Trump on killings in Iran, talks with Greenland (full q&a in Oval Office)

[0:00] Who told you that the killings have stopped there? [0:01] We have been informed by very important sources on the other side. [0:06] They've said the killing has stopped and the executions won't take place. [0:10] There was supposed to be a lot of executions today and that the executions won't take place. [0:15] And we're going to find out. [0:16] I mean, I'll find out after this. [0:17] You'll find out. [0:19] But we've been told on good authority, and I hope it's true. [0:24] Who knows, right? [0:25] Who knows? [0:25] We've seen the body bags. [0:26] So how do you trust them? [0:27] You've seen that over the last few days. [0:30] And they said people were shooting at them with guns and they were shooting back. [0:34] And, you know, it's one of those things. [0:36] But they told me that there'll be no executions. [0:40] And so I hope that's true. [0:41] Does this mean military action is now off the table against Iran? [0:45] We're going to watch it and see what the process is. [0:48] But we were given a very good statement by people that are aware of what's going on. [0:55] Are they still considering military action? [0:57] You know, when they say no executions, everyone is talking about a lot of executions were taking place today. [1:03] We were just all no executions. [1:04] I hope that's true. [1:05] That's a big thing. [1:06] Yes. [1:06] The foreign minister of Greenland, she said a while ago in a press conference in an embassy of Denmark that she made very clear in the meeting that happened here in the White House what are their limits. [1:16] She also said that it was a very respectful meeting. [1:20] Are those limits going to be respected? [1:23] Well, we're going to see what happens with Greenland. [1:25] We need Greenland for national security. [1:27] So we're going to see what happens. [1:29] They're going to brief me on the meeting right after this conference. [1:32] In fact, the sooner I get you out, the faster I'm going to know exactly what happened. [1:36] But we have a very good relationship with Denmark, as you know. [1:39] We'll see. [1:40] But, you know, we're doing the Golden Dome. [1:42] We're doing a lot of things and we really need it. [1:45] If we don't go in, Russia is going to go in and China is going to go in. [1:49] And there's not a thing that Denmark can do about it. [1:52] But we can do everything about it. [1:53] There's no more in what they can do than us? [1:55] Well, we're going to see. [1:56] I mean, look, we're going to see what happens. [1:58] But we need it. [1:59] You know, I'm not the first one. [2:00] This was talked about by President Truman and 40 years before President Truman they were talking about it. [2:06] They've been talking about this for 100 years. [2:08] This is not anything so new. [2:10] A lot of people don't realize that. [2:12] But this was a hot subject, probably not as hot as it is now, but it was a hot subject for a long time. [2:17] We need it for national security. [2:19] And that includes for Europe. [2:21] And I spoke with, as you know, Mark, the head of NATO, and he really wants to see something happen. [2:28] It's very important for national security. [2:33] It's being reported that Health and Human Services released frozen funds to Planned Parenthood. [2:39] I'm wondering why this happened and why Planned Parenthood is receiving any federal funds. [2:43] I don't know anything about that. [2:44] Bobby, do you know anything about that? [2:46] What was the question? [2:47] It's being reported that frozen funds were released to Planned Parenthood in December by AJS. [2:54] I'm wondering why that happened. [2:56] I have not heard that. [2:58] I have not heard that. [2:59] Mr. President, on NATO, right now it sounds like you are saying that you would potentially acquire Greenland by force. [3:08] That would be a NATO country. [3:10] Are you saying that? [3:11] Are you saying that? [3:12] No, you're saying that. [3:13] No, you're telling me that that's what I'm going to do. [3:17] You don't know what I'm going to do. [3:20] So what are the options? [3:20] Your network doesn't know either. [3:22] The Danish foreign minister said that there's still fundamental differences after the meeting with Rubio and with the vice president. [3:29] Are you willing to leave the NATO alliance in order to get what you want with Greenland? [3:35] What are the options right now? [3:37] Well, I wouldn't be telling you what I'm willing to do, certainly. [3:39] I'm not going to give up options, but it's very important. [3:41] Greenland is very important for the national security, including of Denmark. [3:45] And the problem is there's not a thing that Denmark can do about it if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland. [3:50] But there's everything we can do. [3:52] You found that out last week with Venezuela. [3:55] There's everything we can do about things such as that not going to happen. [4:00] We're not, you know, I can't rely on Denmark being able to fend themselves off. [4:05] You know, they were talking about they put an extra dog and they were serious about this. [4:08] They put an extra dog sled there last month. [4:13] They added a second dog sled. [4:14] That's not going to do the trekking. [4:15] Denmark fought alongside the United States in both Afghanistan and Iraq. [4:19] Thank you for telling me that. [4:20] I appreciate it. [4:20] I have a very good relationship with Denmark and we'll see how it all works out. [4:25] I think something will work out. [4:26] Yeah. [4:26] Mr. President. [4:28] Cabello, the de facto number two in Venezuela right now, he seemed pretty reluctant to work with the U.S. [4:35] And obviously he. [4:36] Yes. [4:36] They just gave us 50 million barrels of oil. [4:40] The number two. [4:41] The Venezuela security. [4:41] I know the number one. [4:43] We just had a great conversation today and she's a terrific person. [4:47] I mean, she's somebody that we've worked with very well. [4:50] Marco Rubio is the only one that I dealt with this morning. [4:53] We had a call, a long call. [4:55] We discussed a lot of things and I think we're getting along very well with Venezuela. [4:59] So you created a new assistant attorney general position dedicated to rooting out fraud. [5:04] Yeah, he's fantastic. [5:06] The person is fantastic. [5:07] Who is it? [5:08] It's a he. [5:09] What are you talking about? [5:10] I will tell you maybe within minutes. [5:12] I mean, I don't know if it's appropriate to say yet because we're going through a process. [5:16] But we have chosen a person who's very tough, very smart, very fair. [5:21] We gave a speech yesterday in Michigan about how you've recalibrated the American economy [5:26] to work for workers, U.S. auto factories. [5:29] We've seen core inflation is completely tamed. [5:31] You lowered the trade deficits, the lowest amount since 2009. [5:34] American exports are growing. [5:35] But we're also waiting on the Supreme Court case with the tariffs. [5:39] Given the success that you've had in the first 12 months, what is at stake in this case? [5:43] It's a little bit like whole milk. [5:45] I can't believe we even have a case. [5:46] This was a case started by very China-centric people and also anti-American people, frankly. [5:55] People that don't want us to do well. [5:58] Tariffs have helped us stop eight wars. [6:01] They've helped us get the best trade numbers we've ever had. [6:04] They've helped us get $18 trillion brought into the country. [6:08] And maybe above all else, they've given us tremendous national security. [6:11] Just the threat of tariffs. [6:13] You saw that just yesterday when I put tariffs on a certain country. [6:17] We won't talk about that country, but you know who it is based on the fact that if you [6:22] do business with that country, you know, it's going to make them, it's going to bring [6:27] them to the table a lot faster. [6:28] So we have made hundreds of billions of dollars with tariffs. [6:33] We have very little inflation. [6:35] Think of it. [6:36] Inflation's gone down and productivity, everything has gone up. [6:40] We've never taken in money like we have. [6:43] We've never had anywhere near $18 trillion invested in our country, neither as any other [6:49] country. [6:49] It's the biggest number by maybe five times. [6:53] Five times, not 5%, five times. [6:55] Nobody's ever seen numbers like this. [6:57] We have plants going up. [6:59] You know, you mentioned I was in Michigan yesterday. [7:01] I was at the Ford plant where they make the Ford 150. [7:04] It's one of the original plants. [7:05] It was from before World War I. [7:08] It's a giant plant. [7:09] That plant was probably going to be closed. [7:12] And two years ago, they were doing very poorly. [7:16] And now they just announced yesterday that they're going to go 24 hours around the clock. [7:21] Three shifts, which they rarely do. [7:24] That's Ford. [7:25] And Ford's having the best numbers they've ever had. [7:27] General Motors having the best numbers they've ever had. [7:30] Stellantis, which hasn't been here, is now investing billions, tens of billions of dollars [7:35] on building in the country. [7:37] We're building auto plants all over the country. [7:39] We're building AI all over the country. [7:41] We're leading China by a lot. [7:42] And a lot of it has to do with tariffs. [7:45] That would be a very disappointing decision. [7:50] And especially since the people that are fighting me are people that want China to do well. [7:55] And we're doing great against China. [7:57] We're doing great against everybody. [7:59] We're the hottest country anywhere in the world. [8:01] As I say often, we're right now the hottest country anywhere in the world. [8:06] And a year and a half ago, we were a dead country. [8:09] Thank you very much. [8:09] Can you say a voice?