Trump LIVE: Trump Abruptly Leaves Briefing Midway — What Happened at the White House? — Big Breaking

[0:00] incredible economy during your first term and we are seeing that carry over here and it is in stark [0:07] contrast to the biden economy which was government jobs government spending and high inflation the [0:14] worst inflation in 50 years and the with the working families tax cuts which i will add [0:22] every democrat voted against every democrat voted against the it is the perfect barbell [0:28] for this economy on one side you have full expensing for factories for equipment for [0:37] farm structures on the other side your four signature policies promises made promises kept [0:43] no tax on tips no tax on overtime no tax on social security deductibility of auto loans if you buy an [0:50] american-made car and the americans are starting starting to feel it core inflation is low consumer [0:58] confidence is strong we have the highest consumer confidence came up today in five months and [1:06] main street is back small small banks are linked thanks to your policy small banks community banks [1:12] are lending again and the americans are starting to feel it as you said these trump accounts are the most [1:20] successful program watch in government history we've had seven million families sign up for them [1:26] we're going to get to open enrollment and we will have 70 million families who have signed up for [1:32] this 38 percent of american families households have no exposure to our great equity market and thanks to [1:40] you we're going to have an ownership society an ownership society you were one of the first presidents to [1:46] create assets for the american people not more debt we had the biggest tax refund season ever [1:53] uh trade deals tax cuts energy dominance and direct the regulatory efforts america is ushering in [2:01] the greatest reshoring wave in our history in june our manufacturing sector expanded for the sixth straight [2:08] month we've got construction jobs and theirs are going to weave into manufacturing jobs we've got main street [2:14] prosperity real wages are up a thousand dollars and sir what you've done again too is the bottom 25 percent of [2:23] wagers just like in your first term are outperforming the top 25 percent this is a working families [2:31] administration that last in the past year that group had had real way or had wage increases 5.5 percent [2:42] the three times the what the top end has done so you've done it again and these are private sector [2:51] jobs we are creating as you often say in these meetings we could have created a million two million [2:57] government jobs but we didn't the private sector is creating we've got incentives we've got money coming [3:03] in and we are rebuilding so and then our energy dominance thanks to you and these policies you can come [3:10] to the u.s you're going to have regulatory certainty tax certainty and energy certainty so it is the best [3:15] place in the world to build your factory and finally i want to add it has been a pleasure to be a part [3:21] or a privilege to be a part of as we've gone from epic fury to economic fury to constrict on your orders [3:28] constrict the iranian regimes the financial tentacles all around the world we started it and on your orders [3:36] we started in march 2025 in december of 2025 the largest bank in iran collapsed the central bank had [3:44] to print money that caused inflation now they got 180 percent inflation they aren't able to pay their [3:50] troops and on your orders we are searching for their assets all around the world and that money will go to [3:56] the iranian people americans who have been harmed by the iranians whether the uss coal they are the barracks [4:04] in lebanon they or it will go back to when the iranians attacked these ships coming out so it's [4:12] been a privilege to be part of that and they i look forward to the rest thank you very much i want to [4:19] just add that today there are more people working in the united states than at any time in the history [4:25] of our country we have more people working today and we think of that number i mean more people working [4:30] today by far than at any time in the history of our country so it's been something very very special [4:37] uh bobby please thank you mr president let me just take a moment to take note of the historical [4:44] significance of this occasion before the press came in you asked all the cabinet members who had been to [4:51] camp david before i think about three quarters of them had i raised my hand but i haven't been here for 62 [4:58] years i came here i came here on weekends as many weekends we could between 1961 and 1963. my father [5:08] loved this place my uncle loved this place he was nobody knows about this because on the history books [5:15] but he was resentful at dwight eisenhower for renaming it camp david and he if he had got made it to his [5:23] second term he was going to rename it chamberlain which was the original name that roosevelt had [5:29] and named it my uncle prided himself on being the most open transparent administration in history [5:36] he was the first president that televised press conferences during his thousand days in office [5:41] he had about 30 press conferences you mr president have press conferences every day nobody's done [5:48] and here you've opened the inner sanctum of the presidency for the first time in history and [5:56] i think that's a beautiful thing because you also face although you gave these guys a lot of [6:01] compliments the most hostile press corps that any president united states history i was trying to [6:08] you know uniformly so anyway um i'm i'm going to talk just briefly about a subject you alluded to [6:18] which is the mfn and just so everybody has the background when you were here to every president [6:25] promised to fix that disparity between what we pay and what the other developed countries paid [6:31] when you came into office the list price for osempic was thirteen hundred and fifty dollars for americans [6:37] you could get internet any pharmacy in london hamburg frankfurt for eighty eight dollars [6:43] and this every president president bush president biden president clinton president obama have all [6:50] promised to fix this and none of them did anything you fixed it i said hey time you leave office assuming [7:03] that's in 2028 um 95 of the drug that are available to americans they will be paying the lowest prices [7:14] in the world trump rx just in the short time that we since we put it out has saved americans 700 [7:22] million dollars we now have 800 drugs on there we have deals with amazon and with good rx we're adding [7:29] more and more drugs every day and i'll just give you one example preluent is a very popular cholesterol [7:36] drug its list price is 520 dollars that's what everybody is paying we now have it on trump rx for [7:44] 237 dollars that means that the 300 000 americans who take that drug will be saving 3700 a year [7:54] on pharmaceuticals every year and you can apply that across the board this is going to change [8:03] it's making pharmaceuticals affordable the most affordable in this country of any country in the [8:08] world well thank you mr president how are you doing on the autism research we will have an answer for you [8:16] we just that's so important okay we'll be talking about that we'll be having something of interest [8:23] such an important thing there's a picture of your uncle right there on the wall i know he's looking [8:27] handsome guy and uh that's quite a picture did you see it yeah maybe that gave you the idea to start [8:34] out that way but it's it's quite a picture uh any questions mr president mr president we've seen these [8:41] strikes between iran and united states for the past 10 days how do you go about reviving the ceasefire [8:46] and and getting diplomacy back on track well i think we just want to win you know we just want [8:50] to win we're doing very well uh we're trying to be nice as nice as you can be in you know a situation [8:57] like that but and you know they're they're being decimated they have no navy they have no air force [9:03] they have no anti-aircraft doesn't mean they don't have any capability they have some but very little [9:11] we just want to win we don't want to have them it's very simple uh they cannot have a nuclear weapon [9:18] iran will not have a nuclear weapon and they can't have a nuclear weapon if they did the middle east [9:23] would have been wiped out by now if i didn't stop the jcpoa the obama deal if i didn't terminate that [9:31] they would have had a nuclear weapon i believe israel would no longer be with us in big parts of the [9:35] middle east and perhaps other countries in different continents frankly because these people are crazy [9:41] uh so they cannot have a nuclear weapon and they won't mr on the disarmament meal deal that you [9:58] announced do you have assurances from israel that they are on board with this deal and what comes [10:03] first does israel pull back and then hamas disarms or does hamas need to disarm and then israel we do [10:09] have an understanding with israel israel is very happy about israel helped us and they've been [10:16] very good they've been very good about most people said that would be a deal that would be undoable now [10:21] will it go through its ups and downs it's a very complex situation over there the people are very [10:26] complex and difficult uh many cases wonderful in many cases not so wonderful but that will be a uh [10:35] it's a great breakthrough nobody's ever thought that would nobody thought that would be possible to [10:39] disarm hamas that shows you how much uh success we're having with the rent because if you go four [10:47] months ago five months ago a deal like that would have been impossible so it's a big step for the [10:51] middle east and people are really impressed by it and they're surprised by it and what comes first mr [10:56] president what comes first mr infantino speak to you about their proposal to sell a stake in the world cup [11:01] and is that something you support having just happened who uh did fifo or mr infantino speak to you about [11:06] their proposal to sell a stake in the market mr president um on the you said this morning on true [11:12] social that victims of government abuse should be paid back yeah even if it's not the anti-weaponization [11:18] fund would you still want the acting attorney general i'm talking about the weaponization against [11:24] large numbers of people in our country by the biden administration and by obama but by the biden [11:30] administration in particular in this case but large numbers of people their lives have been ruined they've been [11:36] destroyed their families have been you know decimated they've gone to prison for no reason whatsoever [11:43] there's never been a group of people most likely i mean i can think of a couple that were treated pretty [11:48] badly groups but there's essentially never been a group of people treated so badly as these people and [11:53] this fund this fund was not for me this fund was for those people that have been weaponized that have [12:00] been abused now i was abused they attacked my house mar-a-lago where i live and i was you know [12:06] know big damages should have been given to me i don't want anything i'm not talking about myself [12:12] i think that there's a group of people in this country uh history will show that were treated like [12:20] nobody else has ever been treated so badly so horribly their families have been ruined many many [12:27] suicides they've committed suicide people that were very successful that wanted to go to a rally or an [12:34] event and ended up spending the rest of their lives in horror no so i mean you can say what you want [12:42] about the fund and uh they've they've agreed to not have a fund but there are a lot of people that [12:48] are very upset about it a lot of republican people a lot of democrat people are very upset about it [12:53] a lot of people were covered i wasn't covered by that fund i don't want to be covered by the fund [12:57] i probably was abused more than anybody in the history of our country but i i wasn't looking for that [13:02] but there were a lot of people and i'll tell you something todd todd blanche is a very very good [13:08] man and he shouldn't be in the middle of this he should get approved because you will never get [13:13] anybody like him you're never going to get anybody and to make him a pawn on this whole thing this is [13:18] being done by a senator and i don't really blame him to be honest with you i endorsed his opponent and [13:23] as soon as i endorsed his opponent his opponent went through the roof and he won the primary election [13:29] in texas was said and the man that lost the man that i didn't endorse has become very angry and [13:37] that's okay i mean i understand that i probably would do the same thing do you want to know the [13:41] truth i think i do the same thing on that though do you agree just to be clear do you agree with the [13:46] acting attorney general that the anti-weaponization fund is dead and why not just put that well it is [13:51] dead but you know i wish it weren't to be honest with you i think people were horribly treated horribly [13:57] abused this has nothing to do with todd this was me uh horribly abused and i'd like to see them [14:03] compensated for the the pain they lost their families they committed suicide many people committed [14:09] suicide they went down for an innocent journey and i'm not only talking there i'm talking about [14:16] not even having to do with that the way they were treated the biden administration and the obama [14:21] administration weaponized government and destroyed lives are you willing to accept limits on the scope [14:29] of the audit immunity deal in order to get attorney general blanche confirmed well no he should be [14:34] approved forthwith i mean you're never going to get a person like that everybody agrees to it don't [14:40] forget uh senator corner thought he was phenomenal until he lost you know when he lost is that a correct [14:46] statement you come from texas i mean he thought this was the most incredible person that when he [14:51] lost they lost because of me i endorsed somebody else and as soon as i endorsed the other person [14:57] the other person became a rocket ship upward and he lost and you know i think i'd be the same [15:04] i mean i shouldn't say that but i'd be upset also and i so i fully understand it he shouldn't be that [15:13] way i shouldn't be that way but he is that way he's become a very angry person and i understand you have [15:18] a couple of others that i've caused their defeat too and you know probably hear from them too yeah [15:23] mr president back on iran there was a report that you got a proposal from the military to go big [15:28] and hit them hard over 10 or 14 days well we're going big are you going to consider we've already [15:32] gone big look i mean what's big they had 159 ships that was their entire navy 159 their entire navy is [15:40] laying at the bottom of the sea i'd say that's going big they had 200 airplanes they're all gone [15:45] every one of them they're not one airplane they had anti-aircraft weaponry very good but it didn't work [15:51] and uh it's all gone their radar is all gone their leaders are all gone everything's all gone [15:58] but they'll fight onward mr president on ukraine you said the other day that you're not sure [16:03] about whether to grant ukraine the patriot missile license that had been discussed do you want to [16:08] see more from zelinski before you take that action well it's a big step look we have the greatest [16:14] weapons in the world we have the greatest drones in the world people don't know that we have the [16:18] greatest weaponry in the world we have in the case of uh president zelinski he'd like to have some [16:24] patriots they'd like to have some tomahawks which is you know lethal one offensive one defensive [16:31] but when you give somebody the right very complex weapons by the way i mean the patriot as an example [16:36] the other day you read that five missiles were shot they were going 8 600 miles an hour think of it [16:43] 8 600 now a car if you go 60 it gets to be a little faster if you go 100 8 600 miles an hour and they [16:53] were big missiles and they were shot at jordan and our guys were there bing bing bing bing bing [17:00] right i don't want to be buying that would have been a great soundbite five missiles and we shot [17:12] all five down before they got close nobody else has that capacity these weapons are incredible [17:20] we have to be very careful about letting somebody build them you know it's very uh important now [17:26] We are building many plants now to make those, and the Tomahawk missile is the most incredible thing. [17:33] It can go into a doorway. You can put it through a window of a house. [17:38] Nobody's ever seen anything like it. [17:39] You have to be very judicious, but you have to be very careful. [17:44] Now, we have not agreed to that. We're talking about it. [17:49] But it's a hard thing to give away that kind of technology, and I don't think this would ever happen. [17:54] But, you know, those people that you give that technology, they can someday turn on you. [17:58] You know, that is possible. You look at war. It's happened a couple of times over the years, right? [18:04] So we have to be very careful. I mean, we guard that. [18:06] We have the greatest military in the world, but we have the greatest weapons in the world. [18:11] Now we have to make them a little bit faster because we've given a lot away. [18:14] You know, President Biden, unfortunately, gave a lot away to Ukraine, and he gave—and so did I. [18:22] I mean, I gave them the javelins, the tank busters. [18:26] Without the javelins, that war would have been a one-day war. It would have been over. [18:29] They wiped out the tanks going up to Kiev, where they got stuck in the mud. [18:34] They had a general that decided to go through the mud instead of going up the highway, where they were going very nicely. [18:39] It would have been over. But, no, I gave them the javelins. [18:42] The javelins are unbelievably—we have the greatest weapons in the world. [18:45] So we have to be very careful about giving out the secrets to those weapons. [18:50] And they're not—you can't copy them. It's a little like NVIDIA. [18:57] They have a chip. They say you cannot copy it. [19:00] The complexity is so great, you cannot. You know, most things you copy. [19:05] China's known for it. Other countries know. We do something. [19:07] And I guess we copy also. [19:09] But most things you can copy pretty easily. [19:11] There's a chip that they made, their ultimate chip, and they always have the ultimate chip. [19:18] And I say, well, why doesn't somebody copy it? [19:20] Because they can't, the complexity. [19:22] They can't copy our weapons. [19:24] We have the greatest weapons in the world, many of them. [19:27] Those are just two or three that I mentioned. [19:28] But you cannot copy them, so we have to be very careful. [19:32] Mr. President, as Hamas disarms as part of this plan, [19:35] who do you see as taking possession of those weapons that they have? [19:38] Does that go to the new government? [19:40] Mr. It could be the Board of Peace, mostly. [19:42] It's going to be run by the Board of Peace. [19:43] This Board of Peace has been an amazing, it's led by some amazing people. [19:48] Board of Peace. [19:48] The Pressure on, Mr. President, you said they do have some capabilities left. [19:52] Should Americans be prepared for these back-and-forth attacks to continue until Iran's [19:56] not able to strike them back? [19:58] Mr. They'll get weaker. They'll get a little stronger maybe now. [20:01] But they'll get weaker, and then they peter up. [20:05] Yeah, sure, I think so. [20:06] I mean, it would be foolish to say no. [20:08] You always have to keep your guard up. [20:09] What is the status of talks? [20:11] Who went from the administration? [20:12] Well, they always want to talk, but they break their words so often. [20:15] Steve is talking, Jared. [20:17] We have very good people. [20:19] JD's involved, very strongly involved. [20:21] We have great people talking. [20:23] Marco's involved. [20:24] Because they say talks aren't happening. [20:25] Very good people. We're the best people. [20:27] But they'll make a deal. [20:30] As an example, we'll talk about nuclear. [20:32] And we'll be in there talking about nuclear for seven hours. [20:35] I say, why do you need seven? [20:37] You can take ten minutes. [20:38] You have five minutes you should solve. [20:40] But seven hours. [20:41] And then they'll go out, and I'll say, they discussed nuclear. [20:45] And they'll go out and they'll say, we never discussed nuclear. [20:48] And I'll say, what do they say about it? [20:50] All they do is make me angry. [20:52] You know, they just make me angry. [20:54] Any other questions? [20:55] Do you think that you can reach a deal with Iran, given that you talked about it? [20:59] Yes, you can. [21:00] I mean, look, I'm losing faith in them because they do lie and they do misrepresent. [21:08] Well, the other day, the five missiles were shot. [21:10] We knocked them down. [21:11] But we were in the midst of a negotiation. [21:13] I mean, I'm waiting for Steve to call me. [21:14] How's the negotiation going? [21:17] And instead, I got a call from Pete that they just shot five missiles at one of our bases in Jordan. [21:24] And we have bases in Jordan. [21:26] Fortunately, our people operated the equipment. [21:28] It's also very complex to operate. [21:30] You know, you talk about the equipment. [21:32] It's very, you have to be, oftentimes you see, where did you go to school? [21:36] MIT, Caltech. [21:38] I mean, you know, they go to schools that are not as normal for the military, to be honest with you. [21:43] We have unbelievably brilliant people operating that equipment. [21:47] And when you don't, you know, the equipment, the shots miss, the safety misses or the accuracy misses. [21:54] We have unbelievable people. [21:56] Think of it. [21:56] We had 111 at one point a couple of months ago. [22:01] 111 over a short period of time missiles were shot at the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. [22:07] A great, beautiful ship, one of the most beautiful ships to me, design-wise. [22:12] 111 missiles going out. [22:15] Out of the 111 missiles, 111 missiles were shot down quite a bit earlier than they got down. [22:23] I mean, long before they got there. [22:26] They were shot down. [22:26] It was almost, in a couple of cases, they were shot down almost as they were taking off. [22:31] It's incredible technology. [22:33] So you have a ship that costs billions of dollars, and you have missiles heading to it. [22:38] But 111 missiles were shot down, routinely shot down. [22:45] And I spoke to the people. [22:47] I like to reward people. [22:48] I'll call them up on the President. [22:50] And they were cool as a cucumber. [22:54] Mr. President, the last two weeks of strikes by CENTCOM, CENTCOM has said that those were meant to degrade a RAND's ability to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. [23:02] How many more strikes will it take, so significantly? [23:04] Well, you never know. [23:05] Look, I mean, most people would have given up by the, you know, they've got no Navy. [23:09] They've got no Air Force. [23:10] Most people would have given up. [23:11] They haven't. [23:12] So I give them credit for that. [23:13] I mean, they're known as being tough. [23:15] They're tough. [23:15] Back on Ukraine, what did you tell President Zelensky about the Patriots? [23:20] Did you explain all that to him? [23:21] I spoke to him about Patriots. [23:23] I spoke to him about Tomahawks. [23:24] I spoke to him about everything. [23:25] I also spoke to him about, let's get this war over with. [23:28] So last month, they had 25,000 people. [23:30] It's averaging about 25,000 people a month die. [23:34] Mostly soldiers. [23:35] Almost entirely. [23:36] But, you know, missiles are hitting areas also. [23:39] But mostly soldiers. [23:41] They had 25,000 soldiers. [23:43] The month before that, it was 32,000 soldiers. [23:46] I said, you've got to get this war over with. [23:48] I think he wants to make a deal, and I think Putin wants to make a deal. [23:51] But there's a lot of dislike, as you probably notice. [23:54] He seems very reluctant to make concessions, President Putin. [23:57] Well, nobody wants to make concessions. [24:00] But they're both going to have to make some concessions. [24:02] I mean, you've got to make a deal. [24:04] 25,000 young, beautiful people. [24:08] Soldiers. [24:09] Mostly soldiers are dying a month. [24:13] I ended eight wars. [24:15] That was the war I thought would maybe go first. [24:18] And it really hasn't. [24:19] It's kind of awesome. [24:19] And I ended wars that were, in theory, much more difficult to end. [24:23] We had a couple that were into the 30-year category. [24:28] Well, the Congo. [24:29] Look at the Congo in Rwanda. [24:31] That was our nasty war. [24:33] It's an amazing group. [24:34] And America is safer and stronger and far more successful than it was two years ago. [24:40] And I think, frankly, that it ever was. [24:42] I don't think it's ever been anything like this. [24:45] We're building more factories and plants in this country than we've ever built before. [24:51] And we're going to be, at some point, we'll be leaving this position. [24:56] And we're going to leave this country in very, very good shape. [24:59] Better shape than it's ever been. [25:02] When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe. [25:05] The last administration created the worst inflation in 48 years. [25:09] The most dangerous and insecure border in history. [25:12] And exploding trade deficits like we have never seen before. [25:17] Rampant crime. [25:18] Men and women's sports. [25:20] Transgender mutilization of your children. [25:24] And chaos and bedlam all over the world. [25:26] Other than that, they did quite a good job. [25:29] In less than 18 months, we've turned around four years of disaster. [25:33] And we now have the strongest border in American history. [25:36] We went from the worst border, I believe, of any country in history. [25:39] 25 million people came through in four years. [25:43] And these are people that, in many cases, you don't want. [25:45] There were murderers. [25:46] There were drug dealers. [25:48] There were people that you do not want. [25:50] But now we have the strongest border in American history. [25:53] And for the last 15 months, the report just came out again. [25:57] We've had no people coming in through our southern border. [26:00] Zero. [26:01] And it's almost hard to say because you'd say, [26:03] is that even possible? [26:04] They had 25 million people came in. [26:07] We have no people coming in through illegally through our southern border. [26:11] And that's in history. [26:12] So think of that zero, a big, beautiful zero. [26:14] The murder rate saw its single largest drop ever recorded [26:18] to the lowest in 125 years. [26:20] That goes back to, think of it, it goes back to 1,900. [26:25] The lowest murder rate in the history of our country. [26:29] So that's something. [26:30] Today, I just want to mention that we heard in Minnesota there was a cyber attack. [26:37] And they blame it on Iran. [26:38] I don't think so. [26:38] I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. [26:42] There was a cyber attack of 30 water plants. [26:44] And I would blame it on Minnesota and the governor, the corrupt governor of Minnesota. [26:51] They like to say, oh, it's Iran. [26:53] Iran should be so lucky. [26:54] Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota. [26:57] This month, it was announced that inflation is dropping at the fastest rate in more than six years. [27:03] Walmart, Sam's Club, Giant Eagle, and others are slashing prices by hundreds of grocery stores. [27:10] And all of the stores, I mean, throughout the country, they're slashing prices. [27:14] Something that you haven't seen for a long time since my last administration. [27:19] The stock market has set 73 all-time record highs since the election. [27:23] That means all-time record highs, 73 days out of a very short period of time. [27:30] And the typical 401 is up by more than $30,000. [27:35] And when you think of that, if you add another $1,000 to it, it will be, we set the record in the last administration, a record still standing. [27:47] This administration is going to blow my last administration away. [27:50] When the factories that we're building at record, and we're not building them, all over the world they're building. [27:58] They're coming from all over the world. [27:59] They're coming from Germany with the cars. [28:01] They're coming from Germany. [28:02] They're coming from Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico. [28:06] From all over the world, they're building auto plants here because otherwise they have to pay tariffs. [28:11] The tariffs have made our country rich and successful. [28:15] And all of this, I mean, I'd like to say it was the election. [28:18] On November 5th, there was the election, and that's fine. [28:21] But without the election, you wouldn't have what I've done economically. [28:25] So we have the most successful environment that we've ever had. [28:29] There's never been anything like it from the standpoint of investment into our country. [28:34] It's five to six times higher than anybody has ever seen than any other country. [28:39] Any other country, not just us, has ever had. [28:42] On July 4th, we launched Trump accounts, a key provision of our great, big, beautiful bill. [28:48] And these tax-free investment savings accounts have already been activated by over 7 million children. [28:54] These are investments made in our future, which is our children. [28:57] Our children are the most important aspect of our future, with more being added each day. [29:03] So it's a tremendous hit, over 7 million, and really, really just got going, I would say, Scott, [29:09] about two weeks ago when it was, we got the final approvals. [29:14] And we have over 7 million. [29:15] Actually, there's never been anything quite like that. [29:19] But millions of accounts are pre-funded with $1,000 from the U.S. Treasury, [29:23] or generous gifts from private donors like Michael and Susan Dell and others who have given billions of dollars. [29:30] Billions. People are putting up hundreds of millions and billions of dollars into it [29:35] and buying, really, a great future for children. [29:38] When they turn 18 or when they turn 21, instead of having no hope, no future, [29:43] they will end up with hundreds of thousands of dollars, or maybe even more than that. [29:47] So it's going to be something to save. [29:49] With modest additional contributions, they'll grow by numbers that should be, [29:55] it could be over $200,000. [29:56] We're looking at the timeline, we're looking at, I wish we had an economy like we have now [30:01] with the stock markets going up, but they will benefit by our country being successful. [30:07] We're going to give every child a head start on the American dream. [30:11] So go to trumpaccounts.gov. [30:14] They're really something, the whole world's talking about it, and it's far ahead of schedule. [30:18] Nobody thought it would be as successful as it's been, but it should be. [30:22] It should be. [30:23] And we start them off with $1,000, and this was part of the great, big, beautiful bill. [30:28] With my most favored nation policy, you could say this is even a bigger thing, if that's possible. [30:34] On drug prices, we're achieving record discounts on prescription drugs. [30:38] The prescription drugs were going through the roof for many years, [30:42] and now we're getting record discounts with price differences of 300, 400, 500, 600 percent. [30:51] Nobody's ever heard of a thing like that. [30:54] And what this is all about is that we were the highest, we had the highest prices anywhere in the world by far. [31:00] Most expensive drugs, prescription drugs, and others. [31:05] The highest in the world, the whole world was laughing at us. [31:07] We paid for the rest of the world. [31:09] We subsidized the whole world. [31:11] And I said, we're not going to do that. [31:13] And I started it in the first administration. [31:15] I took it up. [31:17] Obviously, Biden wasn't able to do anything about it, [31:20] because you had to get the consent of the drug companies, [31:22] and you had to get the consent. [31:23] More difficult would be the consent of other nations. [31:27] The other nations had to agree, but they were paying a fraction, [31:30] sometimes 10 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent, 70 percent less. [31:36] So I had to call them, and I had to get them on, [31:38] and I said, if you don't do it, we're going to have to charge your tariffs. [31:41] And they all said no at first, very politely, said, [31:44] sir, we can't do that. [31:46] We're not going to double our prices. [31:47] They had to double their prices, and in some cases, triple their price, [31:51] and we would come down. [31:52] So a pill that sold for $10 in Germany would sell for $130 in New York. [32:01] Same pill from the same company, the same factory, the same plant, [32:05] the same laboratory, from $10, and we pay $130. [32:09] I said, no, no. [32:11] Now, the world is a bigger place, so it's not as bad as it sounds for them. [32:15] So they went up to 20, and we came down to 20. [32:18] So we now have the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world. [32:22] We're tied with the lowest, but we're basically its favored nation. [32:25] So we have the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world [32:28] from the highest drug prices anywhere in the world. [32:31] Now, what that does for your health care, [32:33] I mean, I see these fake polls where the Democrats have wonderful numbers on this stuff, [32:38] and they are horrible what they've done. [32:40] Obamacare is a total disaster. [32:42] It's a costly wreck. [32:44] It's unaffordable. [32:45] We call it the Unaffordable Care Act. [32:47] It's a disgrace. [32:49] They never even thought of being able to do something like this. [32:51] They didn't even try. [32:53] They didn't even try. [32:54] So I got the drug companies first, and then I got the countries. [32:59] And the drug companies agreed because they knew the countries wouldn't agree. [33:03] And when I called Germany, France, when I called the UK, [33:07] when I called all of these countries, I said, you've got to do it. [33:10] It's unfair. [33:11] We're paying 10 times more than you're paying for the same drug. [33:14] You can't do this. [33:15] And they said, well, we're not going to do that because we're going to have to double our price in order to make you happy. [33:20] I said, no, maybe you're going to have to triple your price. [33:23] They said, well, we can't do it. [33:24] I said, that's all right. [33:25] If you can't do it, then I can't do something also. [33:28] And I'm going to charge you very substantial tariffs, which are far more than we're talking about. [33:34] And they all said, we'd love to do it. [33:36] We'd love to do it. [33:37] It would be our great honor to do it. [33:38] So nobody else would do this. [33:40] This would have never happened. [33:41] So your drug prices have gone down. [33:43] My number is not even thinkable. [33:44] My first term, I had the privilege of having lower drug prices from the beginning of the year till the end [33:50] for the first time in 28 years, you remember. [33:54] And I called the news conference to announce it. [33:56] So the year it ended, and I was turned out one-eighth of a percent. [34:02] One-eighth of a percent. [34:03] A little tiny, this much, it went down that much during one year. [34:08] First time in 28 years it went down. [34:09] It was always like this, just up, more expensive. [34:13] And I called the news conference, I was so proud of myself, and I said, [34:17] ladies and gentlemen, first time in 28 years drug prices have gone down from January till the end of December. [34:26] And I want to just congratulate everybody for being a part of this wonderful experiment. [34:32] And one-eighth of a point now, we're talking about 400, 500, 600 percent coming down. [34:39] We pay the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world from the highest. [34:43] So, you know, and I'll say it again and again because the press doesn't want to report it. [34:47] The fake news doesn't want to report it. [34:49] They don't want to talk about it. [34:50] What that does for health care, Bobby, is unbelievable because medicine is a big part of health care. [34:55] So, I wish that people would understand that. [34:59] And I hope they're going to vote for us in the midterms because you'll see some stuff that will be horrible [35:03] because they can blow it very fast if they don't know what they're doing. [35:07] So, your drug prices are great. [35:09] You know, I saw Spain yesterday and I watched the catastrophe that took place. [35:15] It looks like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people. [35:20] And that same thing is going to happen to us if the Republicans don't get elected, except worse, much bigger, much easier to get into, [35:30] despite the fact that we have built thousands of miles of wall, which I said we were going to do. [35:36] But we didn't have that. Forget it. [35:38] But we have the safest border in the world. [35:40] If we're not in office, our country will be invaded at levels that made Spain look small time. [35:49] And when I watched it, I said, boy, I said, I'm going to say it because I knew you were going to be at Camp David. [35:55] And I say, that's going to be a talking point for the midterms. [35:59] Because when you look at what happened to Spain, they don't know what to do. [36:03] And it's happening again today. [36:04] They're coming in by the tens of thousands. [36:07] They're just invading the country. [36:11] And what that is, is weak law, bad management, but very liberal law. [36:19] They passed a couple of laws and people read, you know, people are smart. [36:23] They read from other countries and they swam that three mile swim, however they got in. [36:29] But nobody's seen anything like it. [36:31] That will look good compared to what's going to happen to the United States. [36:35] The biggest thing, the worst thing that Biden did is allowing 25 million people into our country. [36:40] Because many of those people are criminals. [36:42] They're murderers. A lot of murderers. [36:44] 11,888. [36:46] A lot of them are gone now. We got them out. [36:48] But they allow people to come into this country that you can't allow to come into a country. [36:54] We're also making an unprecedented investment in the United States Armed Forces, where we're doing great. [37:01] We rebuilt the Armed Forces. We rebuilt our military by first term. [37:06] But we are doing great with our military. [37:08] They spent a lot of money in our military. [37:10] They gave away $300 billion worth of ammo and everything else in Biden's term. [37:17] But we're building it up fast. [37:19] We just have a great military. That's all there is to it. [37:22] But we rebuilt it in my first term. [37:26] And we're using it in my second term with Venezuela and other places and Iran now. [37:32] Iran is doing very poorly. [37:33] Just in case you read incorrect stories, they're doing very, very poorly. [37:37] They're having a hard time. [37:39] They've been very dishonest. [37:40] They've been very dishonorable to deal with. [37:42] But that makes no difference. [37:44] They're doing very, very poorly. [37:46] We're also making that investment and looking forward to getting $1.5 trillion next year. [37:53] People see now how important it is. [37:55] We want to keep a safe country. [37:57] We have to keep a safe country. [37:58] And the good news is all of that equipment is made in the USA. [38:01] So we're making it here. [38:03] It's jobs. [38:04] And each one of our defense groups are building literally at least four new massive plants, [38:13] as we speak, because we want them to move faster. [38:17] We have the best equipment in the world, but we want them to move faster. [38:21] We don't want to wait a year or a year and a half. [38:23] We want to wait a week, maybe. [38:24] So that's happening, and I think the results are very good. [38:28] They're all building at levels that nobody's ever seen before. [38:33] And we've had tremendous success, and our military was just proud of it. [38:37] Again, Venezuela was a one-day war, and we have a great relationship with Venezuela. [38:44] We're working with partners with Venezuela now, taking out tens of millions of barrels of oil [38:50] and going to Houston, going to Alaska, going to Louisiana, going to different places for refineries. [38:58] And it's been very much amazing. [39:01] The administration has done more in 18 months than most administrations have done in eight years, [39:06] if you had a two-termer. [39:08] We've done more in 18 months than anyone's ever seen before. [39:12] Nobody's ever seen. [39:13] This is the golden age of America. [39:15] And we have a war that's going on. [39:18] I guess you'll call it a war. [39:19] Maybe I call it a military operation, because they have no—maybe it's been obliterated. [39:25] Their air force has been obliterated. [39:26] They have no planes. [39:28] Their missiles have been largely—they have some left. [39:31] They have some, but they have far fewer than they had four or five months ago. [39:37] Their manufacturing capacity is almost gone. [39:42] The drone capacity is almost gone. [39:45] They're very few. [39:46] But they have some. [39:47] If they have one, that's too many, as far as I'm concerned. [39:50] But we've done an amazing job with Venezuela. [39:54] We've done an amazing job here. [39:56] We're in there for five months. [39:58] And I know what people like to say, because we've done a much bigger job, much more important [40:03] job than we originally anticipated. [40:04] So we're in there for five months. [40:07] And if you look at Vietnam, they were in there for 20 years. [40:10] You look at Afghanistan, they were in there for many years. [40:14] You look at any one of the wars—Korea, any one of them, they're in there for many years. [40:18] We're in for five months, and we have obliterated their military capacity. [40:22] Again, they've got some left, but soon they won't have some left. [40:25] So I just want to thank everybody around this table. [40:28] You've been very special. [40:29] I want to thank a lot of the media people, because many of you have been very, very fair. [40:34] That's one of the reasons you're here, frankly. [40:36] But you've been very fair. [40:38] You've covered me this time much more fairly, I think, than the first term. [40:43] The first term was a great success. [40:45] We had the greatest economy in history in the first term. [40:49] And this term is going to blow it away. [40:50] I think this term is going to actually blow it away. [40:52] So it's an honor to have you, and I'd like to ask our great Vice President, J.D. Vance, [40:58] to say a few words, followed by Marco and Pete and Scott and Bobby Kennedy. [41:04] Okay? [41:05] Thank you very much, everybody. [41:07] Please, J.D. [41:08] Well, great. [41:08] Thanks, Mr. President. [41:09] First of all, thanks for having us at this historical and beautiful place. [41:12] And it's an honor to be on the team, an honor to be able to work on fraud, [41:17] which is what I want to talk about today, though I know we have a lot of things going on. [41:20] This has been an amazing team, from Kelly Loeffler at SBA, to Doug at the VA, to Todd and Bobby [41:27] Kennedy. [41:28] This really has required a whole-of-administration approach to try to tackle fraud. [41:33] There are a few things that I want to talk about and celebrate. [41:35] The first is that just since the beginning of the Fraud Task Force that I started under [41:39] the President's leadership and direction, we have identified $230 billion of fraud that's [41:46] being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted already $56 billion of that. [41:52] It's sometimes hard. [41:53] Once the money has already gone out the door, it's hard to get it back. [41:56] But stopping it from going out the door is how we save the American people, $56 billion. [42:00] And, of course, we're going to keep on working on that. [42:03] Just today, Mr. President, we will announce 17 new anti-fraud actions that will total about [42:09] a third of a billion dollars, and that's added to the $230 billion that we've already uncovered. [42:15] And I want to just talk, for the benefit of the American people, about why do we care so [42:19] much about this? [42:20] Because what I always try to remind people is that fraud has two victims. [42:24] So, to give one concrete example, there is a program that is administered by Medicaid, [42:31] and that program ensures that low-income moms and low-income babies have access to neonatal care. [42:37] Now, I think most Americans probably share my view that this is one of the great things [42:40] about the United States of America, that if we see a baby and we see a young mother that [42:45] requires help, we help our fellow Americans. [42:48] That's a good thing. [42:48] It's something that we should be proud of. [42:50] And yet, there is a program that has defrauded the moms and the babies who benefit from these. [42:56] You've gotten people who've gotten rich by setting up false companies that are providing [43:01] false services. [43:02] So, who loses in that equation? [43:04] Number one, of course, is the American taxpayer that is $230 billion poorer because of the [43:10] fraud that this country has let go on. [43:12] But I actually think most importantly is that we've seen that program run out of money. [43:17] So, we've seen moms and babies unable to access the health care that they need because the [43:23] fraudsters have gotten rich. [43:24] That is a disgrace. [43:26] And until the president ordered us to stop it, no one was doing anything about it. [43:30] So, we've made a lot of progress, Mr. President, in just under a year, but we're going to keep [43:35] on working at it because we believe the American people deserve to have their money spent as [43:39] you and the Congress have directed it. [43:41] The President has big numbers here, finally. [43:43] Tremendous numbers. [43:44] They look like Elliot Ness. [43:45] Does anybody know who Elliot Ness is? [43:48] They look like that group of people you have lined up behind you. [43:50] They're doing a great job. [43:52] Yes, sir. [43:52] Billions, think of, not millions, billions of dollars is being recovered. [43:58] Billions. [43:59] And you haven't seen anything yet. [44:01] We have things happening that people aren't going to believe. [44:04] The level of corruption and fraud that took place under the Biden administration was unprecedented. [44:10] And Minnesota, California, Maine, Maine, believe it or not. [44:14] You know, you think of Maine as this wonderful place. [44:17] Yeah. [44:17] But the level of corruption is incredible, all over the place. [44:21] So great job. [44:23] Thank you very much. [44:23] Thank you, sir. [44:24] Okay. [44:25] Yes, sir. [44:26] Oh, my turn. [44:26] Well, first of all, thank you for bringing us out here. [44:29] I got the chance to drive for the first time in a year and a half, which is developed, right? [44:33] It was fun. [44:35] It was great. [44:38] And so just a couple of points that we all know we've followed in the news, obviously, [44:44] the events in the Middle East and others here we'll talk about that. [44:46] Not that they're not important, but there's some other issues happening around the world, [44:49] Mr. President, that you've shown great leadership in that have not gotten nearly as much attention. [44:53] I think they've observed and mentioned today. [44:54] The first is the International Criminal Court is an illegitimate international organization [44:59] that, frankly, illegitimate, they've made themselves illegitimate because they claim [45:02] that even if you're not a member of that court, they can come after you. [45:05] And what that literally means in the future is that American servicemen, political leaders, [45:10] and others could find themselves under indictment by this International Criminal Court. [45:15] And if you want to know a little bit about it, Jack Smith used to work there. [45:18] These are the people that think they can go out and basically indict any world leader [45:21] and haul them into The Hague. [45:23] So we've begun, we tried to get them to reform and listen to us. [45:25] They wouldn't do it. [45:26] They're very arrogant. [45:27] We've now begun an effort to really try to bring that court to heel. [45:31] Or there's no information that they're after me. [45:34] It could happen. [45:36] Just so you know. [45:37] As she's talking about it, I'm saying that means that maybe he's not trying to defend me. [45:42] He is trying to defend Bibi and various other people. [45:45] But there are many people that shouldn't be looked at that way. [45:48] But there is no indication that I'm one of them at this moment. [45:53] And I actually think the people who are in biggest danger in our system are servicemen, [45:58] people in uniform. [45:59] They'll try to go out for the rest of their lives. [46:01] They'll not be able to travel anywhere in the world with their families [46:03] because they can be arrested on one of these. [46:05] Imagine, you're a soldier, you fought in a war, [46:07] and 20 years later they try to come grab you. [46:09] So this is a big problem. [46:11] So we've had dozens of countries already join us in separate. [46:13] Since we started two weeks ago, five countries have already quit the ICC [46:16] and notified them that they're leaving. [46:18] And we think there'll be more. [46:19] The second thing is we had an unprecedented ministerial. [46:22] Sixty countries came to Washington and were a part of an effort [46:25] where we were shedding light on far-left terrorism and violence. [46:29] You know, if a bomb goes off somewhere and it's tied to some right-wing group, [46:32] or what I don't consider neo-Nazis right-wing, I consider them Nazis, right? [46:36] But you're going to get a lot of attention on that. [46:38] But if it's a leftist group, an Antifa group, [46:41] it gets no cover or they ignore the ideological spin [46:44] and the ideological reason behind it. [46:46] So we've got 60 countries came up here [46:48] and hopefully creating a strong coalition to go after far-left violent terrorism. [46:53] Go after it and call it by name, [46:55] and I think we're building a very strong coalition there. [46:57] We've had some success in the Middle East, Mr. President. [47:00] As you know, on the diplomatic front, [47:02] the deal with Lebanon and Israel is unprecedented. [47:05] President Ayoun was here a week ago. [47:07] I think that was the first visit by a Lebanese president in over 30-some odd years. [47:10] In fact, this is the first time the Israelis and the Lebanese government [47:13] have spoken at the official level in close to 30 years. [47:16] And that was thanks to your leadership. [47:17] A lot of work to be done to keep that peace and build on it. [47:20] But it's a real achievable. [47:21] And, of course, as you announced last night, Mr. President, [47:24] this disarmament deal that you brought about with Steve and Jared's work on Hamas [47:28] is another big step as well. [47:30] It's something a lot of people thought would never happen. [47:32] It needs to happen. [47:33] But the fact they've even agreed to it is a real achievable last point is on the Western Hemisphere. [47:39] For the first time in 15, 20 years, [47:41] the overwhelming majority of the countries in the Western Hemisphere [47:44] are now led by pro-American leaders and pro-American governments. [47:48] It's an extraordinary achievement, all of it happening through a success. [47:51] Virtually every election that's happened in the Western Hemisphere [47:54] since you were elected president has elected someone who is pro-American. [47:57] And I think this is an incredible situation. [48:01] And last but not least, and I have to thank a number of agencies here, [48:03] particularly the Department of War, [48:05] after that terrible earthquake in Venezuela, [48:08] within 36 hours, the full force of the American government was on the ground [48:12] providing humanitarian assistance. [48:14] It was a sight to behold. [48:16] The USS Ford, I think, was in their port. [48:18] Our Marines and Armed Service personnel were helping run their airport and their tower. [48:23] It is one of the fastest, most dramatic, and most effective humanitarian responses, [48:28] certainly in recent history, if not ever. [48:31] And they came at the direction of the president. [48:33] In fact, within an hour of that earthquake hitting, [48:35] I remember because I was overseas, [48:36] the president called and said, [48:38] make sure we go in there and help these people recover from this. [48:41] And we did. [48:42] And thanks to your leadership, Mr. President. [48:43] It's a great story. [48:44] Enough needs to be told about it, [48:46] because the credit goes to so many agencies represented here today, [48:50] but really the Department of War's effort was phenomenal. [48:52] So thank you. [48:53] Thank you very much, Marco. [48:54] And just before we continue, [48:57] I want to just congratulate Jay Clayton. [48:59] He's with us today, as you know. [49:01] He's had a big victory. [49:02] He's going to do a fantastic job. [49:05] He's only done a face. [49:06] His whole life has been about doing a fantastic job. [49:09] Congratulations. [49:18] Thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation, [49:20] the opportunity to be here. [49:22] It's an honor for the War Department to help run this facility also, [49:26] from the food to the fence line. [49:28] It's an honor to have you. [49:29] And it's great Americans here and all around the country and all around the world who are the core of what keep us safe. [49:37] But in order to do that, you have to have a leader that's willing to put them in a position to do it. [49:42] And that's my takeaway, Mr. President, is sort of three points. [49:47] One, it takes courage. [49:49] Two, it takes restoring the spirit, which you have done. [49:52] And third, it takes investment. [49:53] And not just an investment, but a generational investment. [49:56] And I think people miss that. [49:57] The courage it takes to seal the border, to say, we're going to do it, and we're going to do it every single day, [50:01] and we're going to do it on behalf of the American people. [50:04] The courage to bomb the Houthis and say, we will maintain freedom of navigation. [50:09] I wonder why they're not involved in this conflict, the Houthis, even though they're a proxy of Iran, [50:13] because they've felt the weight of American power for 45 days. [50:16] And you had the courage to do that. [50:18] Courage to do Midnight Hammer. [50:20] To conclude the 12-day war by obliterating their nuclear sites. [50:22] Something no one, other presidents had the option on their table to do, but they never pulled the trigger. [50:28] Because of the complications, because of the challenges, because of the risk, courage. [50:33] The courage to take on cartels and drugs, drug boats. [50:36] And now forming the ACCC, the America's Counter-Cartel Coalition, [50:40] with all those friendly governments that Marco talked about, who want to be shoulder-to-shoulder, [50:44] not just with America, but with a bold, strong America, with clear leadership. [50:48] The courage to go get Maduro in the most heavily guarded house, inside the most heavily guarded fort, [50:56] inside the most heavily guarded town in their capital city in the middle of the night, [51:00] and change the entire dynamic of that country and that region, [51:03] and the world saw what the American military was capable to do. [51:06] But that doesn't happen unless the Commander-in-Chief says, you're authorized to do it, [51:11] and will take the handcuffs off when you do it, to ensure that Americans come home. [51:15] The courage to undertake epic fury, and this Iranian regime, [51:20] and ensure they never have a nuclear weapon, which remains your commitment. [51:24] And frankly, the courage to negotiate with people that have shown no willingness to do so honestly, [51:29] with incredible negotiators, who are the best in the world, [51:31] and give them every opportunity to do it, give those things up peacefully. [51:35] All of that takes guts. [51:38] But that comes on the backs of the change in the spirit of our department. [51:40] You talk about spirit all the time, and your right to do so. [51:43] When you rip out DEI, when you rip out social engineering and social justice, [51:48] and you put in merit, and then you untie the hands of commanders to be commanders, [51:53] to enforce discipline and accountability, to get back to basics, [51:57] then you get historic re-enlistment inside our ranks. [52:00] Our best people, Mr. President, are staying, because they want to be in that kind of department. [52:04] And then historic recruitment record amongst young Americans. [52:07] Every month, our department breaks records. [52:11] And when did that trend line start? On Election Day, 2024, when the American people said, [52:16] I want to serve under this president. [52:18] And that new name, the Department of War, has become the ethos, the warrior ethos of our department. [52:24] Again, spirit. [52:25] And I will note, the flyovers will indeed continue until morale improves. [52:30] But that's also spirit. [52:32] Parades, 250, flyovers. [52:34] The American people seeing and feeling their military in ways they have not in the past, that spirit. [52:40] And then finally, Mr. President, a generational investment. [52:43] You rebuilt the military in your first term, and you've spent in your first year $1 trillion, [52:48] and now we are committed in working with Congress to get $1.5 trillion. [52:52] But this is not the same way we funded our department in the past. [52:56] This is a businessman in charge. [52:57] This is a deputy secretary of our department who's a turnaround guy, just like the president is, [53:02] saying we will not fund money, we will not fund the department the way we have in the past. [53:07] In fact, so far, $75 billion in private investment from defense companies [53:12] who are now investing in new plants, new equipment, new assembly lines [53:16] to build the munitions of the future faster than ever possible. [53:20] That's saving taxpayer dollars because the companies themselves are investing. [53:24] That would never, the arsenal of freedom would never happen without you. [53:27] So just like, you know, we use a lot of the things Ronald Reagan's buildup was a part of, [53:32] in this administration and in future administrations, [53:35] they will look back at Donald Trump and the buildup that he has done, [53:38] and that will be the deterrence of the future will be established because of your investment. [53:43] So thank you, Mr. President, for your attention. [53:45] Thank you. [53:46] Scott, please. [53:47] Mr. President, it's an honor to be here in this historic place [53:51] is we celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary, [53:55] and I think if we look back, whether our founders were President of Washington, [54:00] Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, [54:03] could not have imagined the economy that we would have created. [54:07] It is the envy of the world, and as you said, we have record investment coming in. [54:12] We've never seen anything like it, and we're pulling away from the rest of the world. [54:16] Because of your leadership, the policies that you did from day one in terms of digital assets, [54:22] in terms of technology, and bringing back American manufacturing. [54:28] You've done it again. [54:30] You had the incredible economy during your first term, [54:34] and we are seeing that carry over here. [54:38] And it is in stark contrast to the Biden economy, [54:41] which was government jobs, government spending, and high inflation, [54:46] the worst inflation in 50 years. [54:49] And with the working families tax cuts, [54:53] which I will add, every Democrat voted against, [54:57] every Democrat voted against, [54:59] it is the perfect barbell for this economy. [55:02] On one side, you have full expensing for factories, [55:07] for equipment, for farm structures. [55:10] On the other side, your four signature policies, [55:13] promises made, promises kept, [55:15] no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, [55:17] no tax on Social Security, [55:19] deductibility of auto loans. [55:21] If you buy an American-made car, [55:23] and the Americans are starting to feel it. [55:28] Core inflation is low. [55:29] Consumer confidence is strong. [55:31] We have the highest consumer confidence, [55:33] came up today, in five months, [55:36] and Main Street is back. [55:39] Small, small banks are linked, [55:41] thanks to your policy. [55:42] Small banks, community banks are lending again. [55:46] And the Americans are starting to feel it. [55:49] As you said, these Trump accounts [55:51] are the most successful program launch in government history. [55:56] We've had 7 million families sign up for them. [55:59] We're going to get to open enrollment, [56:01] and we will have 70 million families [56:03] who have signed up for this. [56:05] 38% of American families, households, [56:08] have no exposure to our great equity market. [56:11] And thanks to you, [56:12] we're going to have an ownership society. [56:15] An ownership society. [56:16] You were one of the first presidents [56:17] to create assets for the American people, [56:20] not more debt. [56:22] We had the biggest tax refund season ever. [56:25] Trade deals, tax cuts, energy dominance, [56:29] and deregulatory efforts. [56:31] America is ushering in [56:33] the greatest reshoring wave in our history. [56:36] In June, our manufacturing sector [56:38] expanded for the sixth straight month. [56:41] We've got construction jobs, [56:42] and those are going to weave into manufacturing jobs. [56:45] We've got Main Street prosperity. [56:48] Real wages are up $1,000. [56:50] And sir, what you've done again, too, [56:52] is the bottom 25% of wage earners, [56:56] just like in your first term, [56:57] are outperforming the top 25%. [57:01] This is a working families administration. [57:05] In the past year, [57:08] that group had wage increases 5.5%. [57:14] They have three times what the top end has done. [57:19] So you've done it again, [57:21] and these are private sector jobs [57:24] we're creating. [57:25] As you often say in these meetings, [57:27] we could have created a million, [57:28] two million government jobs, [57:30] but we didn't. [57:31] The private sector is creating. [57:33] We've got incentives, [57:34] we've got money coming in, [57:35] and we are rebuilding. [57:37] And then our energy dominance, [57:40] thanks to you and these policies, [57:41] you can come to the U.S., [57:43] you're going to have regulatory certainty, [57:44] tax certainty, [57:45] and energy certainty, [57:46] so it is the best place in the world [57:48] to build your factory. [57:49] And finally, I want to add, [57:51] it has been a pleasure [57:52] privilege to be a part of, [57:55] as we've gone from epic fury [57:57] to economic fury, [57:59] to constrict, on your orders, [58:00] constrict the Iranian regimes, [58:03] the financial tentacles [58:05] all around the world. [58:06] We started it, on your orders, [58:08] we started it in March 2025. [58:11] In December of 2025, [58:12] the largest bank in Iran collapsed. [58:15] The central bank had to print money, [58:17] cost inflation. [58:18] Now they've got 180% inflation. [58:21] They aren't able to pay their troops. [58:22] And on your orders, [58:24] we are searching for their assets [58:25] all around the world, [58:26] and that money will go to [58:28] the Iranian people, [58:29] Americans who have been harmed [58:31] by the Iranians, [58:33] whether the U.S. is cold, [58:35] or the barracks in Lebanon, [58:37] or it will go back to [58:40] when the Iranians attack [58:42] the ships coming out. [58:44] So it's been a privilege [58:45] to be part of that, [58:46] and I look forward to the rest of it. [58:48] Thank you very much. [58:50] I want to just add that [58:51] today there are more people [58:53] working in the United States [58:55] than at any time [58:56] in the history of our country. [58:58] We have more people working today. [59:00] Think of that number. [59:01] More people working today, [59:03] by far, [59:04] than at any time [59:05] in the history of our country. [59:06] So it's been something [59:07] very, very special. [59:10] Bobby, please. [59:11] Thank you, Mr. President. [59:12] Let me just take a moment [59:13] to take note of the historical [59:16] significance of this occasion. [59:19] Before the press came in, [59:21] you asked all the cabinet members [59:22] who had been to Camp David [59:24] before and about, [59:25] I think about three-quarters of them had it. [59:28] I raised my hand, [59:29] but I haven't been here [59:29] for 62 years. [59:31] I came here on weekends, [59:35] as many weekends as we could, [59:36] between 1961 and 1963. [59:39] My father loved this place. [59:41] My uncle loved this place. [59:44] He was, [59:44] nobody knows about this [59:46] because it's on the history books, [59:47] but he was resentful [59:48] at Dwight Eisenhower [59:50] for renaming it Camp David. [59:52] And he, [59:53] if he had got, [59:54] made it to his second term, [59:56] he was going to rename it [59:57] Chamberlain, [59:57] which was the original name [1:00:00] that Roosevelt had named it. [1:00:03] My uncle prided himself [1:00:04] on being the most open, [1:00:06] transparent administration in history. [1:00:08] He was the first president [1:00:09] that televised press conferences. [1:00:12] During his thousand days in office, [1:00:13] he had about 30 press conferences. [1:00:16] You, Mr. President, [1:00:17] have press conferences every day. [1:00:20] And nobody's done anything like that. [1:00:22] And here you've opened [1:00:24] the inner sanctum [1:00:26] of the presidency [1:00:27] for the first time in history. [1:00:28] And I think that's a beautiful thing. [1:00:30] Because you also face, [1:00:31] although you gave these guys [1:00:33] a lot of compliments, [1:00:34] the most hostile press corps [1:00:37] that any president [1:00:38] in the United States history. [1:00:39] I was trying to do this. [1:00:40] Uniformly. [1:00:41] So, anyway, [1:00:44] I'm going to talk just briefly [1:00:47] about a subject you alluded to, [1:00:49] which is the MFN. [1:00:52] And just so everybody [1:00:53] has a background. [1:00:55] You were here to every president [1:00:57] promised to fix that disparity [1:00:59] between what we pay [1:01:00] and what the other [1:01:01] developed countries have paid. [1:01:03] When you came into office, [1:01:04] the list price for OSEMPIC [1:01:06] was $1,350 for Americans. [1:01:08] You could get it [1:01:10] at any pharmacy [1:01:11] in London, Hamburg, Frankfurt [1:01:13] for $88. [1:01:15] And this, [1:01:16] every president, [1:01:17] President Bush, [1:01:18] President Biden, [1:01:19] President Clinton, [1:01:21] President Obama, [1:01:22] have all promised to fix this [1:01:23] and none of them did anything. [1:01:24] You fixed it. [1:01:26] I said, [1:01:26] hey, [1:01:27] why do you leave office, [1:01:35] assuming that's in 2028? [1:01:36] 95% of the drugs [1:01:41] that are available [1:01:43] to Americans, [1:01:44] they will be paying [1:01:45] the lowest prices [1:01:46] in the world. [1:01:47] Trump Rx, [1:01:48] just in the short time [1:01:50] that we, [1:01:50] since we put it out, [1:01:52] has saved Americans [1:01:53] $700 million. [1:01:55] We now have 800 drugs [1:01:56] on there. [1:01:57] We have deals [1:01:58] with Amazon [1:01:58] and with good Rx. [1:02:00] We're adding [1:02:01] more and more drugs [1:02:02] every day. [1:02:02] And I'll just give you [1:02:03] one example. [1:02:05] Preluent [1:02:06] is a very popular [1:02:08] cholesterol drug. [1:02:09] Its list price [1:02:10] is $522. [1:02:12] That's what everybody [1:02:13] is paying. [1:02:14] We now have it [1:02:15] on Trump Rx [1:02:16] for $237. [1:02:18] That means [1:02:19] that the 300,000 Americans [1:02:21] who take that drug [1:02:22] will be saving [1:02:23] $3,700 a year [1:02:26] on pharmaceuticals [1:02:28] every year. [1:02:30] And you can apply [1:02:32] that across the board. [1:02:33] This is going to change. [1:02:35] It's making [1:02:35] pharmaceuticals affordable, [1:02:37] the most affordable [1:02:38] in this country, [1:02:39] of any country in the world. [1:02:41] Well, thank you, [1:02:41] Mr. President. [1:02:43] How are you doing [1:02:44] on the autism research? [1:02:46] We will have [1:02:47] an answer for you. [1:02:48] We just got it. [1:02:49] It's so important. [1:02:51] Okay? [1:02:52] We'll be talking about that. [1:02:53] We'll be having [1:02:53] something of interest. [1:02:55] Such an important thing. [1:02:56] There's a picture [1:02:57] of your uncle [1:02:58] right there on the wall. [1:02:59] I know. [1:02:59] He's looking at [1:02:59] a handsome guy. [1:03:01] And that's quite a picture. [1:03:03] Did you see it? [1:03:03] Yeah. [1:03:05] Maybe that gave you [1:03:05] the idea to start out [1:03:07] that way, [1:03:07] but it's quite a picture. [1:03:09] Any questions? [1:03:10] Mr. President? [1:03:11] Mr. President? [1:03:12] We've seen these strikes [1:03:13] between Iran [1:03:14] and the United States [1:03:15] for the past 10 days. [1:03:16] How do you go about [1:03:16] reviving the ceasefire [1:03:18] and getting diplomacy [1:03:20] back on track? [1:03:20] Well, I think we just [1:03:21] want to win. [1:03:22] You know, we just want to win. [1:03:23] We're doing very well. [1:03:25] We're trying to be nice, [1:03:26] as nice as you can be [1:03:27] in a situation like that. [1:03:29] But, you know, [1:03:31] they're being decimated. [1:03:34] They have no Navy. [1:03:34] They have no Air Force. [1:03:35] They have no anti-aircraft. [1:03:38] It doesn't mean [1:03:39] they don't have any capability. [1:03:40] They have some, [1:03:41] but very little. [1:03:43] We just want to win. [1:03:44] We don't want to have them. [1:03:45] It's very simple. [1:03:47] They cannot have [1:03:48] a nuclear weapon. [1:03:50] Iran will not have [1:03:51] a nuclear weapon. [1:03:52] No, they can't have [1:03:52] a nuclear weapon. [1:03:54] If they did, [1:03:54] the Middle East [1:03:55] would have been wiped out [1:03:56] by now. [1:03:57] If I didn't stop [1:03:58] the JCPOA, [1:04:00] the Obama deal, [1:04:02] if I didn't terminate that, [1:04:03] they would have [1:04:03] had a nuclear weapon. [1:04:05] I believe Israel [1:04:05] would no longer be with us [1:04:07] and big parts [1:04:07] of the Middle East [1:04:08] and perhaps other countries [1:04:10] and different continents, [1:04:11] frankly, [1:04:12] because these people are crazy. [1:04:14] So they cannot have [1:04:15] a nuclear weapon, [1:04:16] and they won't. [1:04:17] Mr. President, [1:04:18] what do you expect [1:04:19] over the next four weeks, [1:04:21] eight weeks? [1:04:22] You know, we'll be hitting them. [1:04:23] We'll be hitting them very hard. [1:04:25] And, you know, [1:04:25] at some point, [1:04:26] they're going to say, [1:04:26] we just can't take it anymore. [1:04:28] Mr. President, [1:04:28] on the disarmament deal [1:04:30] that you announced, [1:04:31] do you have assurances [1:04:32] from Israel [1:04:33] that they are on board [1:04:34] with this deal? [1:04:35] And what comes first? [1:04:36] Does Israel pull back [1:04:37] and then Hamas disarms, [1:04:39] or does Hamas need to disarm [1:04:40] and then Israel [1:04:41] leave it out? [1:04:41] So we do have [1:04:42] an understanding [1:04:43] with Israel. [1:04:43] Israel is very happy [1:04:44] about it. [1:04:45] Israel helped us. [1:04:46] And they've been very good. [1:04:48] They've been very good about it. [1:04:49] Most people said [1:04:50] that would be a deal [1:04:51] that would be undoable. [1:04:52] Now, will it go through [1:04:54] its ups and downs? [1:04:55] It's a very complex [1:04:56] situation over there. [1:04:57] The people [1:04:58] are very complex [1:04:59] and difficult. [1:05:01] In many cases, [1:05:02] wonderful, [1:05:03] in many cases, [1:05:03] not so wonderful. [1:05:05] But that will be a, [1:05:06] it's a great breakthrough. [1:05:08] Nobody's ever thought [1:05:09] that would, [1:05:09] nobody thought [1:05:10] that would be possible [1:05:11] to disarm Hamas. [1:05:13] And that shows you [1:05:14] how much success [1:05:16] we're having with Iran. [1:05:18] Because if you go [1:05:19] four months ago [1:05:19] or five months ago, [1:05:20] a deal like that [1:05:20] would have been impossible. [1:05:22] So it's a big step [1:05:23] for the Middle East [1:05:23] and people are really [1:05:25] impressed by it [1:05:26] and they're surprised by it. [1:05:27] And what comes first, [1:05:28] Mr. President? [1:05:28] What comes first? [1:05:29] Did FIFA or Mr. Infantino [1:05:30] speak to you about their proposal [1:05:31] to sell a stake in the World Cup? [1:05:33] And is that something you support? [1:05:34] Having just happened? [1:05:35] Did FIFA or Mr. Infantino [1:05:37] speak to you about their proposal [1:05:39] to sell a stake in the World Cup? [1:05:40] Mr. President, [1:05:42] you said this morning [1:05:43] on True Social [1:05:44] that victims of government abuse [1:05:46] should be paid back. [1:05:47] Yeah. [1:05:48] Even if it's not [1:05:49] the anti-weaponization fund, [1:05:50] would you still want [1:05:51] the acting attorney general [1:05:52] Well, I'm talking about [1:05:53] the weaponization [1:05:55] against large numbers [1:05:57] of people in our country [1:05:58] by the Biden administration [1:05:59] and by Obama, [1:06:02] but by the Biden administration [1:06:03] in particular in this case. [1:06:04] But large numbers of people, [1:06:06] their lives have been ruined. [1:06:08] They've been destroyed. [1:06:09] Their families have been [1:06:10] you know, decimated. [1:06:12] They've gone to prison [1:06:13] for no reason whatsoever. [1:06:15] There's never been [1:06:16] a group of people, [1:06:17] most likely, [1:06:17] I mean, I can think of a couple [1:06:19] that were treated [1:06:19] pretty badly, groups. [1:06:21] But there's essentially [1:06:22] never been a group of people [1:06:23] treated so badly [1:06:25] as these people. [1:06:25] And this fund, [1:06:27] this fund was not for me. [1:06:28] This fund was for [1:06:29] those people [1:06:30] that have been weaponized, [1:06:32] that have been abused. [1:06:33] Now, I was abused. [1:06:34] They attacked my house [1:06:35] in Mar-a-Lago [1:06:35] where I live. [1:06:36] And I was, you know, [1:06:38] big damages [1:06:39] should have been given to me. [1:06:41] I don't want anything. [1:06:42] I'm not talking about myself. [1:06:44] I think that there's [1:06:45] a group of people [1:06:46] in this country, [1:06:47] history will show, [1:06:49] that were treated [1:06:50] like nobody else [1:06:52] has ever been treated. [1:06:54] So badly, [1:06:55] so horribly. [1:06:57] Their families [1:06:57] have been ruined. [1:06:58] Many, many suicides. [1:06:59] They've committed suicide. [1:07:01] People that were [1:07:02] very successful [1:07:03] that wanted to go to [1:07:04] a rally [1:07:05] or an event [1:07:06] and ended up [1:07:08] spending the rest [1:07:09] of their lives [1:07:10] in horror. [1:07:12] So, I mean, [1:07:13] you can say what you want [1:07:14] about the fund [1:07:15] and they've agreed [1:07:17] to not have a fund. [1:07:19] But there are a lot of people [1:07:20] that are very upset about it. [1:07:21] A lot of Republican people, [1:07:22] a lot of Democrat people [1:07:23] are very upset about it. [1:07:25] A lot of people were covered. [1:07:26] I wasn't covered by that fund. [1:07:27] I don't want to be covered [1:07:28] by the fund. [1:07:29] I probably was abused [1:07:30] more than anybody [1:07:31] in the history of our country. [1:07:32] But I wasn't looking for that. [1:07:34] But there were a lot of people [1:07:35] and I'll tell you something, [1:07:36] Todd Blanche [1:07:37] is a very, very good man [1:07:40] and he shouldn't be [1:07:41] in the middle of this. [1:07:42] He should get approved [1:07:43] because you will never get [1:07:44] anybody like him. [1:07:46] You're never going to get anybody. [1:07:47] And to make him a pawn [1:07:48] on this whole thing, [1:07:49] this is being done [1:07:50] by a senator [1:07:51] and I don't really blame him [1:07:52] to be honest with you. [1:07:53] I endorsed his opponent [1:07:54] and as soon as I endorsed [1:07:56] his opponent, [1:07:57] his opponent went through [1:07:57] the roof [1:07:58] and he won the [1:07:58] primary election [1:08:00] in Texas [1:08:01] for the Senate. [1:08:03] And the man that lost, [1:08:06] the man that I didn't endorse, [1:08:08] has become very angry [1:08:09] and that's okay. [1:08:10] I mean, I understand that. [1:08:11] I probably would do [1:08:12] the same thing. [1:08:13] Do you want to know the truth? [1:08:13] I think I'd do the same thing. [1:08:15] Mr. President, [1:08:15] on that though, [1:08:16] do you agree, [1:08:17] just to be clear, [1:08:17] do you agree with [1:08:18] the acting attorney general [1:08:19] that the anti-weaponization fund [1:08:20] is dead? [1:08:21] And why not just put that [1:08:22] in writing? [1:08:22] Well, it is dead, [1:08:23] but, you know, [1:08:24] I wish it weren't, [1:08:25] to be honest with you. [1:08:26] I think people were [1:08:27] horribly treated, [1:08:28] horribly abused. [1:08:30] This has nothing to do [1:08:30] with Todd. [1:08:31] This was me. [1:08:33] Horribly abused. [1:08:34] And I'd like to see them [1:08:35] compensated for the pain. [1:08:37] They lost their families. [1:08:39] They committed suicide. [1:08:40] Many people committed suicide. [1:08:43] They went down [1:08:43] for an innocent journey. [1:08:46] And I'm not only talking there, [1:08:47] I'm talking about [1:08:47] not even having to do with that. [1:08:49] The way they were treated, [1:08:51] the Biden administration [1:08:52] and the Obama administration [1:08:54] weaponized government [1:08:56] and destroyed lives. [1:08:58] Mr. President, [1:08:59] are you willing to accept limits [1:09:01] on the scope [1:09:01] of the audit immunity deal [1:09:03] in order to get [1:09:04] Attorney General Blanche confirmed? [1:09:05] Well, no, [1:09:06] he should be approved [1:09:07] forthwith. [1:09:07] I mean, [1:09:08] you're never going to get [1:09:08] a person like that. [1:09:10] Everybody agrees to it. [1:09:12] Don't forget, [1:09:13] Senator Cornyn thought [1:09:14] he was phenomenal [1:09:15] until he lost. [1:09:16] You know, [1:09:17] when he lost, [1:09:18] is that a correct statement? [1:09:19] You come from Texas. [1:09:20] I mean, [1:09:21] he thought this was [1:09:22] the most incredible person. [1:09:23] And when he lost, [1:09:25] then he lost because of me. [1:09:26] I endorsed somebody else. [1:09:27] And as soon as [1:09:27] I endorsed the other person, [1:09:29] the other person [1:09:30] became a rocket ship upward. [1:09:31] And he lost. [1:09:33] And, you know, [1:09:35] I think I'd be the same. [1:09:36] I mean, [1:09:37] I shouldn't say that, [1:09:38] but I'd be upset also. [1:09:41] And so I fully understand it. [1:09:44] He shouldn't be that way. [1:09:45] I shouldn't be that way. [1:09:46] But he is that way. [1:09:47] He's become a very angry person. [1:09:49] And I understand. [1:09:50] You have a couple of others [1:09:51] that I've caused their defeat, too. [1:09:53] And, you know, [1:09:53] you'll probably hear from them, too. [1:09:54] Yeah? [1:09:55] Mr. President, [1:09:55] back on Iran, [1:09:56] there was a report [1:09:57] that you got a proposal [1:09:58] from the military [1:09:59] to go big [1:10:00] and hit them hard [1:10:01] over 10 or 14 days. [1:10:02] Are you going to consider that? [1:10:04] We've already gone big. [1:10:05] Look, I mean, [1:10:05] what's big? [1:10:06] They had 159 ships. [1:10:08] That was their entire Navy, [1:10:09] 159. [1:10:11] Their entire Navy [1:10:12] is laying at the bottom of the sea. [1:10:13] I'd say that's going big. [1:10:15] They had 200 airplanes. [1:10:17] They're all gone. [1:10:17] Every one of them. [1:10:18] They're not one airplane. [1:10:19] They had anti-aircraft weaponry. [1:10:21] They're very good, [1:10:22] but it didn't work. [1:10:23] And it's all gone. [1:10:25] Their radar is all gone. [1:10:27] Their leaders are all gone. [1:10:28] Everything's all gone. [1:10:30] But they'll fight onward. [1:10:31] Mr. President, [1:10:32] on Ukraine, [1:10:33] you said the other day [1:10:34] that you're not sure [1:10:35] about whether to grant Ukraine [1:10:36] the Patriot missile license [1:10:38] that had been discussed. [1:10:39] Do you want to see more [1:10:40] from Zelensky [1:10:41] before you take that action? [1:10:43] Well, it's a big step. [1:10:45] Look, [1:10:45] we have the greatest weapons [1:10:46] in the world. [1:10:48] We have the greatest drones [1:10:49] in the world. [1:10:49] People don't know that. [1:10:50] We have the greatest weaponry [1:10:51] in the world. [1:10:52] We have, [1:10:53] in the case of [1:10:54] President Zelensky, [1:10:55] he'd like to have some Patriots. [1:10:57] He'd like to have some Tomahawks, [1:10:59] which are, you know, lethal. [1:11:00] One offensive, [1:11:01] one defensive. [1:11:02] But when you give somebody [1:11:04] the right, [1:11:05] very complex weapons, [1:11:06] by the way. [1:11:06] I mean, [1:11:07] the Patriot, [1:11:07] as an example, [1:11:08] the other day, [1:11:09] you read that five missiles [1:11:11] were shot. [1:11:12] They were going [1:11:13] 8,600 miles an hour. [1:11:15] Now, think of it, [1:11:16] 8,600. [1:11:18] Now, a car, [1:11:19] if you go 60, [1:11:20] it gets to be a little faster. [1:11:21] If you go 100, [1:11:22] 8,600 miles an hour. [1:11:25] And they were big missiles. [1:11:26] And they were shot at Jordan. [1:11:28] And our guys were there. [1:11:30] Bing, bing, [1:11:32] bing, bing, bing. [1:11:33] Five. [1:11:34] Bing, bing. [1:11:34] Bing, bing, bing. [1:11:35] Right? [1:11:36] I don't want to be my... [1:11:37] I don't want to be my... [1:11:37] I don't want to be my... [1:11:39] That would have been, [1:11:41] that would have been [1:11:41] a great sound bite. [1:11:42] There were five missiles, [1:11:44] and we shot all five dead [1:11:45] before they got close. [1:11:47] Nobody else has that capacity. [1:11:50] These weapons are incredible. [1:11:52] We have to be very careful [1:11:53] about letting somebody build them. [1:11:56] You know, [1:11:57] it's very important now. [1:11:59] We are building many plants now [1:12:01] to make those... [1:12:02] The Tomahawk missile [1:12:03] is the most incredible thing. [1:12:05] It can go into a doorway. [1:12:06] You can put it through a window [1:12:07] of a house. [1:12:10] Nobody's ever seen anything like it. [1:12:11] You have to be very judicious, [1:12:13] but you have to be very careful. [1:12:16] Now, we have not agreed to that. [1:12:19] We're talking about it. [1:12:21] But it's a hard thing [1:12:21] to give away that kind of technology. [1:12:25] And I don't think [1:12:25] this would ever happen. [1:12:26] But, you know, [1:12:27] those people that you give [1:12:28] that technology, [1:12:29] they can someday turn on you. [1:12:30] You know, that is possible. [1:12:32] You look at war. [1:12:33] It's happened a couple of times [1:12:34] over the years, right? [1:12:36] So we have to be very careful. [1:12:37] I mean, we guard that. [1:12:38] We have the greatest military [1:12:40] in the world, [1:12:41] but we have the greatest weapons [1:12:42] in the world. [1:12:43] Now we have to make them [1:12:44] a little bit faster [1:12:44] because we've given a lot away. [1:12:46] You know, [1:12:47] President Biden, [1:12:49] unfortunately, [1:12:49] gave a lot away to Ukraine. [1:12:52] And he gave... [1:12:53] And so did I. [1:12:54] I mean, I gave them [1:12:55] the javelins, [1:12:57] the tank busters. [1:12:58] Without the javelins, [1:12:59] that war would have been [1:13:00] a one-day war. [1:13:00] It would have been over. [1:13:01] They wiped out the tanks [1:13:02] going up to Kiev [1:13:04] where they got stuck in the mud. [1:13:06] They had a general [1:13:06] that decided to go through the mud [1:13:08] instead of going up the highway [1:13:10] where they were going very nicely. [1:13:11] It would have been over. [1:13:12] But, no, [1:13:13] I gave them the javelins. [1:13:14] The javelins are unbelievably... [1:13:16] We have the greatest weapons [1:13:17] in the world. [1:13:18] We have to be very careful [1:13:19] about giving out [1:13:21] the secrets to those weapons. [1:13:22] And they're not... [1:13:25] You can't copy them. [1:13:26] It's a little like NVIDIA. [1:13:29] They have a chip. [1:13:30] They say you cannot copy it. [1:13:32] The complexity is so great [1:13:34] you cannot. [1:13:34] You know, [1:13:34] most things you copy. [1:13:37] China's known for it. [1:13:37] Other countries know. [1:13:38] We do something. [1:13:40] And I guess we copy also. [1:13:41] Most things you can copy [1:13:43] pretty easily. [1:13:44] There's a chip [1:13:44] that they made, [1:13:45] their ultimate chip. [1:13:47] And they always have [1:13:48] the ultimate chip. [1:13:50] And I say, [1:13:50] well, why doesn't somebody copy it? [1:13:52] Because they can't. [1:13:53] The complexity. [1:13:54] They can't copy our weapons. [1:13:56] We have the greatest weapons [1:13:57] in the world. [1:13:57] Many of them. [1:13:59] Those are just two or three [1:14:00] that I mentioned. [1:14:00] But you cannot copy them. [1:14:03] So we have to be very careful. [1:14:04] As Hamas disarms [1:14:06] as part of this plan, [1:14:07] who do you see [1:14:08] as taking possession [1:14:09] of those weapons [1:14:10] that they have? [1:14:10] Does that go to the new government? [1:14:12] Does it be the Board of Peace, [1:14:14] mostly? [1:14:14] It's going to be run by the Board of... [1:14:15] This Board of Peace [1:14:16] has been an amazing... [1:14:18] It's led by some amazing people. [1:14:20] Board of Peace. [1:14:21] Mr. President, [1:14:22] you said they do have [1:14:22] some capabilities left. [1:14:24] Should Americans be prepared [1:14:25] for these back-and-forth attacks [1:14:27] to continue [1:14:27] until Iran's really [1:14:28] unable to strike them back? [1:14:30] They'll get weaker. [1:14:31] They'll get a little stronger [1:14:32] maybe now. [1:14:33] But they'll get weaker. [1:14:34] And then they peter out. [1:14:36] Yeah, sure. [1:14:37] I think so. [1:14:38] I mean, it'd be foolish [1:14:39] to say no. [1:14:40] You always have to [1:14:41] keep your guard up. [1:14:41] What is the status of talks? [1:14:43] Who went from the administration? [1:14:44] Well, they always want to talk, [1:14:45] but they break their words [1:14:46] so often. [1:14:47] Steve is talking. [1:14:48] Jared. [1:14:49] We have very good people. [1:14:51] JD's involved. [1:14:52] Very strongly involved. [1:14:53] We have great people talking. [1:14:55] Marco's involved. [1:14:56] Because they say talks [1:14:57] aren't happening. [1:14:57] Very good people. [1:14:58] We're the best people. [1:14:59] But they'll make a deal. [1:15:02] As an example, [1:15:02] we'll talk about nuclear. [1:15:03] And we'll be in there [1:15:05] talking about nuclear [1:15:06] for seven hours. [1:15:07] I say, [1:15:07] why do you need seven? [1:15:09] You can take ten minutes. [1:15:10] You have five minutes [1:15:10] you should solve. [1:15:12] But seven hours. [1:15:13] And then they'll go out [1:15:14] and I'll say, [1:15:15] they discussed nuclear. [1:15:17] And they'll go out [1:15:18] and they'll say, [1:15:18] we never discussed nuclear. [1:15:20] And I'll say, [1:15:21] why do they say that? [1:15:22] All they do is make me angry. [1:15:24] You know? [1:15:25] They just make me angry. [1:15:26] Any other questions? [1:15:27] Do you think that you can reach [1:15:29] a deal with Iran, [1:15:30] given that you talked about nuclear? [1:15:31] Yes, you can. [1:15:32] I mean, look, [1:15:32] I'm losing faith in them [1:15:35] because they do lie [1:15:37] and they do misrepresent. [1:15:40] Well, the other day, [1:15:41] the five missiles were shot. [1:15:42] We knocked them down. [1:15:43] But we were in the midst [1:15:44] of a negotiation. [1:15:45] I mean, I'm waiting [1:15:46] for Steve to call me. [1:15:46] How's the negotiation going? [1:15:49] And instead, [1:15:50] I got a call from Pete [1:15:51] that they just shot five missiles [1:15:54] at one of our bases in Jordan. [1:15:56] And we have bases in Jordan. [1:15:58] Fortunately, [1:15:58] our people operated the equipment. [1:16:00] It's also very complex to operate. [1:16:02] You know, [1:16:02] you're talking about the equipment. [1:16:04] It's very, [1:16:04] you have to be, [1:16:06] oftentimes you see, [1:16:07] when did you go to school? [1:16:08] MIT, Caltech. [1:16:10] I mean, you know, [1:16:10] they go to schools [1:16:12] that are not as normal [1:16:14] for the military, [1:16:15] to be honest with you. [1:16:15] We have unbelievably brilliant people [1:16:17] operating that equipment. [1:16:19] And when you don't, [1:16:20] you know, [1:16:20] the equipment, [1:16:22] the shots miss, [1:16:24] the safety misses [1:16:24] or the accuracy misses. [1:16:26] We have unbelievable people. [1:16:28] Think of it. [1:16:28] We had 111, [1:16:30] at one point, [1:16:31] a couple of months ago, [1:16:33] 111 over a short period of time, [1:16:35] missiles were shot [1:16:36] at the Abraham Lincoln [1:16:38] aircraft carrier. [1:16:39] Great, beautiful ship. [1:16:40] One of the most beautiful ships [1:16:42] to me, design-wise. [1:16:44] 111 missiles going out. [1:16:47] Out of the 111 missiles, [1:16:49] 111 missiles were shot down [1:16:52] quite a bit earlier than they got, [1:16:55] I mean, [1:16:56] long before they got there. [1:16:58] They were shot down. [1:16:58] It was almost, [1:16:59] in a couple of cases, [1:17:00] they were shot down [1:17:01] almost as they were taking off. [1:17:03] It's incredible technology. [1:17:05] So you have a ship [1:17:06] that costs billions of dollars, [1:17:08] and you have missiles heading to it. [1:17:10] 111 missiles were shot down, [1:17:15] routinely shot down. [1:17:17] And I spoke to the people. [1:17:19] I like to reward people. [1:17:20] I'll call them up on the President. [1:17:22] And they were cool as a cucumber. [1:17:25] Mr. President, [1:17:27] the last two weeks of strikes [1:17:28] by CENTCOM, [1:17:30] CENTCOM has said [1:17:30] that those were meant [1:17:31] to degrade Arran's ability [1:17:32] to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. [1:17:34] How many more strikes [1:17:35] will it take to significantly... [1:17:36] Well, you never know. [1:17:37] Look, I mean, [1:17:38] most people would have given up [1:17:39] by then. [1:17:39] You know, [1:17:40] they've got no Navy, [1:17:41] they've got no Air Force. [1:17:42] Most people would have given up. [1:17:43] They haven't. [1:17:44] So I give them credit for that. [1:17:45] I mean, [1:17:46] they're known as big tough. [1:17:47] They're tough. [1:17:47] Back on Ukraine, [1:17:49] what did you tell [1:17:50] President Zelensky [1:17:51] about the Patriots? [1:17:52] Did you explain all that [1:17:53] to a concern about the Patriots? [1:17:55] I spoke to them about Tomahawks. [1:17:56] I spoke to them about everything. [1:17:57] I also spoke to them about [1:17:58] let's get this war over with. [1:18:00] So last month, [1:18:01] they had 25,000 people. [1:18:02] It's averaging about 25,000 people [1:18:04] a month die. [1:18:06] Mostly soldiers. [1:18:07] Almost entirely. [1:18:08] But, you know, [1:18:09] missiles are hitting areas also. [1:18:11] But mostly soldiers. [1:18:13] They had 25,000 soldiers. [1:18:15] The month before that, [1:18:15] it was 32,000 soldiers. [1:18:18] I said, [1:18:18] you've got to get this war over with. [1:18:20] I think he wants to make a deal, [1:18:21] and I think Putin wants [1:18:22] to make a deal. [1:18:23] But there's a lot of dislike, [1:18:25] as you probably notice. [1:18:26] He seems very reluctant [1:18:28] to make concessions, [1:18:29] President Putin. [1:18:29] Well, nobody wants [1:18:30] to make concessions. [1:18:32] But they're both going to have [1:18:33] to make some concessions. [1:18:34] I mean, [1:18:35] you've got to make a deal. [1:18:36] 25,000 young, [1:18:39] beautiful people. [1:18:40] Soldiers. [1:18:41] Mostly soldiers. [1:18:42] They're dying a month. [1:18:44] It's... [1:18:45] I ended eight wars. [1:18:47] That was the war [1:18:48] I thought would maybe go first. [1:18:50] And it really hasn't. [1:18:51] It's kind of awesome. [1:18:51] And I ended wars that were, [1:18:53] in theory, [1:18:54] much more difficult to end. [1:18:55] We had a couple that were [1:18:57] into the 30-year category. [1:19:00] Well, the Congo. [1:19:01] Look at the Congo in Rwanda. [1:19:03] That was our nasty war. [1:19:05] It's an amazing group, [1:19:06] and America is safer and stronger, [1:19:08] and far more successful [1:19:10] than it was two years ago. [1:19:12] And I think, frankly, [1:19:13] that it ever was. [1:19:14] I don't think it's ever been [1:19:15] anything like this. [1:19:17] We're building more factories [1:19:20] and plants in this country [1:19:22] than we've ever built before. [1:19:24] And we're going to be... [1:19:25] At some point, [1:19:26] we'll be leaving this position, [1:19:28] and we're going to leave this country [1:19:29] in very, very good shape. [1:19:31] Better shape than it's ever been. [1:19:33] When we took office, [1:19:34] we inherited a total catastrophe. [1:19:37] The last administration [1:19:39] created the worst inflation [1:19:40] in 48 years, [1:19:41] the most dangerous [1:19:42] and insecure border in history, [1:19:44] and exploding trade deficits [1:19:46] like we have never seen before. [1:19:49] Rampant crime, [1:19:50] men and women's sports, [1:19:52] transgender mutilization [1:19:54] of your children, [1:19:56] and chaos and bedlam [1:19:57] all over the world. [1:19:58] Other than that, [1:19:59] they did quite a good job. [1:20:01] In less than 18 months, [1:20:02] we've turned around [1:20:04] four years of disaster, [1:20:05] and we now have [1:20:06] the strongest border [1:20:07] in American history. [1:20:08] We went from the worst border, [1:20:09] I believe, [1:20:10] of any country in history. [1:20:11] 25 million people [1:20:12] came through in four years. [1:20:15] And these are people [1:20:15] that, in many cases, [1:20:17] you don't want. [1:20:17] There were murderers, [1:20:18] there were drug dealers, [1:20:20] there were people [1:20:20] that you do not want. [1:20:22] But now we have [1:20:23] the strongest border [1:20:24] in American history, [1:20:25] and for the last 15 months, [1:20:27] the report just came out again. [1:20:29] We've had no people [1:20:30] coming in [1:20:31] through our southern border. [1:20:32] Zero. [1:20:33] And it's almost hard to say [1:20:34] because you'd say, [1:20:35] is that even possible? [1:20:36] They had 25 million people [1:20:38] came in. [1:20:39] We have no people [1:20:39] coming in through, [1:20:41] illegally, [1:20:41] through our southern border. [1:20:43] And that's in history. [1:20:44] So think of that zero, [1:20:45] a big, beautiful zero. [1:20:46] The murder rate [1:20:47] saw its single largest drop [1:20:49] ever recorded [1:20:50] to the lowest in 125 years. [1:20:52] That goes back to, [1:20:54] think of it, [1:20:55] it goes back to 1900. [1:20:57] The lowest murder rate [1:20:58] in the history of our country. [1:21:01] So that's something. [1:21:02] Today, I just want to mention [1:21:04] that we heard in Minnesota [1:21:06] there was a cyber attack. [1:21:09] And they blame it on Iran. [1:21:10] I don't think so. [1:21:10] I think, [1:21:11] I blame it on Minnesota [1:21:12] because they're grossly incompetent. [1:21:13] There was a cyber attack [1:21:15] of 30 water plants. [1:21:17] And I would blame it [1:21:18] on Minnesota [1:21:20] and the governor, [1:21:21] the corrupt governor [1:21:22] of Minnesota. [1:21:23] They like to say, [1:21:24] oh, it's Iran. [1:21:25] Iran should be so lucky. [1:21:26] Iran's got bigger problems [1:21:27] than worrying about Minnesota. [1:21:29] This month, [1:21:30] it was announced [1:21:31] that inflation is dropping [1:21:32] at the fastest rate [1:21:34] in more than six years. [1:21:35] Walmart, [1:21:36] Sam's Club, [1:21:37] Giant Eagle, [1:21:38] and others [1:21:38] are slashing prices [1:21:39] by hundreds of grocery stores [1:21:42] and all of the stores. [1:21:44] I mean, [1:21:44] throughout the country, [1:21:45] they're slashing prices. [1:21:46] Something that you haven't seen [1:21:48] for a long time [1:21:49] since my last administration. [1:21:51] The stock market [1:21:52] has set 73 all-time record highs [1:21:54] since the election. [1:21:55] That means all-time record highs, [1:21:58] 73 days [1:22:00] out of a very short period of time. [1:22:02] And the typical 401k [1:22:04] is up by more than $30,000. [1:22:06] And when you think of that, [1:22:09] if you add another $1,000 to it, [1:22:14] it will be, [1:22:15] we set the record [1:22:15] in the last administration, [1:22:17] a record still standing. [1:22:19] This administration [1:22:20] is going to blow [1:22:21] my last administration away. [1:22:23] When the factories [1:22:24] that we're building [1:22:26] at record, [1:22:26] and we're not building, [1:22:27] all over the world, [1:22:29] they're building. [1:22:30] They're coming from [1:22:30] all over the world. [1:22:31] They're coming from Germany [1:22:32] with the cars. [1:22:33] They're coming from Germany. [1:22:34] They're coming from Japan, [1:22:35] South Korea, [1:22:37] Canada, Mexico. [1:22:38] From all over the world, [1:22:39] they're building auto plants here [1:22:41] because otherwise [1:22:41] they have to pay tariffs. [1:22:43] The tariffs have made [1:22:44] our country rich [1:22:45] and successful. [1:22:47] And all of this, [1:22:48] I mean, [1:22:48] I'd like to say [1:22:49] it was the election. [1:22:50] On November 5th, [1:22:51] it was the election, [1:22:52] and that's fine. [1:22:53] But without the election, [1:22:55] you wouldn't have [1:22:55] what I've done economically. [1:22:57] So we have [1:22:58] the most successful environment [1:23:00] that we've ever had. [1:23:01] There's never been anything like it [1:23:03] from the standpoint [1:23:04] of investment [1:23:05] into our country. [1:23:06] It's five to six times higher [1:23:08] than anybody has ever seen [1:23:09] than any other country. [1:23:11] Any other country, [1:23:12] not just us, [1:23:13] has ever had. [1:23:14] On July 4th, [1:23:15] we launched Trump accounts [1:23:16] to keep a vision [1:23:17] of our great, big, beautiful bill. [1:23:20] And these tax-free investment [1:23:21] savings accounts [1:23:22] have already been activated [1:23:24] by over 7 million children. [1:23:26] These are investments [1:23:27] made in our future, [1:23:29] which is our children. [1:23:29] Our children are [1:23:30] the most important aspect [1:23:32] of our future, [1:23:33] with more being added each day. [1:23:35] So it's a tremendous hit. [1:23:37] Over 7 million, [1:23:38] and really, [1:23:39] it really just got going, [1:23:40] I would say, Scott, [1:23:41] about two weeks ago [1:23:43] when it was, [1:23:44] we got the final approvals. [1:23:46] And we have over 7 million. [1:23:47] Actually, [1:23:48] there's never been anything [1:23:49] quite like that. [1:23:51] But millions of accounts [1:23:52] are pre-funded [1:23:53] with $1,000 [1:23:53] from the U.S. Treasury [1:23:55] or generous gifts [1:23:56] from private donors [1:23:57] like Michael and Susan Dell [1:23:59] and others who have given [1:24:00] billions of dollars. [1:24:02] Billions. [1:24:03] People are putting up [1:24:03] hundreds of millions [1:24:04] and billions of dollars [1:24:05] into it [1:24:07] and buying really [1:24:08] a great future [1:24:09] for children. [1:24:10] When they turn 18 [1:24:11] or when they turn 21, [1:24:13] instead of having [1:24:13] no hope, [1:24:14] no future, [1:24:15] they will end up [1:24:16] with hundreds of thousands [1:24:17] of dollars [1:24:18] and maybe even more than that. [1:24:19] So it's going to be [1:24:20] something to save. [1:24:21] With modest, [1:24:22] additional contributions, [1:24:24] they'll grow [1:24:24] by numbers that should be, [1:24:27] it could be, [1:24:27] over $200,000. [1:24:29] We're looking at [1:24:29] the timeline. [1:24:31] I wish we had an economy [1:24:32] like we have now [1:24:33] with the stock markets [1:24:35] going up, [1:24:35] but they will benefit [1:24:36] by our country [1:24:38] being successful. [1:24:39] We're going to give [1:24:40] every child a head start [1:24:42] on the American dream, [1:24:43] so go to [1:24:44] trumpaccounts.gov. [1:24:46] They're really something. [1:24:47] The whole world [1:24:47] is talking about it [1:24:48] and it's far ahead [1:24:50] of schedule. [1:24:50] Nobody thought it would be [1:24:51] as successful as it's been, [1:24:53] but it should be. [1:24:54] It should be. [1:24:55] And we start them off [1:24:56] with $1,000 [1:24:56] and this was part [1:24:58] of the great, [1:24:58] big, beautiful bill. [1:25:00] With my most favorite [1:25:01] nation policy, [1:25:02] you could say [1:25:02] this is even a bigger thing [1:25:04] if that's possible. [1:25:06] On drug prices, [1:25:07] we're achieving record [1:25:08] discounts on prescription drugs. [1:25:11] Prescription drugs [1:25:12] were going through the roof [1:25:13] for many years [1:25:14] and now we're getting [1:25:15] record discounts [1:25:16] with price differences [1:25:17] of 300, 400, [1:25:19] 500, 600 percent. [1:25:22] Nobody's ever heard [1:25:24] of a thing like that. [1:25:26] And what this is all about [1:25:27] is that we were the highest, [1:25:29] we had the highest prices [1:25:30] anywhere in the world [1:25:32] by far, [1:25:32] most expensive drugs, [1:25:34] prescription drugs [1:25:35] and others, [1:25:37] the highest in the world. [1:25:38] The whole world [1:25:38] was laughing at us. [1:25:39] We paid for the rest [1:25:40] of the world. [1:25:41] We subsidized the whole world [1:25:42] and I said, [1:25:43] we're not going to do that. [1:25:44] And I started it [1:25:46] in the first administration. [1:25:47] I took it up. [1:25:49] Obviously, [1:25:49] Biden wasn't able [1:25:50] to do anything about it [1:25:51] because you had to get [1:25:52] the consent of the drug companies [1:25:54] and you had to get the consent. [1:25:55] More difficult [1:25:56] would be the consent [1:25:57] of other nations. [1:25:59] The other nations [1:25:59] had to agree, [1:26:00] but they were paying [1:26:01] a fraction, [1:26:02] sometimes 10 percent, [1:26:04] 20 percent, [1:26:05] 40 percent, [1:26:06] 70 percent less. [1:26:08] So I had to call them [1:26:09] and I had to get them on [1:26:10] and I said, [1:26:11] if you don't do it, [1:26:11] we're going to have [1:26:12] to charge your tariffs. [1:26:13] And they all said no [1:26:15] at first, [1:26:15] very politely. [1:26:16] I said, [1:26:16] sir, we can't do that. [1:26:18] We're not going to, [1:26:18] double our prices. [1:26:19] They had to double [1:26:20] their prices [1:26:21] and in some case [1:26:22] triple their price [1:26:23] and we would come down. [1:26:25] So a pill [1:26:25] that sold for $10 [1:26:28] in Germany [1:26:29] would sell for $130 [1:26:31] in New York. [1:26:33] Same pill [1:26:33] from the same company, [1:26:35] the same factory, [1:26:35] the same plant, [1:26:37] same laboratory [1:26:38] from $10 [1:26:39] and we pay $130. [1:26:41] I said, [1:26:41] no, no. [1:26:43] Now the world [1:26:43] is a bigger place [1:26:44] so it's not as bad [1:26:45] as it sounds for them. [1:26:47] So they went up to $20 [1:26:48] and we came down [1:26:49] to $20. [1:26:50] So we now have [1:26:51] the lowest drug prices [1:26:52] anywhere in the world. [1:26:54] We're tied with the lowest [1:26:55] but we're basically [1:26:56] its favorite nation. [1:26:57] So we have [1:26:58] the lowest drug prices [1:26:59] anywhere in the world [1:27:00] from the highest drug prices [1:27:02] anywhere in the world. [1:27:03] Now what that does [1:27:04] for your health care, [1:27:05] I mean, [1:27:05] I see these fake polls [1:27:06] where the Democrats [1:27:07] have wonderful numbers [1:27:09] on this stuff [1:27:10] and they are horrible [1:27:11] what they've done. [1:27:12] Obamacare is a total disaster. [1:27:14] It's a costly wreck. [1:27:16] It's unaffordable. [1:27:17] We call it [1:27:17] the Unaffordable Care Act. [1:27:19] It's a disgrace. [1:27:21] They never even thought [1:27:21] of being able [1:27:22] to do something like this. [1:27:23] They didn't even try. [1:27:25] They didn't even try. [1:27:26] So I got the drug companies [1:27:27] first [1:27:28] and then I got [1:27:29] the countries [1:27:30] and the drug companies [1:27:32] agreed [1:27:32] because they knew [1:27:33] the countries [1:27:34] wouldn't agree. [1:27:35] And when I called [1:27:35] Germany, France, [1:27:37] when I called [1:27:37] the UK, [1:27:39] when I called [1:27:39] all of these countries [1:27:40] I said, [1:27:41] you got to do it. [1:27:42] It's unfair. [1:27:43] We're paying [1:27:43] 10 times more [1:27:45] than you're paying [1:27:45] for the same drug. [1:27:46] You can't do this. [1:27:48] And they said, [1:27:48] well, we're not going [1:27:49] to do that [1:27:49] because we're going [1:27:50] to have to double [1:27:50] our price today [1:27:51] in order to make you happy. [1:27:52] I said, no, [1:27:53] maybe you're going [1:27:53] to have to triple [1:27:54] your price. [1:27:55] They said, [1:27:55] well, we can't do it. [1:27:56] I said, that's all right. [1:27:57] If you can't do it, [1:27:58] then I can't do something [1:27:59] also. [1:28:00] And I'm going to charge [1:28:01] you very substantial tariffs [1:28:03] which are far more [1:28:04] than we're talking about. [1:28:06] And they all said, [1:28:07] we'd love to do it. [1:28:08] We'd love to do it. [1:28:09] It'll be our great honor [1:28:09] to do it. [1:28:10] So nobody else would do this. [1:28:12] This would have never happened. [1:28:13] So your drug prices [1:28:14] have gone down. [1:28:15] My number's not even [1:28:16] thinkable. [1:28:17] My first term, [1:28:18] I had the privilege [1:28:19] of having lower drug prices [1:28:20] from the beginning [1:28:21] of the year [1:28:22] till the end [1:28:22] for the first time [1:28:23] in 28 years. [1:28:24] You remember. [1:28:26] And I called [1:28:26] the news conference [1:28:27] to announce it. [1:28:28] So the year it ended [1:28:29] and I was turned out [1:28:31] one eighth of a percent. [1:28:34] One eighth of a percent. [1:28:35] A little tiny this much. [1:28:36] It went down [1:28:37] that much during one year. [1:28:39] First time in 28 years [1:28:41] it went down. [1:28:41] It was always like this. [1:28:42] Just up. [1:28:43] More expensive. [1:28:45] And I called [1:28:46] the news conference. [1:28:47] I was so proud of myself. [1:28:48] And I said, [1:28:49] ladies and gentlemen, [1:28:50] the first time [1:28:51] in 28 years [1:28:52] drug prices [1:28:53] have gone down [1:28:55] from January [1:28:56] till the end of December. [1:28:58] And I want to just [1:28:59] congratulate everybody [1:29:01] for being a part [1:29:02] of this wonderful experiment. [1:29:05] And one eighth of a point. [1:29:06] Now we're talking [1:29:07] about 400, 500, [1:29:09] 600 percent [1:29:10] coming down. [1:29:11] We pay the lowest [1:29:12] drug prices anywhere [1:29:13] in the world [1:29:14] from the highest. [1:29:15] So, you know, [1:29:16] and I'll say it again [1:29:17] and again [1:29:17] because the press [1:29:18] doesn't want to report it. [1:29:19] The fake news [1:29:19] doesn't want to report it. [1:29:21] They don't want to talk about it. [1:29:22] What that does [1:29:23] for health care, Bobby, [1:29:24] is unbelievable [1:29:25] because medicine [1:29:26] is a big part [1:29:26] of health care. [1:29:28] So I wish that [1:29:29] people would understand [1:29:30] that. [1:29:30] And I hope they're [1:29:31] going to vote for us [1:29:32] in the midterms [1:29:33] because you'll see [1:29:34] some stuff [1:29:34] that will be horrible [1:29:35] because they can blow [1:29:36] it very fast [1:29:37] if they don't know [1:29:38] what they're doing. [1:29:39] So your drug prices [1:29:40] are great. [1:29:40] You know, [1:29:41] I saw Spain [1:29:42] yesterday [1:29:43] and I watched [1:29:44] the catastrophe [1:29:46] that took place. [1:29:47] It looks like [1:29:48] an invasion [1:29:48] of a country [1:29:49] by hundreds [1:29:51] of thousands [1:29:51] of people. [1:29:53] And that same thing [1:29:54] is going to happen [1:29:54] to us [1:29:55] if the Republicans [1:29:55] don't get elected, [1:29:57] except worse, [1:29:58] much bigger, [1:30:00] much easier [1:30:00] to get into [1:30:01] despite the fact [1:30:02] that we have built [1:30:03] thousands of miles [1:30:05] of wall, [1:30:06] which I said [1:30:07] we were going to do. [1:30:08] But we didn't have [1:30:09] that. [1:30:09] Forget it. [1:30:10] But we have [1:30:11] the safest border [1:30:11] in the world. [1:30:12] If we're not in office, [1:30:15] our country [1:30:16] will be invaded [1:30:16] at levels [1:30:18] that made Spain [1:30:19] look small time. [1:30:21] And when I watched it, [1:30:22] I said, [1:30:23] boy, [1:30:23] I said, [1:30:24] I'm going to say it [1:30:25] because I knew [1:30:25] you were going to be [1:30:26] at Camp David. [1:30:27] And I say, [1:30:28] that's going to be [1:30:28] a talking point [1:30:29] for the midterms [1:30:31] because when you look [1:30:32] at what happened [1:30:33] to Spain, [1:30:33] they don't know [1:30:34] what to do. [1:30:35] And it's happening [1:30:35] again today. [1:30:36] They're coming in [1:30:37] by the tens of thousands. [1:30:39] It just invaded. [1:30:41] It's aiding the country. [1:30:43] And what that is [1:30:44] is weak law, [1:30:47] bad management, [1:30:49] but very liberal law. [1:30:51] They passed a couple [1:30:52] of laws, [1:30:53] and people read. [1:30:54] You know, [1:30:55] people are smart. [1:30:55] They read from other countries. [1:30:57] And they swam [1:30:58] that three-mile swim [1:30:59] or however they got in. [1:31:01] But nobody's seen [1:31:02] anything like it. [1:31:03] That will look good [1:31:04] compared to what's [1:31:05] going to happen [1:31:06] to the United States. [1:31:07] The biggest thing, [1:31:08] the worst thing [1:31:09] that Biden did [1:31:09] is allowing 25 million [1:31:11] people into our country [1:31:12] because many of those [1:31:13] people are criminals. [1:31:15] They're murderers. [1:31:15] A lot of murderers. [1:31:16] 11,888. [1:31:18] A lot of them [1:31:19] are gone now. [1:31:20] We got them out. [1:31:21] But they allowed [1:31:22] people to come [1:31:23] into this country [1:31:23] that you can't allow [1:31:24] to come into a country. [1:31:26] We're also making [1:31:27] an unprecedented investment [1:31:28] in the United States [1:31:29] Armed Forces [1:31:30] where we're doing great. [1:31:33] We rebuilt the Armed Forces. [1:31:35] We rebuilt our military [1:31:36] in my first term. [1:31:38] But we are doing great [1:31:39] with our military. [1:31:40] They spent a lot of money [1:31:41] in our military. [1:31:42] They gave away [1:31:43] $300 billion worth [1:31:45] of ammo [1:31:46] and everything else [1:31:47] in Biden's term. [1:31:49] But we're building [1:31:50] it up fast. [1:31:51] We just have [1:31:53] a great military [1:31:53] and that's all [1:31:54] there is to it. [1:31:55] But we rebuilt it [1:31:56] in my first term [1:31:57] and we're using it [1:31:59] in my second term [1:32:01] with Venezuela [1:32:01] and other places [1:32:02] and Iran now. [1:32:04] Iran is doing [1:32:05] very poorly. [1:32:05] Just in case you read [1:32:06] incorrect stories, [1:32:08] they're doing very, [1:32:08] very poorly. [1:32:09] They're having a hard time. [1:32:11] They've been very dishonest. [1:32:12] They've been very dishonorable [1:32:13] to deal with. [1:32:14] But that makes no difference. [1:32:16] They're doing very, [1:32:17] very poorly. [1:32:18] We're also making [1:32:20] that investment [1:32:20] and looking forward [1:32:21] to getting $1.5 trillion [1:32:24] next year. [1:32:25] People see now [1:32:26] how important it is. [1:32:27] We want to keep [1:32:28] a safe country. [1:32:29] We have to keep [1:32:29] a safe country. [1:32:30] And the good news is [1:32:31] all of that equipment [1:32:32] is made in the USA. [1:32:33] So we're making it [1:32:35] here. [1:32:35] It's jobs. [1:32:36] And each one [1:32:37] of our defense groups [1:32:40] are building literally [1:32:41] at least four new [1:32:43] massive plants [1:32:45] as we speak [1:32:46] because we want them [1:32:48] to move faster. [1:32:49] We have the best equipment [1:32:50] in the world, [1:32:51] but we want them [1:32:52] to move faster. [1:32:53] We don't want to wait [1:32:53] a year or a year and a half. [1:32:55] We want to wait a week, [1:32:56] maybe. [1:32:57] So that's happening [1:32:58] and I think the results [1:32:59] are very good. [1:33:00] They're all building [1:33:01] at levels that nobody [1:33:03] has ever seen before. [1:33:05] And we've had [1:33:06] tremendous success. [1:33:07] So our military [1:33:08] was just proud of it. [1:33:09] Again, Venezuela [1:33:10] was a one-day war. [1:33:14] And we have a great [1:33:15] relationship with Venezuela. [1:33:16] We're working with partners [1:33:17] with Venezuela now, [1:33:19] taking out tens of millions [1:33:21] of barrels of oil [1:33:22] and going to Houston, [1:33:24] going to Alaska, [1:33:25] going to Louisiana, [1:33:27] going to different places [1:33:28] for refineries. [1:33:30] And it's been [1:33:31] very much amazing. [1:33:33] The administration [1:33:34] has done more [1:33:35] in 18 months [1:33:35] than most administrations [1:33:37] have done in eight years [1:33:38] if you had a two-termer. [1:33:40] We've done more [1:33:41] in 18 months [1:33:41] than anyone's [1:33:42] ever seen before. [1:33:44] Nobody's ever seen. [1:33:45] This is the golden age [1:33:46] of America. [1:33:47] And we have a war [1:33:48] that's going on. [1:33:50] I guess you'll call it a war. [1:33:51] Maybe I call it [1:33:52] a military operation [1:33:53] because they have no... [1:33:55] Navy, it's been obliterated. [1:33:57] Their air force [1:33:57] has been obliterated. [1:33:58] They have no planes. [1:34:00] Their missiles have been... [1:34:01] Largely, [1:34:02] they have some left. [1:34:03] They have some, [1:34:04] but they have far fewer [1:34:06] than they had [1:34:06] four or five months ago. [1:34:09] Their manufacturing capacity [1:34:12] is almost gone. [1:34:14] The drone capacity [1:34:16] is almost gone. [1:34:17] They're very few. [1:34:18] But they have some. [1:34:19] If they have one, [1:34:20] that's too many [1:34:21] as far as I'm concerned. [1:34:22] But we've done [1:34:23] an amazing job [1:34:25] with Venezuela. [1:34:26] We've done an amazing job [1:34:27] here. [1:34:28] We're in there [1:34:29] for five months. [1:34:30] And I know [1:34:30] what people like to say [1:34:31] because we've done [1:34:32] a much bigger job, [1:34:34] a much more important job [1:34:35] than we originally anticipated. [1:34:37] So we're in there [1:34:38] for five months. [1:34:39] And if you look at Vietnam, [1:34:41] they were in there [1:34:41] for 20 years. [1:34:42] You look at Afghanistan, [1:34:44] they were in there [1:34:45] for many years. [1:34:46] You look at any one [1:34:47] of the wars, Korea, [1:34:48] any one of them, [1:34:48] they're in there [1:34:49] for many years. [1:34:50] We're in for five months [1:34:51] and we have obliterated [1:34:52] their military capacity. [1:34:54] Again, [1:34:55] they've got some left, [1:34:56] but soon they won't [1:34:57] have some left. [1:34:58] So I just want to thank [1:34:59] everybody around this table. [1:35:00] You've been very special. [1:35:01] I want to thank a lot [1:35:02] of the media people [1:35:03] because many of you [1:35:04] have been very, very fair. [1:35:06] That's one of the reasons [1:35:07] you're here, frankly. [1:35:08] But you've been very fair. [1:35:10] You've covered me this time [1:35:11] much more fairly, [1:35:12] I think, [1:35:13] than the first term. [1:35:15] The first term [1:35:16] was a great success. [1:35:17] We had the greatest economy [1:35:18] in history [1:35:19] in the first term. [1:35:21] And this term [1:35:21] is going to blow it away. [1:35:22] I think this term [1:35:23] is going to actually [1:35:23] blow it away. [1:35:24] So it's an honor [1:35:25] to have you. [1:35:26] And I'd like to ask [1:35:27] our great Vice President, [1:35:29] J.D. Vance, [1:35:30] to say a few words, [1:35:31] followed by Marco [1:35:32] and Pete [1:35:33] and Scott [1:35:34] and Bobby Kennedy. [1:35:36] Okay? [1:35:37] Thank you very much, [1:35:38] everybody. [1:35:39] Please, J.D. [1:35:40] Well, great. [1:35:40] Thanks, Mr. President. [1:35:41] First of all, [1:35:41] thanks for having us [1:35:42] at this historical [1:35:43] and beautiful place. [1:35:45] And it's an honor [1:35:46] to be on the team, [1:35:46] an honor to be able [1:35:48] to work on fraud, [1:35:49] which is what I want [1:35:50] to talk about today. [1:35:50] I know we have a lot [1:35:51] of things going on. [1:35:52] This has been [1:35:53] an amazing team, [1:35:54] from Kelly Loeffler [1:35:55] at SBA, [1:35:56] to Doug at the VA, [1:35:58] to Todd and Bobby Kennedy. [1:36:00] This really has required [1:36:02] a whole-of-administration [1:36:03] approach to try [1:36:04] to tackle fraud. [1:36:05] There are a few things [1:36:05] that I want to talk about [1:36:06] and celebrate. [1:36:07] The first is that [1:36:08] just since the beginning [1:36:09] of the Fraud Task Force [1:36:10] that I started [1:36:11] under the President's [1:36:12] leadership and direction, [1:36:13] we have identified [1:36:14] $230 billion [1:36:16] of fraud [1:36:18] that's being perpetrated [1:36:19] against the American people, [1:36:20] and we have halted [1:36:21] already $56 billion [1:36:23] to that. [1:36:24] It's sometimes hard. [1:36:25] Once the money [1:36:25] has already gone out [1:36:26] the door, [1:36:26] it's hard to get it back, [1:36:28] but stopping it [1:36:28] from going out the door [1:36:29] is how we save [1:36:30] the American people, [1:36:31] $56 billion, [1:36:32] and of course, [1:36:33] we're going to keep [1:36:33] on working on that. [1:36:35] Just today, [1:36:35] Mr. President, [1:36:36] we will announce [1:36:36] 17 new anti-fraud actions [1:36:39] that will total [1:36:40] about a third [1:36:42] of a billion dollars, [1:36:43] and that's added [1:36:44] to the $230 billion [1:36:45] that we've already uncovered. [1:36:47] And I want to just talk [1:36:48] for the benefit [1:36:49] of the American people [1:36:50] about why do we care [1:36:51] so much about this? [1:36:52] Because what I always [1:36:53] try to remind people [1:36:53] is that fraud [1:36:54] has two victims. [1:36:56] So to give one concrete example, [1:36:58] there is a program [1:37:00] that is administered [1:37:01] by Medicaid, [1:37:03] and that program ensures [1:37:04] that low-income moms [1:37:06] and low-income babies [1:37:07] have access [1:37:08] to neonatal care. [1:37:09] Now, I think most Americans [1:37:10] probably share my view [1:37:11] that this is one [1:37:12] of the great things [1:37:12] about the United States [1:37:13] of America, [1:37:14] that if we see a baby [1:37:15] and we see a young mother [1:37:17] that requires help, [1:37:18] we help our fellow Americans. [1:37:19] That's a good thing. [1:37:20] It's something [1:37:21] that we should be proud of. [1:37:22] And yet, [1:37:23] there is a program [1:37:24] that has defrauded [1:37:25] the moms and the babies [1:37:27] who benefit from these. [1:37:29] You've gotten people [1:37:29] who've gotten rich [1:37:30] by setting up false companies [1:37:32] that are providing [1:37:33] false services. [1:37:34] So who loses [1:37:35] in that equation? [1:37:36] Number one, of course, [1:37:37] is the American taxpayer [1:37:38] that is $230 billion poorer [1:37:41] because of the fraud [1:37:42] that this country [1:37:42] has let go on. [1:37:44] But I actually think [1:37:45] most importantly [1:37:46] is that we've seen [1:37:47] that program run out of money. [1:37:49] So we've seen moms [1:37:50] and babies unable [1:37:51] to access the health care [1:37:53] that they need [1:37:54] because the fraudsters [1:37:55] have gotten rich. [1:37:56] That is a disgrace. [1:37:58] And until the president [1:37:59] ordered us to stop it, [1:38:00] no one was doing [1:38:01] anything about it. [1:38:02] So we've made a lot [1:38:03] of progress, Mr. President, [1:38:05] in just under a year. [1:38:06] But we're going to keep [1:38:07] on working at it [1:38:07] because we believe [1:38:08] the American people [1:38:09] deserve to have [1:38:10] their money spent [1:38:11] as you and the Congress [1:38:12] have directed it. [1:38:13] There's big numbers [1:38:14] here, fine, [1:38:15] tremendous numbers. [1:38:16] They look like Elliot Ness. [1:38:17] Does anybody know [1:38:18] who Elliot is? [1:38:19] If you look like [1:38:20] that group of people [1:38:21] you have lined up [1:38:22] behind you, [1:38:22] they're doing a great job. [1:38:24] Billions, think of, [1:38:25] not millions, [1:38:27] billions of dollars [1:38:28] is being recovered. [1:38:30] Billions. [1:38:31] And you haven't seen [1:38:32] anything yet. [1:38:33] We have things happening [1:38:34] that people aren't [1:38:35] going to believe. [1:38:36] The level of corruption [1:38:37] and fraud that took place [1:38:38] under the Biden [1:38:39] administration [1:38:39] was unprecedented. [1:38:42] And Minnesota, [1:38:43] California, Maine, [1:38:45] Maine, believe it or not. [1:38:46] You know, you think of Maine [1:38:47] as this wonderful place. [1:38:49] It's a level of corruption [1:38:51] that's incredible. [1:38:52] All over. [1:38:52] All over. [1:38:53] So, great job. [1:38:55] Thank you very much. [1:38:55] Thank you, sir. [1:38:56] Okay? [1:38:57] Yes. [1:38:58] Oh, my turn. [1:38:58] Well, first of all, [1:38:59] thank you for bringing us [1:39:00] out here. [1:39:01] I got the chance to drive [1:39:02] for the first time [1:39:03] in a year and a half, [1:39:04] which is the government. [1:39:05] It was fun. [1:39:08] It was great. [1:39:09] And so just a couple points [1:39:13] that we all know [1:39:15] we've followed [1:39:15] and I think there's [1:39:16] obviously the events [1:39:16] in the Middle East [1:39:17] and others here [1:39:17] can talk about that. [1:39:18] Not that they're not important, [1:39:19] but there's some other issues [1:39:20] happening around the world, [1:39:21] Mr. President, [1:39:22] that you've shown [1:39:22] great leadership in [1:39:23] and have not gotten [1:39:24] nearly as much attention [1:39:25] I think they've observed [1:39:26] and mentioned today. [1:39:26] The first is [1:39:27] the International Criminal Court [1:39:29] is an illegitimate [1:39:30] international organization [1:39:31] that frankly, [1:39:32] illegitimate, [1:39:32] they've made themselves [1:39:33] illegitimate [1:39:34] because they claim [1:39:34] that even if you're not [1:39:35] a member of that court, [1:39:36] they can come after you. [1:39:37] And what that literally means [1:39:38] in the future [1:39:39] is that American servicemen, [1:39:41] political leaders, [1:39:42] and others [1:39:42] could find themselves [1:39:43] under indictment [1:39:45] by this International [1:39:46] Criminal Court. [1:39:47] If you want to know [1:39:48] a little bit about it, [1:39:48] Jack Smith used to work there. [1:39:50] These are the people [1:39:51] that think they can go out [1:39:52] and basically indict [1:39:52] any world leader [1:39:53] and haul them into The Hague. [1:39:55] So we've begun, [1:39:55] we tried to get them [1:39:56] to reform and listen to us. [1:39:57] They wouldn't do it. [1:39:58] They're very arrogant. [1:39:59] We've now begun an effort [1:40:00] to really try to bring [1:40:02] that court to heel. [1:40:03] By the way, [1:40:03] there's no information [1:40:04] that they're after me. [1:40:06] It could happen. [1:40:06] But just so you know, [1:40:09] because she's talking about it, [1:40:10] I'm saying that means [1:40:11] that he's not trying [1:40:13] to defend me. [1:40:14] He is trying to defend [1:40:15] Bibi and various other people. [1:40:17] But there are many people [1:40:18] that shouldn't be [1:40:19] looked at that way. [1:40:20] But there is no indication [1:40:22] that I'm one of them [1:40:24] at this moment. [1:40:26] Well, and I actually think [1:40:28] the people who are [1:40:28] in biggest danger [1:40:29] in our system [1:40:29] are servicemen, [1:40:30] people in uniform. [1:40:31] They'll try to go out [1:40:32] for the rest of their lives. [1:40:33] They'll not be able [1:40:33] to travel anywhere [1:40:34] in the world [1:40:35] with their families [1:40:35] because they can be [1:40:36] arrested on one of these. [1:40:37] Imagine, you're a soldier, [1:40:38] you fought in a war [1:40:39] and 20 years later [1:40:40] they try to come grab you. [1:40:41] So this is a big problem. [1:40:43] So we've had dozens [1:40:43] of countries already [1:40:44] join us in separate. [1:40:45] Since we started [1:40:46] two weeks ago, [1:40:46] five countries have already [1:40:48] quit the ICC [1:40:48] and notified them [1:40:49] that they're leaving [1:40:50] and we think [1:40:51] there'll be more. [1:40:52] The second thing [1:40:52] is we had an unprecedented [1:40:53] ministerial. [1:40:54] 60 countries came [1:40:55] to Washington [1:40:56] and were a part [1:40:57] of an effort [1:40:57] where we were shedding light [1:40:59] on far-left terrorism [1:41:00] and violence. [1:41:01] You know, [1:41:01] if a bomb goes off [1:41:02] somewhere and it's tied [1:41:03] to some right-wing group [1:41:04] or what I, [1:41:05] I don't consider [1:41:06] neo-Nazis right-wing [1:41:07] and I consider them [1:41:07] Nazis, right? [1:41:08] But you're going [1:41:09] to get a lot [1:41:10] of attention on that. [1:41:10] But if it's a leftist [1:41:11] group, an Antifa group, [1:41:13] they get no cover [1:41:14] or they ignore [1:41:15] the ideological spin [1:41:16] and the ideological [1:41:17] reason behind it. [1:41:18] So we've got 60 countries [1:41:19] came up here [1:41:20] and hopefully creating [1:41:21] a strong coalition [1:41:22] to go after [1:41:22] far-left violent terrorism. [1:41:25] Go after it [1:41:26] and call it by name [1:41:27] and I think we're building [1:41:27] a very strong coalition there. [1:41:29] We've had some success [1:41:30] in the Middle East, [1:41:31] Mr. President. [1:41:32] As you know, [1:41:32] in the diplomatic front, [1:41:34] the deal with Lebanon [1:41:35] and Israel [1:41:35] is unprecedented. [1:41:37] President Ayoun [1:41:37] was here a week ago. [1:41:39] I think that was [1:41:39] the first visit [1:41:40] by a Lebanese president [1:41:41] in over 30-some odd years. [1:41:42] In fact, [1:41:43] this is the first time [1:41:43] the Israelis [1:41:44] and the Lebanese government [1:41:45] have spoken [1:41:45] at the official level [1:41:47] in close to 30 years [1:41:48] and that was thanks [1:41:49] to your leadership. [1:41:49] A lot of work to be done [1:41:50] to keep that peace [1:41:51] and build on it, [1:41:52] but it's a real achievable [1:41:53] and of course, [1:41:54] as you announced [1:41:54] last night, [1:41:55] Mr. President, [1:41:56] this disarmament deal [1:41:57] that you brought about [1:41:57] with Steve and Jared's work [1:41:59] on Hamas [1:42:00] is another big step as well. [1:42:02] It's something [1:42:03] a lot of people thought [1:42:03] would never happen. [1:42:04] It needs to happen, [1:42:05] but the fact [1:42:05] they've even agreed to it [1:42:06] is a real achievable. [1:42:08] Last point [1:42:09] is on the Western Hemisphere. [1:42:10] For the first time [1:42:11] in 15, 20 years, [1:42:13] the overwhelming majority [1:42:14] of the countries [1:42:15] in the Western Hemisphere [1:42:16] are now led [1:42:17] by pro-American leaders [1:42:19] and pro-American governments. [1:42:20] It's an extraordinary achievement, [1:42:22] all of it happening [1:42:22] through a success. [1:42:23] Virtually every election [1:42:25] that's happened [1:42:25] in the Western Hemisphere [1:42:26] since you were elected president [1:42:27] has elected someone [1:42:28] who is pro-American. [1:42:30] And I think this is [1:42:31] an incredible situation. [1:42:33] And last but not least, [1:42:34] and I have to thank [1:42:34] a number of agencies here, [1:42:35] particularly the Department of War, [1:42:37] after that terrible earthquake [1:42:38] in Venezuela, [1:42:40] within 36 hours, [1:42:42] the full force [1:42:42] of the American government [1:42:43] was on the ground [1:42:44] providing humanitarian assistance. [1:42:46] It was a sight to behold. [1:42:48] The USS Ford, I think, [1:42:49] was in their port. [1:42:50] Our Marines [1:42:51] and Armed Service personnel [1:42:53] were helping run [1:42:54] their airport [1:42:55] and their tower. [1:42:55] It is one of the fastest, [1:42:57] most dramatic, [1:42:58] the most effective [1:42:58] humanitarian responses, [1:43:00] certainly in recent history, [1:43:02] if not ever. [1:43:03] And they came at the direction [1:43:04] of the president. [1:43:05] In fact, within an hour [1:43:06] of that earthquake hitting, [1:43:07] I remember because [1:43:07] I was overseas, [1:43:08] the president called and said, [1:43:10] make sure we go in there [1:43:11] and help these people [1:43:12] recover from this. [1:43:13] And we did. [1:43:14] And thanks to your leadership, [1:43:15] Mr. President. [1:43:15] It's a great story. [1:43:16] Enough needs to be told about it [1:43:18] because the credit goes [1:43:19] to so many agencies [1:43:21] represented here today, [1:43:22] but really the Department of War's [1:43:23] effort was phenomenal. [1:43:24] So, thank you. [1:43:25] Thank you very much, Mark. [1:43:26] And just before we continue, [1:43:29] I want to just congratulate [1:43:30] Jake Leighton. [1:43:31] He's with us today. [1:43:32] As you know, [1:43:33] he's had a big victory. [1:43:34] He's going to be a, [1:43:35] he's going to do [1:43:36] a fantastic job. [1:43:37] He's only done a, [1:43:38] his whole life has been [1:43:39] about doing a fantastic job. [1:43:41] Congratulations. [1:43:42] Thank you, [1:43:51] Mr. President, [1:43:51] for the invitation, [1:43:52] the opportunity to be here. [1:43:54] It's an honor [1:43:54] for the War Department [1:43:56] to help run this facility [1:43:57] also from the food [1:43:59] to the fence line. [1:44:00] It's an honor to have you. [1:44:01] And it's great Americans here [1:44:04] and all around the country [1:44:05] and all around the world [1:44:06] who are the core [1:44:07] of what keep us safe. [1:44:09] But in order to do that, [1:44:11] you have to have a leader [1:44:12] that's willing to put them [1:44:13] in a position to do it. [1:44:15] And that's my takeaway, [1:44:16] Mr. President, [1:44:16] is sort of three points. [1:44:19] One, it takes courage. [1:44:21] Two, it takes restoring [1:44:22] the spirit, [1:44:23] which you have done. [1:44:24] And third, [1:44:24] it takes investment. [1:44:25] And not just an investment, [1:44:26] but a generational investment. [1:44:28] And I think people miss that. [1:44:29] The courage it takes [1:44:30] to seal the border, [1:44:31] to say we're going to do it [1:44:32] and we're going to do it [1:44:33] every single day [1:44:33] and we're going to do it [1:44:34] on behalf of the American people. [1:44:36] The courage to bomb the Houthis [1:44:38] and say we will maintain [1:44:39] freedom of navigation. [1:44:41] I wonder why they're not involved [1:44:42] in this conflict, the Houthis, [1:44:43] even though they're a proxy of Iran, [1:44:45] because they felt the weight [1:44:46] of American power for 45 days. [1:44:48] And you had the courage [1:44:49] to do that. [1:44:50] The courage to do midnight hammer [1:44:51] and conclude the 12-day war [1:44:53] by obliterating their nuclear sites, [1:44:55] something no one, [1:44:56] other presidents had the option [1:44:57] on their table to do, [1:44:58] but they never pulled the trigger [1:45:00] because of the complications, [1:45:01] because of the challenges, [1:45:02] because of the risk. [1:45:03] Courage. [1:45:05] The courage to take on cartels [1:45:06] and drugs, drug boats, [1:45:08] and now forming the ACCC, [1:45:10] the America's Counter-Cartel Coalition, [1:45:11] with all those friendly governments [1:45:13] that Marco talked about [1:45:14] who want to be shoulder-to-shoulder, [1:45:16] not just with America, [1:45:17] but with a bold, strong America [1:45:19] with clear leadership. [1:45:21] The courage to go get Maduro [1:45:23] in the most heavily guarded house, [1:45:26] inside the most heavily guarded fort, [1:45:28] inside the most heavily guarded town [1:45:30] in their capital city [1:45:31] in the middle of the night, [1:45:32] and change the entire dynamic [1:45:33] of that country and that region, [1:45:35] and the world saw [1:45:36] what the American military [1:45:37] was capable to do, [1:45:38] but that doesn't happen [1:45:39] unless the commander-in-chief says, [1:45:41] you're authorized to do it, [1:45:43] and will take the handcuffs off [1:45:44] when you do it [1:45:45] to ensure that Americans come home. [1:45:48] The courage to undertake Epic Fury [1:45:49] and this Iranian regime [1:45:52] and ensure they never have [1:45:53] a nuclear weapon, [1:45:55] which remains your commitment, [1:45:56] and frankly, the courage to negotiate [1:45:57] with people that have shown [1:45:59] no willingness to do so honestly, [1:46:01] with incredible negotiators [1:46:02] who are the best in the world, [1:46:03] and give them every opportunity [1:46:05] to do it, [1:46:06] give those things up peacefully. [1:46:07] All of that takes guts, [1:46:09] but that comes on the backs [1:46:10] of the change in the spirit [1:46:11] of our department. [1:46:12] You talk about spirit all the time [1:46:14] and your right to do so. [1:46:15] When you rip out DEI, [1:46:18] when you rip out social engineering [1:46:19] and social justice, [1:46:20] and you put in merit, [1:46:22] and then you untie the hands [1:46:23] of commanders to be commanders, [1:46:25] to enforce discipline [1:46:26] and accountability, [1:46:28] to get back to basics, [1:46:29] then you get historic re-enlistment [1:46:31] inside our ranks. [1:46:32] Our best people, Mr. President, [1:46:33] are staying [1:46:34] because they want to be [1:46:35] in that kind of department. [1:46:36] And then historic recruitment record [1:46:38] amongst young Americans, [1:46:39] every month, [1:46:41] our department breaks records. [1:46:43] And when did that trend line start? [1:46:45] On election day, 2024, [1:46:47] when the American people said, [1:46:48] I want to serve under this president. [1:46:50] And that new name, [1:46:52] the Department of War, [1:46:53] has become the ethos, [1:46:54] the warrior ethos [1:46:55] of our department. [1:46:56] Again, spirit. [1:46:57] And I will note, [1:46:58] the flyovers will indeed continue [1:47:00] until morale improves. [1:47:02] But that's also spirit. [1:47:04] Parades, 250, flyovers, [1:47:07] the American people seeing [1:47:08] and feeling their military [1:47:10] in ways they have not [1:47:11] in the past, that spirit. [1:47:12] And then finally, [1:47:13] Mr. President, [1:47:14] a generational investment. [1:47:15] You rebuilt the military [1:47:16] in your first term [1:47:17] and you've spent [1:47:18] in your first year [1:47:19] $1 trillion [1:47:19] and now we are committed [1:47:20] in working with Congress [1:47:22] to get $1.5 trillion. [1:47:24] But this is not the same way [1:47:26] we funded our department [1:47:26] in the past. [1:47:28] This is a businessman in charge. [1:47:29] This is a deputy secretary [1:47:30] of our department [1:47:31] who's a turnaround guy, [1:47:33] just like the president is, [1:47:34] saying we will not fund money, [1:47:36] we will not fund the department [1:47:37] the way we have in the past. [1:47:39] In fact, so far, [1:47:40] $75 billion in private investment [1:47:43] from defense companies [1:47:44] who are now investing [1:47:46] in new plants, [1:47:47] new equipment, [1:47:47] new assembly lines [1:47:48] to build the munitions [1:47:49] of the future [1:47:50] faster than ever possible. [1:47:52] That's saving taxpayer dollars [1:47:54] because the companies [1:47:55] themselves are investing. [1:47:56] That would never, [1:47:56] the arsenal of freedom [1:47:57] would never happen [1:47:58] without you. [1:47:59] So just like, you know, [1:48:01] we use a lot of the things [1:48:02] Ronald Reagan's build-up [1:48:03] was a part of, [1:48:04] in this administration [1:48:06] and in future administrations, [1:48:07] they will look back [1:48:08] at Donald Trump [1:48:09] and the build-up [1:48:09] that he has done [1:48:10] and that will be [1:48:11] the deterrence of the future [1:48:12] will be established [1:48:13] because of your investment. [1:48:15] So thank you, [1:48:15] Mr. President, [1:48:16] for your help. [1:48:16] Thank you very much. [1:48:17] Thank you. [1:48:18] Scott, please. [1:48:19] Mr. President, [1:48:20] it's an honor [1:48:21] to be here [1:48:21] in this historic place [1:48:23] as we celebrate [1:48:24] our nation's [1:48:24] 250th anniversary [1:48:26] and I think [1:48:27] if we look back [1:48:28] whether our founders [1:48:31] was President of Washington, [1:48:32] Thomas Jefferson, [1:48:33] Alexander Hamilton [1:48:35] could not have imagined [1:48:36] the economy [1:48:37] that we would have created. [1:48:39] It is the envy [1:48:40] of the world [1:48:41] and as you said, [1:48:42] we have record investment [1:48:43] coming in. [1:48:44] We've never seen [1:48:45] anything like it [1:48:46] and we're pulling away [1:48:47] from the rest of the world [1:48:48] because of your leadership, [1:48:50] the policies that you did [1:48:52] from day one [1:48:52] in terms of digital assets [1:48:54] in terms of technology [1:48:56] and bringing back [1:48:57] American manufacturing. [1:49:00] You've done it again. [1:49:02] You had the incredible economy [1:49:05] during your first term [1:49:06] and we are seeing [1:49:08] that carry over here [1:49:09] and it is in stark contrast [1:49:11] to the Biden economy [1:49:13] which was government jobs, [1:49:15] government spending [1:49:16] and high inflation, [1:49:18] the worst inflation [1:49:19] in 50 years [1:49:21] and with the working families [1:49:24] tax cuts, [1:49:25] which I will add [1:49:26] every Democrat voted against, [1:49:29] every Democrat voted against, [1:49:31] it is the perfect barbell [1:49:32] for this economy. [1:49:34] On one side, [1:49:35] you have full expensing [1:49:36] for factories, [1:49:39] for equipment, [1:49:41] for farm structures. [1:49:42] On the other side, [1:49:43] your four signature policies, [1:49:45] promises made, [1:49:46] promises kept, [1:49:47] no tax on tips, [1:49:48] no tax on overtime, [1:49:49] no tax on social security, [1:49:51] deductibility of auto loans. [1:49:53] If you buy an American-made car [1:49:55] and the Americans [1:49:57] are starting to feel [1:49:59] core inflation is low, [1:50:01] consumer confidence is strong, [1:50:03] we have the highest [1:50:04] consumer confidence [1:50:05] came up today [1:50:06] in five months [1:50:08] and Main Street is back. [1:50:11] Small banks are linked [1:50:13] thanks to your policy, [1:50:14] small banks, [1:50:15] community banks [1:50:16] are lending again [1:50:17] and the Americans [1:50:20] are starting to feel it. [1:50:21] As you said, [1:50:22] these Trump accounts [1:50:23] are the most successful [1:50:25] program launch [1:50:26] in government history. [1:50:28] We've had 7 million families [1:50:29] sign up for them, [1:50:31] we're going to get [1:50:32] to open enrollment [1:50:33] and we will have [1:50:34] 70 million families [1:50:35] who have signed up for this. [1:50:37] 38% of American families, [1:50:39] households, [1:50:40] have no exposure [1:50:41] to our great equity market [1:50:43] and thanks to you, [1:50:44] we're going to have [1:50:45] an ownership society. [1:50:47] An ownership society, [1:50:48] you were one [1:50:48] of the first presidents [1:50:49] to create assets [1:50:51] for the American people, [1:50:52] not more debt. [1:50:54] We had the biggest [1:50:55] tax refund season ever. [1:50:58] Trade deals, [1:50:59] tax cuts, [1:51:00] energy dominance [1:51:01] and the regulatory efforts. [1:51:03] America is ushering [1:51:05] in the greatest [1:51:06] reshoring wave [1:51:07] in our history. [1:51:08] In June, [1:51:09] our manufacturing sector [1:51:10] expanded for the [1:51:11] sixth straight month. [1:51:13] We've got construction jobs [1:51:14] and those are going to weave [1:51:15] into manufacturing jobs. [1:51:17] We've got Main Street prosperity. [1:51:20] Real wages are up $1,000 [1:51:22] and sir, [1:51:23] what you've done again too [1:51:24] is the bottom 25% [1:51:27] of wage earners, [1:51:28] just like in your first term, [1:51:29] are outperforming [1:51:31] the top 25%. [1:51:33] This is a working [1:51:34] families administration [1:51:36] that in the past year, [1:51:40] that group [1:51:41] had wage increases [1:51:44] 5.5%. [1:51:46] They have three times [1:51:48] what the top end [1:51:49] has done. [1:51:51] So you've done it again [1:51:53] and these are private sector [1:51:55] jobs we are creating. [1:51:57] As you often say [1:51:58] in these meetings, [1:51:59] we could have created [1:52:00] a million, [1:52:00] two million government jobs, [1:52:02] but we didn't. [1:52:03] The private sector [1:52:04] is creating. [1:52:05] We've got incentives, [1:52:06] we've got money coming in, [1:52:07] and we are rebuilding. [1:52:09] And then, [1:52:10] our energy dominance, [1:52:12] thanks to you [1:52:12] and these policies, [1:52:13] you can come to the U.S., [1:52:15] you're going to have [1:52:15] regulatory certainty, [1:52:16] tax certainty, [1:52:17] and energy certainty, [1:52:18] so it is the best place [1:52:19] in the world [1:52:20] to build your factory. [1:52:21] And finally, [1:52:22] I want to add, [1:52:23] it has been a pleasure [1:52:24] to be a part, [1:52:25] or a privilege, [1:52:26] to be a part of, [1:52:27] as we've gone from [1:52:28] epic fury [1:52:29] to economic fury [1:52:30] to constrict, [1:52:32] on your orders, [1:52:32] constrict the Iranian regimes, [1:52:35] the financial tentacles [1:52:37] all around the world. [1:52:38] We started it, [1:52:39] on your orders, [1:52:40] we started it in March 2025. [1:52:43] In December of 2025, [1:52:45] the largest bank in Iran [1:52:46] collapsed. [1:52:47] The central bank [1:52:48] had to print money. [1:52:49] That caused inflation. [1:52:50] Now they've got [1:52:51] 180% inflation. [1:52:53] They aren't able [1:52:53] to pay their troops. [1:52:54] And on your orders, [1:52:55] we are searching [1:52:56] for their assets [1:52:57] all around the world. [1:52:59] And that money [1:52:59] will go to [1:53:00] the Iranian people, [1:53:01] Americans who have [1:53:02] been harmed [1:53:03] by the Iranians, [1:53:05] whether the USS Cole, [1:53:07] or the barracks [1:53:08] in Lebanon, [1:53:09] or it will go back [1:53:12] to when the Iranians [1:53:13] attacked the ships [1:53:15] coming out. [1:53:16] So it's been a privilege [1:53:17] to be part of that, [1:53:18] and I look forward [1:53:19] to the rest of it. [1:53:20] Thank you very much. [1:53:21] I want to just add [1:53:23] that today, [1:53:24] there are more people [1:53:25] working in the United States [1:53:27] than at any time [1:53:28] in the history [1:53:29] of our country. [1:53:29] We have more people [1:53:30] working today. [1:53:32] Think of that number. [1:53:33] More people working today, [1:53:35] by far, [1:53:36] than at any time [1:53:37] in the history [1:53:37] of our country. [1:53:38] So it's been something [1:53:39] very, very special. [1:53:42] Bobby, please. [1:53:43] Thank you, Mr. President. [1:53:44] Let me just take a moment [1:53:45] to take note [1:53:47] of the historical significance [1:53:49] of this occasion. [1:53:51] Before the press came in, [1:53:53] you asked all the Cabinet members [1:53:54] who had been to Camp David [1:53:56] before and about, [1:53:57] I think about three-quarters [1:53:58] of the matter. [1:54:00] I raised my hand, [1:54:01] but I haven't been here [1:54:01] for 62 years. [1:54:03] I came here, [1:54:04] I came here on weekends, [1:54:07] as many weekends [1:54:08] as we could [1:54:08] between 1961 and 1963. [1:54:11] My father loved this place. [1:54:13] My uncle loved this place. [1:54:16] He was, [1:54:16] nobody knows about this, [1:54:18] because I'm the history books, [1:54:19] but he was resentful [1:54:20] at Dwight Eisenhower [1:54:22] for renaming it [1:54:23] Camp David. [1:54:24] And he, [1:54:25] if he had got, [1:54:26] made it to his second term, [1:54:28] he was going to rename it [1:54:29] Chamberlain, [1:54:29] which was the original name [1:54:32] that Roosevelt had named it. [1:54:35] My uncle prided himself [1:54:36] on being the most open, [1:54:38] transparent administration [1:54:39] in history. [1:54:40] He was the first president [1:54:41] that televised press conferences. [1:54:44] During his thousand days [1:54:45] in office, [1:54:45] he had about 30 press conferences. [1:54:47] You, Mr. President, [1:54:49] have press conferences [1:54:50] every day. [1:54:52] And nobody has done it. [1:54:54] And here you've opened [1:54:56] the inner sanctum [1:54:58] of the presidency [1:54:59] for the first son in history. [1:55:00] And I think that's [1:55:01] a beautiful thing. [1:55:02] As you also face, [1:55:03] although you gave these guys [1:55:05] a lot of compliments, [1:55:06] the most hostile press corps [1:55:09] that any president [1:55:10] in the United States [1:55:11] had in history. [1:55:11] I was trying to say. [1:55:12] Uniformly. [1:55:14] Anyway, [1:55:15] I'm going to talk [1:55:18] just briefly [1:55:19] about a subject [1:55:20] you alluded to, [1:55:21] which is the MFN. [1:55:24] And just so [1:55:24] everybody has a background. [1:55:27] You were here [1:55:28] to every president [1:55:29] promised to fix [1:55:30] that disparity [1:55:31] between what we pay [1:55:32] and what the other [1:55:33] developed countries have paid. [1:55:35] When you came into office, [1:55:37] the list price for [1:55:37] Ozempic was $1,350 [1:55:39] for Americans. [1:55:41] You could get it [1:55:42] at any pharmacy [1:55:43] in London, Hamburg, [1:55:44] in Frankfurt for $88. [1:55:47] And this, [1:55:48] every president, [1:55:49] President Bush, [1:55:49] President Biden, [1:55:51] President Clinton, [1:55:53] President Obama, [1:55:54] have all promised to fix this [1:55:55] and none of them did anything. [1:55:56] You fixed it. [1:55:58] I said, [1:55:58] hey, [1:55:59] why do you leave office [1:56:06] assuming that's in 2028? [1:56:11] 95% of the drugs [1:56:13] that are available [1:56:15] to Americans, [1:56:16] they will be paying [1:56:17] the lowest prices [1:56:18] in the world. [1:56:18] Trump Rx, [1:56:20] just in the short time [1:56:22] since we put it out, [1:56:24] has saved Americans [1:56:25] $700 million. [1:56:27] We now have 800 drugs [1:56:28] on there. [1:56:29] We have deals [1:56:30] with Amazon [1:56:30] and with good Rx. [1:56:32] We're adding [1:56:33] more and more drugs [1:56:34] every day. [1:56:34] And I'll just give you [1:56:35] one example. [1:56:37] Preluent [1:56:38] is a very popular [1:56:40] cholesterol drug. [1:56:41] Its list price [1:56:42] is $522. [1:56:44] That's what everybody [1:56:45] is paying. [1:56:46] We now have it [1:56:47] on Trump Rx [1:56:48] for $237. [1:56:50] That means [1:56:51] that the 300,000 Americans [1:56:53] who take that drug [1:56:54] will be saving [1:56:55] $3,700 a year [1:56:58] on pharmaceuticals [1:57:00] every year. [1:57:02] And you can apply [1:57:04] that across the board. [1:57:05] This is going to change. [1:57:07] It's making pharmaceuticals [1:57:09] affordable, [1:57:09] the most affordable [1:57:10] in this country [1:57:11] of any country in the world. [1:57:13] Thank you, [1:57:13] Mr. President. [1:57:14] How are you doing [1:57:16] on the autism research? [1:57:18] We will have [1:57:19] an answer for you. [1:57:20] We just got it. [1:57:21] It's so important. [1:57:23] Okay? [1:57:24] We'll be talking about that. [1:57:25] We'll be having [1:57:25] something of interest. [1:57:27] Such an important thing. [1:57:28] There's a picture [1:57:29] of your uncle [1:57:30] right there [1:57:30] on the wall. [1:57:31] I know. [1:57:31] He's looking [1:57:31] handsome guy. [1:57:33] And that's quite a picture. [1:57:35] Did you see it? [1:57:36] Yeah. [1:57:37] Maybe that gave you [1:57:37] the idea to start out [1:57:39] that way, [1:57:39] but it's quite a picture. [1:57:41] Any questions? [1:57:42] Mr. President? [1:57:43] Mr. President. [1:57:43] We've seen these strikes [1:57:45] between Iran [1:57:46] and the United States [1:57:47] in the past 10 days. [1:57:48] How do you go about [1:57:48] reviving the ceasefire [1:57:50] and getting diplomacy [1:57:52] back on track? [1:57:52] Well, I think [1:57:53] we just want to win. [1:57:54] We just want to win. [1:57:55] We're doing very well. [1:57:57] We're trying to be nice, [1:57:58] as nice as you can be [1:57:59] in a situation like that. [1:58:01] But, you know, [1:58:03] they're being decimated. [1:58:06] They have no Navy. [1:58:06] They have no Air Force. [1:58:07] They have no anti-aircraft. [1:58:10] It doesn't mean [1:58:11] they don't have any capability. [1:58:12] They have some, [1:58:13] but very little. [1:58:13] We just want to win. [1:58:16] We don't want to have them. [1:58:17] It's very simple. [1:58:19] They cannot have [1:58:20] a nuclear weapon. [1:58:22] Iran will not have [1:58:23] a nuclear weapon, [1:58:24] and they can't have [1:58:24] a nuclear weapon. [1:58:26] If they did, [1:58:26] the Middle East [1:58:27] would have been wiped out [1:58:28] by now. [1:58:29] If I didn't stop [1:58:30] the JCPOA, [1:58:32] the Obama deal, [1:58:34] if I didn't terminate that, [1:58:35] they would have had [1:58:35] a nuclear weapon. [1:58:37] I believe Israel [1:58:37] would no longer be with us [1:58:39] and big parts [1:58:39] of the Middle East [1:58:40] and perhaps other countries [1:58:42] in different continents, [1:58:43] frankly, [1:58:44] because these people [1:58:45] are crazy. [1:58:46] So they cannot have [1:58:47] a nuclear weapon, [1:58:48] and they won't. [1:58:49] Mr. President, [1:58:50] what do you expect [1:58:51] over the next four weeks, [1:58:53] eight weeks? [1:58:54] We'll be hitting them. [1:58:55] We'll be hitting them [1:58:56] very hard. [1:58:57] And at some point, [1:58:58] they're going to say, [1:58:58] we just can't take it anymore. [1:59:00] Mr. President, [1:59:00] on the disarmament deal [1:59:02] that you announced, [1:59:03] do you have assurances [1:59:04] from Israel [1:59:05] that they are on board [1:59:06] with this deal? [1:59:07] And what comes first? [1:59:08] Does Israel pull back [1:59:09] and then Hamas disarms [1:59:11] or does Hamas [1:59:11] need to disarm [1:59:12] and then Israel [1:59:13] leave? [1:59:13] So we do have [1:59:14] an understanding [1:59:15] with Israel. [1:59:15] Israel is very happy [1:59:16] about it. [1:59:17] Israel helped us. [1:59:18] And they've been [1:59:19] very good. [1:59:20] They've been very good [1:59:21] about it. [1:59:21] Most people said [1:59:22] that would be a deal [1:59:23] that would be undoable. [1:59:24] Now, [1:59:25] will it go through [1:59:26] its ups and downs? [1:59:27] It's a very complex [1:59:28] situation over there. [1:59:29] The people are very complex [1:59:31] and difficult. [1:59:33] In many cases, [1:59:34] wonderful. [1:59:35] In many cases, [1:59:35] not so wonderful. [1:59:37] But that will be a [1:59:38] it's a great breakthrough. [1:59:40] Nobody's ever thought [1:59:41] that would nobody [1:59:41] thought that would be [1:59:42] possible to disarm Hamas. [1:59:45] That shows you [1:59:46] how much success [1:59:48] we're having with Iran. [1:59:50] Because if you go [1:59:51] four months ago [1:59:51] or five months ago, [1:59:52] a deal like that [1:59:52] would have been impossible. [1:59:54] So it's a big step [1:59:55] for the Middle East [1:59:55] and people are really [1:59:57] impressed by it [1:59:58] and they're surprised by it. [1:59:59] And what comes first, [2:00:00] Mr. President? [2:00:00] What comes first? [2:00:01] Did Mr. Infantino [2:00:02] speak to you [2:00:03] about their proposal [2:00:03] to sell a stake [2:00:04] in the World Cup? [2:00:05] And is that something [2:00:05] you support, [2:00:06] having just happened? [2:00:07] Did FIFA or Mr. Infantino [2:00:09] speak to you [2:00:10] about their proposal [2:00:11] to sell a stake [2:00:12] in the World Cup? [2:00:13] Mr. President, [2:00:14] you said this morning [2:00:15] on Truth Social [2:00:16] that victims of government [2:00:17] abuse should be paid back. [2:00:19] Yeah. [2:00:20] Even if it's not [2:00:21] the anti-weaponization fund, [2:00:22] would you still want [2:00:23] the acting attorney general [2:00:24] to find that you [2:00:25] made it to do that? [2:00:26] Well, I'm talking about [2:00:26] the weaponization [2:00:27] against large numbers [2:00:29] of people in our country [2:00:30] by the Biden administration [2:00:31] and by Obama, [2:00:34] but by the Biden administration [2:00:35] in particular in this case, [2:00:36] but large numbers of people, [2:00:38] their lives have been ruined. [2:00:40] They've been destroyed. [2:00:41] Their families have been, [2:00:42] you know, decimated. [2:00:44] They've gone to prison [2:00:45] for no reason whatsoever. [2:00:47] There's never been [2:00:48] a group of people, [2:00:49] most likely, [2:00:49] I mean, [2:00:50] I can think of a couple [2:00:51] that were treated [2:00:51] pretty badly, [2:00:52] groups, [2:00:53] but there's essentially [2:00:54] never been a group [2:00:55] of people treated [2:00:56] so badly as these people. [2:00:57] And this fund, [2:00:58] this fund was not for me. [2:01:00] This fund was for those people [2:01:02] that have been weaponized, [2:01:04] that have been abused. [2:01:05] Now, I was abused. [2:01:06] They attacked my house, [2:01:07] Mar-a-Lago, [2:01:07] where I live. [2:01:08] And I was, you know, [2:01:10] big damages should have [2:01:12] been given to me. [2:01:13] I don't want anything. [2:01:14] I'm not talking about myself. [2:01:16] I think that there's a group [2:01:17] of people in this country, [2:01:19] history will show, [2:01:21] that were treated [2:01:22] like nobody else [2:01:24] has ever been treated, [2:01:26] so badly, [2:01:27] so horribly. [2:01:29] Their families [2:01:29] have been ruined, [2:01:30] many, many suicides. [2:01:31] They've committed suicide. [2:01:33] People that were [2:01:34] very successful [2:01:35] that wanted to go to [2:01:36] a rally or an event [2:01:38] and ended up spending [2:01:41] the rest of their lives [2:01:42] in horror. [2:01:44] So, I mean, [2:01:45] you can say what you want [2:01:46] about the fund, [2:01:47] and they've agreed [2:01:49] to not have a fund, [2:01:51] but there are a lot of people [2:01:52] that are very upset about it. [2:01:53] A lot of Republican people, [2:01:54] a lot of Democrat people [2:01:55] are very upset about it. [2:01:56] A lot of people were covered. [2:01:58] I wasn't covered by that fund. [2:01:59] I don't want to be [2:02:00] covered by the fund. [2:02:01] I probably was abused [2:02:02] more than anybody [2:02:03] in the history of our country, [2:02:04] but I wasn't looking for that. [2:02:06] But there were a lot of people, [2:02:07] and I'll tell you something, [2:02:08] Todd Blanche is a very, [2:02:11] very good man, [2:02:12] and he shouldn't be [2:02:13] in the middle of this. [2:02:14] He should get approved, [2:02:15] because you will never get [2:02:17] anybody like him. [2:02:18] You're never going [2:02:18] to get anybody. [2:02:19] And to make him a pawn [2:02:20] on this whole thing, [2:02:21] this is being done [2:02:22] by a senator, [2:02:23] and I don't really blame him, [2:02:24] to be honest with you. [2:02:25] I endorsed his opponent, [2:02:27] and as soon as I endorsed [2:02:28] his opponent, [2:02:29] his opponent went [2:02:29] through the roof, [2:02:30] and he won the primary election [2:02:32] in Texas for the Senate. [2:02:35] And the man that lost, [2:02:38] the man that I didn't endorse, [2:02:40] has become very angry, [2:02:41] and that's okay. [2:02:42] I understand that. [2:02:43] I probably would do [2:02:44] the same thing. [2:02:45] You want to know the truth? [2:02:45] I think I'd do the same thing. [2:02:47] Mr. President, on that, [2:02:48] though, do you agree, [2:02:49] just to be clear, [2:02:49] do you agree with [2:02:50] the acting attorney general [2:02:51] that the anti-weaponization fund [2:02:52] is dead, [2:02:53] and why not [2:02:54] just put that in writing? [2:02:54] Well, it is dead, [2:02:55] but, you know, [2:02:56] I wish it weren't, [2:02:57] to be honest with you. [2:02:58] I think people were [2:02:59] horribly treated, [2:03:00] horribly abused. [2:03:02] This has nothing to do [2:03:02] with Todd. [2:03:03] This was me. [2:03:05] Horribly abused, [2:03:06] and I'd like to see [2:03:07] them compensated [2:03:08] for the pain. [2:03:09] They lost their families. [2:03:11] They committed suicide. [2:03:12] Many people committed suicide. [2:03:15] They went down [2:03:15] for an innocent journey, [2:03:18] and I'm not only talking there, [2:03:19] I'm talking about [2:03:19] not even having to do [2:03:21] with that, [2:03:21] the way they were treated. [2:03:23] The Biden administration [2:03:24] and the Obama administration [2:03:26] weaponized government [2:03:28] and destroyed lives. [2:03:30] Mr. President, [2:03:31] are you willing to accept [2:03:32] limits on the scope [2:03:33] of the audit immunity deal [2:03:35] in order to get [2:03:36] Attorney General Blanche confirmed? [2:03:37] Well, no, [2:03:38] he should be approved [2:03:39] forthwith. [2:03:39] I mean, [2:03:40] you're never going to get [2:03:40] a person like that. [2:03:42] Everybody agrees to it. [2:03:44] Don't forget, [2:03:45] Senator Cornyn [2:03:46] thought he was phenomenal [2:03:47] until he lost. [2:03:48] You know, [2:03:49] when he lost, [2:03:50] is that a correct statement? [2:03:51] You come from Texas. [2:03:52] I mean, [2:03:53] he thought this was [2:03:54] the most incredible person. [2:03:55] And when he lost, [2:03:57] he lost because of me. [2:03:58] I endorsed somebody else. [2:03:59] And as soon as [2:03:59] I endorsed the other person, [2:04:01] the other person [2:04:02] became a rocket ship upward. [2:04:03] And he lost. [2:04:05] And, you know, [2:04:07] I think I'd be the same. [2:04:08] I mean, [2:04:09] I shouldn't say that, [2:04:10] but I'd be upset also. [2:04:13] And so I fully understand it. [2:04:15] He shouldn't be that way. [2:04:17] I shouldn't be that way. [2:04:18] But he is that way. [2:04:19] He's become a very angry person. [2:04:21] And I understand you have [2:04:22] a couple of others [2:04:23] that I've caused their defeat, too. [2:04:25] And, you know, [2:04:25] you'll probably hear from them, too. [2:04:26] Yeah. [2:04:27] Mr. President, [2:04:27] back on Iran, [2:04:28] there was a report [2:04:29] that you got a proposal [2:04:30] from the military [2:04:31] to go big [2:04:32] and hit them hard [2:04:33] over 10 or 14 days. [2:04:34] Well, we're going big. [2:04:35] Are you going to consider that? [2:04:36] We've already gone big. [2:04:37] Look, I mean, [2:04:37] what's big? [2:04:38] They had 159 ships. [2:04:40] That was their entire Navy, [2:04:41] 159. [2:04:43] Their entire Navy [2:04:44] is laying at the bottom of the sea. [2:04:45] I'd say that's going big. [2:04:47] They had 200 airplanes. [2:04:49] They're all gone. [2:04:49] Every one of them. [2:04:50] They're not one airplane. [2:04:51] They had anti-aircraft weaponry. [2:04:53] They're very good, [2:04:54] but it didn't work. [2:04:55] And it's all gone. [2:04:57] Their radar is all gone. [2:04:59] Their leaders are all gone. [2:05:00] Everything's all gone. [2:05:02] But they'll fight onward. [2:05:03] Mr. President, [2:05:04] on Ukraine, [2:05:04] you said the other day [2:05:06] that you're not sure [2:05:07] about whether to grant Ukraine [2:05:08] the Patriot missile license [2:05:10] that had been discussed. [2:05:11] Do you want to see more [2:05:12] from Zelensky [2:05:13] before you take that action? [2:05:15] Well, it's a big step. [2:05:17] Look, we have [2:05:17] the greatest weapons [2:05:18] in the world. [2:05:19] We have the greatest drones [2:05:21] in the world. [2:05:21] People don't know that. [2:05:22] We have the greatest weaponry [2:05:23] in the world. [2:05:24] We have, [2:05:25] in the case of [2:05:26] President Zelensky, [2:05:27] he'd like to have [2:05:28] some Patriots. [2:05:29] He'd like to have [2:05:29] some Tomahawks, [2:05:31] which are, you know, [2:05:32] lethal, [2:05:32] one offensive, [2:05:33] one defensive. [2:05:34] But when you give somebody [2:05:36] the right, [2:05:37] very complex weapons, [2:05:38] by the way, [2:05:38] I mean, the Patriot, [2:05:39] as an example, [2:05:40] the other day, [2:05:41] you read that five [2:05:42] missiles were shot. [2:05:44] They were going 8,600 [2:05:46] miles an hour. [2:05:47] Think of it. [2:05:48] 8,600. [2:05:50] Now, a car, [2:05:51] if you go 60, [2:05:52] it gets to be a little faster. [2:05:53] If you go 100, [2:05:54] 8,600 miles an hour. [2:05:57] And they were big missiles. [2:05:58] And they were shot at Jordan. [2:06:00] And our guys were there. [2:06:02] Bing, bing, [2:06:04] bing, bing, bing. [2:06:05] Five. [2:06:06] Bing, bing. [2:06:06] Bing, bing, bing. [2:06:07] Right? [2:06:07] I don't want to be [2:06:08] my name. [2:06:09] I had to be very good. [2:06:12] That would have been, [2:06:13] that would have been [2:06:13] a great soundbite. [2:06:14] There were five missiles, [2:06:16] and we shot all five dead [2:06:17] before they got close. [2:06:19] Nobody else has that capacity. [2:06:22] These weapons are incredible. [2:06:24] We have to be very careful [2:06:25] about letting somebody [2:06:27] build them. [2:06:28] You know, [2:06:29] it's very important now. [2:06:31] We are building many plants [2:06:32] now to make those, [2:06:34] and the Tomahawk missile [2:06:35] is the most incredible thing. [2:06:37] It can go into a doorway. [2:06:38] You can put it through a window [2:06:40] of a house. [2:06:42] Nobody's ever seen [2:06:42] anything like it. [2:06:43] You have to be very judicious, [2:06:45] but you have to be very careful. [2:06:48] Now, [2:06:49] we have not agreed to that. [2:06:51] We're talking about it. [2:06:53] But it's a hard thing [2:06:53] to give away [2:06:54] that kind of technology. [2:06:57] And I don't think [2:06:57] this would ever happen. [2:06:58] But, you know, [2:06:59] those people that you give [2:07:00] that technology, [2:07:01] they can someday turn on you. [2:07:03] You know, [2:07:03] that is possible. [2:07:04] You look at war. [2:07:05] It's happened a couple of times [2:07:06] over the years, right? [2:07:08] So we have to be very careful. [2:07:09] I mean, [2:07:09] we guard that. [2:07:11] We have the greatest military [2:07:12] in the world, [2:07:13] but we have the greatest weapons [2:07:14] in the world. [2:07:15] Now we have to make them [2:07:16] a little bit faster [2:07:16] because we've given a lot away. [2:07:18] You know, [2:07:19] President Biden, [2:07:21] unfortunately, [2:07:21] gave a lot away [2:07:22] to Ukraine, [2:07:24] and he gave, [2:07:25] and so did I. [2:07:26] I mean, [2:07:26] I gave them [2:07:27] the javelins, [2:07:29] the tankbusters. [2:07:30] Without the javelins, [2:07:31] that war would have been [2:07:32] a one-day war. [2:07:32] It would have been over. [2:07:33] They wiped out the tanks [2:07:34] going up to Kiev, [2:07:36] where they got stuck in the mud. [2:07:37] They had a general [2:07:38] that decided [2:07:39] to go through the mud [2:07:40] instead of going up [2:07:41] the highway, [2:07:42] where they were going [2:07:42] very nicely. [2:07:43] It would have been over. [2:07:44] But no, [2:07:45] I gave them the javelins. [2:07:46] The javelins are unbelievably... [2:07:48] We have the greatest weapons [2:07:49] in the world. [2:07:50] We have to be very careful [2:07:51] about giving out [2:07:53] the secrets [2:07:53] to those weapons. [2:07:54] and they're not... [2:07:57] You can't copy them. [2:07:58] It's a little like NVIDIA. [2:08:01] They have a chip. [2:08:02] They say you cannot copy it. [2:08:04] The complexity is so great, [2:08:06] you cannot. [2:08:06] You know, [2:08:06] most things you copy. [2:08:09] China's known for it, [2:08:09] other countries, [2:08:10] that we do something. [2:08:11] And I guess we copy also. [2:08:13] Most things you can copy [2:08:15] pretty easily. [2:08:16] There's a chip [2:08:16] that they made, [2:08:17] their ultimate chip, [2:08:19] and they always have [2:08:20] the ultimate chip. [2:08:22] And I say, [2:08:22] well, [2:08:22] why doesn't somebody copy it? [2:08:23] Because they can't. [2:08:25] The complexity. [2:08:26] They can't copy our weapons. [2:08:28] We have the greatest weapons [2:08:29] in the world. [2:08:29] Many of them. [2:08:31] Those are just two or three [2:08:32] that I mentioned. [2:08:32] But you cannot copy them. [2:08:35] So we have to be very careful. [2:08:36] Mr. President, [2:08:37] Aram. [2:08:37] As Hamas disarms [2:08:38] as part of this plan, [2:08:39] who do you see [2:08:40] is taking possession [2:08:41] of those weapons [2:08:42] that they have? [2:08:42] Does that go to [2:08:43] the new government? [2:08:44] Does it be [2:08:45] the Board of Peace, [2:08:46] mostly? [2:08:46] It's going to be run [2:08:47] by the Board of... [2:08:47] This Board of Peace [2:08:48] has been an amazing... [2:08:50] It's led by some [2:08:50] amazing people. [2:08:52] Board of Peace. [2:08:53] Aram, [2:08:53] Mr. President, [2:08:53] you said [2:08:54] they do have [2:08:54] some capabilities left. [2:08:55] Should Americans [2:08:56] be prepared [2:08:57] for these back-and-forth [2:08:58] attacks to continue [2:08:59] until Iran's [2:09:00] able to strike them back? [2:09:02] They'll get weaker. [2:09:03] They'll get a little [2:09:03] stronger maybe now. [2:09:05] But they'll get weaker [2:09:06] and then they peter out. [2:09:09] Yeah, sure. [2:09:09] I think so. [2:09:10] I mean, [2:09:10] it'd be foolish [2:09:11] to say no. [2:09:12] You always have [2:09:12] to keep your guard up. [2:09:13] What is the status [2:09:14] of talks? [2:09:15] Who went from [2:09:16] the administration? [2:09:16] Well, [2:09:16] they always want to talk, [2:09:17] but they break [2:09:18] their word so often. [2:09:19] Steve is talking, [2:09:20] Jared. [2:09:21] We have very good people. [2:09:22] JD's involved, [2:09:24] very strongly involved. [2:09:25] We have great people [2:09:26] talking. [2:09:27] Marco's involved. [2:09:28] Because they say [2:09:29] talks aren't happening. [2:09:29] Very good people. [2:09:30] We're the best people. [2:09:31] But they'll make a deal. [2:09:34] As an example, [2:09:34] we'll talk about nuclear. [2:09:36] And we'll be in there [2:09:37] talking about nuclear [2:09:38] for seven hours. [2:09:39] I say, [2:09:39] why do you need seven? [2:09:41] You can take ten minutes. [2:09:42] You have five minutes [2:09:42] you should solve. [2:09:44] But seven hours. [2:09:45] And then they'll go out [2:09:46] and I'll say, [2:09:47] they discussed nuclear. [2:09:49] And they'll go out [2:09:50] and they'll say, [2:09:50] we never discussed nuclear. [2:09:52] And I'll say, [2:09:53] what do they say? [2:09:54] All they do is make me angry. [2:09:56] You know? [2:09:57] They just make me angry. [2:09:58] Any other questions? [2:09:59] Do you believe [2:10:00] that you can reach a deal [2:10:02] with Iran, [2:10:02] given that you talked about [2:10:03] Yes, you can. [2:10:04] I mean, look, [2:10:04] I'm losing faith in them [2:10:07] because they do lie [2:10:09] and they do misrepresent. [2:10:12] Well, the other day, [2:10:13] the five missiles were shot. [2:10:14] We knocked them down. [2:10:15] But we were in the midst [2:10:16] of a negotiation. [2:10:17] I mean, I'm waiting for Steve [2:10:18] to call me. [2:10:18] How's the negotiation going? [2:10:21] And instead, [2:10:22] I got a call from Pete [2:10:23] that they just shot five missiles [2:10:26] at one of our bases in Jordan. [2:10:28] And we have bases in Jordan. [2:10:30] Fortunately, [2:10:30] our people operated the equipment. [2:10:32] It's also very complex to operate. [2:10:34] You know, [2:10:34] you talk about the equipment. [2:10:36] It's very, [2:10:36] you have to be, [2:10:38] oftentimes you see, [2:10:39] when did you go to school? [2:10:40] MIT, Caltech. [2:10:42] I mean, you know, [2:10:42] they go to schools [2:10:44] that are not as normal [2:10:46] for the military, [2:10:47] to be honest with you. [2:10:47] We have unbelievably brilliant people [2:10:49] operating that equipment. [2:10:51] And when you don't, [2:10:52] you know, [2:10:52] the equipment, [2:10:54] the shots miss, [2:10:56] the safety misses [2:10:56] or the accuracy misses. [2:10:58] We have unbelievable people. [2:11:00] Think of it. [2:11:00] We had 111, [2:11:02] at one point, [2:11:03] a couple of months ago, [2:11:05] 111 over a short period of time, [2:11:07] missiles were shot. [2:11:08] At the Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier. [2:11:11] Great, beautiful ship. [2:11:12] One of the most beautiful ships to me, [2:11:14] design-wise. [2:11:16] 111 missiles going out. [2:11:19] Out of the 111 missiles, [2:11:21] 111 missiles were shot down [2:11:24] quite a bit earlier than they got, [2:11:27] I mean, [2:11:28] long before they got there. [2:11:30] They were shot down. [2:11:30] It was almost, [2:11:31] in a couple of cases, [2:11:32] they were shot down [2:11:33] almost as they were taking off. [2:11:34] It's incredible technology. [2:11:37] So you have a ship [2:11:38] that costs billions of dollars [2:11:40] and you have missiles heading to it. [2:11:42] 111 missiles were shot down, [2:11:47] routinely shot down. [2:11:49] And I spoke to the people. [2:11:51] I like to reward people. [2:11:52] I'll call them up on the president. [2:11:54] And they were cold as a cucumber. [2:11:57] The last two weeks of strikes [2:12:00] by CENTCOM, [2:12:02] CENTCOM has said [2:12:02] that those were meant [2:12:03] to degrade Arran's ability [2:12:04] to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. [2:12:06] How many more strikes [2:12:07] will it take to significantly... [2:12:08] Well, you never know. [2:12:09] Look, I mean, [2:12:10] most people would have given up by now. [2:12:11] You know, [2:12:12] they've got no Navy, [2:12:13] they've got no Air Force. [2:12:14] Most people would have given up. [2:12:15] They haven't. [2:12:16] So I give them credit for that. [2:12:17] I mean, [2:12:18] they're known as big toughs. [2:12:19] They're tough. [2:12:19] Back on Ukraine, [2:12:21] what did you tell [2:12:22] President Zelensky about the Patriots? [2:12:24] Did you explain all that to him? [2:12:25] I spoke to him about Patriots. [2:12:27] I spoke to him about Tomahawks. [2:12:28] I spoke to him about everything. [2:12:29] I also spoke to him about [2:12:30] let's get this war over with. [2:12:32] So last month, [2:12:33] they had 25,000 people. [2:12:34] It's averaging about 25,000 people a month die. [2:12:38] Mostly soldiers. [2:12:39] Almost entirely. [2:12:40] But, you know, [2:12:41] missiles are hitting areas also. [2:12:43] But mostly soldiers. [2:12:45] They had 25,000 soldiers. [2:12:47] The month before that, [2:12:47] it was 32,000 soldiers. [2:12:50] I said, [2:12:50] you've got to get this war over with. [2:12:52] I think he wants to make a deal, [2:12:53] and I think Putin wants to make a deal. [2:12:55] But there's a lot of dislike, [2:12:57] as you probably notice. [2:12:58] You seem very reluctant [2:13:00] to make concessions, [2:13:01] President Putin. [2:13:01] Well, nobody wants to make concessions. [2:13:04] But they're both going to have [2:13:05] to make some concessions. [2:13:06] I mean, [2:13:07] you've got to make a deal. [2:13:08] 25,000 young, [2:13:11] beautiful people. [2:13:12] Soldiers. [2:13:13] Mostly soldiers. [2:13:14] They're dying a month. [2:13:16] It's... [2:13:17] I ended eight wars. [2:13:18] That was the war [2:13:19] I thought would maybe go first. [2:13:21] And it really hasn't. [2:13:23] It's kind of awesome. [2:13:23] And they ended wars that were, [2:13:25] in theory, [2:13:26] much more difficult to end. [2:13:27] We had a couple that were [2:13:29] into the 30-year category. [2:13:32] Well, the Congo. [2:13:33] Look at the Congo in Rwanda. [2:13:35] That was our nasty war. [2:13:37] It's an amazing group. [2:13:38] And America is safer and stronger [2:13:40] and far more successful [2:13:42] than it was two years ago. [2:13:44] And I think, frankly, [2:13:45] that it ever was. [2:13:46] I don't think it's ever been [2:13:47] anything like this. [2:13:50] We're building more factories [2:13:52] and plants in this country [2:13:54] than we've ever built before. [2:13:56] And we're going to be... [2:13:57] At some point, [2:13:58] we'll be leaving this position [2:14:00] and we're going to leave this country [2:14:01] in very, very good shape. [2:14:03] Better shape than it's ever been. [2:14:06] When we took office, [2:14:06] we inherited a total catastrophe. [2:14:09] The last administration [2:14:11] created the worst inflation [2:14:12] in 48 years. [2:14:13] The most dangerous [2:14:14] and insecure border in history. [2:14:16] An exploding trade deficit [2:14:18] that's like we have never seen before. [2:14:21] Rampant crime, [2:14:22] men and women's sports, [2:14:24] transgender mutilization [2:14:26] of your children, [2:14:27] and chaos and bedlam [2:14:29] all over the world. [2:14:30] Other than that, [2:14:31] they did quite a good job. [2:14:33] In less than 18 months, [2:14:34] we've turned around [2:14:36] four years of disaster. [2:14:37] And we now have [2:14:38] the strongest border [2:14:39] in American history. [2:14:40] We went from the worst border, [2:14:41] I believe, [2:14:42] of any country in history. [2:14:43] 25 million people [2:14:44] came through in four years. [2:14:47] And these are people [2:14:47] that in many cases, [2:14:49] you don't want. [2:14:49] There were murderers, [2:14:50] there were drug dealers, [2:14:52] there were people [2:14:52] that you do not want. [2:14:54] But now we have [2:14:55] the strongest border [2:14:56] in American history. [2:14:57] And for the last 15 months, [2:14:59] the report just came out again. [2:15:01] We've had no people [2:15:02] coming in [2:15:03] through our southern border. [2:15:04] Zero. [2:15:05] And it's almost hard to say [2:15:06] because you'd say, [2:15:07] is that even possible? [2:15:08] They had 25 million people [2:15:10] came in. [2:15:11] We have no people [2:15:11] coming in through, [2:15:13] illegally, [2:15:13] through our southern border. [2:15:14] And that's in history. [2:15:16] So think of that zero, [2:15:17] a big, beautiful zero. [2:15:18] The murder rate [2:15:19] saw its single largest drop [2:15:21] ever recorded [2:15:22] to the lowest in 125 years. [2:15:24] That goes back to, [2:15:26] think of it, [2:15:27] it goes back to 1900. [2:15:29] The lowest murder rate [2:15:30] in the history [2:15:31] of our country. [2:15:33] So that's something. [2:15:34] Today, [2:15:35] I just want to mention [2:15:36] that we heard in Minnesota [2:15:38] there was a cyber attack. [2:15:41] And they blame it on Iran. [2:15:42] And I don't think so. [2:15:42] I think, [2:15:43] I blame it on Minnesota [2:15:44] because they're [2:15:45] grossly incompetent. [2:15:46] There was a cyber attack [2:15:47] of 30 water plants. [2:15:49] And I would blame it [2:15:50] on Minnesota [2:15:52] and the governor, [2:15:53] the corrupt governor [2:15:54] of Minnesota. [2:15:55] They like to say, [2:15:56] oh, it's Iran. [2:15:57] Iran should be so lucky. [2:15:58] Iran's got bigger problems [2:15:59] than worrying about Minnesota. [2:16:01] This month, [2:16:02] it was announced [2:16:03] that inflation is dropping [2:16:04] at the fastest rate [2:16:06] in more than six years. [2:16:07] Walmart, [2:16:08] Sam's Club, [2:16:09] Giant Eagle, [2:16:10] and others [2:16:10] are slashing prices [2:16:11] by hundreds of grocery stores [2:16:14] and all of the stores. [2:16:16] I mean, [2:16:16] throughout the country, [2:16:17] they're slashing prices. [2:16:18] Something that you haven't seen [2:16:20] for a long time [2:16:21] since my last administration. [2:16:23] The stock market [2:16:24] has set 73 all-time record highs [2:16:26] since the election. [2:16:27] That means all-time record highs, [2:16:30] 73 days out of [2:16:32] a very short period of time. [2:16:34] And the typical 401k [2:16:36] is up by more than $30,000. [2:16:38] And when you think of that, [2:16:41] if you add another $1,000 to it, [2:16:46] it will be, [2:16:47] we set the record [2:16:47] in the last administration, [2:16:49] a record still standing. [2:16:51] This administration [2:16:52] is going to blow [2:16:53] my last administration away. [2:16:55] When the factories [2:16:56] that we're building [2:16:58] at record, [2:16:58] and we're not building, [2:16:59] all over the world, [2:17:01] they're building. [2:17:02] They're coming [2:17:02] from all over the world. [2:17:03] They're coming from Germany [2:17:04] with the cars. [2:17:05] They're coming from Germany. [2:17:06] They're coming from Japan, [2:17:08] South Korea, Canada, Mexico. [2:17:10] From all over the world, [2:17:11] they're building auto plants here [2:17:13] because otherwise [2:17:13] they have to pay tariffs. [2:17:15] The tariffs have made [2:17:16] our country rich [2:17:17] and successful. [2:17:19] And all of this, [2:17:20] I mean, I'd like to say [2:17:21] it was the election. [2:17:22] On November 5th, [2:17:23] it was the election, [2:17:24] and that's fine. [2:17:25] But without the election, [2:17:27] you wouldn't have [2:17:27] what I've done economically. [2:17:29] So we have [2:17:30] the most successful environment [2:17:32] that we've ever had. [2:17:33] There's never been anything [2:17:35] like it from the standpoint [2:17:36] of investment [2:17:37] into our country. [2:17:38] It's five to six times higher [2:17:40] than anybody has ever seen [2:17:41] than any other country. [2:17:43] Any other country, [2:17:44] not just us, [2:17:45] has ever had. [2:17:46] On July 4th, [2:17:47] we launched Trump accounts [2:17:48] to keep a vision [2:17:49] of our great, big, beautiful bill. [2:17:52] And these tax-free investment [2:17:53] savings accounts [2:17:54] have already been activated [2:17:56] by over 7 million children. [2:17:58] These are investments [2:17:59] made in our future, [2:18:01] which is our children. [2:18:01] Our children are [2:18:02] the most important aspect [2:18:04] of our future, [2:18:05] with more being added [2:18:06] each day. [2:18:07] So it's a tremendous hit. [2:18:09] Over 7 million, [2:18:10] and really, [2:18:11] it really just got going, [2:18:12] I would say, Scott, [2:18:13] about two weeks ago [2:18:15] when it was, [2:18:16] we got the final approvals. [2:18:18] And we have over 7 million. [2:18:19] Actually, [2:18:20] there's never been [2:18:20] anything quite like that. [2:18:23] But millions of accounts [2:18:24] are pre-funded [2:18:25] with $1,000 [2:18:25] from the U.S. Treasury [2:18:27] or generous gifts [2:18:28] from private donors [2:18:29] like Michael and Susan Dell [2:18:31] and others [2:18:32] who have given [2:18:32] billions of dollars. [2:18:34] Billions. [2:18:35] People are putting up [2:18:35] hundreds of millions [2:18:36] and billions of dollars [2:18:37] into it [2:18:39] and buying really [2:18:40] a great future [2:18:41] for children. [2:18:42] When they turn 18 [2:18:43] or when they turn 21, [2:18:45] instead of having [2:18:45] no hope, [2:18:46] no future, [2:18:47] they will end up [2:18:48] with hundreds of thousands [2:18:49] of dollars [2:18:50] and maybe even more [2:18:50] than that. [2:18:51] So it's going to be [2:18:52] something to save. [2:18:53] With modest, [2:18:54] additional contributions, [2:18:56] they'll grow [2:18:56] by numbers [2:18:58] that should be, [2:18:59] it could be [2:18:59] over $200,000. [2:19:01] We're looking at [2:19:01] the timeline. [2:19:03] I wish we had [2:19:04] an economy [2:19:04] like we have now [2:19:05] with the stock markets [2:19:07] going up. [2:19:07] But they will benefit [2:19:08] by our country [2:19:10] being successful. [2:19:11] We're going to give [2:19:12] every child [2:19:13] a head start [2:19:14] on the American dream. [2:19:15] So go to [2:19:16] trumpaccounts.gov. [2:19:18] They're really something. [2:19:19] The whole world [2:19:19] is talking about it. [2:19:20] And it's far ahead [2:19:22] of schedule. [2:19:22] Nobody thought [2:19:23] it would be [2:19:23] as successful [2:19:25] as it's been. [2:19:25] But it should be. [2:19:26] It should be. [2:19:27] And we start them [2:19:28] off with $1,000. [2:19:29] And this was part [2:19:30] of the great, [2:19:30] big, beautiful bill. [2:19:32] With my most [2:19:33] favored nation policy, [2:19:34] you could say [2:19:34] this is even [2:19:36] a bigger thing [2:19:37] if that's possible. [2:19:38] On drug prices, [2:19:39] we're achieving [2:19:39] record discounts [2:19:41] on prescription drugs. [2:19:42] The prescription drugs [2:19:44] were going through [2:19:45] the roof [2:19:45] for many years. [2:19:46] And now we're getting [2:19:47] record discounts [2:19:48] with price differences [2:19:49] of 300, 400, [2:19:51] 500, 600 percent. [2:19:55] Nobody's ever heard [2:19:56] of a thing like that. [2:19:57] And what this is all [2:19:58] about is that [2:20:00] we were the highest, [2:20:01] we had the highest [2:20:02] prices anywhere [2:20:03] in the world by far. [2:20:04] Most expensive drugs, [2:20:06] prescription drugs, [2:20:07] and others. [2:20:09] The highest in the world, [2:20:10] the whole world [2:20:10] was laughing at us. [2:20:11] We paid for the rest [2:20:12] of the world. [2:20:13] We subsidized [2:20:13] the whole world. [2:20:15] And I said, [2:20:15] we're not going [2:20:15] to do that. [2:20:17] And I started it [2:20:18] in the first administration. [2:20:19] I took it up. [2:20:21] Obviously, [2:20:21] Biden wasn't able [2:20:22] to do anything about it [2:20:23] because you had to get [2:20:24] the consent [2:20:25] of the drug companies [2:20:26] and you had to get [2:20:26] the consent. [2:20:27] More difficult [2:20:28] would be the consent [2:20:29] of other nations. [2:20:31] The other nations [2:20:31] had to agree, [2:20:32] but they were paying [2:20:33] a fraction, [2:20:34] sometimes 10 percent, [2:20:36] 20 percent, [2:20:37] 40 percent, [2:20:38] 70 percent less. [2:20:40] So I had to call them [2:20:41] and I had to get them on [2:20:42] and I said, [2:20:43] if you don't do it, [2:20:43] we're going to have [2:20:44] to charge your tariffs. [2:20:45] And they all said no [2:20:47] at first, [2:20:47] very politely said, [2:20:48] sir, we can't do that. [2:20:50] We're not going [2:20:50] to double our prices. [2:20:51] They had to double [2:20:52] their prices [2:20:53] and in some case [2:20:54] triple their price [2:20:55] and we would come down. [2:20:57] So a pill [2:20:57] that sold for $10 [2:21:00] in Germany [2:21:01] would sell for $130 [2:21:03] in New York. [2:21:05] Same pill [2:21:05] from the same company, [2:21:07] the same factory, [2:21:08] the same plant, [2:21:09] same laboratory [2:21:10] from $10 [2:21:11] and we pay $130. [2:21:13] I say, no, no. [2:21:15] Now, the world [2:21:15] is a bigger place [2:21:16] so it's not as bad [2:21:17] as it sounds for them. [2:21:19] So they went up to $20 [2:21:20] and we came down to $20. [2:21:22] So we now have [2:21:23] the lowest drug prices [2:21:24] anywhere in the world. [2:21:26] We're tied with the lowest [2:21:27] but we're basically [2:21:28] its favored nation. [2:21:29] So we have [2:21:30] the lowest drug prices [2:21:31] anywhere in the world [2:21:32] from the highest drug prices [2:21:34] anywhere in the world. [2:21:35] Now, what that does [2:21:36] for your health care, [2:21:37] I mean, I see these fake polls [2:21:38] where the Democrats [2:21:39] have wonderful numbers [2:21:41] on this stuff [2:21:42] and they are horrible [2:21:43] what they've done. [2:21:44] Obamacare [2:21:45] is a total disaster [2:21:46] it's a costly wreck [2:21:47] it's unaffordable [2:21:49] we call it [2:21:49] the Unaffordable Care Act [2:21:51] it's a disgrace. [2:21:53] They never even thought [2:21:53] of being able [2:21:54] to do something like this [2:21:55] they didn't even try [2:21:56] they didn't even try [2:21:58] so I got the drug companies [2:21:59] first [2:22:00] and then I got [2:22:01] the countries [2:22:02] and the drug companies [2:22:04] agreed [2:22:04] because they knew [2:22:05] the countries [2:22:06] wouldn't agree [2:22:06] and when I called [2:22:07] Germany, France [2:22:08] when I called [2:22:09] the UK [2:22:10] when I called [2:22:11] all of these countries [2:22:12] I said [2:22:13] you gotta do it [2:22:14] it's unfair [2:22:15] we're paying [2:22:15] ten times more [2:22:17] than you're paying [2:22:17] for the same drug [2:22:18] you can't do this [2:22:19] and they said [2:22:20] well we're not gonna do that [2:22:21] because we're gonna have [2:22:22] to double our price [2:22:23] in order to make you happy [2:22:24] I said [2:22:24] no, maybe you're gonna have [2:22:25] to triple your price [2:22:26] they said [2:22:27] well we can't do it [2:22:28] I said [2:22:28] that's alright [2:22:29] if you can't do it [2:22:30] then I can't do something [2:22:31] also [2:22:32] and I'm gonna charge you [2:22:33] very substantial tariffs [2:22:35] which are far more [2:22:36] than we're talking about [2:22:37] and they all said [2:22:39] we'd love to do it [2:22:40] we'd love to do it [2:22:41] it'll be our great honor [2:22:41] to do it [2:22:42] so nobody else [2:22:43] would do this [2:22:43] this would have [2:22:44] never happened [2:22:45] so your drug prices [2:22:46] have gone down [2:22:47] by numbers [2:22:47] not even thinkable [2:22:48] my first term [2:22:49] I had the privilege [2:22:51] of having lower drug prices [2:22:52] from the beginning [2:22:53] of the year [2:22:54] till the end [2:22:54] for the first time [2:22:55] in 28 years [2:22:56] you remember [2:22:57] and I called [2:22:58] the news conference [2:22:59] to announce it [2:23:00] so the year it ended [2:23:01] and I was [2:23:02] turned out [2:23:03] one-eighth [2:23:05] of a percent [2:23:05] one-eighth [2:23:06] of a percent [2:23:07] little tiny [2:23:08] this much [2:23:08] it went down [2:23:09] that much [2:23:10] during one year [2:23:11] first time [2:23:12] in 28 years [2:23:13] it went down [2:23:13] it was always like this [2:23:14] just up [2:23:15] more expensive [2:23:16] and I called [2:23:18] the news conference [2:23:19] I was so proud of myself [2:23:20] and I said [2:23:21] ladies and gentlemen [2:23:22] the first time [2:23:23] in 28 years [2:23:24] drug prices [2:23:25] have gone down [2:23:27] from January [2:23:28] till the end [2:23:29] of December [2:23:29] and I want to just [2:23:31] congratulate everybody [2:23:33] for being a part [2:23:34] of this wonderful [2:23:35] experiment [2:23:36] and one-eighth [2:23:37] of a point [2:23:38] now we're talking [2:23:39] about 400, 500, [2:23:41] 600 percent [2:23:42] coming down [2:23:43] we pay the lowest [2:23:44] drug prices [2:23:45] anywhere in the world [2:23:46] from the highest [2:23:47] so you know [2:23:48] and I'll say it again [2:23:49] and again [2:23:49] because the press [2:23:50] doesn't want to report it [2:23:51] the fake news [2:23:51] doesn't want to report it [2:23:52] they don't want to talk [2:23:53] about it [2:23:54] what that does [2:23:55] for health care [2:23:56] Bobby [2:23:56] is unbelievable [2:23:57] because medicine [2:23:58] is a big part [2:23:58] of health care [2:23:59] so I wish that [2:24:01] people would understand [2:24:02] that [2:24:02] and I hope they're [2:24:03] going to vote for us [2:24:04] in the midterms [2:24:05] because you'll see [2:24:06] some stuff [2:24:06] that will be horrible [2:24:07] because they can blow [2:24:08] it very fast [2:24:09] if they don't know [2:24:10] what they're doing [2:24:10] so your drug prices [2:24:12] are great [2:24:12] you know [2:24:13] I saw Spain [2:24:14] yesterday [2:24:15] and I watched [2:24:16] the catastrophe [2:24:18] that took place [2:24:19] it looks like [2:24:20] an invasion [2:24:20] of a country [2:24:21] by hundreds [2:24:23] of thousands [2:24:23] of people [2:24:24] and that same thing [2:24:26] is going to happen [2:24:26] to us [2:24:27] if the republicans [2:24:28] don't get elected [2:24:28] except worse [2:24:30] much bigger [2:24:31] much easier [2:24:32] to get into [2:24:33] despite the fact [2:24:34] that we have built [2:24:35] thousands of miles [2:24:37] of wall [2:24:38] which I said [2:24:39] we were going to do [2:24:39] but we didn't have that [2:24:41] forget it [2:24:42] but we have the safest [2:24:43] border in the world [2:24:44] if we're not in office [2:24:46] our country [2:24:48] will be invaded [2:24:48] at levels [2:24:50] that made Spain [2:24:51] look small time [2:24:53] and when I watched it [2:24:54] I said [2:24:55] boy [2:24:55] I said [2:24:56] I'm going to say it [2:24:57] because I knew [2:24:57] you were going to be [2:24:58] at Camp David [2:24:59] and I say [2:24:59] that's going to be [2:25:00] a talking point [2:25:01] for the midterms [2:25:03] because when you look [2:25:04] at what happened [2:25:05] to Spain [2:25:05] they don't know [2:25:06] what to do [2:25:06] and it's happening [2:25:07] again today [2:25:08] they're coming in [2:25:09] by the tens of thousands [2:25:11] they're just [2:25:11] invading the country [2:25:13] and what that is [2:25:16] is weak law [2:25:18] bad management [2:25:20] but very liberal [2:25:22] law [2:25:23] they passed [2:25:24] a couple of laws [2:25:25] and people read [2:25:26] you know [2:25:26] people are smart [2:25:27] they read from other countries [2:25:29] and they swam [2:25:30] that three mile swim [2:25:31] however they got in [2:25:33] but nobody's seen [2:25:34] anything like it [2:25:35] that will look good [2:25:36] compared to what's going to [2:25:37] happen to the United States [2:25:39] the biggest thing [2:25:40] the worst thing [2:25:41] that Biden did [2:25:41] is allowing 25 million [2:25:43] people into our country [2:25:44] because many of those [2:25:45] people are criminals [2:25:46] they're murderers [2:25:47] a lot of murderers [2:25:48] 11,888 [2:25:50] a lot of them are gone now [2:25:52] we got them out [2:25:52] but they allow people [2:25:54] to come into this country [2:25:55] that you can't allow [2:25:56] to come into a country [2:25:57] we're also making [2:25:59] an unprecedented investment [2:26:00] in the United States [2:26:01] armed forces [2:26:02] where we're doing great [2:26:04] we rebuilt the armed forces [2:26:07] we rebuilt our military [2:26:08] by first term [2:26:09] but we are doing great [2:26:11] with our military [2:26:11] they spent a lot of money [2:26:13] in our military [2:26:14] they gave away [2:26:15] 300 billion dollars worth [2:26:17] of ammo [2:26:18] and everything else [2:26:19] in Biden's term [2:26:21] but we're building it up fast [2:26:23] and we just have [2:26:25] a great military [2:26:25] and that's all there is to it [2:26:26] but we rebuilt it [2:26:28] in my first term [2:26:29] and we're using it [2:26:31] in my second term [2:26:33] with Venezuela [2:26:33] and other places [2:26:34] and Iran now [2:26:35] Iran is doing very poorly [2:26:37] just in case you read [2:26:38] incorrect stories [2:26:40] they're doing very [2:26:40] very poorly [2:26:41] they're having a hard time [2:26:42] they've been very dishonest [2:26:44] they've been very dishonorable [2:26:45] to deal with [2:26:46] but that makes no difference [2:26:48] they're doing very [2:26:49] very poorly [2:26:49] we're also making that investment [2:26:52] and looking forward [2:26:53] to getting [2:26:54] 1.5 trillion dollars [2:26:57] next year [2:26:57] people see now [2:26:58] how important it is [2:26:59] we want to keep a safe country [2:27:01] we have to keep a safe country [2:27:02] and the good news is [2:27:03] all of that equipment [2:27:04] is made in the USA [2:27:05] so we're making it here [2:27:07] it's jobs [2:27:08] and each one of our [2:27:10] defense groups [2:27:12] are building literally [2:27:13] at least [2:27:14] four new massive plants [2:27:17] as we speak [2:27:18] because we want them to do [2:27:20] we want them to move faster [2:27:21] we have the best equipment [2:27:22] in the world [2:27:23] but we want them to move faster [2:27:25] we don't want to wait a year [2:27:26] or a year and a half [2:27:27] we want to wait a week [2:27:28] maybe [2:27:28] so that's happening [2:27:30] and I think the results [2:27:31] are very good [2:27:32] they're all [2:27:32] they're building [2:27:33] at levels that [2:27:35] nobody's ever seen before [2:27:36] and we've had [2:27:38] tremendous success [2:27:39] and our military [2:27:40] was just proud of it [2:27:41] again [2:27:41] Venezuela [2:27:42] was a [2:27:44] one day war [2:27:45] and we have a great [2:27:47] relationship with Venezuela [2:27:48] we're working with partners [2:27:49] with Venezuela now [2:27:50] taking out tens of millions [2:27:53] of barrels of oil [2:27:54] and going to Houston [2:27:56] going to Alaska [2:27:57] going to Louisiana [2:27:58] going to different places [2:28:00] for refinement [2:28:01] refineries [2:28:01] and it's been [2:28:03] very much amazing [2:28:04] the administration [2:28:06] has done more [2:28:07] in 18 months [2:28:07] than most administrations [2:28:09] have done in [2:28:09] 8 years [2:28:10] if you had a two-termer [2:28:11] we've done more [2:28:13] in 18 months [2:28:13] than anyone's [2:28:14] ever seen before [2:28:15] nobody's ever seen [2:28:16] this is the golden age [2:28:18] of America [2:28:18] and we have a war [2:28:20] that's going on [2:28:22] I guess you'll call it [2:28:22] a war [2:28:23] maybe I call it [2:28:24] a military operation [2:28:25] because they have no [2:28:26] maybe it's been [2:28:27] obliterated [2:28:28] their air force [2:28:29] has been obliterated [2:28:30] they have no planes [2:28:31] their missiles [2:28:33] have been [2:28:33] largely [2:28:34] they have some left [2:28:35] they have some [2:28:36] but they have [2:28:37] far fewer [2:28:38] than they had [2:28:38] 4 or 5 months ago [2:28:40] their manufacturing [2:28:43] capacity is [2:28:44] almost gone [2:28:46] the drone capacity [2:28:48] is almost gone [2:28:49] there are very few [2:28:50] but they have some [2:28:51] if they have one [2:28:52] that's too many [2:28:53] as far as I'm concerned [2:28:54] but we've done [2:28:55] an amazing job [2:28:57] with Venezuela [2:28:58] we've done an amazing [2:28:59] job here [2:29:00] we're in there [2:29:01] for 5 months [2:29:02] and I know [2:29:02] people like to say [2:29:03] because we've done [2:29:04] a much bigger job [2:29:06] much more important job [2:29:07] than we originally [2:29:08] anticipated [2:29:09] so we're in there [2:29:10] for 5 months [2:29:11] and if you look [2:29:12] at Vietnam [2:29:12] they were in there [2:29:13] for 20 years [2:29:14] you look at [2:29:15] Afghanistan [2:29:16] they were in there [2:29:17] for many years [2:29:18] you look at [2:29:18] any one of the wars [2:29:19] Korea [2:29:20] any one of them [2:29:20] they're in there [2:29:21] for many years [2:29:21] we're in for 5 months [2:29:23] and we have obliterated [2:29:24] their military capacity [2:29:25] again [2:29:26] they've got some left [2:29:28] but soon [2:29:28] they won't have some left [2:29:29] so I just want to thank [2:29:31] everybody around this table [2:29:32] you've been very special [2:29:33] I want to thank [2:29:34] a lot of the media people [2:29:35] because many of you [2:29:36] have been very very fair [2:29:37] very [2:29:38] that's one of the reasons [2:29:39] you're here frankly [2:29:40] but you've been very fair [2:29:41] you've covered me this time [2:29:43] much more fairly [2:29:44] I think [2:29:45] than the first term [2:29:47] the first term [2:29:48] was a great success [2:29:49] we had the greatest economy [2:29:50] in history [2:29:51] in the first term [2:29:52] and this term [2:29:53] is going to blow it away [2:29:54] I think this term [2:29:55] is going to actually [2:29:55] blow it away [2:29:56] so it's an honor [2:29:57] to have you [2:29:58] and I'd like to ask [2:29:59] our great vice president [2:30:01] J.D. Vance [2:30:02] to say a few words [2:30:03] followed by [2:30:04] Marco [2:30:04] and Pete [2:30:05] and Scott [2:30:06] and Bobby Kennedy [2:30:08] okay [2:30:09] thank you very much [2:30:10] everybody [2:30:11] please [2:30:11] well great [2:30:12] thanks Mr. President [2:30:13] first of all [2:30:13] thanks for having us [2:30:14] at this historical [2:30:15] and beautiful place [2:30:16] and it's an honor [2:30:18] to be on the team [2:30:18] an honor to [2:30:19] be able to work [2:30:20] on fraud [2:30:21] which is what [2:30:21] I want to talk about today [2:30:22] though I know [2:30:23] we have a lot of things [2:30:23] going on [2:30:24] this has been an amazing team [2:30:25] from Kelly Loeffler [2:30:27] at SBA [2:30:27] to Doug [2:30:29] at the VA [2:30:30] to Todd [2:30:31] and Bobby Kennedy [2:30:32] this really has required [2:30:34] a whole of administration [2:30:35] approach [2:30:35] to try to tackle fraud [2:30:36] there are a few things [2:30:37] that I want to talk about [2:30:38] and celebrate [2:30:39] the first is that [2:30:40] just since the beginning [2:30:41] of the fraud task force [2:30:42] that I started [2:30:43] under the president's [2:30:44] leadership and direction [2:30:45] we have identified [2:30:46] $230 billion [2:30:48] of fraud [2:30:50] that's being perpetrated [2:30:51] against the American people [2:30:52] and we have halted [2:30:53] already $56 billion [2:30:55] of that [2:30:56] it's sometimes hard [2:30:57] once the money [2:30:57] has already gone out the door [2:30:58] it's hard to get it back [2:30:59] but stopping it [2:31:00] from going out the door [2:31:01] is how we save [2:31:02] the American people [2:31:02] $56 billion [2:31:04] and of course [2:31:05] we're going to keep [2:31:05] on working on that [2:31:06] just today Mr. President [2:31:08] we will announce [2:31:08] 17 new anti-fraud actions [2:31:11] that will total [2:31:12] about a third [2:31:14] of a billion dollars [2:31:15] and that's added [2:31:16] to the $230 billion [2:31:17] that we've already uncovered [2:31:18] and I want to just talk [2:31:20] for the benefit [2:31:21] of the American people [2:31:22] about why do we care [2:31:23] so much about this [2:31:24] because what I always [2:31:25] try to remind people [2:31:25] is that fraud [2:31:26] has two victims [2:31:27] so to give one concrete example [2:31:30] there is a program [2:31:32] that is administered [2:31:33] by Medicaid [2:31:34] and that program [2:31:36] ensures that low-income moms [2:31:38] and low-income babies [2:31:39] have access to neonatal care [2:31:41] now I think most Americans [2:31:42] probably share my view [2:31:43] that this is one of the great things [2:31:44] about the United States of America [2:31:46] that if we see a baby [2:31:47] and we see a young mother [2:31:49] that requires help [2:31:50] we help our fellow Americans [2:31:51] that's a good thing [2:31:52] it's something [2:31:53] that we should be proud of [2:31:54] and yet there is a program [2:31:56] that has defrauded [2:31:57] the moms and the babies [2:31:59] who benefit from these [2:32:00] you've gotten people [2:32:01] who've gotten rich [2:32:02] by setting up false companies [2:32:04] that are providing false services [2:32:06] so who loses in that equation [2:32:08] number one of course [2:32:09] is the American taxpayer [2:32:10] that is $230 billion poorer [2:32:13] because of the fraud [2:32:14] that this country [2:32:14] has let go on [2:32:15] but I actually think [2:32:17] most importantly [2:32:18] is that we've seen [2:32:19] that program [2:32:20] run out of money [2:32:21] so we've seen moms [2:32:22] and babies [2:32:23] unable to access [2:32:24] the health care [2:32:25] that they need [2:32:26] because the fraudsters [2:32:27] have gotten rich [2:32:28] that is a disgrace [2:32:29] and until the president [2:32:31] ordered us to stop it [2:32:32] no one was doing [2:32:33] anything about it [2:32:34] so we've made [2:32:35] a lot of progress [2:32:36] Mr. President [2:32:36] in just under a year [2:32:38] but we're going to keep [2:32:39] on working at it [2:32:39] because we believe [2:32:40] the American people [2:32:41] deserve to have [2:32:42] their money spent [2:32:43] as you and the Congress [2:32:44] have directed it [2:32:45] there's big numbers [2:32:46] here finally [2:32:47] tremendous numbers [2:32:48] they look like [2:32:48] Elliot Ness [2:32:49] does anybody know [2:32:50] they look like [2:32:52] that group of people [2:32:53] you have lined up [2:32:54] behind you [2:32:54] they're doing a great job [2:32:55] yes sir [2:32:56] billions [2:32:56] not millions [2:32:58] billions of dollars [2:33:00] is being recovered [2:33:02] billions [2:33:02] and you haven't seen [2:33:04] anything yet [2:33:05] we have things happening [2:33:06] that people aren't [2:33:07] going to believe [2:33:08] the level of corruption [2:33:09] and fraud [2:33:09] that took place [2:33:10] under the Biden [2:33:11] administration [2:33:11] was unprecedented [2:33:13] and Minnesota [2:33:15] California [2:33:16] Maine [2:33:17] Maine [2:33:17] believe it or not [2:33:18] you know [2:33:18] you think of [2:33:19] Maine [2:33:19] as this wonderful place [2:33:21] yep [2:33:21] the level of corruption [2:33:23] is incredible [2:33:24] all over [2:33:24] all over [2:33:25] so [2:33:25] great job [2:33:27] thank you very much [2:33:27] thank you sir [2:33:28] okay [2:33:28] please [2:33:29] so my turn [2:33:30] well first of all [2:33:31] thank you for bringing [2:33:31] us out here [2:33:32] I got the chance [2:33:34] to drive for the first [2:33:35] time in a year and a half [2:33:36] which is developed [2:33:36] so just a couple points [2:33:45] that we all know [2:33:47] we've followed [2:33:47] obviously the events [2:33:48] in the Middle East [2:33:49] and others [2:33:49] you can talk about that [2:33:50] not that they're not [2:33:51] important [2:33:51] but there's some other [2:33:52] issues happening [2:33:52] around the world [2:33:53] Mr. President [2:33:53] that you've shown [2:33:54] great leadership [2:33:55] in that have not [2:33:56] gotten nearly as much [2:33:56] attention [2:33:57] I think they've [2:33:57] observed and mentioned [2:33:58] today [2:33:58] the first is [2:33:59] the International Criminal [2:34:00] Court [2:34:01] is an illegitimate [2:34:02] international organization [2:34:03] that frankly [2:34:04] illegitimate [2:34:04] they've made themselves [2:34:05] illegitimate [2:34:06] because they claim [2:34:06] that even if you're [2:34:07] not a member [2:34:08] of that court [2:34:08] they can come after you [2:34:09] what that literally [2:34:10] means in the future [2:34:11] is that American [2:34:12] servicemen [2:34:12] political leaders [2:34:14] and others [2:34:14] could find themselves [2:34:15] under indictment [2:34:17] by this International [2:34:18] Criminal Court [2:34:19] if you want to know [2:34:20] a little bit about it [2:34:20] Jack Smith used to [2:34:21] work there [2:34:22] these are the people [2:34:23] that think they can [2:34:23] go out and basically [2:34:24] indict any world leader [2:34:25] and haul them into [2:34:26] the Hague [2:34:26] so we've begun [2:34:27] we tried to get them [2:34:28] to reform and listen [2:34:29] to us [2:34:29] they wouldn't do it [2:34:30] they were very arrogant [2:34:31] we've now begun [2:34:32] an effort to really [2:34:33] try to bring that [2:34:34] court to heel [2:34:35] by the way [2:34:35] there's no information [2:34:36] that they're after me [2:34:37] it could happen [2:34:38] just so you know [2:34:41] she's talking about it [2:34:42] I'm saying [2:34:43] that means that [2:34:43] he's not trying [2:34:45] to defend me [2:34:45] he's trying to defend [2:34:47] Bibi and various [2:34:48] other people [2:34:48] but there are many [2:34:50] people that shouldn't [2:34:50] be looked at that way [2:34:52] but there is no [2:34:53] indication that [2:34:54] I'm one of them [2:34:56] at this moment [2:34:57] and I actually think [2:35:00] the people who are [2:35:00] our biggest danger [2:35:01] in our system [2:35:01] are servicemen [2:35:02] people in uniform [2:35:03] they'll try to grab [2:35:04] for the rest of their [2:35:05] lives [2:35:05] they'll not be able [2:35:05] to travel anywhere [2:35:06] in the world [2:35:07] with their families [2:35:07] because they can be [2:35:08] arrested on one of [2:35:09] these like [2:35:09] imagine you're a soldier [2:35:10] you fought in a war [2:35:11] and 20 years later [2:35:12] they try to come grab you [2:35:13] so this is a big problem [2:35:14] so we've had dozens [2:35:15] of countries already [2:35:16] join us in separate [2:35:17] since we started [2:35:18] two weeks ago [2:35:18] five countries have [2:35:19] already quit the ICC [2:35:20] and notified them [2:35:21] that they're leaving [2:35:22] and we think [2:35:23] there'll be more [2:35:23] the second thing [2:35:24] is we had an [2:35:25] unprecedented ministerial [2:35:26] 60 countries [2:35:27] came to Washington [2:35:28] and we're a part [2:35:29] of an effort [2:35:29] we were shedding light [2:35:31] on far left [2:35:31] terrorism and violence [2:35:33] you know [2:35:33] if a bomb goes off [2:35:34] somewhere [2:35:34] and it's tied [2:35:35] to some right wing [2:35:36] group [2:35:36] or what I [2:35:36] I don't consider [2:35:38] neo-nazis right [2:35:39] we don't consider [2:35:39] them nazis [2:35:40] right [2:35:40] but you're going [2:35:41] to get a lot [2:35:42] of attention on that [2:35:42] but if it's a leftist [2:35:43] group [2:35:44] an antifa group [2:35:45] it gets no cover [2:35:46] or they ignore [2:35:47] the ideological spin [2:35:48] and the ideological [2:35:49] reason behind it [2:35:50] so we've got [2:35:51] 60 countries [2:35:51] came up here [2:35:52] and hopefully [2:35:52] creating a strong [2:35:53] coalition [2:35:54] to go after [2:35:54] far left [2:35:56] violent terrorism [2:35:56] go after it [2:35:58] and call it by name [2:35:59] and I think [2:35:59] we're building [2:35:59] a very strong [2:36:00] coalition there [2:36:01] we've had some [2:36:02] successes in the [2:36:03] Middle East [2:36:03] Mr. President [2:36:04] as you know [2:36:04] in the diplomatic front [2:36:05] the deal with [2:36:06] Lebanon and Israel [2:36:07] is unprecedented [2:36:08] President Ayoun [2:36:09] was here a week ago [2:36:10] I think that was [2:36:11] the first visit [2:36:12] by a Lebanese [2:36:13] president [2:36:13] in over 30 some [2:36:14] odd years [2:36:14] in fact [2:36:15] this is the first [2:36:15] time the Israelis [2:36:16] and the Lebanese [2:36:16] government have [2:36:17] spoken at the [2:36:18] official level [2:36:19] in close to 30 years [2:36:20] and that was [2:36:20] thanks to your [2:36:21] leadership [2:36:21] a lot of work [2:36:22] to be done [2:36:22] to keep that peace [2:36:23] and build on it [2:36:24] but it's a real [2:36:25] achievable [2:36:25] and of course [2:36:26] as you announced [2:36:26] last night [2:36:27] Mr. President [2:36:27] this disarmament [2:36:28] deal that you [2:36:29] brought about [2:36:29] with Steve and [2:36:30] Jared's work [2:36:31] on Hamas [2:36:32] is another big [2:36:33] step as well [2:36:34] it's something [2:36:35] a lot of people [2:36:35] thought would never [2:36:36] happen [2:36:36] it needs to happen [2:36:37] but the fact [2:36:37] they've even [2:36:38] agreed to it [2:36:38] is a real [2:36:39] achievable [2:36:39] last point [2:36:41] is on the [2:36:41] western hemisphere [2:36:42] for the first [2:36:43] time in 15 [2:36:44] 20 years [2:36:45] the overwhelming [2:36:46] majority of the [2:36:47] countries in the [2:36:47] western hemisphere [2:36:48] are now led [2:36:49] by pro-American [2:36:50] leaders [2:36:51] and pro-American [2:36:52] governments [2:36:52] it's an [2:36:53] extraordinary [2:36:53] achievement [2:36:54] all of it [2:36:54] happening through [2:36:55] virtually every [2:36:56] election that's [2:36:57] happened in the [2:36:57] western hemisphere [2:36:58] since you were [2:36:59] elected president [2:36:59] has elected [2:37:00] someone who is [2:37:01] pro-American [2:37:01] and I think this [2:37:02] is an incredible [2:37:03] situation [2:37:04] and last but not [2:37:05] least and I have to [2:37:06] thank a number of [2:37:07] agencies here [2:37:07] particularly the [2:37:08] department of war [2:37:09] after that terrible [2:37:10] earthquake in [2:37:11] Venezuela [2:37:11] within 36 hours [2:37:13] the full force of [2:37:15] the American [2:37:15] government was on [2:37:16] the ground [2:37:16] providing humanitarian [2:37:17] assistance [2:37:18] it was a sight to [2:37:19] behold [2:37:19] the USS Ford [2:37:20] I think [2:37:21] was in their [2:37:21] port [2:37:22] our marines [2:37:23] and armed [2:37:25] service personnel [2:37:25] were helping run [2:37:26] their airport [2:37:27] and their tower [2:37:27] it is one of the [2:37:28] fastest [2:37:29] most dramatic [2:37:29] and most effective [2:37:30] humanitarian responses [2:37:32] certainly in recent [2:37:33] history [2:37:34] if not ever [2:37:34] and they came at the [2:37:36] direction of the [2:37:36] president [2:37:37] in fact [2:37:37] within an hour [2:37:38] of that earthquake [2:37:39] hitting [2:37:39] I remember [2:37:39] because I was [2:37:40] overseas [2:37:40] the president [2:37:41] called and said [2:37:42] make sure we go [2:37:43] in there [2:37:43] and help these [2:37:43] people recover [2:37:44] from this [2:37:44] and we did [2:37:45] and thanks to your [2:37:46] leadership [2:37:47] Mr. President [2:37:47] it's a great [2:37:48] story [2:37:48] enough needs [2:37:49] to be told [2:37:49] about it [2:37:50] because the [2:37:51] credit goes [2:37:51] to so many [2:37:52] agencies represented [2:37:53] here today [2:37:54] but really [2:37:54] the Department [2:37:55] of War's effort [2:37:55] was phenomenal [2:37:56] so thank you [2:37:57] thank you very much [2:37:58] and just before [2:37:59] we continue [2:38:01] I want to just [2:38:02] congratulate [2:38:02] Jake Layton [2:38:03] he's with us [2:38:04] today [2:38:04] as you know [2:38:05] he's had a big [2:38:05] victory [2:38:06] he's going to be [2:38:07] he's going to do [2:38:08] a fantastic job [2:38:09] he's only done [2:38:10] his whole life [2:38:10] has been about [2:38:11] doing a fantastic [2:38:12] job [2:38:12] congratulations [2:38:13] thank you [2:38:23] Mr. President [2:38:23] for the invitation [2:38:24] the opportunity [2:38:25] to be here [2:38:25] it's an honor [2:38:26] for the War [2:38:27] Department [2:38:28] to help run [2:38:29] this facility [2:38:29] also from the [2:38:30] food to the [2:38:31] fence line [2:38:31] it's an honor [2:38:33] to have you [2:38:33] and it's great [2:38:35] Americans here [2:38:36] and all around [2:38:37] the country [2:38:37] and all around [2:38:38] the world [2:38:38] who are the [2:38:39] core of what [2:38:40] keep us safe [2:38:41] but in order [2:38:42] to do that [2:38:43] you have to [2:38:43] have a leader [2:38:44] that's willing [2:38:45] to put them [2:38:45] in a position [2:38:46] to do it [2:38:46] and that's [2:38:47] my takeaway [2:38:47] Mr. President [2:38:48] is sort of [2:38:51] three points [2:38:51] one it takes [2:38:52] courage [2:38:52] two it takes [2:38:54] restoring the [2:38:55] spirit [2:38:55] which you have [2:38:55] done [2:38:56] and third [2:38:56] it takes [2:38:57] investment [2:38:57] and not just [2:38:58] an investment [2:38:58] but a generational [2:38:59] investment [2:39:00] and I think [2:39:00] people miss that [2:39:01] the courage [2:39:02] it takes [2:39:02] to seal the [2:39:03] border [2:39:03] to say [2:39:03] we're going [2:39:04] to do it [2:39:04] and we're going [2:39:05] to do it [2:39:05] every single day [2:39:05] and we're going [2:39:06] to do it [2:39:06] on behalf [2:39:07] of the American [2:39:07] people [2:39:08] the courage [2:39:09] to bomb the [2:39:10] Houthis [2:39:10] and say [2:39:10] we will [2:39:11] maintain [2:39:11] freedom of navigation [2:39:13] wonder why [2:39:13] they're not [2:39:14] involved in this [2:39:14] conflict [2:39:15] the Houthis [2:39:15] even though [2:39:16] they're a proxy [2:39:16] of Iran [2:39:17] because they felt [2:39:17] the weight [2:39:18] of American power [2:39:19] for 45 days [2:39:20] and you had [2:39:20] the courage [2:39:21] to do that [2:39:21] the courage [2:39:22] to do midnight [2:39:23] hammer [2:39:26] sites [2:39:26] something no one [2:39:27] other presidents [2:39:29] had the option [2:39:29] on their table [2:39:30] to do [2:39:30] but they never [2:39:31] pulled the trigger [2:39:32] because of the [2:39:33] complications [2:39:33] because of the [2:39:34] challenges [2:39:34] because of the [2:39:35] risk [2:39:35] courage [2:39:36] the courage [2:39:37] to take on [2:39:37] cartels [2:39:38] and drugs [2:39:39] drug boats [2:39:40] and now forming [2:39:41] the ACCC [2:39:41] the America's [2:39:42] counter cartel [2:39:43] coalition [2:39:43] with all those [2:39:44] friendly governments [2:39:45] that Marco [2:39:45] talked about [2:39:46] who want to be [2:39:47] shoulder to shoulder [2:39:47] not just with [2:39:48] America [2:39:49] but with a bold [2:39:50] strong America [2:39:51] with clear [2:39:52] leadership [2:39:53] the courage [2:39:54] to go [2:39:54] get Maduro [2:39:55] in the most [2:39:56] dangerous [2:39:57] most heavily [2:39:58] guarded house [2:39:58] inside the most [2:39:59] heavily guarded [2:39:59] fort [2:40:00] inside the most [2:40:01] heavily guarded [2:40:01] town [2:40:02] in their capital [2:40:02] city [2:40:03] in the middle [2:40:03] of the night [2:40:04] and change [2:40:04] the entire [2:40:05] dynamic [2:40:05] of that country [2:40:06] and that region [2:40:07] and the world [2:40:08] saw what the [2:40:09] American military [2:40:09] was capable [2:40:10] to do [2:40:10] but that doesn't [2:40:11] happen unless [2:40:12] the commander [2:40:12] in chief says [2:40:13] you're authorized [2:40:14] to do it [2:40:14] and will take [2:40:15] the handcuffs [2:40:16] off when you [2:40:17] do it [2:40:17] to ensure [2:40:18] that Americans [2:40:18] come home [2:40:19] the courage [2:40:20] to undertake [2:40:21] epic fury [2:40:21] and this [2:40:23] Iranian regime [2:40:24] and ensure [2:40:24] they never [2:40:25] have a nuclear [2:40:26] weapon [2:40:27] remains your [2:40:27] commitment [2:40:28] and frankly [2:40:28] the courage [2:40:29] to negotiate [2:40:29] with people [2:40:30] that have shown [2:40:31] no willingness [2:40:31] to do so [2:40:32] honestly [2:40:32] with incredible [2:40:33] negotiators [2:40:34] who are the best [2:40:35] in the world [2:40:35] and give them [2:40:36] every opportunity [2:40:37] to do it [2:40:37] give those things [2:40:38] up peacefully [2:40:39] all of that [2:40:40] takes guts [2:40:41] but that comes [2:40:42] on the back [2:40:42] to the change [2:40:43] in the spirit [2:40:44] of our department [2:40:44] you talk about [2:40:45] spirit all the time [2:40:46] and your right [2:40:47] to do so [2:40:47] when you rip out [2:40:49] DEI [2:40:49] when you rip out [2:40:50] social engineering [2:40:51] and social justice [2:40:52] and you put in [2:40:53] merit [2:40:54] and then you [2:40:55] untie the hands [2:40:55] of commanders [2:40:56] to be commanders [2:40:57] to enforce discipline [2:40:58] and accountability [2:40:59] to get back to basics [2:41:01] then you get [2:41:02] historic reenlistment [2:41:03] inside our ranks [2:41:04] our best people [2:41:05] Mr. President [2:41:05] are staying [2:41:06] because they want [2:41:07] to be in that [2:41:07] kind of department [2:41:08] and then historic [2:41:09] recruitment record [2:41:10] amongst young Americans [2:41:11] every month [2:41:12] our department [2:41:14] breaks records [2:41:15] and when did that [2:41:16] trend line start [2:41:17] on election day [2:41:18] 2024 [2:41:18] when the American people [2:41:20] said I want to serve [2:41:21] under this president [2:41:22] and that new name [2:41:24] the department of war [2:41:24] has become the ethos [2:41:26] the warrior ethos [2:41:27] of our department [2:41:27] again spirit [2:41:29] and I will note [2:41:29] the flyovers [2:41:31] will indeed continue [2:41:32] until morale [2:41:32] but that's also spirit [2:41:36] parades [2:41:37] 250 [2:41:37] flyovers [2:41:38] the American people [2:41:40] seeing [2:41:40] and feeling [2:41:41] their military [2:41:42] in ways they have not [2:41:43] in the past [2:41:43] that spirit [2:41:44] and then finally [2:41:45] Mr. President [2:41:45] a generational investment [2:41:47] you rebuilt the military [2:41:48] in your first term [2:41:49] and you've spent [2:41:50] in your first year [2:41:51] one trillion [2:41:51] and now we are committed [2:41:52] in working with congress [2:41:54] to get 1.5 trillion [2:41:56] but this is not [2:41:57] the same way [2:41:58] we funded our department [2:41:58] in the past [2:41:59] this is a businessman [2:42:01] in charge [2:42:01] this is a deputy secretary [2:42:02] of our department [2:42:03] who's a turnaround guy [2:42:04] just like the president is [2:42:06] saying we will not fund [2:42:08] money [2:42:08] we will not fund the apartment [2:42:09] the way we have in the past [2:42:10] in fact so far [2:42:12] 75 billion dollars [2:42:14] in private investment [2:42:15] from defense companies [2:42:16] who are now investing [2:42:18] in new plants [2:42:18] new equipment [2:42:19] new assembly lines [2:42:20] to build the munitions [2:42:21] of the future [2:42:22] faster than ever possible [2:42:24] that's saving [2:42:25] taxpayer dollars [2:42:26] because the companies [2:42:27] themselves are investing [2:42:28] that would never [2:42:28] the arsenal of freedom [2:42:29] would never happen [2:42:30] without you [2:42:31] so just like [2:42:33] you know [2:42:33] we use a lot of the things [2:42:34] Ronald Reagan's build up [2:42:35] was a part of [2:42:36] in this administration [2:42:38] and in future administrations [2:42:39] they will look back [2:42:40] at Donald Trump [2:42:41] and the build up [2:42:41] that he has done [2:42:42] and that will be [2:42:43] the deterrence [2:42:44] of the future [2:42:44] will be established [2:42:45] because of your investment [2:42:46] so thank you [2:42:47] Mr. President [2:42:48] it's an honor [2:42:53] to be here [2:42:53] in this historic place [2:42:55] as we celebrate [2:42:56] our nation's [2:42:56] 250th anniversary [2:42:58] and I think [2:42:59] if we look back [2:43:00] whether [2:43:01] our founders [2:43:03] was President of Washington [2:43:04] Thomas Jefferson [2:43:05] Alexander Hamilton [2:43:07] could not have imagined [2:43:08] the economy [2:43:09] that we would have created [2:43:10] it is the envy [2:43:12] of the world [2:43:13] and as you said [2:43:14] we have record investment [2:43:15] coming in [2:43:16] we've never seen [2:43:17] anything like it [2:43:18] and we're pulling away [2:43:19] from the rest of the world [2:43:20] because of your leadership [2:43:22] the policies that you did [2:43:24] from day one [2:43:24] in terms of digital assets [2:43:26] in terms of technology [2:43:28] and bringing back [2:43:29] American manufacturing [2:43:31] it's [2:43:32] you've done it again [2:43:34] you had [2:43:34] the incredible economy [2:43:37] during your first term [2:43:38] and we are seeing [2:43:40] that carry over here [2:43:41] and it is in stark contrast [2:43:43] to the Biden economy [2:43:45] which was government jobs [2:43:47] government spending [2:43:48] and high inflation [2:43:50] the worst inflation [2:43:51] in 50 years [2:43:53] and [2:43:54] with the working families [2:43:56] tax cuts [2:43:57] which I will add [2:43:58] every Democrat [2:43:59] voted against [2:44:00] every Democrat [2:44:01] voted against [2:44:02] it is the perfect barbell [2:44:04] for this economy [2:44:05] on one side [2:44:07] you have full expensing [2:44:08] for [2:44:09] factories [2:44:11] for [2:44:11] equipment [2:44:12] for farm structures [2:44:14] on the other side [2:44:15] your four signature policies [2:44:17] promises made [2:44:18] promises kept [2:44:19] no tax on tips [2:44:20] no tax on overtime [2:44:21] no tax on social security [2:44:22] deductibility [2:44:23] of auto loans [2:44:25] if you buy [2:44:26] an American made car [2:44:27] and [2:44:28] the Americans [2:44:29] are starting [2:44:30] starting to feel [2:44:31] core inflation [2:44:32] is low [2:44:33] consumer confidence [2:44:34] is strong [2:44:35] we have the highest [2:44:36] consumer confidence [2:44:37] came up today [2:44:38] in five months [2:44:40] and [2:44:40] Main Street [2:44:42] is back [2:44:43] small [2:44:44] small banks [2:44:45] are linked [2:44:45] thanks to your policy [2:44:46] small banks [2:44:47] community banks [2:44:48] are lending again [2:44:49] and [2:44:50] the Americans [2:44:52] are starting to feel it [2:44:53] as you said [2:44:54] these Trump accounts [2:44:56] are the most successful [2:44:57] program launch [2:44:58] in government history [2:44:59] we've had [2:45:00] 7 million families [2:45:01] sign up for them [2:45:02] we're going to [2:45:03] get to open enrollment [2:45:05] and we will have [2:45:06] 70 million families [2:45:07] who have signed up [2:45:08] for this [2:45:09] 38% of American families [2:45:11] households [2:45:12] have no exposure [2:45:13] to our great equity market [2:45:15] and [2:45:15] thanks to you [2:45:16] we're going to have [2:45:17] an ownership society [2:45:18] an ownership society [2:45:20] you were one of the first [2:45:21] presidents [2:45:21] to create [2:45:22] assets for the American people [2:45:24] not more debt [2:45:25] we had the biggest [2:45:27] tax refund [2:45:28] season ever [2:45:29] trade deals [2:45:31] tax cuts [2:45:32] energy dominance [2:45:33] and [2:45:33] deregulatory efforts [2:45:35] America is ushering in [2:45:37] the greatest [2:45:38] reshoring wave [2:45:39] in our history [2:45:40] in June [2:45:41] our manufacturing [2:45:42] sector expanded [2:45:43] for the 6th straight [2:45:44] month [2:45:44] we've got [2:45:45] construction jobs [2:45:46] and those are going [2:45:47] to weave into [2:45:48] manufacturing jobs [2:45:49] we've got [2:45:50] Main Street prosperity [2:45:51] real wages [2:45:52] are up [2:45:53] $1,000 [2:45:54] and sir [2:45:55] what you've done [2:45:55] again too [2:45:56] is the bottom [2:45:57] 25% of wage earners [2:45:59] just like in your [2:46:00] first term [2:46:01] are outperforming [2:46:03] the top 25% [2:46:05] this is a [2:46:06] working [2:46:06] families administration [2:46:08] that last [2:46:09] in the past year [2:46:10] that group [2:46:13] had [2:46:14] had [2:46:14] wage increases [2:46:16] 5.5% [2:46:18] they have [2:46:19] three times [2:46:20] what the top end [2:46:21] has done [2:46:22] so you've done it [2:46:25] again [2:46:25] and [2:46:26] these are [2:46:26] private sector [2:46:27] jobs we are creating [2:46:28] as you often say [2:46:30] in these meetings [2:46:30] we could have created [2:46:32] a million [2:46:32] 2 million [2:46:33] government jobs [2:46:34] but we didn't [2:46:35] the private sector [2:46:36] is creating [2:46:36] we've got incentives [2:46:37] we've got money [2:46:38] coming in [2:46:39] and we are rebuilding [2:46:40] so [2:46:41] and then [2:46:42] our energy dominance [2:46:44] thanks to you [2:46:44] and these policies [2:46:45] you can come to the US [2:46:47] you're going to have [2:46:47] regulatory certainty [2:46:48] tax certainty [2:46:49] and energy certainty [2:46:50] so it is the best place [2:46:51] in the world [2:46:52] to build your factory [2:46:53] and finally [2:46:54] I want to add [2:46:55] it has been a pleasure [2:46:56] to be a part [2:46:57] or a privilege [2:46:58] to be a part of [2:46:59] as we've gone from [2:47:00] epic fury [2:47:01] to economic fury [2:47:02] to constrict [2:47:03] on your orders [2:47:04] constrict the Iranian [2:47:05] regimes [2:47:06] the financial [2:47:08] tentacles [2:47:09] all around the world [2:47:10] we started it [2:47:11] on your orders [2:47:12] we started it [2:47:13] in March 2025 [2:47:14] in December 2025 [2:47:16] the largest bank [2:47:17] in Iran collapsed [2:47:18] the central bank [2:47:20] had to print money [2:47:21] it caused inflation [2:47:22] now they got [2:47:23] 180% inflation [2:47:24] they aren't able [2:47:25] to pay their troops [2:47:26] and on your orders [2:47:27] we are searching [2:47:28] for their assets [2:47:29] all around the world [2:47:30] and that money [2:47:31] will go to [2:47:32] the Iranian people [2:47:33] Americans [2:47:34] who have been harmed [2:47:35] by the Iranians [2:47:37] whether the USS Cole [2:47:38] or the barracks [2:47:40] in Lebanon [2:47:40] or it will go [2:47:43] back to [2:47:44] when the Iranians [2:47:45] attack these ships [2:47:47] coming out [2:47:47] so it's been a privilege [2:47:49] to be part of that [2:47:50] and I look forward [2:47:51] to the rest of it [2:47:52] thank you very much [2:47:53] and I want to [2:47:55] just add that [2:47:55] today there are [2:47:57] more people working [2:47:58] in the United States [2:47:59] than at any time [2:48:00] in the history [2:48:01] of our country [2:48:01] we have more people [2:48:02] working today [2:48:03] and think of that number [2:48:05] more people working [2:48:06] today by far [2:48:07] than at any time [2:48:09] in the history [2:48:09] of our country [2:48:10] so it's been [2:48:11] something very [2:48:12] very special [2:48:13] Bobby please [2:48:15] thank you Mr. President [2:48:16] let me just take a moment [2:48:17] to take note [2:48:19] of the historical [2:48:20] significance [2:48:21] of this occasion [2:48:22] before the press [2:48:24] came in [2:48:24] you asked all [2:48:25] the cabinet members [2:48:26] who had been [2:48:27] to Camp David [2:48:28] before and about [2:48:29] I think about [2:48:30] three quarters of them [2:48:31] had [2:48:31] I raised my hand [2:48:33] but I haven't been [2:48:33] here for 62 years [2:48:35] I came here [2:48:36] I came here [2:48:38] on weekends [2:48:39] as many weekends [2:48:40] as we could [2:48:40] between 1961 [2:48:42] and 1963 [2:48:43] my father loved [2:48:45] this place [2:48:45] my uncle [2:48:46] loved this place [2:48:47] he was [2:48:48] nobody knows [2:48:49] about this [2:48:50] because I'm [2:48:50] the history books [2:48:51] but he was [2:48:51] resentful [2:48:52] at Dwight Eisenhower [2:48:53] for renaming it [2:48:55] Camp David [2:48:55] and he [2:48:57] if he had got [2:48:58] made it to [2:48:59] his second term [2:49:00] he was going to [2:49:00] rename it [2:49:01] the chamber law [2:49:01] which was the original [2:49:03] name that Roosevelt [2:49:05] had named it [2:49:06] my uncle [2:49:07] prided himself [2:49:08] on being the most [2:49:09] open transparent [2:49:10] administration in history [2:49:12] he was the first [2:49:13] president that televised [2:49:14] press conferences [2:49:15] during his thousand [2:49:17] days in office [2:49:17] he had about [2:49:18] 30 press conferences [2:49:19] you Mr. President [2:49:21] have press conferences [2:49:22] every day [2:49:23] and nobody's done [2:49:24] and here you've [2:49:28] opened the inner sanctum [2:49:30] of the presidency [2:49:31] for the first time [2:49:31] in history [2:49:32] and I think [2:49:32] that's a beautiful [2:49:33] thing [2:49:34] as you also [2:49:35] face [2:49:35] although you [2:49:36] gave these guys [2:49:37] a lot of compliments [2:49:38] the most hostile [2:49:39] press corps [2:49:41] that any president [2:49:42] in the United States [2:49:43] history [2:49:43] I was trying to [2:49:44] you know [2:49:44] so anyway [2:49:47] I'm going to talk [2:49:50] just briefly [2:49:51] about a subject [2:49:52] you alluded to [2:49:53] which is the [2:49:55] MFN [2:49:55] and just so [2:49:56] everybody has [2:49:57] the background [2:49:58] you were here [2:50:00] to every president [2:50:01] promised to fix [2:50:02] that disparity [2:50:03] between what we pay [2:50:04] and what the other [2:50:05] developed countries [2:50:06] have paid [2:50:07] when you came [2:50:08] into office [2:50:08] the list price [2:50:09] for Ozempic [2:50:10] was $1350 [2:50:11] for Americans [2:50:12] you could get [2:50:14] in at any pharmacy [2:50:15] in London [2:50:15] Hamburg [2:50:16] Frankfurt [2:50:17] for $88 [2:50:17] and this [2:50:20] every president [2:50:20] President Bush [2:50:21] President Biden [2:50:22] President Clinton [2:50:24] President Obama [2:50:25] have all promised [2:50:26] to fix this [2:50:27] and none of them [2:50:27] did anything [2:50:28] you fixed it [2:50:29] but today [2:50:30] by the time you leave office [2:50:38] assuming that's in [2:50:39] 2028 [2:50:40] 95% of the drug [2:50:45] that are available [2:50:47] to Americans [2:50:48] they will be paying [2:50:49] the lowest prices [2:50:50] in the world [2:50:50] Trump Rx [2:50:52] just in the short time [2:50:54] since we put it out [2:50:55] has saved Americans [2:50:57] $700 million [2:50:58] we now have [2:50:59] 800 drugs on there [2:51:01] we have deals [2:51:02] with Amazon [2:51:02] and with good Rx [2:51:04] we're adding [2:51:05] more and more drugs [2:51:06] every day [2:51:06] and I'll just give you [2:51:07] one example [2:51:08] Preluent [2:51:10] is a very popular [2:51:12] cholesterol drug [2:51:12] its list price [2:51:14] is $522 [2:51:16] that's what everybody [2:51:17] is paying [2:51:17] we now have it [2:51:19] on Trump Rx [2:51:20] for $237 [2:51:21] that means [2:51:23] that the 300,000 [2:51:24] Americans [2:51:25] who take that drug [2:51:26] will be saving [2:51:27] $3,700 a year [2:51:30] on pharmaceuticals [2:51:32] every year [2:51:33] and you can [2:51:35] apply that [2:51:36] across the board [2:51:37] this is going to change [2:51:38] it's making [2:51:39] pharmaceuticals [2:51:41] affordable [2:51:41] the most affordable [2:51:42] in this country [2:51:43] of any country [2:51:44] in the world [2:51:44] well thank you [2:51:45] Mr. President [2:51:46] how are you doing [2:51:48] on the autism [2:51:49] research [2:51:50] we will have [2:51:51] an answer for you [2:51:52] it's not so important [2:51:54] we'll be talking [2:51:56] about that [2:51:57] we'll be having [2:51:57] something of interest [2:51:58] such an important thing [2:52:00] there's a picture [2:52:01] of your uncle [2:52:02] right there [2:52:02] on the wall [2:52:02] I know [2:52:03] he's looking [2:52:03] handsome [2:52:04] and that's quite a picture [2:52:07] did you see it [2:52:08] yeah [2:52:08] maybe that gave you [2:52:09] the idea [2:52:10] to start out that way [2:52:11] but it's quite a picture [2:52:12] any questions [2:52:14] Mr. President [2:52:15] Mr. President [2:52:15] we've seen these strikes [2:52:17] between Iran [2:52:18] and the United States [2:52:19] over the past 10 days [2:52:20] how do you go about [2:52:20] reviving the ceasefire [2:52:22] and getting diplomacy [2:52:24] back on track [2:52:24] well I think [2:52:25] we just want to win [2:52:25] we just want to win [2:52:27] we're doing very well [2:52:28] we're trying to be nice [2:52:30] as nice as you can be [2:52:31] in a situation like that [2:52:33] but you know [2:52:35] they're being decimated [2:52:37] they have no navy [2:52:38] they have no air force [2:52:39] they have no anti-aircraft [2:52:41] doesn't mean [2:52:43] they don't have any capability [2:52:44] they have some [2:52:45] but very little [2:52:45] we just want to win [2:52:48] we don't want to have them [2:52:49] it's very simple [2:52:49] they cannot have [2:52:52] a nuclear weapon [2:52:54] Iran will not have [2:52:55] a nuclear weapon [2:52:56] and they can't have [2:52:56] a nuclear weapon [2:52:57] if they did [2:52:58] the Middle East [2:52:59] would have been wiped out [2:53:00] by now [2:53:00] if I didn't stop [2:53:02] the JCPOA [2:53:04] the Obama deal [2:53:05] if I didn't terminate that [2:53:07] they would have had [2:53:07] a nuclear weapon [2:53:08] I believe Israel [2:53:09] would no longer be with us [2:53:11] and big parts [2:53:11] of the Middle East [2:53:12] and perhaps other countries [2:53:14] and different continents [2:53:15] frankly [2:53:16] because these people [2:53:17] are crazy [2:53:17] so they cannot have [2:53:19] a nuclear weapon [2:53:20] and they won't [2:53:21] Mr. President [2:53:22] he's back over the next [2:53:24] four weeks [2:53:25] we'll be hitting him [2:53:27] we'll be hitting him [2:53:28] very hard [2:53:28] and you know [2:53:29] at some point [2:53:30] they're going to say [2:53:30] we just can't take it anymore [2:53:32] Mr. President [2:53:32] on the disarmament deal [2:53:34] that you announced [2:53:35] do you have assurances [2:53:36] from Israel [2:53:37] that they are on board [2:53:38] with this deal [2:53:39] and what comes first [2:53:40] does Israel pull back [2:53:41] and then Hamas disarms [2:53:43] or does Hamas need to disarm [2:53:44] and then Israel [2:53:45] we do have an understanding [2:53:47] with Israel [2:53:47] Israel is very happy [2:53:48] about it [2:53:48] Israel helped us [2:53:49] and they've been [2:53:51] very good [2:53:52] they've been very good [2:53:53] about it [2:53:53] most people said [2:53:54] that would be a deal [2:53:55] that would be undoable [2:53:56] now [2:53:57] will it go through [2:53:58] its ups and downs [2:53:59] it's a very complex [2:54:00] situation over there [2:54:01] the people are very complex [2:54:03] and difficult [2:54:04] in many cases wonderful [2:54:07] in many cases [2:54:07] not so wonderful [2:54:08] but that will be [2:54:10] a [2:54:10] it's a great breakthrough [2:54:12] nobody's ever thought [2:54:13] nobody thought [2:54:14] that would be possible [2:54:15] to disarm Hamas [2:54:16] that shows you [2:54:18] how much success [2:54:20] we're having with Iran [2:54:21] because if you go [2:54:23] four months ago [2:54:23] five months ago [2:54:24] a deal like that [2:54:24] would have been impossible [2:54:26] so it's a big step [2:54:27] for the Middle East [2:54:27] and people are really [2:54:29] impressed by it [2:54:30] and they're surprised by it [2:54:31] and what comes first [2:54:31] Mr. President [2:54:32] what comes first [2:54:33] Mr. Infantino [2:54:34] speak to you [2:54:35] about their proposal [2:54:35] to sell a stake [2:54:36] in the World Cup [2:54:37] and is that something [2:54:37] you support [2:54:38] having just had [2:54:38] who [2:54:39] did FIFA [2:54:40] or Mr. Infantino [2:54:41] speak to you [2:54:42] about their proposal [2:54:43] to sell a stake [2:54:44] in the World Cup [2:54:44] Mr. President [2:54:46] you said this morning [2:54:47] on Truth Social [2:54:48] that victims of [2:54:49] government abuse [2:54:50] should be paid back [2:54:51] even if it's not [2:54:53] the anti-weaponization fund [2:54:54] would you still want [2:54:55] the acting attorney general [2:54:56] to buy the new [2:54:57] I'm talking about [2:54:57] the weaponization [2:54:59] against large numbers [2:55:01] of people in our country [2:55:02] by the Biden administration [2:55:03] and by Obama [2:55:05] but by the Biden administration [2:55:07] in particular [2:55:08] in this case [2:55:08] but large numbers [2:55:10] of people [2:55:10] their lives [2:55:11] have been ruined [2:55:11] they've been destroyed [2:55:12] their families [2:55:14] have been decimated [2:55:15] they've gone to prison [2:55:17] for no reason whatsoever [2:55:19] there's never been [2:55:20] a group of people [2:55:21] most likely [2:55:21] I mean [2:55:22] I can think of a couple [2:55:23] that were treated [2:55:23] pretty badly [2:55:24] groups [2:55:25] but there's essentially [2:55:26] never been a group [2:55:27] of people treated [2:55:28] so badly [2:55:29] as these people [2:55:29] and this fund [2:55:30] this fund was not for me [2:55:32] this fund was for [2:55:33] those people [2:55:34] that have been [2:55:34] weaponized [2:55:36] that have been abused [2:55:37] now I was abused [2:55:38] they attacked my house [2:55:39] Mar-a-Lago [2:55:39] where I live [2:55:40] and I was [2:55:41] you know [2:55:42] big damages [2:55:43] should have been given [2:55:44] to me [2:55:45] I don't want anything [2:55:46] I'm not talking [2:55:47] about myself [2:55:47] I think that there's [2:55:49] a group of people [2:55:50] in this country [2:55:51] history will show [2:55:53] that were treated [2:55:54] like nobody else [2:55:56] has ever been treated [2:55:57] so badly [2:55:59] so horribly [2:56:00] their families [2:56:01] have been ruined [2:56:02] many many suicides [2:56:03] they've committed suicide [2:56:04] people that were [2:56:06] very successful [2:56:07] that wanted to go [2:56:07] to a rally [2:56:09] or an event [2:56:10] and ended up [2:56:12] spending the rest [2:56:13] of their lives [2:56:14] in horror [2:56:15] so I mean [2:56:17] you can say [2:56:18] what you want [2:56:18] about the fund [2:56:19] and they've [2:56:20] agreed to not [2:56:22] have a fund [2:56:22] but there are a lot [2:56:23] of people [2:56:24] that are very upset [2:56:25] about it [2:56:25] a lot of Republican [2:56:26] people [2:56:26] a lot of Democrat [2:56:27] people are very upset [2:56:28] about it [2:56:28] a lot of people [2:56:29] were covered [2:56:30] I wasn't covered [2:56:31] by that fund [2:56:31] I don't want to be [2:56:32] covered by the fund [2:56:33] I probably was abused [2:56:34] more than anybody [2:56:35] in the history [2:56:35] of our country [2:56:36] but I wasn't looking [2:56:38] for that [2:56:38] but there were [2:56:39] a lot of people [2:56:39] and I'll tell you [2:56:40] something [2:56:40] Todd Blanche [2:56:41] is a very [2:56:42] very good man [2:56:44] and he shouldn't [2:56:45] be in the middle [2:56:45] of this [2:56:45] he should get [2:56:46] approved [2:56:47] because you will [2:56:48] never get [2:56:49] anybody like him [2:56:50] you're never [2:56:50] going to get [2:56:51] anybody [2:56:51] and to make him [2:56:52] a pawn [2:56:52] on this whole thing [2:56:53] this is being [2:56:54] done by a senator [2:56:55] and I don't really [2:56:56] blame him [2:56:56] to be honest with you [2:56:57] I endorsed his opponent [2:56:58] and as soon as [2:56:59] I endorsed his opponent [2:57:00] his opponent [2:57:01] went through the roof [2:57:02] and he won the [2:57:02] primary election [2:57:04] in Texas [2:57:05] for what's said [2:57:06] and the man that lost [2:57:09] the man that I didn't [2:57:10] endorse [2:57:11] has become very angry [2:57:13] and that's okay [2:57:14] I mean I understand that [2:57:15] I probably would do [2:57:16] the same thing [2:57:16] do you want to know [2:57:17] the truth [2:57:17] I think I'd do [2:57:18] the same thing [2:57:19] Mr. President [2:57:19] on that though [2:57:20] do you agree [2:57:20] just to be clear [2:57:21] do you agree [2:57:21] with the acting [2:57:22] attorney general [2:57:23] that the anti-weaponization [2:57:24] fund is dead [2:57:25] and why not just [2:57:26] put that in writing [2:57:26] well it is dead [2:57:27] but you know [2:57:28] I wish it weren't [2:57:29] to be honest with you [2:57:30] I think people were [2:57:31] horribly treated [2:57:32] horribly abused [2:57:34] this has nothing to do [2:57:34] with Todd [2:57:35] this was me [2:57:35] horribly abused [2:57:37] and I'd like to see [2:57:39] them compensated [2:57:40] for the pain [2:57:41] they lost their families [2:57:42] they committed suicide [2:57:44] many people committed suicide [2:57:46] they went down [2:57:47] for an innocent journey [2:57:49] and I'm not only talking [2:57:50] there I'm talking [2:57:51] about not even having [2:57:52] to do with that [2:57:53] the way they were treated [2:57:54] the Biden administration [2:57:56] and the Obama administration [2:57:58] weaponized government [2:58:00] and destroyed lives [2:58:01] are you willing [2:58:04] to accept limits [2:58:05] on the scope [2:58:05] of the audit immunity deal [2:58:07] in order to get [2:58:08] attorney general [2:58:08] Blanche confirmed [2:58:09] he should be approved [2:58:11] forthwith [2:58:11] I mean you're never [2:58:12] going to get a person [2:58:13] like that [2:58:14] everybody agrees to it [2:58:15] don't forget [2:58:16] Senator Cornyn [2:58:18] thought he was phenomenal [2:58:19] until he lost [2:58:19] you know [2:58:21] when he lost [2:58:21] is that a correct [2:58:23] statement [2:58:23] you come from Texas [2:58:24] I mean he thought [2:58:25] this was the most [2:58:26] incredible person [2:58:27] and when he lost [2:58:28] then he lost [2:58:29] because of me [2:58:30] I endorsed somebody else [2:58:31] and as soon as [2:58:31] I endorsed the other person [2:58:33] the other person [2:58:34] became a rocket ship [2:58:35] upward [2:58:35] and he lost [2:58:36] and you know [2:58:38] I think I'd be the same [2:58:40] I mean I shouldn't say [2:58:42] that but I'd be [2:58:43] upset also [2:58:44] and so I fully understand [2:58:46] it [2:58:47] he shouldn't be that way [2:58:49] I shouldn't be that way [2:58:50] but he is that way [2:58:51] he's become a very angry person [2:58:53] and I understand [2:58:54] you have a couple of others [2:58:55] that I've caused [2:58:56] their defeat too [2:58:57] and you know [2:58:57] probably hear from them too [2:58:58] yeah [2:58:59] Mr. President [2:58:59] back on Iran [2:59:00] there was a report [2:59:01] that you got a proposal [2:59:02] from the military [2:59:03] to go big [2:59:04] and hit them hard [2:59:05] over 10 or 14 days [2:59:06] well we're going big [2:59:07] are you going to consider [2:59:08] we've already gone big [2:59:08] look I mean [2:59:09] what's big [2:59:10] they had 159 ships [2:59:12] that was their entire navy [2:59:13] 159 [2:59:14] their entire navy [2:59:16] is laying at the bottom [2:59:17] of the sea [2:59:17] I'd say that's going big [2:59:18] they had 200 airplanes [2:59:20] they're all gone [2:59:21] every one of them [2:59:22] they're not one airplane [2:59:23] they had anti-aircraft [2:59:24] weaponry [2:59:25] they're very good [2:59:26] but it didn't work [2:59:26] and it's all gone [2:59:29] their radar is all gone [2:59:30] their leaders are all gone [2:59:32] everything's all gone [2:59:33] but they'll fight onward [2:59:35] Mr. President [2:59:36] on Ukraine [2:59:36] you said the other day [2:59:38] that you're not sure [2:59:39] about whether to grant Ukraine [2:59:40] the patriot missile license [2:59:42] that had been discussed [2:59:43] do you want to see more [2:59:44] from Zelensky [2:59:45] before you take that action [2:59:47] well it's a big step [2:59:49] look we have the greatest [2:59:50] weapons in the world [2:59:51] we have the greatest drones [2:59:53] in the world [2:59:53] people don't know that [2:59:54] we have the greatest [2:59:55] weaponry in the world [2:59:56] we have in the case [2:59:57] of President Zelensky [2:59:59] he'd like to have [3:00:00] some patriots [3:00:01] he'd like to have [3:00:01] some tomahawks [3:00:02] which is you know [3:00:04] lethal [3:00:04] one offensive [3:00:05] one defensive [3:00:06] but when you give [3:00:08] somebody the right [3:00:08] very complex weapons [3:00:10] by the way [3:00:10] I mean the patriot [3:00:11] as an example [3:00:12] the other day [3:00:13] you read that five [3:00:14] missiles were shot [3:00:16] they were going [3:00:17] 8,600 miles an hour [3:00:19] think of it [3:00:20] 8,600 [3:00:21] now a car [3:00:22] if you go 60 [3:00:24] it gets to be a little faster [3:00:25] if you go 100 [3:00:26] 8,600 miles an hour [3:00:28] and they were big missiles [3:00:30] and they were shot [3:00:31] at Jordan [3:00:32] and our guys were there [3:00:33] bing bing [3:00:35] bing bing bing [3:00:36] five [3:00:37] bing bing [3:00:38] bing bing bing [3:00:39] right [3:00:40] I don't want to be [3:00:40] my name [3:00:41] I had to be very near [3:00:43] that would have been [3:00:45] a great sound [3:00:46] by the fact [3:00:46] there were five missiles [3:00:48] and we shot all five [3:00:49] dead [3:00:49] before they got close [3:00:51] nobody else has [3:00:52] that capacity [3:00:53] these weapons [3:00:54] are incredible [3:00:55] we have to be very careful [3:00:57] about letting somebody [3:00:59] build them [3:00:59] you know [3:01:01] it's very important [3:01:02] now [3:01:02] we are building [3:01:03] many plants [3:01:04] now [3:01:05] to make those [3:01:06] the tomahawk missile [3:01:07] is the most incredible [3:01:08] thing [3:01:09] it can go into a doorway [3:01:10] you can put it [3:01:11] through a window [3:01:12] of a house [3:01:13] nobody's ever seen [3:01:14] anything like it [3:01:15] you have to be very [3:01:16] judicious [3:01:17] but you have to be [3:01:18] very careful [3:01:19] now [3:01:20] we have not [3:01:22] agreed to that [3:01:23] we're talking about it [3:01:24] but it's a hard thing [3:01:25] to give away [3:01:26] that kind of technology [3:01:27] and I don't think [3:01:29] this would ever happen [3:01:30] but you know [3:01:31] there's people [3:01:31] that you give that [3:01:32] technology [3:01:33] they can someday [3:01:33] turn on you [3:01:34] you know [3:01:35] that is possible [3:01:36] you look at war [3:01:37] it's happened a couple [3:01:38] of times over the years [3:01:39] right [3:01:39] so we have to be [3:01:40] very careful [3:01:41] I mean [3:01:41] we guard that [3:01:42] we have the greatest [3:01:43] military in the world [3:01:44] but we have the greatest [3:01:45] weapons in the world [3:01:47] now we have to make [3:01:47] them a little bit faster [3:01:48] because we've given [3:01:49] a lot away [3:01:50] you know [3:01:50] President Biden [3:01:52] unfortunately [3:01:53] gave a lot away [3:01:54] to Ukraine [3:01:55] and he gave [3:01:57] so did I [3:01:58] I mean [3:01:58] I gave them [3:01:59] the javelins [3:02:00] the tankbusters [3:02:01] without the javelins [3:02:02] that war [3:02:03] would have been [3:02:04] a one day war [3:02:04] it would have been over [3:02:05] they wiped out [3:02:06] the tanks [3:02:06] going up to Kiev [3:02:07] where they got stuck [3:02:09] in the mud [3:02:09] they had a general [3:02:10] that decided [3:02:11] to go through the mud [3:02:12] instead of [3:02:12] going up the highway [3:02:14] where they were going [3:02:14] very nicely [3:02:15] it would have been over [3:02:16] but no [3:02:17] I gave them [3:02:18] the javelins [3:02:18] the javelins [3:02:19] are unbelievably [3:02:20] we have the greatest [3:02:21] weapons in the world [3:02:21] we have to be [3:02:22] very careful [3:02:23] about giving out [3:02:25] the secrets [3:02:25] to those weapons [3:02:26] and they're not [3:02:28] you can't copy them [3:02:30] it's a little like [3:02:31] Nvidia [3:02:32] they have a chip [3:02:34] they say [3:02:35] you cannot copy it [3:02:36] the complexity [3:02:37] is so great [3:02:38] you cannot [3:02:38] you know [3:02:38] most things [3:02:39] you copy [3:02:40] China's known for [3:02:41] it other countries [3:02:42] that we do something [3:02:43] and I guess [3:02:44] we copy also [3:02:45] most things [3:02:46] you can copy [3:02:47] pretty easily [3:02:47] there's a chip [3:02:48] that they made [3:02:49] their ultimate chip [3:02:51] and they always have [3:02:52] the ultimate chip [3:02:53] and I say [3:02:54] well why doesn't [3:02:55] somebody copy it [3:02:55] because they can't [3:02:57] the complexity [3:02:58] they can't copy [3:02:59] our weapons [3:03:00] we have the greatest [3:03:00] weapons in the world [3:03:01] many of them [3:03:02] those are just two or three [3:03:04] that I mentioned [3:03:04] but you cannot [3:03:06] copy them [3:03:07] so we have to be very careful [3:03:08] as Hamas disarms [3:03:10] as part of this plan [3:03:11] who do you see [3:03:12] as taking possession [3:03:13] of those weapons [3:03:14] that they had [3:03:14] does that go to [3:03:15] the new government [3:03:16] does it be [3:03:17] the board of peace [3:03:18] mostly [3:03:18] it's going to be run [3:03:19] by the board [3:03:19] this board of peace [3:03:20] has been an amazing [3:03:21] it's led by some [3:03:22] amazing people [3:03:23] board of peace [3:03:24] you said they do [3:03:26] have some capabilities [3:03:27] left [3:03:28] should Americans [3:03:28] be prepared [3:03:29] for these back [3:03:30] and forth [3:03:30] attacks to continue [3:03:31] until the ransom [3:03:32] they'll get weaker [3:03:35] they'll get a little [3:03:35] stronger maybe [3:03:36] now [3:03:37] but they'll get weaker [3:03:38] and then they peter out [3:03:39] yeah sure [3:03:41] I think so [3:03:42] I mean it would be [3:03:42] foolish to say no [3:03:44] you always have to [3:03:45] keep your guard up [3:03:45] what is the status [3:03:46] of talks [3:03:47] who went from [3:03:48] the administration [3:03:48] well they always [3:03:49] want to talk [3:03:49] but they break [3:03:50] their word so often [3:03:51] Steve is talking [3:03:52] Jared we have [3:03:53] very good people [3:03:54] JD's involved [3:03:55] very strongly involved [3:03:56] we have great people [3:03:58] talking [3:03:59] Marco's involved [3:04:00] because they say [3:04:01] talks aren't happening [3:04:01] very good people [3:04:02] we're the best people [3:04:03] but they'll make a deal [3:04:05] as an example [3:04:06] we'll talk about nuclear [3:04:07] and we'll be in there [3:04:09] talking about nuclear [3:04:10] for seven hours [3:04:11] I say why is it [3:04:11] why do you need seven [3:04:13] you can take ten minutes [3:04:13] you have five minutes [3:04:14] you should solve [3:04:15] but seven hours [3:04:17] and then they'll go out [3:04:18] and I'll say [3:04:19] they discuss nuclear [3:04:21] and they'll go out [3:04:22] and they'll say [3:04:22] we never discuss nuclear [3:04:24] and I'll say [3:04:25] why do they say [3:04:26] all they do [3:04:27] is make me angry [3:04:28] you know [3:04:28] you just make me angry [3:04:30] any other questions [3:04:31] do you believe [3:04:32] that you can reach [3:04:33] a deal with Iran [3:04:34] given that [3:04:35] you talked about [3:04:35] yes you can [3:04:36] I mean look [3:04:36] I'm losing faith [3:04:39] in them [3:04:40] because they do lie [3:04:41] and do [3:04:43] they do misrepresent [3:04:44] well the other day [3:04:45] the five missiles [3:04:45] were shot [3:04:46] we knocked them down [3:04:47] but we were in the [3:04:48] midst of a negotiation [3:04:49] I mean I'm waiting [3:04:50] for Steve to call me [3:04:50] I was in negotiation [3:04:51] going [3:04:52] and instead [3:04:54] I got a call from Pete [3:04:55] that they just shot [3:04:57] five missiles [3:04:58] at one of our bases [3:04:59] in Jordan [3:05:00] and we have bases [3:05:01] in Jordan [3:05:01] fortunately our people [3:05:03] operated the equipment [3:05:04] it's also very complex [3:05:05] to operate [3:05:06] you know you talk [3:05:07] about the equipment [3:05:07] it's very [3:05:08] you have to be [3:05:10] oftentimes you see [3:05:11] when did you go to school [3:05:12] MIT [3:05:12] Caltech [3:05:14] I mean you know [3:05:14] they go to schools [3:05:16] that are not [3:05:16] as normal for the military [3:05:18] to be honest with you [3:05:19] we have unbelievably [3:05:20] brilliant people [3:05:21] operating that equipment [3:05:22] and when you don't [3:05:24] you know [3:05:24] the equipment [3:05:25] the shots miss [3:05:27] the safety misses [3:05:28] or the accuracy misses [3:05:30] we have unbelievable people [3:05:32] think of it [3:05:32] we had 111 [3:05:34] at one point [3:05:35] a couple of months ago [3:05:36] 111 over a short period of time [3:05:39] missiles were shot [3:05:40] at the Abraham Lincoln [3:05:42] aircraft carrier [3:05:43] great beautiful ship [3:05:44] one of the most beautiful ships [3:05:46] to me [3:05:46] design wise [3:05:47] 111 missiles going out [3:05:50] out of the 111 missiles [3:05:52] 111 missiles [3:05:55] were shot down [3:05:56] quite a bit earlier [3:05:58] than they got [3:05:59] I mean long before [3:06:00] they got there [3:06:01] they were shot down [3:06:02] it was almost [3:06:03] in a couple of cases [3:06:04] they were shot down [3:06:05] almost as they were [3:06:05] taking off [3:06:06] it's incredible technology [3:06:09] so you have [3:06:09] a ship that costs [3:06:10] billions of dollars [3:06:12] and you have missiles [3:06:13] heading to it [3:06:14] 111 missiles [3:06:16] were shot down [3:06:18] routinely shot down [3:06:20] and I spoke to the people [3:06:23] I like to reward people [3:06:24] I call them up [3:06:25] on the president [3:06:25] and they were cool [3:06:28] as a cucumber [3:06:29] Mr. President [3:06:31] the last two weeks [3:06:31] of strikes [3:06:32] by CENTCOM [3:06:33] CENTCOM has said [3:06:34] that those were meant [3:06:35] to degrade [3:06:36] Aran's ability [3:06:36] to disrupt [3:06:37] the Strait of Hormuz [3:06:38] how many more strikes [3:06:39] will it take [3:06:40] to significantly [3:06:40] well you never know [3:06:41] look I mean [3:06:42] most people would have [3:06:42] given up by then [3:06:43] you know [3:06:44] they've got no Navy [3:06:45] they've got no Air Force [3:06:46] most people would have [3:06:47] given up [3:06:47] they haven't [3:06:48] so I give them [3:06:48] credit for that [3:06:49] I mean they're known [3:06:50] as big tough [3:06:51] they're tough [3:06:51] back on Ukraine [3:06:53] what did you tell [3:06:54] President Zelensky [3:06:55] about the Patriots [3:06:56] did you explain [3:06:56] all that to him [3:06:57] I spoke to him [3:06:58] about Patriots [3:06:59] I spoke to him [3:06:59] about Tomahawks [3:07:00] spoke to him [3:07:01] about everything [3:07:01] I also spoke to him [3:07:02] about let's get [3:07:02] this war over with [3:07:03] so last month [3:07:05] they had 25,000 people [3:07:06] it's averaging [3:07:07] about 25,000 people [3:07:08] a month die [3:07:09] mostly soldiers [3:07:11] almost entirely [3:07:12] but you know [3:07:13] missiles are hitting [3:07:14] areas also [3:07:14] but mostly soldiers [3:07:16] they had 25,000 [3:07:18] soldiers [3:07:18] the month before [3:07:19] that it was [3:07:20] 32,000 soldiers [3:07:21] I said [3:07:22] you gotta get [3:07:22] this war over with [3:07:23] I think he wants [3:07:25] to make a deal [3:07:25] and I think [3:07:26] Putin wants [3:07:26] to make a deal [3:07:27] but there's a lot [3:07:28] of dislike [3:07:29] as you probably [3:07:29] notice [3:07:30] he seems very [3:07:31] reluctant to make [3:07:32] concessions [3:07:32] President Putin [3:07:33] well nobody [3:07:34] wants to make [3:07:35] concessions [3:07:35] but they're both [3:07:37] gonna have to [3:07:37] make some [3:07:38] concessions [3:07:38] I mean [3:07:39] you gotta make [3:07:39] a deal [3:07:40] 25,000 [3:07:41] young [3:07:42] beautiful people [3:07:44] soldiers [3:07:44] mostly soldiers [3:07:46] are dying [3:07:46] a month [3:07:47] it's [3:07:48] I ended [3:07:50] eight wars [3:07:50] that was the war [3:07:52] I thought would [3:07:52] maybe go first [3:07:53] and it really [3:07:54] hasn't [3:07:55] I ended wars [3:07:56] that were [3:07:57] in theory [3:07:58] much more difficult [3:07:58] to end [3:07:59] we had a couple [3:08:01] that were [3:08:01] into the 30 year [3:08:03] category [3:08:03] well the Congo [3:08:05] look at the Congo [3:08:06] in Rwanda [3:08:06] that was our [3:08:07] nasty war [3:08:08] it's an amazing [3:08:10] group [3:08:10] and America [3:08:11] is safer [3:08:11] and stronger [3:08:12] and far more [3:08:13] successful [3:08:14] than it was [3:08:15] two years ago [3:08:16] and I think [3:08:17] frankly [3:08:17] than it ever was [3:08:18] I don't think [3:08:18] it's ever been [3:08:19] anything like this [3:08:21] we're building [3:08:22] more factories [3:08:24] plants in this country [3:08:26] than we've ever [3:08:26] built before [3:08:27] and we're gonna [3:08:29] be at some point [3:08:30] we'll be leaving [3:08:31] this position [3:08:32] and we're gonna [3:08:32] leave this country [3:08:33] in very very [3:08:34] good shape [3:08:35] better shape [3:08:36] than it's ever been [3:08:37] when we took office [3:08:38] we inherited a [3:08:39] total catastrophe [3:08:41] the last administration [3:08:43] created the worst [3:08:43] inflation in 48 years [3:08:45] the most dangerous [3:08:46] and insecure [3:08:47] border in history [3:08:48] and exploding [3:08:49] trade deficits [3:08:50] like we have [3:08:51] never seen before [3:08:52] rampant crime [3:08:53] men and women [3:08:55] sports [3:08:56] transgender [3:08:57] mutilization [3:08:58] of your children [3:08:59] and chaos [3:09:00] and bedlam [3:09:01] all over the world [3:09:02] other than that [3:09:03] they did quite a good job [3:09:04] in less than 18 months [3:09:06] we've turned [3:09:07] around four years [3:09:09] of disaster [3:09:09] and we now have [3:09:10] the strongest border [3:09:11] in american history [3:09:12] we went from the worst [3:09:13] border i believe [3:09:14] of any country [3:09:15] in history [3:09:15] 25 million people [3:09:16] came through [3:09:17] in four years [3:09:18] and these are people [3:09:19] that in many cases [3:09:21] you don't want [3:09:21] there were murderers [3:09:22] there were drug dealers [3:09:23] there were people [3:09:24] that you do not want [3:09:25] but now we have [3:09:27] the strongest border [3:09:28] in american history [3:09:29] and for the last [3:09:30] 15 months [3:09:31] the report just came out [3:09:32] again [3:09:32] we've had no people [3:09:34] coming in [3:09:35] through our southern border [3:09:36] zero [3:09:36] and it's almost hard to say [3:09:38] because you'd say [3:09:39] is that even possible [3:09:40] they had 25 million people [3:09:42] came in [3:09:43] we have no people [3:09:44] coming in through [3:09:44] illegally through our southern border [3:09:46] and that's in history [3:09:48] so think of that zero [3:09:49] a big beautiful zero [3:09:50] the murder rate [3:09:51] saw its single largest drop [3:09:53] ever recorded [3:09:54] to the lowest in 125 years [3:09:56] that goes back to [3:09:57] think of it [3:09:59] it goes back to 1900 [3:10:00] lowest murder rate [3:10:02] in the history [3:10:03] of our country [3:10:04] so that's something [3:10:06] today i just want to mention [3:10:08] that we heard in minnesota [3:10:10] there was a cyber attack [3:10:12] and they blame it on iran [3:10:14] i don't think so [3:10:14] i think i blame it on minnesota [3:10:16] because they're grossly [3:10:17] incompetent [3:10:18] there was a cyber attack [3:10:19] of 30 water plants [3:10:20] and i would blame it on [3:10:23] minnesota [3:10:24] and the governor [3:10:25] the corrupt governor [3:10:26] of minnesota [3:10:26] they like to say [3:10:28] oh it was iran [3:10:28] iran should be so lucky [3:10:30] iran's got bigger problems [3:10:31] than worrying about minnesota [3:10:32] this month it was announced [3:10:35] that inflation is dropping [3:10:36] at the fastest rate [3:10:38] in more than six years [3:10:39] walmart sam's club [3:10:41] giant eagle [3:10:42] and others are slashing prices [3:10:43] by hundreds of grocery stores [3:10:46] and all of the stores [3:10:47] i mean throughout the country [3:10:49] they're slashing prices [3:10:50] something that you haven't seen [3:10:52] for a long time [3:10:53] since my last administration [3:10:55] the stock market has set [3:10:56] 73 all-time record highs [3:10:58] since the election [3:10:59] that means all-time record highs [3:11:02] seventy-three days [3:11:04] out of a very short period [3:11:05] of time [3:11:06] and the typical 401k [3:11:08] is up by more than [3:11:09] thirty thousand dollars [3:11:10] and when you think of that [3:11:12] if you add another [3:11:14] one thousand dollars to it [3:11:17] it will be [3:11:18] we set the record [3:11:19] in the last administration [3:11:21] a record still standing [3:11:23] this administration [3:11:24] is going to blow [3:11:25] my last administration [3:11:26] away [3:11:27] when the factories [3:11:28] that we're building [3:11:30] that record [3:11:30] that we're not building [3:11:31] all over the world [3:11:33] they're building [3:11:33] they're coming from [3:11:34] all over the world [3:11:35] they're coming from [3:11:36] germany with the cars [3:11:37] they're coming from germany [3:11:38] they're coming from japan [3:11:39] south korea [3:11:41] canada mexico [3:11:42] from all over the world [3:11:43] they're building auto plants [3:11:45] here because otherwise [3:11:45] they have to pay tariffs [3:11:46] the tariffs have made [3:11:48] our country rich [3:11:49] and successful [3:11:51] and all of this [3:11:52] i mean i'd like to say [3:11:53] it was the election [3:11:54] on november 5th [3:11:55] there was the election [3:11:56] and that's fine [3:11:57] but without the election [3:11:59] you wouldn't have [3:11:59] what i've done economically [3:12:01] so we have the most [3:12:03] successful environment [3:12:04] that we've ever had [3:12:05] there's never been [3:12:06] anything like it [3:12:07] from the standpoint [3:12:08] of investment [3:12:09] into our country [3:12:10] it's five to six times [3:12:12] higher than anybody [3:12:12] has ever seen [3:12:13] than any other country [3:12:15] any other country [3:12:16] not just us [3:12:16] has ever had [3:12:18] on july 4th [3:12:19] we launched [3:12:19] trump accounts [3:12:20] a key provision [3:12:21] of our great [3:12:22] big beautiful bill [3:12:23] and these tax-free [3:12:25] investment savings accounts [3:12:26] have already been activated [3:12:28] by over seven million children [3:12:30] these are investments [3:12:31] made in our future [3:12:32] which is our children [3:12:33] our children are [3:12:34] the most important aspect [3:12:36] of our future [3:12:37] with more being added [3:12:38] each day [3:12:39] so it's a tremendous hit [3:12:40] over seven million [3:12:42] and really [3:12:42] really just got going [3:12:44] i would say scott [3:12:45] about two weeks ago [3:12:47] when it was [3:12:47] we got the final approvals [3:12:49] and we have over seven million [3:12:51] actually there's never been [3:12:52] anything quite like that [3:12:54] but millions of accounts [3:12:56] are pre-funded [3:12:57] with a thousand dollars [3:12:58] from the u.s. treasury [3:12:59] or generous gifts [3:13:00] from private donors [3:13:01] like michael and susan dell [3:13:03] and others who have given [3:13:04] billions of dollars [3:13:06] billions [3:13:06] people are putting up [3:13:07] hundreds of millions [3:13:08] and billions of dollars [3:13:09] into it [3:13:11] and buying [3:13:11] really a great future [3:13:13] for children [3:13:14] when they turn 18 [3:13:15] or when they turn 21 [3:13:16] instead of having [3:13:17] no hope [3:13:18] no future [3:13:18] they will end up [3:13:20] with hundreds of thousands [3:13:21] of dollars [3:13:22] and maybe even more [3:13:22] than that [3:13:23] so it's going to be [3:13:24] something to save [3:13:25] with modest [3:13:26] additional contributions [3:13:27] they'll grow [3:13:28] by numbers [3:13:30] that should be [3:13:31] it could be [3:13:31] over two hundred thousand dollars [3:13:33] we're looking at [3:13:33] the timeline [3:13:35] we're looking [3:13:35] I wish we had an economy [3:13:36] like we have now [3:13:37] with the stock markets [3:13:39] going up [3:13:39] but they will benefit [3:13:40] by our country [3:13:42] being successful [3:13:43] and we're going to give [3:13:44] every child [3:13:45] a head start [3:13:45] on the american dream [3:13:47] so go to [3:13:48] trumpaccounts.gov [3:13:50] they're really [3:13:50] something [3:13:51] the whole world [3:13:51] is talking about it [3:13:52] and it's far [3:13:53] ahead of schedule [3:13:54] nobody thought [3:13:55] it would be [3:13:55] as successful [3:13:57] as it's been [3:13:57] but it should be [3:13:58] it should be [3:13:59] and we start them [3:14:00] off with a thousand dollars [3:14:01] and this was part [3:14:02] of the great big [3:14:02] beautiful bill [3:14:03] with my most [3:14:05] favorite nation policy [3:14:06] you could say [3:14:06] this is [3:14:07] even a bigger thing [3:14:08] if that's possible [3:14:09] on drug prices [3:14:11] we're achieving [3:14:11] record discounts [3:14:13] on prescription drugs [3:14:14] the prescription drugs [3:14:16] were going through [3:14:17] the roof [3:14:17] for many years [3:14:18] and now we're getting [3:14:19] record discounts [3:14:20] with price differences [3:14:21] of 300 [3:14:23] 400 [3:14:23] 500 [3:14:24] 600 [3:14:25] percent [3:14:26] nobody's ever heard [3:14:28] of a thing like that [3:14:29] and what this is all about [3:14:31] is that we were the highest [3:14:33] we had the highest prices [3:14:34] anywhere in the world [3:14:36] by far [3:14:36] most expensive drugs [3:14:38] prescription drugs [3:14:39] and others [3:14:40] the highest in the world [3:14:42] the whole world [3:14:42] was laughing at us [3:14:43] we paid for the rest [3:14:44] of the world [3:14:45] we subsidized [3:14:45] the whole world [3:14:46] and i said [3:14:47] we're not going to do that [3:14:48] and i started it [3:14:50] in the first administration [3:14:51] i took it up [3:14:52] obviously [3:14:53] biden wasn't able [3:14:54] to do anything about it [3:14:55] because you had to get [3:14:56] the consent of the drug companies [3:14:58] and you had to get the consent [3:14:59] more difficult would be [3:15:01] the consent of [3:15:01] other nations [3:15:03] the other nations [3:15:03] had to agree [3:15:04] but they were paying [3:15:05] a fraction [3:15:06] sometimes [3:15:07] 10 percent [3:15:08] 20 percent [3:15:09] 40 percent [3:15:10] 70 percent less [3:15:12] so i had to call them [3:15:13] and i had to get them on [3:15:14] and i said [3:15:15] if you don't do it [3:15:15] we're going to have to [3:15:16] charge your tariffs [3:15:17] and they all said no [3:15:19] at first [3:15:19] very politely [3:15:20] said sir [3:15:21] we can't do that [3:15:21] we're not going to [3:15:23] double our prices [3:15:23] they had to double their prices [3:15:25] and in some case [3:15:26] triple their price [3:15:27] and we would come down [3:15:28] so a pill [3:15:29] that sold for [3:15:31] ten dollars [3:15:32] in germany [3:15:33] would sell for [3:15:34] 130 dollars [3:15:36] in new york [3:15:37] same pill [3:15:37] from the same company [3:15:38] the same factory [3:15:39] the same plant [3:15:40] same laboratory [3:15:42] from ten dollars [3:15:44] and we pay [3:15:44] 130 dollars [3:15:45] i say no [3:15:46] no [3:15:46] now the world [3:15:47] is a bigger place [3:15:48] so it's not as bad [3:15:49] as it sounds [3:15:50] for them [3:15:50] so they went up [3:15:51] to 20 [3:15:52] and we came down [3:15:53] to 20 [3:15:54] so we now have [3:15:55] the lowest drug prices [3:15:56] anywhere in the world [3:15:58] we're tied with [3:15:58] the lowest [3:15:59] but we're basically [3:16:00] its favorite nation [3:16:01] so we have the lowest [3:16:02] drug prices [3:16:03] anywhere in the world [3:16:04] from the highest [3:16:05] drug prices [3:16:06] anywhere in the world [3:16:07] now what that does [3:16:08] for your health care [3:16:09] i mean i see [3:16:10] these fake polls [3:16:10] where the democrats [3:16:11] have wonderful numbers [3:16:13] on this stuff [3:16:14] and they are horrible [3:16:15] what they've done [3:16:16] obamacare is a total disaster [3:16:18] it's a costly wreck [3:16:19] it's unaffordable [3:16:21] we call it [3:16:21] the unaffordable care act [3:16:23] it's a disgrace [3:16:24] they never even thought [3:16:25] of being able [3:16:26] to do something like this [3:16:27] they didn't even try [3:16:28] they didn't even try [3:16:30] so i got the drug companies [3:16:31] and then i got [3:16:33] the countries [3:16:34] and the drug companies [3:16:36] agreed because they knew [3:16:37] the countries wouldn't agree [3:16:38] and when i called [3:16:39] germany france [3:16:40] when i called [3:16:41] the uk [3:16:42] when i called [3:16:43] all of these countries [3:16:44] i said [3:16:45] you gotta do it [3:16:46] it's unfair [3:16:47] we're paying [3:16:47] ten times more [3:16:49] than you're paying [3:16:49] for the same drug [3:16:50] you can't do this [3:16:51] and they said [3:16:52] well we're not gonna do that [3:16:53] because we're gonna have [3:16:54] to double our price [3:16:55] in order to make you happy [3:16:56] i said no [3:16:57] maybe you're gonna have [3:16:57] to triple your price [3:16:58] they said well [3:16:59] we can't do it [3:17:00] i said that's all right [3:17:01] if you can't do it [3:17:02] then i can't do something [3:17:03] also [3:17:04] and i'm gonna charge you [3:17:05] very substantial tariffs [3:17:07] which are far more [3:17:08] than we're talking about [3:17:09] and they all said [3:17:11] we'd love to do it [3:17:12] we'd love to do it [3:17:13] it'll be our great honor [3:17:13] to do it [3:17:14] so nobody else would do this [3:17:15] this would have never happened [3:17:17] so your drug prices [3:17:18] have gone down [3:17:19] my number's not even [3:17:20] thinkable [3:17:20] my first term [3:17:21] i had the privilege [3:17:23] of having lower drug prices [3:17:24] from the beginning of the year [3:17:26] till the end [3:17:26] for the first time [3:17:27] in 28 years [3:17:28] you remember [3:17:29] and i called the news conference [3:17:31] to announce it [3:17:32] so the year it ended [3:17:33] and i was turned out [3:17:35] one eighth of a percent [3:17:37] one eighth of a percent [3:17:39] little tiny this much [3:17:40] it went down that much [3:17:42] during one year [3:17:43] first time in 28 years [3:17:45] it went down [3:17:45] it was always like this [3:17:46] just up [3:17:47] more expensive [3:17:48] and i called the news conference [3:17:51] i was so proud of myself [3:17:52] and i said [3:17:53] ladies and gentlemen [3:17:54] the first time [3:17:55] in 28 years [3:17:56] drug prices [3:17:57] have gone down [3:17:59] from january [3:18:00] till the end of december [3:18:01] and i want to just congratulate everybody [3:18:05] for being a part of this wonderful experiment [3:18:08] and one eighth of a point [3:18:10] now we're talking about 400, 500, 600 percent [3:18:14] coming down [3:18:15] we pay the lowest drug prices [3:18:17] anywhere in the world [3:18:18] from the highest [3:18:19] so you know [3:18:20] and i'll say it again and again [3:18:21] because the press doesn't want to report it [3:18:23] the fake news doesn't want to report it [3:18:24] they don't want to talk about it [3:18:26] what that does for health care [3:18:28] bobby is unbelievable [3:18:29] because medicine is a big part of health care [3:18:31] so i wish that people would understand that [3:18:34] and i hope they're going to vote for us [3:18:36] in the midterms [3:18:37] because you'll see some stuff [3:18:38] that will be horrible [3:18:39] because they can blow it very fast [3:18:41] if they don't know what they're doing [3:18:42] so your drug prices are great [3:18:44] you know i saw spain [3:18:46] yesterday [3:18:47] and i watched the [3:18:49] catastrophe that took place [3:18:51] it was a [3:18:51] it looks like an invasion of a country [3:18:53] by hundreds of thousands of people [3:18:56] and that same thing's going to happen to us [3:18:59] if the republicans don't get elected [3:19:00] except worse [3:19:02] much bigger [3:19:03] much easier to get into [3:19:05] despite the fact that we have built [3:19:07] thousands of miles of wall [3:19:10] which i said we were going to do [3:19:11] but we didn't have that [3:19:13] forget it [3:19:14] but we have the safest border in the world [3:19:16] if we're not in office [3:19:18] our country will be invaded [3:19:20] at levels that made spain [3:19:23] look small not [3:19:25] and when i watched it i said boy [3:19:27] i said i'm going to say it [3:19:29] because i knew you were going to be at camp david [3:19:31] and i say that's going to be a talking point [3:19:33] for the midterms [3:19:35] because when you look at what happened to spain [3:19:37] they don't know what to do [3:19:38] and it's happening again today [3:19:40] they're coming in by the thousand [3:19:41] tens of thousands [3:19:43] they're just [3:19:43] they're just invading the country [3:19:45] and what that is is weak law [3:19:50] bad management [3:19:52] but very liberal law [3:19:55] they passed a couple of laws [3:19:57] and people read you know people are smart [3:19:59] they read from other countries [3:20:01] and they swam that three mile swim [3:20:03] or however they got in [3:20:05] but nobody's seen anything like it [3:20:07] that will look good compared to what's going to happen to the united states [3:20:11] the biggest thing [3:20:12] the worst thing that biden did [3:20:13] is allowing 25 million people into our country [3:20:16] because many of those people are criminals [3:20:18] they're murderers [3:20:19] a lot of murder [3:20:20] 11,888 [3:20:22] a lot of them are gone now [3:20:24] we got them out [3:20:24] but they allow people to come into this country [3:20:27] that you can't allow to come into a country [3:20:29] we're also making an unprecedented investment [3:20:32] in the united states armed forces [3:20:34] where we're doing great [3:20:36] we rebuilt the armed forces [3:20:39] we rebuilt our military by first term [3:20:41] but we are doing great with our military [3:20:43] they spent a lot of money in our military [3:20:46] they gave away 300 billion dollars worth of ammo [3:20:50] and everything else in the in biden's term [3:20:53] but we're building it up fast [3:20:55] and we have we're we just have a great military [3:20:57] and that's all there is to it [3:20:58] but we rebuilt it in the in my first term [3:21:01] and we're using it in my second term [3:21:05] with venezuela and other places [3:21:06] and iran now [3:21:07] iran is doing very poorly [3:21:09] just in case you read incorrect stories [3:21:12] they're doing very very poorly [3:21:13] they're having a hard time [3:21:14] they've been very dishonest [3:21:16] they've been very dishonorable to deal with [3:21:18] but that makes no difference [3:21:20] they're doing very very poorly [3:21:22] we're also making that investment [3:21:24] and looking forward to getting [3:21:26] pete 1.5 trillion dollars next year [3:21:29] people see now how important it is [3:21:31] we want to keep a safe country [3:21:33] we have to keep a safe country [3:21:34] and the good news is [3:21:35] all of that equipment is made in the usa [3:21:37] so we're making it here it's jobs [3:21:40] and each one of our defense groups [3:21:44] are building literally at least [3:21:46] four new massive plants as we speak [3:21:50] because we want them to do [3:21:52] we want them to move faster [3:21:53] we have the best equipment in the world [3:21:55] but we want them to move faster [3:21:57] we don't want to wait a year [3:21:58] or a year and a half [3:21:59] we want to wait a week maybe [3:22:00] so that's happening [3:22:02] and i think the results are very good [3:22:04] they're all they're building [3:22:05] at levels that nobody's ever seen before [3:22:08] and we've had tremendous success [3:22:11] and our military was just proud of it [3:22:13] again venezuela was a one day war [3:22:17] and we have a great relationship [3:22:19] with venezuela [3:22:20] we're working with partners [3:22:21] with venezuela now [3:22:22] taking out tens of millions of barrels of oil [3:22:26] and going to houston [3:22:28] going to alaska [3:22:29] going to louisiana [3:22:30] going to different places [3:22:32] for refinement [3:22:33] refineries [3:22:33] and it's been very much amazing [3:22:36] the administration has done more [3:22:39] in 18 months [3:22:39] than most administrations have done [3:22:41] in eight years [3:22:42] if you had a two-termer [3:22:43] we've done more in 18 months [3:22:45] than anyone's ever seen before [3:22:47] nobody's ever seen [3:22:48] this is the golden age of america [3:22:51] and we have a war that's going on [3:22:54] i guess you call it a war [3:22:55] maybe i call it a military operation [3:22:57] because they have no [3:22:58] navy it's been obliterated [3:23:00] their air force has been obliterated [3:23:02] they have no planes [3:23:03] their missiles have been [3:23:05] largely they have some left [3:23:07] they have some [3:23:08] but they have far fewer than they had [3:23:10] four or five months ago [3:23:12] uh... [3:23:13] their manufacturing capacity [3:23:16] is almost gone [3:23:18] the drone capacity [3:23:20] is almost gone [3:23:21] there are very few [3:23:22] but they have some [3:23:23] if they have one [3:23:24] that's too many as far as i'm concerned [3:23:26] but we've done a an amazing job with venezuela we've done an amazing job here we're in there for five months and i know people like to say because we've done a much bigger job much more important job than we originally anticipated [3:23:41] so we're in there for five months and if you look at vietnam they were in there for twenty years you look at afghanistan they were there for many years you look at any one of the wars korea any one of them they're in there for many years we're in for five months and we have obliterated their military capacity [3:23:57] again they've got some left but soon they won't have some left so i just want to thank everybody around this table you've been very special i want to thank a lot of the media people because [3:24:07] many of you have been very very fair very that's one of the reasons you're here frankly but you've been very fair you've covered me this time much more fairly i think than the first term the first term was a great success we had the greatest economy in history in the first term and this term is going to blow it away i think this term is going to actually blow it away [3:24:28] so it's an honor to have you and i'd like to ask our great vice president jd vance to say a few words followed by marco and pete [3:24:38] and scott and uh bobby kennedy okay thank you very much everybody please well great thanks mr president first of all thanks for having us at this historical and beautiful place and uh it's an honor to be on the team an honor to be able to work on fraud which is what i want to talk about today though i know we have a lot of things going on this has been an amazing team from kelly leffler at sba uh to doug at the va to todd and bobby kennedy this really has required a whole of administration approach to try [3:25:08] tackle fraud there are a few things that i want to talk about and celebrate the first is that just since the beginning of the fraud task force that i started under the president's leadership and direction [3:25:17] we have identified 230 billion dollars of fraud that's being perpetrated against the american people and we have halted already 56 billion dollars of that it's sometimes hard once the money has already gone out the door it's hard to get it back [3:25:31] but stopping it from going out the door is how we save the american people 56 billion dollars and of course we're going to keep on working on that just today mr president we will announce 17 new anti-fraud actions that will total uh about a third of a billion dollars and that that's added to the 230 billion dollars that we've already uncovered and i want to just talk uh for the benefit of the american people about why do we care so much about this because what i always try to remind people is that fraud has two victims [3:26:02] you know i don't know and it's not that you think of the right to be positive when it's happening right now and i think it's funny about that i mean it's funny because you've got a conference [3:26:16] and i know that it's funny it's not funny but why i didn't know that it's funny i don't think we get to think about right now and i know it's funny but it's funny if you've got a few reasons right now let me explain it all in this u [3:26:25] of. And yet there is a program that has defrauded the moms and the babies who benefit from these. [3:26:32] You've gotten people who've gotten rich by setting up false companies that are providing [3:26:37] false services. So who loses in that equation? Number one, of course, is the American taxpayer [3:26:42] that is $230 billion poorer because of the fraud that this country has let go on. But I actually [3:26:49] think most importantly is that we've seen that program run out of money. So we've seen moms and [3:26:54] babies unable to access the health care that they need because the fraudsters have gotten rich. [3:27:00] That is a disgrace. And until the president ordered us to stop it, no one was doing anything [3:27:06] about it. So we've made a lot of progress, Mr. President, in just under a year. We're going [3:27:10] to keep on working at it because we believe the American people deserve to have their money spent [3:27:15] as you and the Congress have directed it. There's big numbers here, fine. Tremendous numbers. They [3:27:20] look like Elliot Ness. Does anybody know who Elliot Ness is? They look like that group of people you [3:27:25] have lined up behind you. They're doing a great job. Billions, not millions, billions of dollars [3:27:32] is being recovered. Billions. And you haven't seen anything yet. We have things happening that [3:27:39] people aren't going to believe. The level of corruption and fraud that took place under the Biden [3:27:43] administration was unprecedented. And Minnesota, California, Maine, Maine, believe it or not. [3:27:50] You know, you think of Maine as this wonderful place. It's the level of corruption is incredible. [3:27:56] All over, all over the place. So great job. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Okay. So my turn. [3:28:02] Well, first of all, thank you for bringing us out here. I got the chance to drive for the first time [3:28:07] in the year and a half, which is developed, but it was fun. It was great. And so just a couple points [3:28:17] that we all know we've followed in the news, obviously, the events in the Middle East and [3:28:21] others you can talk about that. Not that they're not important, but there's some other issues [3:28:24] happening around the world, Mr. President, that you've shown great leadership in that have not [3:28:28] gotten nearly as much attention. I think they've observed and mentioned today. The first is [3:28:31] the International Criminal Court is an illegitimate international organization that, [3:28:35] frankly, illegitimate. They've made themselves illegitimate because they claim that even if [3:28:39] you're not a member of that court, they can come after you. What that literally means in the future [3:28:43] is that American servicemen, political leaders, and others could find themselves under the under [3:28:49] indictment by this International Criminal Court. If you want to know a little bit about it, Jack Smith [3:28:53] used to work there. These are the people that think they can go out and basically indict any world [3:28:57] leader and haul them into the Hague. So we've begun. We tried to get them to reform and listen to us. [3:29:01] They wouldn't do it. They're very arrogant. We've now begun an effort to really try to [3:29:06] bring that court to heel. There's no information that they're after me. It could happen. [3:29:12] Just so you know. She's talking about it. He's not trying to defend me. [3:29:18] He is trying to defend Bibi and various other people. But there are many people that shouldn't [3:29:22] be looked at that way. But there is no indication that I'm one of them at this moment. [3:29:29] Well, and I actually think the people who are in biggest danger in our system are servicemen, [3:29:34] people in uniform. They'll try to grab for the rest of their lives. They'll not be able to travel [3:29:38] anywhere in the world with their families because they could be arrested on one of these [3:29:41] items. Imagine, you're a soldier. You fought in a war, and 20 years later, they try to come grab you. [3:29:45] So this is a big problem. So we've had dozens of countries already join us in separate. Since we [3:29:49] started two weeks ago, five countries have already quit the ICC and notified them that they're [3:29:53] leaving. And we think there'll be more. The second thing is we had an unprecedented ministerial. [3:29:58] Sixty countries came to Washington and were part of an effort. We were shedding light on far-left [3:30:03] terrorism and violence. You know, if a bomb goes off somewhere and it's tied to some right-wing [3:30:08] group or what I got, you know, I don't consider neo-Nazis right here. I consider them Nazis, [3:30:12] right? But you're going to get a lot of attention on that. But if it's a leftist group, an Antifa group, [3:30:17] it gets no coverage or they ignore the ideological spin and the ideological reason behind it. So we've got [3:30:23] 60 countries came up here and hopefully creating a strong coalition to go after [3:30:27] far-left violent terrorism. Go after it and call it by name. And I think we're building a very strong [3:30:32] coalition there. We've had some success in the Middle East, Mr. President. As you know, [3:30:36] in the diplomatic front, the deal with Lebanon and Israel is unprecedented. President Ayoun was here a [3:30:42] week ago. I think that was the first visit by a Lebanese president in over 30 some odd years. In fact, [3:30:46] this is the first time the Israelis and the Lebanese government have spoken at the official level in [3:30:51] close to 30 years. And that was thanks to your leadership. A lot of work to be done to keep [3:30:55] that peace and build on it. But it's a real achievable. And of course, as you announced last [3:30:59] night, Mr. President, this disarmament deal that you brought about with Steve and Jared's work [3:31:03] on Hamas is another big step as well. It's something a lot of people thought would never happen. [3:31:08] It needs to happen. But the fact they've even agreed to it is a real achievable. [3:31:12] Last point is on the Western Hemisphere. For the first time in 15, 20 years, [3:31:17] the overwhelming majority of the countries in the Western Hemisphere are now led by pro-American [3:31:22] leaders and pro-American governments. It's an extraordinary achievement, all of it happening [3:31:26] through a success. Virtually every election that's happened in the Western Hemisphere since you were [3:31:30] elected president has elected someone who is pro-American. And I think this is an incredible [3:31:36] situation. And last but not least, and I have to thank a number of agencies here, particularly the [3:31:40] Department of War, after that terrible earthquake in Venezuela. Within 36 hours, the full force of the [3:31:47] American government was on the ground providing humanitarian assistance. It was a sight to [3:31:50] behold. The USS Ford, I think, was in their port. Our Marines and Armed Service personnel were helping [3:31:58] run their airport and their tower. It is one of the fastest, most dramatic, and most effective humanitarian [3:32:03] responses. Certainly,