Trump speaks to reporters outside White House

[0:00] It's awfully hard there. It's awfully hard to do that kind of a capacity that we've done here. [0:07] So this will give future presidents, but you have to understand, when this is finished, [0:12] my term ends shortly after that. This is really for other presidents. This is not for me. [0:18] This is my gift to the United States of America. I'm going to be able to use it very little, [0:23] because when it's finished, we're talking about six or seven months. But we'll be used for [0:28] hopefully hundreds of years for other presidents. And there will never be anything like this built [0:34] again. There'll never be a room built like with the safety. As an example, [0:38] if we had the White House Correspondents' Dinner here, it would have been no problem. [0:43] Mr. President, sir, sir, you said that this will go in, but it opens up six, seven months. [0:49] Have you heard about that talk about all about the first event? [0:54] I have. I have. I better not tell you about that, Daniel. [0:57] But everybody wants to be here for the first event. We're talking about heads of nation. [1:03] So we have some very special places that it could happen to. [1:08] You know, we have, we had literally, if the king and queen were, you know, [1:15] if we had this finished, we would have had an event that would have been ten times in session. [1:20] I mean, we literally were in a little room in the White House. [1:23] The president, now we're not even talking about safety. Presidents have been asking for this [1:28] literally for the time the White House has been built. But on record, for 150 years, [1:34] they've said, what about a big room? And you all know, you probably attended, [1:37] they have some where they use tents. If it rains, it's a disaster. [1:41] We have to have a safe country. We have to have a great country. We have to make sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. [1:57] All of the things that you see me fighting for so hard. And it's always tough. You know, [2:02] we're negotiating with Iran. And then you have the Democrats, I call them the Democrats, [2:06] putting in a bill that Trump should immediately stop. You know how it is to negotiate with a country? [2:13] You're beating them badly. They come to the table. They're begging to make a deal. [2:17] Because they're begging to make a deal. I hope we don't have to do the one, [2:20] but we may have to give them another big hit. We may have to give them another big hit. [2:24] I'm not sure yet. You'll know very soon. [2:27] But how do you feel when you're negotiating? You're winning every point. And they say, [2:33] but in Washington, they want to stop you from negotiating. They want to stop you. [2:38] And it's only political. It's the Democrats. They're dumb. It's a new name. It's a very accurate name. [2:45] So I'm in the middle of a negotiation. I'm saying you cannot have a nuclear weapon. [2:49] And it comes over the wire that the Democrats want to stop Trump from further negotiations. [2:56] They want to stop Trump from, if he has to, giving them another slap. [3:01] They want to have a nuclear weapon to blow up the Middle East and to blow up, frankly, the world. [3:06] It's not going to happen. [3:07] Mr. President. [3:08] Nice to see you, by the way. [3:09] How close were you striking, Ronnie? [3:13] I was an hour away. [3:17] We're all set to go. You're talking about yesterday. [3:20] Yes. [3:20] We were going to be striking very... It would have been happening right now. [3:23] We're planting. [3:24] Yeah, it was all done. [3:25] You know, the boats, the ships are all loaded. [3:27] They're loaded to the brim. [3:28] And we're all set to start. [3:31] Mr. President, they said that they feel they've had for the first time in almost 47 years. [3:41] You know, Iran's been the bully of the Middle East for 47 years. [3:44] I mean, literally the bully of the Middle East. [3:46] And they're nasty. [3:48] Very nasty. [3:49] Very dangerous. [3:50] They wanted a nuclear weapon. [3:51] Had I not terminated Barack Hussein Obama's Iran nuclear deal. [3:56] Had I not terminated it, see, that's the win. [3:59] That can't happen with the real structure. [4:00] Mr. President, on Cuba. [4:02] On Cuba, what do you want to say from Joe Biden? [4:06] You're talking about Cuba? [4:10] Well, we're going to see. [4:11] Look, Cuba's calling us. [4:12] They need help. [4:13] Look, Cuba is a failed nation. [4:16] Cuba needs help. [4:17] And we'll do that. [4:19] Just hold them, though. [4:21] It's like an exercise game. [4:23] Give that to me. [4:24] I'll hold it. [4:27] It's so beautiful. [4:30] See, I look so thin. [4:31] They'll say, oh, it's gotten so thin because I'm holding this. [4:35] You don't have to look at my waist. [4:36] You can look at this. [4:37] You saw enough of my waist along with President Xi. [4:40] Are you confident that you can reach today, giving back to Cuba? [4:44] With Cuba? [4:45] I think so. [4:45] Yeah, I think so. [4:47] We are, I am very prone toward the Cuban Americans. [4:50] They've been incredible people. [4:52] Many of them have lost family members. [4:54] They've been very badly hurt themselves. [4:56] They've been in prison. [4:57] They've come to this country and they've been very successful. [5:00] The Cuban American people in Miami, I mean, they are amazing people. [5:03] Most of them are in Miami, in Florida, but mostly in Miami. [5:07] I'm very, very prone to helping them. [5:10] I mean, that's, they've been, I think I got 97% of that vote. [5:14] I want to help them. [5:16] Now, they have family members in Cuba. [5:18] They've been treated very, very badly. [5:20] They've been treated extremely badly. [5:22] And we're going to get that solved. [5:24] That's not going to be hard for us to solve. [5:28] Well, I don't know about changing the regime. [5:31] I could do that, whether you change a regime or not. [5:34] You know, it's been a rough regime. [5:36] They've killed a lot of people. [5:37] But it's a country that really needs help. [5:41] It has nothing. [5:42] They can't turn on the lights. [5:44] They can't eat. [5:45] We don't want to see that. [5:47] So, President, how much notice did the Gulf nations have? [5:50] How much notice did the Gulf nations have that you were going through these strikes before they asked you to pause? [5:54] Well, they called me over the last two days to say they made a lot of progress. [6:00] Because we have them negotiating with us. [6:03] And primarily Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait a little bit, and Bahrain, and some of the others. [6:12] And we have them negotiating with them. [6:13] We're all working together. [6:15] It's like a team. [6:16] And Israel, of course. [6:17] And Israel has been a great partner. [6:19] And so we are negotiating together. [6:22] I got a call from numerous of these people. [6:24] They know the people in Iran. [6:26] Don't forget, when you talk about regime change, I think it's the ultimate regime change. [6:31] Because the first level and the second level are no longer with us. [6:35] They're someplace, but they're no longer with us. [6:37] So we have real regime change. [6:40] But I got a call yesterday. [6:42] Sir, could you wait? [6:43] We think we're close to a deal. [6:45] And that's okay. [6:46] Now, I've heard it before with these people, and they changed their mind. [6:49] I made deals with them. [6:50] No nuclear. [6:51] We immediately get the nuclear dust. [6:54] And they said, you're the only one who can get it. [6:56] Because the bombers did such an unbelievable job that the mountain literally collapsed on top of it. [7:02] They said, us, and they thought China would be the only two countries that could even get it. [7:06] But I think it's important to get it, maybe psychologically more than anything else. [7:10] Mr. President, today is no. [7:12] How long did they know that you were planning to attack the Gulf of the Gulf of the Gulf? [7:15] Mr. They knew I was getting ready to attack. [7:19] I didn't tell them. [7:20] I'd never tell anybody when. [7:21] You're in constant contact with the Gulf of the Gulf? [7:22] Mr. I never tell anybody when. [7:23] But they knew that we were very close. [7:26] I would say we were, I was an hour away from making the decision to go today. [7:32] And we would probably not be talking about a beautiful ballroom today. [7:36] We'd be talking about that. [7:38] And, no, we were, I had made the decision. [7:42] So they called up, they had heard I made the decision. [7:45] They said, sir, could you give us a couple of more days? [7:47] Because we think they're being reasonable. [7:50] Mr. President, today's, for Iran to come to the Gulf of the Gulf? [7:53] Well, I mean, I'm saying two or three days. [7:55] Maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something. [7:57] Maybe early next week. [7:59] A limited period of time. [8:00] Because we can't let them have a nuclear weapon. [8:04] If they had a nuclear weapon, they would start with Israel. [8:08] They would blow it up. [8:09] And they would blow it up fast. [8:11] But they'd blow it up. [8:12] And I'll tell you what. [8:13] They'd go after Saudi Arabia. [8:15] They'd go after Kuwait. [8:18] They'd go after UAE. [8:20] They'd go after Qatar. [8:22] They'd go after, I think they'd go after the entire Middle East. [8:26] And it would be a whole different negotiation. [8:28] It would not be, it would be, it would be nuclear holocaust. [8:31] And there's no question in my mind that they'd use it. [8:36] There's no question. [8:37] And I deal with these people. [8:39] They're extremely radicalized. [8:41] These are not people like when I deal with you. [8:45] You're a very nice guy. [8:46] These are people that are seriously radicalized. [8:50] They would use it. [8:51] The only question, would it be the first minute, the first hour, or the first day? [8:55] How many positive times has there come a point in space where they're no longer going to use it? [9:02] I'm not doing this politically. [9:04] Look, everyone tells me it's unpopular. [9:07] But I think it's very popular. [9:09] When they hear that it's having to do with nuclear weapons, [9:13] weapons that could take out Los Angeles, could take out major cities very quickly. [9:18] When they hear that, you know, when they're explaining, I'll tell you what, when we explain it to people, [9:24] I don't really have enough time to explain it to people. [9:26] I'm too busy getting it done. [9:29] When they understand, I think it's, I think it's frankly very popular. [9:33] But whether it's popular or not popular, I have to do it. [9:36] Because I'm not going to let the world be blown up on my watch. [9:40] It's not going to happen. [9:40] Mr. President, what is the primary with Thomas Massey and your endorsed candidate? [9:45] Do you think your candidate can beat him? [9:48] And what are you seeing? [9:49] Well, yeah, Thomas Massey's a terrible congressman. [9:51] He's been a terrible congressman from day one. [9:55] Dealing with him is just horrible. [9:57] I don't think he's a Republican. [9:58] I think he's actually, I think he's actually a Democrat. [10:01] He's not a libertarian. [10:03] You know, sometimes they say he's really a Democrat. [10:06] He votes against us all the time. [10:08] He voted against the border wall. [10:09] He voted against men playing in women's sports. [10:13] He voted against transgender for everybody. [10:17] The mutilization of your children. [10:19] He voted against, again, open borders. [10:22] We have the best border we've ever had right now. [10:24] Nobody's coming in. [10:25] I mean, a report just came out. [10:27] In the last 11 months, literally nobody has been allowed into our country illegally. [10:32] We're taking people legally. [10:33] They go through a process. [10:34] But nobody's coming to our country. [10:37] But we've taken out hundreds of thousands of people. [10:40] We had 10,000, it was 10,800, 11,888 murderers. [10:48] Many of these murders allowed into our country from prisons. [10:51] They were in prisons. [10:53] Many of these people killed more than one. [10:55] More than 50% killed more than one person. [10:58] This was gross malfeasance. [11:01] This was on behalf of the Biden administration. [11:03] I don't know Biden, because I don't think he knew he was alive. [11:06] But she, Kamala, was the border czar. [11:09] She never called. [11:10] About one time, she never called the Border Patrol. [11:14] She never called ICE. [11:15] She never called law enforcement. [11:17] She never went to the border. [11:18] Think of it. [11:19] I used to call every single day. [11:23] And that's recently. [11:24] Now I call left. [11:25] We have nobody coming through. [11:26] We had caravans coming through with tens of thousands of people pouring into our country. [11:31] We had no idea who they were. [11:34] We would have been, I'll tell you what, our country would have been destroyed. [11:38] If they won this election, our country would have been. [11:40] We have now the hottest country anywhere in the world. [11:44] If they had won the election, our country would have been destroyed. [11:47] Our country was a dead country two years ago. [11:50] And now we have really the hottest country in the world. [11:52] And this is the ballroom. [11:55] And it's going to be something incredible. [11:56] You see the quality of it. [11:58] And they go right, those columns go right into the roof. [12:01] And on top of the roof, we're going to have the greatest drone empire that you've ever seen. [12:05] And it's going to protect Washington. [12:07] Thank you all very much. [12:08] We have a little breakfast. [12:10] We have a little breakfast for you. [12:11] Really? [12:12] Yeah. [12:12] Where is your breakfast? [12:14] I'd have it. [12:15] That's so kind of you. [12:16] It's right over there. [12:17] We have a little bit of a breakfast for you. [12:20] I figured it would be nice to you for a chance. [12:21] We dedicate to just thousands of people together. [12:25] That's great. [12:27] Yeah. [12:27] You still try to... [12:28] I did. [12:30] Good to you. [12:31] Good to you. [12:32] Good to you. [12:33] How often do that happen? [12:35] Are you doing for the service? [12:37] Well, I think that it was great. [12:38] Thousands of people showed up. [12:40] And it was a beautiful, everything, beautiful day. [12:43] I did scripture. [12:45] You think it's easy to read scripture? [12:46] It's not easy to read scripture. [12:48] That's a whole different ballgame. [12:50] That's not like reading a speech. [12:52] We will build the wall. [12:53] This is a whole different deal. [12:55] But I did it proudly. [12:57] And I guess it was broadcast. [13:00] We had tremendous crowds. [13:01] I think religion is very important for a country. [13:04] I think having religion. [13:05] This country was built largely on religion, if you look. [13:09] It was built. [13:10] And when you have strong religion, you have less crime. [13:14] It's just a fact. [13:15] You know, whatever it may be, it's like, gee, I want to go to heaven, so I'm not going to do this or that. [13:20] Who knows? [13:21] But we have a country that was based on religion, and I'm very proud of that. [13:25] And if you look and you see all of the polling, I mean, polling is so fake, but on this it's not fake. [13:33] Religion is really going up in the last year. [13:37] And during the time, I mean, really, during the time I first got elected in 2016, it's a much different thing. [13:42] I'm very proud of that. [13:44] Religion is a good thing. [13:45] Christianity, it's a great thing for our country. [13:48] I mean, so many of the things that we've done, the successes that we've had, have been based on Christianity and religion. [13:57] So I'm very proud of that. [13:59] Religion is taking off like our country is taking off. [14:03] Our country is hotter now than it's ever been. [14:05] And I'll tell you, religion is making a tremendous comeback. [14:08] You look at churches today, they're full. [14:11] You go back two, three years, nobody was going. [14:14] So we're very happy with it. [14:15] We've talked about the hate crime that we see happening in the news as well. [14:20] Yeah, no, I'm always concerned. [14:22] I see things happening. [14:24] Look, from the beginning of mankind, you've had that. [14:26] You've had the good and you have the bad. [14:28] I'd like to get rid of the bad, but somehow that's going to be there. [14:31] But the good has been many times what it was, really many times what it was. [14:36] I'm in the ballroom. [14:37] If Congress did not go for this $1 billion for your security funding, would you be willing or would you willing to go to your donors to ask for that money? [14:44] Well, this is money for the whole premises, including the East Wing. [14:49] This is the East Wing section. [14:51] But the ballroom is, as you see, it's going up. [14:54] It's ahead of schedule. [14:55] It's larger because they wanted more military capacity. [15:01] They wanted more drone capacity. [15:03] They needed a larger room. [15:04] And frankly, we needed a larger facility. [15:07] And so we're doing that. [15:08] And we've done this in strict coordination with the military and with the Secret Service. [15:13] And they've been great to work with. [15:15] The money that they're talking about is the surrounding areas and maybe enhancing some security aspects of the building. [15:20] But the building, as you see, it's a very active site. [15:26] And a lot of people are amazed. [15:27] And, by the way, that floor goes down three floors, just so you understand. [15:30] You're seeing almost the top floor. [15:33] That floor goes down three floors. [15:35] And there are many things in there having to do with security. [15:39] And many of those things are going to be taken from there and put onto the roof of the building. [15:44] And that has to do with drone and missile capacity. [15:46] A lot of presidents have done renovations to the White House, to all these things. [15:51] Why do you think people are so mad about your renovations? [15:54] Because I'm doing it. [15:55] The Meridian Hill Park. [15:56] You've got the water flowing again. [15:58] All of it. [15:58] And they just seem to hate you for it. [16:00] Well, it's a sad thing, actually. [16:03] You know, it's very nice. [16:04] I appreciate the question. [16:06] First, I said, oh, this is going to be a negative question. [16:08] Then I heard she's really saying, why do they hate you for fixing the water fountains? [16:12] So, you know, we have, we have 40, I know, because I want to see Washington be beautiful. [16:18] To me, it's very important. [16:19] But as an example, you mentioned the water fountain. [16:21] We didn't have one water fountain. [16:24] I think we have 40. [16:25] We didn't have one in Washington that worked. [16:28] And soon they'll all be working. [16:29] Many of them work right now. [16:31] And the, I think one of the best things, Obama, President Obama, President Biden spent much [16:38] more than $100 million on the Reflecting Lake between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington [16:45] Monument. [16:46] They spent much more. [16:47] They spent, some people say, $200 million. [16:49] You know what they got out of it? [16:51] A closed lake. [16:52] It never opened. [16:53] And when it did, it shut right away. [16:55] It leaked. [16:55] It was a disaster. [16:57] I'm doing a job on the Reflecting Lake for a fraction of what they paid. [17:02] Now, I've upgraded it very soon. [17:04] I got so into it, I've upgraded it like you wouldn't believe. [17:07] I'm doing all the walkways outside. [17:09] You know, I'm doing it properly. [17:12] But it's a much bigger job. [17:14] But you see it's happening now. [17:16] It's going to be beautiful. [17:17] It's going to be waterproof. [17:18] It's going to be reflecting again. [17:20] I took over a dirty, filthy thing that wasn't open and it was disgusting. [17:25] And friends of mine would come to the Lincoln or the Washington and they'd say, [17:29] Sir, it's disgusting. [17:31] I said, what's disgusting? [17:32] The Reflecting Lake. [17:34] So I drove down. [17:35] I looked with Secretary Bergam, who's fantastic, of Interior. [17:38] He's fantastic. [17:39] And we got together. [17:41] And we have, it's under construction right now. [17:44] I want to get it open before July 4th, which we'll easily be able to do. [17:48] It'll be open before that. [17:49] But easily be able to do July 4th being a very special day. [17:54] And it is going to be beautiful. [17:56] Beautiful blue color, dark blue color. [17:59] It's very reflective. [18:00] I put a thing out yesterday showing the reflection. [18:02] We did a little test. [18:04] We wanted to see a tumble. [18:05] It's like a mirror. [18:06] Did it look good? [18:06] Did it work? [18:07] It's like a mirror. [18:08] It's beautiful. [18:08] And I saw there was guys out there, almost like, are they hand painting it? [18:12] Is that how they're doing it? [18:13] Yeah, well, they're fixing the stone outside and they're sandblasting the stone. [18:17] We're doing a much bigger job than we wanted to do. [18:20] But think of it. [18:21] Obama and Biden spent over $100 million. [18:24] And you know what? [18:24] They got nothing. [18:26] They opened it up and it leaked like a sieve and they closed it and it stayed closed. [18:30] They've been working on it for years. [18:32] I've been working on this for a couple of months. [18:34] When it's finished, it's going to be incredible. [18:36] But we have other fountains, beautiful fountains. [18:40] They haven't worked in 30 years. [18:42] They're just sitting there rotting. [18:44] And most of them are now open. [18:46] And right across the street, I made a donation and I'm building Lafayette Park. [18:50] Are you really? [18:51] And it's going to be beautiful. [18:52] How much is the donation? [18:53] How much is the donation? [18:54] I like her. [18:55] How much is the donation? [18:56] How much is the donation? [18:58] About $10 million. [18:59] Are you happy with American flag blue? [19:01] Well, I put up the American flag. [19:03] No, the American flag blue. [19:04] I think so. [19:05] I mean, I'll let you know. [19:06] I wanted a lighter color blue. [19:08] The person that really knows this stuff said, no, dark is much better. [19:13] You don't see the leaves and, you know, things will get in there. [19:16] But most importantly, the dark reflects much better. [19:19] Mr. President, why does the establishment media keep claiming so desperately that MAG is divided? [19:25] Well, I think it's the strongest it's ever been. [19:27] You know, you take a look at what happened in Louisiana two nights ago [19:31] with a certain senator that was very disloyal to me and to the Republican Party. [19:36] He's not even allowed to run for office. [19:39] We have another big race. [19:40] This guy Massey is terrible. [19:41] Let's see what happens. [19:42] It's not easy beating incumbents, but we have a great guy running against Massey. [19:46] Massey's a terrible con... [19:47] I think the worst congressman the Republican Party's ever had. [19:51] That'll be tonight. [19:52] That'll be good television. [19:53] And we'll see what happens there. [19:55] But I think MAG has never been more together, actually. [19:58] I'm going to be making an endorsement today in Texas. [20:01] I'm going to be putting out an endorsement in a little while in Texas, the great state. [20:05] You know, I won Texas all six times, meaning primaries and the race. [20:10] And I got the highest vote in the history of Texas. [20:12] And I love Texas. [20:13] But I'm going to be making an endorsement at about 12.30, 1 o'clock today, [20:19] for the big race, the Senate race in Texas. [20:23] And I hope you find it good. [20:26] So, I do think, I mean, I appreciate the question, because even CNN, they did a poll two, three weeks ago. [20:33] They said Trump is at 100%. [20:36] That's Harry Enden. [20:37] I like Harry Enden. [20:38] And he's got a lot of energy. [20:40] I like him. [20:40] But he did a poll, and he's a good pro. [20:43] And he is the good and the bad. [20:45] But I think he's an honorable guy, because we get a lot of good. [20:49] You know, he predicted I was going to do great with the Muslims in Michigan and win Michigan. [20:54] And I did. [20:54] I did good, and I won Michigan by a lot. [20:57] He made a lot of good predictions. [20:58] But he did a poll two weeks ago that said Trump is, I mean, this is up. [21:04] You can check 100% popularity with MAGA. [21:09] MAGA is most of the Republican Party. [21:12] The rhinos are gone, to a large extent. [21:15] A few of them are still left, so hopefully we get rid of one tonight in the form of Tom Massey, who's horrible. [21:21] But, no, it's been amazing. [21:23] But I'll be making a statement in a little while as to who I'm endorsing in Texas for the Senate. [21:30] And there are those that say whoever I endorse is going to win. [21:32] I don't know if that's true. [21:33] But historically, that's absolutely true. [21:36] I just don't like to say it, because I don't like to brag. [21:38] What helped you? [21:39] Have you found it when you're running a floor and over? [21:41] Well, I've had my mind made up for a long time. [21:44] But I just think it's going to be, you know, I just think it's appropriate. [21:49] Mr. President. [21:50] I have a question. [21:50] Mr. President, how did President Xi told you during your meeting that perhaps the Russian President [21:56] Vladimir Putin would come to regret invading Ukraine? [22:01] Did he say that to you? [22:01] No, he never said that. [22:03] Mr. President, you mentioned that the ballroom is your gift to the country. [22:07] It's a gift. [22:07] It's a gift from me and from incredible, successful companies and patriots. [22:14] And they put up close to $400 million. [22:17] And you see the, you see what's happening. [22:20] And it's beautiful. [22:21] And again, it's ahead of schedule, unlike the Fed building. [22:24] Think of it. [22:25] This building at $400 million, the Fed building at $4 billion. [22:29] And it's a tiny little project by comparison. [22:33] And you spend a lot of time renovating the White House. [22:36] The road starting, the powering. [22:37] I do. [22:38] Putting up the American flag, the flagpole, on each side. [22:42] Why is this so important to you to be part of the United States? [22:46] Well, this is the most important because, number one, security. [22:49] And number two, it was so needed just on a social basis for presidents. [22:53] And again, I'll be here for a very short period of time when this opens. [22:56] I'll be here for a very short period of time. [22:59] This is really being built for other presidents. [23:01] It's not being built for me. [23:02] And I'm a really good builder. [23:04] The thing I do best in life is build. [23:06] I'm a great builder. [23:06] And I build beautiful product. [23:08] This, this, there will never be anything like this. [23:11] I always admired the facade of the Supreme Court. [23:14] I said, I wonder if that can be duplicated or bettered. [23:18] Even not to say better, but even better. [23:20] And we've actually bettered it. [23:22] What we're doing is something that will, you'll never see it again. [23:25] Mr. President, one more on Iran, if I may. [23:28] When you were having your discussions with the regional partners, the regional leaders, [23:32] did they express to you any concern about Iran's ability to still retaliate in the event of U.S. [23:38] But they have a little ability. [23:39] Their missiles, their missiles are 82 percent gone, we estimate. [23:44] Their capacity to build is very little right now because we hit, you know, we hit all of their manufacturing areas. [23:51] Same thing with drones, largely gone. [23:53] But they still have a little capacity. [23:54] Yeah, not much, but they have a little. [23:56] Their Navy is completely gone. [23:58] Their Air Force is completely gone. [23:59] President Xi has promised me that he's not sending any weapons to Iran. [24:05] That's a beautiful promise. [24:06] I take him at his word. [24:08] I appreciate it. [24:09] And we had an amazing time in China. [24:13] You know, look, we got along very well before this, but President Xi and I had a really an amazing time. [24:18] I think he'd say the same thing. [24:20] But he promised that he's not sending any weapons. [24:23] And, you know, if you think about it, he gets 40 percent of his oil. [24:25] He's not sending oil boats in, you know, tankers in with 20 destroyers alongside of him. [24:33] No, he wants it. [24:34] He does want it open, like me. [24:36] I want it open. [24:37] And we'll get it open. [24:38] But Iran has used the Straits as a military weapon for 47 years, really much more than that. [24:45] And that's not their Straits. [24:47] That's international waterways. [24:48] That's not for them to do. [24:51] And, look, they've learned their lesson. [24:53] If I left today, it would take them 25 years to rebuild. [24:57] But we're not leaving. [24:58] We're going to do it right so that in five years, ten years, if you have a bad president who doesn't want to do what's right to do, [25:06] this should have been done by Obama. [25:08] This should have been done by Biden. [25:09] It should have been done by other presidents long before me. [25:12] And everybody agrees to that. [25:15] They agree to it. [25:16] Mr. President, you put the system on the Federal Gas Act. [25:19] Yeah. [25:19] Are there other initiatives that you're... [25:22] Well, there may be. [25:22] It's very temporary. [25:23] Yeah, there may be. [25:25] Anything to keep it down. [25:26] Look, as soon as this war is over, gas is going... [25:29] You know, I had gas lean down to $1.85 in Iowa. [25:33] I was in Iowa. [25:35] And the stations had it at $1.85. [25:39] But I was down to, in many cases, less than $2 a gallon. [25:43] And then I said to myself, this is great. [25:47] We just hit a new high in the stock market. [25:49] Everything is going good. [25:51] I'm sorry. [25:51] But we have to go down and take a little journey down to... [25:55] We have to do something with rent. [25:57] But we cannot let them have a nuclear weapon. [26:00] You want to see the world exploded? [26:02] You want to see a problem? [26:03] And this is peanuts. [26:05] And I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. [26:08] It won't be much longer. [26:09] But you're going to have... [26:11] And frankly, there is so much oil out there. [26:15] One of the things that is happening is these big ships are coming up to Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska. [26:20] And they're loading up. [26:22] But I don't even think about that. [26:24] What I think about is you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. [26:26] And they won't have a nuclear weapon. [26:28] And they fully understand it. [26:29] Mr. President, everyone's asked you how do you deal with the United States? [26:34] You took some time ago. [26:36] It was during your first time. [26:37] You told me success is coming at that. [26:39] Yeah, success. [26:41] Based on that, why do you continue to do what you do, [26:44] knowing that some of the people are criticizing you? [26:46] You get up every day to try to bring up success. [26:49] Well, you know, you have some people disagree with, like, the Iran thing. [26:53] To me, it's no question. [26:54] To me, you have to have borders. [26:56] You have to have walls. [26:58] And you have to let people in legally. [26:59] But you have to have borders. [27:02] Some people think you don't have borders. [27:03] You should let anybody... [27:04] Murderers, drug dealers, you should let them in. [27:07] So there is some... [27:08] But I said to you once, I remember it. [27:10] The greatest healer of our country, [27:13] when we had, just before COVID, [27:15] we were so successful. [27:17] You know, we had the best economy we've ever had [27:19] in my first term. [27:20] This term is going to blow it away, I think. [27:22] And you see all the numbers. [27:23] Even during the war, [27:24] we have the highest stock market we've ever had. [27:27] I thought the market would go down 25%. [27:29] And I was okay with that, [27:32] to get rid of a nuclear potential holocaust. [27:36] It would have been a nuclear holocaust. [27:37] So going down 25% is okay if you're going to get rid of a nuclear holocaust. [27:42] So most people agree with me. [27:45] When I'm with people and they, let's say, [27:47] oh, gee, why do... [27:48] And I say, here's the problem. [27:50] Is it okay for Iran? [27:51] And they are very volatile people. [27:54] I'm being nice. [27:54] Is it okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon? [27:58] Everybody says no. [28:00] I said, then we have nothing further to discuss. [28:03] You know, it's like one of those things. [28:05] They will never have a nuclear weapon. [28:06] Not going to happen. [28:07] And probably that's going to be very soon. [28:09] So one way or the other, [28:10] whether it's a military or an agreement, [28:13] that'll start opening up very soon. [28:15] Mr. President, why don't you wait too long now? [28:20] Both of their names are going to be on staff. [28:22] No, no, I waited. [28:24] I've pretty much always known who I was going to endorse. [28:28] I just thought this was a good time. [28:30] You know, the voting's starting. [28:31] And I thought this was a good time. [28:33] I'm going to be doing that for a short time. [28:34] Mr. President, have you put any thought [28:37] into potentially endorsing someone to run against J.B. Pritzker, [28:40] like Darren Bailey or... [28:41] Well, I like Darren Bailey. [28:43] J.B. Pritzker is a slob of a governor. [28:44] You know, he could call me and I'd send a national guard [28:48] and Chicago would have no crime. [28:50] Look at Washington, D.C. [28:51] Did you see the crime stats? [28:53] It's down to, like, nothing. [28:54] People go to restaurants now, new restaurants. [28:56] Restaurants were all being closed in Washington. [28:58] Now they're building new restaurants. [29:00] It's a hot city. [29:02] We have a beautiful city. [29:03] We have very little crime, almost no crime. [29:06] And we could have the same thing in Chicago. [29:08] All he'd have to do is say, [29:10] President, I don't want to have any crime in Chicago. [29:13] Can you help me with it? [29:14] Three months, Chicago would be a different place. [29:17] What about the mayor, Brandon? [29:20] What can I say? [29:22] He's so bad. [29:23] He's so bad. [29:24] Mr. President, you're going to Lawler's decision. [29:26] I talked about making healthcare more affordable. [29:30] Right. [29:30] Who's done that? [29:31] And you made a major announcement yesterday. [29:32] That was a big announcement. [29:34] Got no coverage. [29:35] I reduced drug prices by 50, 60, 70, 80 percent, and it gets no coverage. [29:42] I think it's maybe, other than medical itself, like a cure, I think it's the biggest thing [29:47] to happen in healthcare ever, maybe. [29:49] I brought the price. [29:50] See, we paid the highest price in the world. [29:52] Now we're paying, as of now, we're paying the lowest price in the world. [29:58] Prices of drugs have gone down 70, 80, 90 percent. [30:01] For 28 years, they never went down. [30:04] In my administration, I got it down one-eighth of one percent that I thought it was great. [30:08] The first time, the only time in 28 years that it went down, now I got them down 50, 60, 70, [30:14] and even 80 percent, and that has a huge impact on healthcare. [30:18] Listen, go have breakfast. [30:20] Have a good time. [30:21] Thank you. [30:21] Have breakfast. [30:22] Enjoy your sight. [30:23] You can shoot down there, but the next time you come here, those columns will be standing [30:31] even taller. [30:31] How long did it take to design the underneath? [30:34] Like you said, kind of the military? [30:35] Like, what was the architecture? [30:36] Actually, the underneath part is a good question. [30:38] It's far more complex than the upper, because what you don't see are the floors that are [30:43] beneath here, and they have very, very important rooms down there, the most important. [30:49] This was the one opportunity for the military to do something. [30:54] You know, they came. [30:55] Normally, I'd build a ballroom on flat land. [30:57] I wouldn't have any of this. [30:59] I'd have a... [30:59] It would have been built. [31:01] I'm very fast. [31:02] I'm a very fast builder. [31:03] So we're way ahead of schedule here, but we went down six stories. [31:08] It's unheard of. [31:09] It's actually far more complex than what's... [31:11] The easy part is up. [31:12] But again, we have a drone-proof roof. [31:14] We have all... [31:15] It's all sealed. [31:17] And all of this, if you see, is totally sealed. [31:19] And we use it as a drone port. [31:21] We can have unlimited drones up there, and drones are what's happening right now. [31:25] Thank you, all very much. [31:26] Thank you, Mr. President. [31:27] Thank you. [31:28] Thank you very much. [31:29] Don't eat too much. [31:31] What did you give us? [31:33] What did you serve? [31:34] Oh, you're going to see. [31:34] Where is it? [31:35] Right over here. [32:02] Ah, I don't know. [32:03] You got this pretty good thing. [32:05] Don't eat too much. [32:07] Where's the food? [32:08] Oh, it's over here. [32:10] Enjoy it. [32:10] We can put it right on top of the foundation, but I'm afraid somebody might fall in. [32:14] Mr. President. [32:15] Eat before it gets cold. [32:16] Lawrence, take good care of that plane. [32:35] He doesn't do a good job, we'll fire him, okay? [32:38] If Lawrence doesn't do good, but you'll like Lawrence. [32:41] Take good care of him. [32:41] Take good care of him.