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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Bad things were happening with our country. And we've -- we've stemmed the tide. We've turned it around. But we're going to really turn it around over the next -- over the next three years, three and a half years, we're going to turn it around. And then hopefully, it will be in such great shape. That's my goal to put it in such great condition that it can't be destroyed.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you believe -- You mentioned this last night in your speech in Macomb that we're facing an unprecedented situation where there's a lot of abuses of nationwide injunctions, sort of seemingly designed to curtail your power, uh, specifically when it comes to deporting these illegal violent aliens that came in under the previous administration.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Have you spoken to your team about ways to mitigate this and continue to deliver for the American people? And --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, well, there are ways to mitigate it. And there are some very strong ways. There's one way that's been used by three very highly respected presidents. But we hope we don't have to go that route. But there is one way that has been used very successfully by three presidents, all highly respected. And hopefully, we don't have to go that way, but there are ways of mitigating that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I want to thank you all very much. I thought this was an incredible cabinet meeting. I think there's probably has never been a cabinet meeting like this. You've never seen it on tape. That I can tell you. [Laughter] And I want to just congratulate everybody at the table. But we have a lot of work to do, but we're off to a great start.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you enjoy, Mr. President, [Inaudible] second time?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Thank you everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Life here?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm working hard.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Please leave out that door.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I like -- I like my life. I'm working hard. But I like it because we're doing a lot of good for a lot of people. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you. Thank you, everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Sharyl Attkisson interviewed Donald Trump at The White House on March 13, 2025. The interview aired on Sinclair stations on March 16, 2025. The following transcript was provided by the show "Full Measure" and confirmed for accuracy. Video and transcript courtesy and copyright Full Measure.]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Thank you for joining us.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Is there anything new on the Russia development? Because I understand probably by the minute there are things happening.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think it's going well. I think it's a tough situation that we're in. You know, I inherited a mess from him in so many ways. Whether it's the wall or the economy or anything you want to talk about. It's tough. This was a very tough one. Ukraine, Russia, should have never happened. It would've never happened, but it did.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we have to see what we can do to save a lot of lives and to stop paying billions and billions of dollars. Also, it's a massive amounts of money, $350 billion we've spent on that. And, we're gonna try and do something about that. But more importantly, right now, you have a lot of people dying. You are losing probably 2000 people a week in shooting soldiers, Russian and Ukrainian, and whatever we can do to stop it. We're trying to do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Are you speaking to Putin in the last days or hours? Personally?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I don't wanna say it, but we are dealing with him and I think, I think it's going reasonably well. It's a very complex situation, you know, it's a bloody terrible war. And I do think it's going well. As you know, we have a ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian group, and we are trying to get that with Russia too.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I think thus far it's gone. Okay. We will know a little bit more on Monday, and that'll be, hopefully good.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
I'm not understating the complexity of all this, but as a candidate, you said you would have this war settled in 24 hours?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that, what I really mean is I'd like to get it settled and I think I'll be successful.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
What's the plan if Putin doesn't agree to a cease fire?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Bad news for this world because so many people are dying. But I think, I think he's going to agree. I really do. I think I know him pretty well and I think he's gonna agree.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
It's been a tumultuous week with confusion over tariffs, with the financial markets. A lot of regular people don't understand tariffs and how they work.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they're a beautiful thing, for us.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Can you explain for people who aren't really plugged into this, maybe with a specific product example, how we are supposedly getting ripped off by tariffs and how it can be fixed and when we would, when we would see the benefits of it?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we as a country have been ripped off for years and years, decades and decades. And you've covered it on your show. I've seen it. Canada's a disaster for us. We lose close to $200 billion with Canada. Nobody did anything. Nobody says that with Canada, that they charge, our farmers think of this. They have four dairy products, some dairy products, 270% tariff.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody knows that. Nobody talks..<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Can you break that down to like common terms. So our farmers may have a product such as what, and we sell it to Canada?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So we wanna sell milk into Canada, and they throw a 270% price increase on the milk.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Which means we don't have much of a market, in Canada?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Which means we don't sell milk in Canada, it's almost, it's called a monetary tariff. But they have a lot of non-monetary tariffs too. That's things unrelated to, you know, they'll have a standard that they'll say you didn't meet or something that's called a non-monetary<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
So you put a tariff on what, for example, to try to counter the milk tariff?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I can put a tariff on anything, but in the case of Canada, I put it on steel and aluminum.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Because they wanna sell their stuff to us?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have a lot of tariffs, that we're going to be putting on. It really hits on April 2nd. And actually we've been very consistent. I think a lot of people are loving what I'm doing. The real business people are loving it. We're gonna make America rich again, but we're gonna have tariffs on automobiles. We're gonna have tariffs on steel, we're gonna have tariffs on aluminum and copper and many, many different things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they're gonna be very consistent and I've been very consistent. I did give General Motors and our Big 3 actually, a month of relief because they would've had a very unfair disadvantage over other car makers, which I didn't want. So I did that, and I think it was something I did from the fact that, you know, I want to take care of our car companies.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But you have, and you've been reading about it and seeing it. We have companies moving into the United States at levels that has never been seen before. We have many, many car factories going up.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
If I understand it correctly, the benefits that would come from some of that may largely be down the road, which leads<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, no, I think, I think immediate. Look, when you're building those plants, a lot of money comes in from those plants. You know, you're using companies, subcontractors, contractors, concrete companies and steel companies. And you're gonna see it initially, but you're gonna see it more down the road when they open up. And I would rather have that, by the way that I could get, you get money or you get jobs.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I'd rather see the jobs the biggest hit is when they move in. So you have the biggest chip maker in the world coming in with $200 billion. You know that you saw that number one in the world by far. Mr. Wei, most respected, one of the most respected people in business. Forget about chips from Taiwan. He's coming in, he's spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and he'll be spending it largely in Arizona.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But these companies are coming in at levels that people haven't seen. And they're coming in because of the tariffs, and they're coming in because of me too. But they're coming in because of the tariffs, the incentive. Because if he doesn't, they're gonna have to pay very substantial tariffs for the privilege of selling their product in the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Well, I simply mean it may take some time, obviously, for the plants to be built<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It will.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
And the people to be hired.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It will. But remember, the building of the plant is a lot of money also.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Point taken, as a society. I'm positing we've largely been convinced by our political leaders in the past that it's okay to kick the can down the road and not fix a lot of important things. It's very easy to paddle the kayak toward the waterfall with people telling you, you're never gonna hit the waterfall.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Sure.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
It's hard to change directions. And I'm wondering, do you think American society today has the guts and the grit to go through any pain that there could be to try to fix big things?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So I think our economy's gonna roar. I think our stock market's gonna do great.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
How long would you suggest people may have to wait before they say on a daily basis? "Wow."<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, look, I think they're seeing a lot of things happening. I think they're seeing the numbers. Look, Apple got up and said, 'we're investing 500 billion', not 500 million. That's a lot of money too, but $500 billion in the United States. They never did that. They built their plants in China. Now they're building their plants in the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And that's because of me, policy also, but also because of me. But you see all these companies, we have news conferences sometimes, and sometimes I just say, announce it. I don't have enough time for the news conferences. But the kind of money being invested in the country, we've never seen anything like it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
I would say the border has to be very early in this administration. The single most tangible, quick impact people saw.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
I think 96% or above decrease in illegal border crossings and the mass deportations. I don't know how many of those, are you satisfied with how that's going so far?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I think they're doing an incredible job. And it's a tough job too. We have 99% improvement from Biden. And that was his better. You know, he started around the election working a little bit harder, and they got a little bit better, was horrible still. So we're comparing it to his best time, comparing it to the worst time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's like, it's not even, you can't calculate it. How much better? So we have now the best border we've ever had, and we did that in a period of five weeks. Pretty amazing actually.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Does that imply that we don't need to add a bunch of money and forces? In fact, maybe you could draw down or reappoint the force and manpower that's down there and we don't need new laws and new money?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, you don't need very many new laws, because I did it without new laws. I did it twice without new laws. I had the best border ever. And now I think we're gonna beat those numbers. I actually think these numbers might be slightly better and we're gonna get 'em better yet. And I said, during the speech on Tuesday night, I said that 'you didn't need new anything.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You just needed a new president for that.' I said, 'close the border.' And they closed the border. He could have done the same thing. I think he wanted open borders. I don't know if he did, but somebody in there that ran the operation, nobody really knows who was running it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Commercial break]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
There's a lot of intrigue surrounding the release of the Epstein files. Martin Luther King files, John F. Kennedy files, some current and former FBI agents are saying, some of them telling me that they feel the FBI establishment came out ahead in the standoff, sort of with the New York FBI field office over releasing the records.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
And your attorney general Pam Bondi demanding them, but not getting all that she wanted. Is that process still on track? I think that's one of the most often questions I've been asked the last couple of days to release these records on Epstein, MLK and JFK.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, Pam Bondi's done a phenomenal job in every respect. And there could have been some holdback. I haven't heard too much about it, but they could. But the bottom line is the records are getting out. The Kennedy records are getting out. Those are the ones they really wanted to see the most were the Kennedy's. And during my administration, as you know, I released a lot of 'em. But then a lot of people started coming in. People that I respected, people that worked for the administration asked me not to release the rest.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Did they say why?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I respected that. They gave me certain reasons, but I respected that. And I did say, I must tell you, I said that I probably wish I did release the whole thing 'cause I have no idea what's in there. But since then they found, and we found, 2000 more documents on Kennedy. And the one they want most is Kennedy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it's gonna be released. It's, it's moving along and it's moving along pretty rapidly. It doesn't, doesn't go that rapidly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
In weeks maybe?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I would say weeks. Yeah I say weeks.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Well, let me switch gears and go to the media next. It's understandable that you would hold the media accountable for its mistakes. And I would argue that nobody has suffered that more than you have in the course of you<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, you suffered it a little bit in all fairness<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Yeah. But, not as much as you<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
your wonderful career, but you suffered it.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
But as a supporter of a robust free press, do you worry sometimes that the settlements you're getting against big press organizations and so on might have a reverse effect and chill the press and make people think that you're doing something to crack down on a free press?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they really lied about me. I mean, in so many ways, you know that and you understand that. And you've had it yourself to a large extent. I mean, you know, larger than most. But they were very dishonest. That's why I came up with a name, fake news, fake news. And you're right, I've had some good luck suing these people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I have some others in there that are, and I'm doing that. I'm doing that for the people of this country. We need a free press. A fair press. I said, we need borders. We need a fair press. We need to stop crime and elections have to be perfect. And they're not perfect. They're a disaster.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
I tracked medium mistakes when you first came into office the first time, and there were too many really to count. But I tracked him as best as I could. I'm looking at 'em this time. And I'm not seeing as many when we're talking about false reporting and fake information. Not that some of that isn't out there, but I don't see it to the same extent I did in the 2016 time period.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Do you think the media is treating you better now?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I think that, I've become more experienced in handling the media. I think the media respects me more. You know, I've done this twice. You know, when I first came in, don't forget, I had never done it. I won this incredible election and I relied on people for recommendations. And now I know everybody in Washington that you'd want to know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we have a great staff. And I had a great staff before too. Look, I rebuilt the military and all of the things we did, the great things that we did, the taxes were the biggest tax cut in history. All the things we did. And I had a lot of great people, but I had some that I wouldn't have put in, in retrospect, I think now we have unbelievable people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But no, the media has, I find it to be that it hasn't changed. What has changed is I think Facebook and Google and a lot of them have become, I think a guy like, Bezos is, I've gotten to know him and I think he's trying to do a real job. Jeff Bezos is trying to do a real job with the Washington Post. And that wasn't happening before.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
My first time. I had Google against me. I had Facebook against me, I had Instagram, I had everybody against me. The whole world was against me. But I mean, 97% of it was just like horrible. It was, and it was really crooked. It was really dishonest. And I think I fought them well. And now I'm actually winning awards for the fact that, you know, a lot of that stuff is coming due now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It takes a long time through the court system. They have CBS as an example. They totally changed the answers of Kamala Harris. They, they took other answers and put 'em into a slot. They'd ask her a question. She gave a horrible answer. They took it just before the election. One day before the election. They took the answer and they put an entirely different answer into the slot.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody's ever seen anything like it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
One quick follow up. There are some people are saying to the extent CBS 60 Minutes was considering some kind of settlement with you, that was almost like a blackmail thing, or that they were doing that because they were afraid now that you're president that there are certain things you could do that would hurt the corporation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
What are your thoughts about that?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't think so. I mean, look, they were wrong. Hey, they took an answer from another part of an interview that was much later.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
They said it was from the same question, but<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Ah, they didn't say that. They even, I'll tell you what, they advertised. The way they got caught was they advertised a little piece of that answer. And then when it was shown on television, that piece wasn't there anymore. So we said, 'well, wait a minute, what happened to the,' the answer was so bad, so incompetent that she would've lost the election just based on that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was such a horrible answer. And they took another answer from another part. And, you know, down deep in the interview and they put it into that. They slotted it in. I never even heard of that before. Nobody did. And they admit that they're guilty. So we'll see what happens. I mean, I think, they have problems.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
A lot of what you want to do, of course, the big things, it's already meeting up with legal challenges and protests and opposition and a good deal of it would require Congress's help to codify it and kind of get around that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, what we're trying to do that, we're trying to do it, we're doing executive orders at the fastest rate that anyone's ever seen. We had our cabinet, as you know, approved at the fastest level. John Thune has done a great job. Mike Johnson has done a great job. The leaders and the Speaker, they've been fantastic.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have done, you know, really we're going at at breakneck speed. And I think everyone's saying 'they've never seen anything like it.' Now you're comparing it to people that honestly should have never been there, should have never ever been there. What they've done to our country is not even describable.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But, we're doing a good job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Commercial break]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
But the hard reality, if you wanna talk about the establishment or the swamp members of Congress, and both parties are funded by some of the very interests that you're trying to dial back on, it kind of makes the equation a little bit harder.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it doesn't matter because I'm doing what has to be done and I'm getting the support and I'm doing executive orders. But those, when you say codified, we're trying to get them codified so that they'll be there forever. So that at the end of a term, if for some reason somebody else gets in that has a opposing view, this is the right view.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have to have borders, we have to have honest elections, fair and honest elections. And we're doing things that even on that front, we're, you know, moving forward and some very serious things. One of the things that's very important that we're doing, 50% of the Department of Education. Now that's a great thing, and it's gonna be higher than that.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
These are people that weren't showing up to work, they weren't doing their jobs, or they weren't good at their jobs. But more importantly, we want the states to handle education. If you go to Iowa, if you go to Florida, if you go to, certain states, if you go to, uh, Indiana, I could name, I would say 40 out of the 50 states will do a fantastic job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Five will be okay, and five will not be so good. But we'll help them and we'll make them good. One way or the other, we'll make them good. We don't wanna run education through DC anymore. I want education to be going. And I think Linda McMahon's gonna do a great job. She's gonna do, I think she's gonna do a fantastic job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But her job is an interesting job because she's trying to put herself out of a job. She wants to, and I want to get education back so that the states will run education. They can run it at a much more precise level. It won't be such a big monstrous situation. We run it locally. The parents will be running it. The school boards are gonna be given back their power.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Will the federal department shut down entirely?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I hope so. I mean, I expect it will, you'll have a few people left just to make sure they're teaching English. You know, you say reading, writing, and arithmetic, right? In the old days, reading, writing, arithmetic, they wanna teach English. And other language is great, but English is our language and they wanna make sure 'cause you never know somebody goes haywire.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But basically it's gonna be shut down entirely. That's what we want. And we want education to go back to the states. They're gonna run it great. The parents are gonna be running it. The school boards are gonna be given power to run it. And these are school boards where the parents are on those school boards.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Shortly before the election reading the room, I actually published that I thought it was likely you would win the electoral vote, the swing state vote and the popular vote. Do you have a moment that night where you said to somebody and could you tell us about it? If so, 'Wow. Like this is gonna be a clean sweep.'<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I was with Dana White, the great Dana White. He's a fantastic guy, UFC. And we're friends and we were watching it and we weren't exactly sure 'cause the votes looked like they were not what they should have been. And I believe there was cheating in that election too. But then all of a sudden it just broke.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was too big to rig. They couldn't stop it. They tried, but they couldn't stop it. Too big to rig. And it started, I looked at the extent of, you know, a lot of people thought I was gonna win, but they didn't know I was gonna win by that much. We won all seven swing states by a lot. We won by millions of votes, a popular vote, which is always harder for a Republican.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And, and some of the numbers like we did very well with women, we did phenomenal with Hispanics. Black male population was incredible. The whole thing was, I mean, we were just getting, we were getting numbers that were so, so good. And it was very nice, you know, to see it was very nice. I worked very hard.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I took a big risk by running a big, big risk, bigger than anyone would understand. I had false prosecutions, I had very crooked courts. I had very crooked judges and, people got it. They really understood it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Commercial break]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Last thing, I'm gonna read you a couple of your questions and you can answer any you want or skip.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Okay.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
One line maybe. What's the timeline for creating a budget that's lower than the last and for balancing the budget?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I hope we could do that very soon. Maybe even now. I'd love to be able to do it. We had big budget meetings with the Senate and I think that, there's a chance we could do it right now. We're gonna give it a shot.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Can we reform taxes to eliminate the need to file?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it's possible, you know, if the, tariffs work out really well, you wouldn't need income tax. You know that if tariffs work out well, our country at its richest was during, from 1870 to 1913. That was a richest and that was, we were an all tariff nation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Do you put ketchup on your steak?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes, I do.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Is your driver's license expired?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll have to check.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Okay.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm not allowed to drive. If you can believe it's, a great, I love driving. I miss it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Because you're president? For security reason?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I miss it. I miss not driving.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
Sir, thank you for the interview.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson
I appreciate it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much Sharyl.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much, everybody. It's a great honor to have President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines, a great family, great family legacy and highly respected in this country. I know that because I have many friends in the Philippines and its great respect or I couldn't say it. So, congratulations.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're going to be talking about trade. We're going to be talking about war and peace. They're a very important nation militarily and we've had some great drills lately. We're back with them. I think I can say that the last administration was not getting along with them too well. They didn't get along with anybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They didn't know -- honestly, they didn't know what they were doing. But we have some fantastic military relationships with the Philippines and that's been reinstituted. And Pete, I would say that you were -- you couldn't be happier, right, with the relationship.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Peter Hegseth
Absolutely. Great partners.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, I just want to say it's an honor to have you. We're going to talk about trade today and we're very close to finishing a trade deal. Big trade deal actually, and we do a lot of business with you. It's a lot of income coming in for both groups. But I was surprised to see the kind of numbers. They're very big and they're going to get bigger under what we're doing and what we're proposing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I just want to thank you for being with us. It's a great honor. You and your representatives really, a great, great honor. We have a big announcement AstraZeneca, the big drug company, is going to spend $50 billion, just announced $50 billion in the United States in order to build various places all over the country, big manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical plants all over the country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, that's an honor. And he said they did that because of the election and because of the fact that the tariffs are placed. So, they're building their facilities in New York. $50 billion, that's a big investment and it's going to be a very good investment, I have no doubt about it. So, thank you to AstraZeneca.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And with that, I'd like to have you say a few words, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. Of course, we're all very happy to be here to once again reaffirm the very strong ties between the Philippines and the United States, ties that go back over 100 years. And considering the context in which we live these days, especially in my part of the world, this has become -- this has evolved into as important a relationship as is possible to have.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
We must remember that the United States is our only treaty partner in the Philippines, and that has stood us in good stead over the years, certainly through the Second World War and the cultural memory of all Filipinos down to even the schoolchildren is that our strongest, closest, most reliable ally has always been the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
And that is something that we value. That we are grateful for. And that we will continue to foster as -- as we go on. With the leadership of President Trump, I am very confident that we will be able to achieve that. I think it is -- it is worthwhile to remember that it was President Trump who in his first term characterized the relationship between the Philippines and the United States as ironclad.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
And that has been necessarily the case since -- since that time that you made that statement, sir. And it is one, it is something that the Philippines will always hold close to its heart. Thank you once again. And I, we are honored. And it is -- it is our great pleasure to be here and to visit with the president of the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Thank you, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. It's my great honor. Any questions?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Um, would you -- do you think that Fed Chair Jerome Powell should resign?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I think he's done a bad job. But he's going to be out pretty soon anyway. In eight -- eight months, he'll be out. Uh, but he's uh, I call him too late. He's too late all the time. He should have lowered interest rates many times. Europe lowered their rate ten times. We lowered ours none. And it's causing a problem for people that want to buy a home.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Look, our economy is so strong now. We're blowing through everything. We're setting records. You know that. You see that. And uh, whether it's the Philippines or anyone else, we're setting records at levels that nobody's ever seen before. But you know what? Uh, people aren't able to buy a house because this guy is a numskull.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He keeps the rates too high, and probably doing it for political reasons. The only time I remember him cutting rates, I mean, he cut the rates just before the election to try and help Kamala or whoever he was trying to help. He probably didn't know. And he's building a building. He's -- $2.7 billion, with over $900 million overrun.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What is that? And that was given by Biden. That was another Biden deal. And this guy is building this building that's severely overrun. And what does he need a building for? Why does he need -- he needs space for more people. So they did a big study the other day. And they called all of the great intellects and the great economists and all the great everything.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they -- it was 71. And only two got it right. Me, and another gentleman that happens to be very smart. 69 people got it wrong. And the Fed got it wrong, more wrong than anybody. And you know, he has these think tanks. And they build -- they build buildings for people that think. And it's really not thinking it's a little bit a combination of thinking, but it's uh, it's something you sort of have or you don't have.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They don't. This -- this -- the job he's done is just terrible. He ought to raise interest rates. You know, we would -- we should be at one percent. We should be leading the world. Instead, we're paying four percent. And if you look at what that means, that's over $1 trillion in interest that we have to pay.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That with the striking of a pen, we would be saving more than $1 trillion. Is that right, Scott?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Scott Bessent
Yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Do you have anything to say about it?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Scott Bessent
Yes, sir. I called yesterday and this morning for the fed to do a big internal investigation to understand their -- not their monetary policy, but everything else. The Fed has had big mission creep. And that's where a lot of the spending is going. That's where -- why they're building these new or refurbishing these buildings.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Scott Bessent
And I think they got to stay in their lane. And I think that the, you know, based on the way they cut rates last fall, they should be cutting rates now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's inconceivable, I know the Fed very well, that they can be spending $2.7 billion to build a building. They don't do anything. They just -- I mean, it's the greatest job. You show up one day, a half a day. You make a little speech, the economy is doing well, the economy is not doing well. We're going to raise interest.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And he's got it wrong. That's why I call him too late, too, too late. And it's really too bad. But it is affecting people that want to buy houses. And that shouldn't happen.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And Mr. President -- Mr. President --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And you know, he should -- he should lower -- those rates should be three points lower. That's what they should be, three points lower, maybe more than that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I would like to ask both of you one question.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President Marcos, um, next year, the Philippines is going to be the rotating chair of ASEAN. I wonder how do you plan to balance your relationship between the United States and China? And for President Trump. Kremlin yesterday said, if you are going to Beijing in September, they wouldn't rule out a meeting between you and President Putin.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Is such a meeting possible? And how soon do you plan to visit China?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we have a lot of meetings possible. President Xi has invited me to China. And we'll probably be doing that in the not too distant future, a little bit out, but not too distant. And I've been invited by a lot of people. And we'll make those decisions pretty soon. Please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
The left side of --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Well, as you -- as you well, we, uh, the -- as you say, we are chairing ASEAN for 2000 -- for -- into 2026. Uh, there is no need in -- in a sense, to balance the -- as you -- as you characterize it, as to balance our relationship between the United States and China. Simply because our foreign policy is an independent one.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
And we are essentially, uh, concerned with the defense of our territory and the exercise of our sovereign rights. Now, uh, whether, uh, we do this not alone, uh, we need to do this with our partners. And again, our strongest partner is -- has always been the United States. But of course, we are -- we are trying to form coalitions and multilateral relations so that we, those likeminded nations who share the same values as we do who are new to the -- to the -- to international law.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Most specifically, the UN Clause, um, are -- are -- present, uh, that, uh, that position very clearly to anyone who has intentions of unilaterally changing the world order. And that is where -- that is how we are guided in that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I don't mind if he gets along with China. Because we're getting along with China very well. We have a very good relationship. In fact, the magnets, which is a little complex piece of material, but the magnets are coming out, you know, very well. And they're sending them in record numbers. We're getting along with China very well.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I don't mind uh, if the president dealt with China, you know, if that's meant. Because I think he has to do what's right for his country. I've always said, you know, make the Philippines great again, do whatever you need to do. But you're dealing with China wouldn't bother me at all.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Oh, well, no, it is something that we have to do in any case.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
Certainly, that --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Do you support -- Mr. President? Mr. President, do you support the Justice Department seeking a new interview with Ghislaine Maxwell? And did you urge the attorney general to seek one?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know anything about it. They're going to what, meet her?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
They're going to -- there's -- your deputy attorney general has reached out to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney asking for a new interview.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I don't know about it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
She has said --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I think it's something that would be -- sounds appropriate to do, yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Do you have any concern that your deputy attorney general, who's your former attorney, would be conducting the interview given your relationship, your past relationship with --?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No. He's a very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's a -- it's sort of a witch hunt, just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama, absolutely cold, Tulsi Gabbard, what they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016, but going up all the way going up to 2020 in the election.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They tried to rig the election, and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that. You know, when we caught Hillary Clinton. I said you know what? Let's not -- let's not go too far here. It's the ex-wife of a president. And I thought it was sort of terrible, and I let her off the hook.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I'm very happy I did. But it's time to start. After what they did to me and whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly. So people say, oh, you know, a group. It's not a group. It's Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed. The papers came right out of their office.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified has been released. And what they did in 2016 and in 2020 is very criminal. It's criminal at the highest level. So that's really the things you should be talking about. I know nothing about the other, but I think it's appropriate that they do go.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Can I ask you about that, Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Tulsi Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. From your perspective, who should the DOJ target as part of their investigation? What specific figures in the Obama administration?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, based on what I read, and I read pretty much what you read, it would be President Obama. He started it. And Biden was there with him. And Comey was there. And Clapper. The whole group was there. Brennan. They were all there in a room. Right here. This was the room. This is much more beautiful than it was then, but that's OK. I have nice pictures up. They came out of the vaults.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They were in there for 100 years. This is much more beautiful. We have the Declaration of Independence now in the room which wasn't here, I guess people didn't feel too good about putting it here, but I do. But you know what, if you look at that those papers, they have them stone cold and it was President Obama.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It wasn't lots of people all over the place -- it was them too, but the leader of the gang was President Obama.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press for his entire life, that's the one they -- look, he's guilty. It's not a question. You know, I like to say, let's give it time. It's there, he's guilty. This was treason, this was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever imagined even in other countries. You've seen some pretty rough countries. This man has seen some pretty rough countries, but you've never seen anything like it. And we have all of the documents and, from what Tulsi told me, she's got thousands of additional documents coming.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, President Obama, it was his concept, his idea, but he also got it from Crooked Hillary Clinton -- crooked as a $3 bill. Hillary Clinton and her group, the Democrats, spent $12 million to Christopher Steele to write up a report that was a total fake report, took two years to figure that out, but it came out that it was a total fake report.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was made up fiction and they used that. The one thing they weren't able to do was to -- and probably the only thing I respect about the press in years is the press refused to write it before the election. They refused to put it in. The Steele report was a disaster, all lies, all fabrication, all admitted -- an admitted fraud.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
She paid $12 million and the Democrats for that report to a wise guy named Christopher Steele. He wrote a phony report, and they wanted to get that report in before the election. And I'll tell you what I talk about all the time, the fake news, how bad it is, but in this case, they wouldn't do it. They saw it, they read it, and they said we don't believe it. And it was only after substantially like a month and a half after the election that it got printed.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it was a big whisper. It was just like a bang of nothing because the election had ended. If that report had gotten published by the New York Times or somebody. And I respect the Times for maybe only this because they're crooked as you can be. They're a terrible paper, a crooked, corrupt paper, but for this one moment, they said this is bullshit, we can't put this in. And neither could any other paper -- Wall Street Journal is a lousy paper, very, very dishonest paper.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
As you see, I'm suing them for a lot of money because they do things very badly. It's a really -- it's got a nice name, but it's really, in my opinion, it's a terrible paper and it can be corrupt. But just so you know, they didn't take the Steele report, it was the dossier, remember the famous dossier, I called it the fake new dossier.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The news wouldn't publish it, and I'm amazed. They had two and a half months -- it was finished, two and a half months. That was supposed to be what was going to happen, and it got published a couple of months after the election and, frankly, nobody cared too much about it, but that was a big thing. No, no. We caught Hillary Clinton.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We caught Barack Hussein Obama. They're the ones and then you have many, many people under them -- Susan Rice, they're all there. The names are all there. And I guess they figured they're going to put this in classified information, and nobody will ever see it again. But it doesn't work that way. It's the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever read.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, you ought to take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense because this is big stuff. Never has a thing like this happened in the history of our country. And by the way, it morphed into the 2020 race and the 2020 race was rigged. It was a rigged election. And because it was rigged, we have millions of people in our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have -- we had inflation; we solved the inflation problem. But millions and millions of people came into our country because of that. And people that shouldn't have been -- people from gangs and from jails and from mental institutions, people that we don't want in our country and people that we're getting out, dangerous people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
11,888 murderers, many of them -- 50 percent, more than 50 percent murdered more than one person. I hate to say this with such a distinguished guest, but you know they asked me a question. I've got to answer the question. No, Barack Hussein Obama is the ringleader. Hillary Clinton was right there with him and so was Sleepy Joe Biden.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And so were the rest of them, Comey, Clapper, the whole group and they tried to rig an election, and they got caught. And then they did rig the election in 2020. And then because I knew I won that election by a lot, I did it a third time and I won in a landslide, every swing state, won the popular vote. But I won that all the same way in 2020. And look at the damage that was caused.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
-- the ammunition buildup? And how crucial is the ammunitions hub that the US plans to build in Subic and the Luzon corridor, considering that these will be built in areas that host strategic ports as well as military air bases?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You're talking about ammunition?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yes, the US House Congressional Committee on Appropriations approved budget.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's very important, otherwise, we wouldn't have approved it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Sorry.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, it's very important. Otherwise, we wouldn't -- we need ammunition; we're going to end up in a few months, we'll have more ammunition than any country has ever had. We're going to have more missiles than any country has ever had. We're going to have all the speedy missiles. We'll have the speedy ones, the slow ones, the accurate ones, the ones that are slightly less accurate.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have everything. But we will have more ammunition than any country has ever had. It's very important to me.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Go ahead, please. Red.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Sir, when you say that you're close to making a trade deal, what gaps remain? And for President Marcos, sir, I was just wondering, do you not think that perhaps you -- the Philippines hosting US missile systems could be considered escalatory by China, especially because they can strike deep into mainland China?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it's an honor to be with this gentleman. You know, I've known him, and I've known his family actually, but I've known him and he's -- I assume you're from the Philippines, are you from the Philippines?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Good. You're very lucky to be from the Philippines, right? It's a great place. But we have a very good relationship. I mean, I know you had some problems with another president, and it was not your fault, it was the president's fault. And the country was maybe tilting toward China, but we untilted it very, very quickly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But you know, you did have -- you had a country that was tilting toward China for a period of time. And I just don't think that would have been good for you. You can deal with China, you should deal with China, but when I got elected, everything changed, and they came right back to us.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Say it again. Yeah, Brian, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Oh, Mr. President, I just wanted to piggyback off -- Sorry, I have a question for President Marcos. I'll let you go, yes, I'm sorry.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
What was the question again?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
It was about whether having US missiles hosted in the Philippines could be considered escalatory by China.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
All of the -- what we consider part of the modernization of the Philippine military is really as a response to the circumstances that surround the situation around the South China Sea. And now the -- what we used to refer to as Asia Pacific, which we have expanded now to the Indo Pacific. And if we would certainly, like any kind of military spending, we would wish that it wasn't necessary.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
But it is. And so, that is what we are doing. And as an adjunct to the question about the ammunition production. This is actually the United States is assisting the Philippines in what we call our self-reliance defense program, which is to allow us to be self-reliant and to be able to stand on our own two feet, whatever the circumstances that occur in the future.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
And the reason that we have all -- we have encouraged more interaction with the United States is because it is -- again, it is necessary. And it is not just with the United States, it is with all our neighboring countries and even countries as far afield as Scandinavian countries, the EU. And so, this is an ongoing process.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
And again, I will stress the point that we do this because we feel it is necessary.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And don't forget, don't forget just as tantamount to what you're asking, the Philippines were loaded up with ISIS and a lot of terrorists and they were at a very, very dangerous point. And during my administration, we went in, and we wiped them out working with the Philippines, but we wiped them out. But if we didn't go in, I don't know what would have happened.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know who would be your president right now. But we spent a lot of time and a lot of talent on going into the Philippines and wiping out terrorists. They had a tremendous problem --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
We did.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
During my administration and we cleaned it up. We got them out, and now you really have a good solid country again.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
I believe so, yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President, I want to follow up on the housing question.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
You've got no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security. How important is it we have no tax on home sales, capital gains to unleash the housing market in this country?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we're thinking about that. But it would also unleash it just by lowering the interest rates. If the Fed would lower the rates, we wouldn't even have to do that. But we are thinking about no -- no tax on capital gains on houses. And I'm very impressed that you asked that question because nobody knew that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Well --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How did you find that out? That's very --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I wonder why there's --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
There's a leaker. There's a leaker. [Laughter]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I've also got a question. I find it a very interesting world that we know more about two people at a Coldplay concert just hours after that viral video than we know of Thomas Crooks one year after attempting to assassinate you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Unidentified
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
What is holding back the investigation on Thomas Crooks?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they've reported to me. And they've told me things. And they really say they haven't found anything that was abnormal. I would say this, the Secret Service was very brave because they -- you know, they were right there. And they jumped on me. They made a mistake. They should have had somebody on that roof.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they should have had communication with the local police who also -- I mean they did a very good job, but they made some mistakes. And we have a whole different group of people now. I don't think any -- look, anything can happen. But I think we have the best people anywhere in the world right now. And I think they've learned.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And you know, they went into him very, you know, in great detail. They gave me the whole thing. And what can I do? They say that it was just a nut job that was looking to do this. And I -- I spoke with the FBI, the new FBI. I spoke to the FBI, who was the old FBI. I wouldn't have believed a thing they said.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Because the old FBI under Comey was crooked as hell. He was one of the most crooked. Everybody should read the Horowitz report. Unfortunately, Bill Barr didn't use it. But the Horowitz report, not appointed by me, it was a report on Comey and the FBI. It is one of the worst shots at a human being I think I've ever seen.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
In fact, The New York Times did an editorial that was one of the worst editorials I've ever seen about anybody. That was about Comey. You ought to go back and get -- and Barr didn't use it because he didn't have the guts to use it, or something happened. I don't know. Too bad. He went to Mr. Durham instead of you -- instead of during the Durham.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
All they had to use is the Horowitz report. And I always felt badly for Horowitz, frankly, because he's a Democrat, I guess. He was appointed by a Democrat. But that report has gotten lost. And it shouldn't be lost. You should all go back. It should be mandatory reading. Go back and read the Horowitz report on Comey and his cronies.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And you'll see exactly. We're going to add that to all the stuff that we found. It just confirms it. But what we found is even more so. Now we found absolute -- this isn't like evidence or this is like proof, irrefutable proof, that Obama was seditious. That Obama led -- was trying to lead a coup. And it was with Hillary Clinton, with all these other people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But Obama headed it up. And you know, I -- I get a kick when I hear everyone talks about people, I never even heard of it, was this. No, no, it was Obama. He headed it up. And it says so right in the papers. It's got everything. It's got everything. This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it really goes on to even the autopen because it all relates to the same thing. It all started, the same sick minds. You have an autopen, which is a tremendous -- well, we don't have a president, we have an autopen that signs everything. [Laughter] I'll bet you sign everything. You don't have autopens. [Laughter]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
No, I do not.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Everybody -- who doesn't sign -- you're the president of a country. But -- but it's all that whole thing leading right up to the -- to the end of it is the autopen. And the autopen was used by people. And Biden knew nothing about it. Biden knew nothing about it. They were signing documents that he knew nothing about.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
As an example, they released the Unselect Committee of Liability. The Unselect Committee spent two years grilling everybody. And then they destroyed all the evidence. Do you know why? Because the evidence made them guilty. And he gave them all a pardon. The -- Cheney, all the -- all the scum that was on the Unselect Committee.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Crying Adam Kinzinger, and Democrats. And he gave them a pardon. Do you have something else?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yes, sir, yes, on -- I was going to add one more thing on Adam Schiff.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Director Pulte reports that Adam Schiff claims he lived in a one bedroom apartment. Now how does a family of four, and you're a developer, a very successful developer.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How does a family of four to live in a one bedroom apartment?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, it looks like Adam Schiff really did a bad thing. They have him. Now, let's see what happens. It's not up to me. It's not up to -- I stay out of it purposely. But it's mortgage loan fraud. That's a big deal. He defrauded banks and insurance companies and the federal government. But it's very simple, it's mortgage loan fraud.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And you're right, that's a lot of people to live in a one bedroom apartment, right. But he put it down. But he has a lot of other things far worse than that, so. No, Adam Schiff, they have him 100 percent on mortgage fraud. Now if it was anybody else in this room, except you, you -- [Laughter] You would have no problem, but anybody else in this room, you'd have a problem.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'd have a problem. Yeah, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Sir, there was hearing yesterday in the Harvard case. Would you allow Harvard to get their federal dollars back as a part of any agreement with the administration?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I'm not giving -- Harvard's been given $7 billion. Can you believe it, by the Fed? $7 billion. And we want money to go to all universities, not Harvard. Harvard got more than anybody else. They have $52 billion. They get huge tax incentives and tax breaks on that $52 billion. But they have $52 billion and they got $7 billion over a short period of time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we have a very hostile judge appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, a very, very hostile judge, who knows exactly the right from wrong. But you know, we don't -- we -- we expect to win it on appeal. She hasn't given a decision yet. But she's very hostile. And she's been -- she was put by Barack Hussein Obama.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And generally speaking, anybody that does that it's going to -- we're going to have problems with. So we don't expect to have -- we -- we won the case yesterday. Anybody that was there that was a neutral would say we easily won the case. But a lot of the case and -- and a big part of it's going to be how much money Harvard gets in the future.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's not part of the case. And they're not going to get very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Where are we in terms of negotiating about the reciprocal tariff? How far are we from --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
With whom?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
With the Philippines? Yes, sir. How far are we from --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Are you from the Philippines?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Unidentified
Yes, sir, I am from the Philippines. How far are we from achieving --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it's tough. He's a very tough negotiator. [Laughter] So far, we're not there because he's -- he's negotiating too tough. [Laughter] In fact, I used to like him better than I do now. He's too tough. [Laughter] But we'll -- we'll probably agree to something. But he is. He's strong -- a strong negotiator.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Look, he loves your country.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? When are you talking about --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, no. Please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
You talk a lot about the severe consequences that those who are involved in the Russia hoax must face. In your view, sir, what are the next steps now that these documents are out there? And Tulsi Gabbard --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, the Justice Department would have to act. And we have a very competent, very good, very loyal to our country, person in Pam Bondi, very respected. And she uh, it's going to be her decision.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
A follow up to that, sir. Kristi Noem is in New York City visiting an off duty CBP officer who was allegedly shot this weekend by an illegal alien who came into the country during the previous administration.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What is your message to any local leaders who continue to push sanctuary city policies after this tragic nearly incident?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So the only thing I don't understand, because you like to understand things, and we're all smart people and all, but why would they allow 21 million people into our country, unvetted, unchecked? You don't allow it. You wouldn't allow people in. He's tough. No, the country is run properly. Biden and his group of thugs.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I don't think it was Biden. I think it was the people that surrounded that beautiful resolute desk right behind you. They allowed 21 million people, probably much more than that in. Many of them came from jails and gangs and drug dealers and mental institutions. Insane asylums. Many of them are very sick.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
21 million, probably 25 million, probably even more than that. And we're getting them out. Many were murderers as I said. They killed people. Many killed more than one person. Stone cold murderers. I don't understand why they would have allowed that. There's only two reasons. The vote because they want voters.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's one reason. I don't think they would have done it for that. Because they cheat. You know, they're so good at cheating, they don't need that. But the vote. And the second reason is they hate our country. I think they hate our country. I actually do. And it's the biggest problem. I mean, much of our time is spent with, you know, we -- we have the strongest, strongest border anywhere in the world now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Maybe even stronger than your border, if you can believe it. We have no people came in last month. Zero, which is pretty amazing. I'm not even sure I can believe that. But liberals are the ones that do that calculation, so. [Laughter] But we had no people come in. A year ago, we had hundreds of thousands of people come -- hundreds of thousands of people, and they floated -- and if it wasn't for the election, it would have been millions of people came in last year.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, millions of people prior to election time, they allowed millions and millions of people to come into our -- I mean, you saw it, they'd open the gates. If you took an Alabama LSU football game that holds 128,000 people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I was there, 128,000 people, and I like them, and they liked me. But if you took that and doubled it, that's what used to flow into our country on a daily basis. It's not even believable. And we're getting them out and we're starting with the worst ones. And we had a man shot yesterday, a police officer who was a great gentleman shot right here in the throat, probably won't be able to speak again.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But he was brave, and he shot the other guy, and they ended up getting him and you saw the scene where his friend took him to a hospital and dumped him down on the sidewalk. The whole thing was crazy. But why would anybody do to our country what these Democrats have done? And honestly, we can never forget it. We can never forget it. What they have done, the damage that they've done to America is very, very sad.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much, everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and we've been working very hard, very close and we've actually known each other for a long time. We've been dealing with each other for a long time and very well and we had little negotiations spat, but that worked out great I think for -- for both countries.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think for the world actually, beyond both countries. And we have something that is a very fair deal and we look forward to getting in and digging, digging, digging and working and getting some of the rare earth. But it means we're going to be inside and it's -- it's a big commitment from the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we appreciate working with you very much and we will continue to do that. We have had some very good discussions with Russia. I spoke with President Putin and we're going to try and bring this to a close. It's something that you want and that he wants. We have to negotiate a deal. But we've started the confines of a deal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I think something can happen. The big thing is the number of soldiers mostly at this point, but soldiers being killed. You're losing thousands of soldiers. On both sides, we're losing a lot of soldiers. And we want to see it stop. And we want to see the money get put to different kinds of use like rebuilding, the rebuilding.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we're going to be working very hard. But we've had a lot of very good conversations. I will say until we came along the Biden administration didn't speak to Russia whatsoever. They didn't speak to anybody, they just allowed this to continue. And I will say that -- I'll say in front of you, you've heard me say it a thousand times.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
If I were president this war would have never happened. We would have had a deal negotiated for you without having to go through what you've gone through. But you -- your soldiers have been unbelievably brave. We've given them great equipment, but they -- somebody has to use the equipment. They've been unbelievably brave, and we give them great credit.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
This was supposed to be over very quickly. And here we are three years later. So I give tremendous credit to your generals and your soldiers. And yourself, in the sense that it's been very hard fighting, very tough fighting. They have great fighters. And you have to be very proud of them from that standpoint.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I'm very proud also.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But now we want to get it over with. It's enough, right, if we want to get it over with, so. Uh, it's an honor to have you here. Thank you very much for coming. We're going to sign the agreement at the conference in the East Room in a little while right after lunch. And we'll be having lunch together. We're also discussing some other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we appreciate everybody being here. It's somewhat of an exciting moment. But the really exciting moment is when we get to -- when they stop the shooting, or we end up with a deal. And I think we're fairly close to getting that. And an honor to have you. And please, if you'd like to say something.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No, thank you so much, Mr. President. Thank you for the invitation. And really I hope that this, um, document, [Inaudible] document will be the first step to real security guarantees for Ukraine. Our people, our children are really counting on it. And of course, we count that America will not stop support.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Really for us, it's very important to support and to continue it. I want to discuss it with details further during our conversation. And of course, the infrastructure or security guarantees. Because for today, I understand what Europe is ready to do. And of course, I want to discuss with you what the United States will be ready to do. And I really count on your strong position to stop Putin.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And -- and you said that, enough with the war. I think that is very important and has been then to say these war is to Putin at the very beginning. At the very beginning of the war because he is a killer and terrorist. But I hope that together we can stop him. But for us, it's very important to, you know, to save our country, our values, our freedom and democracy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And of course, no compromises with the killer about our territories. But it will be later. And of course, I I -- what I wanted -- you know, we spoke about it by phone with you about the drones production. We have very good drones production. I think the best one in the world for today because of the war.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yes. And of course, we need very much the air defense. You have the best air defense in the world. And really you helped us under attacks of Russians. And I want to speak how we can exchange the licenses. We are open to share the licenses of all our drones with you, of course, with the United States. And we need licenses for quick production of air defense.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Even after the war, we need our nation to be calm. That we are secure. That's why we need this air shield. And of course, about this, I want to speak about the contingency. I think that France and the UK already spoke to you. And we know that Europe is ready, but without United States they will not be ready to be as strong as we need.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And the last point, but it's not least about exchange about our people and children. And you know that these crazy Russians, they stolen 20,000 of children, Ukrainian children. They changed their names. They changed their, you know, their families, relatives. And now they are in Russia. We want to bring them back.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And really it's a big, big dream, task and goal for me and -- and our warriors. We -- by the way, [Inaudible] we brought -- we exchanged -- we yes, released more than 4000 warriors from Russian prisons, but there are thousands more in the prison. I wanted to share with you some -- some images of how -- how -- you have -- just -- just can -- can I -- can I now?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
All right.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
One minute, one minute, one minute. I trust you to understand what the -- in what circumstances in what situation they are and what the attitude of Russia to our prisoners. They have guys -- just you -- before -- before and after. And you see before and after, just you to understand. Now thousands of such guys, ladies and men, there.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And that. So they don't eat. They beat them. And they, you know, so they do a lot of -- a lot of, you know, bad things. So out of -- even during the war, there are rules. Everybody knows there are rules during the war. These guys, they don't have any rules. You see that. 50-60kg. and -- and a lot of such things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And I didn't want to show you what -- what the changes were images of children, because I will share -- just share with you. I mean, it's looking tragic.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, that's tough stuff.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yeah. I wanted very much to give you. And here you see it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is pastor, by the way. They've stolen pastors because it's not Russian church. They've stolen pastors and moved pastors to the prison. We -- at the end of last year, we -- we brought three pastors and we -- we could exchange them. And this is pastor you see like.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, that's tough, yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yeah, so. I mean, this -- I wanted to show you and this.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, that's very tough.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
So thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We want to get that ended right, yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yeah, of course, of course we want to.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I think we will. I think we will. And --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
We have to of course.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Do you have any questions, please?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? OK. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, with the -- how much money is the US going to put into the fund that -- that is being created today? And how does this provide long term security for Ukraine?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we don't know exactly how much because we're going to be putting some money in a fund that we're going to get from the raw earth that we're going to be taking and sharing in terms of revenue. So it's going to be -- a lot of money will be made from the sale and from the use of raw earth. And as you know, our country doesn't have much raw earth.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have a lot of oil and gas, but we don't have a lot of the raw earth. And what we do have is protected by the environmentalists. But that could be unprotected. But still it's not very much. They have among the best in the world in terms of raw earth, so we're going to be using that. Taking it, using it for all of the things we do, including AI and including weapons and the military.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it's really going to very much satisfy our needs. So it was something that just worked out really well. We have a lot of oil. And we have a lot of gas. We have a lot, but we don't have raw earth. So this -- this has just about every component of the raw earth that we need for computers, for all of the things we do.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
This puts us in great shape.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And on long-term security for Ukraine, how much is provided?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, I think they're going to have great luck. I think once we make the agreement, that's going to be 95 percent of it. It's -- they're not going to go back to fighting. I've spoken with President Putin. And I think -- I mean, I feel very strongly, I've known him for a long time, and I feel very strongly that they're very serious about it. And we'll make a deal.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And when the deal is made, I don't think -- we talk about security. Everyone's talking about the other day, all they talked about was security. I said, let me make the deal first. I have to make the deal first. I don't worry about security right now. I have to -- we have to have a deal. Because right now -- last week, 2000 soldiers died on both sides.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Two thousand. And they're losing 1000, 2000, 3000 a week. So as we sit here and we talk, people are getting shot and dying on the battlefield. And you know, they're not American soldiers, but they're Russian soldiers and they're Ukrainian soldiers. And we want to be able to stop it. And we want to be able also to spend money on other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We don't want to -- this is a tremendous amount of money. And what the Biden administration did was terrible. They were giving money, but he had no security on the money. Europe, as you know, gave much less money, but they had security, it was in the form of a loan. They get their money back and we didn't. And now, at least, we're protected.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Because the American taxpayer has to be protected, too. But uh, this is an incredible agreement for Ukraine. Because we have a big investment in their country now. And what -- what they have, very few people have. And we're able to really go forward with very, very high tech things and many other things, including weaponry.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Weaponry that we're going to use in many locations, but that we need for our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
This allows -- this allows us to do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, will you continue sending military aid?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes, go ahead, please.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
If I can just add? Yes. In the document, there is one of the very important points, if we speak about business and investment. We never had LNG terminals in Ukraine. This document will open. I mean the next documents, but anyway, here, we see in the framework, we see a really good [Inaudible] for this. LNG terminals for us is very important and I think for security of European continent.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
We have the biggest storage, gas storage. We have the biggest in Europe, yes. Yes, and we can use it, use for LNG, use it for LNG and we will do it. And really, we can help Europe because Europe really helped. President Trump said that they made less support, but they are our friends and they are very supportive partners.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
They really gave a lot, Mr. President, really, they did.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They gave a lot, but they gave much less.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Much less.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No. No.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
OK.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President Trump, you have repeatedly called the deal with Ukraine as a historical one, and as a president of the United States, you make historical decisions in other issues which affect America and all the world. So what place in the world history do you want to take? And do you associate yourself with any famous historical figures?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I'd say, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln. I would say I'm far superior to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Now, you know I'm only kidding, right, because when I say that the fake news is going to go wild. They're going to say he considers himself to be better than Washington. But you never know, you never know.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't compare myself to anybody. I'm here to do a job. We've had a great 35 days or whatever it might be, a month, a little more than a month. We've accomplished tremendous amounts, not only this, this would be a very great achievement if we could get the war stopped and get them back to normalization.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think that's going to happen. We've had very good talks on both sides, as you know. But I think we've done a very good job, just generally. If you look at all of the things we've done in 30 days, they're saying there's never been an opening for a president the first month--there's never been a first month like we've had.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And this is one of the very important things. This, to me, is one of the most important things because we have tremendous death taking place as we speak. And I don't want to have that--think of the parents, think of the--whether they're in Russia or Ukraine, think of the parents of all these people being killed needlessly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
They came to our territory.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Should have never started. If I were president, this would have never started.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Will you continue sending military aid to Ukraine after the US signs this agreement with Ukraine?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah. We're going to be continuing--<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And question for President Zelenskyy. Do you feel like the US is on your side, that President Trump is on your side at this moment?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Go ahead.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
What do you think?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He wants to know, do you think that--sort of a stupid question. I guess we wouldn't be here if I wasn't.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I think that the United States on our side from the very beginning of the occupation and I think that President Trump on our side. And of course, I'm sure that the United States, president, will not stop support. This is crucial for us. It's important for us. Yes. And president speaks about the people and the soldiers which are dying, but they came to our territory.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
They came to our land. They began this war and they have to stop. And I think this is the question which really the most important question. Can President Trump, I hope yes, with some other allies, to stop Putin, withdraw these enemies, our enemy, withdraw these troops from our land. And I think that you asked about the history.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I think that if president, or when, he will stop Putin. If President Trump will bring peace to our country, I think he will be on this wall, I think.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We've had very, very good talks.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Zelenskyy just said that there would be no compromises with Vladimir Putin. I just wanted to ask both of you. Firstly, are there compromises that you think that President Zelenskyy is going to have to make? And President Zelenskyy, is there anything that you might think you may be able to offer or bring to the table, for example, elections?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think you're going to have to always make compromises. You can't do any deals without compromises. So certainly, he's going to have to make some compromises, but hopefully they won't be as big as some people think you're going to have to make. That's all. That's all we can do. I'm here as an arbitrator, as a mediator to a certain extent between two parties that have been very hostile, to put it mildly.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They've been very hostile. This has been a vicious war. This has been a vicious war. It's a very level battlefield and those bullets go out, and as I've said many times, we're talking about it with Pete. Many times, the only thing stopping those bullets is a human body. And in the case we're talking about, generally young human bodies.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They're stopping a lot of bullets. It's dead level. That's why it's great farmland. It's great land. It's great farmland, but there's very little protection against the bullets and other things that are being shot. So all I can do is see if I can get everybody at the table and get an agreement, and I think we're going to end up with an agreement, otherwise I wouldn't probably be even here today.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, I've got two questions for you. Do you think ultimately your legacy will be the peacemaker and not the president that led this country into another war and ended foreign wars? And I've got a question--<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I hope it will. I mean, I hope I'm going to be remembered as a peacemaker. This would be a great thing, if we could do this. I'm doing this to save lives more than anything else. Second is to save a lot of money, but I consider that to be far less important. So I hope I'm going to--thank you, Brian, for that question.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was a nice question. I hope I'll be known and recognized as a peacemaker this. This would be a great thing to solve. This is a very dangerous situation. This could lead to a third world war. This was headed in the wrong direction. If this election were lost, if we didn't win this election. And by the way, we won it by a lot.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That was a mandate. We won every swing state. We won the popular vote by millions and millions of votes. We won everything, the districts. You look at the areas of red, take a look at a map, this was a big mandate. And this was one of the things, I said we're going to get this thing settled. If we didn't win, this could have very well ended up in a third world war and that would not have been a good situation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What was your second question?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
My second question, for President Zelenskyy now. Why don't you wear a suit? Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office and you refuse to wear a suit. Just want to see if you, do own a suit?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
You have problems?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I will wear costume after this war will finish.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yes. Maybe something like yours, yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
That would be--<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Maybe something better. I don't know. We will see, maybe something cheaper than--yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Thank you. Thank you for--<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you, President Trump. You said yesterday that you have— Are you going to send more arms to Ukraine in case there's no peace?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, we're going to have arms to Ukraine. Yeah, sure. Hopefully, I won't have to send very much because hopefully we're going to have it finished. We're looking forward to finishing this quickly. We're not looking forward to sending a lot of arms. We're looking forward to getting the war finished so we can do other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we very much appreciate the agreement because we needed what they had and our country is now treated fairly. Biden didn't do that. He didn't know what the hell he was doing. This should have never happened. This should have never started. But sure, the answer is yes. But hopefully we won't have to send much because I'm looking forward to getting it done quickly, very quickly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Does that mean you provide security guarantees, Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't want to talk about security yet because I want to get the deal done. You fall into the same trap like everybody else, a million times, you say it over and over. I want to get the deal done. Security is so easy. That's about two percent of the problem. I'm not worried about security. I'm worried about getting the deal done.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The security is the easy part. Security is very nice. Everybody stop shooting. And now, will Europe put people there? I know France is going to. I know the UK is going to. I know other countries are going to, and they happen to be right next door. We haven't committed, but we could conceivably. We have security in a different form.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We'll have workers there digging, digging, digging, taking the raw earth so that we can create a lot of great product in this country. So in that sense, you have something. But we haven't determined that yet. I will say in speaking to France and in speaking to -- and they were here, as you know, last week and just the other day.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, they have committed to a lot of security. I don't think you're going to need much security. I think once this deal gets done, it's over. Russia is not going to want to go back. And nobody's going to want to go back. When this --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Zelenskyy is --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
When this deal ends, I really believe this deal is -- is going to be over.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
[Inaudible] question.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, please go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yeah, thank you so much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Go ahead, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, thank you. You had -- you hosted Macron and Keir Starmer at the White House this past week, both of whom praised your courage and conviction to lead the pathway towards peace.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Part of that involved though reengaging Russia in diplomatic relations, something that previous leaders lacked the conviction to do so. What gave you the moral courage and conviction to step forward and lead that?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, I love this guy. [Laughter] Who are you with?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
One America News, sir?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, that's why I like him. One America News does a great job. That's very -- I like the question. I think it's a very good question. It is, it's a pathway to peace. It's a pathway to getting something solved. And I feel that as the head of this country, I have an obligation to do that. Plus, you know, we're very much involved.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We got involved. Uh, it's too bad we got involved because there should have been no involvement because there should have been no war. And there shouldn't have been October 7th. That would have never happened. As you know, Iran was broke. They had no money to give to Hezbollah. They had no money to give to Hamas.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They were stone cold broke. And then under Biden, they became rich as hell. They went from no money to $ 300 billion in a period of four years. And they gave a lot of that money away. And you see what happened. And that's a real mess also that we hope to be able to solve. But no, I appreciate your question very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's just -- I feel I have an obligation to try and do something to stop the death. [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I can -- I believe I can answer -- yes, if I can answer, sorry.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Please, please.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I do like your clothing, by the way.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Oh, really.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Even though I have to -- I think he's a great guy by the way. But I don't know if you two like each other, but you know what, I think he's dressed -- [Laughter]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No, no, I --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think he's dressed --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I like this guy. I don't know him.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think he's dressed beautifully.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
So I have more -- [Laughter] I have more serious things than two answer on such question.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's a -- that's a --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I will answer on more serious question if I can.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's a good statement.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Yeah, so please, uh, about security guarantees and about the ceasefire. We can't just speak about ceasefire and speak and speak. It will not work. Just ceasefire will not never work. Because I'm like a president. I have -- I have this experience and not only me Ukraine before -- before my presidency from the 2014 Putin broken 25 times. 25 times, he's broken his own signature. 25 times, he broken ceasefire.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But -- but he never broke to me. He never broke to me.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No, no, you were the president.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He never broke --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
You are the president.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He never broke to me.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In 2016, you been the president, Mr. -- Mr. President. You've been the president, but he for -- he had, of course, not with you, but he had during those periods he had conversations with our side. And we had Normandy format, you know, the France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia. And he broke it 25 times. That's why we will never accept just ceasefire.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
It will not work without security guarantees. Security guarantees, maybe president is right about this document and other, but this document is not enough. Strong army isn't enough because his soldiers afraid, Putin's soldiers afraid of our soldiers when we are strong enough. If we are not strong enough, if we are empty, if our storage is empty, we can't defend our -- our land today, you know?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He knows that we have -- all the world knows that we have meeting. Yes? Why he's using ballistic? Putin today using ballistic on our hospitals, schools and etc. Ballistic. So he knows that we are here, and that President Trump is really -- have goodwill to stop -- to stop this war. And I -- and you -- you hear now the president, so why he's using?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
So he doesn't want to stop. He doesn't want to. But I hope that we will do it. Really, we'll do it. Security. When we speak about security guarantees, when the Europeans are ready for contingencies, they need USA backstop. If they will not be United States, we will not never have any contingents, strong contingents from the Europeans because they don't want to divide airlines, connection between the United States and the main and strongest ally and Europeans.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is crucial. This is important. That's what we want to speak about very much. This is very important. And they air defense. So air defense, really, we have big deficit with all these systems. And we need to provide this. We need it very much. Otherwise, Putin will never stop and will go further and further.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He doesn't want -- he hates us, you know? It's not about me. He hates Ukrainians. He thinks that we are not a nation. He thinks and he shared these thoughts, I think maybe with your team also, I don't know, but with all the Europeans in media, official and not, he always said that there is no such country, such nation, such language and such life like Ukrainian.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
No, he really doesn't respect all the Ukrainians. And he wants to destroy us. We -- we -- and you are right, Mr. President, that's two percent. This document, maybe other documents. It's a very good start, very good, but it will not enough to stop this person.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Should Russia change [Inaudible] Ukraine? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President, under these circumstances -- Should Russia pay to rebuild Ukraine?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is the rule --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is the rule of the war. During all the centuries, all the history, this is the rule of the war, who began, those pay.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you agree --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This is a rule. Putin began this war. He has to pay. All money for renovation, he has to pay. Of course, some Russian assets would be -- have now in Europe about $ 300 billion, we can use them. We can use them for renovation and buy military support from the United States also. We can do it, but it's not enough.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy
It's not enough.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Under these circumstances, do you envision the trilateral summit with Putin and President Zelenskyy?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Wait, one second.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I want to ask this question that you didn't like because I wanted to know if you want to position yourself in the middle between Russia and Ukraine?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes, I do.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Or on the Ukraine side?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I'm in the middle. I want to solve this thing. I'm for -- I'm for both. I want to get it solved. And it's wonderful to speak badly about somebody else, but I want to get it solved. If we can solve it, great. If we can solve it, they're going to have to fight it out. And who knows what's going to happen.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I want to see it get solved.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
May I follow up? Mr. -- One more question about US troops in Europe. After Russian invasion of Ukraine, your predecessor sent additional troops to Eastern Europe, including Poland, my country. Are you committed to keeping these troops on the eastern flank of NATO in the future?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm very committed to Poland. I think Poland has really stepped up and done a great job for NATO. They -- as you know, they paid more than they had to. They are one of the finest groups of people I've ever known. I'm very committed to Poland.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What about --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Poland is in a tough neighborhood, you know.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
What about Baltic, the Baltics?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The Baltics, they got a lot of -- it's a tough neighborhood too. But we're committed. We're going to be very committed. And we're committed to NATO. But NATO has to step up. And the Europeans have to step up more than they have. And I want to see them equalize because they are in for far less than we're in. And they should be at least equal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You understand that. Why is the United States, we have an ocean in between, why is the United States in for so much more money and other things as Europe? With that being said and as you said, they've also been obviously very helpful, but we have put in far more than they have. And I think they should equalize.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
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