Trump FIRES UP at press conference

[0:00] stopping the massive cheating that's gone on and so we're going to be signing an executive order it's [0:06] i believe it's foolproof and maybe it'll be tested maybe it won't i think it's very obvious what's [0:12] said and i'll ask will scharf to start off attorney a great talent a very brilliant young [0:19] man and if you could discuss it and then i'm going to ask howard let dick to say a few words and then [0:24] i'm going to sign it and we'll take a couple of questions okay thank you mr president as you said [0:29] you have in front of you an executive order that deals with a number of issues relating to [0:33] election integrity as you've consistently identified two of the biggest problems we [0:37] have with election integrity in this country are one inaccurate voter rolls that allow ineligible [0:43] people to vote in various federal and state elections all over the country then secondarily [0:48] you've consistently identified that vote by mail in this country has become ripe with fraud [0:54] people returning ballots who aren't eligible eligible to return ballots ballots being sent [0:58] to the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of [0:59] the state of the state to people who aren't confirmed to be eligible voters so what this [1:02] executive order is going to do is one we're going to take federal data we're going to ensure that [1:07] each state's election officials are provided with a comprehensive view of who the eligible voters in [1:13] their jurisdiction actually are allowing them to properly verify that everybody voting in their [1:19] elections is legally able to vote and then it orders the postmaster general the u.s postal [1:25] service to take bold new measures to verify [1:28] that ballots both being sent to people are being sent to people who are eligible to vote [1:33] and then the ballots being returned are being properly returned by eligible voters only and [1:38] we believe that combined the measures in this executive order will help secure elections in [1:43] the future and ensure that the many abuses of our election system in the past aren't repeated in [1:48] future elections right howard so the fundamentals of our democracy are built on voter integrity [1:55] right we all need it you've said it time and time again [1:58] it's a total agreement amongst everybody so here's the idea the states right run these elections they [2:06] will if they want to use the u.s mail the u.s postal service they're going to get a code a barcode [2:13] from the u.s postal service and they're going to put that on the envelope and we will have one [2:18] envelope per vote none of this time where we have no idea there's no observers to mail there's no [2:24] envelopes there's no certainty that's all going to go away and with that i'm going to end the [2:28] president is doing today is he's going to make sure that mail and ballots are safe secure and [2:35] accurate and will have a clear distinction if you voted by mail you will have it on the envelope [2:42] obviously not on the ballot but on the envelope so we will know a million mail-in ballots there'll [2:47] be a million envelopes and you'll be able to know exactly correctly that citizens voted and this [2:54] came up uh with some great legal minds they looked at the various documents and everything [2:59] that was going on because the cheating on mail and voting is is legendary it's horrible what's [3:04] gone on and it's very clearly covered very very clearly so i think this will help a lot with [3:13] elections we'd like to have voter id we'd like to have proof of citizenship and that'll be another [3:18] subject for another time we're working on that you would think would be easy it's a 98 [3:23] issue for republicans it's 86 percent i think just came out of poll and it's 86 [3:29] percent with republicans and democrats not leaders because the leaders of the democrats cheat [3:35] and the only people that don't want to do voter id are people that cheat there's no other reason for [3:41] proof of citizenship they want to be able to cheat there's no reason they have all sorts of reasons [3:45] excuses but it's all nonsense they want to cheat but the democrats themselves are very high it's a [3:51] very positive very very good thing the democrat voters the democrat leaders guys like schumer who [3:57] are corrupt they want to cheat they want to cheat they want to cheat they want to cheat they want to [3:59] use it for cheating because their policy is so bad with i think of their policy open borders for [4:04] everybody where people pour into our country from countries all over the world think of that [4:09] uh you look at uh just take any issue take anything everything they have is so crazy but the [4:16] fact that they don't want to sign voter id is another issue it's a big issue the fact that they [4:21] don't have proof of citizenship that they want trans gender for everybody that they want men in [4:29] sports so the only way they assume the only way they can win is to cheat when you have men and [4:35] women's sports it's fine it's wonderful by the way i worked very hard with the olympic committee [4:40] and got that terminated for the olympics very nice now girls won't have to get beat up in the boxing [4:45] ring like they did last time if you saw those fights too people that transitioned beat the hell [4:51] out of everyone out of other people women it was not a pretty sight to watch so i worked very hard [4:59] with the olympic committee and we were able to get that out so the olympics will not have men in [5:03] women's sports but these are the things that they uh vote on and that's why we're having a problem [5:10] with them they don't want ice because they don't want people to be taken out of our country that [5:14] are murderers that are drug dealers and that are people from mental institutions the criminally [5:20] insane these are not nice people and uh it's a it's amazing i just it's not even believable if [5:28] you go back [5:31] 12 13 15 20 years that we even have to bring up a separate like there will be no trans [5:40] uh mutilation we don't want any transgender gender utilization of our children we don't want [5:47] to have people pouring into our country from other countries all over the world where prisons are [5:52] opened up all over the world they're opened up and they pour into our country murderers 11 888 [6:01] murderers think of that we got many of them out and by the way washington dc just set a new record [6:08] for safety i'm sure you know that because peter when you walk down the street you're not mugged [6:13] lately but it just it's a very safe city now we took great pains to make it that way but it [6:21] actually happened pretty quickly within three months it was good within four months it was [6:25] very good within five months it was great now it's better than it ever was and so washington dc is now [6:30] considered a very, very safe city. [6:33] We removed almost 4,000 people, just so you understand. [6:36] You know, an interesting stat is that 2% of the people [6:42] create more than 90% of the crime. [6:46] And the good thing about that is, [6:47] when you get rid of 2%, it's not that many, [6:50] you don't have a lot of crime. [6:52] But Washington, D.C., we're very proud of. [6:54] We're very proud of Memphis, Tennessee, [6:56] and Louisiana and New Orleans is unbelievable. [7:00] That the safest, they just finished their Mardi Gras. [7:05] They had the safest Mardi Gras in 58 years. [7:08] The governor just called me, Jeff Landry just called me. [7:12] He said, it's the safest Mardi Gras in 58 years because of us. [7:16] And really, Chicago should call and say we'd like help. [7:20] New York should call. [7:21] They've had a lot of problems that we want help. [7:25] Los Angeles should call and probably will. [7:28] I think they have to. [7:28] Now, we're going to have to do something [7:30] when it comes World Cup time. [7:31] And we're going to have to force ourselves upon them, [7:34] which we have the right to do, [7:35] because we don't want to have any crime. [7:37] We don't want to have any problems for the Olympics [7:39] and the World Cup, and even for 250. [7:42] So with all of that, I'm very happy to be signing [7:46] the voter integrity, and I think it's going to be really great. [7:50] So if you don't mind, I will take some time, [7:53] and I'll make this signature absolutely perfect [7:56] so it looks very good. [8:01] So far, so good. [8:10] Okay. [8:11] So. [8:13] That's a big deal. [8:14] Very proud of it. [8:15] And I think, I don't know how it can be challenged. [8:18] I'll probably challenge it. [8:19] You may find a rogue judge. [8:21] You get a lot of rogue judges. [8:23] Very bad, bad people. [8:25] Very bad judges. [8:26] But that's the only way that can be changed, [8:29] and hopefully we'll win an appeal if it is. [8:31] But I don't see how anybody can challenge it. [8:35] I don't see how they can challenge it. [8:37] And remember, it's about voter integrity. [8:39] We want to have honest voting in our country, [8:42] because if you don't have honest voting, [8:43] you can't have really a nation, [8:46] if you want to know the truth, Howard. [8:48] I'll give that to you. [8:49] Do you have any questions? [8:51] Please. [8:51] Yes. [8:52] Mr. President, as you know, issues right now with DHS not being funded. [8:57] Coast Guard is one of them, because it's very important, [9:01] especially with things going on, [9:02] considering the moves and here in our own country. [9:05] Do you have power to transfer control from the Department of Homeland Security [9:10] to the Navy? [9:12] Are you concerned with that? [9:13] No. [9:14] I have a lot of power. [9:14] I have to do things, and we use the powers where appropriate. [9:18] Sometimes you don't have to use those powers. [9:20] They're a little severe. [9:22] And then people accuse me of being a king. [9:25] You see, the king, this is the new one. [9:27] They've been trying for a long time, [9:30] including four years where I was out of office [9:33] watching how badly this country was run. [9:35] But they've been trying for a long time. [9:38] You know what they really are doing is they want to have people coming into our country. [9:41] They want to have open borders. [9:43] They want to have criminals coming into our country. [9:45] They want to have people unchecked, unvetted coming into our country [9:49] that you can look at them and say, this is not good. [9:52] And that's what happened. [9:53] They allowed 25 million people into our country. [9:56] Many of those people were criminals. [9:57] Many of them were drug dealers and murderers [10:01] and people that were let out of mental institutions, [10:05] prison populations. [10:06] In some countries, the Congo, almost its entire prison population [10:11] was allowed to come into the United States of America. [10:15] The Congo. [10:17] Many of the countries in South America, [10:19] they emptied their prisons out into our country. [10:21] This was under Biden. [10:23] And nobody can tell me that's a good thing. [10:25] And yet, they haven't changed their ways [10:27] because if they ever took power, they would open up the borders [10:30] and they would let people pour in and destroy our country. [10:32] So I have many powers, but I don't have to use them. [10:35] I mean, only in severe cases. [10:36] Yeah. [10:37] The Press- Mr. President, thank you. [10:40] We're able to sign the executive order in the TSA agents. [10:44] Why not do the same for FEMA? [10:46] And under what circumstances? [10:47] What are the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security? [10:49] The President- Well, FEMA's different because FEMA, [10:50] I really believe that it's fine, but I think it's very inefficient. [10:54] I think, you know, we have smart governors. [10:57] And one way to tell whether or not they're smart is how well they do. [11:01] FEMA's a very expensive way of trying to put out a problem. [11:07] But what I'd rather do is let the states do it [11:09] and help them financially, but let the states do it. [11:12] In other words, you'll have a hurricane in Florida, [11:16] and people will come from Alaska, [11:17] they haven't been to Florida. [11:19] By the time they get used to it, you know, the problem can be solved. [11:22] So I've never been a big fan of FEMA. [11:24] I like to keep it local. [11:25] I like to see governors and neighboring states help each other, [11:30] as opposed to FEMA. [11:31] FEMA's very expensive, and it really doesn't get the job done. [11:35] You know, North Carolina, they did a terrible job [11:38] until I became elected a second time. [11:40] And I went and, you know, we had that tremendous water flood. [11:43] There was a water hurricane that likes it, which nobody has seen. [11:47] And the land areas that never had lakes all of a sudden had lakes [11:50] that you couldn't even get to it. [11:51] And actually, we were helped by Elon Musk with the communication, [11:55] with his great communication system that worked very well. [11:59] We were very lucky, saved a lot of lives. [12:01] But, no, I – we've got to do things right. [12:05] And if we don't do them right, we shouldn't do them at all. [12:08] Yeah, please. [12:09] Thank you, Chris. [12:11] After you said today that's the wrong word, [12:13] even if you assume the stock market could have been much higher, [12:16] do you have thoughts on that? [12:17] And also, a judge just ordered – [12:18] did he order you to stop construction of the ballroom, [12:20] or are you planning to stop? [12:22] Well, we'll appeal that. [12:23] But it's not – I don't know. [12:24] There's – it's basically – I mean, I wrote a part of his opinion. [12:31] But basically, he's saying, I need congressional approval. [12:34] And he's so wrong. [12:37] This is being financed privately. [12:39] It's a donation that's being given by companies, [12:42] very rich companies, very rich people, [12:45] so that for 150 years, they've wanted a ballroom here. [12:49] We're going to have the finest ballroom, I believe, anywhere in the world. [12:53] And he said, we need congressional approval. [12:55] Well, they don't get congressional approval from the White House. [12:58] When they do things, they don't – especially when you don't – [13:00] we didn't ask for any tax money. [13:02] We have no taxes. [13:03] This is taxpayer-free. [13:05] We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents. [13:08] And I see right here – I just wrote it out. [13:11] He said, we need congressional approval. [13:13] Well, we've built many things at the White House over the years. [13:16] They didn't – they don't get congressional approval [13:18] when they build in the White House. [13:19] It's totally separate. [13:21] And especially when it's a donation. [13:23] I mean, the ballroom is a donation. [13:25] It's gotten great reviews. [13:27] People love it. [13:28] And presidents for 150 years have wanted this ballroom to be built, [13:31] because when we have President Xi or other presidents or prime ministers coming, [13:36] we don't have a big room. [13:37] We have the East Room, which is very small. [13:40] And he said, we need congressional approval. [13:43] He also said – but this is positive for us – [13:46] I'm allowed – meaning, we are allowed to continue [13:51] building as necessary to – let's see, what is that – [13:58] to cover the safety and security of the White House and its grounds. [14:04] So it says here very carefully, the safety and security have to be protected [14:10] of the White House grounds. [14:10] Well, that's what we're doing, because everything's bulletproof glass, [14:13] et cetera, et cetera, including the ballroom. [14:17] And then it goes construction and all of the things necessary – it says personal safety of the – [14:24] the president and his staff are a part of that. [14:27] So it talks about that we're allowed to continue building. [14:31] In other words, he put an order on – and even that, he gave 14 days. [14:34] We don't need it, because that's what we're doing. [14:37] He's allowed to continue building as necessary. [14:41] And when it talks about the safety and security of the White House and its grounds – [14:47] so just so you know, I wrote some of the thing down. [14:50] We have a drone-proof roof. [14:53] And it talks about the president and his staff. [14:56] We don't have a lot of bulletproof glass. [14:58] The White House was built a long time ago. [15:01] This has the highest level of – in fact, they call this graph, this grass, this – the glass – [15:11] it's bulletproof and it's ballistic-proof. [15:15] It's very thick. It's like that. [15:18] And it's going 45 feet high. [15:21] And every window is covered. Every door is covered. [15:23] The roof is drone-proof. [15:25] We have secure air handling systems, you know. [15:28] Bad things happen in the air if you have bad people. [15:32] We have biodefense all over. [15:35] We have secure telecommunications and communications all over. [15:43] We have bomb shelters that we're building. [15:47] We have a hospital and very major medical facilities that we're building. [15:55] We have all of these things. [15:57] So that's called, I'm allowed to continue building as necessary. [16:01] Think of the – for the safety of the president. [16:05] So we have all these things. [16:06] So on that, we're okay. [16:09] Where he's totally wrong – and he made, you know, a statement that's fine. [16:14] But where we – I'll give you an example. [16:17] You have right here $300 to $400 million, depending on finishes. [16:22] If I use very expensive marble, if I use very expensive wall coatings, [16:27] if I – I could bring it up to $400. [16:30] Otherwise, we're right now ahead of schedule. [16:32] We're under budget. [16:33] But depending on finishes, from $300 to $400 million are being given by great people, [16:41] people that you all know – rich people, rich companies, big companies. [16:46] They wanted to see this built because every president, literally, [16:49] for 150 years has needed a space like this. [16:52] Many of you have gone to the tent when we have a president of a big country [16:57] or somebody being honored of great distinction, and they sit in a tent. [17:01] And if it rains, you get soaked because the grass gets wet here very fast. [17:05] It's – it's a very – a wet area. [17:08] They used to call it a wetland, but I guess they don't do that for the White House. [17:11] But it's essentially a wetland. [17:13] And when it rains, you're in trouble. [17:15] The water can go up to three to four inches over their shoes. [17:18] That's not a good feeling for Prince – what – who was Prince Charles, [17:22] who will be – who will be here next couple of weeks, is King Charles, who's a great guy. [17:28] We don't want him to sit in a pool of water. [17:32] And they've been wanting this for a hundred – think of it – 150 years. [17:36] They're building it, and it's covered perfectly. [17:39] What's not covered perfectly is the fact that the judge said we need congressional approval. [17:44] Many things have been built in the White House. [17:46] They haven't gotten congressional approval, [17:48] especially when the money is being not put up by the taxpayer. [17:52] The taxpayer's not putting up a dime. [17:54] This building was necessary for many years by the fact that I've built many ballrooms, [17:59] and I've built many things, and I know how to build. [18:01] I'm not building the Federal Reserve where the guy's spending $4 billion for a tiny little building. [18:06] $4 billion for the Federal Reserve building. [18:11] That contractor is going to be one of the richest men anywhere in the world [18:14] after he finishes the Federal Reserve. [18:16] The man is totally incompetent. [18:18] Jerome Tullet Powell is totally incompetent, [18:22] and he's got to get out of office pretty fast. [18:25] He's doing a bad job, but he's also done a bad job in shepherding the construction of that building. [18:29] You know, they ripped down a part of that building, and it was a nice – [18:32] they say it's one of the nicest buildings in Washington. [18:35] They ripped it down. [18:37] So we feel – and we don't feel, we know – [18:40] that congressional approval is not necessary to put up a ballroom. [18:45] And many things have been built on the site. [18:47] They've never gotten congressional approval, and especially when the money is all put up. [18:53] This is all donations by people that love our country, [18:57] that love the White House, and that feel it was very necessary. [19:00] The Press A couple of questions for you on Iran, [19:02] but first one that affects Americans' gas prices. [19:05] Today they had $4. [19:07] The President I believe – [19:08] The President $4, yeah. [19:09] And we have a country that's not going to be throwing a nuclear weapon at us in six months. [19:13] The Press Of course, but Americans are feeling the effects in the interim of this operation. [19:16] The President And they're also feeling a lot safer. [19:18] The Press What is the plan to bring them back down? [19:20] The President All I have to do is leave Iran, and we'll be doing that very soon. [19:24] And they'll become tumbling down. [19:26] And stock prices were up today almost to a record, because they know two things. [19:33] Number one, we have a safe country. [19:35] We had to take a little detour, [19:37] because we had a madman named Khomeini who, sadly, is no longer with us. [19:42] And we had regime change already. [19:45] We've knocked out one regime, then we knocked out the second regime. [19:48] Now we have a group of people that's very – that are very different. [19:51] They're much more reasonable, I think, much more – much less radicalized. [19:55] It's a – we have had regime change. [19:57] We're dealing with people that are much more rational. [20:01] And it's very – it's amazing what we've done. [20:04] We had to make a little detour. [20:05] So when the stock market broke – [20:07] all records just a few weeks ago, [20:10] when it hit 50,000 on the Dow, 7,000 on the S&P, [20:15] I said to the American people, [20:17] it's time that we have – make a little detour, [20:19] because we have a madman that wants a nuclear weapon. [20:21] And if we did not come out with a B-2 bomber, [20:23] we would have a nuclear weapon right now. [20:25] We would – it would have been used – [20:27] it would have been used before this, before today. [20:30] And you may not be standing there asking that question, okay? [20:33] So I think we have a country that understands that. [20:36] I see CNN did a poll, [20:38] and they talked about voters or MAGA voters. [20:40] And my poll came out at 100 percent. [20:43] Nobody – nobody covers that poll. [20:45] They had – another poll was at 92 percent approval. [20:48] I think that the people understand it. [20:51] We'll be leaving very soon. [20:53] And if France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, [20:59] they'll go up through the Strait and – or most Strait. [21:04] They'll go right up there, [21:05] and they'll be able to fend for themselves. [21:07] I think it'll be very safe. [21:08] Actually, but we have nothing to do with that. [21:10] What happens to the Strait, [21:12] we're not going to have anything to do with, [21:13] because these countries – [21:15] China – China will go up, [21:17] and they'll fuel up their beautiful ships, [21:19] and they'll leave, [21:20] and they'll take care of themselves. [21:21] There's no reason for us to do it. [21:23] We hit them hard. [21:24] We got rid of a lot of – [21:25] a lot of the radicalized lunatics along the Strait. [21:28] But if they want something – [21:29] but I would say that within two weeks, [21:34] maybe – two weeks, maybe three, [21:36] we're hitting them very hard. [21:37] Last night, we knocked out [21:38] tremendous amounts of missile-making facilities. [21:41] We – as you probably read or wrote, [21:44] we knocked out – [21:45] excuse me? [21:46] The Press [21:48] The Press [21:49] I think we're two or three weeks in. [21:51] We'll leave, because there's no reason for us to do this. [21:54] Look, the problem with the Strait – [21:56] a guy can take a mine, [21:57] drop it in the water, [21:59] and say, oh, it's unsafe. [22:01] It's not like you're taking out an army [22:03] or you're taking out a country or you're – [22:05] they can drop it. [22:05] Or you can take a machine gun from the shore [22:07] and shoot a little few bullets on a ship. [22:09] Or maybe an over-the-shoulder missile, small missiles. [22:15] That's not for us. [22:17] That'll be for France. [22:19] That'll be for whoever's using the Strait. [22:21] But I think when we leave, probably that's all cleared up. [22:24] Today, I heard tremendous numbers of ships were sailing through. [22:27] We're negotiating with them right now. [22:30] They've been – again, we have had regime change. [22:32] Now, regime change was not one of the things I had as a goal. [22:36] I had one goal. [22:37] They will have no nuclear weapon. [22:39] And that goal has been attained. [22:41] They will not have nuclear weapons. [22:44] But we're finishing the job. [22:46] And I think within maybe two weeks, [22:48] maybe a couple of days longer to do the job. [22:51] But we want to knock out every single thing they have. [22:54] Now, it's possible that we'll make a deal before that, [22:57] because we'll hit bridges. [22:58] And we've hit some – we'll hit some bridges. [23:01] We've got a couple of nice bridges in mind. [23:04] But if they come to the table, that'll be good. [23:07] But it doesn't matter. [23:08] It doesn't matter whether they come or not. [23:09] We've set them back. [23:11] It'll take 15 to 20 years for them to rebuild what we've done to them. [23:15] They have no Navy. [23:17] They have no military. [23:18] They have no Air Force. [23:19] They have no telecommunications. [23:21] They have no anti-aircraft systems. [23:23] They have no leaders. [23:24] You know, their leaders are all gone. [23:25] That's why we have regime change. [23:27] We have nice new leaders. [23:28] Peter. [23:29] The Press Thank you, President Trump. [23:30] You talked about how the ballroom needs to have a drone-proof roof. [23:34] The President Right. [23:35] The Press There have been drone swarms flying over sensitive military bases. [23:38] There have been military installations in the U.S. over the last couple weeks. [23:42] The reports are they don't look commercial and they can't be jammed. [23:46] Is this another country's military? [23:48] President Trump I don't think so. [23:49] We have a great system of – do you notice that over the last four or five days, [23:53] you haven't seen very many drone hits, right? [23:55] We have some unbelievable anti-drone weaponry that's incredible. [23:59] But you want to have like, for instance, the ballroom. [24:01] We have a very powerful steel – very steel roof with other things in it. [24:07] And you want to have – [24:08] we're building a building for security, like – just like is judges' opinion. [24:12] You have to have security for the president and the staff. [24:15] They have – you need heavy, strong ceilings. [24:19] You need seriously thick, bulletproof, ballistic glass. [24:24] And we have that. [24:26] Other buildings don't. [24:27] You know, modern – fairly modern buildings don't have that. [24:30] They have roofs that are weak, and they have regular glass windows. [24:34] The Press There was this incident down at Barksdale, though, [24:36] where apparently a whole swarm of drones for a couple hours was over the flight line. [24:40] There's a lot of really important planes down there. [24:42] How concerned are you that this is – [24:46] The President Well, I'm not concerned. [24:47] Yeah. [24:48] I know about it. [24:49] They've checked that out, and they've gotten to the bottom of it. [24:54] You know, you have a lot of people now that fly these things all over the place, [24:59] and we're coming down very hard on them. [25:01] But we're able to take them out – militarily, we're able to take them out very easily. [25:05] And a new thing – [25:06] There's lasers. [25:07] You know, the lasers are becoming very, very effective. [25:10] You hit a drone and it melts in air. [25:12] It's a beautiful thing to see. [25:15] If it's coming at you, having a laser is a very nice thing. [25:18] But we have – there are methods of defending against – [25:22] I mean, the advantage from the standpoint of defense is they don't go very fast, [25:26] relative to a F-22, that plane right over there. [25:31] They go very slow. [25:33] They can be also shot out of the air by, you know, high-quality aircraft, [25:36] which we have more than anybody ever had. [25:39] There was a viral video this week. [25:42] I don't know if you saw it. [25:43] Army helicopters hovering near Kid Rock's house in Nashville. [25:46] Did you see that video? [25:47] I didn't see it, no, but I'm sure they had a good time. [25:49] Well, so the Army just said the crews of these helicopters have been suspended. [25:53] What do you think of that? [25:54] Well, it depends. [25:55] Are they – well, they probably shouldn't have been doing it. [25:57] Yes, you're not supposed to be playing games, right? [25:59] But I'd take a look at it. [26:01] They like Kid Rock. [26:02] I like Kid Rock. [26:03] Maybe they were trying to defend him. [26:04] I don't know. [26:05] Does Iran have to make a deal for the U.S. to end its operation in Iran? [26:11] No, no. [26:12] And have you spoken – and have you spoken directly to Iran? [26:14] Iran doesn't have to make a deal, no. [26:16] Yeah, I've spoken to a lot of people. [26:18] It's a new regime. [26:20] They are much more accessible. [26:22] They are right, you know. [26:24] They said, we have a present for you, Mr. President, out of respect. [26:28] And they said, wait a minute, do you want me to answer the question? [26:30] You're a fresh person, you know. [26:34] We've had a lot of problems with you, haven't we? [26:36] No, they don't. [26:37] You asked me a question. [26:38] No, they don't have to make a deal with me. [26:40] When we feel that they are, for a long period of time, put into the Stone Ages and they [26:47] won't be able to come up with a nuclear weapon, then we'll leave. [26:52] Whether we have a deal or not is irrelevant. [26:54] Now, it's possible that we'll have a deal because they want to make a deal. [26:58] They want to make a deal more than I want to make a deal. [27:01] But in a fairly short period of time, we'll be finished. [27:04] They will not be able to do a nuclear deal. [27:06] They will not be able to do a nuclear weapon for years. [27:09] And when they are ready, maybe in a long time from now, able to do a nuclear weapon, you'll [27:16] have a president that will be like me and that he will go there and he'll knock the [27:20] hell out of them again because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. [27:24] They are very radicalized people. [27:26] They're very sick leaderships. [27:28] And I will say, though, that the leadership we're dealing with now, the new regime, because [27:32] we have a new regime, and the new regime is much better than the past. [27:38] That's why we're trying to get the new regime. [27:39] I'm sure we'll see. [27:40] Thank you, Mr. President. [27:41] The Iranian government threatened a bunch of U.S. companies today in the region, including [27:44] Google, Apple. [27:45] With what? [27:46] What did they threaten them with? [27:47] PP guns or? [27:48] They don't have much left to threaten. [27:49] Well, that's a good question. [27:50] My question for you is, are you- [27:51] I don't know. [27:52] I mean, what did they-you made a statement. [27:53] What did they threaten them with? [27:54] I don't know. [27:55] Tell me, how did they threaten them? [27:56] Well, all I know is that they threatened them, sir. [27:57] What does that mean? [27:59] Fair enough. [28:00] You said something nasty. [28:01] Do you have the government in touch with these companies? [28:02] Are you helping to back them up? [28:03] You said something nasty. [28:09] You don't even know what the threat was. [28:11] What was the threat? I haven't heard it. [28:13] What was the threat? [28:14] Did they say they're going to blow them up? [28:16] You know what they're not going to do? [28:19] They're not going to hit them with a nuclear weapon. [28:21] Is this something you're concerned about, sir? [28:23] No. [28:24] Iran's IRGC issued a warning that they will target 18 U.S. technology companies [28:28] if the U.S. continues targeted assassinations of Iranian leaders. [28:31] They're getting unable first. [28:32] Those companies, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft. [28:35] Most of those people are dead already. [28:37] Yeah, Peter? [28:38] I got one. [28:39] Your son Eric posted a photo of what will be the Trump presidential library. [28:43] It's a huge skyscraper. [28:45] In Miami? [28:46] Is that all a library? What else is going in there? [28:48] Well, it's a library. It's a museum, a library. It's a presidential. [28:52] But I wouldn't start it until I'm out of office. [28:55] I don't believe in building libraries or museums. [28:57] It's really like the Barack Hussein Obama one in Chicago. [29:01] It's not a good look. [29:03] It's a very unattractive location, and it's a very unattractive building [29:05] that's seriously late and seriously over budget. [29:10] I think you're going to see a great one here, [29:12] and it'll go up on time, on budget, best location in Miami. [29:17] They say it's the best block in Miami, and the state worked with us. [29:20] Will people live there? Will people live in the floors? [29:22] No, it's going to be most likely a hotel. [29:24] You know, this concept could be office, [29:25] but it's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath [29:29] and a 747, Air Force One. [29:33] In the last year, it's going to be a hotel. [29:33] It's going to be a hotel. [29:33] It's going to be a hotel. [29:33] It's going to be a hotel. [29:33] It's just going to be a trick. [29:35] And the Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments [29:38] about your executive order trying to get rid of birthright citizenship. [29:43] And I'm going. [29:45] You're going to go to the Supreme Court tomorrow? [29:46] I think so. I do believe it. [29:47] And just sit there and listen? [29:48] Because I have listened to this argument for so long, [29:51] and this is not about Chinese billionaires [29:54] or billionaires from other countries [29:56] who all of a sudden have 75 children, [29:58] or 59 children in one case, [30:00] or 10 children becoming American citizens. [30:04] This was about slaves. [30:06] And if you take a look, slaves, [30:08] we're talking about slaves from the Civil War. [30:11] And if you take a look at when it was filed, [30:14] all of this legislation, [30:16] all of this everything having to do with birthright citizenship, [30:19] it was at the end of the Civil War. [30:22] The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves [30:26] and the protection of the babies of slaves. [30:29] It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires [30:33] and billionaires. [30:34] It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires [30:35] wanting to have their children get an American citizenship. [30:38] It is the craziest thing I've ever seen. [30:40] It's been so badly handled by legal people over the years. [30:44] If you look at the original birthright citizenship papers, [30:50] they all happened right after the Civil War. [30:53] The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves. [30:57] And hopefully it's going to say, [30:58] because our country is being scammed, [31:01] we're getting all of these people, [31:03] they're selling the rights, [31:04] people are making a living, a big living, [31:07] getting hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars [31:10] from bringing people in and saying, [31:13] congratulations, your whole family is going to be a citizen [31:17] of the United States of America. [31:19] That's not what it was for. [31:20] It wasn't for billionaires bringing people in or family in. [31:24] It was for the children of slaves. [31:29] And what you really have to do, [31:31] and I don't think the lawyers talk about it as much, [31:33] look at when the Civil War ended. [31:35] And look at the date of when this was enacted. [31:40] Okay. [31:40] Have you ever been to the Supreme Court? [31:42] Is this going to be the first time going to the Supreme Court? [31:43] No, I went once before, [31:45] the opening of the Supreme Court and the last administration. [31:48] And which justices will you be listening for most closely? [31:51] I love a few of them. [31:54] I don't like some others. [31:56] And you know, you say what you want, [31:59] but you have the ones that were appointed by Barack Hussein Obama and Biden. [32:04] I don't care how good your case is. [32:06] You can have the greatest case ever, [32:08] and they're going to rule against you. [32:10] They always do. [32:12] And it's not supposed to be that way. [32:14] Now, the Republicans tend to be very different. [32:18] They want to show how honorable they are so a man can appoint them, [32:22] and they can rule against them. [32:23] It's so proud of it. [32:24] We're so proud we ruled against Trump. [32:27] We're so proud. [32:27] We're above it. [32:30] There are those that say that's wonderful, [32:32] and there are those that say they're so stupid. [32:37] But the Democrats never fail at one thing. [32:42] When Barack Hussein Obama, [32:43] or when Biden appoints somebody, [32:45] they go along that line. [32:47] You can have the greatest case in history. [32:51] And almost, I guess I have to say almost, [32:54] maybe I don't have to say it, [32:56] almost without fail, [32:58] those people, four of them, [33:03] sometimes five of them, [33:05] but four of them will vote against you. [33:07] You don't have a chance. [33:08] You don't have a chance. [33:09] And that's not what the court system is. [33:12] Now, the Republican appointees tend to go, [33:14] and this has been long before me. [33:16] This has been for many years. [33:18] Some people would call it stupidity. [33:20] Some people would call it disloyal. [33:22] Some people would say they're right in doing it. [33:25] And I don't mind being right, [33:26] but the other side almost never does it. [33:28] Almost. [33:29] I think you could find maybe a couple of instances. [33:31] Almost never does it. [33:33] When a Democrat appoints a judge, [33:35] and I'm talking about judges, not just justices. [33:38] You go before some of these Democrat judges [33:42] in Washington, D.C., and you don't have a chance. [33:47] That's why I gave pardons to hundreds of people that were so, [33:50] so badly treated, having to deal with J6. [33:54] Yeah? [33:55] On the President's safe mayoral act, next. [33:59] Oh, do you have a question? [34:00] Let's go. [34:01] I didn't see you over there. [34:02] Sorry. [34:03] You've been so nice. [34:04] Here we go. [34:05] Now she's going to hit me with a bad one. [34:06] Go ahead. [34:07] On the safe mayoral act, Mr. President, [34:09] do you still think it's going to pass? [34:11] Were you signed? [34:12] I don't know. [34:13] It's the craziest thing. [34:14] The Democrats are totally against it. [34:15] Again, they're unified. [34:16] I think maybe you would have Fetterman, [34:18] who I have a lot of respect for. [34:20] But the Democrats are unified against it, [34:24] and you need Democrat votes, unless you do something smart [34:27] called the filibuster, terminate the filibuster, [34:29] which they should do. [34:30] Republicans should do that. [34:31] But there are a couple of Republicans that maybe [34:34] they're not so smart, because the Democrats will do it [34:37] on the first day in office. [34:39] Maybe the first hour. [34:40] It's a question. [34:41] Will it be the first hour or the first day? [34:43] So who can believe that a person, [34:49] you can't even get it to the floor, [34:50] that a person wouldn't vote? [34:51] Think of it for citizenship, proof of citizenship, [34:57] for voter identification. [35:01] And we also added one. [35:02] We added mail-in ballots, mail-in ballots with exceptions [35:05] for the military, for people that are sick, [35:08] people that are traveling, the disabled. [35:11] We have very generous exceptions. [35:14] But who would believe that that would be possible [35:16] not to get those things to vote for? [35:17] And then we added best of Trump. [35:19] We added no men and women sports, a different subject. [35:23] But we added that. [35:24] And we said no transgender utilization of our children. [35:28] These are all 90, 95, maybe 98 in some cases. [35:35] Maybe 99 in terms of those first two. [35:39] If you talk about the first two, I think, you know, [35:43] I think 98, 99% voter identification, right? [35:48] Wouldn't you think? [35:49] Don't you think it's nice? [35:50] With picture. [35:51] Wouldn't you think it's nice? [35:54] When the Democrats had their convention, [35:55] I remember it so well. [35:56] You had to have identification to get into the arena. [36:01] And they had a card that was bigger than most of their chests. [36:05] And it had everything. [36:06] It had their picture. [36:07] And if you didn't have that card, they threw you away. [36:12] In New York City recently, we had a big snowstorm. [36:15] Mayor Mandemi had, he called out for people to shovel snow. [36:22] But you had to give identification with picture. [36:26] If you didn't have, and it wasn't one identification, [36:29] you had to have two. [36:31] So to shovel snow in New York City, you need identification. [36:34] Double, with picture. [36:36] But to vote, which is maybe our most cherished thing, [36:39] you don't need. [36:41] They don't want voter ID, the Democrats, [36:44] because they want to cheat. [36:46] The problem is we need their votes. [36:48] In order to get it, you need their votes. [36:50] And look, they know their policy is so bad, [36:54] they know that if they gave those votes, [36:56] they might never win another election. [36:58] So they're fighting like hell. [36:59] Would you sign that? [37:00] They're actually fighting for their survival. [37:03] Because their policy, the Republicans have great policy, [37:09] smart policy, strong borders, low interest rates, low taxes. [37:13] We just gave you the largest tax cut in history. [37:16] All these great policies, you know, [37:18] we want a strong military. [37:19] Look at our military. [37:20] We have the strongest military. [37:21] Look what happened in Venezuela. [37:23] It was so incredible. [37:25] People said the greatest military maneuver they've ever seen. [37:28] Look what's happening in Iran. [37:30] We're just, I mean, [37:32] we're totally unchecked. [37:34] Everything's been bombed out. [37:36] They have no anti-aircraft protection. [37:38] They have no nothing. [37:40] They don't have anything. [37:42] Look at our military. [37:44] The Democrats don't want that. [37:45] And when I read the fake New York Times, [37:47] you take a look at it, [37:48] it's like, oh, they're putting up a good fight. [37:51] They're not putting up a fight. [37:52] They're not even shooting at us, okay? [37:54] We have planes. [37:55] Planes are just ruling the sky. [37:58] We have airplanes. [38:00] Those two, those two. [38:03] We have airplanes. [38:04] Nice, right? [38:05] Lincoln with a little modern touch. [38:08] The great Benjamin Franklin with a little modern touch. [38:11] But think of it. [38:12] They are roaming the skies over Tehran. [38:16] They're not even being shot at [38:18] because their equipment's been totally decimated. [38:21] They have nothing to shoot. [38:24] We have, they have no Navy. [38:26] They have no anything. [38:27] And just think about this. [38:28] They have no Navy. [38:29] They have no military. [38:31] They have no nothing. [38:33] They're losing. [38:34] They admit they're losing. [38:35] They're begging to make a deal. [38:37] And if you read the fake New York Times, [38:40] a corrupt newspaper, [38:41] where I'm suing them and I think I should do very well, [38:44] but you would almost think, [38:46] who's winning? [38:47] It's so fraudulent. [38:49] But just to finish up with the New York Times, [38:52] if you read the New York Times [38:54] prior to my election victory, [38:56] including the first one and the second one too, [39:00] I won three times. [39:02] I won three times convincingly. [39:05] But let's go to the third victory. [39:07] If you read the New York Times, [39:09] you would say, [39:10] oh, Trump's gonna lose. [39:12] But I won in a landslide. [39:13] I won the popular vote. [39:15] I won the electoral college in a massive number, right? [39:18] Massive. [39:19] I won the counties. [39:21] 86% of the counties I won. [39:24] All of these different things. [39:26] Winning the popular vote for Republicans, [39:28] you know, pretty amazing. [39:30] But if you read the New York Times [39:32] for months and months and months, [39:34] you're hearing, [39:35] oh, Trump is doing so badly. [39:37] We have to straighten out our media. [39:41] The reason their circulation is way down, [39:43] the New York Times circulation, you know, [39:45] has gone way down. [39:47] Washington Post is almost extinct. [39:51] The papers that are being dishonest, [39:53] the papers generally, [39:55] people don't believe the media. [39:57] And to finish, [39:59] I got 93% bad publicity. [40:02] Some people say 97, [40:04] but between 93 and 97. [40:06] A person that gets 97% of bad publicity, [40:10] bad stories, [40:11] maybe Caroline's doing a poor job. [40:13] I don't know. [40:14] She's my representative. [40:15] You're doing a terrible job. [40:16] Should we keep her? [40:17] I think we'll keep her. [40:18] But I get 93 to 97% bad press. [40:21] Fake press. [40:22] All fake. [40:23] I won in a landslide. [40:26] When you get 93 to 97 bad stories, [40:30] bad press, [40:31] and you win in a landslide, [40:33] you know what that says? [40:34] People don't believe the press. [40:36] And when people don't believe the press, [40:39] that's a very bad thing for our country. [40:41] And when you look at, [40:42] let's say the New York Times or the Washington Post, [40:45] their stories are so fake. [40:47] Wall Street Journal too, [40:48] a lot of bad stories.