Trump says US will strike Iran again tonight during meeting with Zelenskyy

[0:12] Well, thank you very much. [0:13] It's a great honor to be with President Zelensky. [0:16] We've talked a little while, and we speak on occasion by phone. [0:21] We had a great talk the other day, I think, very positive. [0:25] And I think we have some very good stories to tell what's going on. [0:31] He wants to see a settlement, and I think President Putin wants to see a settlement. [0:36] And usually that means a settlement, but who knows? [0:38] This is a tough one. [0:41] But I just, you know, we just had our NATO meeting, and it was a great meeting. [0:46] You probably heard it. It was a great meeting. [0:49] There was a lot of love in that room today, a lot of unity. [0:54] And I don't think it could have been, Marco, what do you think? [0:57] It couldn't have gotten much better. [0:58] Do you have a feeling as to what you just saw? [1:02] Very positive. A lot of unity. Strength in that unit. [1:06] Really good. Scott, what do you think? [1:08] Yes, sir, all the Europeans attributed you to saving NATO, and they want to do what they're supposed to do, and do the right thing. [1:18] Yeah, there was something very special. [1:21] And I will say that what they've done with Turkey and President Erdogan has been a friend of mine. [1:28] He's been a friend of mine for a long time. [1:30] Strong man, good man, and he's done a fantastic job. [1:34] Every road, so everything's perfect. From the airport to the destination, everything's been perfect. [1:42] So we had a really good meeting, and we thought this would be a good time for President Zelensky and I to meet, and we'll see what we can do. [1:52] But we've actually developed a good relationship. It's hard to believe, right? [1:56] From the Oval Office to now, we've developed, I think we've developed a very good relationship. [2:01] And this is not the end. [2:05] No, this is not. This is going to be the beginning, maybe. Just the beginning. [2:10] And you know, the country has a lot of future. It is such great land, such great assets, such great people. [2:17] And you have a lot of people. I was with a group in Poland, and you have a lot of people in Poland, [2:23] which is a terrific country with a really great president. I happen to endorse him, and he's doing a very good job. [2:31] And they were saying they love Poland, but they really want to go back, you know? [2:36] They're going to get a lot of people back when this is over. [2:40] They left some, and they're all, I think they're going to come back. [2:45] A big percentage are going to come back. [2:48] So we're going to have a good talk, and we're going to see how it all goes. [2:52] And, Mr. President, would you like to say something? [2:54] Thanks so much, Mr. President. Thank you very much for this meeting. [2:59] And we are very thankful, as always, to your support, American support, bipartisan support. [3:06] Thanks for the invitation to this summit. [3:08] And I think that we really, I agree with you, we have a lot what to discuss, what to speak about. [3:13] And, of course, we are thankful for the Pearl Program, and we want to share with you some details, [3:21] what we want to raise during our meeting, the Air Defense is the priority. [3:26] The second point, or maybe the first, about negotiations. [3:31] I think, yes, we understand what to do. [3:34] It's our estimation what to do, how to bring this. [3:38] And I hope that you will do, I'm sure that you will do everything to solve this war. [3:43] Yeah, and I'm very happy that our side began to work on a drone deal, and it's a very good beginning. [3:51] And I hope that today I will have the possibility to also discuss with you some very important details. [3:58] Thank you so much. [3:59] Well, we've settled a lot of wars, and this one is the one that I thought maybe would be the easiest. [4:07] But Putin's a difficult character, and this guy's a difficult character. [4:11] It's not the easiest thing, and there's a lot of commitment, and there's a lot of love of the countries and everything else. [4:18] But I think we've made a lot of progress in the last couple of weeks, and we'll see how it all goes. [4:24] So do you have any questions? [4:25] President Trump, sir. [4:26] President Trump. [4:27] President Trump. [4:27] Would the Iran ceasefire possibly over? [4:31] Can we expect the resumption of full-scale hostilities? [4:33] Well, I just think they are behaving very badly, as they have for 47 years. [4:41] And, you know, we hit them hard last night after they launched. [4:44] They launched a couple of—you don't have to know about this. [4:46] You've got stuff on your mind. [4:48] But they launched a couple of drones and one rocket, one missile, and chips, because they were in the strait, which they have every right to be. [4:59] And so we hit them very hard last night. [5:02] Very, very—probably hit them hard again tonight. [5:04] I'll give them a little warning. [5:05] We're going to hit them hard tonight. [5:07] But we'll see how it all works out. [5:09] No, I'm not happy with them, you know? [5:11] It's like, for instance, we'll have a meeting, and we'll talk about the denuclearization of Iran, because that's what the war is. [5:18] It's not a war. [5:19] It's really the denuclearization of Iran. [5:22] And we'll have a meeting, and we'll talk about just that, because my whole thing is not about regime change. [5:28] It's not about—although I think it's regime change when you knock out the first group, the second group, and now you're—I think that's maybe the ultimate regime change. [5:37] But that's not what it's about. [5:39] It's about we don't want them to have nuclear weapons, and it's denuking or denuclearization. [5:47] And I think we've made a lot of progress, and they'll get out of the room. [5:52] We'll talk about it like we're here. [5:54] They'll agree on everything, and then they'll go have a news conference and say we never even talked about it. [5:59] They're cuckoo. [6:01] There's something wrong with these people. [6:02] And for 47 years, they've been the bully of the Middle East, and they're not the bully anymore. [6:09] They're not the bully anymore. [6:11] And all we want—it's very simple. [6:13] They can't have a nuclear weapon. [6:14] That's what I'm there for. [6:16] President Trump, sir. [6:17] President Trump. [6:18] If they did, they'd use it, and we're not going to let that happen. [6:20] President Trump, sir. [6:21] Daniel? [6:21] You've made a career making deals in very challenging situations. [6:27] Speaking to President Zelensky, speaking to President Putin, in your view, sir, [6:30] what is the most pragmatic pathway forward to finding a long-term peace deal? [6:35] How do you think they're going to make a deal? [6:36] Look, this deal has been in the works for a long time. [6:41] It's got the pluses, the minuses. [6:43] They know what it is. [6:44] He knows what it is better than anybody. [6:46] And I just think it's—sometimes—you know, I used an analogy, and it sounds simple, but it's sort of true. [6:55] You have two kids in a park, and they don't like each other, and they start fighting. [6:59] Sometimes you have to let them fight, and let them see that it's tough, you know? [7:06] It's tough. [7:07] Fighting is tough. [7:09] And he's done an amazing job. [7:12] Look, he's been very effective, and he's had the best equipment because he's had our equipment. [7:21] And he's had great, but somebody has to use that equipment. [7:24] And you have a lot of brave people that are using that equipment. [7:28] And Russia, you know, it's a big country, but it's a big force. [7:34] Russia has always been a big fighting force. [7:37] So, you know, it's—but I really believe it's ready—it's very interesting because you'd almost say it's worse than ever, and maybe it isn't. [7:47] Sometimes with war, and you study war, and I've studied it so long, for years, long before I did this, sometimes it's when it gets the worst. [7:56] And I don't know that it's the worst right now. [7:58] It's consistently bad. [7:59] They lost 25,000 people who were lost, kids, young people, last month. [8:06] And we had a month, 35, two months ago. [8:10] And I would say more Russians. [8:13] But it's just—they're people. [8:15] They're people. [8:15] And there's actually very little difference between the people. [8:19] I mean, you know, it's like the Russians and Ukrainian people, and they can get along. [8:25] But—but it's a—it's a nasty war. [8:29] Thousands and thousands—mostly soldiers—are being killed. [8:33] The battlefields, I see pictures, and it's horrible. [8:36] He thinks it's horrible. [8:37] They all—we all think it's horrible. [8:38] And the president wants to get it done, and I believe that President Putin wants to get it done. [8:45] And that should be a good combination. [8:47] Thank you. [8:48] Mr. President, what is your assessment on Ukraine's strike on Russian oil refineries and military factories? [8:55] Where are you from? [8:56] Ukraine. [8:58] Uh, phrase—phrase the question differently, please. [9:02] Um, Ukraine, uh, deliver long—long, um, strikes on Russian military factories and, uh, on oil refineries. [9:11] And they run—run out of gas. [9:13] Uh, Marco, why don't you answer that, because you're right in the middle of it. [9:16] Yeah, no, I think what you're discussing is the ability of Ukraine to reach deep inside of Russia— [9:21] Yeah, yeah, sure. [9:21] —and conduct strikes. [9:22] I think that's one of the dynamics that's changed in this—in this war over the last few months, [9:26] and that is that—that Russians are finding it more difficult to defend their own airspace. [9:30] And what we hope that means is that it's going to create the space now for—to negotiate the end of this war. [9:34] It's an escalation, but it's also an escalation that can help lead to an end. [9:41] And— [9:41] Mr. President— [9:42] Mr. Putin might be seeking for the settlement. [9:48] So where are you from? [9:49] Uh, Radio 3 Europe's Ukrainian service. [9:52] I'm from Ukraine. [9:52] Okay, good. [9:54] Because I talk to him. [9:55] I talk to him. [9:56] I talk to President Zelensky, and—and I think—that's all I've done. [10:00] My whole life I've made deals. [10:01] That's—I guess becoming president was making a deal, right? [10:04] It was like a lot of little individual things. [10:07] In the end, it's making a deal. [10:10] And that's what I do. [10:11] And, uh, I do it well, and I know when people want to make a deal. [10:15] I think he wants to make a deal. [10:18] And I do feel that President Zelensky would like to get back to rebuilding his country as [10:23] opposed to, you know, having all of this death and destruction. [10:28] Ukraine has tremendous potential. [10:31] He understands that. [10:32] We—we talk about that. [10:34] He talks about that more than he talks about the war. [10:37] You know, to me, I think it's—I think you might find that more exciting than the war. [10:41] This is—it's brutal. [10:44] The other is the beauty of it, you know? [10:45] He's—I think he'll build a great country. [10:48] I think he's going to build it. [10:49] We have a little stake in that country now because we have some land in that country. [10:52] But we have mineral—minerals. [10:55] It's among the wealthiest. [10:57] It's among the best land anywhere in the world for rare earth. [11:02] And we have some— [11:03] Mr. President, we have some rare earth. [11:05] I look forward to taking advantage of it at the right time. [11:08] Mr. President, let's see. [11:09] How does Europe make Patriot missiles in Europe? [11:12] He's one of my favorite soldiers. [11:14] I see him. [11:15] He's central casting. [11:17] You—right? [11:17] You doing okay? [11:19] Yes, sir. [11:19] We see him at meetings. [11:20] He's good. [11:21] He's done a great job. [11:22] Great job. [11:23] I wanted to do all of us here. [11:24] Great. [11:25] Great hero, actually. [11:26] Mr. President, will you allow Europe to make Patriot interceptors in Europe? [11:34] Are you comfortable with licensing that technology? [11:36] About what? [11:37] Patriot interceptors to be made in Europe. [11:40] And you're talking with respect to Ukraine? [11:43] Well, we're going to talk about that, you know? [11:45] Look, it's a defensive weapon, which I like, better than an offensive weapon. [11:52] It's the best. [11:53] So I was saying, we have an aircraft carrier, which is one of the most beautiful in the world. [11:58] It's one of the biggest. [11:59] The Abraham Lincoln. [12:01] And two months ago, we had 100—I told this story yesterday—we had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan. [12:11] They were shot at the aircraft carrier over a period of about one hour. [12:14] 111 missiles going to a very expensive ship, and every one of those missiles was knocked down, pretty much most by Patriots, but by other means also, as you know. [12:27] Yeah. [12:28] Other less expensive means. [12:29] You can see if it's better when you do that. [12:31] But out of the 111 missiles, every one of them was shot down. [12:36] It didn't hit the ship and, you know, bad things happen, right, when that happens. [12:40] So think of that. [12:41] Over a period of one hour, these missiles are coming at you, and every one of them shot down. [12:49] So I think one of the things we're going to be talking about is, as you know, the companies—we have great power over the companies. [12:55] Those companies that make the Patriots and make all of the great stuff, the Tomahawks, all of the great stuff. [13:00] We have the best—many things. [13:02] The Patriots script, but we have many, many great things. [13:05] You see that with Venezuela. [13:07] You see it with Iran. [13:08] Look, Iran has been wiped out. [13:09] Iran, their Navy's gone. [13:11] Their Air Force is gone. [13:12] Everything's gone. [13:14] But one of the things I think we're going to be talking about today— [13:17] just a little birdie told me this—about the fact that we'll give them the right to make Patriots. [13:24] We'll show them how to do it. [13:26] It's very complex, actually. [13:28] But it's—you'll figure out the complexity quickly. [13:31] And we're talking about that. [13:33] And we'll—the company that makes them, which is building now four plants, you know, all of our companies, [13:39] we'll be able to do this in two to three months. [13:41] If you order a Patriot, now you have to wait a long time for them. [13:45] Same thing with Tomahawks. [13:46] We have a lot of certain equipment, but with the—they call it the elite equipment. [13:52] And you don't need elite equipment necessarily for a war. [13:55] But—so one of the things we're going to be talking about is you'll—we're going to give a license to you to make Patriots. [14:02] That's pretty cool, right? [14:03] Very. [14:04] This way you can't complain that we're not giving them enough. [14:06] It's a—make them yourself. [14:07] Well, we haven't informed the company of that yet, but that'll—that'll work out all right. [14:13] You know, sure, they'll be thrilled. [14:15] But, you know, they'll be able to do it. [14:17] You'll be able to figure that out. [14:18] Most—most countries couldn't do that. [14:21] If I said that to most countries, they wouldn't know what I'm talking about. [14:23] But this is a very ingenious group. [14:26] And what I like about that, it's a defensive—it's a defensive situation as opposed to an offensive. [14:33] But I think one of the things you might want to be talking about is that. [14:37] That's what I heard. [14:38] Little birdie told me that. [14:39] President, on Iran, can you clarify, does the end of the ceasefire mean that we are back to a full-scale military conflict? [14:48] They violate the agreement every day. [14:50] They lie. [14:51] They cheat. [14:52] They kill people. [14:53] They've been killing people for 47 years. [14:55] They knocked out the SS call. [14:57] We lost, what, 200 people more? [15:01] That was a long time ago. [15:03] For 47 years, no president did anything about that. [15:06] Well, Obama actually gave them vast amounts of money. [15:12] You'd like this. [15:14] He gave them a plane load of money, $1.7 billion in green cash. [15:19] They loaded up a Boeing 757. [15:26] Remember the old 750? [15:28] It was a beautiful plane loaded up with cash. [15:30] They took all the seats out. [15:31] And they took all of the cash from Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. banks. [15:36] They had no money. [15:37] They took every ounce of cash, put it in, flew it to Iran, and gave them the money. [15:44] I wonder what these guys thought of when the door opened and cash fell out of this big plane, beautiful plane. [15:50] And then on top of that, they gave them billions and billions of dollars. [15:55] And, by the way, they gave it to the wrong country, frankly. [16:01] You want to know the truth. [16:02] And it began. [16:03] That was pretty much the Obama deal. [16:09] That was one of the worst tragedies that happened. [16:16] That's what happened in the Middle East. [16:18] That deal set back that whole situation. [16:22] They went with it. [16:22] Frankly, they picked the wrong country. [16:25] They picked the wrong country. [16:27] J.C., P.O.C., what a terrible, what a terrible deal. [16:33] I call it the Obama nuclear waste deal because what he did with that deal is he caused tremendous hardship in the Middle East. [16:41] It was a terrible, terrible thing to do. [16:43] And we've been just the opposite. [16:45] Our deal is a wall to a nuclear weapon. [16:48] His deal was a road to a nuclear weapon. [16:51] We could – they'll never build a nuclear weapon under our deal. [16:55] But I don't know if we're going to have a deal. [16:56] We may just do it without a deal because, you know what, it's easier. [17:00] Because these people, they lie and they cheat and you have an agreement and they'll go outside. [17:06] For instance, they agreed, well, we'll never have a nuclear weapon. [17:08] They agreed. [17:09] Then they go outside, they have a news conference where they leak that we never discussed the subject. [17:14] Now, who would believe we never discussed the subject? [17:17] Because for me, that's 99.9% of what we're doing. [17:21] It's denuclearization of Iran, okay? [17:25] So when you ask – our guys can continue. [17:30] You know, Steve is great and Jared and all the guys. [17:33] They know him very well. [17:34] Yeah, actually, they're working on your stuff, too. [17:37] I wonder which – I picked two beauties. [17:39] You know what? [17:40] We settled eight wars. [17:41] I got a couple of beauties here. [17:43] But – but Steve's great and Jared's great. [17:46] You know, they're the right guys. [17:48] And we'll see what happens. [17:50] But – but I will say this. [17:52] Iran, they'd misbehaved for 47 years. [17:56] They've killed our soldiers. [17:58] They've killed our people. [17:59] They've killed a lot of people all over the Middle East and elsewhere. [18:02] And the roadside bomb was their preferred – you know, the preferred weapon was by Soleimani, [18:09] the roadside bomb, where it would explode under a truck. [18:14] We actually built trucks with floors, steel this thick. [18:17] And then all they did was they made bigger bombs. [18:21] And we have young guys around – not walking around, because they have no legs – but [18:27] their legs were blown off, their arms were blown off, their face was blown off. [18:30] And they live. [18:31] Because of modern medicine, you can do anything. [18:34] But they're living. [18:36] They're living like in hell. [18:38] Their whole life changed because of Iran. [18:42] And that was – 96 percent of the people that used that – they were made in Iran. [18:48] And so we have a score to settle to. [18:52] Mr. President, you say that President Putin is ready to finish this war. [19:00] What if he doesn't? [19:02] Do you – are you ready to put pressure on Russia? [19:06] Are you ready to put more sanctions? [19:07] Well, we have a lot of pressure. [19:08] We have a lot of pressure on President Putin. [19:10] You know, I don't – I don't think he likes what's going on. [19:14] I don't think he likes – I don't think he's thrilled with what's happening. [19:18] There's a lot of pressure on President Putin to get it done. [19:21] I think there's pressure on everybody to get that one done. [19:24] A lot of pressure. [19:25] Mr. President, what's your – what's your security guarantee for Ukraine? [19:30] The guarantee? [19:31] Yes, security guarantee for Ukraine. [19:33] The security guarantee you're talking about? [19:34] I mean, not that we want to do it. [19:38] We'll do it to save lives. [19:39] Look, Ukraine is very far away. [19:41] We have an ocean separating us. [19:43] What I'm doing is I'm trying to save lives. [19:46] A lot of lives are being lost. [19:48] I also think that it's a country with great potential. [19:53] I think if this kind of brainpower can go toward rebuilding the country instead of fighting a war, [20:02] I think it's going to do – I think that country is going to do fantastically well. [20:05] And likewise, Russia, you know, look, they're devoting a lot of energy, a lot of energy. [20:11] Do you have a question for President Putin, please? [20:14] Do you have a question for President Putin? [20:19] Not so much. [20:21] What would you like to ask him? [20:23] Because I'm going to ask him that question. [20:24] I have a question. [20:25] I have a question. [20:25] I have a question. [20:25] Last year you called Russia a paper tiger, referring that they're not doing that group. [20:30] Who did I call? [20:32] I'm from Telegraphy, Ukrainian media. [20:34] No, give us a question. [20:36] Not for Zelensky. [20:37] Give us a question for Putin. [20:38] Why is he attacking the U.S. and human space? [20:42] Yeah. [20:42] Why is he attacking the U.S. and human space? [20:44] When will he end this war? [20:48] That's a good question. [20:49] I don't think I've ever asked him that question. [20:52] I've been asking him that question. [20:53] Please do. [20:54] Mr. President, what's the status of a joint deal between the U.S. and Ukraine? [20:59] What's the status of a joint deal between the U.S. and Ukraine? [21:00] By the way, I will tell you, though, he's going to tell you that he wants it ended as [21:04] soon as he can end it. [21:05] Do you believe that? [21:06] He wants it ended. [21:07] He wants it ended soon. [21:08] Okay. [21:09] And I ask him, and we talk – I talk to him a lot. [21:12] I talk to him a little bit less, but the relationship is very good. [21:16] But I talk to President Putin a lot, and he wants to end the war. [21:21] Mr. President, a lot of people don't – a lot of people don't – a lot of people don't [21:25] believe that. [21:26] What's the status of a joint deal between Ukraine? [21:28] What are President Putin's conditions for ending the war? [21:31] Do you know what – [21:32] Well, they were certain conditions. [21:34] They were a little bit different. [21:35] I think they're changing. [21:36] I think they're probably getting a little bit better toward some of the things that you'd [21:41] like. [21:42] It's been tougher in Russia. [21:43] It's been a lot tougher than it was supposed to be. [21:45] I mean, in all fairness, this was supposed to be a – this is a war that would have [21:49] never happened if I were President. [21:51] Would have never happened. [21:52] You'd have a full country. [21:53] You know, I mean, just a shame that it happened. [21:57] But, no, this is a – this is something that I think Zelensky wants to do and Putin [22:03] wants to do. [22:04] They want to – they want to get it done. [22:06] Ask – ask the President that question. [22:10] Ask him. [22:11] I don't know what – I don't know what conditions Putin now wants for this peace. [22:26] So, I think that they are changing in any way because at the very beginning of full-scale [22:31] war, he was stronger. [22:33] And now, I think he is losing initiative on the battle – I think – his army. [22:40] But that's why I think that – because of technologies. [22:43] Because it's not the question now of number of people. [22:46] People – our heroic people are very important. [22:49] But now, it's not the question of – question of only number of people. [22:55] First of all, people and technologies. [22:57] People with technologies. [22:58] Now, I think that we have – we have better steps, technological steps further than Russia. [23:05] Maybe quicker because they also – they – you know, that they produce a lot of different [23:11] things which are tough, strong against us. [23:16] But we are quicker. [23:17] And that's why I think that now initiative moved to our hands. [23:22] Not totally, but moved. [23:24] We are trying to move this world to the sky from the battlefield. [23:28] That's why we now began to control the battlefield. [23:32] This is very important. [23:34] It's difficult when you have less people to move them back. [23:38] But we found another way how to do it, to cut their logistic for the army. [23:44] It's about weapons, petrol, diesel, without massive human losses. [23:49] That is the difference between us, by the way. [23:51] Russia is – I mean – [23:53] He's got a lot of support. [23:54] I just left the room with – you know, where they have – I mean, mostly European – [24:01] Canada, but mostly European countries. [24:04] Right. [24:05] And they have great support for – [24:06] It's true. [24:07] – for Ukraine. [24:09] And, you know, really great support. [24:11] One of the things – you talk about questions for Putin. [24:14] But one of the things that I talked to him about was, where would you want to meet? [24:19] And he said, ideally in Moscow. [24:20] I said, he's not going to meet in Moscow. [24:21] You know, it just doesn't work. [24:23] You can't do that. [24:24] But he'll meet. [24:29] And Zelenskyy's going to meet. [24:32] And something's going to happen that's going to be positive. [24:35] And I think – I hope it's going to happen soon. [24:37] Because they have to – number one, lives. [24:39] But number two, building your country. [24:41] Because it's got a – it's got a tremendous future, in my opinion. [24:45] Yeah. [24:46] Where was the result, and when would that happen? [24:47] I don't know. [24:48] I don't know. [24:49] Mr. President – [24:50] President Putin said, I would love to meet in Moscow. [24:54] And I said, I don't think – you know, I have to put myself in this position. [24:59] I don't know that he'd go to Moscow. [25:01] Maybe he would. [25:02] Would you go to Moscow? [25:03] It's difficult. [25:05] There are a lot of Ukrainian drones. [25:07] They are – that's right. [25:08] It's dangerous. [25:09] It's dangerous. [25:10] It's dangerous. [25:11] Europe. [25:12] No, it's fine. [25:13] Would you – it's hard to go to Moscow. [25:15] Yeah. [25:16] Mr. President – [25:17] I thought I'd answer that question. [25:21] And I didn't want to – I didn't want to ask him that question. [25:24] Mr. President – [25:25] How to ensure that Ukraine will not be attacked again by Russia? [25:30] What about? [25:31] How to make sure that Ukraine will not be attacked by Russia again? [25:35] Look, you mean in the future? [25:36] Yes, in the future. [25:37] You mean after there's an agreement? [25:38] Well, we're going to work on a security guarantee that – and Russia respects us a lot. [25:44] And we're going to work on some kind of a security – if we can make the right deal, we'll help Europe. [25:50] I mean, Europe is going to be watching it. [25:52] But we're going to be helping them. [25:54] And we'll work on some kind of a security package that we'll make sure. [25:58] I don't think that's going to happen. [26:00] I think that if we make a deal, Russia is going to be very happy and they're going to get on with other things. [26:07] They have – by the way, as a country, too, they have tremendous potential. [26:10] They have tremendous land, valuable land that they can do things with. [26:14] And they have tremendous potential. [26:17] But I don't think it's going to happen. [26:19] I don't see – that question is, oh, they're going to attack again. [26:22] I don't see it at all. [26:23] I think they've had it. [26:24] They've had – this has been going on for almost five years, right? [26:28] Yeah. [26:29] Who would have thought? [26:31] I mean, it's a tribute because it's a bigger country, strong country. [26:34] And it's an amazing tribute. [26:37] Anything else? [26:39] With the Patriot missiles? [26:40] With the Patriot missiles? [26:41] With the Patriot missiles? [26:42] With the Patriot missiles? [26:43] President Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine needs Patriot missiles now. [26:47] Over 50 Ukrainians have died in recent airstrikes just in the last few days. [26:50] So in addition to these production licenses, which will take time, would you consider providing – [26:54] Not that much time. [26:55] Would you consider providing any to Ukraine immediately? [26:57] We have Patriots, but we don't have that many. [27:01] We need them for ourselves, too. [27:03] You know? [27:04] Some, yeah. [27:05] I mean, some. [27:06] But I think they can produce them pretty quickly. [27:08] Once we explain it, we'll bring the company here. [27:11] They work with the company. [27:13] They have a great ability to produce weapons. [27:17] Pretty complex weapons. [27:19] Are you willing to – [27:21] William, will you go into Ukraine? [27:24] Mr. President, do you have any deadline? [27:26] Will you go to Ukraine? [27:27] I would, yeah. [27:28] Do you have any deadline when you want to reach Ukraine? [27:31] I'd rather have the war be over. [27:32] Why don't they have any deadline? [27:33] I'm not sure a Secret Service would be thrilled. [27:36] But you know what I – I think it's – I think the people are in China. [27:43] And, I mean, like Kiev, it would be nice to get it before any more damage is done, to be honest. [27:51] It's such a beautiful city, right? [27:54] And, yeah, I would go to Ukraine at the right time. [27:56] Do you have any deadline when you want to reach a deal between Ukraine and Russia? [28:01] Do you have any deadline in that regard? [28:03] No, I don't have a deadline. [28:04] You can't have a deadline. [28:05] It's – you know, there's too much going on. [28:06] But – but I think you're going to have a deal. [28:09] I think – you know, I've been – I've been very good. [28:11] You know, we had certain deals like Azerbaijan and some of the deals that we made. [28:15] And they've been going on for 32 years. [28:18] And they said it's an impossible thing to get them solved. [28:21] Eight – eight different deals. [28:23] Even in the Congo, it was – think of it. [28:27] You have the Congo and Rwanda. [28:29] That was – 14 million people dead. [28:32] A lot of them with machetes. [28:34] It's a horrible – we got that one solved. [28:36] Or, you know, they go – they – it flares up everyone. [28:39] It's around, I must say. [28:40] But we get deals done that weren't doable. [28:43] But if you look at, well, India and Pakistan, they were at it. [28:48] We get that. [28:49] We get them done. [28:50] And when we get them done, I find that people are not anxious to go back into it. [28:56] I think we'll have – you once mentioned the word security guarantee in the Oval Office. [29:01] Yep. [29:03] And, you know, I think they're going to need some kind of a security guarantee. [29:06] But we're going to work with them. [29:08] That's important. [29:09] I think he thinks that's a very important thing. [29:12] The security guarantee is very important. [29:14] And they'll live by it. [29:15] Partially, the president said about patriots and licenses. [29:19] The Petro system is the best, you know, in the world for today. [29:23] The best anti-ballistic system. [29:24] So we used a lot of – [29:26] That's the best. [29:27] Yeah, the best one. [29:28] And it was – I mean, checked everything during the war. [29:33] So this is true. [29:34] So with all respect to other partners, we are thankful for all the systems. [29:38] Well, they had different systems in Venezuela. [29:40] Yeah. [29:41] So Venezuela had systems that didn't work. [29:43] We didn't have one plane shot down. [29:45] We didn't have one – we had one helicopter operator who was incredible. [29:50] He landed perfectly and his leg was almost blown off. [29:54] And we gave him the Congressional Medal of Honor because very few people could have landed that. [29:59] You know, you land them with your feet, really, more than anything else. [30:02] And he landed and he was really in bad shape. [30:04] And at the State of the Union, we gave him – he was a handsome guy, big handsome guy. [30:11] But we gave him the Congressional Medal of Honor at the State of the Union. [30:14] So, look, he wants to get it done and we're going to get it done. [30:18] And what's the status of a drone deal between Ukraine and the U.S.? [30:23] And what's that? [30:25] What's the status of a drone deal between Ukraine and the U.S.? [30:28] Well, we would buy their drones. [30:29] And we make drones. [30:30] We make great drones. [30:31] But they have an ability to make a lot of them, which is, right, Marco, amazing that in a war situation they make them. [30:40] They make them in basements. [30:41] They make them wherever the hell you have a little shelter, even if you don't have shelter, I think I suspect, right? [30:46] It's an amazing ability. [30:48] Very few – well, that's why I say with the Patriots, they would be able to do it. [30:53] Most countries would not be able. [30:54] They don't have the talent. [30:55] You have very talented people. [30:57] So, yeah, I think we're going to make that deal. [31:01] You know, if we made that deal, we'd have great protection. [31:08] I love the protection. [31:11] Think if you had a lot of Patriots, you wouldn't – you'd never be hit. [31:14] And as an example, in Kiev, where they get hit with missiles, those missiles, like what I said about the Abraham Lincoln, the missiles would be shot down, you know? [31:24] And I think you'd start making them pretty quickly. [31:27] Right? [31:28] You like the idea? [31:29] No, no, it's a great idea. [31:30] I think everybody likes that one. [31:31] I needed – [31:32] No. [31:33] President Trump, my secretary, the delegation will leave us here. [31:35] Go to President President. [31:36] As part of security guarantees, are you ready to close the skies in case Russia attacks against – [31:41] Close what? [31:42] To close the skies over Ukraine in case Russia – [31:46] Close the skies. [31:47] As part of security guarantees, are you – [31:48] And jets. [31:49] Are you ready to impose no-fly? [31:50] Are you ready to impose no fight if it's necessary? Yeah, I mean I look I tell you when we have a deal [31:57] We're gonna have a deal security guarantee or no security guarantee if we have a deal [32:01] We're gonna have a deal. We're not gonna have to worry about what you're saying [32:05] We're gonna have a deal. I think if we if we come to a solution [32:09] Which I think we will we're gonna have a deal now [32:12] We want to make sure the deal sticks some people don't think it will I think it will I think if I'm sure it will [32:18] I'm not sure it will with the rent if we make a deal with the rent. I'm not sure that will stick [32:25] Because because I found them to be very dishonorable people [32:29] Yeah, I'm supposed to reimpose the name of my name and I mean I don't want to upset him, but what everything I've done with [32:38] President Putin has been okay. It's been good. He's gonna say all that, but I would expect you to say that [32:44] That's good. I don't think anything's gonna be broken [32:48] And we're gonna do a security guarantee in case it is [32:52] but [32:53] With Iran [32:55] 47 years this should have been done by another president a long time ago or somebody else another country [33:00] But they got stronger and stronger and now they're weak [33:03] Are you going to reimpose the name don't forget 159 ships in one week. That's good even for you [33:10] 159 their entire Navy is at the bottom of the sea and now they have little boats little tiny boats that go around [33:17] And we knocked about 28 of them out last night with the same [33:21] The same weapon we use for the drug people, you know drugs are down by the way drugs by sea are down 97% [33:28] Meaning nobody wants to get into those boats and take drugs into it. They're down [33:34] 97% and we're using the same thing for the mine boats, you know [33:38] They have they like to drop mines in and we hit a lot of them last night like 28 we knocked out 28 boats last night little ones [33:48] That's all they have is little ones are you gonna try to take out more tonight? [33:52] Will we go tonight? You know normally wouldn't tell you I wouldn't tell you but you know what? [33:58] There's not a thing they can do about it. So the it's just probably [34:07] He just said he's going to that yeah, they deserve it [34:11] What is the effectiveness of last night's attack? What message does that send to what's left of the Iran? [34:21] Which attack are you talking about? The attack that you guys had on Iran last night the strike last night. So I think it has a tremendous impact [34:29] Well, first of all, we took out additional you know, they were trying to rebuild their radar [34:33] And they had about 60% built now. They have to have to start all over again [34:38] Look we're not attacking at the highest level the highest level of the bridges there [34:46] Which we can knock down I would say in one day. We knocked down every single bridge in Iran. There's not a thing they can do about it [34:54] their [34:55] electric manufacturing [34:57] Facilities right their electric plants where they make their electricity in there [35:02] We will we have to we'll take them out. I don't want to do that. But if we have to we'll take them out [35:08] They have desalinization plants. We'll take them out of we have to hate to do that. That's probably the one I would like not to do least [35:18] We attacked cargile in last night. We knocked out a piece [35:21] I said don't don't touch the oil because maybe we'll take over cargile [35:26] You know, we may take over cargile. It's not a thing they can do about it [35:30] But I said don't hit the pipes just said everything else and they hit it. They may hit it again tonight [35:36] So, you know as per your question normally, I'm not that way [35:40] But they really deserve it because they're saying they want to make a deal, but they don't you know [35:46] They they asked for a time out [35:49] They wanted to go to the funeral of khomeini and I said give it to him and they start shooting missiles. I mean, it was a crazy thing [35:58] Now we did kill him. Yeah, so I guess you have to look at it that way [36:02] but the funeral took place and they wanted to have a [36:09] period of time and they also asked that we not [36:13] Kill them and we said we're not going to kill you [36:17] They were worried we'd kill him during the funeral. I mean if you can believe it [36:21] What a crazy did you ever think I'd be doing this for a living? [36:24] Marco [36:25] Did anybody ever think I'm doing maybe Pete, but this wasn't supposed to be for me [36:30] Pete loved this stuff from day one [36:32] But they said to us, please don't kill us during the funeral. I said I won't and we didn't we didn't do anything [36:40] In fact, we made it safe for them actually [36:43] What happens they try and knock out two two ships a Saudi and I guess Kuwait, right? [36:50] Kuwaiti. Oh, no Qatari in addition to three three [36:55] so you had three of them and [36:58] They're just I don't know I just don't know with them a lot of people say that they're very dishonorable people and they can't keep a deal [37:07] So we'll see now as to whether or not steve whitkoff jared and jd and everybody working and that will talk [37:15] I guess they could talk but i'm not seeing it with them [37:18] You know with the people my whole life is deals. I don't see it. I don't see it with them [37:25] There may be a big attack [37:31] And it'll knock out a lot of stuff. We don't knock out nothing. We knock out a lot pete [37:36] Do you want to tell them about last night? Yes, sir last night as you said a lot of small [37:41] Craft that they were trying to harass shipping with so that was a big part of what we targeted [37:46] underground facilities where they were storing drones or missiles coastal defense sites radar sites [37:52] surveillance sites anything used to harass shipping in the straight-of-horse moves [37:56] So anything they thought they had rebuild their capability they were using [37:59] Was a target last night and tonight if we need to on your order mr [38:03] President we will hit even more and even deeper because that's the consequence and we may put down the blockade we may [38:10] put it back the blockade [38:13] And it'll only be a blockade for a rent anybody else can have whatever they want now of course [38:17] They'll drop some mines if they can you know if they can do it [38:21] But it's hard because we're taking out those little boats now with the same weapon we used to take out [38:26] the drug lords and the boats coming in basically think of it [38:30] 97 percent for years we had fentanyl and all the other drugs coming in from different countries [38:37] including venezuela and those you know they'd [38:41] Arrest them they'd bring them to a court they'd be released and they'd be back on another boat the next [38:47] 97 percent it had what was done in the past had no impact [38:52] 97 percent [38:53] Drugs down coming in by sea and now we're going to start doing it by land the land is easier when we had to do sea first [39:00] And nobody I mean I think the three percent of the people that still do that [39:04] I think they're the bravest people in the world [39:07] They maybe we should probably give them a medal for bravery [39:10] Because it's and we're using the same exact [39:14] Missile to take out the mines the mind drop they call mine droppers [39:18] But we have mine sweepers and one of the things that came up today is that european nations and nato group [39:25] They're sending minesweepers. We don't need them now. We have pretty much the mines that clear that but they'll probably drop some more [39:32] They're evil people. They're sick people. They're really they're mentally disturbed people [39:37] and [39:38] Should have been done 47 years ago. Thank you everybody [39:42] All right, so there you have it the audio was just cut there as the media now being escorted out president trump [40:17] Trump