Trump says Americans against war with Iran are 'foolish'

[0:00] breaking news to get to. President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the [0:03] White House. Let's listen in. [0:30] President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the White House. Let's listen in. [1:00] President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the White House. Let's listen in. [1:30] President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the White House. Let's listen in. [2:01] President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the White House. Let's listen in. [2:31] President Trump is taking questions on the war with Iran at the White House. Let's listen in. [3:01] Let me give you an example. Venezuela has worked out so incredibly. We have 100 million barrels of oil right now in Houston being refined. It's been great. The relationship with Venezuela, the leaders, has been fantastic. And I think we're going to have a long-term, very good relationship. And it might be beyond long-term. You understand what I mean? [3:31] Well, I tell you what. I'm pretty good at this stuff. And I go around and I check. They'd like to see us win and come home. And I appreciate CNN for the first time maybe in my life. They did a poll. And everyone's saying, oh, is Trump losing MAGA? No, I'm not losing MAGA. MAGA loves what I'm doing. And CNN did a poll of MAGA voters. A big poll. Very important poll. Harry. And he went on. He said, this is amazing. 100% support. He said, I've never had a 100% poll at anything before. [4:01] And it's, do you support Trump? MAGA people, which is, by the way, mostly Republican. If you look, I would say MAGA makes up a majority like about 95% of the Republican Party. All right? So they went out. They did a poll. And CNN came back 100% supportive. So they support what we're doing. But they would like to see it end and come back. But remember, wars last years. We're in there for 34 days. And we've obliterated it. [4:31] We've obliterated a very powerful country in 34 days. Yeah, if it were up to me, I'd like to keep the oil. I just don't think the people of the United States would really understand. [4:40] How is it taking care of the Iranian people if you're bombing? [4:47] Yeah, who you with? Who you with? [4:48] Yes. [4:49] Well, that's a radical left group of lunatics that you're with. Let me just tell you. Let me just tell you. Very fair question. [4:56] The Iranian people, when they don't hear bombs go off, they're upset. They want to hear bombs because they want to be free. [5:06] And the only reason they're not out protesting, you know that, is because they were informed that if they protest, like the wrestler and his friends, if they protest, they will be shot immediately. [5:17] And that's an edict. That's in writing. If they protest, if they go out in the streets, they will be immediately shot. [5:25] They don't have guns. [5:26] You know, we sent some guns, but the group that we're supposed to give, which I said would happen to my people, I said it, I called it exactly. [5:34] We sent guns, a lot of guns. They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. [5:40] You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them because they said, what a beautiful gun. I think I'll keep it. [5:47] So I'm very upset with a certain group of people and they're going to pay a big price for that. [5:51] But the Iranian people will fight back as soon as they know. [5:56] They're not going to be shot. And as soon as they can get weapons, if they had weapons, not many of them, if they had weapons that would go in the other way and you know what happened, Iran would give up in two seconds because they wouldn't be able to take it. [6:09] But in Iran, they have absolutely no weaponry. And they've been told point blank, if you come out, if you come out to the streets, you will be killed. [6:18] As of this morning, and we have this on pretty good information, 45,000 protesters have been killed. Pretty bad. [6:26] Mr. President, you said Iran has been obliterated. Why are we still out before then? [6:33] It's a big country. They can't fight back. They have no capability. [6:39] I mean, they'll have they have some missiles left. They have some drones left, but essentially they have no capability. [6:46] They had a lucky shot with an airplane, but we got them back out. The rescue was incredible. [6:50] It wasn't of one person. It was a two person. There are those that say that's never happened before. [6:55] Because usually when you're shot. [6:56] Down in strong enemy and deep enemy territory, you can't go after them because you'll end up losing 250 people to get one. [7:04] So it's a terrible thing. But we had to make a decision. Do we do it or do we not? [7:08] And we did. And, you know, we have some helicopters with a lot of bullet holes in them right now. [7:13] Probably, you know that. Now, I'm very honored by I'm very honored to have rebuilt our military. [7:20] We rebuilt our military in my first term. I'm using it in our second term. [7:24] And we are the most respected country anywhere. [7:27] In the world with the greatest military anywhere in the world. Thank you. [7:30] So we have a news conference. You'll all be there. So you can ask the question. [7:35] We have a news conference in a little while. What would you like to ask? [7:38] What she wants to say. Can you tell us your message to the children you find? [7:48] All of this is happening for their future, so they will be safe in years to come. [7:54] We're fighting for our children that are now in a war zone. [7:59] We're keeping them as safe as we can possibly keep them. [8:02] But we're fighting for their parents, their grandparents. We're fighting for them. [8:06] We're fighting for their future. And I will tell you, it was given to me loud and clear. [8:11] The time the Iranian people are the most unhappy when you hear bombs all over is when those bombs stop. [8:17] That's the problem. When they stop, because that means that are they coming back? [8:22] We want to have them back. [8:24] You know, everybody knows it. Everybody sees it. [8:27] So hopefully it could be over with quickly. [8:30] Again, there are lots of different alternatives. We have many alternatives. [8:34] We could leave right now and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have. [8:37] We could leave right now. But I want to finish it up. [8:40] Iran, ready, cannot have a nuclear weapon. [8:44] They are lunatics. And you can't put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic. [8:48] Thank you very much. [8:50] There you have it, President Trump taking questions on the war with Iran. [8:56] The president says Iran has made a significant proposal, but it's not good enough. [9:00] He says the airmen who were rescued after being shot down in Iran are recovering well. [9:04] He also says Iran has had total regime change and that the U.S. is now talking with a third group of people who are much more reasonable.