Trump & RFK Jr. Hold HHS Press Conference

[0:00] He dropped out, and my father was the only one who made it. [0:03] The last guy to drop out was his best friend, whose name was Dave Hackett, and Dave Hackett's [0:08] legs had swollen up, and he said, I gotta quit. [0:12] And my father said, you're lucky your brother's not the President of the United States, because [0:16] the press was following, and there was no way that my father would quit. [0:21] I was at Camp David that night, watched him come in, his feet were bleeding, they were [0:25] covered with blisters. [0:26] But it was part of the message that President Kennedy wanted to send the American people, [0:30] that if we were going to maintain our national authority, our international leadership, our [0:38] moral authority as a nation, that we had to pay attention to our physical condition. [0:45] The physical fitness test was a critical part of that, and I think it's very unfortunate [0:50] that President Obama and President Biden abandoned it. [0:53] He said competition is not good for kids, which is not true. [0:57] If we're going to be competitive internationally, we need to be competitive with each other. [1:01] We need to teach people how to win, and how to lose, and how to process victory and defeat. [1:09] And today, since that time, the presidency has presided over the worst public health crisis [1:19] in history. [1:20] We're now the sickest nation in the world. [1:22] We've gone from 5% of our kids being obese to 20%, 70% of adults are obese or overweight, [1:30] and 77% of our children cannot qualify for military service. [1:36] And that should be an eye-opener for all of us. [1:39] And I'm so grateful to President Trump for his leadership and his vision of reinstituting the [1:46] physical fitness test and challenging Americans to compete with each other in a friendly, congenial [1:53] way, and to help each other get in shape so that we can prepare for a great future that [2:00] this administration is going to provide for this country. [2:03] That was great. [2:08] Bobby, do you ever see a picture of Bobby working out? [2:13] It's like, you guys, I said, you've got to be kidding me. [2:18] He's in great shape. [2:19] I didn't know that about your father. [2:20] That's very impressive, huh? [2:21] Did he work out a lot, Bobby? [2:23] He was a great guy. [2:24] He was an athlete, and he was always in good shape, and he played sports every weekend. [2:30] Was he, your uncle was a great athlete, too, wasn't he? [2:33] A very good athlete. [2:34] My father was the only one of the brothers that led it in football. [2:39] Jack was a swimmer, which allowed him to save his crewmates when his ship went down off [2:47] the Solomon Islands. [2:48] So he was able to swim, drag one of his shipmates to shore, because he'd been on the swim team. [2:54] That's a great story. [2:55] Very interesting. [2:56] Bobby, that was very good. [2:57] It was quite interesting. [2:58] Everybody was listening. [2:59] You know, usually people are sort of wandering off as people speak, but not when Branson [3:04] speaks to him. [3:05] Aaron speaks good. [3:06] Why don't you start it? [3:07] Yeah, Secretary Kennedy, thank you for those inspiring words from your uncle, and thank [3:11] you to the President of the United States for helping reestablish this presidential fitness [3:15] test. [3:16] It's been something that we've been looking forward to doing for a long time. [3:20] Since 2013, I remember going through the presidential fitness test as a kid and getting that award, [3:24] and it was quite an honor. [3:25] So being up here and a part of that is quite instrumental and going to be amazing for our [3:29] nation's future. [3:30] Reestablishing the golden standard of the presidential fitness test has been a huge deal for me is [3:38] that these kids now are going to have a healthy future. [3:41] That's really an important thing for us to note here is that we want to make sure our kids have the [3:47] best opportunity to succeed in life, and not only from their mind, but their health and their [3:53] well-being. [3:54] Their physical fitness is a huge priority to helping them become better human beings in [3:59] general for our nation. [4:02] And so what's quite honestly cool is Secretary Hegseth here has allowed us to be involved [4:09] in over 160 schools, military bases, with DOEA, and institutionalizing this presidential [4:16] fitness test in those schools. [4:18] So I have to say thank you so much for helping establish that, and hopefully here soon we can [4:23] do that across the nation, which we believe will have a tremendous effect on these kids and [4:29] their future. [4:30] But I just wanted to say thank you to the president, thank you to the cabinet members [4:33] for everything you've done. [4:34] And we're going to go out there and have a great day on the field and give these kids [4:38] some fun things to go and play with, whether it's football, soccer, doing some pull-ups. [4:43] Can you guys do pull-ups? [4:44] You guys, no? [4:45] We'll help you. [4:46] We'll help you. [4:47] But that's a part of the presidential fitness test is aspiring to help these kids become [4:51] a better version of themselves, and that's what I couldn't be more excited to be a [4:54] part of. [4:55] I want to say thank you to the athletes that are here today and to Gary Player. [4:58] He's always been an inspiration to me, and albeit I'll never get to your record, I thank [5:02] you for giving me aspirations to hopefully get one-eighth of what you have. [5:06] So thank you. [5:07] And lastly, I just want to say to the kids, the most important thing you can do is always [5:11] get 1% better a day. [5:13] That's the most important thing I can give you guys. [5:15] Try to be a better version of yourself every day, because one day you could be up here [5:19] as well. [5:20] You could be up here as well. [5:21] Thank you, Mr. President. [5:22] Thank you, everybody, for being here. [5:23] Thank you, Bryson. [5:24] I can't wait to see what we can do out there today. [5:26] Good. [5:27] Thank you, Bryson. [5:32] This is really for Bryson, because he's worked so hard on this. [5:35] He's really put it together. [5:37] He's got the best athletes in the world. [5:39] I think it's actually 41 or 42. [5:42] All top, top people, all big names, top people, and they all want to do it. [5:47] And Bryson, I was given a little idea by Bobby. [5:51] He mentioned Camp David, and it's a special place. [5:54] And I think we should have our next meeting, the full meeting at Camp David. [5:57] Sounds great. [5:58] So it's like a very special place. [6:01] Amazing. [6:02] So we'll do that. [6:03] I'd love to have Gary say a few words. [6:05] He's won 168 tournaments. [6:07] Think of it. [6:08] That means he won every weekend. [6:10] I say, well, when did you not win? [6:12] It's a record, I think, that will never be broken. [6:14] And he won 18 majors, nine senior and nine regular, and many other things. [6:19] And he is a very special guy. [6:22] And, you know, if you think about the power of positive thinking, [6:25] I don't know if Gary has the time, but he is the youngest winner of the British Open, [6:30] what they call now the Open Championship. [6:33] And he won it when he was 23, I think, Gary, right? [6:37] 23. [6:38] And if you want, you could tell that story, because these are all people that love sports [6:42] and they love golf. [6:43] But the way you asked, you'd like to practice. [6:46] My name is Gary Player. [6:47] I'm from South Africa. [6:48] You're not giving me the time to practice. [6:51] I must practice on this course. [6:53] And the people thought, who is this? [6:56] He said, you don't understand. [6:57] I'm going to win this tournament. [6:58] They never heard of him. [6:59] He came out of South Africa. [7:00] He's winning everything. [7:01] He won the South African Open like 14 times or something. [7:04] It's incredible. [7:05] But if you want to tell that story, I think it's a fabulous story. [7:08] But as a man with a powerful, it's really the power of positive thinking. [7:14] Go ahead, Gary. [7:15] Well, Mr. President, first of all, thank you very much for having us and hosting us today. [7:20] I've been around almost every president for the last 65 years. [7:25] And I've never seen a president that loves this country as much. [7:29] They all did. [7:30] And they all did great works. [7:31] But I've never seen a president that loves the country as much as you do. [7:35] And I say thank you, because I've traveled more miles than any human being before, without [7:40] being repetitive. [7:41] And I've never seen a country like this. [7:44] The freedom that exists, which is so important to all of us. [7:48] And you know, sport can change the world. [7:50] It can give people a chance that don't have any hope. [7:53] It can give them hope, as we've seen. [7:55] Many people with little education have become world champions. [7:58] Only in America have you got that opportunity. [8:01] And the other thing is to Mr. Kennedy, who I have absolute utmost respect for. [8:07] You know, my great dream now, I'm finished with tournament golf. [8:11] My great dream is for the youth of America, the youth of a nation, or the trustees of posterity. [8:17] These are the people that are going to be the future champions. [8:20] And when I talk, I always talk about the importance of fitness. [8:24] It's so important. [8:25] Please, can we bring it back in the schools? [8:28] And as Senator Kennedy has so aptly said, to eat properly. [8:34] This is so important, what you put in your body. [8:37] And the big thing that I wish, and I pray every day, and wherever I talk, and I do a lot of talking, [8:42] I say to the young people, just love this country, because you don't realize what's going on around the world. [8:50] Even the students of the great universities of America really don't understand what's happening around the world today. [8:57] There is a silent war taking place against America today. [9:02] And what we've got to do is make these kids realize that freedom, and exercise, and education, start reading some books. [9:10] Yes, keep your phone, but also read some good books. [9:13] And listen to what Mr. Kennedy has said. [9:16] What you put in your body is so important. [9:19] What a wonderful job he's done, and all your cabinet members, of which I say thank you for maintaining this great word, this cherished word, freedom. [9:28] Thank you very much, Gary. [9:29] And Gary is way ahead of his time, always. [9:32] And how many masters did you play on Gary? [9:34] The record, I think. [9:35] 52. [9:36] 52. [9:37] Think of it. [9:38] 52. [9:39] And most of them you had to qualify. [9:41] After you won it, how many times did you win it? [9:43] Three. [9:44] Three. [9:45] So when you win it three, you get to play a little bit. [9:47] But most of the time you had to qualify. [9:49] But 52 masters, it's amazing. [9:52] And did well in every single one of them. [9:57] Pete, could I ask you to say a few words? [9:59] Sure. [10:00] Yes, sir. [10:01] And maybe speak a little bit about the subject that they want to hear about also if you want. [10:06] But just say a few words if you want. [10:08] Absolutely, sir. [10:09] Well, fitness, standards, competition, that's what we're all about at the War Department. [10:15] So bringing those things to education is something I remember as a kid. [10:20] I mean, the Presidential Physical Fitness Award was the pinnacle event at Forest Lake Elementary School every year. [10:26] And I wanted to be the best. [10:28] And I wasn't, but I worked my tail off every year to try to get there. [10:31] Pull-ups, push-ups. [10:32] I couldn't do the v-sit and reach. [10:33] I could never beat that one. [10:34] But I remember it because it was something my country clearly elevated as important. [10:39] We should be in shape. [10:40] We should compete. [10:42] And there's winners and there's losers. [10:45] That we need to infuse into our young people. [10:47] And obviously it takes young people to run a military. [10:50] And as the Secretary pointed out, almost three-fourths of American young people do not qualify for military service. [10:56] And a lot of that has to do with their physical fitness. [10:59] So we're proud at the War Department to put this first into Department of War education activity. [11:04] Our schools, 161 of them, across 30 installations. [11:07] It's going to be mandatory for the young kids of those service members who use those schools. [11:13] And we hope that's a pilot for all of American education. [11:16] We hope the rest of America follows. [11:18] We need young, strong, healthy Americans, whether you serve in the military or any other aspect of your life. [11:24] And I think this presidential fitness test, Mr. President, is a great, a perfect thing to restore. [11:29] That sets those standards high for young people and something for them to achieve. [11:33] The idea that competition is bad is the beginning of the decline of a nation. [11:37] Competition is critical to who we are and ensuring America stays on top. [11:41] And speaking of staying on top, Mr. President, we are, as we talked about this morning, [11:45] Project Freedom is ongoing. [11:47] We're ensuring that we have control of that strength, which we do. [11:50] And ultimately, Iran has a choice to make. [11:52] And they know we're in the strong position. [11:54] We hope they make a wise choice. [11:55] And nobody better to make that deal, Mr. President, than you. [11:57] Thank you very much. [11:58] Thanks. [11:59] You're doing a great job. [12:00] A man who's in a very, you talk about athletes. [12:03] This is a very serious athlete. [12:05] Happens to be in charge of a little thing called housing. [12:08] Yes, sir. [12:09] Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to all the great athletes and ambassadors that are here [12:16] and to the kids that are here. [12:18] You know, that word competition, I made a living competing, you know, and being in the top physical [12:23] fitness that I could be in playing in the National Football League. [12:27] And one thing I want to remind the kids, and really our country, is competition brings out the best in us, [12:33] be it in sport, be it in business, be it in education. [12:37] And you always want to be the best you can be, as Bryson said, every single day getting better. [12:42] And I'm grateful that I have an opportunity to play in the National Football League, [12:47] but it taught me how to be a good teammate. [12:49] It taught me how to be humble in victory and to be steadfast, you know, in defeat, as all these great athletes know. [12:57] And, Mr. President, thank you for just your leadership in our country, [13:01] but also for this important issue of having physically healthy children and a physically healthy nation. [13:07] And, Bobby, thank you for reminding us of your uncle and your father of how important it is for us to be, [13:14] to look at the man holistically, spiritually, morally, physically, mentally. [13:19] And I think America historically has been the leader in all of those areas, but we are at a critical function in our nation. [13:26] And so I would encourage everyone, this transcends politics. [13:30] You know, physical fitness is good for every man and woman and child in the United States of America. [13:35] So, Mr. President, I'm committed to this. [13:38] I've seen the benefits of it in my own personal life. [13:40] My family and my cabinet colleagues are 100% behind this. [13:45] And so I would encourage all the young people of America, parents, teachers, educators, [13:50] to take inventory and hear what these leaders are saying about the national security of our country [13:55] and make sure that we're encouraging our young people to get out, get your hands dirty, get your knees going, [14:00] get on the market bars, start running and jumping and playing together. [14:04] Because if you're a good teammate, the stronger team we are, the stronger country we are. [14:08] So thank you, sir. [14:10] Well, thank you. [14:11] I have to just say we have a star named Linda McMahon, and she's made a tremendous amount of money on sports. [14:21] They are great athletes, in my opinion. [14:23] WWE, her great husband. [14:26] What they built is incredible. [14:29] They sold it for a fortune. [14:30] Billions and billions of dollars. [14:32] You made more than Bryson and Gary, boy. [14:34] Have you added up? [14:36] Would you say a few words? [14:37] And she's one of our great stars. [14:39] She's a phenomenal person. [14:42] Go ahead. [14:44] Well, that intro is a hard act to follow. [14:46] But I think what we really have, we've talked a lot about fitness, [14:49] and I think that's incredibly important because that's what all this is about. [14:52] But you know, the Greeks had an axiom, sound mind and a sound body. [14:57] So as Secretary of Education, clearly, I want all of our schools to be able to adopt, you know, these programs. [15:05] We don't control curriculum from the Department of Education, [15:08] but I sincerely hope the emphasis that is being refocused on kids and being fit and being able to compete. [15:17] That's what you said, Pete. [15:18] All of us are saying the same thing. [15:19] But let's not forget, it's also a sound mind and a sound body. [15:23] In order to have a sound mind, you do have to eat well, you do have to exercise, you do have to train, [15:29] and you do have to be fit to do that. [15:31] And if we all are, we are the best of who we can be. [15:34] So I encourage all of you to enjoy playing and competing and being good sports, you know, while you're doing. [15:42] But don't forget, you're studying all of your academics because it is all part of the total package. [15:47] Thank you, Leonard. [15:48] Great job. [15:49] Appreciate it. [15:50] So we have a couple of other guys. [15:52] If you guys wanted to say anything, we'll just take some questions. [15:54] And if you'd like, you could ask the big guy how fast did he throw it? [15:58] He threw it very fast. [15:59] It was very scary. [16:00] Scary. [16:01] You want to say something? [16:02] I guess I'll just reiterate the thanks, Mr. President. [16:06] Thank you to the Cabinet members for this opportunity to be here. [16:09] Thank you, Bryson, to allow me to be in this elite company of people. [16:13] It's a pleasure to meet all of you guys. [16:15] Let me look at you. [16:16] You're an embodiment of the physical fitness test. [16:18] He is seriously going to physical fitness. [16:23] And, Coach, you've done great at Florida. [16:25] Thank you very much. [16:26] An incredible honor to be here. [16:27] This is something that I'm passionate about, and I think it's imperative that we're doing this for our youth right now. [16:33] Through experience, my wife and I have two young kids, nine and seven. [16:36] They're very active, very athletic. [16:39] But I can see some of their classmates and some of their teammates, you know, staring at screens all day. [16:44] And, again, as I said, it's really important that we do this now. [16:47] And not only will I think this will improve the overall physical health of our young people, [16:51] but I think it will also help the mental health of our young people as well. [16:54] And just in case you don't know, he is a coach who just came to a team and just took it right from the beginning here. [17:00] Just unbelievable job you've done. [17:02] Thank you very much. [17:03] You're a very rich guy. [17:05] He'll pay a minute. [17:07] I want to represent him. [17:08] He'll pay a minute. [17:09] He came in and just pulled this away. [17:12] Congratulations. [17:13] Who's going to win in hockey? [17:16] That's the tough one. [17:17] Colorado's a favorite. [17:18] I like Minnesota, though. [17:19] All right. [17:20] We're going to watch, okay. [17:21] We're going to watch. [17:22] Great job. [17:23] Great job you've done. [17:24] Thank you. [17:25] And we're going to go outside. [17:26] Did you want to ask a few questions of any of the people here? [17:29] Please. [17:30] About Iran, Mr. President. [17:31] Yes. [17:32] They've fired at U.S. ships several times in the last five or hours. [17:37] What do they need to do to violate the ceasefire? [17:41] Well, you'll find out because I'll let you know. [17:44] They know what to do and they know what to do. [17:46] They know what not to do, more importantly, actually. [17:49] And, you know, they fired them in little boats with pea shooters. [17:55] You know the pea shooters? [17:56] Little boat with little... [17:57] You know why? [17:58] Because they don't have any boats anymore. [17:59] Their navy is comprised of... [18:00] They call them little boats, right? [18:02] Fast boats or little boats. [18:04] And they're fast, yeah. [18:05] They're so fast that they had eight of them and they're all gone. [18:10] And they're fast, but they're not fast like a missile. [18:14] A missile is slightly faster. [18:16] They're all gone, so they're looking around for little boats [18:19] to try and compete with our great navy. [18:21] We have a navy that's unbelievable. [18:23] You know, we set up a blockade, as you know very well. [18:26] Not one ship. [18:27] A couple tried and they got their engines shut out. [18:31] You remember? [18:32] I think it was one of them. [18:34] It was a great display. [18:36] A ship wanted to go through and break the blockade. [18:39] They were warned not to. [18:41] And then they were warned again by a young Annapolis captain of the ship [18:46] with a great look central casting. [18:49] These people are central casting, I'll tell you. [18:51] And he said, don't do it. [18:52] Then he said, evacuate your engine room with this unbelievable loudspeaker [18:56] that goes over water. [18:59] He said, you have ten seconds. [19:00] And then from four miles with one bullet, it went right into the engine. [19:06] And Gary, the ship, stopped very quickly. [19:09] They hit the engine with one shot. [19:11] It wasn't a missile. [19:12] They don't want to waste a missile on it. [19:13] It's too easy. [19:15] And we had another one, a 2000, one of the biggest ships in the world. [19:19] They were warned. [19:22] And he said, go back now. [19:24] Go back right now. [19:26] You will be shot at within ten seconds. [19:31] Yes, yes. [19:32] I am going back to Iran. [19:34] I am going back. [19:35] And that was the end of that. [19:36] It took him ten miles to turn. [19:39] The ship was so big. [19:40] But they respect us. [19:42] They didn't used to respect us. [19:44] But they respect us more than we've ever been respected. [19:47] Our country now is the hottest country anywhere in the world. [19:50] We had a country that was dead when we had that group of people [19:54] that ran this country with their open borders, [19:56] letting anybody come in from the Congo, [19:58] from countries all over the world. [20:00] They came in from prisons and mental institutions. [20:03] We had a country that would have been a dead hit. [20:06] If they won the election, this country would have been a dead country. [20:09] Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. [20:12] Go ahead. [20:13] Thank you. [20:15] Because you said they could take over their regime. [20:19] Do you plan to arm them soon? [20:21] Well, I don't want to say that. [20:22] But, yeah, I mean, people say, why aren't they protesting? [20:25] They want to protest. [20:26] But they don't have any guns. [20:28] So you could have 200,000 people protesting [20:31] and have five or six sick people with guns. [20:34] And when they start shooting them right between the eyes [20:36] and you see a guy fall and another one fall and you have no guns, [20:40] very few people would be able to stand there and do it. [20:45] I mean, I understand. [20:46] I tell them not to. [20:47] Don't forget, they killed 42,000 people last month. [20:51] 42,000 unarmed protesters. [20:54] They had no guns. [20:56] So they had a 250,000 people crowd. [20:59] And they had snipers. [21:01] They had like four or five snipers in buildings up high. [21:04] And you're standing there and all of a sudden the guy on your left goes down. [21:07] And somebody, that's what happened with the women protest. [21:10] They had 200,000 women protesting a year ago. [21:14] And everyone thought that was the end of Iran. [21:17] And then all of a sudden a woman dropped dead with a bullet right there. [21:23] Always right there. [21:24] Then another woman dropped. [21:25] And then the word started to spread. [21:27] And then there was panic. [21:29] And then they ran. [21:30] And, you know, so I don't want that to happen. [21:33] We don't need that. [21:35] You know, we don't need it. [21:36] But the only reason they're not, they want to protest so badly, but they don't have weapons. [21:41] Yeah. [21:42] Thank you, Mr. President. [21:43] Next week you have a very important meeting with President Xi in Beijing. [21:46] Secretary Besant has said that a top priority on the agenda will be Iran. [21:51] What do you hope to achieve with President Xi as it relates to Iran? [21:56] Well, I have a very good relationship with President Xi. [21:59] You know, I find him to be a tremendous guy. [22:02] And we get along well. [22:04] And you see how we do. [22:05] We're doing a lot of business with China and making a lot of money. [22:08] We're making a lot of money. [22:09] It's different than it used to be. [22:12] But I'll be talking about it. [22:14] That'll be one subject. [22:15] But he's been very nice about this. [22:17] You know, in all fairness, he gets like 60% of his oil from hormones. [22:21] And he's been, I think he's been very respectful. [22:24] We haven't been challenged by China. [22:26] They don't challenge us. [22:27] And he wouldn't do that. [22:29] I don't think he'd do that because of me. [22:31] But I think he's been very respectful. [22:34] And we've offered, you know, if he wants to send the ships to the United States. [22:38] I think one of the big things that's happened is I made a statement. [22:42] Send your ships to Texas. [22:44] It's not that much further. [22:47] Send your ships to Louisiana. [22:49] Send your ships to Alaska. [22:50] Alaska is actually very close to a lot of the Asian countries. [22:55] People don't realize it, you know. [22:56] Japan is back and forth. [22:58] It's like, it doesn't seem it, but it's a very short route. [23:01] Two days shorter than almost any other route. [23:03] We're making tremendous, big deals with South Korea and with Japan. [23:07] But I said, send your ships. [23:09] All of a sudden, I don't know if you saw the graph today. [23:11] This is Space Force, which I created. [23:13] Space Force has, they just sent out some photos of the ships that are lined up all the way down the ocean like it's a highway. [23:26] It looks like the Long Island Expressway for ships. [23:29] And they're all heading to Texas, Louisiana. [23:31] We've made up this land, and that's why. [23:33] When I decided that I have to do this for the good of the world, not just the United States, in a way we would have been in less trouble than a lot of other places. [23:42] Certainly, the Middle East would have been blown up. [23:44] There wouldn't be a Middle East anymore. [23:46] They would have controlled, they would have taken over the Middle East. [23:48] Now, now they're trying to survive, and they won't be successful unless they make a deal. [23:53] Oh, if they don't make a deal, they won't be successful. [23:55] They'll go very quickly and methodically. [23:58] Believe me, it'd be very easy. [23:59] But we have so many alternatives. [24:03] It's amazing. [24:04] And nobody knew this, you know, because as an example, Japan got 90% of their oil, [24:11] most of their energy, but most of their oil from the Hormuz Strait. [24:16] South Korea got 43% of it. [24:18] By the way, their ship was shot at. [24:19] They were not in the cavalcade of ships. [24:22] They decided to go it alone, and their ship got the hell knocked out of it yesterday. [24:27] But they didn't shoot the ships that were guarded by us, I'll tell you that. [24:30] We knocked down a lot of missiles. [24:32] So what happens is that we have a situation where we have total control. [24:37] As you know, the blockade's been amazing. [24:39] It's like a piece of steel. [24:41] Nobody's going to challenge the blockade. [24:43] And I think it's working out very well. [24:45] We're going to see. [24:46] I can say this. [24:48] Iran wants to make a deal. [24:51] What I don't like about Iran is they'll talk to me with such great respect, and then [24:56] they'll go on television, they'll say, we did not speak to the president. [25:00] We did not. [25:01] I just spoke to them. [25:02] We did not speak to the president. [25:05] So they play games. [25:07] But let me just tell you, they want to make a deal. [25:09] And who wouldn't, when your military is totally gone? [25:13] We could do anything we want to them. [25:15] Who wouldn't? [25:16] Please. [25:17] On the filibuster, Mr. President, you posted a lot about wanting to eliminate the filibuster. [25:21] It hasn't happened. [25:23] Are you disappointed in leadership? [25:24] Yeah. [25:25] No, I'm disappointed. [25:26] I like John a lot. [25:27] But, you know, he has a couple of Republicans that are foolish people. [25:32] A couple of them I like. [25:34] A couple of them I can't stand, actually, if you want to know the truth. [25:37] Although I do, I am at, according to CNN, 100% approval within the Republican Party. [25:44] That's almost, that's better than your record, Gary. [25:47] I'm at 100% approval. [25:49] Did you see the CNN poll? [25:51] Nobody talks about it. [25:52] I think the people that did that poll probably got fired. [25:56] But within the Republican Party and MAGA, which is basically 100% of the party, I think. [26:01] But 100%. [26:02] No, I think that, you're going to see some very interesting things. [26:06] The filibuster, if you had it, we should have the Save America Act. [26:10] We should have voter identification, voter ID. [26:13] We should have proof of citizenship. [26:16] We should have mail-in voting for the military and people that need it, but not for everybody. [26:20] Because any time you have mail-in voting, they're going to cheat. [26:24] And they cheat like dogs. [26:25] And they have to cheat. [26:27] You know, in all fairness to the Democrats, when you have men and women sports, when you have open borders, [26:33] when you have transgender mutilization, don't listen to this, kids, of your children, of your children. [26:41] Transgender mutilization of your children for everyone. [26:45] When you have policies like that, you have to cheat. [26:48] It's the only way they can win. [26:51] And we shouldn't allow them to cheat. [26:53] And we should terminate the filibuster. [26:56] Because if they get the chance, they'll do it in the first hour back. [27:00] Mr. President, thank you. [27:01] When Iran is seeing 50% inflation, they've moved money from their side. [27:05] Their economy is crashing. [27:06] Would you allow their financial system, then, to fail? [27:09] Well, I guess so, because we're making it fail. [27:12] Is that what it takes? [27:13] I hope it fails. [27:14] Is that what it takes? [27:15] You know why? [27:16] Because I want to win. [27:17] Well, no. [27:18] It takes getting pounded on by the military, I think, for more. [27:22] But in addition to that, it is failing. [27:26] You know, we have sanctions on them, tremendous sanctions. [27:29] Scott Besson's done a great job. [27:31] We have sanctions that nobody's ever seen before. [27:33] No. [27:34] They're failing. [27:35] Their currency is worthless. [27:37] Their inflation is probably 150%. [27:40] The real number is 150%. [27:43] They aren't paying their soldiers. [27:46] They can't pay their soldiers. [27:47] The money is worthless. [27:48] No. [27:50] They should do the smart thing, you know. [27:52] They should do the smart thing. [27:53] And because we don't want to go in and kill people, really. [27:56] I don't want to. [27:57] I don't want to. [27:58] It's too tough. [27:59] Great people. [28:00] I know the people. [28:01] I have so many Iranian friends from New York and from other places over the years. [28:05] They're great people. [28:06] I don't want to kill those people. [28:08] I don't want to kill those people. [28:09] Is there a shooting incident yesterday? [28:11] Is it possible you can talk about that? [28:13] Wait. [28:14] Go ahead. [28:15] Finish it. [28:16] Yeah. [28:17] Gas prices in the United States are $1.48 a gallon. [28:18] You said they would come back down. [28:19] Oh, no. [28:20] They'll drop lower than they were before. [28:22] Will Project Freedom of sporting those ships make that happen? [28:25] Well, it will because so people don't realize some of these tankers hold 2 million barrels. [28:31] One of them holds four. [28:34] I think it's the largest one in the world. [28:36] That sucker is big. [28:37] I've never seen anything like it in a ship. [28:39] It's bigger than aircraft carriers. [28:41] And, yeah, it has a big impact. [28:45] It's so much. [28:46] You know, there are like 400 ships in there. [28:48] 400. [28:49] That in itself. [28:50] Now, the best is when it ends and just neutralizes. [28:53] But what's happening is people are learning to buy oil from the United States. [28:58] I mean, they're making the trip and they're safer. [29:01] Probably it's a better product, too, by the way. [29:03] But they're learning to buy. [29:07] They're changing their habits. [29:08] So when I did this, I thought the market would go down 25%. [29:12] And I thought that was a great deal if it did. [29:14] If it went down 25%, I was satisfied. [29:17] I said, because we cannot let these people have a nuclear weapon. [29:20] They'll use it. [29:21] We can't. [29:22] I also thought oil would go up to 200, 250, maybe 300. [29:26] And I know it will be short term. [29:28] But I thought it would go. [29:31] I look today. [29:32] It's like at 102. [29:34] And that's a very small price to pay for getting rid of a nuclear weapon from people that are really mentally deranged. [29:44] Yes. [29:45] President, just on politics. [29:47] The world is like. [29:48] By the way, other presidents should have done this. [29:51] For 47 years, they've been toying with these stupid people. [29:56] In many cases, stupid people. [29:58] This should have been done by Obama. [30:00] He went the other way. [30:01] He was giving them cash. [30:02] He sent plane loads, a Boeing 757, took the seats out, and put green, green cash, 1.7 billion in the plane. [30:13] Every bank in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland was stripped of their cash. [30:18] They took out all the cash from the banks. [30:20] They put it into a plane, a Boeing 757, packed with cash. [30:26] And they flew it to Iran, and they let these guys just, I don't know what the hell they did with it, but they took it. [30:32] And then gave them billions and billions of dollars, and bribed them, basically, to be friends. [30:38] And after giving them tens of billions of dollars, they screwed Obama. [30:43] Okay? [30:45] That's not the way we play. [30:47] No. [30:48] We do it the old-fashioned way. [30:50] And they should wave. [30:52] They're very proud. [30:53] Maybe you won't see a white flag, but essentially, that's already what they are. [30:59] They need, they should wave the white flag, the white flag of surrender. [31:05] In hockey, they say, uh, uncle, right? [31:09] When are they gonna, when are they gonna cry uncle? [31:12] But, but, and they have another expression. [31:16] If this were a fight, they would stop it. [31:20] But, you know, we have to go out, and we have to do it. [31:22] And it's, it's very sad, it's very sad to see. [31:25] Even shooting those boats, they've got three, four guys. [31:29] They've got a little machine gun in front. [31:31] They're shooting at one of our ships that's meant for it. [31:34] It bounces, we don't even know they're being shot at. [31:37] And then they take it out with an Apache helicopter in about two seconds. [31:41] They go, Apache, Apache, ship, northwest, ten degrees. [31:46] Turns around, boom. [31:47] I don't like that, you know? [31:49] You lose people. [31:50] All these people, it's so unnecessary. [31:52] It's so unnecessary. [31:54] One thing we have, we have the greatest military in the world. [31:56] I built it, because I built it in my first term. [31:58] I didn't think I'd be using it, at least so much in my second term. [32:03] But we have the greatest military, the best equipment in the world. [32:07] We had 111 missiles shot at one of our assets, one of the aircraft carriers, [32:13] a week and a half ago, two weeks ago. [32:16] Think of this, 111 sophisticated missiles shot at one of our aircraft carriers. [32:23] And every single one of those missiles was shot down with no problem whatsoever. [32:29] If you would have said that ten years ago, five years ago, it would have been an impossibility. [32:33] You would have had to take those shots. [32:35] Every single missile was laying in the water far away. [32:38] I mean, not even, they weren't even upset. [32:42] And they're the coolest people. [32:43] If you ever see them, you know, when they do the missile, when they do, right? [32:48] They say, missile coming, missile coming. [32:50] And these guys go, it's like, almost like, oh, I'm just, la, la, la. [32:55] They're very smart. [32:56] These are extremely smart people. [32:59] They go to very good schools. [33:01] But they shot down, who would think, they're like a needle in a haystack. [33:06] 111 missiles shot. [33:09] 111 missiles were knocked down into the water. [33:15] Didn't even get close to the aircraft carrier. [33:18] No, there's nobody has a military like this. [33:20] Okay, a couple more. [33:21] And then I want to go out and watch these great athletes. [33:23] I'm not talking about him and him and him. [33:25] I'm talking about these kids. [33:27] Because I think you're going to be far better as an athlete than anybody behind you. [33:31] Okay, do you agree? [33:32] I think you're going to be a better athlete. [33:34] What sport do you play? [33:36] I play football. [33:39] Oh, football. [33:40] There you go. [33:41] Do you think you're going to be better than him? [33:43] You'll be faster. [33:44] You're going to be so much faster than him. [33:47] He's going to be like lightning. [33:48] He was known for his speed, by the way. [33:50] I don't know. [33:51] I think pretty good. [33:52] What sport do you play? [33:53] I play sport because my mom didn't sign me up, but I'm trying to play gymnastics. [34:00] Gymnastics? [34:01] That's a sport. [34:02] That's a good sport. [34:03] That's a great sport. [34:04] What do you play? [34:05] I do dance, but I also do volleyball. [34:09] Nice and tall to do volleyball play. [34:12] Amazing. [34:13] What about you? [34:14] Look at this guy. [34:15] He's a big guy. [34:16] I'm doing football right now, and next year I'm going to be trying to do powerlifting. [34:19] Oh, wow. [34:20] Yes, sir. [34:21] All right. [34:22] Let's go. [34:23] Wow. [34:24] That's awesome. [34:25] And you'll never compete against women in powerlifting. [34:26] That's right. [34:27] Did you see that they had a man powerlifter, and he decided to go the opposite direction, [34:32] took a record, stood for 18 years. [34:37] He beat it by 119 pounds. [34:39] Wow. [34:40] Not okay. [34:41] They put a little quarter of an ounce, quarter of an ounce. [34:45] 18 years it stood. [34:47] This guy came. [34:48] He was a failed powerlifter. [34:49] He went on the other side, and he decided that he wanted to go into women's sports, and [34:54] he broke the record by 118 pounds. [34:56] I think that's fair? [34:57] I don't think we'll have to worry about you. [35:01] Yes, sir. [35:02] You're going to do good. [35:03] Are you a strong person? [35:04] Yes, sir. [35:05] Good. [35:06] You think you can take me in a fight? [35:07] I'm sorry. [35:08] I think you can. [35:09] That would be embarrassing, wouldn't it? [35:13] How about you? [35:14] What sport do you play? [35:15] I play volleyball, and in the summer I'm trying to get into soccer. [35:19] Wow. [35:20] Wow. [35:21] And with your height, do you smash the ball in the volleyball? [35:24] No. [35:25] Can you jump high? [35:27] Not very. [35:28] Soccer might be better. [35:30] I'm just looking to think she'd be a great soccer player. [35:35] That's good. [35:36] Good luck, okay? [35:37] What about you? [35:38] Hockey and golf. [35:39] Well, and you know that guy, right? [35:41] Yes. [35:42] You know that guy. [35:43] Do you think you could be as good as him someday? [35:46] Not easy. [35:47] Better. [35:48] Won't be better. [35:49] And you play golf? [35:50] This young man today, of all the young men I met, he had the best manners possible. [35:57] He was a smile. [35:59] I said, how are you? [36:00] He looked me in the eye and said, fine, thank you, sir. [36:03] How are you? [36:04] Not just good. [36:05] Are you a good golfer? [36:06] Yes. [36:07] So, what's your handicap? [36:08] Do you have a handicap? [36:09] I do. [36:10] So, this man is 90 years old. [36:11] Do you think you could beat him? [36:12] No. [36:14] I'm betting on Gary. [36:15] I'm betting on Gary. [36:16] You will. [36:17] You will. [36:18] You will. [36:19] You will. [36:20] You will. [36:21] You will. [36:22] You will. [36:23] You will. [36:24] Hey, you know what else? [36:25] And he doesn't choke. [36:26] A lot of guys can play, but the flag goes up and bad things happen. [36:30] And I think being in good shape helps you in that respect. [36:33] You see, if it wasn't a cherished table, this is very historic, I could get on this table [36:38] and do 50 push-ups like that. [36:40] Most people can't do that, even when they're going to the army, right? [36:43] Yes. [36:44] So, you've got to keep in shape. [36:45] Yes, sir. [36:46] And you tell everybody how you love this country. [36:48] Yes. [36:49] Good. [36:51] Good way to end. [36:52] So, we're going to go out. [36:53] We're going to say hello to the athletes. [36:55] We have young and great athletes. [36:57] We also have some big superstars out there waiting for us. [37:00] And thank you very much. [37:01] And, Bryson, thank you very much. [37:03] You really took this and brought it to a level. [37:05] It's true. [37:06] Biden and President Obama decided that it wasn't important, and they're so wrong. [37:12] Thank you very much, everybody. [37:13] Thank you, press. [37:14] Thank you, press. [37:15] Thank you, press. [37:16] Thank you, press. [37:17] Thank you, press. [37:18] Thank you. [37:19] Thank you, press. [37:20] Thank you, press. [37:21] Thank you, press. [37:22] Thank you, press. [37:23] Thank you, press. [37:24] Thank you, press. [37:25] Thank you, press. [37:26] Thank you, press. [37:27] Thank you. [37:28] Thank you, Mr. President. [37:29] Thank you, everybody. [37:38] Thank you guys. [37:44] A little kid you come up and go. [37:46] And it makes you a fire hose man.