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I mean, that was a -- have you spoken [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's one of my favorite shows ever. The Masters is, to me, my, maybe my favorite sporting show. And, uh, it showed, and you know, Justin Rose was great. They all --<end_of_turn>
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Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Look, they're, they're, uh, great athletes under tremendous pressure. But unless you're a golfer, you don't understand it. It's a hundredth of an inch makes a difference between a great shot and a horrible shot. Think of it. Just a little tiny, a little small percentage of an inch and literally in some cases a hundredth of an inch --<end_of_turn>
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Right. Sean --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- is the difference between winning and losing.<end_of_turn>
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Sean's telling --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Pretty amazing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
-- telling me to get outta here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who is --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Se -- Sean, wants you to be safe.<end_of_turn>
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Don't worry. We're leaving.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Let's go.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How's he doing?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] He's doing a great job.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But he's getting tired being down there [Laughs].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right, um, Brian, [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Any way, thank you very much everybody.<end_of_turn>
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Are you, do you have any closing --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're gonna have some good time --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Goodbye, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I hope you enjoyed the fights last night.<end_of_turn>
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Oh, it l -- it was awesome.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Now those are tough cookies. You think anybody in the --<end_of_turn>
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I think you could.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- field here could take Kevin --<end_of_turn>
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I'd take --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- a fight?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
-- just a punch to the head, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
[Laughs]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
I can take it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We don't want that but they're amazing. Dana White's amazing. Have a good time everybody.<end_of_turn>
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You too sir. Thank you. Appreciate it.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hello everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Welcome back. Hello.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hello, Doug. Hello, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President, uh --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How are you? We had a big day in Pittsburgh. Uh, $92 billion, but it's gonna be closer to $100 billion is gonna be invested by the biggest financial people in the world where we had everybody there from Larry Fink to everybody else you could imagine. And it was a really great day, and a very productive day.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, I think we're over now, as a country, we're over $15 trillion of investment and there's never been anything like that. In the history of our country, there has not been anything like it --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
No.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- or even close. So, uh, okay, do you have any questions?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mister President, are you w -- Mister President, you, uh, you announced the Indonesia deal today. You announced the Indonesia trade deal today. How many more trade deal beyond the letter will you announce before August first? Or --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're working on probably five or six. Of the five or six, I'm not sure I really wanna do them, you know. You want somebody that knows how to negotiate, but, uh, we'll probably have two or three. You know, we insist on opening up the country, which is a big deal. Uh, Indonesia was great. He's a great president.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, we made a, a terrific deal where they opened up the entire country to trade with the United States. We weren't allowed to go in and trade. Uh, I think something similar will happen with i- with, I would say India, and we have a couple of others. But I, I have to tell you, for the most part, I'm very happy with the letters, you know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The letters are a deal, you know. I, I can't explain it any better. The letters are a deal. The press doesn't wanna pick that up, but I will veer from those deals on occasion when somebody is willing. Like if Japan would open up their country, they don't do that. They just don't do that. And I don't either, uh, I don't subscribe to it one way or the other, but they won't do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, we might just stick with a letter. But South Korea is inclined to maybe do that, so we'll, we'll let you know, but we have letters out. Every time I send out a letter, essentially that's a deal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mister President, are the, are -- But with, with, with the date you gave, August 1st, with the date that you gave of August 1st --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Right.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
-- why stick with the date if your thing that you're not able --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You know, payments, payments start on August 1st.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The only thing about that's really sacred about August 1st is that's when payments start. So, they have to start paying billions of dollars to you and people. Are you a citizen of the country?<end_of_turn>
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Yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
All right, good. You'll be very happy 'cause you're gonna be getting a lot of money. Just like they found a budget surplus, we have a budget surplus of $25 billion. Everyone said, "How did that happen? It hasn't happened in many years." It happened because of good management and tariffs.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mister President. Do you have, sir -- Do you plant to release b -- Sorry. Do you plan to release more details with Vietnam, China deals? You're, is there gonna be a paperwork release to the public? W --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I, I might. I don't think it matters how much you release of the deal. Uh, we have a Vietnam deal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I would say that that deal is being pretty well set --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- pretty well set. Again, that's an opening of their country. They've opened it up. Just so you know, these were closed countries. They were wonderful people, wonderful leaders, very strong, smart leaders, but their countries were closed to us, but our country wasn't closed to them. And so, I said, "You gotta open up your country." So, we're gonna see.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But the Vietnam deal, we may open it. I mean, I don't know. I can't tell you. Is it necessary?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
No.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I don't think so.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mister President, on Ukraine, why did you settle on giving Putin another 50 days? It seems like he's had a lot of time to come even close --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't think it's, I don't think it's a long time. I think really the question should be asked, why did Biden get us into that ridiculous war? Why did Biden bring us there? That should never, ever have happened that war. This is Biden's war. I'm just trying to end it --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What do you --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- because we're saving a lot of lives.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Why do you think his opinion will change in 50 days when it hasn't over the last six months?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
A lot of opinions change very rapidly. Might not be 50 days, might be much sooner than 50 days.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Well, to that end, when do you think the first Patriot missiles, some of these weapons that our allies supply --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They're gonna, uh, they're already being shipped.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
From what countries?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They're coming in from Germany, and then replaced by Germany. And in all cases, the United States gets paid back in full.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Uh, ch --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, what, what's happening is, you know, is the European Union, if you look, mostly European Union stuff, but let's put it in, in the form of NATO.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's very similar, but NATO is gonna pay us back for everything. In some cases, we're gonna be paid back by countries of the European Union directly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Are we starting see those e --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we're always getting our money back in full, so we're not gonna have any more investment to make. We're getting our money back in full. And if we can make a deal, that'd be great. We're saving 5 or 6,000 soldiers a week. They're Russian and they're Ukrainian soldiers. They're not American soldiers. And we won't have boots on the ground, but, uh, it's a shame, 5,000. Last week they say 7,100 soldiers, both Russian and Ukraine were killed.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Can I ask you about Iran? Have you seen any progress in talks with Iran? We haven't really heard about that in a while.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they wanna talk. I'm in no rush to talk. Uh, they would like to talk. I'm in no rush to talk because we obliterated their site. They'd have to start all over. In fact, it's so obliterated to the point that it's not usable anymore. They'd have to pick a different mountain.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mister President --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That mountain is so blown up inside and so unstable that they would have to pick a different mountain.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
M --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Ours, our people really did the job. Yes, please.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On the Fed, sir. Uh, would you fire, uh, Jerome Powell over the Treasury renovation?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, he spent two and a half million dollars building this place. I- I have to say this, I think he's terrible. I think he's a total stiff. But the one thing I didn't see him is a guy that needed a palace to live in. You talk to the guy, it's like talking to a nothing. It's like talking to a chair. No personality, no high intelligence, no nothing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But the one thing I would've never guessed is that he would be spending two and a half billion dollars to build a little extension onto the Fed.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Is that a fire-able offense, sir?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody's ever seen that. I think it sort of is because if you look at his testimony to the House, to the Senate, you take a look at the testimony, it's under [Inaudible] That whole thing is, and he's not, you know, he's not talking about the problem. It's a big problem. Two and a half billion and that's two and a half billion now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's gonna be a lot more money than two and a half billion to expand and with all of that to house thousands of people to give him information. And yet, out of the 71 economists, and they included me, me and one other person got it right. I got it right. And one other genius got it right. They had everybody else was wrong, 69 were wrong, and two were right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I was one of them. And I don't have a lot of people. I have our -- I have, uh, Doug, I have a few people. He has thousands of people and he got it wrong. No, I think when you spend two and a half billion dollars on really a renovation, I think it's pretty disgraceful.<end_of_turn>
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On the [Inaudible] sir -- Sir, have you- have you spoken to President Putin since your announcement yesterday?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I have not.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do think when you speak to him on the phone, does he say that he wants peace?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, he does.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What does he- What does he say to you?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He says he wants peace. He does. No [Inaudible] all talk and no act.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
You believe him?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But you know, if you think about it, India, Pakistan, we did so many. The Congo, and I mean look at- look at the deals we've made. We made all these peace deals. Look at Rwanda, it was an impossible deal to make with the Congo. I made that. I made all of these deals, Serbia, Kosovo, and here's the one deal and actually Vladimir called me up. He said, "I'd love to help you with respect to making a deal with a couple of them." Like Iran. "I'd love to help you." I say, "Vladimir, I only wanna help with one deal, Russia, because you're the only deal that we're not doing too well on." He oftentimes, oftentimes he said, no, he wants peace.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I think he does. I hope he does. We're gonna find out soon. And it could be before the 50 days.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President twice yesterday when you were talking about this, you mentioned conversations you had with the first lady after talking with President Putin. Has she influenced your thinking on this at all?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
She's very smart. She's very neutral. She's very neutral in a sense. She's sort of like me. She'd like to see people stop dying. You know, people said, "Are you for one side or another?" I'm for the side of people stopping dying. We have 5,000, 6,000 and 7,000 people a week at least and that doesn't include people from the cities and towns that are having rockets lobbed in there.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, people are dying in the cities and towns too. But we're talking about 7,100 in the last eight days died. And I'm for- I'm for stopping that<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On the [Inaudible], sir. Uh, is Scott Bessent your Treasury Secretary, your number one option whenever Jerome Powell leaves or --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, he is an option.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Is he your top option? And he is very good?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, he is not because I like the job he is doing. That's why he's not --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I like the job. I don't know if he was on the plane. Was he on the plane? [Inaudible] Maybe he wasn't, but I do like the job he's done.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So in that sense, probably he's not that much of an option.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Scott's been great. He's been terrific. He did a good job today. He's a very soothing part -- you know? It's soothing. All right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] the pharmaceutical [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The pharmaceuticals will be tariffed probably at the end of the month. And we're gonna start off with a low tariff and give the pharmaceutical company a year or so to build. And then we're gonna make it a very high tariff because -- We gotta move 'em and look, there's two ways you do it. You make money and- or- and/or you have them move here so they don't have to pay the tariff.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Those are the two ways. The pharmaceutical companies are moving back to America where they should be.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Semiconductor sir, that in the same timeline, the semiconductor tariff?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, similar, uh, actually less complicated, but similar, semiconductors and chip.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President --<end_of_turn>
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[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
I know you've urged people to move on, but I'm curious, why do you think your supporters in particular have been so interested in the Epstein story?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't understand --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
So upset about how it's been handled. Why do you think that is?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't understand it. Uh, why they would be so interested in -- He's dead for a long time. Uh, he was never a big factor in terms of life. Uh, I don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is. I really don't. And the credible information's been given. Don't forget, we went through years of the Mueller witch hunt and all of the different things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The Steele dossier, which was all fake, all that information was fake. But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. It's sordid, but it's boring. And I don't understand why it keeps going. Uh, I, I think well, really, only pretty bad people, including fake news, wanna keep something like, like that going.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But credible information, let 'em give it. Anything that's credible. I would say let them have it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr., Mr. President, a question on AI. How do you want Americans to think about it? Are you concerned about job loss or --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
-- privacy, or do you think this is a new technology?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What's interesting, because we need jobs. We need a lot of people to work. You know, we're building, we're gonna be building very shortly hundreds of factories, including AI. We're building a lot of car factories. They're all coming in from other countries now in order to avoid paying the tariffs. And we need people working.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So if AI can help us with that, that's a positive. 'Cause we're not gonna have enough workers to take care of it if we don't create something. So whether it's robots or whether it's AI, we need somebody to take care of. Do you agree with that?<end_of_turn>
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[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
I agree. So many jobs to fill. I mean, think about $15 trillion dollar. That's 5 million people working in these factories, building them, great high-paying jobs in America that President Trump has brought back. So those jobs, of course, are in the wing. So let's go, let's train America and let's get it going.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What do you [Inaudible] That, what would you say --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
Well --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- about this job?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
Well, I think what, what AI as Howard and the President said, we're gonna need more workers in this country because President Trump is the greatest economic developer that this country's ever had, that's brought back this record amount of foreign direct investment and a record amount of US investment going back into job creation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
But the mix is gonna change. AI will take jobs away like software development 'cause AI can write code. But AI can't wire a building, do plumbing. I mean, th- the kids go into the trades today, they're all gonna be making 150 grand and they'll have amazing lives, build companies, start businesses. I mean, this is, this is part of the boom of America because middle class, working class, working Americans have, will never have had it as good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
They have a lower taxes, lower regulation and more opportunities to go to work to build things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We need people. We really need, 'cause we're building so many factories in the country. And so AI can help with that. But what also is gonna help are gonna be robots. You know, the robots I think are gonna be a big deal and that's gonna help also.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On Russian sanctions, sir, on the, the secondary tariffs --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Are you concerned that uh, secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian oil will hurt American consumers, higher gas prices --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't think so. I think that whole thing is gonna go away eventually. It should have gone away. And Putin does say, "Oh, I want peace. I want peace," but so far he hasn't lived up to that. So I think it's gonna go away. But we're gonna find out soon. We're gonna find out soon.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Can you give us more details on the sanctions? Is it 100% sanctions?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I don't wanna do that. But they're very biting, they're very significant and they're gonna be very bad for the countries involved. I mean, they'll be very, very powerful and, uh, very bad for the countries involved. And I hope we don't have to pull that string and maybe we won't. We'll see. Gotta end.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Gotta stop the killing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, were you frustrated today that the House wasn't able to move on that crypto legislation?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No. You know, the interesting thing is that 12 votes were votes where they wanted it to be stronger in terms of crypto people. I figured. Oh, wow. That's sort of interesting. 'cause I was focused really on today's meeting, not that, but the interesting is the votes, so negative votes were because they wanted it to be, and the safeguards, they wanted it to be stronger for people with Bitcoin or crypto.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They wanted more strength, which is interest.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What do you want to refine in the UK trade deal?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have, uh, a little bit discussed, but the deal is really very well done. But I'll meet with the Prime Minister, we have a good relationship, and I think it's gonna be, uh -- And it'll be very shortly, and it'll be probably in Aberdeen, Scotland.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] Mr. President, at the event --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
[Inaudible] do you want to --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
When state decide statutes, would you like [Inaudible] gerrymanders?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Say it again.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
When state decide statutes, would you like Republicans to redraw the Congressional?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, there's about four of 'em. I'll let you figure that one out. (laughs) But we have about four of them. Uh, in three cases it's one, and in, uh, one case it's two or three.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Where [Inaudible]?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And Texas would be five.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Are you concerned California will turn around, and do the same thing?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we'll fight them. You know, they're so corrupt in California, (laughs) you never know what's gonna happen. But we've done pretty well in the courts in California, as you see. Uh, we're batting about a thousand, ultimately. We start off a little slow (laughs) and then we get a lot of hits.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Uh, Mr. President, y- you said today at the event in Pittsburgh that if it wasn't for Mr. Lutnick and Mr. Bessent who want to do more deals, that you would basically just go with the letters. You've said that a few different times. I just wanna clarify, do you just wanna go with the tariffs, and- and --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I think they would like to make deals more than me. I'm satisfied with --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
(laughs).<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But they would like to make deals more than me.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
(laughs).<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm not saying i- they're wrong, I'll put it nice. I in my opinion, he and Scott, and maybe even Doug to a certain extent. You're more like me, (laughs) I think. But --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
(laughs).<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But, they would like to make deals more than me. I'm very happy with the deals the way they are.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Doug Burgum
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Those are very -- Right? Those are very simple deals that -- Whatever the percentage is. And we base that in a lot of things, including the deficit and, you know, various things. And we, you know, I think it's a much faster way. Don't forget --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- we'll be releasing a letter soon, talking about many countries that are much smaller, where you're not gonna do letters per se. You might do an individual letter, but it's gonna go very quickly. And the number will also be less.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Which countries are those?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
These are countries that are, uh, many of them, you know, like 200 countries.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Right.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You understand --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Howard Lutnick
Arabian countries, [Inaudible] African countries. You have a huge amount of countries that are small and the president's just gonna deal with them sort of the way he thinks is the right way to deal with them. A big class.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We'll, we'll, probably set one tariff for all of them.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Over 10%? Over 10% tariff?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Uh, um, probably a little over 10%, yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
15? 20?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We don't do a lot of business, but we do, you know, it's still significant.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What about Israel, Mr. President? Is that related to your other -- Like the Gaza negotiations, is that tied up in other issues?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I think Israel's gonna be, uh -- Israel's gonna be fine. We had a great victory with Israel. That was a great, great victory. What we did with, uh, the B-2 bombers and all of that. And, you know, I never thought of it, but so many people are thanking me. They say, "No president had the guts to do it." Because, you know, this has been going on for 25 years.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
In fact, when the pilots came to the Oval Office, they said, "Sir, we and our predecessors have been working on this attack for 25 years." Uh, have a good time everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you [Inaudible].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. They're strong and they're great. These are great people and thank you very much. This is a very important day to me because we're bringing back an industry that was abandoned despite the fact that it was just about the best. It is certainly the best in terms of power, real power.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I'm very honored to be doing this. Other countries went to beautiful clean coal, and they've stayed there for many years like China. China is opening two plants every week. Germany went green, very green. They went so green they almost went out of business. Germany was finished; they went to wind. The wind wasn't blowing too much, and they went to all sorts of other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You know, the green new scam hit Germany too and guess what? Now they're back to coal. They're opening up coal plants all over Germany. We're the ones that aren't doing it. I call it beautiful clean coal. I tell my people never use the word coal unless you put beautiful clean before it, right Doc? So, we call it beautiful clean coal, beautiful clean coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you. Today we're taking historic action to help American workers, miners, families and consumers. We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all. And it wasn't just Biden, it was Obama and there were others, but we're doing the exact opposite. And all those plants that have been closed are going to be opened if they're modern enough or they'll be ripped down and brand-new ones will be built, and we're going to put the miners back to work.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I said I was going to do this and I've said it loud and clear and it's time to do it and we need it. And I look at these people behind me. I don't want to have any arm-wrestling contests with any of them, but they've had a little more practice with lifting things, I will say, but they are great people and I know them indirectly and directly for a long time.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That includes you guys, for a long time and they're great people and with great families and come from areas of the country that we love and we really respect. And I want to thank Secretary Doug Burgum for doing such an incredible job. From the day I met him, I knew I wanted to have him in my cabinet. He took a shot at running and he was so good and so solid that he made no news and that was good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I saw him and I saw his beautiful wife, Catherine, and I said that they're going to be a team. They're a great team and they're going to be working for this country someday and one of the first people I called after I won. So thank you very much. And along with the Energy Secretary Chris Wright. And I was going to make Doug, actually, the energy secretary.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And he said, sir, you have one person who's much better than me at this, Chris Wright. I said, who the hell is Chris Wright? I have no idea who he is. And then I learned that he's the most respected person in the energy business by far, far and away. For Doug to say that, Doug's got a big ego. It was very tough for him to say that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Catherine was there. Right, Catherine? You said, wow, I've never heard that before. But Chris, you guys are fantastic. Stand up. All three of you, please stand up. Yeah. That's a great team. It's no better team than that and they're going to produce energy, the likes of which nobody's seen before. You know, we need to do the AI, all of this new technology that's coming online, we need more than double the energy, the electricity that we currently have.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You take all of the electricity in the country right now for houses, for buildings, for everything. We need to more than double it to be number one. We're now way ahead of everybody at AI. China's in second place, but way behind, and they're going to be producing a lot of energy and a lot of electricity for this.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And so are we, and we're going to get approvals very fast. And I would say the man that's almost comparable to you in terms of the importance to this, maybe he's even more comparable. I hate to tell you, a guy named Lee Zeldin, who's a friend of mine for a long time. He was a great -- Yeah. Lee was a great lawyer and he ran for office and he won immediately.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I gave him a very important endorsement. He won for Congress in an area that was unwinnable. They were all saying, why is he wasting his time, that's Democrat territory. And I like Lee and knew Lee and he ended up winning a seat in a massive upset. Nobody knew what happened, actually. And then he was there for a long time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How many years were you there? Eight. Eight years did was very popular and then he almost won the governorship of New York, which is very -- lost by a few points, which was an amazing run. And I said, we got to get you in with us in some form, and we did. And he's head of the environmental agency, EPA, and doing a great job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I said, if we have a nuclear power plant leak, can you get it approved in less than a month? He said, what -- he said, I'll do it faster. And by the way, he'll do a fast job, but he's going to do also a great job. It's going to be an important job. We don't even smile about it, but I've been involved in the approval process for a long time, having been in real estate, and you go years and years and years for absolutely nothing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And even in those days, they used to say, this whole thing could have been approved in a week or two weeks or three weeks and it would have been just as good, but they'd take you down the path and you'd spend years waiting. And then sometimes you get rejected. I wasn't rejected too much. I was the king of zoning.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I did well, but it was such nonsense. It was so terrible. The process was so terrible. But this is the big leagues now, and he's the head person in the whole country. And I appreciate it and I appreciate you doing it. And already, they're respecting you very greatly. So thank you very much, Lee. Great job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So we have a lot of Senators and Congressmen and women and I'm going to just introduce the ones that I see here because it's always a problem when I do this because I leave one or two out and that's the end. I never get their vote again. I never get their vote. It takes years to recover, but we'll give it a shot because Senator John Barrasso, who's my friend and a great gentleman.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much, John, for being here. Thank you, John. Cynthia Lummis, fantastic woman who believes like I do and she believes like I do in these people, right? She believes in them maybe even more than I do. That's pretty good, from day one. Thank you, Cynthia. You're doing a fantastic job. Kevin Cramer, my friend.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Where is Kevin? Because Kevin, I think he was here because he had a problem and I just will pay my respects. He wanted to be here so badly. But he had a difficult problem that he's working through and we all love Kevin. John Hoeven. John, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Steve Daines. Thank you, Steve.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Steve is a picker of great candidates, like he picked a guy named Tim Sheehy, who's here. Where's Tim? Where is Tim? Thank you, Tim. And Tim Sheehy has turned out to be a wonderful senator and that was your pick and we went with it and you were right and we have a great one in Tim. So thank you, Tim, and thank you, Steve.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Shelley Moore Capito? Shelley, thank you very much. West Virginia, from West Virginia. She has to like -- you have no choice. Even if you didn't like it, you have to like all, right, but they were doing a number on you. They were doing a number on you with the coal stuff and you have not only cold but you have among the best coal anywhere in the world.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So thank you very much. A friend of mine for a long time. I'm the one that got him to change his religion in a sense. He changed the party. He went from a Democrat, I said Jim, you're not a Democrat, but he changed to Republican. He's one of the most popular Republicans and one of the most popular political leaders in the country, Jim Justice.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I call him Big Jim, Big Jim Justice. You look good, Jim. And he was in the business and so am I doing the right thing? You would know better than anybody in this room. Am I doing the right thing, Jim?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jim Justice
You're doing the right thing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think so, right?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Jim Justice
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much, Jim. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Cindy, thank you, hun. Very good, good job. People are going to be happy. And all friends of mine, Mike Lee. Mike, thank you very much. We have a lot of people from Congress, Congressmen and women, representatives, Morgan Griffith. Morgan, thank you. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Bruce Westerman. Bruce? Thank you, Bruce. Bob Latta. Bob Latta. Thank you, Bob. Good job. Troy Balderson. Troy, haven't seen you in a long time, since that early race. I endorsed him before anyone knew who he was and he ended up winning. That was another surprise, right, and that was a long time ago. Yep, you're doing a great job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much, Troy. Carol Miller. Carol, thank you. Carol, West Virginia. Riley Moore. Riley? Hi, Riley. Thanks. Mike Bost. Mike, thank you very much. Troy Downing. Troy, thank you. Oh, he has something. What is that Coal? Is that coal in that bag, huh?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Troy Downing
Even better, it's clean coal.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I like it. I'll take it right now. Thank you very much. Hal Rogers. Hal? Hal, thank you. Thank you, Hal. Andy Barr. Thank you, Andy. Good luck with everything. I hear good things. Troy Downing. Troy, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, Troy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hal Rogers -- oops. Harriet Hageman, Harriet, hi. How are you, Harriet? We just left Harriet. This is one of the finest attorneys you will ever see. I have seen her in action and she is brutal [Laughter]. I never want her against me, that I can tell you. Dan Meuser. Dan. Thank you, Dan. Thanks, Dan. Good job you're doing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Wesley Hunt, my friend too. Wesley, great, I love your commercial. Pete Stauber. Pete. Thank you, Pete. Great hockey player he was, right? Great hockey player and a great gentleman -- just broke the record of Wayne Gretzky. The great one is Wayne Gretzky. But we have another great one too, huh, just broke the record.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was great. Governor Greg Gianforte. Greg, nice seeing you. Good, Greg. Thank you very much, Greg. Bill Lee. Bill, thank you very much. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia, just got elected. Mark Gordon. Mark, thank you. Thank you very much. And we have a lot of others and I'm in trouble because I can't -- I don't know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I've got five or six others that I see quickly, but I'm just not going to do it. Don't hold it against me because we have to get back to the most important people in the room, these people, you know that, right? So, the energy workers and the coal miners in the area that I'm standing on, and there's a lot of weight on this platform.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, I don't know what's going to happen. I hope it's structurally designed for you guys. I don't know. But we have just really well-deserving great American patriots. And it's such an honor to be here and doing -- making such a big move, such a bold move in energy. Because you know, for years people would just bemoan this industry and decimate the industry for absolutely no reason, because with modern technology and all of the other things that we do, it's one of the great, great forms of energy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's why other countries -- leading countries are using it, some exclusively. For four long years Joe Biden and congressional Democrats tried to abolish the American coal industry. They did everything in their power, while he was awake, which wasn't much [Laughter], shutting down dozens of coal plants, banning coal leases on federal lands and putting thousands and thousands of coal miners out of work -- destroying their lives actually destroying their lives.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll never forget when I went to West Virginia, which I won by 48 points, I think, right? Big Jim, I won by 48 points. But in the first campaign where Hillary Clinton was about four states too early, and she was talking about how bad coal was and how they were going to teach coal miners how to make widgets and gadgets and technology which they didn't want to do. They want to mine.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
One thing I learned about the coal miners, that's what they want to do. You could give them a penthouse on Fifth Avenue and a different kind of a job, and they'd be unhappy. They want to mine coal. That's what they love to do. And she was going to put them in a high-tech industry where you make little cell phones and things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. Do you think he'd be good at that? I don't know.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Unidentified
I wouldn't be.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You wouldn't -- you don't want to be. And she was brutal about three weeks before, but then she had a problem. She went to West Virginia looking for votes and that was a bad -- that was a bad situation. You remember that. And there was a coal miner around the table with his family and he was in tears because of what they had done to him and his family.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I hope he's still around, but that man made quite an impression on the world and the public. And we ended up winning in a great election. But we ended up winning by a lot. The Democrats' Green New Scam killed jobs and sent prices soaring here in America, but meanwhile China opened two coal plants every single week.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And other countries likewise went very strongly back into coal. Some of them never got off. Those are the ones that didn't have the problems. The Biden energy policy was to put America last. We want to be last. We've got to be last. Not a good policy. Under my administration we're putting America first. It's very simple.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
America is always going to be first. On my first day in office, I terminated the Green New Scam. I declared the national energy emergency and withdrew from the unfair, one-sided and extremely costly to the United States only Paris Climate Accord. You know, under the Paris Climate Accord, we had a terrible situation.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We would have paid over $1 trillion -- think of it, over $1 trillion. And Russia was paying almost nothing. Russia had a 1992 standard. China was paying nothing. China didn't kick in until 2035. This was five years ago. So, they didn't kick in for many years. India had no standard whatsoever, but we had the highest standard you could imagine, and we had to start paying from day one and we had to pay lots of money.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We paid for everything. So, I was not a big fan of the Paris Accord, and I let it be known and I got out of it early. Then they went back into it and now we get back out of it. And hopefully we can be there for a long time, OK? A long time, because it was a scam to take money away from the United States and hurt -- and actually hurt us very badly with coal and with other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Now under the executive order that I will sign in a few moments, we're slashing unnecessary regulations that targeted the beautiful clean coal. We will rapidly expedite leases for coal mining on federal lands. And these two gentlemen are going to do a real job of it. You've already started. And we'll streamline permitting.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We will end the government bias against coal and we're going to unlock the sweeping authorities of Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act to turbocharge coal mining in America. They made it impossible to -- impossible. You actually -- I know a friend of mine has a plant. He said, you know, it's a shame, I'm ripping it down and I'm replacing it with another form of energy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I won't tell you because it's also very good, but it's not as powerful as this. He said, you know the plant I'm building, the new plant is literally half as good. It's no less -- you know, it's not probably even as good environmentally, but he said it produced half the power for more money, much more money.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It will never compete with that beautiful plant I have down the road, which was really a modernized coal plant. Well, he'll be happy to know that he can open that plant up very quickly and it's going to produce a lot. But he was complaining. He said this is so much better. He wasn't doing that as politicking me, he was doing that because that's what he felt.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And he knew every form of energy, we talked about that. He knew every form of energy. But our government is going to do something that's very different. And I don't think even you two know about this. This was my idea from about 15 minutes before I got up here [Laughter]. We're going to guarantee that we have a strong business for many years to come.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That your coal companies and your miners don't get all excited about their jobs and then should a radical left, liberal become president, they end the business right away and somebody's built a plant and spent hundreds of millions of dollars in building a plant and the plant is going to be closed because a Democrat got in or a liberal got in, they're opposed to coal and Republicans are very much for it -- clean coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we're going to give a guarantee that the business will not be terminated by the ups and downs of the world of politics. So, should somebody come into this very important office and say, oh, well, you spent hundreds of millions of dollars and you guys have given up your life because you want to be in coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And then all of a sudden you don't have a life anymore because it's what you know the best. That's not going to happen. We're going to give a guarantee that it's not going to happen so that if somebody comes in, they cannot change it at a whim, they cannot just going to go -- they're going to have to go through hell to close you up. All right, so that's pretty good.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're going to give that in the form of a guarantee that we're riding on right now structurally and from a legal standpoint. So, your investments are going to also be protected. And you're going to have no reason to be concerned about your future, your life or your investment if you're a miner, as this great governor was a miner, actually.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He was one of the larger coal miners. He could fit up here very easily, you know, Big, Jim. But he was a great success. But they were very, very tough on him, and he did a beautiful job with a beautiful product. Already under our leadership, the Department of Interior has approved the expansion of the Spring Creek Mine in Montana, supporting 280 coal mining jobs and unlocking over 40 million tons of coal, and there's more to come.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Spring Creek is big one and there's more to come in the states of Wyoming, Alabama, Utah, North Dakota and many others. West Virginia, I can't believe they didn't put West Virginia down. It's lucky I mentioned that right. Can you imagine if I didn't mention West Virginia? I would have been in big trouble, they didn't mark it down here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's good to have a president like that, that can pick that up, right? You think Joe Biden would have picked that up? I don't think so. Gee, they didn't mention West Virginia. I don't think so. I don't think he'd be standing up here either. The value of untapped coal in our country is 100 times greater than the value of all the gold in Fort Knox.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we're going to unleash it and make America rich and powerful again. Under this order, I'm also directing Secretary Wright to use billions of dollars in federal funding to invest in the next generation of coal technology, which is an amazing technology in terms of getting the full potential of coal and also doing it in a very clean environmental way.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Pound for pound coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy there is on Earth today. It's a big statement. You never hear those statements. You know? You've never heard that before from a politician, have you? Well, maybe from that politician, but not too many, but that's the way it is. I'll say it again.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Pound for pound coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy. It's cheap, incredibly efficient, high density and it's almost indestructible. You could drop a bomb on it and it's going to be there for you to use the next day, which you can't say with any other form of energy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Virtually indestructible. Most importantly, we have more of it here in America than anywhere else on Earth. We have more coal than any other country. You go to Australia, they have fantastic amounts of coal. You know who they sell it to, China. They sell it to China. They're nearby. They sell a lot of it to China.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we have more than anywhere else on Earth. We also have more liquid gold than anywhere on Earth. So we're really an energy behemoth, but we're unleashing that also. That's going to be another part. But I didn't even want to mention that. It's not down here because I didn't want to mention, today is about clean, beautiful coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So I'm going to give this to you. It's this big guy. Should I give it to him? You take that.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Unidentified
Thank you, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
OK. For example, we believe it's possible to extract enormous amounts of critical minerals and rare earths, which you know we need for technology and high technology and the process of coal mining, making America the mineral superpower of the world, actually. In addition, I'm instructing the Department of Justice to identify and fight every single unconstitutional state or local regulation that's putting our coal miners out of business.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we are withdrawing all of those objections from our government today. It's all being withdrawn. So all of you people that have been fighting for your lives, we are withdrawing all of that today. We have excellent lawyers, excellent. Have you noticed that lots of law firms have been signing up with Trump? $100 million, another $100 million for damages that they've done, but they give you $100 million and then they announce that but we have done nothing wrong.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I agree they've done nothing wrong. But what the hell, they give me a lot of money considering they've done nothing wrong and we'll use some of those people, some of those great firms. They are great firms, too. They just had a bad moment. But we're going to use some of those firms to work with you on your leasing and your other things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they'll do a great job. I think they're going to do a fantastic job. And for those of you that want to know, the tariffs, you've been hearing about tariffs. We're taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs, $2 billion a day and we're doing very well. And we're doing very well in making, I call them tailored deals, not off the rack.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
These are tailored, highly tailored deals. Right now, Japan is flying here to make a deal. South Korea is flying here to make a deal. And others are flying here. I mean, my only problem is I'm not sure I have enough -- we're going to have to use those great law firms, I think, to help us with that. But we're going to probably do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Actually, we're going to use them and we're getting them for the right price because we need a lot of talent. We have a lot of countries coming in, they want to make deals. If I told them about making those deals two years ago or three years ago or five years ago, they'd be laughing at us. Now they're all signing up. Mike, you know that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So it's going to be a great thing, but we're taking -- think of that $2 billion a day. That's a lot of money. That's a lot of money even in the coal business, isn't it, huh? It's a lot of money. And America's going to be very rich again very soon. You're going to see that happening. You see it all along.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So that whole situation, it was somewhat explosive. But if we didn't do that, we wouldn't be talking the way we're talking right now. It's been amazing what's happened. Sometimes you have to mix it up a little bit, but we've had great consideration. We've had talks with many, many countries, over 70. They all want to come in. Our problem is, you can't see that many that fast.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we don't have to because as you know, the tariffs are on and the money is pouring in at a level that we've never seen before. And it's going to be great for us and it's going to be great for other countries. We've been ripped off and abused by countries for many years with the tariff situation. They've used tariffs against us. We didn't use tariffs against them or in any way.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, we just didn't use them of any monumental proportion and so we are doing it now. We have tariffs on cars. We have tariffs on lumber, tariffs on steel and aluminum. Steel plants are going up because of it all over the country. We have 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum. And I think the steel workers like me, even more than the coal miners like me. I'm pretty sure that that's true.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Instead of having no steel business, I put them on, originally, in my first term, we wouldn't have had one steel mill in the United States if I didn't do that and now we upped it. And not only are we taking in a lot of money, but we're protecting our workers, our steel workers. We're were protecting our steel industry and one thing you know, that steel and things like steel you need because you need it from a defense standpoint.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You need steel for your tanks and your planes and your everything. And certain industries you can get away with not having, but others you need and steel is one you need. So I want to let you know that's in full force and effect. And literally, as we speak, I spoke to executives in the steel industry over the last few days and they're all coming in to build plants in the United States of America, because if you build them in the United States, you have no tariffs to pay.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
There are no tariffs to pay, zero. If you build them outside using outside labor and hurting our businesses and you send your product in, you have to pay a price for that. And they will be having, they will be having tariffs, as you know. It's an amazing thing. This has been something used against us for many years by other countries, China in particular, but others, not just China, others.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And taken advantage of us ripped us off and left us for dead, frankly. And I believe if I didn't become your president, I believe that this country would have had problems like they've never had before because it was a serious damage in so many other ways. Not only the border where people came rushing into our country from prisons and jails and mental institutions, murderers, drug dealers and some vicious, vicious criminals. 11,088 murderers came into our country.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have to get them out. We're getting them out. 11,088 of that number, half committed murder on more than two people, more than two people. And this is what they allowed into our country with their open border policy of lunacy and we're taking care of that. Just like we're taking care of you today, we're taking care of that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I want to thank Kristi Noem and Tom Homan for doing an unbelievable job. The whole thing, the job they're doing is incredible. It's really an unforced error. It should have never happened, that we have to be spending such time and resources, Mr. Senator, right, on getting people out of our country that shouldn't be here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, literally from mental institutions. Insane asylums were opened up and emptied into our country, prisons from all over the world, not just South America, prisons from, think of this, from Africa, the Congo, a lot of people from the Congo, prisons in the Congo. Prisons from Asia, from all over were opened up and I knew that when I heard it was an open border policy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I said, if you do that, every country is going to be dumping people that they don't want into our country. And that's what's happened, but we're cleaning it out. And the courts, we had a good decision, as you know, from the Supreme Court, allowing us to do that. We have judges that didn't want us to do it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have judges that wanted the very evil gang members from Tren de Aragua and MS-13, they didn't want them taken out of the country and put in very powerful prisons. When you look, you've seen -- you've all seen those clips -- pretty amazing clips. But I want to thank El Salvador, they've done an incredible job, but we've been fortunately winning those cases.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we have judges that are out of control that say, oh, bring them back, bring them back. We don't want them back. We don't want them back. Can you imagine, you spend all of that time, energy and money on getting them out. And then you have a judge that sits there, local judge who sits there, federal judges sit there and say, no, no, bring them back.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
One was brought back, or they want to bring them back because he wasn't a member of Tren de Aragua. He was a member of MS-13, which is just as bad. So, they misidentified him. But it sounds to me like he was a member of MS-13. So, they want him them brought back because he wasn't treated properly. It's -- we've got to be smart.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Our country's got to get a lot smarter than it is, but we have to get the people that are in power to do this kind of work, and it's not pleasant work. We have to give them -- we have to give them the option of making our country great again and that's what they're doing. And I have great respect for those people and they're doing it out of love.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They could get a much easier job. They're doing it out of love for our country. It's so important, just like I'm doing this with coal today for love for our country. Earlier this afternoon, I signed another executive order to strengthen our electric grid by ensuring that coal fired power plants are always available to meet surging demand for electricity.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Unlike wind and solar, coal plants can run 24 hours a day in rain sleet or snow. And you will not be subject to the incredible blackout situation that's taking place in California where they have blackouts all the time. It's an amazing thing with California; they have blackouts and brownouts at levels that nobody's ever seen before and all they want to do is keep going the way they're going.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they're doing a very poor job. As you probably heard, I released billions of gallons of water going in from upstate California from the most northern parts of California, probably comes in from Canada to a certain extent. Thank you very much, Canada, we appreciate it. And I released it. It was being sent out to the Pacific Ocean.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I've been working on Gavin and some of the politicians for years and they didn't want to do that because they were protecting a smelt, a fish that was perhaps in trouble. But it's not unique to that area. And because of that, you had numbers -- you had fires. Nobody's ever seen anything like what happened.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Think of what it would have been like if you had fire hydrants that had water in them, if you had sprinkler systems in houses, a lot of these luxury houses where they had beautiful sprinkler systems, there was no water. They had no water to put out the fires. Water is very good for putting out fires. You know, they just didn't learn it. But we now have millions of gallons -- billions, actually they say of gallons of water pouring into California from the Pacific Northwest, I guess they would say, mostly Pacific Northwest, but other parts of the northern sections of California and beyond.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it's a beautiful thing to see. I saw a picture of it this morning. The water is just flowing down there. I said, why didn't they do this? I told them to do it. My first term, I said, do it. And I don't know. I think the second term is just more powerful. They do it -- when I say do it, they do it, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we actually had to do some pretty strong things to get them to open it up. They had -- think of this. They had all that water pouring out right into the Pacific. They had a big valve, like a giant valve as big as this room and they turned the valve, takes one day to turn it, and they face it toward the Pacific Ocean and the water, all that was coming down, all millions and millions of gallons coming down.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They put it into the Pacific Ocean, which for the Pacific Ocean is like a drop of water. But for California, it would have been unbelievable. So, we did it. I'm very proud of the fact that we did it. We did that against a lot of heat and a lot of environmental nonsense. From now on we'll ensure that our nation's critically needed coal plants, as an example, remain online and fully operational.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They're always going to be operational. And again, we're going to have guarantees that government cannot close them down, close you down and destroy your lives. To that end, I'm also instructing Secretary Wright to save the Cholla coal plant in Arizona, a big plant, which has been slated for destruction.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're going to keep those coal miners on the job, going to tell them to just remain calm because we're going to have that plant opening and burning the clean coal, beautiful clean coal in a very short period of time. You know all about that, right? That's a big one. As part of our historic deregulatory efforts, this afternoon, I'm also granting immediate relief to 47 companies operating 66 coal plants, very big ones, all over the country, recusing and making them available for coal production almost in the immediate future.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But we're going to be crushing Biden era environmental restrictions. These are restrictions that made it impossible, impossible to do anything, having to do frankly with energy even beyond coal. It's really beyond even coal. We have clean air; we have clean water and now we have clean coal. And at the same time, we're going to do other things and other forms of technology and also energy like our country has never really seen before and never been known to do before because of all sorts of restrictions having to do with the Green New Scam, which by the way was devised by somebody that never even studied.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You know that -- they never even studied anything to do with the environment. It's a young congresswoman; she came up with the idea. And based on that, I guess we only have -- well, actually we should have all been gone because they gave us only a few years left on earth, right? Right, Greg? We were going to be gone.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We were all going to be gone. The environment -- now what they have to worry about is the nuclear -- nuclear heat. They don't have to worry about environmental heat. They have to worry about nuclear heat. And if we're smart, we're working on that right now with others having to do with Iran and some other countries.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But that's the heat you're going to have to worry about. You don't have to worry about the air is getting warmer. The ocean will rise one quarter of an inch within the next 500 to 600 years, giving you a little bit more waterfront property. They say this is going to -- these guys can handle that. The nuclear we have a bigger problem with, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, we're going to make sure that that's safe. We're going to make sure that that's safe. With us today are some of the amazing workers who will benefit from these policies, the policies that we're doing and so proud of doing including Jeff Crowe, a miner from West Virginia. Jeff? Would you come up and say a few words, Jeff?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Jeff, come on up here, Jeff.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. President. I want to first thank you for having me and my fellow miners here. It is an honor and a privilege to be a part of today's events. I believe this past November that America clearly spoke about what we wanted for our country. It is reassuring for Americans to have a president in office who will truly put the United States of America above all else.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Thank you. With putting America first, you have spoken numerous times about energy independence. I believe most don't understand the importance of that. Coal is one of the major factors in energy independence and accounts for a large portion of America's energy. Coal is one of the most reliable and cheapest forms of electricity.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
For too long coal has been a dirty word that most are afraid to speak about. Most of those that would speak negatively about coal do so from an uneducated standpoint. Many are unaware of the engineering and technology that are used in today's mining to create a clean, energy efficient product. All of this is done while using the safest practices in the industry.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Speaking for West Virginia, coal provides approximately 50,000 jobs for those that work in the mines and the businesses that support them. It also accounts for over 50 percent of West Virginia's export product. To name a few, we employ engineers, teachers, physical therapists, accountants, truck drivers, high school and college graduates.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
All of these occupations and graduates have turned to the coal industry to provide a better way of life for them and their families. Everyone in our industry works long hours and days to provide a reliable energy product and too many times it goes unnoticed. I've personally worked in the industry for 23 years.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
I choose to do this daily to my wife and children with the life that they deserve. Prior administrations have done all they could to eliminate the coal industry. Sorry, one second. I'm getting there. In my opinion, they have done so with an unethical and uneducated approach, but we are still strong, we are still here and we are still needed in order to make America great again.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Having a president and an administration that understands the need and importance of coal is more than appreciated. It gives the industry a form of reassurance to know that we have a president in place that supports us. For my family, to the over 3,000 employees of ACNR, and for the coal companies, miners and businesses throughout our great country that rely on the coal industry, we say thank you for your continued support.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
I personally thank you for what you do for our country and for our industry. It has been my pleasure to be here today, to help you usher in the Golden age of America.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's great. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
[Inaudible].<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You did a good job. Let me have that speech. I want to have that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He had a couple of good lines in there. I want to keep them. No, actually, what I want to do, I'm going to sign it for you because I think -- I mean, he worked hard. Look at it and look how good his eyes must be to read that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
I lost it once.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're going to do that. And hopefully, you can sell it tonight for a lot of money.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Jeff Crowe
Nor, sir. I'll keep that one.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's great. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Jeff. And also with us is Tony Campbell of the East Kentucky Power Cooperative. And Tony's quite a quite a gentleman and very respected in the industry. Come on up, Tony. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
Mr. President, on behalf of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and electric cooperatives across this America, thank you for your leadership to restore American energy dominance. Electric co-ops keep the lights on for 42 million Americans across 56 percent of the land mass.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
We are owned by the communities and businesses we serve and provide electricity to growing communities, new data centers and manufacturing plants. Mr. President, electric co-ops are powering America and we are proud to partner with you and your administration to power America into the future. Our electric cooperatives in Kentucky understands the importance of reliable, affordable and American made energy, especially coal and natural gas.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
Coal fuels most of the electricity generated by our cooperative. America must keep coal plants open and running to ensure reliable electricity when we need it most. To meet growing demand over the next decade and ensure fuel security, America will need more, always available electric generation power, such as coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
And we want to recognize the hard-working American men and women that support our mission. To all America's line workers, our coal miners, thank you for your dedicated service to our country. Affordable and reliable electricity is the cornerstone of our economy, especially American manufacturing. However, too many government leaders have pushed policies that have made our electric grid significantly less reliable and our energy too expensive.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
That begins to change now. Your actions today will prevent the premature closing of essential power plants and help us meet tomorrow's energy needs and they will help us continue to deliver reliable, safe and affordable electricity. Mr. President, thank you, in particular for providing immediate much needed relief from the Biden EPA regulations that would force the shutdown of critical coal units.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
Finally, I want to say congratulations on the all-star energy team you've assembled. Electric co-ops have already been working with Secretaries Bertram, Wright and Rollins and Administrator Zeldin and we are excited for all we can accomplish together. Mr. President, thank you again for your actions today and for your support for the electric cooperatives as we work to keep the lights on in America.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Tony Campbell
Thank you, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you, Tony. Thank you very much, Tony. Appreciate it. Every day under the Trump administration, we will continue to lower costs for American families, create jobs for American workers and very importantly, unlock unlimited amounts of affordable American energy, including, as I said and I'll say for the last time, beautiful, clean coal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Our country is blessed. Our country is blessed with the most abundant natural resources on earth as nobody has what we have and we're going to use it too. We're going to use it in a very responsible way. Together we're going to tap that magnificent potential to give our people the glorious future that they deserve, better than they've ever had in the past.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, they had a good future, if you look, 20 years ago, they thought they had a good future and it was ripped away from them, torn away from them with nonsense and we're not going to let that happen. This is going to be a glorious future for them. And I want to thank everybody for being here and I want to thank you and you and you and that whole group and our senators, by the way, and our great Congressmen and women for being here in such a large number, because you've been helping us make these decisions.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
These are big decisions and this is a really big one and this is one that's going to be -- I think we're going to look back with great pride at what we've done today, not just in putting people to work, but it really reawakening our country. And thank you very much and thank you all for being here. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. Come on up.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yes, first one.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
We have four items prepared for your signature this afternoon, sir. The first of these executive orders maybe one of the most significant executive orders of your administration thus far. This directs all departments and agencies of the federal government to end all discriminatory policies against the coal industry.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
This ends the leasing moratorium that prevents new coal projects on federal land and it's going to accelerate all permitting and funding for new coal projects to allow the coal industry to flourish under your leadership, sir.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's great. Thank you. OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
Sir, there are currently dozens of coal plants in America that are in imminent danger of being forced to close based on unscientific and unrealistic policies enacted by the Biden administration. What we're going to do is essentially impose a moratorium on those policies, taking effect to protect coal plants that are currently operating to ensure that they're able to continue producing power and continue providing jobs to Americans in the coal industry.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Great. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Ok.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
Sir, you've made grid reliability and security a key focus of this administration. This executive order is going to promote grid security and reliability by ensuring in part that our grid policies are focused on secure and effective energy production and energy transmission, as opposed to woke policies that discriminate against secure sources of power like coal and other fossil fuels.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Ok.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Will Scharf
Lastly, sir, one of the biggest problems we have in this space is Democrat states, radical leftist states enacting policies and enacting an agenda that discriminates against coal, against secure sources of energy. Many of these policies are unconstitutional and illegal. And with this executive order, you're going to be instructing your Department of Justice to vigorously pursue and investigate these state policies that we believe are illegal or unconstitutional.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Good. Thank you. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Unidentified
The congressman from Illinois thanks you [Laughter].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. Great job. He went to Harvard when Harvard was good [Laughter].<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hello everybody. The jet fighters will be surrounding the plain in about seven minutes. Oh, I heard they threw you out of the press conference.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
They tried but Karoline stopped them.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Karoline saved you. You're lucky. You're lucky. They were a little out of control.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Very, very well, I think it's really going well, great relationships and now we're meeting that group that's fantastic. The emir is a great young man. I know them all very well.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Oh, yeah, great. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You're going to be surrounded by eight fighters, you know, in about seven minutes. And you say, do we need them, and when they say yes, that doesn't make me feel good, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
The threat? Did they tell you what the threat is?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, Let's assume there's no threat. We have to assume that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How did you find the Syrian president?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Great, right, I think very good. Young, attractive guy, tough guy. Yeah, strong pass, strong pass fighter, he's got -- he's got a real shot at pulling it together. I spoke with President Erdogan, I'm very friendly with him. He feels he's got a shot, going to give it a try. It's a torn-up country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you think Syria will join the [Inaudible]?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, but I think they have to get themselves straight there. I told him I hope you're going to join when it's straightened out. He said yes, but they have a lot of work.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What about Lebanon [Inaudible] Lebanon [Inaudible]?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You know, a friend of mine is the new ambassador to Lebanon, and I didn't even know. And I never knew his relationship, but he was born in Lebanon. And he said I'd like to be the ambassador for success of God. And I said, you know that's very dangerous. He said, I don't care, I love my country and it's worth it to do. So, [Inaudible] you may want to go [Inaudible] if you had some [Inaudible] great guy.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But he's approved or almost approved. But you know there's a danger there for a very successful man to go and do that. I said are you sure you know what you're doing. It's like Doug taking pictures, right? So, you got some good shots, I guess, just a beautiful seat. The last seat at the airport I thought was beautiful, we rode out together.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They generally don't do that. They don't generally meet presidents.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
There had been some reports of the Syrian president wanting a Trump Tower in Damascus. Did that come up at all in your --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, with that I have to -- we'll have to wait a little while until things calm down a little while with the country. I think he's going to do -- he's got the potential to be a real leader. You know, he led the charge and he's amazing. But did you see him? Did you get to see him?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
No.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No. He's there. You know, he was with us at the event.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Did the PGA tour or LIV Golf come up at all in your conversations with the Crown Prince?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, No. You mean [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, it didn't, we didn't [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
What about that Saudi -- The Saudi intelligence agent, the 9/11 family on [Inaudible] intelligence agents being extradited to the United States to be charged with that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I did.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Did that come up in conversations?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, it didn't. But I know all about it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On Israel, you're not going to Israel. Does this [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, we didn't discuss it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
The Saudi intelligence agent, the 9/11 families want the Saudi intelligence agent to be extradited to the United States to face charges for 9/11. Did that come up in conversation, no?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I know all about it, but it didn't come up.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On Israel, you're not going to Israel. Does this trip sideline Israel at all?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, not at all. No, this is good for Israel. Having a relationship like I have with these countries, Middle Eastern countries, essentially all of them -- well, I think it's very good for Israel.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Can I ask you again on Israel, on the hostage deal, did any of your people speak with Israel about the release of the American hostage -- I'm sorry, on the sanctions lifting of Syria. Let me ask [Inaudible] first. What credit does Israel deserve, if any, for that release of the hostage?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they've been fighting a long time. They've been -- you know, they're warring, and I think they deserve a lot of credit. I think my people deserve a lot of credit, maybe the most credit. Look, he wouldn't be there. If it weren't for us, he wouldn't be living right now. Probably none of the hostages would be living right now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We probably have 20 that are living that we'll be getting out step by step. A lot of progress. You know, we've gotten a lot of them out. At last time, a couple of weeks ago, 10 people walked into my office, the Oval Office, and they said they had a 59 on their shirt, on their front. And I said what does that represent?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The number of hostages. I said, wow, that's a lot. They said, well, 24 are living and now it's 20. The number is 20 are living, four have died. And they're young people. Young people don't die. You know, young people are killed, they don't die. So, the 24 living of the 59, the 24 living is now down to 20 and we got Edan out.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's great. His family was so thankful. We did a good job with that. We'll continue to do it.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
One comment on Thursday. If President Putin doesn't show up in Turkey for the talks with Ukraine, what will you do?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I don't know if he's showing up. I know he would like me to be there and that's a possibility. If we could end the war, I'd be thinking about that. Now tomorrow we're all booked out. You understand that. We're all set.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But you'd go if he goes?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You will heed tomorrow and so we have a very full situation. Now that doesn't mean I wouldn't do it to save a lot of lives and come back. But, yeah, I think they're thinking about something. I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there, we're going to find out. Marco's going and Marco's been very effective.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How are you feeling about how Putin is handling this? I know you had said a few weeks ago you thought maybe --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How who?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How Putin is handling this. You said a few weeks ago you thought maybe he was tapping you along.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll let you know in a week. I'll let you know in a few days.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, on Israel again, has any of your team been in touch with Israel? Are you, your team, about lifting the sanctions on Syria. What's their reaction?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well in touch, I mean we told them we're doing it. The reason I did it, and I think it's been very popular actually, certainly in the Middle East, it's been popular with virtually everybody. But the reason I did it is because I spoke with President Erdogan, who I get along with very well, and I spoke to Mohammed, as you know, is with him.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they thought it was very important to do. It gives them a much better chance of survival as a country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] you think Netanyahu thinks about it?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I think what's happened is Turkey feels we should do it, other countries -- if you looked at my speech last night, which I assume most of you were at, I think the biggest applause was when I said that we're lifting the sanctions on Syria. And that's because they want to give Syria a chance to live and to be great, you know, etc.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, an Emirati government backed firm did a $2 billion deal. An Emirati government backed firm did a $2 billion deal using the Trump digital coins. How did that come about?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know anything about it. I really don't know anything about it. But I'm a big crypto fan, I will tell you, I've been that from the beginning, right from the campaign. I'm a believer in crypto and if we're not going to do it China's going to do, it's the way I look at it. It's like AI. I'm a believer in AI because we have to have it. We're leading China by a lot.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And in crypto, we're leading China by a lot. So, I'm a big crypto fan.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Senator Schumer said he wants to block your Justice Department political appointees until he gets answers about questions --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Schumer is -- you know, he's become a Palestinian, something wrong with him. I don't know. I've known him a long time and there's something wrong. He's lost his confidence totally and there's just something wrong with him. I don't know what it is with Schumer. Yeah, did you have a question, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Oh, I've got two questions on Iran and Russia. Are you still considering secondary sanctions on Iran's oil exports?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Let's see what happens over the next week. I don't really want to answer it because I want to see what happens over the next week. Go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And then on Iran and Russia, are you considering sanctions on Russia for supporting Iran and for the continued war in Ukraine?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, again, I don't want to talk about it, but I'm always considering the secondary sanctions. I had the secondary sanctions on Iran and drove them into bankruptcy and there would have been no October 7th. There would have been no money for Hamas or Hezbollah or anybody else. So, I'm always -- and as you know, I put secondary sanctions on Iran again.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And hopefully they're going to make the right decision because something's going to happen one way or the other. It's very simple, it's going to happen one way or the other. They can't have a nuclear weapon. So, we'll either do it friendly or we'll do it very unfriendly and that won't be pleasant. Thank you very much, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, thank you very much. We're going to be establishing a task force, a very important task force, White House, and that's on the FIFA World Cup of 2026, which as you know is a big event. It's going to be the biggest event I think, and Gianni, I think you're going to say a few words. Everybody knows this man on the right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He's sort of the king of soccer, I guess, in a certain way. And he was the one that was able to give it to us and we're going to do a fantastic job and making you at home. So, I very much appreciate it. First time it's ever been in this part of the world and it's an honor. Thank you very much, Gianni.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Thank you. Thank you, president. Thank you, president. Well, it is a great achievement to bring the World Cup next year, the FIFA World Cup in 2026 here in the United States together with Mexico and Canada. And this summer actually we have a new competition, The FIFA Club World Cup in 2025 from the 14th of June to the 13th of July only in the United States of America. 11 cities, 12 stadiums, the best players in the world, the best teams in the world.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
America will welcome the world. There will be millions of people coming, Mr. President, millions of people. The economic impact is U.S.$40 billion between now and next year. We will create 200,000 jobs for these two World Cups. And more than that, we will give joy and happiness to the entire world and this is priceless definitely.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
So, thank you, Mr. President, for setting up this task force because it is important that everyone that comes to America feels safe, feels welcome. And that's why it's important that the government puts together this White House task force chaired by the president himself. It shows the importance of the FIFA World Cups, I should say, because there are many, many topics to deal with of course and we want everyone who comes to America and who goes to watch one of these games.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
We have 10 million tickets for sale. It's like three Super Bowls every day for one month, that everyone that goes feels safe, feels happy and feels that we are doing something special. So, we are here to create and to make the best show on the planet ever and we'll do it together, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's great. I love what he said, like three Super Bowls a day for a month. That's what it is.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
That's what it is.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's really amazing when you think of it. I've never heard that expressed. That's a lot. You know, when we made this, it was made during my term -- my first term. And it was so sad because I said, can you imagine, I'm not going to be president and that's too bad. And then what happened is they rigged the election, and I became president.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, that was a good thing. That was a good thing. That was quite a quite an achievement for both of us. So, I'll be president during the World Cup -- and during the Olympics, which we were very instrumental in getting. And then of course we have our 250th birthday too. And of that I wasn't instrumental; that just happened to fall on the same time.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, we have the three -- those three big events, you don't get very much bigger than that, the Olympics, the World Cup and number 250. And it's a great honor, but I appreciate your selecting us and we were selected a long time ago, though, during the term -- during my first term. And it's an honor to be with you, Gianni.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Been my friend for a long time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Absolutely. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He's a great gentleman. Ok, I'll sign this and that makes it official, right.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
That makes it official, yes. Then we have to start working.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Can you talk a little bit about the halftime show that you anticipate for the championship? Will it be like the Super Bowl halftime show or better?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Well, you know, the Super Bowl has around 100 million viewers or 150 million viewers. The World Cup final has 2 billion viewers. So, we have to make it 20 times better and 20 times bigger than the Super Bowl [Laughter].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think it will be better. I think I think it will be better.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Any idea of the economic impact of this in all these cities around the country? It's got to be huge.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Yeah, it's huge. It's around $40 billion in only the United States, U.S.$40 billion. The economic impact, 200,000 jobs created. It's -- so per city you can divide by 11 and you know a little bit what each city gets more or less -- some cities get more, others get less. But we'll have 10 million tourists coming, some with tickets, others without tickets who just want to be here during these World Cups.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What team is favored now if there's such a thing? I mean, do they have a team like so many of these great famous teams, what team seems to be favored?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Well, on the club one, which takes place this year, of course; Real Madrid; Manchester City; Bayern Munich, the Germans; Paris Saint-Germain, the French -- the big ones are always there. And these clubs are multinationals. They have players from all countries.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They always seem to be there, those great teams.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
They are always there. They are always there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then next year, Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Spain.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's going to be great.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
It will be Great.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Any questions for Gianni?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
U.S.?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
U.S., U.S., U.S. is coming up. U.S. is coming -- watch the U.S., some very, very good players playing in Europe, but we need to bring them back here to play here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, can the U.S. win?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
The U.S. can win, yes, with the public behind they play -- no, they play in some of the top teams.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He knows what to say. He knows.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they play in some of the top teams.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, there's a shot, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Yeah, there is a shot, absolutely, yes.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's great. Well, we'll hold that up for you guys. Brian, did you have another question?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I was just going to say this continues your pursuit to bring America back in every aspect, the economy, world peace, sports now, which is awesome. I would appreciate a little bit of the Olympics, I know you talked about that before. Maybe a little.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm just very happy to have done it. I mean, I didn't think this was going to happen. I said I'll be sitting there, but not as president. So, I was very honored. Actually, Gianni reminded me, he called me up very early on and he said you're going to be president during this whole thing after we won. So, it's a great honor for our country to have it actually, it's a big deal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's -- I don't know which is bigger, the Olympics or the World Cup. What is the story on that? Can I ask you that question?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
The World Cup is much, much, much bigger than the Olympics, [Laughter] come on. And it's in the whole country, yeah, the Olympics --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We've got them both.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
It's a long way off Mr. President, but do you foresee yourself attending some matches or a match?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, yeah, sure. I would like to -- I'd like to go to certainly more than one. We'll be making the rounds. It's a period of a month, and it's really top of the line. It's one of the great events, maybe one of the great events of anywhere in the world.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, since you last spoke about it yesterday, some details have come out about your cabinet meeting with Elon Musk and some clashes potentially between Secretary Rubio and Secretary --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No clash. I was there. You're just a troublemaker. And you're not supposed to be asking that question because we're talking about the World Cup. Elon gets along great with Marco, and they're both doing a fantastic job. There is no clash.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But, Mr. President, bottom line --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who are you with? Who are you with?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
NBC.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, no wonder. That's enough. NBC --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, who has more authority, Elon Musk or your cabinet secretaries?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Any other questions about the World Cup?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Can we unveil the trophy maybe?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'd love to do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Because this is something special. So, today is 100 days to go for the new competition that we created together, the FIFA Club World Cup, the best clubs in the world with the best players in the world. So, we can show this is a unique trophy. This is the trophy, but it's not finished because it's unlike any other trophy.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
There is a key.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, wow!<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
There is no other sports trophy like that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, that is good -- whoa.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Yeah, yeah, yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, you got to be kidding.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Wow!<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Wait, wait, wait.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Wow, that's what was -- [Applause] -- thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
And that's the trophy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That is something, huh?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
We got a win now, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
This is -- so, this is a good one.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's beautiful.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
And Miami and Seattle Sounders play --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I've never seen anything like that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
It is a special -- it's a trophy of the future.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
It represents the past, the future, everything, the present.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And this will be at the White House for a little while, so if anybody needs a picture or anything, you can take it. But this is --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
If you like it, Mr. President, it can stay here. Just on the 13th of July, you should take it with me.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Let's leave it here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
To the stadium to give it to the winners. They can take a picture then we'll bring it back here after the picture, eh?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Let's do that. We'll leave it here. We'll have it in the White House quite a bit.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Excellent.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It travels a little bit also, but I appreciate it, that's good. And no, this can definitely stay, right [Laughter]? Anyway. Thank you, Gianni, very much. Congratulations.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Gianni Infantino
Thank you, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Just on the cabinet meeting, you said Musk will play an advisory role. DOGE will play --<end_of_turn>
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