About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of Trump issues FINAL warning on nuclear threat from Fox Business, published April 16, 2026. The transcript contains 2,328 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"THE HOT TOPIC OF THE HOUR, A LOT OF BREAKING NEWS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE TOLD ME THE BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN PORTS IS NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED. HE TOLD ME THE CONFLICT IS CLOSE TO BEING OVER. I SAT DOWN WITH THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY WHERE HE TOLD ME"
[0:00] THE HOT TOPIC OF THE HOUR, A LOT
[0:01] OF BREAKING NEWS FROM PRESIDENT
[0:03] TRUMP.
[0:03] HE TOLD ME THE BLOCKADE OF
[0:05] IRANIAN PORTS IS NOW FULLY
[0:06] IMPLEMENTED.
[0:07] HE TOLD ME THE CONFLICT IS CLOSE
[0:09] TO BEING OVER.
[0:10] I SAT DOWN WITH THE COMMANDER-IN-
[0:11] CHIEF FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
[0:13] AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY
[0:14] WHERE HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT THAT
[0:15] PLUS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE
[0:17] ECONOMY, HIS EXPECTATIONS FOR
[0:18] THE PRICE OF OIL AND THE
[0:20] RECONCILIATION PACKAGE TO COME.
[0:22] TAKE A LOOK.
[0:23] MS. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR
[0:26] SITTING DOWN WITH US.
[0:27] WE APPRECIATE IT.
[0:28] YOU'VE HAD A REAL REACTION TO
[0:33] THE BLOCKADE.
[0:33] ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE
[0:35] REACTION SINCE YOU PUT THIS
[0:36] BLOCKADE IN PLACE IN THE STREET
[0:38] OF HORMOOSE?
[0:39] IT'S BEEN PRETTY AMAZING
[0:40] ACTUALLY.
[0:41] I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO
[0:42] HAPPEN.
[0:43] THEY REACTED TO THIS EVEN, I
[0:45] THINK WE HAVE OBLITERATED THEM.
[0:47] AND THIS ALMOST SEEMS TO BE MORE
[0:49] OF A REACTION THAN WE HAD
[0:50] BEFORE.
[0:50] SO WE'LL SEE.
[0:51] I MEAN, LOOK, IT ONLY MATTERS
[0:53] THE END RESULT.
[0:54] AND WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
[0:56] WE STARTED OFF WITH VENEZUELA.
[0:57] WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
[0:59] WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
[1:00] I'VE REBUILT AND BUILT THE
[1:02] MILITARY IN MY FIRST TERM.
[1:03] I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE
[1:05] USING IT THIS MUCH.
[1:06] BUT WE HAVE THE GREATEST
[1:07] MILITARY IN THE WORLD.
[1:08] NOT EVEN A CONTEST.
[1:09] THINK OF IT.
[1:10] THEY HAVE NO NAVY.
[1:11] THEY HAVE NO AIR FORCE.
[1:12] EVERYTHING HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.
[1:14] THEY HAVE NO ANTI-AIRCRAFT
[1:15] EQUIPMENT.
[1:16] THEY HAVE NO RADAR.
[1:17] THEY HAVE NO LEADERS.
[1:19] THE LEADERS THEY HAVE NOW, IT'S
[1:21] A NEW REGIME.
[1:22] OKAY?
[1:23] IT'S A NEW REGIME.
[1:24] IT'S A NEW REGIME.
[1:25] IT'S A NEW REGIME.
[1:26] I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
[1:28] BUT IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT THE
[1:30] END RESULT IS.
[1:31] MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN FAIRLY SOON.
[1:32] WHO KNOWS.
[1:33] AND YOU TOLD ME ON SUNDAY THAT
[1:35] YOU THINK THEY WILL ULTIMATELY
[1:37] CONSENT AND SAY THEY'RE NOT
[1:38] GOING TO CONTINUE BUILDING A
[1:39] NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[1:40] HOW WILL YOU VERIFY?
[1:41] FIRST OF ALL, IF THEY DON'T,
[1:43] WE'RE NOT MAKING A DEAL.
[1:44] OKAY?
[1:45] SO THERE'S NO DEAL.
[1:46] THIS WHOLE THING IS REALLY ABOUT
[1:49] NO NUCLEAR.
[1:50] THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[1:52] AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
[1:54] NUCLEAR WEAPON, WE'LL BE LIVING
[1:55] WITH THEM FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
[1:56] BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER
[1:58] THEY CAN SURVIVE.
[1:59] I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THEY
[2:01] CAN GO BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HIT
[2:04] VERY HARD.
[2:05] AND AS AN EXAMPLE, WE COULD TAKE
[2:08] OUT EVERY ONE OF THEIR BRIDGES
[2:10] IN ONE HOUR.
[2:11] WE COULD TAKE OUT EVERY ONE OF
[2:13] THEIR POWER PLANTS, ELECTRIC
[2:15] POWER PLANTS IN ONE HOUR.
[2:17] WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
[2:21] BECAUSE SOMEDAY YOU'LL HAVE TO
[2:22] REBUILD.
[2:23] AND IT TAKES YOU 10 YEARS TO
[2:24] REBUILD THE BRIDGE.
[2:25] EVEN IF YOU'RE TRUMP, IT TAKES
[2:27] A LONG TIME.
[2:28] AND POWER PLANTS ARE JUST AS BAD.
[2:30] SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
[2:31] DID YOU GET ANY PUSHBACK
[2:33] LIKE FROM THE CHINESE OR THE
[2:35] SAUDIS ABOUT BLOCKING THE
[2:36] STRAIGHT OF HOMOSI?
[2:37] NO, I HAD NONE.
[2:38] I HAD NONE.
[2:39] LET ME MOVE ON TO DOMESTIC
[2:40] ISSUES, SIR.
[2:41] WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITIES
[2:42] NOW FOR THE ECONOMY FOR THE
[2:43] REST OF THE YEAR?
[2:44] TO BE HONEST, WE ARE DOING SO
[2:46] WELL.
[2:47] YOU LOOK AT THIS.
[2:48] I HIT THE 50,000 DOW MARK,
[2:50] WHICH EVERYONE SAID COULDN'T
[2:51] HAPPEN IN FOUR YEARS.
[2:52] I DID IT IN ONE YEAR.
[2:54] I HIT THE 7,000 S&P MARK IN LESS
[2:57] THAN ONE YEAR, WHICH WAS A
[2:59] NUMBER, AS YOU KNOW, YOU
[3:00] REPORTED IT.
[3:01] THEY SAID IF AT THE END OF FOUR
[3:03] YEARS YOU HIT THOSE NUMBERS,
[3:04] I DID IT AT THE END OF THE
[3:05] YEAR.
[3:06] I SAID NOW WE HAVE TO DO A
[3:10] LITTLE BIT OF A TURN, A DETOUR
[3:12] TO A PLACE CALLED IRAN AND WE
[3:13] HAVE TO STOP THEM FROM EVER
[3:15] HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[3:16] AND IF YOU TOLD ME THAT IN THE
[3:18] MIDST OF IT WE WOULD HAVE A
[3:20] STOCK MARKET THAT'S ALMOST AS
[3:21] GOOD AS IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO,
[3:23] JUST ABOUT, VERY CLOSE.
[3:25] WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
[3:27] OIL, THAT WE WOULD BE SELLING
[3:29] OIL, THAT OIL WOULD BE AT 92 OR
[3:31] WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT NOW INSTEAD
[3:33] OF 200 BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
[3:35] SAID OH, IT WILL BE 200.
[3:37] THIS IS IN THE MIDST OF
[3:38] EVERYTHING.
[3:39] NOW I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY
[3:40] WELL AND MAYBE PEOPLE ASSUME
[3:41] WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS THING
[3:42] PRETTY SOON.
[3:43] WE'VE BEATEN THEM MILITARILY
[3:44] TOTALLY.
[3:45] THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE IS THE
[3:46] GULF AND I THINK NOW WE'RE
[3:47] THE STRAIGHT AS THEY CALL IT.
[3:49] AND I THINK NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW
[3:51] THEY HOLD OUT.
[3:52] THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
[3:56] THE BACKDROP HAS CHANGED.
[3:57] I KNOW IT'S BEEN ONLY A MONTH OR
[3:59] SO BUT OIL PRICES ARE UP 50%.
[4:01] THE STOCK MARKET HAD A TOUGH
[4:03] FIRST QUARTER.
[4:04] YOU'RE RIGHT.
[4:05] BUT THEY'RE NOT UP.
[4:07] I THOUGHT, I MEAN HONESTLY, I
[4:09] THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MUCH.
[4:11] AND I WAS WILLING TO DO THAT.
[4:13] TO STOP A NUCLEAR WEAPON TO BE
[4:15] USED AGAINST THIS COUNTRY OR THE
[4:17] MIDDLE EAST, ANYBODY IN THE
[4:19] MIDDLE EAST, THEY WERE GOING TO
[4:20] TAKE OUT THE MIDDLE EAST.
[4:21] TO STOP THAT, IT WAS CERTAINLY
[4:24] WORTHWHILE BEING MUCH HIGHER THAN
[4:25] IT IS RIGHT NOW.
[4:26] IF YOU TOLD ME THAT WE WERE GOING
[4:28] TO BE AT ONLY $92 A BARREL,
[4:30] $92 A BARREL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN
[4:33] VERY SURPRISED.
[4:34] AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
[4:35] I'M VERY HAPPY.
[4:36] AND IT'S GOING TO COME DROPPING
[4:37] DOWN VERY BIG AS SOON AS IT'S
[4:38] OVER.
[4:39] AND I THINK IT CAN BE OVER VERY
[4:40] SOON.
[4:41] IF THEY'RE SMART, IT WILL END
[4:42] SOON.
[4:43] OVERALL, THE IMPACT ON THE
[4:44] ECONOMY, DO YOU EXPECT A HIT TO
[4:45] GROWTH?
[4:46] DO YOU EXPECT A SPIKE IN
[4:47] INFLATION?
[4:48] THERE'S A HIT BECAUSE WE GO
[4:50] THROUGH IT FOR WHATEVER IT IS,
[4:52] SIX WEEKS.
[4:53] THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIT.
[4:55] BUT IT'S GOING TO RECOVER I
[4:57] THINK FULLY.
[4:58] SOMEHOW THEY MISQUOTED ME.
[4:59] I THINK OIL WILL BE DOWN TO THE
[5:02] LEVELS IT WAS.
[5:03] YOU KNOW, THEY SAID I EXPECT OIL
[5:05] TO BE HIGH AT THE MIDTERMS.
[5:07] I DON'T EXPECT THAT.
[5:09] I THINK THAT WE WILL BE SOMEWHERE
[5:11] AROUND WHERE WE WERE, MAYBE
[5:12] EVEN LOWER.
[5:13] THIS IS GOING TO, WHEN THIS IS
[5:15] OVER, I THINK THE STOCK MARKET
[5:17] IS GOING TO BOOM.
[5:18] IT'S ALREADY BOOMING.
[5:19] AGAIN, NOBODY THOUGHT WE COULD
[5:21] BE AT 50,000 DURING MY FOUR
[5:23] TERMS ON THE DOW OR 7,000 ON
[5:25] THE S&P.
[5:26] AND WE HIT NUMBERS THAT NOBODY
[5:28] THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
[5:29] YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A
[5:31] RECONCILIATION PROGRAM WITH THE
[5:32] REPUBLICANS.
[5:33] CAN YOU ARTICULATE TO OUR
[5:35] AUDIENCE WHY A RECONCILIATION
[5:37] PACKAGE IS IMPORTANT AND WHY
[5:39] YOU WANT TO SEE IT ON YOUR DESK
[5:40] BY JUNE?
[5:41] BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET ANY
[5:42] DEMOCRAT VOTES.
[5:43] WITH RECONCILIATION WE CAN GET
[5:45] THINGS PASSED.
[5:46] THE GOOD THING IS THE GREAT BIG
[5:48] BEAUTIFUL BILL, THAT WAS FOUR
[5:50] YEARS WRAPPED INTO ONE.
[5:51] NOW WE'RE DOING SOME
[5:52] ADDITIONAL THINGS.
[5:53] BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT BIG
[5:55] BEAUTIFUL BILL, I THINK IT'S THE
[5:56] BIGGEST, THE BEST PIECE OF
[5:58] LEGISLATION.
[5:59] IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE GREAT BIG
[6:02] BEAUTIFUL TAX CUT BILL.
[6:03] BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO TAX ON TIPS
[6:05] AND LOOK HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT.
[6:06] NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY, NO
[6:08] TAX ON OVERTIME.
[6:09] WE HAVE PEOPLE, AND YOU SEE IT.
[6:12] I SEE IT ON YOUR SHOW.
[6:13] WATCH YOUR SHOW.
[6:14] YOUR SHOW IS GREAT.
[6:15] WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING
[6:17] $5,000, $6,000, $7,000, $8,000.
[6:19] THEY HAD NO IDEA IT WAS COMING.
[6:22] IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE EVEN
[6:24] BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED FOR
[6:25] PEOPLE.
[6:26] BUT THERE ARE RULES AROUND
[6:27] RECONCILIATION THAT IT
[6:29] REQUIRES DEFICIT REDUCTION,
[6:30] RIGHT?
[6:31] HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THAT YOU'VE
[6:32] GOT A DECREASE IN SPENDING?
[6:33] WELL, WE HAVE TO GO BY THE
[6:34] RULES.
[6:35] WE'RE GOING FOR THOSE RULES.
[6:36] IF WE DIDN'T GO BY THE RULES,
[6:37] WE COULDN'T EVEN PUT IT IN.
[6:38] WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUBMIT IT.
[6:40] AND NOBODY BELIEVES THAT MORE
[6:41] THAN ME.
[6:42] THE ONE THING I REALLY FELT
[6:44] STRONGLY ABOUT WAS THE
[6:45] MILITARY.
[6:46] WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY
[6:48] THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[6:49] AND EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGES IT.
[6:51] WHETHER IT'S CHINA OR RUSSIA,
[6:53] WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY
[6:54] IN THE WORLD.
[6:55] AND I BUILT THAT IN FOUR YEARS
[6:56] MY FIRST TERM.
[6:57] IT'S A GREAT INCLUDING ADDING
[6:58] SPACE FORCE.
[6:59] YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS
[7:00] THAT YOU SEE THAT WORK SO WELL
[7:01] IS BECAUSE OF SPACE FORCE.
[7:02] IT WAS A GREAT THING THAT WE
[7:04] ADDED WHEN WE WENT FOR SPACE
[7:05] FORCE.
[7:06] SO WHAT CAN YOU PUT IN THE
[7:07] RECONCILIATION BILL?
[7:08] OTHER THAN FUNDING CUSTOMS
[7:09] AND BORDER PATROL AND ICE.
[7:10] ANYTHING ELSE?
[7:12] WE'RE DOING MOSTLY THAT.
[7:13] THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT THAT.
[7:15] BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T
[7:16] WANT TO DO IT.
[7:17] THEN WE'RE PUTTING SOME THINGS
[7:19] AS WE GO ALONG.
[7:20] BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD
[7:22] THE EXPRESSION WE WANT TO KEEP
[7:23] IT SORT OF SLIM BECAUSE WE WANT
[7:24] TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE
[7:26] SAFEST BORDER IN THE HISTORY
[7:27] OF OUR COUNTRY.
[7:28] NOBODY CAME IN.
[7:29] I'M NOT EVEN SURE I CAN BELIEVE
[7:30] THAT.
[7:31] BUT THE DEMOCRATS DO THE
[7:33] NUMBERS.
[7:34] IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE
[7:35] AGENCY THAT DOES THAT IS THEY
[7:37] TEND TO BE ON THE DEMOCRATS
[7:40] SIDE TO PUT THEM ONLY.
[7:41] IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS, NOT ONE
[7:44] PERSON CAME ACROSS THE BORDER
[7:45] ILLEGALLY.
[7:46] NOW COMPARE THAT TO 25 MILLION
[7:50] PEOPLE COMING ACROSS BY SLEEPY
[7:52] JOE.
[7:53] I WAS THERE.
[7:54] I WENT THROUGH THE BORDER SIX
[7:55] TIMES.
[7:56] I SAW IT.
[7:57] I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
[7:58] SAYING.
[7:59] THEY CAME IN BY THE
[8:00] MILLIONS.
[8:01] HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS A WEEK
[8:03] JUST POURING IT TOTALLY
[8:04] UNCHECKED.
[8:05] AND YOU KNOW THE COUNTRIES, I
[8:06] KNOW THE LEADERS OF MOST OF
[8:07] THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY SMART.
[8:09] THEY'RE STREET SMART.
[8:10] SOME ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED.
[8:11] BUT THEY'RE VERY STREET SMART.
[8:13] THEY DON'T SEND THEIR GOOD
[8:14] PEOPLE TO US.
[8:15] WHEN THEY DO A CARAVAN, 25,000,
[8:17] 30,000 PEOPLE IN A CARAVAN, YOU
[8:19] DON'T HAVE THEIR GOOD.
[8:20] YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT FRANKLY,
[8:22] EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS
[8:23] PER SE, THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK
[8:25] OR THEY WANT WELFARE OR THEY
[8:27] SENT ALL THESE PEOPLE TO OUR
[8:29] COUNTRY.
[8:30] WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE TO
[8:32] US SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
[8:33] CAN YOU PUT THE SAVE AMERICA
[8:34] ACT IN THE RECONCILIATION PLAN?
[8:37] I'D LOVE TO DO IT AND WE'LL
[8:39] CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT.
[8:40] BUT I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING
[8:41] EASY, AND IT HAS TO BE CALLED
[8:43] SAVE AMERICA, AS YOU JUST DID.
[8:45] A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO GO TO
[8:46] THE SAVE ACT.
[8:47] NOBODY KNOWS.
[8:48] IT'S SAVE AMERICA.
[8:49] IT'S VOTER I.D.
[8:51] IT'S YOU HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN TO
[8:53] VOTE.
[8:54] CAN YOU MAKE IT A BUDGETARY ITEM?
[8:56] IT'S GOOD FOR THE MILITARY.
[8:57] YOU KNOW, THE MILITARY IS THE
[8:58] WAY THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE
[8:59] IT, ET CETERA.
[9:00] SOMEBODY THAT'S SICK.
[9:01] SOMEBODY THAT'S AWAY.
[9:02] YOU CAN'T.
[9:03] AND YOU DO MAIL IN VOTING.
[9:04] BUT MAIL IN VOTING CUT BACK SO
[9:06] THAT IT'S FAIR.
[9:07] IT'S TAX DAY.
[9:08] WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
[9:09] PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE
[9:10] CHANGES THAT YOU PUT IN THE TAX
[9:11] CODE IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
[9:12] AND HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THESE
[9:13] REFUNDS THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING?
[9:14] OKAY.
[9:15] WELL, THE REFUNDS ARE REALLY
[9:16] SIGNIFICANT AND IT MAKES IT LESS
[9:17] COMPLICATED TO DO YOUR TAX
[9:18] RETURN.
[9:19] MUCH LESS COMPLICATED.
[9:20] BUT THE PEOPLE, I MEAN, I THINK
[9:21] YOU'RE SEEING THIS.
[9:22] YOU'RE REPORTING.
[9:23] EVERYBODY IS REPORTING.
[9:24] BECAUSE NOW IT'S GONE INTO EFFECT.
[9:26] AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING REFUNDS OF
[9:30] $5,000, $8,000, $11,000 THAT THEY
[9:32] HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE GETTING.
[9:34] IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE BETTER AS
[9:36] GOOD OR BETTER THAN I THINK.
[9:38] IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE BETTER AS
[9:40] GOOD OR BETTER THAN I THINK.
[9:45] IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER.
[9:48] IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN I
[9:49] SAID IT WOULD BE.
[9:50] IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO
[9:52] OFFSET THE INCREASE IN GASOLINE
[9:53] PRICES?
[9:55] IT WILL BECAUSE GASOLINE IS
[9:57] COMING DOWN VERY SOON AND VERY
[9:58] BIG.
[9:59] SO YOU THINK GAS PRICES WILL BE
[10:00] LOWER BEFORE THE MIDTERM
[10:01] ELECTIONS?
[10:02] I THINK THEY'LL BE MUCH
[10:04] LOWER BEFORE MIDTERM, MUCH
[10:05] LOWER, YES.
[10:06] OKAY.
[10:07] THAT'S ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE
[10:09] STOP A COUNTRY THAT CANNOT HAVE
[10:11] A NUCLEAR WEAPON FROM, IF YOU
[10:14] GIVE IRAN A NUCLEAR WEAPON, YOU
[10:16] HAVE A COUNTRY, THE WORLD WILL
[10:18] BE BLOWN UP.
[10:19] YOU CAN'T DO IT.
[10:20] YOU CANNOT DO IT.
[10:21] SO ON THE ASSUMPTION WE HAVE THAT
[10:23] SETTLED HOPEFULLY LONG BEFORE
[10:25] THAT AND MAYBE ALMOST
[10:26] IMMEDIATELY.
[10:27] COULD BE VERY SOON.
[10:29] BUT WHEN THAT'S SETTLED, GAS
[10:31] PRICES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN
[10:33] TREMENDOUSLY AND GASOLINE GAS
[10:35] PRICES, COST PER BARREL, FILL UP
[10:38] YOUR CAR PER GALLON, ANYWAY YOU
[10:41] LOOK AT IT.
[10:42] NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN.
[10:44] ELECTRICITY IS GOING TO GO DOWN.
[10:46] YOU KNOW, IT FUELS SORT OF
[10:47] EVERYTHING.
[10:48] NOT JUST CARS.
[10:49] IT FUELS THE ECONOMY.
[10:50] IF YOU GET THAT DOWN, ONE OF
[10:52] THE REASONS I WAS SO SUCCESSFUL
[10:53] MY FIRST TERM IS I WAS ABLE TO
[10:56] KEEP GASOLINE PRICES DOWN.
[10:57] I WAS ABLE TO KEEP ENERGY DOWN.
[10:59] NOW, LOOK, IF I DECIDED NOT TO
[11:03] GO INTO IRAN, WHICH WOULD HAVE
[11:05] DONE IT.
[11:09] THIS IS THE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[11:11] THIS IS THE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[11:13] THE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[11:14] THIS IS THE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[11:16] FOR 47 YEARS NO PRESIDENT HAD
[11:18] THE GUTS TO DO IT AND THEY
[11:19] SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.
[11:20] I KNOW AT LEAST ONE, AND I THINK
[11:21] ALL OF THEM THAT ARE LIVING,
[11:23] ARE SITTING BACK WATCHING THIS
[11:24] AND SAY WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.
[11:25] THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
[11:26] LONG BEFORE ME.
[11:27] IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
[11:29] EASIER TO DO.
[11:30] IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LONG
[11:32] BEFORE ME.
[11:33] I WOULD HAVE HAD A NUCLEAR
[11:35] WEAPON, I WOULD HAVE HAD A
[11:36] NUCLEAR WEAPON, I TERMINATED IT.
[11:38] IT WAS THE GREATEST THING I DID.
[11:40] THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A NUCLEAR
[11:41] WEAPON FOUR YEARS AGO.
[11:43] THEN WE HIT THEM WITH THE B-2
[11:45] BOMBERS EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
[11:47] THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A NUCLEAR
[11:49] WEAPON WITHIN ONE MONTH, MAYBE
[11:50] TWO WEEKS.
[11:51] AND THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT ON
[11:53] ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
[11:55] AND THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT ON
[11:57] US TOO.
[11:57] AND NOT JUST ISRAEL, BY THE WAY,
[12:01] QUITAR, SAUDI ARABIA, U.A.E.,
[12:03] THEY WERE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
[12:05] HIT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING AFTER
[12:07] THOSE COUNTRIES.
[12:07] THEY WERE GOING OVER TO TAKE OVER
[12:09] THE MIDDLE EAST AND WE STOPPED
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