Trump signals iran deal optimism, warns of bombs if talks fail as blockade continues

[0:03] GOING VERY WELL IN THE MIDDLE [0:07] EAST WITH THE RAND. [0:10] WE'RE NEGOTIATING OVER THE [0:12] WEEKEND. [0:13] AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE [0:16] BLOCKADE. [0:17] THE BLOCKADE HAS BEEN VERY [0:20] SUCCESSFUL. [0:21] AND OF EQUAL SUCCESS HAS BEEN [0:24] THE FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THE [0:26] BLOCKADE. [0:27] THE COMBINATION IS PRETTY [0:29] LETHAL, I WOULD SAY. [0:31] SO WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOWING [0:33] VERY SHORTLY. [0:34] BUT WE'RE TALKING OVER. [0:35] I EXPECT THINGS TO GO WELL. [0:37] MANY OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN [0:38] AGREED TO, IRAN WAS SAYING [0:41] SOMETHING DIFFERENT. [0:42] WHAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT? [0:44] WHAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT? [0:46] HAVING TO DO WITH IRAN. [0:47] CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING? [0:48] NO. [0:49] BUT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT. [0:50] I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING [0:51] THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. [0:53] IT'S SOMETHING THAT ONLY MAKES [0:54] SENSE TO HAPPEN. [0:55] AND I THINK IT WILL. [0:57] WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. [0:58] BUT I THINK IT WILL. [1:00] HAVE YOU AGREED TO SANCTIONS [1:01] EARLIER THAT EVERYTHING HAS [1:02] BEEN AGREED TO? [1:03] NO. [1:04] NONE? [1:05] YOU TOLD ME EARLIER THAT [1:06] EVERYTHING HAS BEEN AGREED TO. [1:07] I REALLY DON'T. [1:09] I'M JUST DOING THE THING THAT'S [1:10] RIGHT. [1:11] I'M JUST SAYING IT LIKE IT IS. [1:13] WE HAVE A SITUATION I THINK [1:14] THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY [1:16] BENEFICIAL. [1:17] AND THE MAIN THING IS THAT IRAN [1:19] WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [1:20] YOU CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A [1:21] NUCLEAR WEAPON. [1:22] AND THAT SUPERSEDES EVERYTHING [1:23] ELSE. [1:24] ARE YOU PERSONALLY THE ONE [1:25] THAT'S MAKING THESE [1:26] NEGOTIATIONS? [1:27] I GUESS. [1:28] I HAVE PEOPLE REPRESENTING ME [1:29] BUT I'M THE ONE THAT MAKES [1:30] THE DECISION. [1:31] IN THE STRAIGHT. [1:33] THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT [1:34] THE PENTAGON IS PREPARING FOR [1:36] MILITARY ACTION IN CUBA. [1:37] ARE THOSE REPORTS TRUE? [1:38] IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR [1:40] DEFINITION OF MILITARY ACTION [1:41] IS. [1:54] WOULD IT LOOK LIKE VENEZUELA OR [1:55] IRAN? [1:56] NO. [1:57] IT REALLY DOES. [1:58] IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR [1:59] DEFINITION OF MILITARY ACTION [2:00] IS AS BILL CLINTON WOULD SAY. [2:02] YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? [2:03] NO. [2:04] NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T [2:05] UNDERSTAND THAT. [2:06] 9 A.M. TOMORROW. [2:07] WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING? [2:08] WE HAVE SOMETHING TOMORROW. [2:09] IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A [2:10] SURPRISE. [2:11] I THINK IT'S A VERY POSITIVE [2:12] THING. [2:13] SOMETHING I FEEL STRONGLY [2:15] ABOUT. [2:16] SOMEBODY'S COMING TO THE WHITE [2:17] HOUSE IS VERY GOOD, VERY [2:20] SMART, VERY CARING. [2:21] A PERSON THAT CARES A LOT ABOUT [2:22] THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND. [2:24] AND SO WE'LL HAVE A NEWS [2:25] CONFERENCE TOMORROW. [2:26] A LITTLE UNUSUAL. [2:27] SATURDAY MORNING. [2:28] IS IT ABOUT IRAN? [2:29] NO. [2:30] WELL, IT WILL BE. [2:31] ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING IS ABOUT [2:32] IRAN, I GUESS. [2:33] IT ALL MORFS INTO IRAN. [2:34] YOU'LL BE ASKING QUESTIONS. [2:35] BUT THE IRAN THING IS JUST [2:37] GOING WELL. [2:38] TOMORROW IS UNRELATED, BUT [2:39] YOU'LL BE PROBABLY, IT WILL BE [2:44] A FORM OF A NEWS CONFERENCE. [2:45] AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE [2:46] SOMETHING VERY GOOD FOR OUR [2:47] COUNTRY. [2:48] WHEN THIS ALL DOES END? [2:50] WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? [2:51] SURE. [2:52] WE'LL HAVE A PARTY. [2:54] IT WOULD BE GREAT. [2:56] WE'VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND BY IRAN [2:58] FOR 47 YEARS, BUT NOT ANYMORE. [3:01] WHEN YOU SAY IRAN HAS AGREE TO [3:03] TURN OVER THEIR NUCLEAR DUST, [3:04] WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, ARE THEY [3:05] DESTROYING THEIR NUCLEAR MATERIAL? [3:08] NO. [3:09] THEY'RE TURNING IT OVER. [3:10] CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH ON THAT [3:11] PROCESS? [3:12] WE'RE TAKING IT. [3:13] VERY SIMPLY. [3:14] WE'RE TAKING IT. [3:15] WITH IRAN. [3:16] WE'RE GOING IN WITH IRAN. [3:17] WE'LL TAKE IT AFTER THE [3:19] AGREEMENT IS SIGNED. [3:20] THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. [3:21] BEFORE AND AFTER. [3:22] B.C. [3:23] BEFORE AND AFTER. [3:24] IN THE STREET, ARE THERE GOING [3:26] TO BE RESTRICTIONS? [3:27] AFTER THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED. [3:29] WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT. [3:30] IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT, [3:31] WE WOULD TAKE IT. [3:32] BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE [3:33] TO. [3:34] IN THE STREET, ARE THERE GOING TO [3:37] BE RESTRICTIONS AND TOLLS [3:39] MANAGED BY IRAN FOR SHIPS AND [3:40] VESSELS PASSING THROUGH? [3:41] NO WAY. [3:42] NONE AT ALL? [3:43] NO WAY. [3:44] NO WAY. [3:45] NO WAY. [3:46] MR. PRESIDENT. [3:48] MR. PRESIDENT. [3:49] MR. PRESIDENT. [3:50] MR. PRESIDENT. [3:51] MR. PRESIDENT. [3:52] WHEN I SAY NO RESTRICTIONS, [3:53] YEAH, RESTRICTIONS, YOU CAN'T [3:55] DO THE TOLLS. [3:56] NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOLLS. [3:58] UNFISA, MR. PRESIDENT. [4:00] I THINK SHE'S GREAT. [4:04] AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. [4:07] THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS SO [4:08] IMPORTANT AND SO GOOD. [4:10] IT'S VOTER I.D. [4:13] IT'S BASIC. [4:15] it's your basics about a democracy. Voter ID, birthplace, you have to be born in the United [4:22] States to vote. We have no transgender. We added no transgender. Immunization of [4:29] our children, very important. No men in women's sports now. We added that. Also, [4:36] we talk about the top three, and we put as the three, you know, three having to do with the [4:40] vote. We also have no mail-in ballots other than for the military, et cetera. If you're sick, [4:46] with the military, if you're away, if you're disabled, any of those things, it's pretty [4:52] generous, actually. But mail-in ballots, the tremendous cheating that goes on with mail-in [4:57] ballots. So we would have no mail-in ballots except for those various exceptions. [5:02] Mr. President, does Lebanon need to happen for you to get to a deal? [5:06] No, it's not really tied, but you could say maybe psychologically tied, but we're going to help [5:12] Lebanon become a country again. You know, it's been a long time for them. They've gone through a lot, [5:16] and we're going to help them be a country again. [5:19] And then, were you frustrated with Netanyahu while you were negotiating with CISFAR in the [5:23] last round? Was he his action bombing Lebanon? [5:26] No, look, he's been a very good partner. No, we disagree on some things, but he's been a [5:30] very good partner. We did a good job. There's probably never been anything like it. He says, [5:35] we were the senior, and we are the senior. We're the senior. We have the greatest military [5:39] in the world. I built it in the first term. Didn't think I'd be using it this much, but we have [5:45] the greatest military in the world. Greatest equipment. Greatest, when you look at it, we had [5:51] 101 to 111, depending on your definition, because some were two. They came out in twos. [5:59] Missiles shot at a certain very valuable asset of ours that happened to be sitting on the water. [6:04] Every single one of those missiles were shot down. Think of it. 111 missiles. Every single one of them [6:11] was shot down. Never even got close. Nobody has a military like this. Nobody has equipment like [6:19] this. Nobody has the power that we have. Sir, you said that the U.S. was going to take the nuclear dust [6:24] from Iran. Yeah, yeah. If we didn't make a deal. What's the timeline on that? How long will that take? [6:28] Do you want me to give you the time and date and everything else? Is it like you've been negotiating [6:32] how long that process will go on? If we obviously, I'm not going to give you the time, other than [6:35] if we sign the agreement, then I can give you time somewhere after the signing of the agreement. [6:41] And will it involve you as military? We'll go in with Iran. We'll go in with Iran and we will [6:45] take it together and we will bring it back, 100% of it, back to the United States. If we don't do that, [6:52] we will get it in a different form, in a much more unfriendly form. [6:56] But in any event, we'll get it. But in any event, excuse me, but in any event, we'll get it. Go ahead. [7:02] If you don't have a deal by Wednesday when the ceasefire ends, will you extend the ceasefire? [7:07] I don't know. Maybe not. Maybe I won't extend it. But the blockade is going to remain. [7:13] But maybe I won't extend it. So you have a blockade and unfortunately we'll have to start [7:18] dropping bombs again. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. I think it's going to happen.