President Trump signs an executive order at the White House — 8/3/2026

[0:04] Thank you for all being here as we take a major new step to support our incredible military family, [0:11] something that we've been working on for a long time. [0:14] I guess you could say for decades there's never been anything like this. [0:18] Today, I'm signing an executive order to establish the first-ever Presidential Military Spouse Commission. [0:26] It will be chaired by Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of, and highly respected wife, I may add, of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, both here. [0:34] I also want to congratulate the new Executive Director of the Commission, Desiree Thompson Sale, along with new Commission Member Christy Mullen, [0:49] wife of Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen. [0:55] These are outstanding people, everyone, male and female, outstanding. [1:00] The Commission will also include the spouses of our wonderful service secretaries, [1:05] the spouses of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the spouses of their senior enlisted leaders. [1:11] And we have some incredible talent. [1:15] And I won't tell you, these spouses I've looked at educationally in every other way. [1:19] They're amazing. [1:20] We're also pleased to be joined by Secretary Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, [1:25] General Dan Cain. [1:28] Thank you very much, Dan. [1:30] America cannot have the strongest military in the world without the love and devotion of our remarkable military spouses [1:36] who make the extraordinary sacrifices for our country. [1:40] They really are extraordinary. [1:42] Many military spouses spend months separated from their loved ones while our heroes are deployed overseas. [1:50] Military families also endure frequent moves and other unique challenges. [1:54] And the challenges are legendary. [1:57] They write books about them. [1:59] This Commission will provide recommendations for improving the quality of life for military spouses [2:05] so that we can better support both our military families and the entire United States Armed Forces. [2:12] The Commission will develop suggestions to address particular challenges in housing, employment, [2:18] health care, education, child care, and just about everything else you can think of. [2:23] It's never – we've never had this opportunity. [2:26] We're doing it now because we've done a lot for our military. [2:28] We love our military. [2:30] Every day, our administration is fighting to give our military families the support they dearly need [2:35] and they deserve. [2:37] As part of the great, big, beautiful bill, we provided hundreds of millions of dollars for military child care [2:43] and improved housing on military bases. [2:46] It's being built. [2:47] Much of it's being built right now. [2:49] Last Christmas, every service member received a warrior dividend of $1,776. [2:57] Think of that. [2:57] I wonder where we got that number. [2:59] It was actually $1,775. [3:01] The number worked out to be $1,775. [3:03] I said, if you add $1, we have $1. [3:05] That was one of my genius ideas. [3:07] We have $1,776. [3:10] But that was a great thing. [3:11] And we've given it every member of our military hard-earned pay raise. [3:17] We've also given the pay raise. [3:19] The commission will help ensure we continue to give military spouses our very best [3:23] so our military can continue to be the strongest military anywhere in the world. [3:28] And we're proving that. [3:30] As you know, we had a conflict with Venezuela. [3:33] It worked out very well. [3:34] And we have a conflict with Iran. [3:37] And that's working out very well. [3:38] Very, very well. [3:40] So now I'd like to ask Jennifer Hankseth to say a few words, followed by Pete, General [3:45] Cain. [3:46] And then I will sign the executive order putting this into play. [3:50] And it's an order that's long overdue, as far as I'm concerned, like by decades. [3:56] And we're going to do a real job with it. [3:58] And Jennifer, if you will, please. [4:01] Well, Mr. President, you have been a champion for the military. [4:03] And we are so grateful for that. [4:05] And that continues today. [4:07] And like you said, these are generational issues that are long overdue to address. [4:11] And we have the most amazing women here who have decades of experience as military spouses [4:17] themselves to take a look at it. [4:19] There's really nothing we're going to find that they haven't experienced. [4:22] And so between what they've experienced and what they know, we're going to really tackle [4:27] these things. [4:28] And I've spent the last year traveling around, meeting with military spouses and families [4:33] around the world and around the country. [4:35] And it's the same from Kentucky to Singapore. [4:37] It's housing. [4:38] It's health care. [4:39] It's employment. [4:40] It's child care. [4:41] It's education. [4:42] And so we're going to take a look at all of those things. [4:45] Even one of the women up here, I won't say who, but was a paramedic. [4:49] And as they moved from state to state, she could not get the license. [4:53] Switch to that state in time before you move again, before you PCS. [4:57] And it makes it really difficult for these families to survive, let alone all the other [5:01] sacrifices we're asking for them. [5:03] So this is a big deal today. [5:04] We're super grateful. [5:06] Every time Pete travels around to the troops, he tells them, the President has your back. [5:13] And now the families know that you have their back, too. [5:16] And we are grateful. [5:17] Thank you. [5:17] Thank you, Jennifer. [5:18] Great job. [5:19] Thank you. [5:20] How about you say something first? [5:22] I can't really top that. [5:23] Then we'll go back into the general. [5:24] You're not going to top that. [5:25] I can't top that, Mr. President. [5:26] I would just shut. [5:27] You're not going to. [5:29] You know, it's true. [5:32] Strong families equal strong formations. [5:35] I mean, when you look at it from a military perspective as a secretary, our job is to make [5:38] sure our troops are prepared and ready on behalf of the nation. [5:41] And if your family is not taken care of, then it causes hesitations and complications [5:45] for the warfighters up front. [5:47] And so we say often and we mean it, no soldier, no Marine, no member of the Joint Force serves [5:52] alone. [5:52] And so if we can address the issues of housing and make sure it's quality housing, make sure [5:56] employment opportunities are maxed out, make sure child care is taken care of, make sure [6:00] DOEA or DOEA schools are the best in the world so that our military kids are being educated, [6:06] the trade skills they might want to take the next chapter in life, if that warfighter knows [6:10] that their family is good to go, they will go the extra mile, which is what our nation [6:15] asks. [6:15] So we're in, we're in for, this is not one of those window dressing efforts of the, [6:20] Jen's right. [6:21] This entire group has mountains of experience and they're raring to go to put it to use [6:25] on behalf of the great Americans who serve our nation. [6:27] And this is going to be full speed ahead to address every quality of life issue we can, [6:31] which Mr. President, you, you invested in the one big, beautiful bill. [6:34] People don't know how much went into housing and into barracks and into pay. [6:37] That's a down payment. [6:38] And now with the 1.5 trillion, which we're working to get every dollar of, it's going [6:44] to be a generational investment in barracks, in housing, in healthcare, in pay, in ways [6:48] no commander in chief has ever done before. [6:50] So, Mr. President, thank you for leading on this and this commission is ready to go. [6:53] Well, thank you very much. [6:54] You're doing a fantastic job. [6:56] General, please. [6:57] Mr. President, Mrs. Hexeth, Secretary Hexeth, it's an honor for me to be here today [7:02] at the launch of this commission. [7:04] As we stand here now, around the world, military service members are out doing our nation's [7:10] business and ready to do what is asked of them. [7:13] The foundation of American military readiness is the families, and the backstopping of all [7:18] of that is the military spouses that serve behind them. [7:22] Inevitably, every time somebody deploys, that refrigerator will break down, the car will [7:28] break down. [7:29] You think we're strong. [7:30] American military spouses are ten times stronger, and the lift that they carry is significant [7:36] every single day. [7:38] I want to thank this commission for the work that they're going to do to help improve military [7:43] families' lives and military spouses' lives. [7:46] It is a critical enabler for American warfighting capabilities. [7:50] So, to all of you here and all the work that went into putting this commission together, [7:55] thank you. [7:56] Mr. President, we're honored to be here today. [7:59] Where will they be meeting when you have meetings, because you're going to be having [8:02] a lot of meetings? [8:02] Do you know where you're going to be meetings at? [8:03] Every month, here at the White House. [8:05] Oh, that's great. [8:06] Yes. [8:06] We can't do better than that. [8:07] Can't do better than that. [8:09] Here's the Opal Office. [8:10] Hi, guys. [8:12] Would anybody like to say anything? [8:15] Maybe, Desiree, you could start. [8:16] And then, if you want to say anything, great time to say it. [8:19] Yeah, absolutely. [8:20] Please, Desiree. [8:20] Well, I'll just be really short. [8:22] It's a pleasure for me to serve as the Executive Director of this commission. [8:25] I think it's a long time coming. [8:27] It's a little bit of a pet project out of my office, simply because we have the Chief [8:31] of Staff of the Air Force's wife that has been inspirational for this. [8:35] She's a 41-year spouse. [8:36] But collectively, this group has over 400 years of experience as an active-duty military [8:43] spouse. [8:44] 400. [8:45] And they've probably moved about 300 times. [8:48] So if you can imagine that level of experience coming to this commission and solving real [8:53] problems for the future of our military spouses and families, it's just an incredible thing [8:59] that you're doing, President Trump, actually asking them to solve these problems and give [9:04] you good recommendations. [9:05] And we're happy to help them do that. [9:07] So, you know, we have – Desiree has been with us for a long time, and she's directly [9:13] and indirectly done what she's doing for a long, long time. [9:17] It covered numerous presidents. [9:19] And she basically responds to the public when the public – they send things. [9:24] Sometimes they send gifts. [9:25] Actually, it amounts to millions of dollars in small money. [9:29] And I said, well, what happens to that money? [9:31] They send it back or they do charitable work. [9:34] But it's literally millions. [9:35] They send it to me. [9:36] I should be able to get it. [9:38] She won't give it to me. [9:39] I should be entitled to it. [9:41] No, but they send it to me as just a gesture. [9:43] But they write thousands and hundreds of thousands of letters. [9:47] And she's got a staff that's all volunteer. [9:50] And I have one question. [9:52] How did I – how do I compare in terms of response with other presidents of the past? [9:57] No comparison, sir. [9:59] Is it good or bad? [10:00] No, it's good. [10:01] Actually, it's very good. [10:03] It's very good. [10:04] We do okay? [10:05] You do great. [10:05] A little more than Sleepy Joe? [10:08] Okay. [10:09] A hundred percent possible. [10:09] A little bit more. [10:10] Yes. [10:10] I think so. [10:11] Thank you. [10:12] Thank you. [10:13] Does anybody have anything to say or a question or statement? [10:17] Would you like to make a statement? [10:18] Yes, please. [10:18] Can I just say I'm so excited. [10:21] We've served with the Wills Box now for a number of years, and I've seen them champion [10:25] the enlisted corps. [10:27] As the spouse of a senior enlisted leader, it's pretty easy for something amazing like [10:33] this to happen and not include the enlisted corps – the senior enlisted leaders from [10:37] the enlisted corps. [10:38] It means the world to me that this started with them in mind. [10:43] And I don't know if you remember, but a few years ago, my husband was serving in Alaska, [10:48] and before you got on the plane, he asked your detail if he could ask you a question, and [10:53] he asked if you would FaceTime me, and you did. [10:58] I do that. [10:58] I do that. [10:59] It meant the world. [11:01] The people I respect. [11:02] You're getting ready to get on the plane, and this E-9, this enlisted command chief, [11:08] asked you to FaceTime me, and you put your arm around him, and you said, he's doing a [11:12] good job. [11:12] Take good care of him. [11:13] And that picture has hung in his office since, and it just means the world to me that you [11:19] highlight the enlisted corps every chance you get, and I love to tell people that story. [11:23] That you took the time. [11:25] That's all right. [11:25] Thank you very much. [11:26] Say hello. [11:27] Okay. [11:28] I remember. [11:29] Please. [11:30] Anybody else present? [11:31] This is Cindy Wilsbach, who's humble to her core, and has had a significant role in [11:36] putting this commission together. [11:37] So I just want to highlight Cindy Wilsbach. [11:40] I would just like to say this is a red-letter day for me, just the honor that I feel to be [11:45] surrounded by these spouses who, what I like to say is we serve by oath or by vow. [11:51] We didn't all raise our right hand to take an oath, but we began serving this great nation [11:55] when we extended our left hand and said a vow to the person that we love that serves [11:59] this country. [12:00] And we represent people that are at the end of their careers. [12:03] We have served decades, 20, 30, 40 years of service. [12:07] This is about the legacy that we leave for the people that come after us, for these people [12:11] who have children who are serving now, or for families that we say, we love you, we care [12:16] about you, and we are the greatest military in the world, and part of that is taking care [12:21] of our families, and that's what this commission will do. [12:22] And your husband is highly respected, I have to tell you, by everybody. [12:27] Thank you. [12:28] By everybody. [12:28] Anybody over here? [12:30] Yes, please. [12:31] Mr. President, on behalf of the Coast Guard, we cannot thank you enough for the amount of [12:36] money that you have put into our organization. [12:39] We are beyond excited about the new potentials that we have. [12:44] We could just feel it. [12:45] The whole Coast Guard, every time we go to visit, our different units and our families, [12:50] people are super excited. [12:52] Including 11 ice cutters, right? [12:54] Absolutely. [12:55] I'll be talking. [12:55] Yes. [12:56] It's going to be beautiful. [12:56] Yes, sir. [12:57] Yes, sir. [12:57] They had one. [12:58] Russia has 48. [13:01] They had one, and it was 50 years old, and you're going to soon be getting 11 brand new [13:06] ones at the top of the line, so that's a big one. [13:08] Our people are very thrilled and super excited and very thankful to you, so thank you, sir. [13:13] Thank you very much. [13:14] Good. [13:15] Anybody else like to say, last chance? [13:18] That's it? [13:20] So I'm going to sign this, and it's a real honor. [13:23] And then if you like, you could ask questions of the people, or me, if you want. [13:42] Okay, that's a good one. [13:43] So I wouldn't want a bad one on this side. [13:47] Some are good. [13:47] You know, we rate them from 6 to 10. [13:52] 6 is usually when I'm standing up holding it. [13:55] You can't do a very good one. [13:57] But that's a 10. [13:59] So we're – you deserve a 10, too. [14:01] Any other questions, please? [14:14] Please. [14:15] On behalf of the press corps, I thank you, ladies, for what you do for our service members [14:19] in this country. [14:20] Thank you. [14:20] Mr. President, are the talks with Iran now off, and are air strikes back on? [14:25] No, they're on. [14:25] They're going on right now. [14:26] It's an amazing thing. [14:27] We have a little problem with Iran, because we have many talks, and we'll say we have [14:32] or we don't have. [14:33] You know, we're straight about it. [14:35] But they deny it. [14:36] But they're not denying it now. [14:37] They just put out a statement, not denying it. [14:39] But for some reason, they – when they're talking, they don't like saying that they're [14:45] talking. [14:45] So I say, wait, we're in talks. [14:47] Big deal. [14:48] We're in talks. [14:49] And they'll sometimes deny it, even though they spend hours and hours together talking. [14:54] No. [14:55] The talks are going along. [14:57] We're going to hit them very hard yesterday. [14:59] Very, very hard. [15:00] Harder than any attack – I think I can say, generals, from a point of knowledge – any [15:07] attack since World War II. [15:10] That's pretty big. [15:11] And we were set to go. [15:12] And they called. [15:13] And in addition, Saudi Arabia called, and UAE called, Qatar called. [15:21] Got calls from numerous people. [15:23] I don't want to use the word begging, but somewhere, in particular, Iran did not want [15:29] to be hit. [15:31] And they said, we want to talk. [15:33] We want to talk about the strait. [15:35] But more importantly, from my standpoint, we want to talk about the denuclearization of [15:41] Iran, because this is what it's all about. [15:42] This is why I'm doing this. [15:44] And it should have been done. [15:45] It's now 50 years. [15:46] We keep saying 47 years, but three years have gone by. [15:50] But it's for 50 years that other presidents should have been doing what I – or other [15:55] countries. [15:56] It didn't have to be us, but other countries. [15:58] And nobody did it. [16:00] And it was time. [16:01] And we hit them hard with the B2s more than a year ago now. [16:04] And that knocked out their capability, their potential capability. [16:08] And we've done a great job. [16:12] But when we talk, we say we're talking. [16:14] If we're not talking, when you ask me, no, we're not talking. [16:16] I'll say it. [16:17] But we are talking right now. [16:19] We're talking. [16:19] And we're talking at the request of Iran, backed by Saudi Arabia, backed by UAE, and [16:27] backed by Qatar in particular. [16:29] But others also. [16:30] Many countries called – the leaders of many are friendly with a lot of them, almost [16:35] all of them, one way or the other. [16:37] And they all wanted to give this a last chance. [16:40] This is a last chance. [16:42] This is not something that – if it doesn't happen, this is a last chance for them to [16:47] sign a good document. [16:50] Yeah, please. [16:51] Mr. President, New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is requiring an ID to access his government-run [16:58] grocery stores. [17:00] What, then, is your message to Democrats who do not want to pass the Save America Act [17:04] and ensure, you know, ID at the ballot box? [17:07] This was just announced. [17:08] This was just announced. [17:09] Yeah. [17:09] I heard about it. [17:10] Yeah. [17:11] Well, I wish they'd have an ID to access the voting booth. [17:14] You know? [17:15] They don't want to access the voting booth with any identification. [17:18] We want voter ID, and we want proof of citizenship. [17:23] Well, he also had a thing where you had to have two different IDs to shovel snow during [17:28] the winter, right? [17:29] So that's a very friendly question. [17:31] I like her. [17:31] Who are you with? [17:33] One American News, sir. [17:34] Very good. [17:34] All right. [17:35] Good question. [17:36] Very good. [17:36] A good group, too. [17:37] There are almost 20 GOP senators who have pledged to stay in D.C. to pass the Save America [17:42] Act. [17:43] So what's your message to the rest of the senators who are still on their summer recess? [17:47] I think there's nothing more important than the Save America Act. [17:51] I think they should stay. [17:53] They do what they want, but I think they should stay. [17:56] Mr. President, where are you? [17:57] I think it's so important to get it passed. [17:59] Yeah. [17:59] Mr. President, where are the Iran talks, and what are your requirements right now? [18:02] Will you find out today or tomorrow? [18:04] I mean, are they going to go quickly? [18:05] One way or the other. [18:06] It's not very complex. [18:08] We're talking about the straight, the opening of the straight, having it open literally by [18:12] tomorrow, completely open. [18:15] And that's phase one. [18:17] And phase two is we then will talk about the nuclear capacity, the nuclear, what, you [18:23] know, as we've been mentioned, that basically it's, I think, the denuclearization of Iran [18:29] has to happen. [18:31] Has to happen. [18:32] And that'll be the second phase. [18:33] But the first phase is the opening of the straits. [18:36] The second phase will be the denuclearization. [18:37] And that'll take a little while. [18:41] But we're very strong on it. [18:44] They cannot have a nuclear weapon. [18:45] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [18:47] And I have never changed in that. [18:49] Yeah, please, in the back. [18:50] Thank you, Mr. President. [18:51] You said that if Democrats get back into power, what is happening in Spain awaits America. [18:57] What should voters in other countries with elections coming up soon take away from what's going [19:02] on in Spain? [19:02] Well, you have to be very careful with the whole socialist thing. [19:05] I think in many cases, it's much more than socialist. [19:07] They skipped socialism. [19:09] They went directly to communism. [19:11] But when I saw what happened in Spain, I said, you know, we had a version of that. [19:16] You could say much worse. [19:18] We we allowed 25 million people under Joe Biden, the Democrats. [19:24] We had open borders and countries all over the world, almost all of them sent people that [19:30] they don't want into our country. [19:32] And we've gotten a lot of them out and we're getting more, including murders. [19:37] And I always say 11,888. [19:39] That was the number of murders. [19:40] Many of them committed more than one murder. [19:44] And we're going to be just like that. [19:47] If you put these lunatics in that I see running for office, they had we had an open border a [19:54] year and a half ago. [19:56] We had the worst border in the history of our country. [19:58] Now we have the best border. [19:59] We haven't had one person come in. [20:02] And this is done by the Democrats, by left leading people. [20:06] They do charts and they have in 15 months. [20:10] Not one person has come in through our southern border illegally. [20:15] Now, that's pretty amazing. [20:16] I'd say maybe 10, maybe 15. [20:19] They say none. [20:20] And believe me, if they did, they'd love to report it. [20:23] But you could go outside in those vast plazas where hundreds of thousands of people gathered [20:29] when they stormed our country, just like they did, in my opinion, worse, just like they [20:34] did to Spain. [20:36] They stormed our country. [20:38] And those borders are those those big plazas that were built. [20:42] They put concrete down. [20:44] And now you look at them. [20:45] There's grass growing in the cracks. [20:48] Nobody comes up because they know they're not going to get through. [20:50] And if they do get through, they're going to be taken out, brought back to their country. [20:54] So we've done a fantastic job. [20:57] You know, somebody said you did it too fast. [20:59] I did it in 30 days. [21:00] My first 30 days. [21:02] Biden couldn't do it. [21:03] He couldn't get it done. [21:04] He tried it at the end. [21:05] He tried to do something because it was so overwhelming or so bad politically. [21:10] But we did it in 30 days. [21:12] Somebody said you should have taken a year and a half or two years completed because [21:15] everyone forgets. [21:17] Even my speechwriters, they say, sir, nobody wants to hear about the border anymore. [21:21] You've done it. [21:22] It's an incredible job you've done. [21:24] But nobody wants to hear about. [21:25] But I should have taken a couple of years to do it because and actually the public has [21:33] about a two year. [21:34] People do. [21:35] They have a two year memory for certain things. [21:38] They have a two week memory. [21:39] I may have gotten elected, certainly partially on the border. [21:44] And because we did such a great job, it was a long time ago. [21:48] I did it twice. [21:48] I did it in 2016 when it was bad. [21:51] But I did it this last time when it was really bad. [21:56] It was, Steve, I would say many, many times worse than it was in 2016. [22:00] 2016 was bad, but what we just had a year and a half ago, that was the worst border maybe [22:07] in world history. [22:09] There's not a third world country that would have allowed that to happen with people coming [22:14] in from prisons and people coming in from mental institutions and people forced in by [22:19] government. [22:20] Because these are the people that those governments, those countries, I know them all, they didn't [22:25] want. [22:26] And they walked into a country totally unvetted, totally unchecked. [22:30] Not anymore. [22:31] Nobody comes in. [22:32] Except if they come in legally. [22:34] Yeah, please. [22:34] Thank you, Mr. President. [22:36] Yesterday, you were asked. [22:36] Can you wait for us? [22:37] I'm with the Washington Examiner, sir. [22:39] Good. [22:39] You're doing good. [22:41] They've been very nice to me. [22:42] You were asked yesterday whether Representative Max Miller should resign from Congress over [22:47] the allegations, and you said that you'd have a look at it. [22:50] Have you thought about that? [22:51] And also, do you know what you're saying? [22:51] Well, it's a very sad thing. [22:53] I know Max. [22:53] He's a good person. [22:55] I mean, I always thought he was a very good person. [22:58] And I'm going to let the families figure that out. [23:00] You know, those families, I know they're working on it. [23:04] It's a very sad thing, especially when you know somebody so well, to be going through [23:09] that. [23:09] But it's accusations, and I'm going to let them figure that out. [23:14] Yeah, please. [23:15] Mr. President, did you sign off on Todd Lynch for sending the anti-weaponization fund? [23:20] And also, there are Democrats right now who say there's essentially two tax codes. [23:24] There's the Trump family tax code and a normal people tax code. [23:28] Why do you think that your opinion serves some level of special exemption when it comes [23:32] to the auditing of taxes? [23:34] Well, I'll go into that. [23:34] First of all, I had a 10-year case that was settled until I announced I was running for [23:40] office. [23:41] It was a settled deal like I've been doing all my life. [23:44] I've been audited every year for my entire life, which I have a lot of wealthy friends [23:48] who were never audited. [23:49] To this day, they were never audited. [23:51] I was audited. [23:52] And my deal was settled. [23:53] In writing, it was settled. [23:56] Subject to final approval. [23:57] Then I announced I was running for president, and all they did was haunt me with it. [24:02] They ended the settlement, and they went after it. [24:05] And they went after me illegally. [24:07] And they did a lot of bad things to me like they did to other people. [24:11] And I was treated very unfairly by the IRS. [24:15] It was weaponized against me. [24:17] Think of it. [24:18] I had a case from, this is a 10-year-old case. [24:21] And it was settled. [24:23] It was done. [24:24] The case was over. [24:25] I announced I'm running for president, and they terminated the settlement in Washington. [24:31] And they went after me. [24:33] And what they did here was very, frankly, if you talk about reparations or if you talk [24:39] about payment, what they did to me, I had a very good case against them. [24:43] So this was a case that was settled that when I decided to run for president, right at the [24:48] beginning, this is a long time, it's been going on for a long time, they terminated the [24:53] settlement, which is something that never happened before. [24:57] We have letters from the biggest law firms in Washington saying that this case is nonsense, [25:02] just like the Russia, Russia, Russia was nonsense. [25:05] They weaponized government. [25:07] And so that's that. [25:10] And most people understand that. [25:12] On the other, on the fund, these were people that were treated unbelievable. [25:16] Twenty-two suicides, more than that, I think. [25:20] Look at Ashley. [25:21] Look at so many other things that happened. [25:23] These people were treated horribly. [25:25] And this fund could have given them some solace. [25:29] But, you know, it happens to be very popular among many quarters. [25:35] And I don't participate in that fund. [25:37] I was certainly treated badly. [25:38] I don't participate, but I thought it would be very fair for people that spent years in [25:44] prison, people that were treated so badly, for, in many cases, people that did absolutely [25:49] nothing wrong. [25:51] So I view that fund as a positive. [25:53] And a lot of Republicans do, too. [25:56] Not so many Democrats. [25:57] And it's not only for that. [25:59] It's for other things, too. [26:00] People that have been treated unfairly, that have been weaponized by a corrupt government [26:05] that we had with Obama and that we had with Biden. [26:09] You had a corrupt government with both of them. [26:11] Mr. President, Mr. President, you signed off on Todd Blanche. [26:13] I didn't look at it. [26:14] All I know is that Todd Blanche is great. [26:18] He's going to do a great job. [26:19] Everybody knows it. [26:21] And I understand there's been a sign-off. [26:24] But I don't know what they agreed. [26:25] I think Todd Blanche agreed to reconfirm things that he's already said. [26:31] And what he said was okay. [26:32] Please, go ahead. [26:33] Are there other avenues you have supporters get paid, potentially, if it's not the N2 [26:38] Organization Fund? [26:38] Is there another way? [26:39] Who are you with? [26:40] I'm with MSNOW, sir. [26:41] You who? [26:41] MSNOW. [26:43] MSNOW? [26:43] Yes, sir. [26:44] What a terrible show. [26:47] They have the worst people in that show. [26:48] Are there other avenues you want to see people? [26:50] No, there's no other avenues that I know about. [26:52] Go ahead. [26:52] Mr. President, on the Iran talks. [26:55] MSNOW. [26:56] That's the failed MSDNC, right? [26:59] The failed. [26:59] The formerly MSNOW. [27:00] They failed. [27:01] They gave it a new name. [27:02] You know why? [27:02] Because nobody watched it. [27:04] Go ahead. [27:04] And fewer people are watching it now. [27:07] On the Iran talks, is there discussions? [27:09] Is Iran willing to return to a fully free navigation of the straits? [27:14] Is that on the table? [27:16] Say it again differently. [27:19] Would Iran be willing to return to fully free navigation of the straits? [27:24] It has to be. [27:25] I'm not going to let them charge. [27:26] Would you? [27:27] If anybody's going to charge, we'll charge. [27:28] We're the one that has total control. [27:30] We have total control. [27:32] You know, we have a thing called a blockade with his navy. [27:35] And that navy is, they call it a wall of steel. [27:38] The United States wall of steel. [27:41] And no, no, there's not going to be charging. [27:43] We're not talking about charging at all. [27:45] There won't be charging. [27:46] Yeah, please. [27:46] Mr. President, you said last week that illegal immigration is killing the UK. [27:53] Nigel Farage today has proposed the use of the Royal Navy to combat small boats crossing the Channel. [27:59] Do you think that European nations, including the UK, should be using their militaries to stop illegal immigration? [28:04] Look, you have to stop illegal immigration in Europe. [28:07] I know Europe better than anybody, better than the people that run it and have great relationships. [28:13] You're two things are killing Europe. [28:16] Number one is immigration. [28:17] Number two is energy. [28:19] Like the UK, when you look at the UK, they have one of the best energy fields in the world, North Korea. [28:25] Now, I think your new prime minister is going to actually open up the from what I hear. [28:28] I spoke to him and he sounded terrific on this subject. [28:31] But you open it up, you'll be a wealthy country. [28:35] You keep it closed, you're going to be a bankrupt country, which is what you are now. [28:39] Essentially, you're a bankrupt country. [28:41] You have one of the greatest energy fields, the North Sea oil. [28:44] One of the greatest fields in the world. [28:46] You know, the UK buys its energy from Norway, who gets the energy from the North Sea, [28:52] from not as vibrant a part of the North Sea oil was. [28:57] You're sitting on top of gold, better than gold. [29:02] And you don't do anything with it. [29:04] It doesn't it doesn't work. [29:06] You don't allow the oil companies in and it doesn't work. [29:11] And I spoke with your new prime minister. [29:12] I was very impressed. [29:13] And he sort of indicated to me and said, look, you can be a wealthy country or a bankrupt country. [29:18] You have your choice. [29:20] Not every country has that choice. [29:22] Almost no country has that choice. [29:23] But in the case of the UK, Scotland, I'm talking about Scotland right off the shore in Aberdeen, Scotland. [29:30] Aberdeen was the oil capital of Europe for years. [29:35] And then one day the liberals got in and they closed it. [29:38] And your energy rates have quadrupled. [29:42] You have among the highest energy prices in the world. [29:44] You could cut them in half. [29:45] You could give away free energy if you'd open up the North Sea. [29:48] And it's good for another 500 years, maybe more, probably a thousand years. [29:52] Has our new prime minister restored your faith in the leadership of criminology? [30:02] Look, I think we're going to have a very good relationship. [30:05] We'll see. [30:06] I'm not going to tell him how to run his country. [30:08] But I can tell you, immigration is an incredible problem for Europe. [30:13] You're allowing people in that in many cases are not going to help you. [30:18] I'm going to be nice. [30:19] They're not going to help you. [30:20] And the people that are there, people from your country, people from other countries that have been there for a long time and did a great job, beautiful place. [30:30] Look, I love it. [30:31] You know, my parents both came from Europe indirectly. [30:35] So a German, Scott. [30:40] And, you know, it's like one of those things. [30:43] It's very sad. [30:44] When I see what's happening to Europe, it's very sad to me. [30:46] But they have a problem with immigration. [30:49] They have a problem with energy. [30:50] You have windmills all over the place. [30:52] Windmills, you lose your shirt. [30:53] Any country with windmills is a loser. [30:57] Okay? [30:57] You just have to look. [30:59] If they have windmills, they're a loser. [31:01] Because you lose money with windmills. [31:04] Mr. President. [31:05] Yeah, please, go ahead. [31:05] Thank you. [31:06] Thank you, Mr. President. [31:07] Go ahead. [31:07] Who are you with? [31:08] John Ferguson. [31:09] Yeah, that's right. [31:11] Original name. [31:12] What was your name before? [31:13] John Ferguson. [31:15] Go ahead, John. [31:16] Where? [31:17] Good morning. [31:18] Two domestic questions, sir. [31:20] The first one is, Exxon and Chevron, integrated all U.S., just announced record profits, second year. [31:29] Unbelievable. [31:30] For Exxon, for instance, 14 million houses, they've had an over a decade. [31:35] For Chevron, for the quarter, highest in history. [31:39] By 12 times. [31:41] On the back. [31:41] You saw that. [31:42] Yes. [31:43] I mean, it's unbelievable. [31:44] On the back side. [31:44] I don't like it. [31:45] Workers paying higher debts. [31:47] What are, is our... [31:49] They're making too much money, okay? [31:52] Based on a shortage, they're making too much money. [31:54] I don't like it. [31:55] And I should be the last one to say, because I'm a big free enterprise guy. [31:59] Nobody bigger. [32:00] And, you know, you're going to see oil. [32:04] When we're finished with Iran, you're going to see the prices drop through the floor. [32:08] But they made too much money. [32:10] Too much money. [32:11] Chevron, too much money. [32:15] ExxonMobil, too much. [32:16] Too much money. [32:17] When you look at one company, where they made 12 times what they made the year before, they're going to give some of that back to the public. [32:25] And they better cut the retail price. [32:28] The consumer price. [32:30] Too much money. [32:30] You're surprised I'm saying it? [32:32] I'll say it loud and clear. [32:33] I'm not happy about it. [32:34] Go ahead. [32:34] For those of us here that live in Washington, D.C. with our families, like I do, the renaissance of the city that you've been able to do in 18 months is incredible. [32:50] I hope you heard the... [32:51] I couldn't... [32:51] Did you hear that, everybody? [32:53] The renaissance of Washington, D.C. in 15, 16 months is incredible. [32:59] And it is. [32:59] It's clean. [33:01] It's safe. [33:02] And you haven't seen anything yet. [33:03] We're replacing all of the grass that hasn't been replaced in the fields, all the beautiful fields where the grass is. [33:09] You know, grass is like humans. [33:11] It has a life. [33:13] This grass hasn't been changed in 100 years. [33:16] We're doing all the fields. [33:17] We're doing all the... [33:19] Most of the graffitis will. [33:20] But the most important thing is it's been beautified. [33:24] We did 78 monuments and fountains and waterfalls. [33:28] And they went from being horrible. [33:31] Mostly graffitis, and most of them for 25 years never worked. [33:36] They haven't worked. [33:37] And it's a renaissance, like you used the word renaissance, but it's a renaissance. [33:42] But the biggest thing is we have very little crime now. [33:45] This was the crime capital, frankly, of the world. [33:48] It was the most unsafe capital of any country in the world. [33:52] Now it's one of the safest, and it's one of the safest places in the United States. [33:57] And people are coming down. [33:59] You see it. [34:00] The tourism in Washington, everyone's safe now. [34:03] Nobody gets... [34:03] Nobody's getting mugged, shot. [34:07] We used to lose three people a week. [34:09] Death. [34:10] That's the least... [34:11] I mean, it's three people in terms of death. [34:14] 150 people a year were killed. [34:17] They come down from Iowa. [34:18] They come from Indiana. [34:20] Mom, I'm looking at the Washington Monument. [34:21] I'm looking at, and they end up getting killed. [34:25] You call their parents. [34:26] I'm sorry. [34:27] It doesn't happen anymore. [34:28] We don't have that anymore. [34:29] We play... [34:30] We're rough, but we don't have that anymore. [34:32] Our military has been unbelievable, and they work very well with the D.C. police. [34:36] But our military came in, the general people that we know so well, general, right? [34:42] They don't play games. [34:43] And we got the gangs out. [34:45] We removed almost 5,000 people who were career criminals, [34:50] who came in with Biden with the open borders, a lot of them, [34:54] and they're no longer here. [34:56] We sent them back to their countries. [35:00] You've got to say... [35:02] Have you ever seen such a transformation? [35:04] It's unbelievable if you live here. [35:06] It's just, you don't want to go back. [35:08] And now you can walk to work. [35:09] You can walk to the White House. [35:11] The people in the White House, they work in the... [35:12] They tell me, sir, thank... [35:14] They're thanking me all the time. [35:15] They used to have to take Uber, and the Uber would be robbed, okay? [35:19] They weren't even said... [35:21] They'd go to a restaurant, and they'd feel safe at a restaurant, [35:25] and then the restaurant would be robbed. [35:27] Do you know the restaurants were all closing? [35:29] And now you can't, if you're a restaurateur, you can't get a restaurant. [35:33] I mean, you literally can't. [35:35] The restaurants are booming. [35:37] Crime is down 92%, maybe more. [35:41] I want to get down 100%. [35:42] You know, the greatest statistic, though, that you have is that [35:46] 2% of the people create 91% of the crime. [35:50] You can really handle that. [35:53] And we've moved almost 5,000 people out. [35:55] They're criminals, career criminals. [35:57] We've ruled that, or in some cases, they're in jail. [35:59] In some cases, they were so bad, they came in through Biden. [36:04] They're so bad, we don't want to move them out. [36:05] We want to put them in jails because we're afraid [36:07] they're going to come back in somehow. [36:09] So I appreciate you saying that. [36:11] Would you consider going to Congress if they come in and try to roll it back, [36:16] the new Democratic mayor? [36:18] Well, you had a mayor who's, I guess she's a communist. [36:21] I mean, she says she's a socialist. [36:24] But I guess she's a communist, based on what she says. [36:26] But I have not met her yet. [36:28] I look forward to meeting her. [36:31] Would I federalize? [36:32] Basically, you're saying federalize D.C. [36:34] Well, I'm allowed to do that. [36:36] Would I do it? [36:37] If they want to. [36:38] We took something that was in deep trouble. [36:42] It was a graffiti-filled, crime-filled mess. [36:44] We turned it into Shangri-La. [36:47] We turned it into a great place. [36:48] Look outside. [36:49] Look what's happening. [36:50] Look at the beautiful ballroom and military center. [36:53] It's a military center, much more than we have a drone port on top. [36:58] Look at the grass in front of the White House being all replaced with the top stuff. [37:03] The parks are all being replaced. [37:05] It starts very soon, actually. [37:06] We'll do one at a time. [37:08] It's about 700 acres of parks. [37:10] We're all going to have brand new, the best grass you can get. [37:14] Scott's. [37:14] You know Scott's? [37:16] Scott's Miracle Grove. [37:17] They're doing it. [37:18] They do great grass. [37:19] What can I tell you? [37:19] I've got to give them a plug, because they did the White House for free. [37:23] Sir, a friend of mine, a guy that, he's terrific. [37:27] We'd like to give you new grass at the White House. [37:29] I said, I'll take it. [37:30] How much? [37:30] He said, free. [37:31] I'll take it. [37:32] Thank you. [37:34] Thank you very much. [37:35] Mr. President, this is at least the fifth time you've turned off airstrikes things for [37:39] months since April to negotiate. [37:42] What is your message to the American people who are wondering what has changed this time? [37:46] Why should it be? [37:46] Well, you don't know. [37:47] I don't know. [37:48] I think we're going to maybe get something. [37:50] But I want to give them every last chance before decapitation. [37:55] Very tough to do what we have planned, still planned. [37:59] We'll see what happens. [38:01] But it's a very, very tough thing to do. [38:03] I think I'm very proud of the fact that I will give people a chance. [38:08] This is a big move. [38:10] To do an attack that big on a country, I'd rather not do it. [38:15] Now, we've already through lots of large attacks, but they were normal large. [38:22] Hopefully, they'll come to their senses because what happened cannot have a nuclear weapon. [38:28] But hopefully, they'll come to their senses. [38:31] So they called me and they said, please don't attack. [38:35] We'll make a deal. [38:36] That's the real truth. [38:38] And everyone knows it. [38:40] And who wouldn't call? [38:41] And they found out through leaks and sleazebags, you know, a lot of sleazebags, leakers. [38:48] Leakers should be put in jail. [38:49] They have to strengthen up the laws for leakers. [38:53] But in this case, leakers helped because they said the severity of the attack. [38:58] And Iran knew it. [39:01] They knew what was coming. [39:02] It was going to come last night. [39:04] And it would have gone on for a long time. [39:07] And there'd be essentially very little left. [39:10] There'd be nothing left. [39:10] And if I'm given a chance to let a lot of people live, I want to give that chance. [39:20] So I'm under no time constraint. [39:22] You know, I don't happen to be running, but a lot of very good Republicans are running. [39:26] And you have a sick ideology taking place right now that, you know, hopefully they'll be defeated because they'll destroy the country if they ever take over. [39:34] But this desk is like a blocking desk, no matter who gets in. [39:39] If it's bad, I block. [39:40] And I'm good at blocking. [39:42] If it's bad, if it's stupid things like the things they want to do. [39:45] We want to get rid of the U.S. Senate. [39:47] I don't like a lot of senators, to be honest with you. [39:50] I don't want to get rid of the Senate. [39:52] We want to get rid of the Supreme Court. [39:54] They want to put now 21 or 23 people, that's the real, on the Supreme Court, or get rid of it. [40:01] They want to get rid of the presidency. [40:03] They want to have an appointed executive running. [40:06] That's a communist thing, you know. [40:07] That's a communist thing. [40:09] These are sick people. [40:11] And, you know, I said it the other day, and it maybe doesn't sound that important, but when a country goes bad, like look at the blue cities. [40:20] What do they have in common, aside from massive crime, much more crime? [40:24] The Republicans have very little crime. [40:27] But what do the blue cities have in mind? [40:29] And also, you can say this with nations, when they go bad. [40:34] The blue cities have something in common, crime, high crime, vicious, violent crime. [40:40] But what do they have in common? [40:42] They're all dirty. [40:44] They're filthy dirty. [40:45] Their streets are dirty. [40:47] Their streets smell. [40:50] Their storefronts are broken. [40:52] Their trees are all gross. [40:54] Everything about the place is dirty. [40:58] And I don't want to mention any specific city. [41:01] It's really all of them. [41:03] But you go into these cities that are blue, they're crime-ridden, and they're filthy dirty. [41:09] They're like Washington, D.C. was a year and a half ago, with graffiti all over the place, with crime all over the place, with people afraid to be here. [41:18] You've got to be ashamed of your capital. [41:20] Some of the most beautiful buildings built in the real time. [41:24] Like, you look at the Supreme Court building, and they put graffiti on it. [41:28] The most beautiful columns I've ever seen. [41:30] In fact, our columns are going to be nice here, at the ballroom. [41:33] I said, I want the Supreme Court, but better. [41:37] But you look at those columns, and then you see graffiti on the side of the building. [41:41] No artistry, just bad people. [41:45] But the one thing they all have in common, crime. [41:49] The two things, crime, but they're disgusting. [41:52] They're filthy dirty. [41:54] The streets are dirty. [41:56] They have people lying all over the street doing you-know-what. [42:00] They're all the same. [42:02] And this is what we're going to put in it. [42:04] It's not going to happen in our country. [42:05] Go ahead, please. [42:11] Yeah, in the back. [42:12] When someone... [42:13] Me, sir? [42:14] Go ahead. [42:15] When a group, sir, when a group... [42:17] Well, let him go, then you... [42:18] I'm sorry. [42:18] He was very rude to you, right? [42:21] Go ahead. [42:21] Who were you with? [42:22] I'm with real emergency voice, sir. [42:24] Sir, when a group such as the Haitians lose their temporary protective status, [42:29] how soon should they be bust and flown out? [42:32] Well, we had a big victory in court on temporary, you know, [42:36] the protective status. [42:39] And I largely leave it up to my people, [42:42] but we've had people here for many years, [42:44] and they were here temporarily. [42:46] You know, we had people coming in, [42:47] and they've been here for many, many years, [42:49] and they had a tragedy in their country. [42:52] They had... [42:53] Sometimes it was storms. [42:54] It was, you know, it was hurricanes. [42:58] And they come in, and, you know, [42:59] they're here for 12 years, 14 years. [43:01] So something's got to be done. [43:03] Yeah, please. [43:03] Have you spoken to Janine Pirro about her decision to drop her? [43:09] No, Janine Pirro made a mistake. [43:12] It was vandalism. [43:13] I just told you we did, I think, 78. [43:16] One of the things was the reflecting pool. [43:18] Hasn't worked since 1922, because it always leaked. [43:21] It always leaked from 1922. [43:24] You know, it's the largest, longest pool ever and all that. [43:28] The concept is beautiful, but it always leaked, [43:30] because of the size, because of maintenance, whatever. [43:33] But it was built in 1922. [43:36] And from the day it was built, it leaked. [43:39] Biden spent $58 million. [43:43] Barack Hussein Obama spent much more than that. [43:46] He said, I have an idea. [43:47] Let's take the river from... [43:49] Let's take the water from the Potomac. [43:51] So they took the water from the Potomac, [43:53] and it was putrid. [43:55] It was putrid. [43:56] It was a disaster. [43:58] Biden was a disaster. [43:59] I said, I'm going to get that fixed, [44:01] along with Doug Burgum and Department of Interior. [44:04] And we worked hard on that. [44:05] Now, we worked hard on all 70... [44:07] It's actually, I think, 81 now. [44:08] You saw the new horses that just opened by the bridge with the gold. [44:12] That was the way they were many years ago. [44:15] Now they look better than they did many years ago. [44:17] But these monuments look better than they did [44:19] when they were originally built. [44:21] Not just a little fix-up. [44:23] We made them the way they were plus. [44:26] And everyone's so proud. [44:28] The biggest... [44:29] One of the bigger jobs was... [44:30] Not really the biggest, believe it or not. [44:32] But one of the biggest was the reflecting pool. [44:35] And we did a great job. [44:37] We sandblasted the stone outside. [44:40] It was granite, so it has a long life. [44:42] We did a great job. [44:43] We got very expensive material to put on top of the surface that always leaked. [44:48] Because it was stone. [44:49] It was a stone surface. [44:50] Always leaked. [44:51] And we put it on. [44:54] And it was beautiful. [44:56] Now, we have photographs or tapes. [44:59] Like moving cameras, right? [45:02] We have them where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife. [45:06] So, now, I'm not saying I was 100% thrilled with the contractor. [45:15] But the contractor was rushing. [45:16] We wanted to get it open for July 4th. [45:18] And we got it done. [45:20] But, in addition, there was vandalism. [45:25] Number one, look at the grass. [45:27] Where the grass was all knocked out with a very, very powerful ingredient that we know very well what it is. [45:38] I'm not going to say the name because people get ideas. [45:40] But, and they put a terrible phrase, I won't say that either, but a terrible phrase on a massive piece of grass that we had just replaced. [45:49] Killed the grass. [45:49] We had to replace the grass. [45:51] A lot of grass. [45:53] In addition, they took knives or cutters and they cut the material. [45:57] It's material. [45:58] And they put their hands and they pulled it. [46:02] And there was also some maintenance things that we would have routinely fixed. [46:06] But we had that up and it was perfect. [46:09] And then you had the bubblers, which get rid of the, you know, what forms in the water. [46:15] And that works great. [46:16] But they turned it off because of the fight. [46:18] Because it competed a little bit of noise during the fight. [46:22] They turned it off. [46:24] And it grows very rapidly in the water. [46:27] But that actually works very well. [46:29] And that's all. [46:30] So now we're just about set to reopen it. [46:34] And we had to replace cut areas where they cut it and ripped it. [46:40] But there's a tape. [46:42] And Jesse Waters, by the way, did a whole big thing on it. [46:45] There's a tape that's out there that I posted on Truth. [46:49] Where you have people leaning over the side. [46:51] The weakest part because of the flexibility. [46:53] You know it moves. [46:54] It's very complicated. [46:55] It moves. [46:56] And the softest part has to be flexible. [46:59] And that's the stuff you can cut. [47:02] And these guys knew what they were doing. [47:03] And they cut all the way along the base. [47:07] Cut, cut, cut. [47:09] Now, when Janine looked at it, it was the day after the 4th of July. [47:14] With the largest fireworks display in the world. [47:17] And the stuff was laying all over the pool. [47:20] The fireworks. [47:21] Because they used the pool as one of the... [47:24] And it was all over the pool. [47:26] It was the day after. [47:27] Very shortly thereafter. [47:28] But that was working beautifully. [47:32] And it was vandalized. [47:34] And if you look at the tape... [47:35] Now, the tape isn't a great tape in the sense that you... [47:38] It's a little hard to say who it exactly was. [47:40] But it was people cutting this very expensive material. [47:46] Waterproofing material. [47:48] Anyway, it looked beautiful. [47:52] And then they cut it. [47:53] And they vandalized. [47:54] And we weren't necessarily thrilled with the contractor. [47:57] But they did a job. [48:00] And they were fixing any problems. [48:03] But then it got carried away. [48:05] Because the judge was extremely unfriendly to Janine. [48:09] And frankly, I think she choked. [48:11] Because the judge was really vicious. [48:14] Instead of going after the people that did it, [48:17] the judge went after her. [48:19] And went after her department. [48:21] And I guess she choked. [48:23] I don't know what the hell happened. [48:24] Are you reconsidering her role? [48:26] I don't know what... [48:27] You don't... [48:28] You're fake news. [48:28] Don't ever talk again. [48:30] You're fake news. [48:31] One of the worst in the business. [48:33] Fortunately, nobody watches you. [48:35] But something happened. [48:37] There was vandalism there. [48:39] And there were some things from the contractor, [48:41] which we would fix. [48:43] But it's almost complete. [48:45] And when it opens, it's incredible. [48:48] It's really incredible. [48:48] But remember this. [48:50] It leaked from 1922. [48:53] It opened in 1922. [48:54] They never solved the leak problem. [48:56] Because it was stone. [48:58] And the cracks with the stone... [49:01] It's not... [49:01] Stone is really not a waterproofing material. [49:04] We essentially use a very high-grade swimming pool type material. [49:09] Which was my idea. [49:11] I was very proud of that idea. [49:12] By the way, I didn't know the contractor. [49:13] Everyone said the contractor. [49:14] I didn't know the contractor. [49:16] But when it was completed, it was perfect. [49:21] But then somebody went in and cut it. [49:23] Just like they did the grass. [49:25] You know, nobody talks about the grass. [49:26] The grass have helicopter pictures of what they did. [49:31] Wasn't it 87, right? [49:34] Do you know what they did, right? [49:36] Did you see what they did? [49:37] Did you see what they wrote? [49:38] What did they write? [49:40] 87. [49:41] I'm sorry. [49:42] 86-47. [49:43] That's right. [49:43] 86-47. [49:45] They... [49:46] 86 them. [49:47] So it's 86-47. [49:50] They didn't do 45. [49:51] At least they left 45 now. [49:53] But they... [49:54] And massive letters on the grass. [49:57] 86-47. [49:59] And nobody talked about that. [50:01] It was vandalism, too. [50:02] We had to replace all that grass. [50:03] It was a tremendous amount of grass. [50:05] Because when you hit it with this poison, it's acid. [50:08] It kills the grass no matter how. [50:10] You can't even clean it. [50:11] Even if you got there right after. [50:12] It's very powerful stuff. [50:13] I know it well. [50:14] So people did great damage to this thing because they're sick people. [50:22] You know who's representing the man is a man from Crewe, a sleazebag, who's been suing me for my whole political... [50:30] Hasn't won. [50:30] He's lost all the time. [50:32] But Crewe, do you know what Crewe is? [50:34] It's a third-rate operation. [50:36] That's supposed to be a charity, but it's not. [50:38] They used it for political reasons. [50:41] So we should be proud of our monuments and we should be proud of our city. [50:47] And, you know, that was open before they did the damage. [50:49] It was open. [50:50] It never looked more beautiful. [50:52] It looked like a mirror. [50:53] And that's what it was supposed to be. [50:54] It was a very dark color because otherwise you don't see it as a reflecting pool. [50:59] And it looked beautiful. [51:00] Well, it'll look just as beautiful. [51:02] It'll be fixed and open over the next week and a half, two weeks. [51:07] Mr. President. [51:07] Who are you voting for in Michigan? [51:08] One more, yeah. [51:09] Who are you voting for in Michigan? [51:11] Well, you have a very interesting group. [51:14] Who I'm really voting for is Mike Rogers because I think he's going to be a great senator. [51:20] But you have a communist versus a socialist. [51:24] That's the way I look at it. [51:25] You have a communist versus a socialist. [51:28] It looks like the communist is leading. [51:30] We're talking about for the Democrat primary. [51:32] But for the Republican, you have a very good man and he should be able to win. [51:39] Okay, one more. [51:41] In the back. [51:41] Yeah, go ahead. [51:43] Lafayette. [51:44] Lafayette Park. [51:45] It's great. [51:46] Did we do a good job in Lafayette Park? [51:48] So Lafayette Park is right across from the other side of the street. [51:53] And I made a donation of $10 million. [51:55] That was me, personally. [51:58] And it's unbelievable. [52:01] It was so dirty and so disgusting. [52:04] Like everything liberal becomes dirty and disgusting. [52:08] Social, socialism, liberalism, progressivism. [52:13] You know, the word progressive is such a nice word. [52:15] They love using it. [52:16] But the radical left isn't letting them use that word anymore. [52:20] But Lafayette Park is a large park. [52:23] It was known as the gateway to the White House. [52:26] And it was disgusting. [52:29] The monument is beautiful. [52:31] Graffiti all over it. [52:32] I won't say what was on the sidewalk, but horrible, horrible, horrible, disgusting stuff. [52:39] And not only did we fix it, we have military standing there watching it. [52:43] And if anybody touches it, that was the one mistake with the reflecting pond. [52:47] They hadn't put up the cameras yet. [52:49] They had enough up because you see what's happening. [52:52] But if they would have had them up, we would have had a lot of, it would have been a lot easier. [52:58] And I was disappointed with Janine Pior. [53:01] Really disappointed with Janine Pior. [53:03] She folded like an umbrella. [53:07] And people get away with things. [53:09] It's a disgrace. [53:11] But we're very proud of Lafayette Park. [53:13] Now we have a big decision to make. [53:15] Do we take the pavers that are red, you know, the red brick pavers? [53:18] And do we change them into a granite, to gray granite, they're beautiful, but they're not the original. [53:25] So we're going to have to make that decision. [53:27] You have a good sense of taste. [53:28] What would you do? [53:29] Huh? [53:30] Yes, change it. [53:31] You would change the red brick into the granite? [53:33] Heartbeat. [53:33] The granite is much stronger, holds up much better. [53:36] Different color. [53:37] Legacy. [53:38] Change it. [53:39] Okay. [53:40] Are we considering firing here, Mr. President? [53:41] Go ahead, please. [53:42] Thank you, Mr. President. [53:43] Today is the MLB trade deadline, and there's been talk lately about potential lockdown next year. [53:48] I think over salary cap concerns, the salary cap. [53:52] Do you support the salary cap of the MLB, and what are your thoughts? [53:56] Well, we're going to talk about that at a different time. [53:59] You know, it's a complex situation, but not too complex for me. [54:02] Yeah, please. [54:03] In the back. [54:03] What do you think of the Nationals trading Luis Garcia to the Yankees? [54:07] Which one? [54:08] Luis Garcia from the Washington Nationals to the New York Yankees. [54:11] Your New York Yankees. [54:12] Yeah. [54:12] What do you think of the job Brian Cashman's doing? [54:15] Well, I've known Brian Cashman for a long time. [54:17] Look, he's done a good job. [54:18] I think Randy Levine is great. [54:19] He's a great executive. [54:20] And by the way, the NIL or whatever it is, is very close to getting college sports. [54:28] And Randy Levine and Nick Saban and a whole group of people have done an unbelievable job. [54:35] That was a case that should have been appealed by the NCAA. [54:39] They never appealed it. [54:40] Whoever ran the NCAA, they never appealed it. [54:42] The original case was thrown out by a judge that knew nothing about sports, nothing about sports or college sports. [54:51] And that case should have been appealed. [54:53] They didn't appeal it. [54:54] They didn't know. [54:54] I think they forgot something happened. [54:56] And college sports was and is in turmoil right now. [55:01] Turmoil. [55:02] And Randy Levine from the Yankees, the president of the Yankees, got together with a lot of people. [55:09] We had it right here, 60 people, 60 people that were in that world, including legal people. [55:15] And from football, Nick Saban, who won six or seven championships, fantastic coach and very respected. [55:23] And many other people, very, very respected. [55:26] And we have a bipartisan deal as of right now. [55:29] So we'll see what happens. [55:30] We have to. [55:31] They'll be voting on it soon. [55:32] I hope they get it. [55:33] I hope they get it done. [55:35] Thank you all very much. [55:36] Thank you. [55:36] Thank you. [55:38] Thank you for the question. [55:39] I love this question. [55:42] Thank you guys. [55:43] Have a good time. [55:45] Thank you. [55:46] Good luck. [55:47] Thank you. [55:47] Thank you. [55:49] Thank you. [55:52] We're good.