Too much travelling, takes too long, too expensive : Trump

[0:01] You saw that. And any other questions? [0:04] Yes, sir. What have you heard from Pakistan? [0:07] The Iran's foreign minister was in Pakistan yesterday night. [0:10] I think Pakistan is terrific. I think the field marshal is fantastic. [0:15] I think the prime minister of Pakistan is great. [0:18] And, you know, they'd like to see something happen. [0:21] But we're not going to be traveling 15, 16 hours to have a meeting with people that nobody ever heard of before. [0:27] What changed to make you make that decision? [0:29] Too much travel. When they say the meeting's scheduled for Tuesday, I said, Tuesday? [0:34] That's a long time from now. But when you get right down to it, it's a lot of traveling. [0:38] No, we don't want to do that. [0:39] At what point do you send Whitcoff and Kushner and send Vice President Vance in? [0:43] What point are you going to be ready? [0:44] They're all very competent, all three. Those are three good. [0:47] But they weren't meeting with the leader of the country. [0:51] They were meeting with other people. And I said, we're just not going to do it. [0:55] Too much traveling takes too long. Too expensive. I'm a very cost-conscious person. [1:01] Mr. President, you said this week that you're not a fan of prediction markets and that they're turning the country into a casino. [1:07] But at the same time, you're not a fan of prediction markets. [1:10] Well, I don't know. I know some people that are very smart. They like it. [1:13] They disagree, but they like it. But what would you like to know? Who are you with? [1:17] I'm with Decrypt, a crypto-focused publication. And we also have a prediction market. [1:22] And your administration is aggressively pushing to legalize these markets. [1:26] And I was wondering if you potentially wanted to reconsider that policy. [1:30] A lot of other countries are doing it. And when the other countries do it, we get left out in the cold if we don't do it. [1:36] But I know people that are in the prediction market business. [1:40] And they're pretty on the bad side. [1:42] What made you decide to go and attend this meme coin conference today? [1:46] It's a big industry. And we want to beat China at the industry. [1:49] We're leading with crypto. We're leading with AI. [1:52] And I really feel I have an obligation from this. [1:55] As a president, I have to be able to make sure that all of our industries do well. [2:01] Crypto is a big industry. It's actually become somewhat mainstream. [2:05] The banks have it. People have it. [2:07] And I think as the leader of the country, we want to lead in AI. [2:11] And we're leading China by a lot in AI. [2:15] And we're also leading in crypto. [2:16] Do you agree with the decision by Jeanine Thierry to drop the investigation into Jerome Powell? [2:22] Well, I want to find out. You know, it's not dropped. [2:25] They're looking into the whole thing about the cost. [2:26] Referred to the IG. [2:27] What I want to look at is how can a building that I could have done for $25 million cost $4 billion? [2:37] That's a big thing. And he was in charge. [2:39] So we'll get to the bottom of it. [2:41] Yeah, I think Jeanine is fantastic. [2:44] And she worked with other people on that. [2:46] I tell you, I want to find out. I have an obligation to find out. [2:50] This was done during Biden. [2:52] But I have an obligation to find out. [2:54] I would have done that building for $25 million. [2:57] Had money left over. And it would have been open a long time ago. [3:00] You are her people. [3:01] I want to find out because for the country, look, we have a railroad under construction in California. [3:10] That's the worst thing I've ever seen under Gavin Newsom. [3:14] And I want to find out why that one is costing 20 times what it was projected to cost. [3:19] Likewise, the Fed building is a small. [3:22] I built a hotel in Washington. [3:24] It's a Waldorf Astoria. [3:25] I built it for $201 million. [3:28] And I believe it's bigger than the Fed building. [3:33] And you have bathrooms. [3:34] You have a lot of, you know, it's much tougher, much more expensive to build a hotel than an office. [3:39] I want to find out how can a building of that size cost four, whatever it's going to be. [3:46] Nobody knows, by the way, what it's going to be. [3:48] Kevin is going to be fantastic. [3:50] Kevin Walsh. [3:51] He may never get to be in that building. [3:53] Is it smooth sailing for him now? [3:55] Will Taylor's draw his rock? [3:56] I would imagine it's smooth. [3:58] But whether it is or not, somebody has to find out why that building that should have cost $25 million is costing billions of dollars. [4:07] And you know why they have to find it out? [4:10] For other buildings. [4:11] Because that's not the only one. [4:13] I think that's the most egregious example. [4:15] What else can I do on Iran as you're figuring out who is in charge? [4:19] If the hardliners or IRGC-aligned leaders have greater power in Iran, can the U.S. make a deal with those factors? [4:25] Whoever's running the show. [4:26] I'll deal with whoever runs the show. [4:30] They don't know. [4:31] They are fighting with each other. [4:34] It's tremendous infighting. [4:36] They're probably fighting for leadership. [4:37] In many cases, I think they're fighting not to be the leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders. [4:44] But I'll deal with whoever we have to. [4:46] But there's no reason to wait two days, have people traveling for 16, 17 hours. [4:53] We're not doing it that way. [4:55] We'll do it. [4:56] When they want, they can call me. [4:57] We have all the cards. [4:59] We've won everything. [5:00] We have all the cards. [5:00] Yesterday, you said from Reuters that we're dealing with who is in charge now. [5:04] What changed from yesterday to today? [5:06] Nothing. [5:06] It's just that they gave us a paper that should have been better. [5:12] And interestingly, immediately when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better. [5:18] What was on that paper? [5:20] We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon. [5:24] It's very simple. [5:25] Look, that whole deal is not complicated. [5:28] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [5:31] It's very simple. [5:31] Did they offer like 20 years on... [5:33] Will you continue the ceasefire? [5:35] I haven't even thought about it. [5:36] Did they offer anything in return to 20 years of suspending enriched uranium? [5:40] They offered a lot. [5:41] What did they offer? [5:42] They offered a lot, but not enough. [5:43] Thank you. [5:44] Will Kevin Walsh be bed chair? [5:45] Will Kevin Walsh be bed chair? [5:45] Will Kevin Walsh be bed chair?