Trump Says He’d ‘Take the Oil’ If He Had His Choice on Iran (Q&A)

[0:00] Mr. President, are you prepared to end the war? [0:05] How's the airmen's fire proposal? [0:08] Is Tuesday your final deadline? [0:11] I've seen every proposal you can imagine. [0:15] Is Tuesday your final deadline? Is Tuesday at 8 p.m. your final deadline? [0:19] If Iran does not meet your demands, Mr. President, are you willing to continue the war? [0:25] You'll have to watch. [0:27] It's an easy question. The answer is yes, but you'll have to watch. [0:31] Mr. President, what do you think of the latest proposal? [0:35] They've made a proposal, and it's a significant proposal. It's a significant step. [0:40] It's not good enough, but it's a very significant step. [0:43] Mr. President, are you committed to a fight? [0:46] They have made, they're negotiating now, and they've made a very significant step. We'll see what happens. [0:51] Mr. President, are you ready? [0:54] Have you spoken with Keir Starmer's side? [0:56] No. [0:57] Do you believe the U.K. could resurrect like Jesus? [1:01] Well, that's what they need. They have a long way to go. The U.K. has a long way to go. [1:10] We don't want another Neville Chamberlain. Do we agree? We don't want, we don't want Neville Chamberlain. [1:16] Mr. President, how is the Airmen doing? How is the Airmen's rescue doing? [1:22] He's doing really well. They're both doing well. Dinner was too. [1:25] And we held off the one because we... [1:27] If they would have known, we had him, so we held off the one. [1:31] They are both recovering very well. They were both injured, and they're doing well. [1:35] Mr. President, are you committed to committing a war crime? [1:39] What else? [1:42] Mr. President, you said that Iran has no anti-aircraft equipment. How are they able to drop those? [1:48] Well, you know what? When you do thousands and thousands of flights, and you have one plane shot down, and not... [1:54] Mortally, the two pilots got out. They got a little bit lucky. [1:58] And you know what? In war, you need a little bit of luck also. They got a little bit lucky. That's all they got. [2:02] What stops you from ending the war? What's stopping you from ending the war? [2:06] Well, it could end very quickly, the war, if they do what they have to do. [2:09] They have to do certain things. They know that. They've been negotiating, I think, in good faith. [2:14] We've had total regime change. You know, the people there now are much more reasonable than the lunatics that you had in Phase 1 and Phase 2. [2:22] They were lunatics. [2:23] The people that we're negotiating with now on behalf of Iran are... [2:28] Much more reasonable. You can call it what you want, but I call it regime change. [2:33] And I think most people are giving us credit for that. [2:35] The first regime was taken out. The second regime was taken out. [2:40] Now the third group of people that we're dealing with is not as radicalized, and we think they're actually much smarter. [2:46] Mr. President, why did you use such vulgar language in that two social posts? [2:52] Only to make my point. I think you've heard it before. [2:55] Mr. President, why did you say, praise me to Allah? [2:59] Have you spoken to the families of the Iranians that were saved? [3:01] I'm going to be doing it right now. [3:03] What do you say to Americans who are not a fan of the war? [3:07] They're foolish because the war is about one thing. [3:11] Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [3:14] Had we not broken the Barack Hussein Obama agreement, you know what I'm talking about, the Iran nuclear deal. [3:22] This is years ago, my first term. [3:24] You would have had a total... [3:26] Israel would have been gone. Extinguished. [3:29] Israel would have been wiped off the face of the earth, and the entire Middle East would have been, at a minimum, in big trouble. [3:36] But I did it. That was phase one. We killed Soleimani. [3:39] Without Soleimani, if they had Soleimani, it would be a whole different thing. Maybe. [3:43] We'd still be winning, but it would have been harder, because we are obliterating that country. [3:49] And I hate to do it, but we're obliterating, and they just don't want to say uncle. [3:53] They don't want to cry as the expression goes, uncle, but they will. [3:57] And if they don't, they'll have no bridges. [4:00] They'll have no power plants. [4:02] They'll have no anything. [4:03] I won't go further, because there are other things that are worse than those two. [4:08] And we might have... [4:09] Well, the thing... [4:12] If I had my choice, what would I like to do? [4:14] Take the oil. [4:15] Because it's there for the taking. [4:18] There's not a thing they can do about it. [4:20] Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. [4:23] If it were up to me, I'd take the oil. [4:25] I'd keep the oil. [4:26] I would make plenty of money. [4:28] And I'd also take care of the people of Iran much better than they've been taken care of. [4:31] It's been horrible. [4:33] They've killed 45,000 people as of a month and a half ago. [4:37] 45,000 protesters. [4:39] We don't do that. [4:40] So, if I had my choice, I'd keep the oil. [4:43] But I also want to make the people of our country happy. [4:46] I think most people wouldn't understand that. [4:48] I'll give you an example. [4:50] Venezuela has worked out so incredibly. [4:53] We have 100 million barrels of oil right now in Houston being refined. [4:59] It's been great. [5:00] The relationship with Venezuela, the leaders, has been fantastic. [5:04] And I think we're going to have a long-term, very good relationship. [5:06] Mr. President, when you say the American people... [5:09] And it might be beyond long-term. [5:11] You understand what I mean. [5:12] Mr. President, when you say the American... [5:16] Mr. President, when you say the American people don't want that, how do you know that? [5:20] Are you listening to polls? [5:21] Well, I tell you what. [5:22] I'm pretty good at this stuff. [5:23] And I go around and I check. [5:24] They'd like to see us win and come home. [5:26] And I appreciate CNN for the first time. [5:29] For the first time maybe in my life, they did a poll. [5:32] And everyone's saying, oh, is Trump losing MAGA? [5:34] No, I'm not losing MAGA. [5:35] MAGA loves what I'm doing. [5:37] And CNN did a poll of MAGA voters. [5:39] A big poll. [5:40] Very important poll. [5:41] Harry. [5:42] And he went on. [5:43] He said, this is amazing. [5:44] 100% support. [5:46] He said, I've never had a 100% poll at anything before. [5:50] And it's, do you support Trump, MAGA people? [5:53] Which is, by the way, mostly Republican. [5:55] And if you look, I would say MAGA makes up a majority. [5:59] Like, about 95% of the Republican Party. [6:02] All right? [6:03] So they went out. [6:04] They did a poll. [6:05] And CNN came back 100% supportive. [6:08] So they support what we're doing. [6:11] But they would like to see it end and come back. [6:14] But remember, wars last years. [6:16] We're in there for 34 days. [6:18] And we've obliterated a very powerful country in 34 days. [6:22] Yeah, if it were up to me, I'd like to keep the oil. [6:25] I just don't think the people of the United States would really understand. [6:29] Yeah, I mean, you know, we have a 45-day ceasefire. [6:32] Do you like that? [6:33] How is it taking care of the Iranian people, if you're bombing? [6:35] Yeah, who you with? [6:36] Who you with? [6:37] PBS. [6:38] Well, that's a radical left group of lunatics that you're with. [6:41] Let me just tell you. [6:42] Let me just tell you. [6:43] Very fair question. [6:46] The Iranian people, when they don't hear bombs go off, they're upset. [6:51] They want to hear bombs because they want to be free. [6:54] And the only reason they're not out protesting, you know that, is because they were informed [6:58] that if they protest, like the wrestler and his friends, if they protest, they will be [7:03] shot immediately. [7:06] And that's an edict. [7:07] That's in writing. [7:08] If they protest, if they go out in the streets, they will be immediately shot. [7:13] They don't have guns. [7:14] You know, we sent some guns. [7:16] But the group that was supposed to give, which I said would happen to my people. [7:20] I said it. [7:21] I called it exactly. [7:23] We sent guns. [7:24] A lot of guns. [7:25] They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. [7:28] You know what happened? [7:30] The people that they sent them to kept them. [7:32] Because they said, what a beautiful gun. [7:34] I think I'll keep it. [7:35] So I'm very upset with a certain group of people. [7:38] And they're going to pay a big price for that. [7:40] But the Iranian people will fight back as soon as they know they're not going to be [7:45] shot and as soon as they can get weapons. [7:48] If they had weapons, not many of them, if they had weapons that would go in the other [7:52] way, and you know what would happen? [7:54] Iran would give up in two seconds because they wouldn't be able to take it. [7:57] But in Iran, they have absolutely no weaponry. [8:00] And they've been told point blank. [8:02] If you come out, if you come out to the streets, you will be killed. [8:06] As of this morning. [8:07] And we have this pretty good information. [8:10] Forty five thousand protesters have been killed. [8:13] Pretty bad. [8:22] It's a good country. [8:23] They can't fight back. [8:25] They have no capability. [8:28] I mean, they'll have they have some missiles left. [8:30] They have some drones left, but essentially they have no capability. [8:34] They had a lucky shot with an airplane, but we got them back out. [8:37] The rescue was incredible. [8:38] And it wasn't of one person. [8:39] It was a two person. [8:41] There are those that say that's never happened before, because usually when you're shot down [8:45] in strong enemy and deep enemy territory, you can't go after them because you'll end [8:50] up losing 250 people to get one. [8:52] So it's a terrible thing. [8:54] But we had to make a decision. [8:55] Do we do it or do we not? [8:56] And we did. [8:57] And, you know, we have some helicopters with a lot of bullet holes in them right now. [9:01] Probably you know that. [9:02] Now, I'm very honored by I'm very honored to have rebuilt our military. [9:08] We rebuilt our military in my first term. [9:10] I'm using it in our second term. [9:12] And we are the most respected country anywhere in the world with the greatest military anywhere [9:18] in the world. [9:19] Thank you. [9:20] So we have a news conference. [9:21] You'll all be there. [9:22] So you could ask the question. [9:23] We have a news conference in a little while. [9:25] What would you like to ask? [9:28] Well, first of all, can you tell us your message to the children fighting for their [9:31] world? [9:32] All of this is happening for their future. [9:36] So they will be safe in years to come. [9:37] We're fighting for our children that are now in a war zone. [9:38] We're keeping them as safe as we can possibly keep them. [9:39] But we're fighting for their parents, their grandparents. [9:40] We're fighting for them. [9:41] We're fighting for their future. [9:42] And I will tell you, it was given to me loud and clear. [9:59] The time the Iranian people are the most unhappy when you hear bombs all over is when those [10:04] bombs stop. [10:05] That's the problem. [10:06] When they stop, because that means that are they coming back? [10:11] We want to have them back. [10:12] And you know, everybody knows that everybody sees it. [10:15] So hopefully it could be over with quickly. [10:18] Again, there are lots of different alternatives. [10:21] We have many alternatives. [10:22] We could leave right now and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have. [10:25] We could leave right now. [10:27] But I want to finish it up. [10:29] Everyone ready cannot have a nuclear weapon. [10:32] They are lunatics and you can't put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic. [10:36] Thank you.