Trump says he's 'not sure' ceasefire with Iran needs to be extended

[0:00] straight. All right, the president taking questions before he departs the White House. He's heading to Vegas to tout his administration's tax policies. Let's listen in. [0:17] Every country, including Italy, where he's stationed, every single country in the world would be in trouble. So we're doing very well with respect to that. Having to do with the whole situation on Iran, the blockade is [0:34] amazing. It's holding up very strong, very powerfully. And I think we're making a lot of progress in that. But the Pope has to understand Iran, very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. The world would be in great danger. [0:46] Would you meet, Mr. President, would you meet with the Pope to even out your differences with capital and surcharge? I don't think it's necessary. [0:56] Mr. President, you spoke with Prime Minister Modi just a couple of days ago. What was the conversation like? [1:04] What is it that is on the people now? I had a very good talk with him. And he's a friend of mine from India. And he's doing great. We had a very good conversation. [1:14] Mr. President, do you consider extending the ceasefire with Iran? With who? With Iran. [1:20] We're doing very well, I can tell you. Maybe it'll happen before that. I'm not sure it needs to be extended. [1:27] Mr. President, do you have any news? Just so you know, Iran wants to make a deal. And we're dealing very nicely with them. We've got to have no nuclear weapons. If we do, that's a big factor. And they're willing to do things today that they weren't willing to do two months ago. [1:43] Mr. President, do you have any news about Ukraine? Do you have any news regarding peace in Ukraine? [1:48] Will Hezbollah stick to the ceasefire? Are you confident about that? [1:51] I think they will. I think it's going to be... Actually, it's very exciting because it's 48 years. We're going to be meeting with Bibi Netanyahu, as you know, and the president of Lebanon. [2:03] And I had a great talk with both of them today. They're going to be having a ceasefire. And that'll include Hezbollah. And I think... I think it could be number 10 for me. [2:15] Mr. President, do you have any news regarding peace in Ukraine? Do you have any news regarding peace in Ukraine? [2:22] The President, do you think Ukraine is moving along? I wish they could get along, frankly. A lot of people are dying in Ukraine. We'll see what happens. There are things happening there. We're focused... We're focused so much right now on Iran, seeing if we can get that completed. [2:36] And I think... I think... And I think if you look, the stock market is good. The oil prices are coming down. And it's looking very good that we're going to make a deal with Iran. And it's going to be a good deal. It's going to be a deal with no nuclear weapons. [2:50] Mr. President, are you... Mr. President, are you... Mr. President, are you... When is the next in-person round of negotiations on the war in Iran? When will that take place? [3:00] The President, they're all important. I mean, it's not a question of a round. All of them are important. [3:03] When will the next in-person meeting take place? [3:04] The President, probably maybe over the weekend. [3:06] Mr. President, will you send the Vice President? Mr. President, will you send the Vice President? [3:10] The blockade has been incredible. It's been... It's held. They're not doing any business. They're unable to do any business because of the blockade. [3:18] And so the combination of having no Navy, having no Air Force, having no anti-aircraft equipment, they have nothing. [3:25] Everything is gone, including their leaders. Now they have a new set of leaders, and we find them very reasonable. [3:32] And is the President on the 20-year minimum to stop enriching uranium? Would you... [3:37] Mr. Well, we haven't agreed to any... [3:39] We haven't agreed to any... [3:40] Mr. ...we haven't agreed to any... [3:41] Mr. Sir, is that the final sticking point? [3:42] Mr. What we have is we have a statement, very, very powerful statement, [3:47] that they will not have... Beyond 20 years. That they will not have nuclear weapons. That's beyond... There's no 20-year limit. [3:54] Mr. President, who are you in general? Anyone interested? Can you please give us more information on it? [4:01] I think... I think that Todd Blanche is doing a very good job, from what I'm saying. [4:07] Mr. President, who are you in general? [4:08] Mr. All I can say, thus far, I think Todd Blanche is doing a very good job. [4:11] Mr. President, relax. If there's no deal, would you be willing to extend the ceasefire, or will the fighting resist? [4:16] Mr. President? I would say the fighting... If there's no deal, fight or resume. [4:21] Mr. Okay. And then on gas prices, how much longer will Americans continue to see these high gas prices? [4:26] Mr. Well, they're not very high. If you look at what they were supposed to be, in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, [4:31] with the danger that entails. So the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days. [4:36] Mr. Oh, they're down still? [4:37] Mr. I know. You know. That's what ABC says. But the fact is that if you look at the stock markets up, [4:44] everything's doing really well. And the big thing we have to do is we have to make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. [4:50] Because if they do, you want to talk about problems, you'd have problems. [4:54] So very important is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. And they've agreed to that. [5:00] Iran's agreed to that. And they've agreed to it very powerfully. [5:04] They've agreed to give us back the nuclear dust that's way underground because of the attack we made with the B-2 bombers. [5:11] So we have a lot of agreement with Iran. I think something's going to happen very positive. [5:16] And Iran is going to be aonsенить. [5:20] Mr. A very complicated subject. It's — I don't think we're waiting. I think we're moving very fast. [5:25] And they could happen pretty quickly. [5:31] The President. How long you could sustain the blockade on the trước of hummingbirds? [5:36] Mr. For what? [5:37] Mr. How long you could sustain the blockade on the scherker fumbles? [5:41] We're doing very well with the blockade. [5:43] It's very routine for us. [5:45] The Navy is incredible. [5:47] And I think the blockade is doing very well. [5:49] No ship is even thinking about entering. [5:52] No ship is going past our Navy. [5:55] Why are you fighting with the Pope? [5:56] And are you worried it's upsetting your head? [5:58] No, no, I have to do what's right. [6:01] The Pope has to understand that, very simple, [6:04] I have nothing against the Pope. [6:05] His brother is MAGA all the way. [6:07] I like his brother, Louis. [6:09] I'm not fighting with him. [6:10] The Pope made a statement. [6:12] He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. [6:14] I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [6:17] And if the Pope looked at the 42,000 people [6:19] that were killed over the last two or three months [6:22] as a protester with no weapons, no nothing, [6:26] I mean, you take a look at that, [6:28] so I can disagree with the Pope. [6:29] I have a right to disagree. [6:31] I have a right to disagree with the Pope. [6:33] What do you say to people who see that, [6:36] who see your criticism of the... [6:37] Look, nothing, I have no disagreement [6:41] with the fact the Pope can say what he wants, [6:45] and I want him to say what he wants, [6:47] but I can disagree. [6:48] I think that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [6:52] If they do, the whole world would be in jeopardy. [6:54] The Middle East will be blown up, [6:55] and the whole world will be in jeopardy. [6:57] We're very close to making a deal. [6:59] That'll be a great thing. [7:00] The Pope has to understand, [7:02] Iran has killed more than 42,000 people [7:05] over the last few months. [7:06] Think of it. [7:07] There were protesters without guns, without anything. [7:10] There were totally unarmed protesters. [7:13] The Pope has to understand that. [7:14] This is the real world. [7:16] It's a nasty world. [7:17] But as far as the Pope, [7:19] and saying what he wants, he can do that. [7:21] Now, I know the Pope's brother. [7:22] He is a big MAGA person. [7:24] He's got MAGA all over his house. [7:26] His name is Louis. [7:27] He's actually a great guy. [7:29] And I'm sure the Pope is a great guy. [7:30] I haven't met him. [7:31] But I disagree with the Pope. [7:33] If the Pope would allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, [7:38] you can't do that. [7:39] There are people that are saying that the Pope is not. [7:41] Antony Mirsak from MTV Lebanon. [7:43] No, not really. [7:43] Antony Mirsak from MTV Lebanon. [7:45] What? [7:46] Antony Mirsak from MTV Lebanon. [7:47] I would like to ask you regarding congratulations for the 10th vote. [7:51] Yeah, it's very exciting. [7:52] With Lebanon, it's very exciting. [7:53] I think we're going to have a deal. [7:55] We're going to have a meeting. [7:56] First time in 44 years. [7:58] And Lebanon will be meeting with Israel. [8:01] And they're probably going to do it at the White House. [8:03] When do you think they will? [8:05] Over the next week or two. [8:07] Over the next week. [8:07] And do you think this agreement can reach without Hezbollah agreeing to the government? [8:11] I think we will have an agreement between Lebanon and they're going to take care of Hezbollah. [8:17] But they're going to be working on Hezbollah right now. [8:20] But we'll have an agreement between Israel, very importantly, and Lebanon. [8:24] Would you support our Lebanese army as well? [8:26] I would. [8:27] I would, yeah. [8:27] Iran is going to execute four more people through. [8:31] Has Hezbollah agreed to the ceasefire? [8:33] I mean, how do you even do that? [8:34] They're all agreeing. [8:35] It's a very nice little package for about a week. [8:39] And we're not going to have lots of bombs dropping. [8:41] And we're going to see if we can make peace between Lebanon and Israel. [8:45] And there's some more on the political president, because there was a group of bishops that did put out a statement saying the focus is nearly exercising his opinion. [8:52] He's preaching the gospel. [8:53] And what do you say to people that do this? [8:54] Well, I want him to preach the gospel. [8:56] I'm all about the gospel. [8:57] But I also know that you cannot let a certain country, which is a very mean-spirited country, have a nuclear weapon. [9:05] If they did, they would use it. [9:06] And I think they'd use it quickly. [9:08] And they would kill many millions of people. [9:10] So, you know, the Pope could disagree with me on that. [9:13] But certainly we're allowed to have that. [9:14] I'm all about the gospel. [9:16] I'm about it as much as anybody can be. [9:19] But I can't allow, as President of the United States of America, I can't allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. [9:25] And here's the story. [9:27] They won't have. [9:28] They've already agreed not to have. [9:30] That's good news. [9:31] And I think the Pope will be very happy. [9:32] Iran is going to execute four more people, sir, including a woman. [9:36] The federal reserve should wait and see about the Iran war before lowering interest rates. [9:40] Do you agree with that? [9:41] No, I don't agree. [9:42] I think we should have lower interest rates. [9:44] Iran is going to execute four more protesters accordingly, including the first woman protester. [9:50] What do you tell Iran? [9:50] Well, tell that to the Pope. [9:52] What did you say? [9:54] Tell that to the Pope. [9:55] You want to pass things up with the Pope, sir? [9:56] I don't know if we're going to have to. [10:09] But if we need to, I would do that. [10:11] Wait, that's important. [10:13] Sorry. [10:13] What are you telling the airlines and the oil companies about the way you're going to open up the trade? [10:19] So if you look at the oil and if you look at the price we're paying, it's about half what people thought it would be [10:25] if you did what I had to do. [10:26] We had to take this journey to the Middle East in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon. [10:31] There would have been, if we didn't hit them with the B-2 bombers or if I didn't kill the Barack Hussein Obama deal, [10:36] the nuclear deal, which was a disaster, we would have had nuclear weapons exploding in the Middle East and beyond. [10:44] I believe I've been able to stop that. [10:46] I think we have a very successful negotiation going on right now. [10:50] And I think it'll be, if it happens, it'll be announced fairly soon. [10:54] And that'll give us free oil, free hormones straight. [10:59] Everything will be nice. [11:01] And I think your oil price will go down to lower than what it was before. [11:04] And I think a lot of good things will happen. [11:07] Just for clarity, you're willing to extend the ceasefire? [11:11] No, we'll see. [11:12] I don't know that we'll have to. [11:13] Ideally, we'll have to. [11:14] But if I needed to, I would. [11:15] The Lebanese people love you so much. [11:17] What do you say? [11:18] The Lebanese people love you so much. [11:19] What's your message for them? [11:20] And you will visit Lebanon after this deal? [11:23] I will do that. [11:24] At the right time, I would certainly go there. [11:27] Do you think there's war in Ukraine? [11:29] Putin doesn't want to stop it, apparently. [11:30] He keeps bombing Ukraine. [11:32] Do you think this war has the potential to go on for years more? [11:36] Well, it should have been. [11:37] It should have never started. [11:38] If I were president, the war in Ukraine never would have started with Russia. [11:42] But it's going on. [11:44] Hopefully, it'll get over soon. [11:45] The first lady came out last week and said she had no link to Jeffrey Epstein. [11:49] Who did? [11:49] The first lady, Melania. [11:50] She had none. [11:51] Why did she come out and say that last week? [11:52] Because the fake news was saying she did. [11:55] And she had none. [11:56] And I think that's been proven. [11:58] It bothered her that the fake news was being fake news. [12:02] That's all. [12:02] She just wanted to clarify. [12:03] The president, who's taking care of Hezbollah? [12:05] Do you think that they are destroying the deal that you're trying to make? [12:08] We're going to see how it all works out. [12:10] But they'll be working and coordinating. [12:12] If you know, you know Lebanon, right? [12:15] So they'll be working with Hezbollah. [12:17] If they're firing Jay Powell. [12:18] Are you still interested in acquiring Iranian oil? [12:21] What? [12:21] Are you still interested in acquiring Iranian oil? [12:25] Well, we'll see. [12:26] I mean, we have a very good relationship with Iran right now, [12:29] as hard as it is to believe. [12:30] And I think it's a combination of about four weeks of bombing [12:35] and a very powerful blockade. [12:37] The blockade is maybe more powerful than the bombing, [12:40] if you want to know the truth. [12:41] Are you going to make the Arab countries pay a portion of all of the costs? [12:47] I think they'll make that. [12:48] I think they're going to make that contribution. [12:50] I think the Arab countries, because we've done a lot, [12:54] I think they'd make a contribution toward the cost. [12:57] Not been involved. [13:06] But I think we're very close to making a deal with Iran. [13:15] You'll be the first to know. [13:17] But I think we have a chance. [13:19] And if that happens, oil goes way down, prices go way down, inflation goes way down. [13:26] And you're going to have, much more importantly than even that, [13:29] you won't have nuclear holocausts. [13:31] All right, that's the president there, who's getting ready to take off on Marine One, [13:47] leaving the White House to Las Vegas to pitch his no taxes on tips and the big refund checks. [13:54] Okay, he's still talking. [13:55] Let's go ahead and listen in. [13:56] We were dealing with it at the beginning. [14:01] As you know, they're no longer around. [14:02] They're no longer with us. [14:04] But we have a very good relationship. [14:07] And I think there's a very good chance we're going to make a deal. [14:10] Also, Israel and Lebanon, I think there's a good chance that they'll make a good deal. [14:14] So... [14:15] Is it right? [14:16] When are they coming here to Korea? [14:18] Any reaction to Russia's overnight attack on Kiev? [14:20] They killed... [14:20] No, I think it's terrible. [14:22] Are you going to send any captain of the men to China before you're both there? [14:27] Well, I have a great relationship, as you know, with President Xi, and I look forward to being there. [14:32] We have a very special relationship. [14:34] So I look forward to being in China. [14:36] Hi, the President. [14:37] Mr. President. [14:38] Mr. President, you imposed sanctions on Rwanda because they keep violating the Washington Accord. [14:43] No, I do. [14:44] But President Saddam just said he don't care about sanctions. [14:47] And he said he will not withdraw from Congo. [14:50] His troop will continue in Congo. [14:52] What is your reaction to that? [14:53] We're looking to it very strongly, but they do have very big sanctions. [14:56] Mr. President's meeting in Washington today. [15:01] Why did you invite Poland instead of South Africa? [15:04] Well, Poland's a great country. [15:06] We like it a lot. [15:07] We're friends with Poland. [15:09] The President is doing a great job, so we invite him. [15:13] Bruce Blakeman in New York. [15:20] He's being denied up to $7 million of public campaign funds in New York by partisan Democrats. [15:26] Have you seen that, and what's your reaction to it? [15:28] I can just tell you this. [15:29] Bruce Blakeman is running for governor. [15:32] He will be a great governor. [15:33] If he wins, I don't know that he wins or not because it's New York. [15:36] And, you know, people cheat on elections and a lot of other things. [15:39] But Bruce Blakeman is a great, great gentleman. [15:43] As you know, he comes from Nassau County, which is a Democrat area, and he wins by a landslide [15:49] all the time. [15:50] And if Bruce Blakeman gets in, your taxes are going to go way down, and a lot of good [15:55] things are going to happen, including cleanliness and all of the things that you want to see. [16:00] I know him very well. [16:02] He's been a great leader in Nassau County. [16:05] Even though it's largely Democrat, he wins in a landslide. [16:10] Everybody loves him. [16:11] He's a very talented guy, very great politician. [16:14] And I think he probably has a chance. [16:17] If Bruce Blakeman gets in, your taxes are going way down, and you know what else is going down? [16:22] Crime. [16:23] There are 10 missing scientists with access to classified stuff, nuclear material, aerospace. [16:30] They've all gone missing or turned up dead in the last couple months. [16:34] Based on what you've been briefed, what do you think is happening here, and do you think [16:38] that this is connected or totally random? [16:40] Well, I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half. [16:45] I just left a meeting on that subject, so pretty serious stuff, but we're going to be [16:49] not. [16:50] Hopefully, I don't know, coincidence, whatever you want to call it, but some of them were [16:55] very important people, and we're going to look at it over the next day. [16:59] It's impossible that some foreign adversary is in the United States to open these people [17:05] up. [17:05] Well, you know, Biden had opened borders. [17:07] It wasn't very hard to get here, but we've got many of them out. [17:11] You know, we've caught many, many people, many, many very bad people, including thousands [17:16] of murderers that we've taken out of our country, thousands of drug lords that we've taken out [17:21] of our country, hundreds of thousands of prisoners that were let into the U.S. that we've taken [17:26] out of our country. [17:27] As far as the scientists are concerned, we'll probably have a pretty good answer over the [17:32] next week. [17:32] And with the peace argument around, does it have to be a big deal all at once, or would [17:38] you accept a little deal to start? [17:41] Well, I have a little deal. [17:42] I can make a little deal. [17:43] I want to get it done and get back to keep going with loans. [17:48] You know, our pricing is doing great. [17:49] As soon as the war is over, we're going to be lower than we were two or three years ago. [17:54] So I want to get back to that. [17:56] I want—we had to do something. [17:57] We had to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. [18:01] And we're at that. [18:02] They've agreed to that. [18:03] They've totally agreed to that. [18:04] They've agreed to almost everything. [18:06] So maybe if they can get to the table, there's a difference. [18:10] They agree. [18:11] They're going to get to the table with a pen. [18:14] We'll have that over with. [18:15] And then we can focus on our great economy. [18:18] And also, you know, I inherited the highest prices in the history of our country, the worst [18:23] inflation in the history of our country. [18:25] I'll get it down to a very low number. [18:27] We had it to a very low number, and it's still low. [18:30] But the most important thing right now is to make sure Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. [18:36] Would you ever go to Pakistan to seal the deal yourself? [18:40] I would. [18:40] I would go to Pakistan, yeah. [18:42] Pakistan has been great. [18:43] They've been so good. [18:44] If the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go. [18:47] Yeah. [18:47] If the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go. [18:51] The field marshal has been great. [18:53] The prime minister has been really great in Pakistan. [18:56] So I might go. [18:57] They want me. [18:58] The First Lady last week called on Congress to further look into and uncover the truth [19:03] on the Epstein files, the Epstein saga. [19:06] Do you believe that there should be a public hearing for more of these Epstein survivors? [19:10] Well, I'm okay with it. [19:11] I think we've had a lot of public hearings. [19:13] I'm okay with it. [19:14] But I understand that the women didn't want to go under oath. [19:17] That's what I heard. [19:18] That the women, the victims, or whatever, they refused to go under oath, which was a little [19:25] surprising. [19:26] Now, Melania felt strongly about it because she was accused of, that I'd met her through [19:31] Epstein, but it turned out to be totally false. [19:33] It was a false oath. [19:34] Are we talking about the one with Lebanon? [19:45] Lebanon, Iraq, and... [19:47] So we just made a deal with Lebanon. [19:50] As of two hours from now, we have a ceasefire with Israel and Lebanon, and that'll be great. [19:55] And they'll be meeting, probably coming to the White House over the next four or five days. [20:01] And that'll be the first time they've met in 44 years, which is pretty un-neighborly with [20:07] considering their neighbors. [20:08] But there's a really good chance that that'll work out with Lebanon and Israel. [20:13] I met with, through the telephone, with the president of Lebanon, who's a really good guy, [20:20] highly respected, and with Bibi. [20:22] And I think there's a chance we'll be meeting right here in the not-too-distance. [20:26] What's going to be the difference this time? [20:37] Me. [20:37] I'm the difference. [20:38] Big difference. [20:39] Me. [20:40] I'm the difference. [20:40] Big difference. [20:41] Me. [20:41] About taxes. [20:43] States like Virginia, North Carolina, and New York, Democratic states are looking at [20:48] raising taxes. [20:49] Is that going to take away from the tax cuts that you have? [20:52] No, because, you know, no tax on tips. [20:54] I'm going over no tax on tips today. [20:57] That's why I'm going to Nevada. [20:58] I'm going to Arizona. [20:59] But this is sort of a no tax on tips. [21:01] What's happening is people are finding out that in their tax return, they're getting a [21:06] big refund, much bigger than they thought. [21:08] So it's no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. [21:13] Wait, wait, wait. [21:15] I think it's going to be amazing. [21:16] Are those the president's defense spending? [21:18] If you look at what they're doing in New York, in California, they're raising taxes, [21:23] and they're driving people out. [21:25] Australia has really just announced that it's increasing its defense spending to 3%. [21:30] You've been asking for 3.5%. [21:32] Are you satisfied? [21:33] No, we're going to see what happens. [21:35] But on defense spending, look, we've built the greatest military anywhere in the world. [21:40] There's nobody even close. [21:41] All you have to do is take a look at the blockade. [21:44] Nobody's ever seen anything like it. [21:46] That blockade is the best thing. [21:49] And I'll tell you something. [21:50] I think the blockade has been more powerful than the bombs. [21:53] The bombs are powerful. [21:55] And it weakened them. [21:56] They have no Navy. [21:57] They have no Air Force. [21:58] They have no anything. [21:59] They have no leaders. [22:00] But they're new leaders, the ones that have replaced them. [22:03] It's a regime change. [22:05] They are much more, I think, frankly, more intelligent and more moderate. [22:09] But we have a real chance to make a deal very soon with Iraq. [22:18] On Australia, Mr. President, you asked for 3.5% increase, like 5% you did with NATO. [22:24] Australia has only gone to 3%. [22:26] Are you satisfied with that decision? [22:28] Would you consider... [22:29] I'm not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there. [22:34] So Australia... [22:35] What did you ask for? [22:36] Australia was another one. [22:37] They were not there having to do with Hormuz, the harmless... [22:40] What do you mean by that vote? [22:41] I'm not happy. [22:43] I'm not happy. [22:43] But why specifically? [22:45] Do you still have a good relationship with the Israeli Prime Minister? [22:48] What message do you think that this foreign level has sent to the UK and other European [22:52] allies who chose not to get involved in the war? [22:54] Well, you know, we spend trillions and trillions of dollars on NATO. [23:00] And when I ask them to get involved in a much smaller situation, which is Hormuz and Iran, [23:08] they weren't there for us. [23:09] Remember what I said? [23:10] They weren't there. [23:11] None of them. [23:12] They weren't there. [23:13] So we were there in Ukraine. [23:15] I mean, we shouldn't have been. [23:16] It would have never happened if I were president. [23:18] But nevertheless, when they've had problems over the years, we were there. [23:22] When we asked them to get involved on a very minor skirmish by comparison to what it could [23:27] be, they weren't there. [23:29] So I don't think they'd be there for a large skirmish. [23:31] And therefore, I think they've got themselves a problem. [23:36] Do your policies like no tax on tips, no tax on overtime show that the Democrat Party [23:43] is no longer the party of the working class and the Republican Party under your leadership [23:47] I love this question. [23:48] I love this question. [23:48] This is the greatest guy. [23:50] Look how handsome he is. [23:51] What a great guy he is. [23:53] Yes. [23:54] The Democrats don't know what they're doing. [23:56] They want to tax everybody out of business. [23:58] They want men playing in women's courts. [24:01] They don't want voter ID. [24:02] They don't know what they're doing. [24:04] We've had an unbelievable run and the people getting their tax returns and they're coming [24:10] back and they're ending up getting $5,000, $6,000, $7,000 more than they thought possible. [24:15] Do you think he was being disrespectful to you? [24:26] I don't think about it that way. [24:28] The Pope has to understand that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon. [24:33] And the Pope has to understand that you can't let a country kill 42,000 protesters, totally [24:38] unarmed protesters. [24:40] You can't do that. [24:41] So the Pope, you know, I know his brother, his brother's MAGA all the way. [24:46] You know that. [24:47] Lewis is a great guy. [24:49] But the Pope has to understand you're not allowed to kill 42,000 protesters who are totally [24:54] unarmed. [24:55] And you cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon or the entire world could be gone. [25:02] And, you know, when the Pope realizes that, I think we'll have a different understanding. [25:06] What does the provenance mean that Europeans should be buying more gas and oil from the [25:13] United States? [25:14] Well, they should be buying more from us. [25:15] And what they should be doing is using the North Sea. [25:18] I can tell you, UK, I've been telling that to your prime minister, UK should open up the [25:24] North Sea, one of the greatest in the world. [25:26] And they should use it instead of buying oil from Norway and other places that use the [25:31] same source. [25:32] They should use it. [25:34] And they're not doing it. [25:35] They're doing windmills and windmills. [25:37] Windmills do one thing. [25:38] You know what they do? [25:39] Put you out of business. [25:40] Mr. President, are you going to talk to Mr. Adhan or the regional leaders about the peace [25:46] deal or the peace talks about Iran? [25:47] We're dealing with everybody. [25:48] We're dealing with all of the leaders on many different subjects. [25:52] We're very close to a deal with Iran. [25:54] Thank you. [25:54] All right, the president leaving the White House now on his way to Las Vegas to just [26:10] talk about his no taxes on tips and refund checks. [26:14] Interesting, because you've got a lot of working class voters in Vegas. [26:17] They're not really feeling the benefits yet, but we'll see what the president has to say [26:20] once he gets there. [26:21] But he was asked a lot of questions, of course, about Iran and, you know, the economy overall, [26:28] including our oil prices, gas prices, inflation. [26:31] He says that, and we've heard this now for a number of weeks, that he's very close to [26:37] a deal, and that's going to mean that oil prices are going to go down even lower than [26:40] before, and inflation is going to go down as well, and everybody's going to be happy. [26:43] But let's bring in our Elizabeth Schulze, who does everything business for us. [26:47] We'll talk about his trip to Vegas in just a second and the no taxes on tips, but let's [26:53] get back to the reality check. [26:55] Let's say the war ended today. [27:00] Oil prices and gas prices aren't going to go down, you know, immediately after, you know, [27:05] a ceasefire or the war has ended. [27:07] Yeah, I think the really important thing to keep in mind there, Kira, and we heard this [27:11] again from President Trump, he's been saying as soon as this is finalized, we'll see a [27:15] big drop in oil and a big drop in gas and a drop in inflation, and he has kind of maintained [27:19] that since the start of this. And several times in these remarks just now with reporters, the [27:23] president did say, in fact, to our Rachel Scott, gas prices aren't even that high, despite [27:27] we've seen this $1.15 increase in that national average just over the last six, seven weeks. [27:32] What the president, what is important to keep in mind here is that the market, Kira, is [27:38] already baking in the expectation that there is a deal. [27:41] That is why we have seen this kind of steady, you know, steadying at least of gas, of oil [27:46] prices over the past few days, around $90 a barrel, if the market kind of already expects [27:51] this is what will happen. So there isn't a general assumption, at least in the oil market [27:56] right now, that we will see a huge precipitous drop if there is some sort of other deal announced [28:02] that's longer term beyond the ceasefires that are in place, including the ceasefire that [28:06] the president announced today between Lebanon and Israel. And in those remarks just now, [28:11] he did say that he spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu and the president of Lebanon. [28:14] He sounded extremely optimistic about that ceasefire, just like, Kira, he sounded extremely [28:19] optimistic about the ceasefire with Iran, even suggesting that Iran's already agreed not to [28:23] have a nuclear weapon, you know, continuing to say that they're on great terms, despite the fact that [28:27] there is still, you know, this very real questions about what comes after this current [28:33] ceasefire. So the reality is that we probably will not see that huge drop in oil in the next, [28:40] at least near term. Part of that is the fact that we don't see evidence of oil flowing at all [28:45] at the level that it was before the start of the war. And you do have the supply constraints [28:49] because of what's happened from the actual attacks during this war. We have seen several big oil [28:54] facilities in the Middle East get, you know, damaged, and it is going to take months or even [28:59] years to get that production ramped up again. The idea that we could see at least gas or oil [29:04] where they were before the start of the war, most people think that is unlikely, at least in the [29:09] short term, though we could see a little bit of easing still when it comes to gas, maybe below [29:14] $4 a gallon in the next couple of days or weeks. I think the president made a point saying that, well, [29:19] people aren't, you know, people are looking at the stock market at record highs. That is absolutely [29:22] true. We've seen this big surge in stocks in the last couple of days amid optimism about this [29:26] ceasefire. Kira, a lot of people not invested in stocks. They're maybe much more aware of those gas [29:31] prices than they are about the reality of the market right now. [29:34] Got it. All right. All right. Speaking of economic reality, now the president is headed to [29:38] Las Vegas where he's going to be talking about one of his signature economic promises, and that was [29:43] the no tax on tips. And you've got, you know, so many people that rely on tips, as you know, in Las Vegas. [29:49] And, you know, just reading through some of the articles, a lot of the folks happy about his, [29:56] one of his promises here, but still saying, even though the relief has been welcome, it just hasn't [30:02] been enough. Yeah. And this is something he campaigned on and something he, something he did [30:06] succeed in getting into that signature tax law that passed last year, this no tax on tips, [30:11] something that he will surely want to take a victory lap in saying that they got this done, [30:15] and they got this approved. And the White House is out touting how many people are trying to [30:18] take advantage of this new tax, you know, basically advantage. [30:22] And, of course, we are, day after tax day, we did see a pretty significant increase in [30:27] overall refunds for each household because of the tax law and some of the changes that have [30:32] been in place. That is something that the White House very clearly wants to try to [30:36] showcase when it comes to the messaging on the economy. There is the reality, though, that, you [30:41] know, some of those refunds, and this is coming from analysts from Goldman Sachs to JP Morgan, Bank of [30:45] America, they are saying that a lot of the benefits of that are being undercut by this [30:50] dramatic move in oil prices that we've seen just in the past couple of weeks. [30:54] So some of the progress on the economy that they want to tout has been undercut by what [30:59] we've seen because of the war. And beyond that, just, of course, the messaging and this [31:03] constant, that taking over the message on tax day as well. So, you know, we'll have to see how [31:08] much he sticks to the script tonight as well when he goes to Las Vegas to make those remarks, Kira. [31:12] LISA DESJARDINS- All right. We'll be watching. Elizabeth Schulze, thank you so much.