [52:46] It was gold, silver, gorgeous. [52:48] But I'm handing it out to kids that don't even know [52:50] what they're doing. [52:50] What is this, Mommy? [52:52] It's kids. [52:53] They're getting a pen for $1,000. [52:55] They have no idea what it is. [52:56] And I feel guilty because I'm like, you know, I'm [52:59] by nature, I don't, you know, it's the government. [53:02] I love the government. [53:02] Like, I love. [53:03] Myself, economically. [53:05] I want to save money. [53:07] So I'm saying, this is crazy. [53:09] And it had another problem. [53:10] They didn't write well. [53:11] So I take it out, and I sign, and there's no ink. [53:15] And I got all you people looking. [53:16] And you're saying, there must be something wrong [53:18] with Trump. [53:19] And I'm signing. [53:20] And there's no ink in the pen, and it costs $1,000. [53:24] This one, I called the guy. [53:27] I said, I'd like to use your pen, but I can't have [53:29] a gray thing with a big S on it. [53:31] Saying, Sharpie, as I'm signing a trillion-dollar [53:35] airplane contract. [53:37] To buy brand-new fighter jets, brand-new B-2 [53:40] bombers, of which we just ordered plenty. [53:42] I can't do that with the press. [53:44] Use your pen. [53:45] But I like the pen the best. [53:46] But I'll sign it. [53:47] I could do like Biden did, you know? [53:49] Give it to somebody else to sign, or an auto pen. [53:52] Or maybe sign it separately in another room, [53:54] but I can't use your pen. [53:55] He said, well, I can make it nicer. [53:57] I said, what can you do? [53:58] He said, I'll paint it black. [54:00] I said, that's nice. [54:01] And I can even paint the White House on it, sir, if [54:04] you like, in gold. [54:08] Almost real gold. [54:09] Not bad. [54:10] And I can even do your signature, sir. [54:13] And by the way, this was not staged. [54:14] I just saw the pens in there, and I thought of [54:16] this as an example of how $25 million spent by me at [54:21] the Federal Reserve Building would be a better [54:23] job than $4 billion that they're spending. [54:28] And you know one of the things that Kevin Walsh [54:30] told me? [54:31] He said, they ripped down the nicest building. [54:33] I don't know what building they're talking about. [54:34] They ripped down a building, Scott, right? [54:36] Kevin Walsh said, it's the most beautiful building [54:39] in Washington. [54:40] He said, the most beautiful space. [54:43] They ripped it down. [54:44] Why did they do that? [54:45] I don't know. [54:45] Do you know what he's talking about? [54:47] Is it true? [54:49] They ripped it down. [54:50] We have a moron at the Fed. [54:55] Who wouldn't be lowering interest rates right now? [54:59] But I want to thank Jeanine Pirro and Pam and her [55:03] group for having the courage to bring this suit. [55:08] And I believe that the contractor on that job is [55:12] probably one of the richest men in the country right now. [55:15] I believe that it's not possible to spend $25 million. [55:16] I don't know. [55:16] I don't know. [55:17] It's not possible to spend that kind of money. [55:20] $3 billion, $4 billion. [55:22] Nobody knows. [55:22] Nobody has any idea what it is. [55:25] But it's over $3 billion, and it's probably going to [55:28] be over $4 billion by the time they finish. [55:30] And it may never get finished, unless I take it [55:34] over. [55:34] I'll get it finished. [55:35] But it can never be what it was. [55:37] It's never going to have those beautiful ceilings. [55:39] It's never going to have those incredible walls. [55:41] The walls were a foot and a half thick of solid [55:43] masonry. [55:44] They ripped them down for no reason. [55:47] And I just gave you the story. [55:50] And just to finish on this one. [55:52] I told that story to somebody that said, yeah, [55:54] but I mean, but it's not the same thing. [55:56] I said, you're right. [55:58] This one is better. [56:00] It writes. [56:02] So the guy said to me, you don't have to pay me, [56:05] sir. [56:05] I'll give them to you for nothing. [56:07] I said, no, I don't want that. [56:09] Let me pay you. [56:09] I want to pay you. [56:10] No, sir, you don't have to. [56:11] You're the President of the United States. [56:13] He was shocked. [56:13] The head of Sharpie gets a call. [56:15] I don't even know who the hell he is. [56:17] He said, is this really the President? [56:21] He said, no, you don't have to pay me, sir. [56:22] This is such an honor. [56:23] I said, no, I want to pay you. [56:24] And he said, what would you like to pay? [56:27] I said, how about five bucks a pen? [56:28] He said, that's all right. [56:31] Whatever the hell we agreed to. [56:33] Peanuts. [56:34] As opposed to a thousand. [56:36] And these were thousand-dollar pens. [56:38] And we were giving them out. [56:39] Sometimes, you know, you were there for signing. [56:41] He said, have 30, 40 people standing behind me. [56:43] I'd give out 40 pens to people. [56:45] Then somebody would say, could I have a couple extra? [56:47] This way, I'd go like this. [56:48] Hey, you want five? [56:49] Here, I'll take five. [56:50] But the bottom line is, they're better pens. [56:54] It's a business story. [56:55] So for $5. [56:56] It could be zero. [56:57] But for $5, I get a much better pen than for $1,000. [57:03] And I can hand them out. [57:04] And actually, they become hot as a pistol. [57:06] So what can I tell you? [57:07] With that, could I give it to, please, a man who's [57:10] done a great job at treasuring, Scott? [57:14] Good luck, Scott. [57:15] The President Well, sir, as always, [57:17] you're a tough act to follow. [57:19] But that is very illustrative. [57:21] Your economic leadership has made our military [57:24] mission possible. [57:26] Mr. President, National Security [57:27] Security, as you always say, is economic security. [57:31] Your leadership has shown the American people that [57:34] there is no prosperity without security, that our [57:39] mighty military on one side, but the U.S. [57:43] economic strength is fighting off this evil regime. [57:48] The Iranians believe they are fighting a two-front war. [57:51] It is the military war that our great warriors are [57:55] prosecuting, but on the other side, they are trying [57:58] to take control of the global economy through a [58:01] choke point that we believe does not exist and that we [58:05] will overcome. [58:07] Your historic operation at Epic Fury seized a [58:09] generational opportunity to demolish a regime that has [58:13] coordinated over four decades of global terror [58:16] and claimed thousands of American lives. [58:19] Many people, especially the Democrats, [58:22] underestimate the will of the American people for [58:25] short-term volatility. [58:27] For 50 years of safety. [58:29] We are going to have on the other side of this, and I [58:33] believe energy prices will be lower, inflation will be [58:37] lower, before we had the appearance of security, which [58:42] is not real security. [58:44] Now, the American people and the world will have [58:48] absolute security. [58:50] Through your maximum pressure campaign, Treasury [58:52] has worked to uncover all financial lifelines through [58:55] the regime and cut them off. [58:58] You gave that order last night. [58:59] Last March. [59:01] This was not the this was not something that happened [59:04] overnight. [59:05] This is something that has been contemplated for almost [59:08] a year. [59:09] They're finding that the Iranian financial system [59:11] collapsed in December. [59:14] We have systematically weakened Iran's ability to [59:17] fund operations and procure weapons. [59:20] And that required months of preparations. [59:23] Threats to American national security have no [59:26] place in the global economic system. [59:28] The oil market. [59:29] Is well supplied. [59:31] We've taken actions to ensure oil supplies [59:33] stranded at sea are made available to the global [59:36] market. [59:37] Your bold actions like the development finance [59:40] corporations maritime reinsurance program in [59:43] conjunction with sent with central command will soon [59:46] provide shippers through the Gulf region with a level [59:49] security we had never seen before. [59:52] Mr. President, we are starting to see more and [59:55] more movement in and out of the Gulf today. [59:58] And this is more than yesterday. [1:00:00] And this. [1:00:00] Is the beginning. [1:00:02] I am confident that shipping. [1:00:04] Traffic will continue to increase on a daily basis [1:00:08] even before we secure the straits. [1:00:12] Turning to the home front the U.S. [1:00:14] economy remains strong. [1:00:17] We had a strong economy. [1:00:19] Thanks to you. [1:00:20] We are the best insulated in the world. [1:00:23] Thanks to your energy efforts in term one and [1:00:27] term two. [1:00:28] The U.S. [1:00:29] Is a energy superpower. [1:00:32] American workers. [1:00:33] Purchasing power is finally being restored. [1:00:36] The latest figures indicate robust real [1:00:39] compensation increases. [1:00:41] We are starting to see the working family tax cuts [1:00:44] benefits bearing fruit this tax season. [1:00:48] Forty four percent of tax returns have claimed at [1:00:51] least one of your signature policies. [1:00:54] No tax and tips no tax and overtime no tax and so [1:00:57] security deductibility of auto loans. [1:01:00] The average tax refund is up more than 10 percent. [1:01:04] For working Americans. [1:01:05] The economy you vitalize through your pro growth [1:01:08] policies is well positioned to withstand these [1:01:11] temporary disruptions. [1:01:13] The United States dollar has reasserted itself as a [1:01:17] safe haven asset. [1:01:19] The U.S. [1:01:19] dollar has appreciated since the hostilities [1:01:22] began because everyone knows thanks to your [1:01:25] efforts the U.S. [1:01:26] economy is the best position in the world and [1:01:29] capital is flowing in efforts to reprioritize [1:01:33] economic security. [1:01:34] We are ensuring the United States remains [1:01:36] secure resilient and prepared for the [1:01:38] challenges ahead as we approach the 250th [1:01:42] anniversary. [1:01:43] America will never be safer and more secure [1:01:46] militarily and economically. [1:01:48] Thank you. [1:01:49] The President. [1:01:50] Secretary Mnuchin I just want to ask you a [1:01:51] question. [1:01:53] Central casting. [1:01:54] I'm looking at him. [1:01:56] I mean Treasury. [1:01:58] He might not be so good for war. [1:01:59] I don't know. [1:02:00] No, I'm looking pretty good too. [1:02:03] I'm looking at this guy. [1:02:04] He's central castings. [1:02:05] Even the glasses are perfect. [1:02:06] Where do you get those glasses? [1:02:08] I think I'm going to get glasses like that. [1:02:10] That's beautiful. [1:02:13] Great job. [1:02:14] That's really good. [1:02:15] No, he's done a great job. [1:02:16] And you all have. [1:02:18] Proud of you all. [1:02:20] Do you have any questions? [1:02:21] The Press Yes. [1:02:22] Mr. President, are you going to go in for the [1:02:23] uranium? [1:02:26] Like, how do you secure Iran and . [1:02:28] Secretary Mnuchin Let's assume I was or I wasn't. [1:02:31] Why would I ever answer a question like that? [1:02:33] The Press Can you accomplish your goals [1:02:34] in an hour? [1:02:35] Secretary Mnuchin What kind of a question? [1:02:36] Am I going to go in for the? [1:02:36] Oh, yeah, I'm going in. [1:02:37] We're going to tomorrow. [1:02:38] We're going to tomorrow at 3 o'clock. [1:02:39] How could you possibly ask a question like that? [1:02:44] And expect an answer? [1:02:45] I don't know. [1:02:46] But I don't know. [1:02:47] I think you're a friendly person, too. [1:02:49] It's just such a ridiculous question. [1:02:51] The Press Mr. President, Mr. President. [1:02:56] The Press Thank you, Mr. President. [1:02:57] There's been a report that potentially the U.S. [1:03:01] is looking at diverting some munitions, air [1:03:04] defenses that were meant for Ukraine to the Middle East. [1:03:07] Is there any accuracy to that? [1:03:08] Is that something you're concerned about? [1:03:09] Secretary Mnuchin Well, I'd have to ask. [1:03:10] But we do that all the time. [1:03:12] You know, we have tremendous amounts of ammunition. [1:03:14] We have them in other countries, like in Germany [1:03:16] and all over Europe. [1:03:17] We have, you know, we're packed. [1:03:19] And we take sometimes, we take from one and we use [1:03:22] for another. [1:03:23] We helped Ukraine. [1:03:25] Biden started, and he gave $350 billion away. [1:03:29] Too much, way too much. [1:03:31] And we sell it now to NATO. [1:03:34] We sell it to NATO, and they probably give it to [1:03:37] Ukraine, mostly, I think. [1:03:38] They give it to Ukraine. [1:03:39] But we get paid for everything that we give. [1:03:43] We don't give anything anymore. [1:03:45] It's a tough situation, that whole Ukraine situation. [1:03:48] Very, very tough. [1:03:50] We're working very hard on getting that one solved. [1:03:54] It doesn't have any impact on us. [1:03:55] Virtually nothing. [1:03:56] In fact, if anything, I mean, we sell a lot of [1:03:58] equipment for that unfortunate war. [1:04:01] Twenty-five thousand people died last month. [1:04:03] Twenty-five thousand, mostly soldiers. [1:04:05] Some in the towns, but for the most part, soldiers. [1:04:08] They're dying. [1:04:09] Nobody's seen anything like it since World War II. [1:04:11] It's a terrible situation, and hopefully that's [1:04:16] going to get settled. [1:04:18] You know, I settled eight wars, and many of them, I [1:04:21] think, were more difficult than this one. [1:04:23] In theory, they were more difficult. [1:04:25] But there's tremendous hatred between President [1:04:28] Putin and President Zelenskyy. [1:04:29] Tremendous hatred. [1:04:30] I've seen it before, but I've never seen it, maybe, [1:04:33] to this extent. [1:04:35] And I think that's calming down a little bit, and I [1:04:38] think we have a chance of getting it done. [1:04:40] But it doesn't affect us. [1:04:42] Thousands of miles away. [1:04:44] That's why, when I heard the head of Germany say, [1:04:48] this is not our war, about Iran, I said, well, [1:04:53] Ukraine is not our war. [1:04:55] We helped, but Ukraine is not our war. [1:04:56] I thought it was a very inappropriate statement to [1:04:58] make, but he made it. [1:05:02] You can't erase it. [1:05:03] But he felt that way. [1:05:04] I said, well, you know, Ukraine is not our war. [1:05:07] And it's not, but I would like to see all those [1:05:10] young people stop being killed. [1:05:11] I mean, they're being killed. [1:05:12] It's like a slaughterhouse. [1:05:14] What's happening there is horrible. [1:05:16] Twenty-five thousand on our last two months ago was [1:05:19] 31,000 people died in one month, Marco, right? [1:05:24] I look, I said, it's getting crazy. [1:05:26] It's getting worse. [1:05:27] Think of it. [1:05:28] Thirty-one thousand soldiers, both Russian and [1:05:32] Ukraine, died two months ago. [1:05:34] Twenty-five thousand last month. [1:05:37] And if I can solve that, it would be a great honor to [1:05:40] do it. [1:05:40] I wish it could have gone faster. [1:05:41] You know, I solved other ones. [1:05:43] In one day, that had been going for 32 years, we [1:05:48] solved. [1:05:49] We stopped one that was starting. [1:05:51] It was already started. [1:05:53] India and Pakistan. [1:05:54] And the Prime Minister of Pakistan, a very fine [1:05:57] gentleman, said President Trump solved something that [1:06:01] was going to cost 10 million lives. [1:06:05] That was going to cost a lot of lives. [1:06:06] Two nuclear nations. [1:06:09] And those were complicated, but we got them [1:06:12] done quickly. [1:06:13] This one is a shame. [1:06:16] And the only reason I'm doing it, frankly, is [1:06:19] because I want to stop death. [1:06:20] I want to stop the death from happening. [1:06:23] I think I'm going to go with a man that I've [1:06:24] missed, Brian. [1:06:25] I haven't seen you in a long time. [1:06:26] I've missed you. [1:06:28] He's been in a very strange location. [1:06:30] I don't know. [1:06:30] He's had a strange thing happen. [1:06:35] But anyway, go ahead, Brian. [1:06:36] The Press Well, good to see you, too. [1:06:37] Actually, good to see you. [1:06:38] This is your car cabinet member, too. [1:06:40] You talked about gas prices coming down [1:06:42] the next week. [1:06:43] The President Yeah. [1:06:43] The Press Would you ever consider [1:06:44] suspending the federal gas tax in order to kind of [1:06:47] temporarily ? [1:06:49] The President Well, some people should do that. [1:06:51] As an example, in California, you know, we [1:06:53] have a guy, every time prices go down, his prices [1:06:57] go up because they, you know, the gas tax is bigger [1:07:00] than the tax itself, bigger than the product [1:07:02] itself. [1:07:04] It hasn't been. [1:07:05] I mean, we've thought about it, I guess. [1:07:07] But honestly, when I did this, I knew it was going [1:07:13] to be a little bit . [1:07:14] We had the greatest economy ever. [1:07:17] We had the greatest stock market in history. [1:07:19] I said, we're going to take a little bit of a [1:07:20] hit, a short-term hit. [1:07:23] It's going to end up going much higher than it [1:07:25] was, in my opinion. [1:07:26] I said, we're going to have a great stock market. [1:07:30] Nobody thought we could get to 50,000 or 7,000 in [1:07:33] the respective indices. [1:07:36] Nobody thought that that was going to happen. [1:07:38] But it did, in the first year. [1:07:40] They said it couldn't happen in four years. [1:07:42] That you wouldn't hit 50 in four years, but you [1:07:45] could maybe get close. [1:07:48] We hit it in the first year. [1:07:49] And I said, this is a good time to solve a problem [1:07:52] that you had to solve. [1:07:53] And that's what I did. [1:07:54] But the gas tax, you know, people have talked about [1:07:57] it. [1:07:59] It's something we have in our pocket if we think [1:08:01] it's necessary. [1:08:02] The Press And if I can follow real quickly, [1:08:04] you just recently took on, Secretary Duffy, 17,000 [1:08:08] truckers off the road that could, quite frankly, [1:08:11] could not speak English, which is a safety issue. [1:08:14] Could we ever extend that to Uber drivers, Lyft [1:08:17] drivers, cab drivers? [1:08:18] For someone who takes a lot of Ubers, a lot of my [1:08:21] drivers can't speak English. [1:08:22] The President Oh, well, that's not good. [1:08:24] I didn't like that. [1:08:25] Go ahead, Chuck. [1:08:25] The Press So, that's a really good point. [1:08:28] The problem is that. [1:08:29] Our states are the ones that issue these licenses. [1:08:32] So, with commercial driver's licenses, we do [1:08:34] have some federal control. [1:08:37] But, again, we have thousands of people who [1:08:40] can't speak the language, a longstanding rule, and [1:08:44] it's a safety issue. [1:08:45] If you can't understand road signs, if you can't [1:08:48] communicate with law enforcement when you're [1:08:50] pulled over and communicate what's on your rig, huge [1:08:52] problem. [1:08:53] But the last administration, Mr. [1:08:55] President, they let truck driving schools self-certify. [1:09:00] That they were qualified to train truck drivers. [1:09:04] And so, this is like the Learing Center. [1:09:06] So, you pay $800 and you get a certificate that you [1:09:11] passed a CDL driving school and, again, they have no [1:09:15] skills. [1:09:16] They never, they don't have the knowledge and they [1:09:18] don't have the skills. [1:09:19] They haven't gone through any of the testing. [1:09:21] And then they get licenses and they're killing [1:09:23] Americans on our roads. [1:09:24] So, it's remarkable the rot that the last [1:09:26] administration allowed to take place. [1:09:28] We are ending that. [1:09:29] And I need partnership with those states. [1:09:32] Even California started to come on board. [1:09:34] Even Gavin has started to play ball with us, which is [1:09:36] surprising. [1:09:37] Not all the way. [1:09:38] A little bit. [1:09:39] A little bit of trouble. [1:09:41] Ms. You know, it's interesting because [1:09:44] I just saw something that the nursing home business [1:09:48] and the daycare centers in particular, they went out [1:09:52] and inspected them in Minnesota and they didn't [1:09:55] exist. [1:09:57] They're knocking into what happens to be a young [1:09:59] man, Nick. [1:10:00] Nice young man. [1:10:01] They did a very good job. [1:10:02] They're knocking on doors. [1:10:05] It's like homes. [1:10:07] And they're getting hundreds of thousands of [1:10:09] that. [1:10:10] They didn't exist. [1:10:11] And in California, it's worse. [1:10:13] It's even worse. [1:10:14] And I spoke with Russell Boat. [1:10:18] I said, Russell, don't send them any money. [1:10:19] He said, but we have a court order that we have [1:10:21] to. [1:10:22] Can you believe it? [1:10:22] A judge. [1:10:23] The judges are really hurting this country. [1:10:25] Our judges, Justice Roberts doesn't like when [1:10:28] I say it, but the judges are really hurting this [1:10:33] country. [1:10:34] And frankly, the justice system. [1:10:35] This is the Supreme Court has really hurt our [1:10:39] country, too. [1:10:39] The Press, Mr. President, do you have a new [1:10:42] deadline, given that there are some talks now? [1:10:44] Do you have a new deadline before taking? [1:10:45] The President No, I'll announce it. [1:10:47] I mean, right now, you're talking about a deadline [1:10:50] for doing some pretty big damage, even bigger than [1:10:52] we've done. [1:10:55] We'll see. [1:10:55] Look, we have very substantial talks going on [1:10:59] with respect to Iran, with the right people. [1:11:04] You know, I told you about a present, right? [1:11:07] Steve, can I reveal the present? [1:11:08] The President They said to show you the fact [1:11:17] that we're real and solid, and we're there. [1:11:22] We're going to let you have eight boats of oil. [1:11:24] Eight boats. [1:11:25] Eight big boats of oil. [1:11:27] This was two days ago. [1:11:29] And they'll sail up tomorrow. [1:11:30] That was three days ago. [1:11:33] And I didn't think much about it. [1:11:36] And then I watched the news, and they said a [1:11:40] very good anchor, actually. [1:11:43] Happened to be Fox. [1:11:45] But I watched it, and they said, something's going [1:11:48] to happen. [1:11:49] Something's unusual happening. [1:11:49] There are eight boats that are going right up the [1:11:53] middle of the Hormuz Strait. [1:11:57] Eight big tankers are going loaded up with oil [1:11:59] right through. [1:12:00] And I said, well, I guess they were right, and they [1:12:04] were real. [1:12:06] And I think they were Pakistani-flagged. [1:12:09] And I said, well, I guess we're dealing with the [1:12:12] right people. [1:12:12] And actually, they then apologized for something [1:12:16] they said, and they said, we're going to send two [1:12:18] more boats. [1:12:19] And it ended up being 10 boats. [1:12:21] All right? [1:12:22] I hope I haven't screwed up your negotiations. [1:12:23] But I thought it was appropriate to say it [1:12:26] because I did taunt you the other day by saying [1:12:29] they're going to give us a present. [1:12:30] The Press [1:12:39] The Press [1:12:44] The Press [1:12:54] The President [1:12:55] Yeah, it's amazing. [1:12:56] Because by putting ICE there, they're going to [1:12:58] Look, the press was very unfair to ICE. [1:13:02] So was everyone else. [1:13:03] These are great American patriots. [1:13:04] They have a tough job. [1:13:05] They have to find murderers and take them out of our country. [1:13:07] I wouldn't want to do it. [1:13:08] You wouldn't want to do it. [1:13:09] Most people wouldn't want to do it. [1:13:11] They do it. [1:13:11] And, you know, 11,888 murderers. [1:13:14] And that's murderers. [1:13:16] That's not drug dealers. [1:13:17] That's not lots of other things. [1:13:19] It's not people from mental institutions. [1:13:23] Entire jail populations were released from major countries [1:13:27] and let into our country through the open border. [1:13:31] And ICE has done an amazing job. [1:13:33] I wouldn't want that job. [1:13:34] It's a tough job. [1:13:35] Dangerous job. [1:13:36] So what happens is, by putting them at the airport [1:13:42] — and I just said, do me a favor, take off your masks. [1:13:44] And they did. [1:13:45] For that. [1:13:46] Not for when they're looking for some, you know, [1:13:49] cold-blooded killers and they're in the — [1:13:51] but for that. [1:13:52] And they did. [1:13:53] They took them off. [1:13:54] And the passengers — I see the interviews of people. [1:13:58] They're saying, these are nice people. [1:14:00] One person said, [1:14:01] he's a very strong man, but he's a nice guy. [1:14:05] He grabbed my bag. [1:14:06] He helped a woman with a bag that she couldn't lift. [1:14:09] And I'll tell you, I don't want to use the word [1:14:13] rehab because there was nothing to rehab, [1:14:14] but rehab from the press, you know, [1:14:16] because the press is so tough on them. [1:14:19] And these crooks in Minnesota, [1:14:20] these crooked politicians and dirty cops — [1:14:23] they're dirty cops. [1:14:23] They're dirty politicians. [1:14:26] Waltz is a dirty, crooked politician. [1:14:28] The Attorney General is a crooked guy. [1:14:30] He's — no investigations. [1:14:32] And I hope J.D. [1:14:32] is going to do it. [1:14:33] He's going to do a great job. [1:14:33] He's in charge of it now with somebody who's very talented. [1:14:37] But I think it's easy stuff. [1:14:39] They say $19 billion — think of it — is missing. [1:14:45] Nineteen billion. [1:14:46] You know, if we would solve half of the fraud problem, [1:14:49] Pam, in this country, we'd have more than a balanced budget. [1:14:53] We'd have — we'd have a surplus. [1:14:57] And in the case of Minnesota, it's a lot — [1:15:00] it's very Somalia-oriented. [1:15:03] Think of it. [1:15:04] These people come from a crooked country, [1:15:05] a disgusting country, one of the worst countries in the world. [1:15:08] Acknowledged to be one of the worst countries in the world. [1:15:11] Some people say it's the worst. [1:15:13] They have no money. [1:15:13] They have nothing. [1:15:16] They come to our country — low IQs — [1:15:19] and they rob us blind. [1:15:22] Stupid people. [1:15:24] And they rob us blind because we have crooked politicians [1:15:28] and we have dirty cops. [1:15:30] The Attorney General is a dirty cop. [1:15:32] It's my opinion. [1:15:33] It's only my opinion. [1:15:35] And something should be done about him. [1:15:37] Let's see what kind of job you're going to be doing. [1:15:39] The Press- Mr. President, yesterday, you said that you think Iran is capable — [1:15:41] The Press- Mr. President, you said that you think Iran is capable — [1:15:42] The President- Excuse me? [1:15:42] The Press- Should Iran be able to charge a toll [1:15:44] for the Strait of Hormuz? [1:15:46] They're charging some vessels to go through. [1:15:48] The President- Well, should they be able to? [1:15:51] I mean, they shouldn't be able to, [1:15:54] but they're doing it a little bit. [1:15:56] Look, their capability is a lot less [1:15:58] than it was two weeks ago. [1:16:00] And with every week and every day, frankly, [1:16:03] it gets less and less. [1:16:05] All I can tell you is they're begging to make a deal. [1:16:07] So let's see what happens. [1:16:08] We may make a deal. [1:16:09] The Press- Mr. President, tell me about mail-in ballots. [1:16:12] The Press- Tell me about mail-in ballots. [1:16:13] The President- You mean, I used a mail-in ballot? [1:16:16] You're probably saying — yeah, I did. [1:16:17] The Press- Why did you use a mail-in ballot? [1:16:18] Is it a lie? [1:16:18] The President- You know what? [1:16:19] Because I'm President of the United States. [1:16:21] And because of the fact that I'm President of the [1:16:23] United States, I did a mail-in ballot for [1:16:26] elections that took place in Florida because I felt [1:16:29] I should be here instead of being in the beautiful [1:16:31] sunshine taking — [1:16:32] The Press- But you were in Palm Beach, sir, [1:16:33] the last few weekends. [1:16:34] The President- That's right. [1:16:35] And I — yeah. [1:16:36] And I decided that I was going to vote by mail-in [1:16:39] ballot because I couldn't be there because I had a [1:16:41] lot of different things. [1:16:42] But, you know, we have exceptions. [1:16:43] For mail-in ballots. [1:16:44] You do know that, right? [1:16:45] So if you're away, we have an exception. [1:16:48] If you're in the military, we have an exception. [1:16:51] If you're on a business trip, we have an exception. [1:16:53] If you're disabled, we have an exception. [1:16:55] And if you're ill, if you're not feeling good, [1:16:58] we have an exception. [1:16:58] So I was away, mostly in Washington, D.C., so I [1:17:02] used a mail-in ballot. [1:17:03] But I appreciate the question because I know — [1:17:05] The Press- Is there another option? [1:17:06] The President- I know it was so well-meaning. [1:17:07] Yeah. [1:17:07] The Press- Mr. President, I actually just [1:17:09] looked up the company that owns Sharpie and they [1:17:11] stock composite. [1:17:12] After you mentioned it. [1:17:13] The President- By the way, they deserve it. [1:17:18] It's a good product. [1:17:20] The Press- You gave a five-day deadline. [1:17:22] With oil tankers going through the Strait of [1:17:25] Hormuz, is that a condition to move that [1:17:26] five-day deadline? [1:17:27] The President- Well, we don't want anything [1:17:31] impeded. [1:17:32] We want ships to go through. [1:17:34] We don't know that they've dropped any mines, by the [1:17:37] way, because we blew up all their mine droppers, [1:17:39] right? [1:17:40] We blew up every one of them. [1:17:42] They're going to have to take them out on a rowboat [1:17:44] or something. [1:17:45] I don't know how the hell they get out there. [1:17:46] But we don't really know. [1:17:48] You might speak to it. [1:17:49] We don't know. [1:17:50] There could be a few of them out there, but that's [1:17:52] a lot. [1:17:53] You know, if you have a billion-dollar ship and [1:17:55] you get hit by a mine, it's not the greatest thing [1:17:57] in the world. [1:17:58] So, if you think the problem with that, that's [1:18:02] not like you've decimated a military. [1:18:04] If you think there may be a mine, that's a bad [1:18:07] thought, and it stops things up. [1:18:09] How are we doing in that regard, Peter? [1:18:11] The President- We, Mr. President, you're right. [1:18:12] We have so heavily degraded their coastal [1:18:15] defense capabilities and their naval capabilities [1:18:17] that any strategic or operational attempts to do [1:18:20] those types of things are extremely limited. [1:18:23] And we continue to move over the top of that. [1:18:25] Now, whether Iran makes a wise choice or not to try [1:18:28] to execute that is part of how this deal comes [1:18:30] together. [1:18:31] But with every passing day, the military pressure [1:18:34] that we're putting on them lessens their ability to [1:18:36] really hold that militarily at issue. [1:18:38] Mr. I mean, the problem with the issue of [1:18:40] the Hormuz strategy is this. [1:18:42] We've decimated them as a military. [1:18:45] No Air Force, no Navy, very few rockets left. [1:18:48] We blew up so many. [1:18:51] Hard to manufacture them. [1:18:53] Same thing with drones. [1:18:54] The leadership is gone. [1:18:56] The problem with the Straits is this. [1:18:59] Let's say we do a great job. [1:19:01] We say we got 99 percent. [1:19:03] One percent is unacceptable, because one [1:19:06] percent is a missile going into the hull of a ship [1:19:09] that cost a billion dollars, right? [1:19:11] So, one percent is unacceptable. [1:19:13] If we do a 99 percent decimation, that's no good. [1:19:17] The Press- Mr. President. [1:19:18] The Press- So it's really, you know, a [1:19:21] little bit. [1:19:22] But I have a feeling it's going to clean up pretty [1:19:25] quickly. [1:19:25] The Press- How close are you to a point? [1:19:26] The President- I can just say this. [1:19:27] They want to make — they want to make — and I [1:19:29] probably hurt our little negotiation. [1:19:31] It gives them a little impetus to say, well, I [1:19:34] wish you didn't say that. [1:19:34] But they said yesterday that we weren't [1:19:37] negotiating with them, and now they admit that we [1:19:39] were negotiating with them. [1:19:40] So they want to make a deal. [1:19:42] The reason they want to make a deal is they have [1:19:44] been just beat to shit. [1:19:46] The Press- Are you thinking of taking control [1:19:48] of the United States? [1:19:49] Are you thinking of taking control of Iran's oil? [1:19:50] The President- It's an option. [1:19:54] I mean, I wouldn't talk about it, but it's an [1:19:55] option. [1:19:56] The Press- Is that something you've [1:19:57] thought about? [1:19:58] The President- Well, in Venezuela, we've done [1:19:59] very well working with Venezuela, certainly. [1:20:01] We've taken in billions and billions of dollars. [1:20:05] And, by the way, Venezuela is doing better right now [1:20:07] than they've ever done in the history of their [1:20:09] country. [1:20:10] And it's sort of like a joint venture. [1:20:14] But the United States has made a lot of money, [1:20:16] Marco, right, with it? [1:20:17] Do you want to talk about that for a second? [1:20:19] The President- About Venezuela? [1:20:19] The Press- Yeah. [1:20:20] The President- Yeah, I mean, I think Venezuela, in [1:20:21] the first two months of this year, it's going to [1:20:23] have generated more revenue from oil sales [1:20:26] than they had most of all of last year. [1:20:27] But the money is not being stolen anymore, and it's [1:20:29] being held in a U.S. [1:20:30] Treasury-blocked account. [1:20:32] And to the extent it's flowing to the [1:20:33] Venezuelan government, it's going to help people, [1:20:35] like fund hospitals, pay teachers. [1:20:37] It's not being stolen. [1:20:38] The President- And we get a lot of it. [1:20:39] And they got more than they have in many years. [1:20:41] Think of it. [1:20:42] We get a lot of it. [1:20:44] We have a deal. [1:20:45] We get a lot of it. [1:20:46] We had 100 million — think of this — 100 million [1:20:50] barrels we took in in the first two weeks. [1:20:53] A hundred million barrels. [1:20:54] That's a lot of oil. [1:20:55] That's a lot of ships. [1:20:56] And we got some, and they got some. [1:21:01] We paid for the ships. [1:21:02] There's a lot of money left over. [1:21:04] And Venezuela has done better now with us. [1:21:09] Call it a partner. [1:21:10] Call it whatever you want. [1:21:12] We've made a lot of money, and they've made a [1:21:14] lot of money. [1:21:15] We've paid for the cost of that military hit many, [1:21:19] many times over. [1:21:21] And we've only just started. [1:21:23] Our relationship with Venezuela has been amazing. [1:21:27] The people. [1:21:29] Actually, I'm the highest-polling person. [1:21:31] And, in other words, after the presidency, I think [1:21:34] I may go to Venezuela and run for president against [1:21:37] Elsie. [1:21:38] I may run against Elsie. [1:21:39] It's an option. [1:21:42] No, I — they like me in Venezuela. [1:21:45] But it's an option for me. [1:21:47] It's a wonderful option. [1:21:48] Yes, sir. [1:21:49] The Press There's some reports that Gulf [1:21:51] allies are concerned about winding down the war too [1:21:54] soon and potentially leaving Iran. [1:21:56] The President Well, they'd probably like us to [1:21:57] stay, but — [1:21:58] The Press But the concern — [1:21:59] The President If we don't stay — look, it's a [1:22:01] beautiful thing about airplanes that go 2,000 [1:22:03] miles an hour, is you can get back there very quickly. [1:22:08] If we don't stay, we're going to be protecting them. [1:22:10] We know — you know, they've been very good. [1:22:12] Hey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia — in particular, Qatar, [1:22:17] Saudi Arabia, UAE, the three of them — Kuwait, [1:22:22] Bahrain — they've been 100 percent. [1:22:24] Now, in all fairness, you know, they could have [1:22:26] gone the other way. [1:22:27] They were surprisingly missiled. [1:22:31] They were shot at. [1:22:33] Nobody ever thought they'd be shot at. [1:22:35] UAE had 1,400 missiles aimed at them. [1:22:39] Fortunately, they had the greatest anti-missile [1:22:42] weapon in history, called the Patriot. [1:22:45] Almost every single missile was shot down. [1:22:47] You know, we had an incident recently where [1:22:50] 101 missiles were shot at a certain thing that we [1:22:52] own that's very valuable. [1:22:54] A hundred and one missiles going 2,000 miles an hour. [1:22:58] Out of the 101 missiles, every single one of them [1:23:01] was shot down in midair and fell into the ocean. [1:23:03] The President Mm-hmm. [1:23:05] The President I mean, it's a technology. [1:23:06] There's — nobody has equipment like we have. [1:23:08] The Press Do you think it's possible to find [1:23:09] out if Iran still has that enriched uranium? [1:23:12] Is it even possible to find out? [1:23:14] The President Well, you're going to have to see. [1:23:15] But, you know, I think we'll be — we're in just [1:23:17] very good shape. [1:23:19] We're roaming — you know what we're doing? [1:23:20] You know the word, roaming free? [1:23:22] We're over the skies with the most beautiful planes [1:23:25] you've ever seen. [1:23:26] Roaming free — there's not a damn thing they can [1:23:28] do about it. [1:23:29] The Press It would be nice if, like, the fake news [1:23:33] New York Times — which, right, it's so fake. [1:23:35] And The Wall Street Journal is terrible. [1:23:37] Terrible. [1:23:38] I mean, I read a story today that I'm desperate to [1:23:40] make a deal. [1:23:40] I'm not — I don't — if I was desperate, he'd be [1:23:43] the first to know. [1:23:44] Pete, let's get the hell out of there. [1:23:46] The President No. [1:23:46] The Press I'm the opposite of desperate. [1:23:49] I don't care. [1:23:51] I want to know — in fact, we have other targets we [1:23:53] want to hit before we leave. [1:23:55] We're hitting them — The Press Radio? [1:23:57] The President On a daily basis. [1:23:59] No, I don't talk about — I can't talk about specifics. [1:24:02] A lot of people said that wouldn't matter. [1:24:03] Maybe it does matter. [1:24:04] Who knows? [1:24:05] But I wouldn't talk. [1:24:05] It's like the question. [1:24:06] This young lady asked. [1:24:07] Sorry about — I embarrassed her. [1:24:08] I don't want to embarrass her because I think [1:24:10] you're — I think she's a friendly reporter, so I'm [1:24:12] sorry. [1:24:13] But, you know, I can't say what we're going to do [1:24:15] because, if I did, I wouldn't be sitting here [1:24:18] for long. [1:24:19] They'd probably — what is it called, the 25th [1:24:21] Amendment? [1:24:21] They'd institute the 25th Amendment, which [1:24:27] they didn't do with Biden, which is shocking. [1:24:30] The Press The hard part is, is Trump really [1:24:32] safe enough to leave the region? [1:24:34] Because Steve said that they've got enough [1:24:35] uranium to make 11 bombs. [1:24:36] That's a very good question. [1:24:37] That's a very scary thing. [1:24:37] So — [1:24:38] The President Well, it's — again, I can't [1:24:39] talk to you about that. [1:24:40] You're asking me a question. [1:24:41] You're essentially saying, will I go in and do [1:24:43] something? [1:24:44] I can't talk to you about that. [1:24:45] The Press [1:24:48] The Press [1:24:49] Go ahead. [1:24:49] The Press [1:24:49] The President [1:24:52] Well, we have a coalition for them, but they [1:24:55] should have been up here a long time ago. [1:24:57] And, you know, they're affected. [1:24:58] The amazing thing is, we don't need the hormone [1:25:01] strain. [1:25:01] We don't need it. [1:25:03] We don't need it at all. [1:25:04] We don't — we have so much oil. [1:25:06] Our country is not oil. [1:25:07] affected by this. [1:25:08] We have more of a — we have twice the amount of [1:25:11] oil as Saudi Arabia or Russia, and soon it will [1:25:16] be three times the amount. [1:25:17] Chris, do you want to speak to that for a second? [1:25:18] The President Trump III, Yes, correct. [1:25:20] Our total oil production is greater than Saudi [1:25:22] Arabia's, plus Russia's. [1:25:23] And more than we consume in the United States. [1:25:26] We're the largest — The President Trump III, Pretty [1:25:27] good. [1:25:28] Pretty good. [1:25:29] The President Trump III, Yeah, pretty good. [1:25:29] That's — The President Trump III, You know what [1:25:30] they call it? [1:25:31] Drill, baby, drill. [1:25:31] The Press, Yes. [1:25:32] The Press, Mr. President, I have another topic. [1:25:33] The President Trump III, Anything else you want to say? [1:25:35] The President Trump III, Well, and same thing for [1:25:37] natural gas. [1:25:37] We went — before your first term, we were the [1:25:41] largest exporter of natural gas in the world. [1:25:43] Today, we're just by far the largest. [1:25:45] And we were the largest importer. [1:25:47] Now we're by far the largest exporter. [1:25:48] And it's growing rapidly this year. [1:25:50] New facilities are coming online. [1:25:52] The production is ramping up. [1:25:54] The President Trump III, We're doing an amazing job. [1:25:55] We're getting a lot of help from that man right [1:25:56] over there. [1:25:57] He's getting approvals done quickly. [1:25:58] And very environmental — he's an environmentalist, [1:26:01] actually. [1:26:02] He does a great job, but he gives you a fast [1:26:05] approval — or rejection. [1:26:06] Do you have anything to say? [1:26:08] The President Trump III, Well, back on Venezuela, [1:26:09] where Chris and I have both had a chance to be [1:26:11] there, I literally think they're going to put a [1:26:14] statue to President Trump. [1:26:15] And I'm not being — it's not a political statement. [1:26:18] It's an actual thing. [1:26:19] The President Trump III, I hope so. [1:26:20] That would be a great honor. [1:26:20] The President Trump III, No, because it's like [1:26:21] they view President Trump like Simon Bolivar. [1:26:23] He's the liberator of a country. [1:26:25] And this is a country where they — you know, [1:26:26] they love American baseball. [1:26:28] You look on the street, they're wearing NBA [1:26:30] jerseys. [1:26:30] And Delcy and her team, working with us, getting [1:26:34] back — Chris and I both experienced — it was the [1:26:36] first time in Venezuela. [1:26:38] It was the first time in Venezuelan history that [1:26:39] they had the free press allowed to come on to [1:26:42] essentially what's their — where the White House, [1:26:44] the Palacio de Minas Flores. [1:26:46] And it was like — it was an emotional thing for [1:26:47] people that had been for 20 years that never had a [1:26:49] chance to be there. [1:26:50] So whether it's the — and then production, it's [1:26:53] showing up in production. [1:26:54] The American companies that are coming back, most of [1:26:57] those American companies have many American [1:26:59] Venezuelan team members. [1:27:01] One company in Houston has got 600 Venezuelan [1:27:03] Americans that know more about reviving that [1:27:06] industry. [1:27:06] So their GDP went up. [1:27:08] Is it one-fourth of what it was before? [1:27:10] They want to get back. [1:27:11] They remember what it was. [1:27:12] Their production on oil production is going to — [1:27:14] is climbing towards 50 percent increase just in [1:27:17] the three months we've been here. [1:27:19] That flows to American refineries on the Gulf [1:27:21] Coast, lowering the price of gas in America. [1:27:24] So it's a — [1:27:25] The President. [1:27:25] Mr. Forget that. [1:27:26] When are they going to do the statue? [1:27:27] The hell are they going to do it for? [1:27:30] The Press. [1:27:32] The Press. [1:27:34] The Press. [1:27:41] The Press. [1:27:42] The Press. [1:27:43] The Press. [1:27:44] The Press. [1:27:45] The Press. [1:27:46] The Press. [1:27:47] The Press. [1:27:48] The Press. [1:27:49] The Press. [1:27:50] The Press. [1:27:51] The Press. [1:27:52] The Press. [1:27:53] The Press. [1:27:55] The Press. [1:27:56] The Press. [1:27:57] The Press. [1:27:58] The Press. [1:27:59] The Press. [1:28:01] The Press. [1:28:02] The Press. [1:28:03] The Press. [1:28:04] The Press. [1:28:05] The Press. [1:28:06] The Press. [1:28:07] The Press. [1:28:08] The Press. [1:28:09] The Press. [1:28:10] The Press. [1:28:12] The Press. [1:28:13] The Press. [1:28:14] The Press. [1:28:15] The Press. [1:28:16] The Press. [1:28:17] The Press. [1:28:18] The Press. [1:28:19] So, we spend trillions of dollars supporting countries. [1:28:24] And this is Little League. [1:28:26] This isn't the big league deal. [1:28:27] This is sort of Little League pool for us. [1:28:29] This was an easy — this was — look, we decimated [1:28:32] them in a period of a week. [1:28:33] In the first week, it was over. [1:28:36] In the first few days, it was over. [1:28:38] I think the Navy took us three days to essentially [1:28:41] annihilate the — they weren't there. [1:28:44] So, if there's ever a big one — which I hope there's [1:28:46] not — but if there's ever a big one, I don't think [1:28:50] they're going to be there. [1:28:51] And that's not fair. [1:28:52] And we have to remember that as a country, because [1:28:54] we spend trillions of dollars protecting Europe, [1:28:59] protecting the countries of NATO. [1:29:02] They weren't there for us for a small time. [1:29:05] This is a small time. [1:29:06] You know what? [1:29:07] Venezuela is a big deal, but it's not the big one. [1:29:11] They weren't there. [1:29:12] So, what makes you think they'd be there if we [1:29:14] needed them for something? [1:29:15] And your Prime Minister was not there, as you know. [1:29:21] He was there after we won. [1:29:22] He said, we'd like to send some ships. [1:29:24] I said, we already won. [1:29:25] We don't need them anymore. [1:29:30] Why he what? [1:29:30] The Presser 2 [1:29:34] He didn't have to. [1:29:34] I didn't ask him. [1:29:35] I just said, just tell me, no. [1:29:39] I mean, we're always going to be there — or at [1:29:42] least we were. [1:29:42] I don't know about anymore, to be honest with you. [1:29:45] I would have to be honest. [1:29:47] We were always there when they needed help. [1:29:50] We always would have been there when they needed help. [1:29:53] I mean, think of it. [1:29:54] We're there to protect Europe from Russia. [1:29:57] In theory, it doesn't affect us. [1:29:59] We have an ocean — big, fat, beautiful ocean. [1:30:01] But we're there to protect NATO. [1:30:03] We're there to protect them from Russia. [1:30:07] But they're not there to protect us. [1:30:09] It's ridiculous. [1:30:10] It doesn't make sense. [1:30:11] I tell you, a lot of people were big NATO people. [1:30:16] I was never big. [1:30:17] It was okay. [1:30:19] I got them to pay 5 percent. [1:30:21] By the way, they haven't paid it yet. [1:30:22] You know that. [1:30:24] You know, I got them to pay 5 percent from 2 percent [1:30:26] to 5 percent. [1:30:28] They didn't pay it yet. [1:30:29] I got them to pay up to 2 percent because they [1:30:32] weren't paying the 2 percent. [1:30:33] Then I got them to pay 5 percent, which they should [1:30:35] be at. [1:30:36] And we had a lot of — oh, that was great. [1:30:38] Great. [1:30:38] Oh, only Trump could do it. [1:30:39] But the problem is, they haven't paid, because if [1:30:41] you look at the numbers, they haven't paid yet. [1:30:44] So we were there for them, but they were not [1:30:48] there for us. [1:30:50] Did we need them? [1:30:51] No. [1:30:52] I never thought we needed them. [1:30:54] I was more doing a test. [1:30:56] I said, I really would love to have you come up. [1:30:59] Bring your boats. [1:31:01] You can sail through the beautiful Harmo Straits, [1:31:04] and you can protect people that are being shot at. [1:31:08] They didn't do it. [1:31:09] And that's small potatoes. [1:31:10] Do you understand what I'm saying? [1:31:11] Go ahead. [1:31:13] I was just going to say — [1:31:19] The King? [1:31:21] No. [1:31:21] He's a friend of mine. [1:31:22] He's a great gentleman. [1:31:26] As you know, he honored me and our country. [1:31:28] He really honored our country. [1:31:30] But we had an amazing time. [1:31:33] I've known him as Prince Charles. [1:31:35] I know him as King Charles. [1:31:36] I'm proud of him. [1:31:37] He's fighting a tough battle. [1:31:38] He's tough. [1:31:39] I think — I think he's a fantastic — it has [1:31:42] nothing to do with — it's different. [1:31:44] But — and we're going to — he's going to be here [1:31:46] very soon, as you know. [1:31:47] We're going to have a state dinner. [1:31:48] It's going to be great. [1:31:50] But I was very disappointed. [1:31:51] When the Prime Minister said, I won't be able to — [1:31:55] it started with the island. [1:31:56] The island that the indigenous have claimed [1:31:59] away from your country. [1:32:01] And for some reason, you went for it. [1:32:04] And all of a sudden, indigenous people that [1:32:06] never saw the place — they never saw it — he [1:32:08] was afraid that we would do something to himself [1:32:11] because he's a liberal. [1:32:12] That's the way they think. [1:32:13] And when we needed the island to land that [1:32:18] beautiful B-2 bomber, we were told we can't use it. [1:32:22] We'd have to fly back to Missouri. [1:32:24] We'd have to do a 17-hour flight. [1:32:25] We'd have to do a couple of hours. [1:32:26] And I said, You got to be kidding. [1:32:28] Not good. [1:32:29] They made a big mistake. [1:32:30] The Press [1:32:32] Mr. President, you said you're [1:32:33] writing a deadline for Iran. [1:32:34] Is that pushed back now or — and if not, what do you [1:32:36] mean to say? [1:32:37] The President [1:32:38] I don't know yet. [1:32:40] I don't know. [1:32:41] Mr. Whitkoff and J.D. and Jared will tell me [1:32:46] whether or not they think it's going along. [1:32:48] And if it's not going along, maybe not. [1:32:50] And we have a lot of time. [1:32:52] You know what? [1:32:53] It's a day. [1:32:55] In Trump time, a day. [1:32:56] you know what it is? [1:32:57] That's an eternity. [1:33:04] The President. [1:33:05] The Press:" The European Parliament [1:33:06] just passed a major deportation plan. [1:33:09] Some of the tenets of it are that member states [1:33:12] can deport rejected asylum seekers to third countries, [1:33:14] regardless of whether they have a connection to it. [1:33:17] It allows for detention periods of up to two years [1:33:20] and also offshore return hubs or detention centers, [1:33:23] similar to ours." [1:33:24] The President. [1:33:24] The President. [1:33:25] And the vote was not close. [1:33:27] It was 389 in favor to 208 again. [1:33:29] I'd vote with them, yeah. [1:33:31] If Europe is where you are now, [1:33:33] do you think that will move the needle with Democrats? [1:33:35] I don't care about the Democrats. [1:33:37] The Democrats hate our country. [1:33:40] The Democrats are in chaos right now. [1:33:43] And they have no common sense. [1:33:47] You know, they have one quality that's amazing. [1:33:49] They stick together. [1:33:51] And it's harder because they stick together [1:33:53] in a ridiculous policy like men playing in women's sports, [1:33:56] open borders for everybody, [1:33:57] including murderers and anybody else that want it. [1:34:01] We're open to you. [1:34:02] Come in, murderers. [1:34:03] You know why they do that? [1:34:04] They do that for a couple of reasons, [1:34:05] but they do it for votes [1:34:06] because they think they're going to vote for the Democrats. [1:34:08] Even though I did great with the Hispanic vote, [1:34:11] tremendous with the Hispanic vote. [1:34:13] You know, I turned that whole thing around. [1:34:15] The Hispanics like me, and I like them. [1:34:18] And, you know, it's interesting with Hispanics. [1:34:19] When I built the wall, everybody said, [1:34:21] oh, that's going to ruin us for the Hispanic. [1:34:24] It was just the opposite. [1:34:25] They know all about immigration, [1:34:28] and they know all about death and crime, [1:34:31] and they're smart people, and they have common sense. [1:34:33] They wanted to be protected from the people [1:34:35] that were coming into our country. [1:34:37] So, you know, I won the election [1:34:39] with a very tremendous Hispanic vote, [1:34:41] and I think it's higher now than it was then. [1:34:44] So we're a party of common sense. [1:34:50] The Democrats are a party of insanity. [1:34:54] They're a party that will destroy our country. [1:34:56] If I didn't win this election, [1:34:57] I believe our country would have been destroyed by now. [1:35:00] One year, that's all it would have taken. [1:35:01] If you had Kamala or Sleepy Joe, [1:35:05] either one, it wouldn't have mattered. [1:35:06] They're the same thing. [1:35:07] Two sleepy people, two stupid people. [1:35:10] I believe, and by the way, [1:35:12] Gavin Newsom, who is one of the candidates, [1:35:15] I believe he took himself out of the running [1:35:18] when he says he suffers from mental disability. [1:35:22] And a reporter said it was terrible [1:35:23] that I talked that way about somebody with mental disability. [1:35:26] I said, I have no problem with it, [1:35:27] but I don't want a person with mental disability [1:35:30] to be my president. [1:35:31] I mean, [1:35:31] I don't want a person with mental disability [1:35:32] to be my president. [1:35:32] I mean, [1:35:32] I don't want a person with mental disability [1:35:32] to be my president. [1:35:33] I don't want to have a person with mental disability [1:35:35] being your president. [1:35:36] And Gavin Newsom said that he can't read a speech. [1:35:40] He can't do almost anything. [1:35:42] And then he said he's as dumb [1:35:43] as all the people in the room. [1:35:45] And he got accused of being a racist, [1:35:47] which was an amazing thing. [1:35:48] I thought it was the worst interview [1:35:50] I've ever seen anybody give. [1:35:52] He's actually a very stupid person. [1:35:54] So I believe he's out of the running. [1:35:56] I think that that statement, that interview, [1:35:59] he admitted that he's a stupid person. [1:36:01] I don't want a stupid person. [1:36:04] I don't want a stupid person being president. [1:36:05] You know, I'll say it right now. [1:36:06] I say it because Don't Press Never reports it. [1:36:09] I'm the only president that ever took a cognitive test. [1:36:13] I took it three times. [1:36:15] It's actually a very hard test for a lot of people. [1:36:17] It wasn't hard for me. [1:36:18] But it's a cognitive test. [1:36:20] It starts off with an easy question. [1:36:23] And by the time you get to the middle, it gets tougher. [1:36:24] By the time you get to the end, [1:36:26] very few people can answer those questions. [1:36:28] They get very tough, [1:36:29] mathematical equations and things. [1:36:32] I took it three times. [1:36:33] I aced it all three times. [1:36:35] In front of a lot of people. [1:36:35] In front of a lot of people. [1:36:35] In front of a lot of people. [1:36:35] In front of a lot of people. [1:36:36] In front of a lot of people. [1:36:36] In front of numerous doctors [1:36:36] that I have no idea who they are. [1:36:39] And I was told when I went in, [1:36:41] they said, [1:36:42] Doc Ronnie told me this. [1:36:44] My current doctors, [1:36:45] who are fantastic doctors, [1:36:46] they said, [1:36:47] well, if you take it, [1:36:50] you know, it's Walter Reed. [1:36:51] It's essentially a public hospital. [1:36:53] And if you do badly, [1:36:54] it's probably going to get out. [1:36:56] But I aced it. [1:36:57] I got them all right. [1:36:58] And one doctor said, [1:36:59] I've never seen anybody get them all right. [1:37:01] I've been doing the test for 20 years. [1:37:03] I want people, [1:37:04] I would love to see anybody [1:37:06] that's a president or a vice president [1:37:08] or anybody that has any chance [1:37:11] of being a president, [1:37:13] I would like to see them [1:37:14] take a cognitive test. [1:37:17] Because we had a man in this office [1:37:19] that had no clue what was happening. [1:37:22] And let me give you a little secret. [1:37:24] He wasn't a smart man 30 years ago. [1:37:27] And I'll tell you about President Obama. [1:37:29] He wasn't a smart man either. [1:37:31] I know all about him. [1:37:32] He wasn't a smart man. [1:37:33] Highly overrated. [1:37:35] He was a great divider. [1:37:37] And our country can't go through that [1:37:40] anymore. [1:37:40] We can't go through. [1:37:41] We have done an amazing job. [1:37:43] I had to do a little stopover. [1:37:46] I call it an excursion. [1:37:48] I had to do a little stopover in Iran. [1:37:50] And we had to knock the hell out of him [1:37:52] because our country would not have been safe. [1:37:55] The world wouldn't have been safe. [1:37:56] I've done a great favor for the world. [1:37:57] The world has not been, [1:37:58] it has not been reciprocal. [1:38:01] Because when I told NATO [1:38:03] where we give billions and billions of dollars, [1:38:06] trillions over the years, [1:38:08] I said, do you mind coming up [1:38:10] and giving us a little hand [1:38:11] with the strength? [1:38:11] Send up some. [1:38:13] They didn't want to get involved. [1:38:15] And I believe that's going [1:38:16] to cost them dearly. [1:38:17] Thank you very much, everybody. [1:38:19] Thank you. [1:38:21] Thank you very much. [1:38:22] Thank you.