Trump speaks on Iran, Nvidia CEO in briefing

[0:00] And also Operation Iron Gate, which was newly imposed, and that's land. [0:05] So you have land and sea, total lockdown. [0:08] I've agreed that Iran cannot have, and everybody's agreeing, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. [0:15] And that's a non-negotiable point. [0:17] They understand that. [0:18] They accept that. [0:19] They don't admit that they accept it. [0:21] And they will tell you that they don't accept it, but they accept it 100 percent, more than 100 percent. [0:28] And should there be any change with respect to developments in the Middle East, the United States of America is fully locked and loaded with the best equipment ever made. [0:42] And we don't think there's going to be any reason to use it. [0:46] However, it's going very well. [0:49] You know, we haven't lost a soldier in six months. [0:53] Look, you know, they talk about wars, Ukraine and Russia. [0:57] And by the way, we're having a very good conversation about that in Abu Dhabi. [1:00] Ukraine and Russia are losing about 25,000 people a month, mostly soldiers. [1:10] Two months ago, it was 32,000 people. [1:13] And compare that with us. [1:14] We haven't lost a soldier in six months. [1:19] And nobody, not even an injury. [1:23] And yet we have the strait is closed down. [1:27] And more oil has come, closed down to Iran. [1:30] More oil has come out of the strait over the last week than at any point in the history of the Hormuz Strait. [1:37] So we're doing very well. [1:38] But at this point, we, it won't be necessary. [1:42] Taking the military action doesn't seem to be a very necessary thing. [1:46] But we're locked and loaded, ready to go for any reason that changes. [1:50] Israel and the entire Middle East are protected from Iranian danger and threats. [1:54] And we're seeing momentum toward the end of this conflict. [2:00] I think it's going to be ending fairly soon. [2:03] We're also seeing a very strong inclination to end Russia and Ukraine. [2:08] We're involved in that because I want to see people stop getting killed. [2:12] Again, 25,000 a month on average are being killed. [2:16] With respect to Iran, so in Vietnam, they lost 60,000 soldiers over a period of 21 years. [2:30] In Afghanistan, they lost thousands over many, many years. [2:35] In Korea, as you know, they lost about 50,000 soldiers over a period of four years. [2:44] But numerous of these wars went for over 10 years. [2:50] And basically, nothing was won. [2:53] Nothing was, all that you ended up with was death. [2:57] So we had two wars. [2:58] We had Venezuela, which was over in 48 minutes. [3:02] And we lost no soldiers. [3:03] And we're taking in billions and billions of dollars a day. [3:08] And we paid for that war many times over. [3:11] And we're getting along very well with the government. [3:14] We're much in charge. [3:16] We're totally in charge. [3:16] And getting along well. [3:18] And the Venezuela people love us because the big oil companies are in there now. [3:23] They're taking in a lot of money. [3:25] They're seeing more money now than they've ever seen before. [3:29] So Venezuela was 48 minutes it was over. [3:32] So let's say one day, but 48 minutes it was done. [3:36] And it's been, again, millions of barrels of oil are coming in every week. [3:41] Millions of barrels and billions of dollars. [3:45] So that's one. [3:46] And the other is Iran. [3:48] And Iran militarily is effectively over. [3:53] We're just keeping at the status quo. [3:56] And we're doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbors. [4:02] But it's a failing country. [4:03] It's got 301 percent inflation. [4:07] It's got problems like you don't want to even think about. [4:11] They're not paying their military. [4:13] They're not paying their guard. [4:14] Their navy is gone. [4:16] Their air force is gone. [4:17] They have 158 ships. [4:18] They're underwater. [4:19] They have 268 planes that were scattered all over the runways of Iran. [4:25] So their military is essentially gone. [4:28] Their manufacturing capability is reduced to about. [4:31] They can still make some limited numbers of missiles and drones. [4:35] But it's basically about 85 percent gone. [4:39] And they're talking to us and they're talking very politely. [4:42] And we'll see what happens. [4:44] But there's a good chance that that could get ended. [4:48] So at the conclusion of the military engagement, the American people and the people of the world will be far safer and more secure than they've been in many, many years because Iran was killing many people. [5:03] You know, that war was started in 1979. [5:06] We didn't start the war. [5:07] They did. [5:08] Even if you go back to the SS call, that was their situation. [5:13] And a lot of people were killed. [5:15] A lot of American people were killed. [5:17] A lot of people throughout the world were killed. [5:18] And if you go back just over the last seven or eight months, 75,000 at a minimum protesters have been killed. [5:27] So it's a nasty place. [5:29] But we think that it's in pretty good shape. [5:33] We'll see what happens. [5:34] I don't guarantee anything. [5:36] But if we do have to go back in, we are locked and loaded and ready to go. [5:41] With that being said, I was having a little fun. [5:44] And I said, how about Dana White being the press secretary, you know, press secretary. [5:48] He's a great guy. [5:51] He's done an unbelievable job. [5:53] Most successful. [5:55] You know, we talk Don King, who's a friend of mine. [5:58] I've got a lot of friends. [5:58] But you talk about fight promoters. [6:00] This is more than a fight promoter. [6:02] This is a man that's done the most incredible job anybody's ever seen. [6:07] UFC. [6:08] It's like broadcasting the NFL, the numbers and what he's been able to do. [6:14] And he's done a lot of press. [6:16] And I said, you know what? [6:17] I want to elevate you. [6:18] I'm going to bring you into the press room. [6:20] And Dana White could be our press secretary if you would only take the job. [6:24] There would never have been. [6:25] Even Caroline would admit that Dana is really very unique. [6:29] The only problem is he'll talk for a little while and then he's going to beat the hell out of you. [6:34] So I don't know if Daniel would like that. [6:36] I don't think Daniel wants to take him on. [6:38] But he's built an amazing machine. [6:43] He's got a big fight this weekend at Madison Square Garden with the two greatest women fighters of all time, as far as I'm concerned. [6:53] And women's fighting, it's not a nice thing, but they are very tough. [6:58] When I say no men in women's sports, that's great. [7:01] I would not want to fight. [7:03] However, I would not. [7:04] How would I do against one of them? [7:05] Would I do well? [7:06] I don't think so. [7:07] Not well, sir. [7:07] And he said not well. [7:09] This would not be a good occurrence. [7:13] Anyway, but I thought I'd bring Dana here because he loves the idea and I love the idea. [7:18] The only thing is we have other things we have to think about. [7:20] But he's a unique person and he was seeing me anyway, unrelated, and I thought maybe he would say a few words. [7:30] And I think he'd probably like the job. [7:33] He loves the country and he would do a hell of a job. [7:35] So you were here, he was here. [7:37] And Dana, please say a few words. [7:39] Dana White, thank you. [7:44] I've always wanted to do this. [7:45] Who has the first question? [7:47] I have zero political aspirations. [7:50] I was in a fight for Zufa Boxing in London when he called me and told me that he had done this. [7:55] And the last 24 hours of my life has been insane. [8:00] But, yeah. [8:01] Good to see you. [8:02] Yes, ma'am. [8:03] I have a question. [8:04] UFC cage match between President Trump and former President Joe Biden. [8:09] Same age, same weight, and considering when styles make fights, could you give us an analysis of who he was? [8:15] The toughest, most resilient human being that I've ever met in my entire life. [8:19] Many times during the last eight, ten years, whatever it's been, I have told him, why do you keep doing this? [8:26] Why are you doing this when he was going through everything that he went through? [8:30] And, I mean, as tough and as resilient as I thought he was after he got shot, I, yeah. [8:37] He is a one-of-one, unique human being, and, yeah. [8:43] Would it be a knockout victory for President Trump? [8:46] It would be very bad. [8:49] Yeah, I think it would be very bad. [8:50] I can't believe you actually have questions for me. [8:53] Yes? [8:53] The President has said he might consider a pardon for Pete Rose. [8:58] What is your advice to the President about that pardon? [9:01] I don't advise the President on anything ever, but, yeah, I think it's fair. [9:06] I think it's fair to pardon Pete Rose, yes. [9:07] I would do that. [9:08] By the way, but why does he need a pardon? [9:10] He does, he was not really convicted of a criminal. [9:12] It was a tax charge, sir. [9:14] Oh, he did? [9:14] Yes, sir. [9:15] I'd give Pete Rose a pardon. [9:16] All right. [9:17] Let's make it happen. [9:17] I think Pete Rose was very mistreated. [9:20] He was, you know, 4,200 and some odd hits, way ahead of anybody else. [9:26] A record can never be broken. [9:28] And he was caught gambling. [9:30] Now it's legal. [9:31] Right? [9:32] But he was gambling on his own team, Danny. [9:34] He wasn't gambling against. [9:35] That's different. [9:36] He was gambling. [9:37] He shouldn't have done it, but he went through 40 years of hell, and they never, and they [9:41] should have given him a pardon. [9:42] They should have given him into the Baseball Hall of Fame a long time ago, and I spoke to [9:47] the Commissioner about it, and he agreed to do it, and then he waited, though, and Pete [9:53] Rose died, so it didn't help him too much. [9:55] But I would give Pete Rose a pardon. [9:58] I would do that. [9:58] Just to confirm, did you tell the President no to the press secretary job? [10:05] I don't tell the President no to anything. [10:07] I, no, I didn't say no. [10:08] I literally, everybody, every media outlet was calling me, and I didn't want to be disrespectful [10:13] and say anything until he said something first. [10:17] We were having a very bad press day, and I said, I don't know why, I thought of his name. [10:24] He's been my friend for a long time. [10:26] I said, you know, I think I'm going to get Dana White to be my new press secretary, and [10:30] I sent it to a group of the press, and that was it. [10:33] I'm sort of kidding. [10:35] And then they wrote the story as though I wasn't kidding, and you were inundated, and I was [10:40] inundated, and he was here anyway. [10:42] So we thought we'd have a little fun, and we brought Dana here. [10:45] He would be fantastic. [10:47] Go ahead. [10:47] Freddie, thank you. [10:48] Mr. President, for you. [10:50] Dana, first of all, were you surprised by the results of the midterms last Tuesday? [10:55] And, Mr. President, you, on the campaign trail, you had said that you had stopped Iran from [11:02] having a nuclear weapon. [11:03] Why not just declare an end to the conflict and be done with it? [11:07] Because we have some great allies there, and we have to make sure they're not hurt, [11:14] and they would be hurt. [11:16] They are, right now, a lot safer than they were six months ago because Iran's been very [11:22] much decapitated, but they're still the bully of the Middle East a little bit, and I see [11:27] that. [11:27] We want to make sure they're okay. [11:29] We want to make sure it's a long-term solution, not just a short-term. [11:32] They'll never have a nuclear weapon, but we have to make sure that's a long-term. [11:36] So, it's ending quickly, but we want to take care of people that have been very good to [11:41] us over the years. [11:45] Thank you, Mr. President. [11:47] You told 60 Minutes that you felt that your deportation policy may have gone too far, but [11:53] then you named the architect of that policy, Stephen Miller, to be your chief of staff. [11:58] Have you told him that you want changes to the deportation policy? [12:02] No, no. [12:02] We have a very strong deportation policy. [12:04] There's no amnesty, no anything. [12:07] We keep that. [12:08] But we focus on the worst of the worst. [12:11] We want to get the murderers out. [12:13] We've gotten most of them out. [12:15] We've gotten most of the really bad. [12:17] You know, they allowed, Joe Biden allowed 100, well, 25 million people to come in. [12:23] Of that, 11,888 murderers, most of whom committed more than one murder. [12:30] We've gotten most of them. [12:31] We want to get the worst of the worst, and then we'll see what happens. [12:34] But they came in illegally. [12:37] Many of them have good jobs now. [12:39] They're productive. [12:40] Some of them are even paying taxes. [12:42] And we're seeing what's going to happen. [12:44] There won't be amnesty. [12:44] Somebody suggested, will there be amnesty? [12:46] No, but they came in. [12:49] They knew the law. [12:50] And we're working with a lot of different groups to see whether or not. [12:54] But my policy hasn't changed. [12:56] What we are doing is absolutely the worst of the worst. [12:58] We're getting the murderers. [13:00] They allowed people to come in from prisons. [13:02] They emptied their prisons into our country. [13:05] Many countries. [13:06] And they emptied our prisons into our country. [13:08] The drug dealers that we have, the people from the mental institutions, mental institutions [13:14] all over the world were emptied out. [13:17] Prisons all over the world. [13:19] The Congo were in the Congo. [13:22] Their prison population was emptied into our country. [13:26] All over South America, all over Asia, they did that, too. [13:31] What Biden did to this country should never, ever be forgotten. [13:36] And I hope the Democrats will not try and allow that to happen again. [13:43] We've seen the stock market really take up and down like a roller coaster the last couple [13:47] of days. [13:48] Today, up. [13:49] Last week, it tanked. [13:51] Not last week. [13:52] Right after the election, it went down $3 trillion. [13:54] That was because of the result of the election, because the stock market does not want to [13:59] seat Democrats. [14:00] And your 401ks have gone way down because of the ridiculous result. [14:07] It's not even a result. [14:09] It's almost hard to believe. [14:11] Now, I wasn't on the ballot. [14:12] I shouldn't take anything personally. [14:14] But I will tell you, I thought it was ridiculous. [14:16] But the stock market went way down right after that event. [14:21] But today, it's way up, because I think they feel we have things under control. [14:26] Mr. President. [14:27] Thank you, sir. [14:28] Thank you, sir. [14:28] When were you first informed that there was an issue with Jensen playing in the affair? [14:32] And what was presented to you at the time? [14:35] What was the concern? [14:35] I would say that when I heard about it, first of all, I was amazed, because I view him as [14:44] a very high-quality person. [14:45] I've known him a long time. [14:47] It's actually the largest. [14:49] I think by value, it's probably the largest or one of the largest companies in the world. [14:53] He did that with a chip. [14:55] You know, when you think about it, he's got a chip that's 10 years advanced. [14:58] Can't be, because of the complexity, can't even, the Blackwell, can't even be copied. [15:03] He's an amazing guy. [15:05] I just hope it's, I hope there's no problem. [15:08] If there is a problem, we'll let you know about it. [15:10] But I hope there's no problem. [15:12] I believe he's suffering greatly. [15:14] I read his statement, and I believe he's suffering greatly. [15:17] More so because of his family, his wife, who he loves, and his family. [15:23] But he is definitely suffering. [15:25] And I hope so. [15:25] Mr. President, just to follow up on the, when were you first told of these potential issues [15:31] with Mr. Wang? [15:32] You didn't answer that question. [15:32] Well, I've been hearing about it, and I've been reading a little bit about it over a period of time. [15:37] But not too long ago. [15:40] Well, when is that? [15:41] And we'll look into it. [15:42] I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else. [15:45] And I think that he'll be in good shape. [15:47] Mr. President, you say the war with Iran will be ending fairly soon. [15:54] You've made this claim dozens of times over the past eight months. [15:57] Why should Americans think this time is any different? [15:59] They won't have a nuclear weapon, and they won't have a nuclear weapon. [16:02] When we knocked them out a year ago, that was, I said I was going to do that, and I kept [16:08] my word on that. [16:09] Now what we're doing is we're, it's really status quo territory. [16:15] We're keeping it going. [16:16] We have the greatest military blockade ever. [16:19] We have the new iron gate. [16:21] Iron gate is land, so by land and by sea. [16:25] And we will take care of business. [16:27] Look, Iran, I hope we're going to be able to make a deal with them. [16:32] But nothing's going to happen. [16:34] And if we have to, we'll take very serious. [16:36] We are so loaded. [16:38] We just have another aircraft carrier. [16:40] It's all loaded up to the gills with brand new, beautiful stuff. [16:43] So we're making more military equipment and munitions right now than at any time in the [16:49] history of our country. [16:50] We've built and are building more plants. [16:53] Our defense companies are building more plants than ever at any time in the history of our [16:59] country. [17:00] And many of those plants are open. [17:02] Some opened and some are opening soon. [17:04] We're building new patriots. [17:06] We're building new tomahawks, new THAAD systems. [17:09] And we have more under construction now than at any time ever. [17:14] And we're taking it. [17:15] And obviously, we're taking it for ourselves first. [17:19] What happened is, and wasn't so much Iran, Joe Biden gave $350 billion worth of free equipment [17:27] to Ukraine. [17:30] Now, that was unbelievable. [17:32] Now they pay. [17:33] And we give it to the European Union. [17:35] We have a very good relationship. [17:37] We took them from 2% to 5% is what they're paying now. [17:41] Which is pretty amazing. [17:43] As you well know, the takeout would be beginning right now under normal circumstances. [17:49] But these are not. [17:50] President Trump is in the White House briefing room taking questions from reporters. [17:53] Let's stick with the president. [17:54] We just had, just in case, we had another aircraft carrier. [17:58] We have many. [17:59] Sailing over and just arriving in the Middle East. [18:03] So we have three. [18:04] And they're all locked and loaded. [18:06] And hopefully, we don't have to use them. [18:07] Are you going to bring up the case of Jensen Wong with President Xi when you visit with him next week? [18:17] No, I don't think so. [18:18] I mean, maybe, I'm sure, President Xi will ask me about it. [18:22] I just know Jensen very well. [18:24] I just think he's a very honorable man. [18:27] I mean, he built a great company, American company. [18:31] And I think he's a very honorable guy. [18:32] And I feel very confident that he'll be in good shape. [18:37] When you went to China earlier this year in May, did you know about these alleged ties with the Chinese by then? [18:45] No, I didn't hear about it then. [18:47] But a lot of people have heard about it. [18:50] And Jensen totally denies that. [18:52] I asked him today, because I did speak to him today, just to see if he's feeling all right, how you doing. [18:57] And I asked him about that. [18:59] And he said he had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy. [19:05] I asked him that question. [19:07] Did you have any idea that she was a spy? [19:08] He said, I had no idea that she was a spy. [19:11] And I really believe him. [19:12] Yeah, please. [19:12] I just think that Ukraine and Russia are tired of fighting. [19:23] They're tired of seeing dead young soldiers, mostly soldiers. [19:26] Most of the people are soldiers. [19:28] Think of it. [19:29] They're losing 25,000. [19:30] Danny, can you imagine? [19:31] 25,000. [19:32] That's like a stadium. [19:33] Madison Square Garden. [19:34] You have your fights. [19:35] 25,000. [19:36] That's what it holds. [19:38] And they're losing that every single month. [19:40] Dead. [19:41] Young, beautiful people. [19:44] And it's got to stop. [19:45] You know, it doesn't affect us. [19:48] But I'm able to get them together. [19:51] And we're meeting now. [19:52] Right now, as we speak. [19:53] And the meetings are going okay. [19:55] But we're trying to get it settled. [19:56] Only because we want to say it doesn't affect us as a country, [20:01] but it affects me. [20:02] 25,000 people a month are being killed. [20:05] Mr. President, a number of Senate GOP members are urging [20:11] the conference to delay their leadership votes tomorrow. [20:15] We know that John Thune is running on a post in the Senate. [20:18] Do you think that Mr. Thune has earned the right to lead Senate... [20:21] Well, look, he's a very fine man. [20:23] I know him very well. [20:25] But that's really up to the Senate. [20:27] And I like John Thune. [20:29] I wish they could get more produced. [20:32] You know, we've had Save America up there. [20:36] We've had, you know, voter ID and proof of citizenship and many other things. [20:41] It's not easy. [20:42] He's got some people that, first of all, you have 100% negative Democrats. [20:46] They never vote yes. [20:47] They always vote no. [20:49] That means he has to get almost 100% of the Republicans. [20:52] And you have some Republicans in there. [20:53] I can name them, but why should I? [20:55] that are very difficult. [20:58] And, you know, I said, as leader, you have to get those people. [21:01] But John's a good man. [21:03] I guess they're going to be voting tomorrow, or maybe it's delayed. [21:06] I don't know what the status. [21:07] But, you know, he's a friend of mine. [21:09] I wish the Senate could get more done. [21:12] If we talk about Venezuela, do you plan on having elections there before the end? [21:19] At some point, yeah. [21:20] At some point, yes. [21:21] Mr. President, earlier today, you posted on social media [21:25] where you questioned whether the midterm election results were honest. [21:29] Yeah. [21:29] Do you believe that the election was raved? [21:30] And separately, did you watch Senator Thomas Massey lay out his articles of impeachment? [21:37] No, I don't watch Massey. [21:38] Look, Massey's a loser. [21:41] He shouldn't be taking up the time of Congress or the Senate or anything that he's doing. [21:48] You guys are stone-cold loser. [21:50] Would always, he's a Republican, always he would vote against. [21:53] We could come up with the best bill. [21:56] We could come up with, and he would always vote against. [21:59] There's something wrong with him. [22:01] And I said, look, I've got to challenge him. [22:03] And I challenged him, and he lost in a landslide to a very good man. [22:07] We have a very good man, Ed Gilrain, who took his place. [22:12] But, you know, I went and did something that is very tough to do. [22:16] Now, I challenged others also. [22:17] I challenged Cornyn, I challenged Tillis, and I challenged, if you look at Louisiana, Cassidy, three. [22:26] So that makes things a little bit harder to get their votes, because I wouldn't say they like me. [22:31] But of all of them, I would say there's something wrong with Thomas Mass. [22:35] He was an automatic no vote. [22:37] You could go in with the greatest bill. [22:40] Bills were even Democrats were voting. [22:43] And he'd be no. [22:44] And I said, what is wrong with this guy? [22:46] He's a sick guy. [22:47] There's something wrong with him, actually. [22:48] Now, he's after Pete Hexeth. [22:50] He doesn't like Hexeth. [22:52] But really, what has Hexeth done? [22:54] He won the war. [22:55] He was in charge. [22:57] He won the war in Venezuela. [23:00] As I said, 48 minutes. [23:02] It was flawless. [23:03] Nobody killed. [23:04] And he certainly, I think he's won the war in Iran, but he's certainly winning the war. [23:09] Iran would love to make a deal. [23:11] And they've been obliterated. [23:13] Their Navy, their Air Force. [23:14] So he won the war in two places, two big places, very important, very impactful. [23:22] And they were won. [23:23] They're not like Vietnam when nothing was won, or Afghanistan or Iraq or any of these wars [23:29] when nothing was won. [23:30] There was nothing won. [23:31] Just lots of death, and then let's leave. [23:34] In one case, they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. [23:37] In the other, we're making hundreds of billions of dollars for this country. [23:41] So I say this, Pete Hexeth won two wars. [23:47] Oh, let's impeach him. [23:48] What about impeaching the gentleman from Biden, his person that disappeared for two weeks [23:57] and nobody had any idea where he was? [24:00] What about impeaching the people that ran the Vietnam War? [24:02] What about impeaching that ran Iraq and Afghanistan and all of these other wars [24:09] where thousands of lives have been? [24:13] You know, we lost 18 people, 18. [24:17] They lost 65,000 in Vietnam. [24:20] We're in there for seven months. [24:22] They're in there for 21 years. [24:23] What about impeaching those people? [24:26] What about impeaching the leaders of these stupid wars that were done when nothing was gained? [24:31] In Iran, they won't have a nuclear weapon. [24:35] That's a big thing. [24:36] Now, short term, probably bad for me because people want to have a little bit lower energy cost. [24:41] We'll get it back down. [24:42] I created the lowest cost. [24:44] You know, it's even lower now than it was with Biden and Obama, but I've done something different. [24:50] They won't have a nuclear weapon. [24:51] That's a big thing. [24:52] And with the other, we're making a fortune and we have tremendous amounts of oil. [24:56] We're going to have more oil, including Venezuela, than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined, by far. [25:05] In fact, by two. [25:07] Yeah, please. [25:07] Do you believe the midterms were great? [25:09] Sir, to follow up, do you believe the midterms were great? [25:11] Well, I think the numbers were terrible in terms of those early votes. [25:15] You look at all those early votes. [25:17] And look at another one. [25:19] I'm watching Alaska. [25:20] So you have a guy named Dan Sullivan and another guy named Dan Sullivan runs. [25:26] And one's a J and one's an S. [25:28] And the one with a J, which is a fake Dan Sullivan, tries to have his initial change to S. [25:34] He never ran before. [25:35] He never was a political person before. [25:39] He was fraudulently put in the race. [25:41] And then they tried to change his middle name so it was an S to confuse. [25:44] So Dan Sullivan and the woman, Peltola, is, they're very close. [25:52] He's only, I guess he's 400 or 500 votes. [25:56] But this fake Dan Sullivan, because of confusion, only because they're meant to vote. [26:01] That's 2,500, almost 3,000 votes. [26:03] That means he wins the election. [26:05] But in addition, they have a second person they put in. [26:09] And they made a big issue with the second. [26:12] And that person does 4,000 or 5,000 votes. [26:15] Those votes should go also. [26:17] But even if you don't include that, you have a Dan Sullivan and a Dan Sullivan. [26:22] And the Democrats put him up in order to confuse the voters. [26:28] So anybody that voted for that second Dan Sullivan, the fake Dan Sullivan, [26:32] was supposed to be a vote for the real Dan Sullivan. [26:36] So they stole it. [26:38] And that election should be called right now because Dan Sullivan won easily if you add up the numbers. [26:44] Now, if you add up the numbers for the second person they put in, [26:48] he's leading by 6,000, 7,000 votes. [26:50] Go ahead, please. [26:55] Yeah, I'll stand by. [26:58] So even if he's impeached, you're going to keep him as your defense secretary? [27:01] He won two wars. [27:02] He was in charge. [27:04] We all won. [27:05] I had great people. [27:06] You what? [27:07] Massey says that he's carried out a lot. [27:08] Massey's a loser. [27:10] Just like you're a loser at CNN. [27:13] Just like your ratings are a loser. [27:15] Massey is a loser. [27:17] Stone Cold loser. [27:18] I ran, I did something that nobody's done. [27:22] I took on a guy that was in his own way sort of popular in his state. [27:26] And I beat him badly, beat him easily with a man that never ran before, but a good man. [27:36] Massey has a lot of hatred in his heart. [27:39] I watched, I heard what Massey did. [27:41] I don't want to watch. [27:41] I don't want to waste my time watching him. [27:43] But we won two wars. [27:46] We won two wars. [27:47] And we've made the world a lot safer place. [27:51] And then we're supposed to impeach. [27:52] Why haven't we gone after all these other people that ran wars that lost? [27:57] What about this? [27:57] What about, what about, what about good old Lloyd? [28:01] Why didn't we go after him? [28:02] Why didn't we go after the people that disappeared? [28:05] They're in charge of the military and they disappeared from, nobody knew, had any idea that nothing happened to him. [28:14] What about all these people that lost wars? [28:17] You don't go after them. [28:18] All I can say is this. [28:20] We have the highest recruit, the recruitment numbers of, you know, when I came in, when I was campaigning, [28:27] we had the worst recruitment, people wanting to join the military in the history of our country. [28:33] We couldn't fill any of the spots. [28:35] It was a disaster. [28:37] Now we have the best numbers we've ever had. [28:39] More people want to be in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, even the police, Space Force, firemen, anybody with a uniform. [28:50] So now we have the best numbers we've ever had. [28:52] And I will say this, the soldiers, the actual soldiers, the great people that do the work, the great patriots, [29:00] they love Pete Hexeth. [29:03] So if you go back two years ago, before I got into office, two years ago, we could not recruit people. [29:11] And you know that better. [29:12] The Army was way behind everybody. [29:15] Now we have waiting lists of people trying to get in. [29:19] He's done a very good job. [29:24] Mr. President, in Jacksonville, he's done a very good job. [29:28] Mr. President, you have given Vladimir Putin multiple deadlines over the last 22 months [29:34] to enter into a ceasefire, but also to meet directly with Vladimir Zelensky. [29:38] He has repeatedly ignored your demands, yet you have provided... [29:42] Well, you know, you're saying he's a man. [29:44] Has he been fighting us in the war? [29:46] Yeah, yeah, let me ask you this question. [29:48] What point is appeasement... [29:49] Who are you with? [29:50] Who are you with? [29:50] With MSNOW. [29:51] At what point... [29:52] MSNOW, it's a fake... [29:53] That's a fake... [29:54] No, but it's appeasement. [29:55] Yeah, right, right, right. [29:56] MSNOW, it's the worst ratings in their history. [30:00] Used to be MSDNC. [30:02] It's one of the worst... [30:04] You're a fake network. [30:05] Go ahead. [30:07] Jennifer, Jennifer, go ahead. [30:08] We're going to continue to monitor President Trump in the White House briefing room [30:12] as he takes questions from reporters, [30:14] but if you haven't been watching all of it, [30:16] let me try to briefly summarize a couple of things. [30:18] And they don't actually, in every respect, line up. [30:24] Here's what I mean. [30:25] About 20 minutes ago, the president was asked, [30:27] why not declare victory and say the war with Iran is over? [30:30] He said, we can't because Iran is still, in his words, [30:35] a kind of bully in the region, in the Middle East, [30:37] and we want to make sure neighboring countries are taken care of. [30:40] About 15 minutes later, he said the war was over and the war had been won. [30:43] And the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had won the war with Iran. [30:49] Those things don't exactly add up, [30:50] but they're what the president said in the White House briefing room. [30:53] Also, he was asked about Jensen Wong, the CEO of NVIDIA, [30:57] who was under investigation by the board of NVIDIA [31:00] because he had an extramarital affair with a woman [31:04] who U.S. intelligence believes was an espionage agent for China. [31:11] President Trump said he called Jensen Wong today and asked him, [31:15] did you know this woman with which you were having an extramarital affair [31:18] was a Chinese espionage agent? [31:21] And he said, Jensen Wong told him, no, I had no idea about that at all. [31:25] And the president took that at face value, [31:27] said he believes Jensen Wong is an honorable person [31:30] and believes he will be fine, even though it is the board of NVIDIA, [31:34] a $4.5 trillion company that launched this internal investigation [31:38] with an outside law firm over the weekend. [31:42] Nancy Cordes is in the briefing room. [31:45] That's why she's not with us, [31:46] as she might typically be at this hour of the day [31:48] here on The Takeout. [31:49] But quite happily for us, [31:51] you're joined by one of our other excellent White House reporters, [31:53] Olivia Rinaldi. [31:55] You took lots of notes there, Olivia, far more than I did. [31:57] I got to a couple of bullet points, [31:58] pick up other impressions you took. [32:00] I think you forgot about Pete Rose. [32:02] Oh, that's right. [32:03] I forgot about Pete Rose. [32:04] And not getting his part in me. [32:05] Yes, yes. [32:06] I thought we'd talk about baseball here on The Takeout, Major. [32:08] I thought that would have been number one. [32:10] Also in that briefing room was Dana White. [32:12] And I thought that was important, [32:13] because this was an unannounced press briefing [32:16] that the president threw on today, [32:17] and Dana White is in that room with him. [32:20] And Trump had said, as far as Dana White being in there, [32:22] he kind of ruminated on making him press secretary [32:24] during what he called a bad press day. [32:27] And when he said it, there was a reaction. [32:29] Quickly remind the audience who Dana White is. [32:31] Yes, he is the leader of UFC, [32:33] the big fighting championship organization, [32:36] whom the president is very close with, Dana White. [32:39] They put on a huge fourth of July, south-long fight. [32:44] Major fight there. [32:44] To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country. [32:46] Yeah, and Trump trusts his opinion. [32:47] He calls him often, asks him about what he thinks. [32:50] He's kind of in that Joe Rogan bro-sphere, manosphere, [32:54] that Trump likes to check in on every once in a while. [32:56] Dana White took about two questions from the podium [32:58] and backed away rapidly, like, I'm not really ready for this. [33:01] He said, I'm shocked you guys are asking me questions, [33:04] but did not say whether or not he's actually the press secretary. [33:07] And Trump said, I said it jokingly, but maybe. [33:10] So, you know, kind of leaving the door open there, [33:12] kind of in an interesting way. [33:13] One more note on Jensen-Hwan. [33:14] The president also said that the FBI is investigating him. [33:18] I believe that's the first time we've heard that today. [33:20] That's a good note. [33:21] That one escaped me. [33:22] That's, I mean, on the Jensen-Hwan story, [33:25] ladies and gentlemen, just stay tuned. [33:27] This story is far from over. [33:29] It hasn't run its course in any respect. [33:31] Though the president keeps trying to sort of wrap Jensen-Hwan in this cocoon [33:36] of presidential acceptance. [33:38] Honorable person, he'll give it to this fine. [33:41] Not necessarily prejudging things, [33:44] but certainly giving the board and everyone else who's looking into this [33:47] kind of a presidential suggestion that Jensen-Hwan is just fine, [33:50] as far as President Trump is concerned. [33:51] Almost an off-ramp, and I thought what was also interesting was Jensen-Hwan went with the [33:56] president in May to China on that big state visit, that big state trip that they have. [34:01] And when the Chinese president came here about a month ago or so, or two months ago, [34:06] rather, in September, he was also at a lot of meetings with Xi Jinping. [34:10] And so the president was asked, were you aware of these allegations that he was having an affair [34:18] with an alleged Chinese spy when he came with you to China in May? [34:21] And the president said, nope, I was not aware of that at that point. [34:25] And next week, the president will be heading back to China for another visit. [34:28] And it's expressed at least some general openness to taking Jensen-Hwan with him. [34:33] And now, the reason this matters, ladies and gentlemen, is if, in fact, Jensen-Hwan, [34:38] he had an affair with this woman, if she, in fact, is an espionage agent for the Chinese government, [34:43] anything that Jensen-Hwan and Xi talked about in private could be relevant to NVIDIA, [34:48] it could be relevant to national security, it could be relevant to the things that President [34:52] Trump has on his mind that are China-related or regional-related. [34:55] We don't know. But this is what hostile foreign governments do. [35:00] It's called a honeypot. You try to create a scenario in which you can get compromising information [35:04] by setting up someone to have a romantic relationship with someone who is either in government [35:08] or in a very high position in the private sector. [35:11] And Jensen-Hwan is near the very top in America in the private sector. [35:14] Interacts with President Trump on a regular basis. [35:16] Almost one of the most important people in America. [35:18] And it's interesting for two more reasons. [35:20] One, NVIDIA has a very robust internal security system. [35:24] So the fact that this perhaps slipped, that is concerning. [35:28] But also, just for chips in general, part of the entire conversation that's happening in [35:33] Washington at a level is about artificial intelligence and will we beat China in that. [35:37] The reason why this is so astounding is because NVIDIA makes the chips that are necessary for [35:43] the U.S. to be ahead in that race. [35:46] So the fact that he could have been having this affair or allegedly having this affair with this spy, [35:50] and she may have access to some of that information. [35:54] And the allegations underneath it are that he softened a little bit on wanting to sell those [35:58] chips to China could be a problem for U.S. artificial intelligence developers, for the military, [36:05] for the government, for a whole host of reasons. [36:08] This is just bigger than an affair. [36:10] Olivia, stay here. [36:10] Don't go away. [36:11] Thank you. [36:11] I'll take you next time. [36:22] Thank you.