Swollen Trump STUNS room of reporters

[0:00] A visibly swollen Donald Trump stunned an Oval Office full of reporters, as well as [0:05] the Iraqi prime minister, by the way, struggled to speak and really left the press corps baffled [0:11] based on the things that he said. Donald Trump did welcome the prime minister of Iraq to the [0:15] White House yesterday, and he started with his whole he's young and he's handsome thing, [0:20] which is one of these jokes Trump likes to tell when he has athletes at the White House or whoever [0:25] else. But again, with Trump, there's always some reality to everything he says. Nothing [0:29] is just a joke. And it goes to one of Donald Trump's greatest insecurities, of course, [0:33] which is that he is not the best looking fittest guy that is out the new prime minister. He's a [0:37] great leader. I think he's going to be there for a long period of time. And it's great to have you [0:42] at the White House. Thank you very much. He's a young man. He's young and he's handsome, [0:50] which I don't like. I'm not happy about it. I would be so curious as to whether Trump, [0:57] whether Trump even knows this guy's name, quite frankly, asked a question about Iran. [1:02] A visibly confused Trump starts talking about relations between Iraq and American oil companies. [1:12] And at this point, people in the room started to realize, oh, no, is he sundowning early today? [1:18] This doesn't seem like a good day for Trump. Sir, is the military attack going to Iran? [1:25] It's a strategy to bring him back to the table. Was it too great to degrade them so the regime [1:32] will eventually close? Well, we don't think we need the military [1:36] there anymore. It's a very big operation. And what we do have is the oil companies are all going in now [1:43] when they're doing partnerships with Iraq and they're getting along very well. [1:49] The relationship is a whole big relationship where we don't need the military there. We're there to [1:54] help them. We're there to protect them if need be. But we don't think that's going to be necessary. [1:59] And their primary, I consider an opponent, they might have considered a friend. But I consider that [2:05] an opponent was Iran was a big burden on. Rumor has it Donald Trump is still answering this question. [2:13] Today and still has not actually addressed the substance. Consider how often Donald Trump is [2:19] misunderstanding questions and statements. And there's two concurrent issues here. It's been [2:24] reported on extensively now that Trump is really struggling to hear. Not something we make fun of. [2:30] Right. It's just sometimes hearing can decline with age. Trump is 80. And sometimes Trump just can't [2:36] hear the questions. And then sometimes Trump doesn't understand the questions. That's another thing that's [2:40] going on. But here's a question about Iran talks about Iraq and oil companies. It's all very strange. [2:48] Then the topic of inflation came up and Donald Trump said inflation's over. We've solved it. [2:54] And he even looks into the camera and says, remember that for these midterms, inflation is done. [2:59] I think so. I think it's going to inflations down. We inherited the worst inflation in the history [3:13] of our country. They say 48 years. It was the worst in the history of our country from Biden. Sleepy Joe. [3:19] He might have been sleepy, but boy, he could create inflation like nobody. And I inherited that and I got [3:25] blamed for it. And it's not my fault. We are putting it to sleep. And we've done a great job. [3:31] Scott and Howard and Marco and even Pete because he's watching his dollars. Right. But they've done [3:38] a fantastic job. We've all done a fantastic job. So we had the worst inflation in history and the [3:45] history of our country. I mean, we had much where it was nine and 10 percent. And now we have a report [3:53] just came out. It was just released. Thank you for bringing it up. But the report was incredible. [3:57] Inflation is way down. That means prices are coming way down and we're doing a great job. [4:05] Remember that. Remember that for the midterms, they say to that camera, [4:09] remember that because nobody else could do it. Nobody could do it. By the way, inflation is up from [4:14] when Trump was sworn back in. And you don't have to take my word for it, as I always encourage people [4:20] to do. Just go and check the data. We have inflation data. And when Donald Trump took over [4:25] in January of twenty twenty five, inflation was three percent, two point eight percent. [4:32] So sort of in there because Trump took over at the end of January, it went all the way up to four [4:36] point two percent in May and then is now down at three point five percent, all higher than the desired [4:41] target and all higher than the inflation rate when Joe Biden left office. Just the facts. Don't take my [4:48] word for it. Donald Trump asked about his taco, his chickening out on the Strait of Hormuz and the 20 [4:55] percent fee. He goes, listen, people called me. Kings called me. Amir's called me and they said, [5:03] we don't want this. Let's do it a different way. They called me and they said, sir, grown men, [5:10] tough men with tears in their eyes. And they saluted. And I said, well, we'll do it a little different. [5:16] President Trump. Thank you. Thank you, President Trump. I have two questions. [5:20] I was wondering if you could explain your changing thinking on the Strait of Hormuz, [5:24] applying a 20 percent fee. Thinking. How did you get to the decision? [5:28] I like that. So when I put that out yesterday, we've been doing that for many, many years. [5:33] It was never fair to me that we would be guarding the straight when we basically don't take anything. [5:38] We don't need the oil at all. And it wasn't important for us, but it was important for allies. [5:44] It was important for people that we get along with very well, including the major [5:49] Gulf state countries. So I put it out yesterday. I thought it was good. [5:54] I was called by different people, different countries, kings and Amir's and [6:00] Translation, I'm a pushover. All of the people that we all know and [6:04] we all love and they've been, frankly, they've been very strong partners. And they said, [6:09] we'd love to do it a different way. We'd love to invest in the United States with [6:13] billions and billions of dollars and continue our record setting because we would. There's never [6:19] been a time like this for the United States with the factories, with the plants, with everything else. [6:24] And we would like to invest tremendously in the United States as opposed to charging a fee. [6:30] And I like that, actually, because I don't think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the [6:34] for the straight or for any other straight relationship in terms of other sections of [6:41] the world. I don't think anybody should be really in that position. But we want [6:45] wants never to pay a fee for straight relationships. Sort of an interesting revelation there. Listen, [6:51] the translation is Trump's a pushover combined with he didn't even really understand what he was [6:56] doing or why it was a bad idea. That's the bottom line. Trump asked about the FBI being involved in [7:03] investigating Lindsey Graham's death. And he goes, there's conspiracy theories, but I don't think [7:08] there's anything to them. I could also ask, are you aware of why the FBI is looking into Senator [7:14] Graham's death? Have you gotten any updates on why they were at his home? Well, I don't know why, [7:18] because I think, you know, he had a problem. His father had a very similar problem, as you know. [7:24] It's very unique. At first I heard it was clogged arteries because he did have clogged arteries. He had a [7:30] problem with with that. He was I wish he took better care of himself. I say you can see, you know, [7:37] you can solve that problem. But what happened is actually something that's very hard to detect. [7:43] It was not related to the any blockage. It was a totally different thing. And supposedly and I've [7:50] watched all the medical reports. I've had the doctors from the White House come in and explain what [7:54] happened. And this is something that is very almost undetectable. And if it happens, there's not [8:02] much you can do about it. It sounds unfortunate, but there's not much you can do about it. If you look [8:06] at his his father died of the same thing at about the same age. So there was not much. They say it's [8:16] almost undetectable. You can detect it by if you have a very bad back. That's a sign. It's a bad sign. [8:23] So if anybody has a bad back, it's a pretty rough thing to think about. But the fact that's one of [8:30] the primary signs and he would tell me he had a bad back, but little did anyone realize it was for [8:36] that. So and when that bursts, which it did burst, there's not much. So I don't see a lot of evil [8:42] there. I don't I know there's all sorts of conspiracy theories going along. And I don't think the FBI, [8:48] I think the FBI is wasting their time if they're doing it. [8:51] Trump is not buying the conspiracy theories around Lindsey Graham's death. Trump's understanding [8:56] of aortic dissection, by the way, is not exactly in line with the medical science, [9:00] but that's not a surprise to anybody. Trump is not buying it. And finally, [9:03] reporters trying to get Trump to give us a little preview of tomorrow night's big national address. [9:08] And Trump does indicate that it relates to election law. And this reinforces my belief that [9:15] Donald Trump plans to announce some very serious voter suppression techniques around the world and [9:22] around the nation are anticipating your big announcement on Thursday night regarding election [9:26] machines and integrity. Can you give us sort of a sneak peek about what to expect and tell [9:31] Well, I'd rather save it. It will concern that subject and we'll have a couple of other things. [9:35] So why should people watch them? But I'd rather save it. But it's really big news. [9:40] Yep. It's really, really big news. And our country has to shape up. But that's what we're going to be [9:48] talking about Thursday is it doesn't get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don't [9:54] have a country. We'll be discussing other things, too. 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