Trump Speaks to Press About Iran War (full remarks)

[0:00] I would say the fighting. If there's no deal, fight or resume. [0:04] Okay. And then on gas prices, however, will Americans continue to see these high gas prices? [0:08] 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, with the danger that entails. [0:15] So the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days. [0:19] I know. You know, that's what ABC says. [0:22] But the fact is that if you look at the stock markets up, everything is doing really well. [0:28] And the big thing we have to do is we have to make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, because if they do, you want to talk about problems, you'd have problems. [0:37] So very important is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. And they've agreed to that. [0:43] Iran's agreed to that. And they've agreed to it very powerfully. [0:47] 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. [0:54] So we have a lot of agreement with Iran. And I think something's going to happen very positive. [1:03] Very complicated subject. It's I don't think we're waiting. I think we're moving very fast. It could happen pretty quickly. [1:10] We're doing very well with the blockade. It's very routine for us. The Navy is incredible. [1:29] And I think the blockade is doing very well. It's no ship is even thinking about entering. [1:34] No ship is going past our Navy. [1:36] No, no, I don't. I have to do what's right. The Pope has to understand that. Very simple. [1:47] I have nothing against the Pope. His brother's MAGA all the way. I like his brother, Louis. [1:52] I'm not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. [1:57] I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. [1:59] And if the Pope looked at the 42,000 people that were killed over the last two or three months as a protester with no weapons, no nothing. [2:09] I mean, you take a look at that. So I could disagree with the Pope. I have a right to disagree with the Pope. [2:15] What do you say to people who see that, who see your criticism of the Pope? [2:20] You can't have, look, nothing. I have no disagreement with the fact the Pope can say what he wants. [2:28] And I want him to say what he wants. But I can disagree. [2:31] I think that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. If they do, the whole world would be at jeopardy. [2:37] The Middle East will be blown up and the whole world will be at jeopardy. [2:40] We're very close to making a deal. That'll be a great thing. [2:43] The Pope has to understand. Iran has killed more than 42,000 people over the last few months. [2:49] Think of it. Protesters without guns, without anything. [2:53] They were totally unarmed protesters. The Pope has to understand that. [2:57] This is the real world. It's a nasty world. [3:00] But as far as the Pope and saying what he wants, he can do that. [3:04] Now, I know the Pope's brother. He is a big MAGA person. [3:07] He's got MAGA all over his house. His name is Louis. [3:09] He's actually a great guy. And I'm sure the Pope is a great guy. [3:13] I haven't met him. But I disagree with the Pope. [3:16] If the Pope would allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, you can't do that. [3:21] You're there people that are saying that the Pope is not. [3:24] Anthony Murshatt from MTB Lebanon. [3:25] No, not really. Anthony Murshatt from MTB Lebanon. [3:28] What? [3:28] Anthony Murshatt from MTB Lebanon. [3:30] I would like to ask you regarding congratulations for the 10th vote. [3:33] Yeah, it's very exciting. With Lebanon, it's very exciting. [3:36] I think we're going to have a deal. [3:38] We're going to have a meeting. First time in 44 years. [3:41] And Lebanon will be meeting with Israel. [3:44] And they're probably going to do it at the White House. [3:45] When do you think, President, when do you think they will... [3:48] Over the next week or two. [3:50] Over the next week. And do you think this agreement can reach... [3:53] I do. [3:53] I think we're going to... [3:54] Without Hezbollah agreeing... [3:55] I think we will have an agreement between Lebanon. [3:58] And they're going to take care of Hezbollah. [4:00] But they're going to be working on Hezbollah right now. [4:03] But we'll have an agreement between Israel, very importantly, and Lebanon. [4:07] Would you support our Lebanese army as well? [4:09] I would. I would, yeah. [4:10] Iran's going... [4:11] Iran's going... [4:11] Iran's going... [4:13] Has Hezbollah agreed to the ceasefire? [4:16] They're all agreeing. It's a very nice little package for about a week. [4:22] And we're not going to have lots of bombs dropping. [4:24] And we're going to see if we can make peace between Lebanon and Israel. [4:28] And there's a group of bishops that did put out a statement saying [4:32] the Pope isn't nearly exercising his opinion. [4:34] He's preaching the gospel. [4:36] And what do you say to people that do this? [4:37] Well, I want them to preach the gospel. [4:39] I'm all about the gospel. [4:40] But I also know that you cannot let a certain country, [4:44] which is a very mean-spirited country, have a nuclear weapon. [4:47] If they did, they would use it. [4:49] And I think they'd use it quickly. [4:51] And they would kill many millions of people. [4:52] So, you know, the Pope could disagree with me on that, [4:55] but certainly we're allowed to have that. [4:57] I'm all about the gospel. [4:59] I'm about it as much as anybody can be. [5:01] But I can't allow, as President of the United States of America, [5:06] I can't allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. [5:08] And here's the story. [5:10] They won't have. [5:11] They've already agreed not to have. [5:13] That's good news. [5:14] And I think the Pope will be very happy. [5:15] Iran's going to execute four more people, sir, including a woman. [5:19] The federal reserve should wait and see. [5:24] No, I don't agree. [5:25] I think we should have lower interest, sir. [5:26] Iran's going to execute four more protesters, accordingly, [5:30] including the first woman protester. [5:33] What do you tell Iran? [5:33] Well, tell that to the Pope. [5:35] What do you say? [5:36] Tell that to the Pope. [5:37] You want to patch these up? [5:39] That Iran is going to win? [5:41] Did you just hear that? [5:42] Iran is going to execute four people, including a woman? [5:45] President Trump, that if I need to do so much, will you visit Lebanon? [5:49] Do you extend the ceasefire? [5:50] What makes you extend the ceasefire? [5:51] I don't know if we're going to have to. [5:52] But if we need to, I would do that. [5:54] President Trump, that's a hell bar. [5:55] Wait, that's a way you're going to operate. [6:01] So if you look at the oil, and if you look at the price we're paying, [6:05] it's about half what people thought it would be if you did what I had to do. [6:09] We had to take this journey to the Middle East in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon. [6:13] There would have been, if we didn't hit them with the B-2 bombers, [6:16] or if I didn't kill the Barack Hussein-Obama deal, the nuclear deal, which was a disaster, [6:22] we would have had nuclear weapons exploding in the Middle East and beyond. [6:26] I believe I've been able to stop that. [6:28] I think we have a very successful negotiation going on right now. [6:33] And I think it'll be, if it happens, it'll be announced fairly soon. [6:37] And that'll give us free oil, free Homo Strait. [6:42] Everything will be nice. [6:44] And I think your oil price will go down to lower than what it was before. [6:47] And I think a lot of good things will happen. [6:49] Just for clarity, you're willing to extend the ceasefire? [6:54] Well, we'll see. [6:54] I don't know that we'll have to. [6:56] Ideally, we'll have to. [6:57] But if I needed to, I would. [6:58] The Lebanese people love you so much. [7:00] What do you think? [7:01] The Lebanese people love you so much. [7:02] What's your message for them? [7:04] And you will visit Lebanon after this? [7:06] I will do this. [7:07] At the right time, I would certainly go there. [7:09] Do you think there's war in Ukraine? [7:11] You know, Putin doesn't want to stop it, apparently. [7:13] He's bombing Ukraine. [7:15] Do you think this war has the potential to go on for years more? [7:18] Well, it should have been. [7:19] It should have never started. [7:21] If I were president, the war in Ukraine never would have started with Russia. [7:25] But it's going on. [7:26] Hopefully, it'll get over soon. [7:28] The first lady came out last week and said she had no links with Jeffrey Epstein. [7:31] Who did? [7:32] The first lady, Melania. [7:33] She had none. [7:34] Why did she come out and say that last week? [7:35] Because the fake news was saying she did. [7:38] And she had none. [7:38] And I think that's been proven. [7:41] It bothered her that the fake news was being fake news. [7:44] That's all. [7:45] She just wanted to clarify. [7:47] Who's taking care of Hezbollah? [7:48] Do you think that they are destroying the deal that we are doing? [7:51] We're going to see how it all works out. [7:53] But they'll be working and coordinating. [7:56] If you know, you know Lebanon, right? [7:57] So they'll be working with Hezbollah. [8:00] If they fire Jay Powell? [8:04] What? [8:08] Well, we'll see. [8:09] I mean, we have a very good relationship with Iran right now, as hard as it is to believe. [8:13] And I think it's a combination of about four weeks of bombing and a very powerful blockade. [8:20] The blockade is maybe more powerful than the bombing, if you want to know the truth. [8:24] Are you going to make the Arabs not pay? [8:30] I think they'll make that. [8:31] I think they're going to make that contribution. [8:32] I think the Arab countries, because we've done a lot, I think they'd make a contribution [8:39] toward the cause. [8:40] They've not been involved. [8:49] We're going to see what happens, but I think we're very close to making a deal with Iran. [8:59] You'll be the first to know, but I think we have a chance. [9:02] And if that happens, oil goes way down, prices go way down, inflation goes way down, and you're [9:09] going to have, much more importantly than even that, you won't have nuclear holocaust. [9:14] We've got it.