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<start_of_turn>Pam Bondi
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Stephen Miller. Wait a minute. Could you just also respond to that question, because it's asked by CNN and they always ask it with a slant, because they're totally slanted because they don't know what's happening. That's why nobody's watching them. But would you answer that question also, please?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
Yes, gladly. So as Pam mentioned, there's an illegal alien from El Salvador. So with respect to you, he's a citizen of El Salvador. So it's very arrogant even for American media to suggest that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle their own citizens, as a starting point. As to immigration courts found that he was a member of MS-13, when President Trump declared MS-13 to be a foreign terrorist organization that meant that he was no longer eligible -- under federal law, which I'm sure you know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
You're very familiar with the INA, that he was no longer eligible for any form of immigration relief in the United States. So he had a deportation order that was valid, which meant that under our law, he's not even allowed to be present in the United States and had to be returned because of the foreign terrorist designation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
This issue was then, by a district court judge, completely inverted. And a district court judge tried to tell the administration that they had to kidnap a citizen of El Salvador and fly him back here. That issue was raised to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court said the district court order was unlawful and its main components were reversed, nine-zero, unanimously, stating clearly that neither secretary of state nor the president could be compelled by anybody to forcibly retrieve a citizen of El Salvador from El Salvador, who again, is a member of MS-13, which as I'm sure you understand, rapes little girls, murders women, murders children, is engaged in the most barbaric activities in the world.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
And I can promise you, if he was your neighbor, you would move right away.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
So you don't plan to [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And what was the ruling in the Supreme Court, Steve, was it nine to nothing?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
Yes, it was a nine to zero.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
In our favor?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
In our favor, against the district court ruling, saying that no district court has the power to compel the foreign policy function of the United States. As Pam said, the ruling solely stated that if this individual at El Salvador's sole discretion was sent back to our country, that we could deport him a second time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
No version of this legally ends up with him ever living here because he is a citizen of El Salvador. That is the president of El Salvador. Your questions about it for the court can only be directed to him.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I ask the president on this -- can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return him?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
Well, I'm [Inaudible] not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right? I mean, how can I smuggle -- how can I return him to the United States, like, I smuggle him into the United States, or what do I do? Of course, I'm not going to do it. It's like -- I mean, the question is preposterous.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
But you could release him inside El Salvador.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
Yeah, but I'm not releasing. I mean, we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere. And you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world, no, that's not going to happen.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they'd love to have a criminal released into our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
Yeah. I mean, there's a fascination --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They would love it.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
These are sick people. Marco, do you have something to say about?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Marco Rubio
Yeah. I mean, Stephen outlined it. I don't understand what the confusion is. This individual is a citizen of El Salvador. He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country. That's where you deport people, back to their country of origin, except for Venezuela that was refusing to take people back, or places like that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Marco Rubio
I can tell you this, Mr. President, the foreign policy of the United States is conducted by the president of the United States, not by a court. And no court in the United States has a right to conduct the foreign policy of the United States. It's that simple, end of story.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But more specifically --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
And that's what the Supreme Court held, by the way, to Marco's point. The Supreme Court said exactly what Marco said, that no court has the authority to compel the foreign policy of the United States. We won a case nine-zero, and people like CNN are portraying it as a loss as usual, because they want foreign terrorists in the country who kidnap women and children.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Stephen Miller
But President Trump, his policy is foreign terrorists that are here illegally get expelled from the country, which by the way, is a 90-10 issue.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Well, Mr. President, you said that if the Supreme Court said someone needed to be returned, that you would abide by that. You said that on Air Force One just a few days ago.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How long do we have to answer this question from you? Why don't you just say, isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country? Why can't you just say that? Why do you go over and over? And that's why nobody watches you anymore. You have no credibility. Please, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Trump, thank you so much. How many illegal criminals are you planning on exporting to El Salvador? And President Bukele, how many are you willing to take from US?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
As many as possible. And I just asked the president, it's this massive complex that he built jail complex, I said, can you build some more of them, please? As many as we can get out of our country that were allowed in here by incompetent Joe Biden through open borders, open borders. You probably hear open borders and you can't even understand it because nobody can understand.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody smart or with common sense can understand it. So we have millions of people that should not be in this country, that are dangerous, not just people, because we have people. But we have millions of people that are murderers, drug dealers. They've been allowed to come into our country by other countries that were very smart.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
When they heard that this very low IQ president, and by the way, I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam and I got the highest mark. And one of the doctors said, sir, I've never seen anybody get that kind of -- that was the highest mark. I hope you're happy with that, although they haven't been bugging me too much to take a cognitive.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I did do my physical and it was released. I hope you're all happy with it. I noticed there's no questions, so probably you are. But the cognitive, they said to me, sir, would you like to take a cognitive test? I said, did Biden take one? No. Did anybody take one? No, not too many people took them. I said, what about Obama, did he take one?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, he didn't take one either. I said, let me be the only one to take one. But I've actually taken them three times already. I like taking them because they're not too tough for me to take. But we had a great physical exam, so I know you're going to ask that. And the doctors who are total professionals, Walter Reed Medical Center, they're great, great people.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I visited a soldier that was badly wounded, incredible soldier, lost his leg. And we spent a lot of time with him. I mean, great with his mother, and it was really a very great thing. They do a phenomenal job. I just want to say, Walter Reed, I was there for, what, five or six hours You were there with me. But I took a full physical and it came out perfecto, so that's good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That means you've got me for a little longer.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Would the United States be willing to pay for those facilities to be open if [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'd do something. We'd help them out. Yeah, we'd help them out. They're great facilities, very strong facilities and they don't play games. I'd like to go a step further. I mean, I said it to Pam. I don't know what the laws are. We always have to obey the laws, but we also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country, but you'll have to be looking at the laws on that, Steve, OK?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] and do you think more presidents should follow suit like you guys, as far as taking a hard stance on crime here in the United States?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I do. I think everybody has to. I mean, the president said it better than anybody. He said, you have liberty and you have to have liberty, but to have liberty, not everybody is going to be good. And some are bad because they're sick, they're mentally deranged, they're bad. And you have to take them -- if you're going to have a country, you're going to have to take those people out, and we've been doing that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But this was an unforced error, they would call it, where we had people that may hate our country or maybe they're just stupid people. I think they're probably stupid people, more so. A lot of people said they did it for the vote, but I did better with Hispanic people than they did because they always used Hispanic.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I did better. Your people love me. I saw my poll numbers in your country. I'm through the roof, right, 91 percent. No, no, they, they -- some people think they do it for the vote, but they don't have to do it for the vote. They cheat. You know, they're professional cheaters. That's about the only thing they do well.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, we just have had a great relationship, and it's become bigger because of a strange thing that happened. I came back; we had no war in Ukraine. We had no war with -- we had no October 7th, Middle East problem. We had nothing. We had no inflation. We didn't have the Afghanistan most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The Afghanistan -- not withdrawing because I would have been out, you know, I had it all set to bring people out with dignity and pride. That was the worst most embarrassing moment in the history of our country, Afghanistan. We didn't have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia-Ukraine, you wouldn't have had the Middle East problem because Iran was broke.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They had no money because we had secondary sanctions on and lots of other sanctions. And now every single thing -- got a problem with Iran, but I'll solve that problem. That's almost an easy one. We've got to solve a war that should have never started, Ukraine and Russia, and we'll get that solved. And we have to solve problems, and we already solved inflation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
If you look at the numbers, the numbers are incredible actually. Stock market's up and we're not letting other countries take advantage of this country like they have for the last 40 years. So, thank you very much. Do you have a question, please?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, thank you so much. You scored another major investment win this morning. Nvidia pledged to build its AI supercomputer for the first time ever right here in the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's a question I like. That's true.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
What is your reaction to this announcement, sir? And how will this positively benefit Americans across the country?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it's one of the biggest announcements you'll ever hear because Nvidia, as you know, controls that -- almost the entire sector, which is one of the most important sectors in the world, between chips and semiconductors and everything else. And they're the biggest and the other biggest we already have coming in and spending $300 billion, as you know, they announced two weeks ago.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But Nvidia is so highly respected, and this was an announcement that a lot of people -- I knew it was going to happen, but not to the extent that it happened, it's big. And the reason they did it is because of the election on November 5th. And because of a thing called tariffs, as I say, the most beautiful word in the dictionary -- after love, God, relationship, the press actually hit me. I said tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What about family, love, God, I got hit even on that. Do you understand? I said, OK, so now I say it's my fifth most favorite word because they get you on anything. But no, Nvidia, it's one of the great companies of the world, modern, super modern companies, controls segments that nobody -- sort of controls the world in a sense.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they're coming in here in the biggest way with hundreds of billions of dollars, not like millions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars. And I'm honored by it. And I want to thank Jensen and all of the people that we deal with, they're great people, they're brilliant people. And without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing it. Thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, please, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Trump, are you considering additional sanctions against Russia after their latest attack? And do you have an update on the rate and when you might announce them? Well, I already have sanctions on Russia, I put them there. If you remember, Nord Stream 2, that's the big pipeline that goes through Europe.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I stopped it. That's Russia's pipeline, the largest pipeline, I think, in the world goes to Germany and I stopped it. And when Biden came in, he approved it and then they say, oh, I'm friendly with Russia. No, no. Putin said, you know, if you're my friend, I'd hate to see you when you're my enemy. I stopped the biggest -- the biggest economic job they ever had, I stopped it cold, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was dead, you know that, right. And Biden came in and he immediately approved it. What was that --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- all about? And it's a pipeline that takes care of a lot of the needs. Now, you know, it was a very controversial thing, but I stopped it, and Biden approved it. Question. No, not you again, not you again.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Go ahead, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
-- compete with pharmaceuticals -- semiconductor tariffs and [Inaudible] pharmaceuticals?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Pharmaceuticals we're going to do. We have -- we don't make our own drugs, our own pharmaceuticals. We don't make our own drugs anymore. The drug companies are in Ireland and they're in lots of other places, China. And all I have to do is impose a tariff. The more, the faster they move in. \The higher the tariff -- it's very [Inaudible], it's inversely proportional.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The higher the tariff, the faster they come. And, yeah, we're going to be doing that. That's going to be like we have on cars. We have, as you know, a 25 percent tariff on cars. We have a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum and that's what that category fits right now.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you have a percentage in mind and a timeline?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I have a timeline. Yeah, not too distant future. And we're doing it because we want to make our own drugs. We're doing it because we want to make our own steel and aluminum, lumber, other things. And they're all coming in. We have record numbers, $7 trillion since I announced like a month and a half ago -- since I came -- basically since I came in, we have over $7 trillion being invested in the country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We didn't have $1 trillion; we didn't have $0.5 trillion with some of these guys. They didn't know what the hell they were doing. So, we have the largest investment that we've ever heard of and we're only two months in. And that will continue at levels that you've never seen before. That's what's going to happen.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And even the stock market's up today. We also had, you know -- a lot of people didn't say it the way it was. We had the largest gain in the stock market in history on every single category last week. That was a nice game because we got a little hit because people didn't understand the power of our economic -- our country economically if you use it right.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Do you have something to say on that, J.D.?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>JD Vance
Yes, sir. I mean, look, for 40 years, we have lost manufacturing capacity. Workers have seen their wages stagnate. And some of the most critical things that we need from the pharmaceuticals, the drugs that we give to our children, the antibiotics that we give to our kids to the weapons that we actually need to fight a war, if, God forbid, we had to fight a War. We don't make enough of that stuff.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>JD Vance
And so, President Trump ran explicitly on changing that. Yes, as the president mentioned, it caused a little bit of disruption in the market. But I actually think over the long term, workers are going to benefit, stocks are going to go up, American businesses are going to benefit as we reinvest and reindustrialize our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And the auto workers and the Teamsters and all of the unions, not traditionally republican, but I'm winning those unions by -- we're up 40, 50 points on the democrats. They're losing everything. They're losing everything because they just have policies that are not believable. They fight for policies that are 5 percent popular, and nobody knows who the 5 percent are.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, nobody can find the 5 percent. But if you go back to Ohio -- and by the way, we have the great championship team from Ohio coming in today, right?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>JD Vance
Very big day.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And that's going to be a little bit later, but -- and that'll be -- if you want to stick around, I'll introduce you to some nice people. You'll see some very large people, right? You'll see some people that -- even you have not seen the people like this. These are big, these are six foot, seven, 380 pounds with no fat.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Okay, that's pretty good, but the team, the national championship team is being honored today at the White House. So that'll be exciting. If you're around, want to stay around, I'll have you up there. You can tell them all about your prison, how you have to behave when you go to prison [Laughter]. OK, any -- who else is there?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Go ahead, please, behind you?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
You said yesterday that you're making a decision on Iran very quickly. What do you mean by that? Is that --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, they have to solve their problem very quickly. Iran wants to deal with us, but they don't know how. They really don't know how. We had a meeting with them on Saturday. We have another meeting scheduled next Saturday. I said that's a long time -- you know, that's a long time, so I think that might be tapping us along.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. He can't have a nuclear weapon. Nobody can have -- we can't have anybody have any nuclear weapons. You can't have nuclear weapons. And I think they're tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I had Iran perfect, you had no attacks, you would have never had October 7th in Israel, the attack by Hamas, because Iran was broke. They were stone cold broke when I was president. And I don't want to do it. I want them to be a rich, great nation. The only thing is -- one thing, simple, it's really simple -- they can't have a nuclear weapon.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they've got to go fast because they're fairly close to having one. And they're not going to have one. And if we have to do something very harsh, we'll do it. And I'm not doing it for us, I'm doing it for the world and these are radicalized people, and they cannot have a nuclear weapon.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Does that include a potential strike on Iranian nuclear facilities?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Of course it does.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And just a follow up question, a clarification. You mentioned that you're open to deporting individuals that aren't foreign aliens, or criminals to El Salvador.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Love it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Does that include potentially US citizens, fully naturalized Americans?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
If they're criminals and if they hit people with baseball bats over their head, that happened to be 90 years old. And if they rape 87-year-old women in Coney Island, Brooklyn, yeah, yeah, that includes them. Why, do you think they're a special category of person? They're as bad as anybody that comes in. We have bad ones too.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I'm all for it, because we can do things with the president for less money and have great security. And we have a huge prison population. We have a huge number of prisons and then we have the private prisons and some are operated well, I guess, and some aren't. But he does a great job with that. We have others that we're negotiating with too, but no, if it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Now, we're studying the laws right now. Pam is studying. If we can do that, that's good. And I'm talking about violent people. I'm talking about really bad people, really bad people, every bit as bad as the ones coming in. And I made the statement when I heard about this a long time ago now, four years ago.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
When I heard that this guy was having open borders, I said, every single criminal from all over the world is going to be dumped into our country and that's what happened, jails. The jails of the Congo were emptied out. The jails of Venezuela were emptied out and you know what happened? Their crime went way down.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But now Venezuela has other problems. You know what the problem is? They have no money.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Nayib Bukele
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Because I shut off their oil and we put secondary tariffs, because they're not doing what's right over there. They know what to do. We spoke to them. I spoke to them. They know what to do, but they have no money. Venezuela has no money. But Iran had no money and Iran behaved so beautifully. And then Biden took all those secondary tariffs and tariffs on. I told China, you can't buy oil.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
If you buy oil from Iran, China, I told it to President Xi, that we no longer want you to do business with the United States of America. And those ships disappeared from that harbor so quickly. China. Get along great with China.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Are the talks with Iran productive? Do you want to continue that?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
The talks with Iran, do you believe those are productive? Do you want to continue that?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think Iran could be a great country as long as it doesn't have nuclear weapons. If they have nuclear weapons, they'll never get a chance to be a great country. They will never get a chance. It won't even come close.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Sir, on tarrifs?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah, thank you. Yesterday, you mentioned short-lived product exemptions. Which specific products are you considering and how long is short-lived, weeks, months?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'm looking at something to help some of the car companies, where they're switching to parts that were made in Canada, Mexico and other places. And they need a little bit of time because they're going to make them here, but they need a little bit of time. So I'm talking about things like that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
What about any Apple products, other cell phones?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Look, I'm a very flexible person. I don't change my mind, but I'm flexible and you have to be. You just can't have a wall and you'll only go -- no, sometimes you have to go around it under it or above it. There'll be maybe things coming up. I speak to Tim Cook. I helped Tim Cook recently, and that whole business.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't want to hurt anybody, but the end result is we're going to get to the position of greatness for our country. We're the greatest economic power in the world if we're smart. If we're not smart, we're going to hurt our country very badly. We lost with China over the Biden years, trillions of dollars on trade, trillions of dollars.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And he let them fleece us and we can't do that anymore. And you know what, I don't blame China at all. I don't blame President Xi. I like him. He likes me. I mean, I think, who knows, who the hell cares? But you know what -- what?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Do you have any updates with talks with China?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, let me just tell you this. I don't blame China. I don't blame Vietnam. I see they're meeting today, is that wonderful? That's a lovely meeting. They're meeting, like, trying to figure out, how do we screw the United States of America? Don't forget, the European Union was formed to do just that. The European Union was formed to hurt the United States on trade.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they get us on NATO because they don't pay their bills. But now since I got involved, they have been paying their bills. I took in over $600 billion for NATO. Nobody took in anything. I mean, they were all delinquent. They had eight nations out of 28 paid their bills. The rest of them were way delinquent.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I said, if you don't pay your bills, we're not going to protect you anymore, and the money poured in, over 600 -- the secretary general last week made that statement. He said, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't get anybody to pay because the United States was footing the bill for NATO. Well, we got hurt there and we got hurt on trade, likewise, European Union.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they've got to come to the table, and they're trying to. They're trying to. But the European Union has taken terrible advantage. They don't take our food products. They don't take our cars. We have millions of their cars, BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, many others. They come in by the millions. They don't take.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
There are no Chevrolets in Munich, I can tell you that. I said to Angela Merkel when she was there, as she was letting millions of people infiltrate Germany, which was not so good from -- we would call them illegal immigrants, but she made them legal. But I said to her, and I got along with her very well, I said, how many Chevrolets do we have in Munich or Frankfurt?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Why, none, Donald, none. I said, you're right, and yet we take in millions and millions of cars. No, those days are over. OK. Thank you very much, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Thank you, Press. Thank you, Press. Head out the door. Thank you, guys.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hello, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Hi, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
How are you? Very good. Wow, it's a lot of people. That's a lot of people. Any questions?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On Russia, have you made a final decision about what sanctions or tariffs you might impose on Russia, and when that might be?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're looking at a lot of things. We have big meetings coming up as you know, in Saudi Arabia. That's going to include Russia. It'll be Ukraine. We'll see if we can get something done. I'd like to get something done. A lot of people died this week, as you know, in Ukraine, not only Ukrainians, but Russians.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So I think everybody wants to see it get done. We're going to make a lot of progress, I believe, this week.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, [Inaudible] disrespecting you by attacking Ukraine when you --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who? Who?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Putin disrespecting you by attacking Ukraine when you're trying to make peace there?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What did he do?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Well, he's attacking Ukraine.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Is he disrespecting me?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who are you with?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I'm Michael Birnbaum from Washington Post.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You've lost a lot of credibility. Go ahead. What else?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
Robert, go ahead.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] Americans have seen their retirement accounts fall in recent days. They're getting very nervous about the tariff conversation.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, I think the tariffs are going to be the greatest thing we've ever done as a country. It's going to make our country rich again. We have many companies, as you know, auto companies are opening up plants now. We've had four or five announced already, but many more are coming and we're basically going to take back the money, a lot of the money that we've given away over many decades.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We've lost our jobs. We've lost our factories. We've lost 90,000 factories since the beginning of NAFTA. It's not that long ago, 90,000 factories. Think of that. And we're going to get them back and they're coming back and they're coming back in records. Look at what happened with the big chip company, the biggest in the world, by far the most powerful chip company in the world from Taiwan.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they're going in with $200 billion of money and they're going to build something that's going to give us 35, 40 percent of the chip market just in one company. No, it's going to bring it back. And I think it's going to bring us to a level that we've never had before.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible] shutdown? Many of your supporters are concerned about conservatives -- your supporters are attacking, Scotus Justice, Amy Coney Barrett. You put her on the bench. They're saying she's DEI hired. Do you regret putting her on the bench?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Look, she's a very good woman. She's very smart. And I don't know about people attacking her. I really don't know. I think she's a very good woman and she's very smart.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Is there going to be a government shutdown at the end of this week?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Could happen. I mean, the democrats want that. They want to destroy the country. So I can't tell you, but it could happen. It shouldn't have happened. And it probably won't. I think the CR is going to get passed. We'll see, but it could happen. You never know. The democrats are out of control. You saw that the other night during the speech, when they wouldn't stand up for two of the young ladies were killed by illegal aliens, one with the cancer, the young man with the cancer and all you want to do is stand up and applaud the man, the boy, the young boy.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And nobody's ever seen anything like that. They're out of control. They've lost their minds.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, are you alarmed by escalatory rhetoric from the Chinese response to your tariffs? And are you planning to meet with Xi Jinping about trading?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No. They took that rhetoric back, as you know. They were very tough and I said, whoa, what's that all about? That rhetoric was taken back. You know that, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
My question to you is --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, but if you know that, why would you ask that question?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Are you planning to meet with Xi Jinping anytime --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, at some point I will. I have a very good relationship with President Xi, very good and at some point, I'll be meeting with him.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you think there's going to be a deal on TikTok?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
There could be. We're dealing with four different groups and a lot of people want it and it's up to me. So there could be.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Who are you leaning towards?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
All four are good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, [Inaudible] between your cabinet members and Elon Musk. They even had dinner with him last night and Secretary Rubio. However, tensions are high between your cabinet and Mr. Musk. How are you going to simmer down tensions? Does Mr. Musk need to back off?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I don't think the tensions are high. Look, Elon's a very special person and these cabinet people are special people. These are very successful people or they wouldn't have gotten -- they've attained the highest heights of government and I think they have a fantastic relationship to Elon and DOGE has been incredible.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud and abuse has been found, already found. And that doesn't mean they don't have a little bit of an argument here and there about something or maybe personal arguments. There's not too many contract arguments. This is much more than just personnel, and we found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraudulent contracts or very wasteful, but I think fraud.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think it's fraud.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I actually think -- I think, really, the cabinet, for the most part, I think they get along really well with Elon.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
There was just a plane crash [Inaudible] Secretary [Inaudible] big concern is his department is being gutted. He's been dealing with these crashes ever since he was sworn in. Does he have a legitimate concern --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, that has nothing to do with the department. That was a small plane and that would have happened whether he had a big department or a small department, as you understand. It's just, they have space like this. You know, they have times when things happen a little bit more often than normal and then it goes back and you go many years without having a problem.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll tell you, I think the Southwest pilot did a fantastic job last week when he lifted that plane off the air, because if he put the brakes on, that wouldn't have been good. And I think the license should be maybe revoked for the plane they got, and away from the pilot, revoked for the plane that got in his way.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But the way he immediately stepped on the gas and lifted up as opposed to thinking for about three seconds when it would have been too late. The Southwest pilot or pilots, they did a great job.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Russia, China and Iran are doing military exercises together. Does that concern you?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, not at all. Not at all.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Why not?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Because we're stronger than all of them. We have more power than all of them. I rebuilt the military. Unfortunately, Biden did nothing with it, but I rebuilt the military. But we don't to even talk about that. I think if you look at what's happening and if you see what we've done and if you see where we've come and let's see what happens with the whole Russia, Ukraine thing.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think you're going to have, eventually, and maybe not in the distant future, you're going to have some pretty good results coming out of Saudi Arabia this week.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Are you going to resume aid to Ukraine if they sign the minerals deal?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I think they will sign the minerals deal, but I want them to want peace. Right now --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How do they show that? How do they show they want peace?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, right now they haven't shown it to the extent that they should. I think right now, they haven't, but I think they will be and I think it's going to become evident over the next two or three days. I think eventually, look, we have to have peace. And I'm doing this -- money is one thing. We spent $350 billion on this, but the big thing, human life.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thousands of people this week, thousands of young soldiers died this week. Hundreds of people died in cities, in Ukraine, and we got to get it stopped. It would have never happened if I was president and it didn't happen. This was not going to happen -- by the way, October 7th wouldn't have happened. Inflation wouldn't have happened.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The Afghanistan, the way they -- not that they left, but the way that they left. It looked so bad, probably the most embarrassing day in the history of our country. That wouldn't have happened. A lot of things wouldn't have happened, but it is what it is. I think we're going to have a good time. I think we're going to have a good result in Saudi Arabia, meaning they're hosting the various talks and we have a lot of good people going out there.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And I think Ukraine's going to do well and I think Russia's going to do well. I think some very big things could happen this week. I hope so. So 2,000 people, at least 2,000 young soldiers have died this week and this is almost on a constant basis, a couple of thousand soldiers a week. It's a killing field and we got to stop it. And if I can stop it, I'll be very happy.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Would you consider lifting the [Inaudible] pause on Ukraine? What does Ukraine have to do?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we just about have. I mean, we really just about have and we want to do anything we can to get Ukraine to be serious about getting something done. I say they don't have the cards. Nobody really has the cards. Russia doesn't have the cards. They don't have -- what you have to do is you have to make a deal and you have to stop the killing.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's a senseless war and we're going to get it stopped.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
You [Inaudible] Maria Bartiromo --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Where are we? Are we just about --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
We're close.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're just about ready to land.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Are you worried about a recession? Maria Bartiromo asked you and you kind of hesitated.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll tell you what, of course you hesitate, who knows? All I know is this, we're going to take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and we're going to become so rich, you're not going to know where to spend all that money. I'm telling you. You just watch. We're going to have jobs. We're going to have open factories.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's going to be great and the plane is landing and --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
We got to go.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- thank you for a lot of good questions. OK? Thank you very much, everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you, Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Hi everybody. I hope you had a good time in beautiful Scotland. We did a lot of work with the European Union and yesterday I spent pretty much the whole day with the Prime Minister of UK, and we had a lot of good discussions. Although I see something came up today, which is interesting. So, go ahead. Hello?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Hi, Mr. President. Can we ask about that, please? On Gaza, Sir Keir Starmer has just announced the UK will recognize Palestinian sovereignty in September if Israel does not commit to a ceasefire, ease the suffering in Gaza and commit to a long-term solution that would deliver the two-state solution in the Middle East.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Did you know that was coming? What is your response?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We never discussed it, surprisingly. It was never really discussed -- maybe a little bit in the news conference, but he was sort of discussing it with you. We never did discuss it, and we have no view on that. We're going to get a lot of money to the area so they get some food. He's going to also. I think the European Union is going to put up money too for food and hopefully it's going to be properly distributed, and it will be -- I think it will be. We have some pretty good response on people for the distribution of the food.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We want to take it one thing at a time. They need food and they need people to be able to get them the food.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But to follow up on that, I mean is there any use at all in pressuring Israel now to come to some sort of longer-term solution or at least --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Could make the case that you're rewarding people that -- you're rewarding Hamas if you do that. And I don't think they should be rewarded. So, I'm not in that camp. To be honest. We'll let you know where we are in -- but I am not in that camp --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Because, if you do that, you really are rewarding Hamas. And I'm not about to do that.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, you mentioned setting up food centers. When can we expect to see those --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Very soon.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Food centers?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, very soon. So, we sent $60 million. That's a lot of money for food, a lot of money. That can take care of people for a long time, and we want to make sure it's going to be -- it's being spent properly.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And who is going --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And part of the spending is the distribution. You know, the -- if you know, a lot of money has been sent by other countries, but nothing compared to us. But a lot of things are stolen. They send money, they send food, and Hamas steals it. So, it's a -- it's a tricky little game. But we're going to make sure -- we have some very good people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They're going to be watching it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Who -- who is going to be running those food centers for you? And what kind of oversight can we expect?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we're gonna be dealing with Israel. And we think they can do a good job of it, and they want to do it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Of monitoring the food centers?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, they want to do it, the food centers, yeah. They want to -- they want to preside over the food centers to make sure the distribution is proper.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, we all had a great time seeing that beautiful course, but there's some critics who say this was a promotional trip for you and your business.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
What?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
That it -- that it promoted you and your business personally. What do you say to that?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I haven't heard that. No, I haven't heard that. Did you get to see my drive at the first hole?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
You hit it straight and pretty high, yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Pretty long. It was pretty long. That's -- that's no Joe Biden, let me tell you. That's -- that's not Biden, right? That was a good -- that was a good drive.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
When did you last speak to Prime Minister Netanyahu, and when will you speak to him again?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Two days ago.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How many?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Two days ago.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
When do you think you'll speak --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, you know, we sent money. And I want to make sure the money is spent wisely and it's spent judiciously and that food is distributed in a proper manner, and he wants to do that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, you've talked about moving Palestinians out of Gaza. You said that in the past. Do you still support that idea?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, it's a concept that some people fell in love with and some people don't. We really have to see how it all works out before we do that. But, you know, you could do something spectacular, but that's a different concept. You could also probably do it if you left some-- some are leaving automatically. You know that.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Some would like to leave. I think many would like to leave if they were given an alternative. They really have no alternative now. But certainly, that was a concept that was really embraced by a lot of people, but also some people didn't like it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Prime Minister Starmer, he was kind of critical of Israel and said more pressure needed to be put on Israel to allow food to get in at speed. Do you feel that Israel is -- will be -- is a good --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think Israel wants to do it, actually. I think Israel wants to do that. They're going to want to -- and I can tell you that they want to do it. They don't want Hamas stealing the money or stealing the food. And that's what they've been doing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But do you think Israel can be trusted to allow more food in faster?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think Israel wants to do it. And they'll be good at doing it. If they do it and if they really want to do it, and I think they do, they'll do a good job. The food will be properly --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
There's a perception maybe that Keir Starmer didn't do so well in the press conference yesterday. Do you have any words of support for him?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I thought he did well in the press conference. And I thought -- you know, I think they made a good deal. I think we all made a good deal. Why? Are you hearing otherwise, I guess?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah. I think the feeling is that he was maybe a little weak and didn't really have very strong answers, and maybe wasn't entirely honest about free speech and immigration.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. I like him. I think he's good. I think he's a great representative for UK. I haven't heard that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
In your meeting with John Swinney today, did you offer to drop tariffs on Scotch whisky? Did you have a --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We really didn't discuss it much. But I have a lot of respect for him.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, are you --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I didn't have a lot of respect for the woman that preceded him. I thought she was terrible as a first minister of Scotland. But I think John is doing a very good job as first minister.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, your Treasury -- your Treasury secretary and Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce, the China talks wrapped today. Any sort of reaction coming out of the meeting? They're extending the truce. Are you pleased with that? Would you like to see --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I just -- I just had a phone call from Scott Bessent and had a very good meeting with China. And it seems that -- I mean, they're going to brief me tomorrow. We'll either approve it or not. But he felt very good about the meeting, better --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Better than he felt yesterday. Yesterday I said, ooh, here we go again. Here we go again. But today it worked out very well.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And I saw --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They -- I think the result is probably great.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I saw a report from Reuters that India is preparing to face higher US tariffs, between 25 -- between 20 and 25 percent. Is that what you're tracking, or where do you think the rate will be in India?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That -- that they are going to pay 25 percent.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah, that India is preparing to face higher US tariffs, between 20 and 25 percent.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, I think so. And look, India's been -- they're my friends and he's my friend. And, you know, they ended of the war with Pakistan at my request, and it was great. And Pakistan did also. You know, we did a lot of -- a lot of great settlements, including the recent one, as you know, with Cambodia, bah, bah, bah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, that was a -- that was a great one. I think that's been pretty well finalized now, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I don't know. I'm asking you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Did I do a good job on that one? I did a good job in about five different wars. Do you think I'll get credit for it? No. Will I get credit for it? She'll say yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Aide
I know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Is -- is the deal with India finalized?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, it's not.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Ok. So, what rate are you expecting it to be at?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We're going to see. We're going to see. But India's been a good friend. But India has charged basically more tariffs than almost any other country, you know that, right, over the years. But now I'm in charge, and you just can't do that. I think the trade deals are working out very well, hopefully for everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But for the United States, they're very, very good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, on the Wall Street Journal case, lawyers are seeking to depose Robert -- Rupert Murdoch, pardon me. Can you say what the lawyers hope to get out of that deposition?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. We're going to see. The lawyer -- it's in the lawyers hands. I've been treated very unfairly by the Wall Street Journal on everything. I mean, I don't know. They even hired people from the Washington Post, third rate reporters, gossip type reporters. It's all gossip. And, you know, I've been treated badly by the Wall Street Journal.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I would have assumed that Rupert Murdoch controls it. But, you know, maybe he does. Maybe he doesn't. They are talking to us about doing something. But we'll see what happens. Maybe they would like us to drop that, and so we'll see.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Does that mean there's settlement talks?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, they're having -- they want to settle it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Will there be money involved?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He's treated us wrong. I mean, you know, when -- when I get treated unfairly, I do things about it. So, we'll -- we'll see what happens.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
On -- on Gaza, last week you were rather dismissive of President Macron when he recognized the Palestinian state. Today you're saying you don't really --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, that's -- that's his opinion. You know, he can have an opinion. Doesn't mean I have to agree. Emmanuel is a good man. He works hard. Got a lot to say about everything.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Well, but now -- now you're saying you're not taking a view on Sir Keir Starmer's announcement. Does that mean your -- your view is that holding --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I guess -- I guess Starmer's doing the same as Macron, right? He's basically -- is he saying the same thing? I think so. Essentially, they're saying the same thing, and that's okay. But, you know, it doesn't mean I have to agree.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, you said yesterday your falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over him taking some of the workers from your business. But your administration in the past said that you threw him out because he was a creep. So, can you explain that discrepancy?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, maybe they're the same thing. You know, it's sort of a little bit of the same thing. But, no, he took people that worked for me. And I told him don't do it anymore, and he did it. And I -- I said stay the hell out of here.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
What did they do? So, is that what you -- what was meant by being a creep?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who are you with?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Me? I'm with -- I'm in the travel pool, but I'm with NBC News.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
NBC? NBC, fake news. I don't care. NBC's one of the worst. What else do you have?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Why was there -- On Air Force One, the new Air Force One, when do you expect to be flying on the new Air Force One?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I think by -- they say by February maybe, much sooner than the others. The others are being built. Long time build. That's a long time build. Now, they're not normal 747's. They, you know, have a lot of things on them that another plane wouldn't have. But we'll get this one a year and a half, two years earlier.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
And how much will it cost to retrofit it?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. It's up to the military. I don't know. I really don't know. I haven't been involved. They -- it's their plane. It's, you know, the Air Force. They'll be spending an amount of money. You know, it is a different plane because it becomes for military use. So -- but I don't know what the number is.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
There have been questions about whether the amount that it'll cost, in the hundreds of millions of dollars, whether that's worth it since -- considering how little time you will be able to use it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, you know, it's a -- it's a great plane. It's one of the best planes in the world. The Air Force is going to have it. We're going to have a great 747. We need it. If you look at this plane, it's -- what is it, 32, 34, 35? I don't know. It's -- it's a -- it's old. It's a good plane, but it's old. You can't get parts for it anymore.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's very hard to get parts. They have to go and take from the older planes. So, I -- it was time. When you look at a 747s and, you know, the heads of state from especially the Arab countries, you look at from Saudi Arabia, from some of those countries, and you put it next to this, it doesn't show well for the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And if you remember, it was Obama that we wanted to get the plane; he was the one ready to sign a contract. And because he wanted to sign it, I assumed they paid too much, and I was able to get about a million -- $1.7 billion off the price, maybe $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion off the price for the exact same plane.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And they're building it, but they're taking a lot longer than they should have taken.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
There's a report that a Secret Service agent tried to get his wife onto a support plane for this mission.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's a weird deal.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Are you concerned?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Are you going to leave the wife in the car? Wouldn't you think that might be a little dangerous? I don't know if that has proper compression. I don't know, that's a strange one. I just heard that two minutes ago. I think Sean's taking care of it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, you talked on Russia.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Is that a serious story?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I think it's -- well --<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Keep her in the car and she's going to be in a freighter.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
No one told me the details of how --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Those freighters don't have -- you know.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
He was going to keep her in the car? Tell us how it was going to work.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't want to get involved, but it's a strange story. I just heard that one.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President -- Mr. President -- Mr. President, you said that you were going to set the -- The British farmers -- the British farmers are so grateful for what you said yesterday about the importance of farming because we have changed inheritance tax with death taxes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Farmers are so important. Farmers are -- you know, they like to understand -- on a couple of things yesterday they liked what I said for the farm -- I'm a big farmer person. I love the farmers, I think they're great. And we have to steer the laws, so the farmers don't get hurt in our country and in their country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But Europe has a big immigration problem, but they also liked when I said that they have one of the worst mayors anywhere in the world, in London. He's a horrible mayor, nasty guy -- stupid guy, in my opinion. But he's a nasty man and I want nothing to do with him. But I didn't think it was a big statement, and I was -- so many people said, thank you for saying that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
He's a bad guy. Khan is his name, I guess. He's done a lousy job; I can tell you that. A terrible mayor.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President? Mr. President?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But people liked it so much when I said that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, yesterday, you mentioned that you would change the Russia deadline to 10 to 12 days. Is that -- has that started yet? Or when can we see the official statement that that is the new deadline?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll give it to you now. Do you want a big scoop? Everybody else, close your ears, OK? You ready?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
I'm ready.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Ten days from today.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Got it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
OK?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Got it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Good.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Have you communicated --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have the scoop.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And then, we're going to put on tariffs and stuff, and I don't know if it's going to affect Russia because he wants to obviously probably keep the war going. But we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on. It may or may not affect them, but it could.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Have you spoken with any of the families of the victims of the Manhattan shooting?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't want to tell you that. I don't want to tell you that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Have you spoken with ICE?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's a very -- boy, that's a bad one. That's a bad one, but I won't tell you about that.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Have you talked to Mayor Adams? Have you spoken with Mayor Adams?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't have that.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
One of the other things our readers liked from yesterday was when you were talking so forcefully about illegal immigration in the United Kingdom. One of the big political flashpoints is migrant hotels where people are being put up while their claims are processed and the people see it as a source of --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
In beautiful luxury hotels.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
They also think there's low security and it's a problem for their communities. Is that appropriate or does Britain need an Alligator Alcatraz?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's not an alligator, it's just that, you know, they're putting people in luxury hotels and other people that are working their asses off are living from hand to mouth, they're not living the same way. I mean, I looked at some of the hotels they're using, and they've done it in our country also. They've put them in like the best hotels anywhere in the world because they could get rooms there, thousands of dollars a night.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And other people are living out on the streets, including our veterans. They can't get a room. Our veterans are living on the streets. There are pictures of our veterans staying right by the door where they're walking in to live, and the veterans are sitting out on the sidewalk in front of a fancy hotel and the illegals are coming into that hotel and staying there for a week.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's no good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Just to button up on Mar-a-Lago, you're saying that Jeffrey Epstein poached two of your staffers. Who were they? Were they young?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't want to say two or I don't want to say any number. You're talking about many years ago. But yeah, he took people and, because he took people, I said don't do it anymore, you know, they work for me. And he took -- beyond that he took some others. And once he did that, that was the end of him.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
[Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I didn't like -- when they steal people I don't like it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
So, did anybody ever go to prison for a social media post?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Are you saying that that's taking place in the UK?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Really?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, I'm hearing that. Well, we -- I looked at him yesterday. Well, they said they canceled Truth Social. I'll bet it's uncanceled very quickly. I'll bet it's uncancelled.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Were you near the towers when there are new digital signals?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, it's a little different. It's different. I see it in some countries that you would never suspect it. Not only there, I've seen it in other countries where, you know, they're like bread and pudding countries, I think. And then all of a sudden, they become somewhat violent. You know, when people go socialistic or when you get the radical left or the left going in, the countries actually become very mean.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They become two things: mean and incompetently run simultaneously. How is Karoline doing? Is she doing a good job? Look at her. She's such a star. Come on Karoline, come here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Karoline Leavitt
Chloe wanted to watch, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Chloe, do you want to come over? Chloe is a great -- she's a great golfer, a great talented golfer. She's probably the most talented golfer other than Kai, but I think it's about the same, right? Don't you think? She hits the ball long. This little girl has a lot of muscle, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Unidentified
Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So -- and she wins, she wins every tournament she plays in of her age.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Did you have a good weekend?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Chloe Trump
Yes, very fun.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You love golf, right?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Chloe Trump
Yes.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But she's a great athlete.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
How did the golf course play today? And be honest, did anyone in your foursome hit that massive bunker on the ninth?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That is a massive bunker. Fortunately, nobody did. Well, I played -- two of the guys were pros and really good players. One of them won the tournament last year and you could see they were very good players.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Who at the moment holds the course record?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, we played a first round today. We played -- we only played one round. This was our first round, so I'd have to go into that. Exactly. But the two -- both really good players. One of them, you know, is the one who -- you know the story. You know who that is?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
No, so you have to tell me.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, he took Tiger, I guess the 18 holes Tiger, you know, went wild with his putting, meaning he started dropping putts from all over the place. And Tiger took him. But that's the quality, you know, they're really good players. We had -- those two guys were -- and terrific guys, two terrific guys. We had a good time.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
But I was watching -- the only shot that mattered to me was the driver in the first hole because if I would have missed it, you would not have let me forget it.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Did you take a bit of a practice here on the driving range beforehand?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I hit some -- yeah, I did. I hit some balls on the driving range. It's a great course. It's a great course. It's been fantastic. You know, I built one and then I had to build this one. Otherwise, you would have lost your zoning. You have like a certain period of time to build it, so they built it and opened.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
My son did a very good job of building it.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
You thought it would be the last dune course. Are you talking about environmental regulations? Do you think they'll [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We have -- we obey the regulations, the environmental regulations. You really want to and it's top of the line. It's really -- the pros were saying this is as good as any course they've ever played. It's as good as it gets.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
The course was surrounded by windmills. Did you talk to Starmer about the windmills or --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I did -- yeah, I think windmills are a disgrace. I think they hurt everything they touch, they're ugly, they're very inefficient. It's the most expensive form of energy there is. People hate it when they become visible from their house. When you see them from a house, the value goes down by 50 percent and more.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They make noise. When they're out in the ocean, they're bad for the sea life, very bad for the whales, obviously, because they wash up on shore like nine times more than they did without them. No, they are really bad, and they cost a lot of money. You know, there's not a wind farm that's put up without subsidy.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, instead of making money, what they should do is open up the whole North Coast oil. They have tremendous oil right there, right where we played and they made it impossible for people to drill. It's crazy. I mean, that's one of the best oil areas in the world. They've made it impossible for people to take it out.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Instead, they put up these ugly windmills all over the country and all over the world. I don't know what it is. Nobody likes them. They have the greatest lobby, but it's starting -- I think I'm starting to get to it now. They're bad energy, they look bad. They kill the birds, they're really terrible things.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And it's the most expensive energy of any energy there is. And in fact, every -- I mean not every, I guess, I don't know, maybe some -- but almost every windmill put up needs subsidy from the government. So, instead of making money they lose money. And that's why UK energy costs are very high because when we were flying over on the plane, they were all over the place.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's terrible, it's a terrible thing. I'll say it till I can't speak anymore. And I think -- but I think we are having an impact. They're starting to take a lot of windmills down. I mean, they're literally starting to take them down. They don't work. They're bad and they're too costly. And every year you see them up there, the government is paying a lot of money.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Whereas if you have oil, if you have other forms of energy, you make money on it. In other words, you bring down taxes.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Well, you're a friend of Bryson DeChambeau said LIV tour players weren't playing enough links golf, is that something we might see at the --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Links golf is just different golf. It's quite a bit different. I love Bryson. Bryson's great. He's a great player, very powerful guy, long hitter, great putter, great everything. And it's interesting because he plays well in links courses.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
But is that in the future for the greatest 36?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Oh, yeah. I mean, look, we have a tournament this weekend there and we have another tournament next weekend, big tournaments. And we're looking to get the Irish Open at Doonbeg. You know, I have a course in Doonbeg in Ireland and we have a lot of great tournaments coming to mind. I build the best courses.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
That's not only said by me; that's said by everybody.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Back to Russia, sir. Since you made the announcement of the 10 to 12 days, have you gotten any feedback or any officials gotten any feedback that had a response that Russia is going to do something --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I haven't gotten -- I haven't had any response. It's a shame. So I used to say to you, 5,000 people die a week, now it's 7,000 people are dying a week, mostly Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, but people also from having bombs dropped on their head. It's a disgusting war.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
How worried are you on the oil markets if you were to put sanctions on Russia?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't worry about it. We have so much oil in our country. We'll just step it up even further. I mean, oil is down pretty low right now. We'll step it up even further.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
President Trump, I heard you mentioned compression, how were you feeling out there when you were playing? Like, how did you feel? Because I think it's the first time you played since you saw the doc, right?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I felt good. I thought it was great. I thought the course was great. It looks even more beautiful than I thought. You know, we did the first one like 11 years, 12 years ago and it's gotten tremendous reviews. It's one of the best courses in the world. And I had the other piece of land to do this one, also on the ocean and the North Sea, and we really have -- And by the way, the North Sea is the exact term for the oil.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They have the greatest, among the greatest reserves. It's tremendous and they're not using it. Instead, they're putting up these stupid windmills. It's so crazy. UK could reduce their energy costs by 70 percent if they would use the North Sea oil. It just doesn't make sense. It's just not a liberal thing to do, but it's becoming more liberal thing to do. I love being out there.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It was great, good feeling.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, UK and the US both have increasingly unhealthy populations.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Is that what they say?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Well, we do, don't we?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I can see it. I'm interested in the work that make America healthy again. I can see and I should think about it for myself. [Inaudible] Bobby's doing a great job. People are loving Bobby Kennedy and the whole group, Doctor Oz and Marty Makary. We have a fantastic group and you're going to see a lot of things happening over the next couple of months.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean true activists. And they're going with the science. And you know, if you take a look at some of the problems, some of the diseases that are coming up to a level that we've never seen before, there's something wrong. There's something wrong and we're going to -- I think we're going to solve the problem, but he's really working hard.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
A lot of -- all we're doing now is stats, statistics, and I think we're going to make a big change. We're going to save a lot of lives. You know, when the babies are born and they end up having problems that they've never had before, and by like 15 and 20 times more. So there's something wrong and we're going to find what it is pretty soon.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We think pretty soon.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, Epstein has a certain reputation, obviously, but just curious, were some of the workers that were taken from you, were some of them young women?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Were some of them?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Were some of them young women?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, I don't want to say, but everyone knows the people that were taken and it was the concept of taking people that work for me is bad, but that story has been pretty well out there and the answer is yes, they were. Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Yes, they were young women? What did they do? Like, what were their jobs?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
In the spa.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
In the spa?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah, people that work in the spa. I have a great spa, one of the best spas in the world at Mar a Lago and people were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone. And other people would come and complain this guy is taking people from the spa. I didn't know that. And then when I heard about it, I told him, I said, listen, we don't want you taking our people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Whether it was spa or not spa, I don't want them taking people and he was fine and then not too long after that, he did it again and I said, out of here.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, did one of those stolen persons, did that include Virginia Giuffre?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. I think she worked at the spa. I think so. I think that was one of the people. Yeah. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
We've seen how good your security detail is this weekend and the team around you are amazing, amazing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They've done a great job. Yeah.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you have any answers yet as to what happened with the assassination attempt? Having seen them in action, it seems remarkable that that was able to happen.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
You mean the assassination with -- they just weren't as good that day. They had a bad day. They shouldn't have had a roof that was, you know, unpatrolled. They should have had coordination with the local police because, you know, you had a lot of talk going on. You had the woman screaming, there's a man up there with a gun, and a number of people were screaming, there's a guy up there with a gun and they didn't have -- the one group wasn't hooked into the other group.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I'll tell you, the Secret Service shooter, David, was amazing because in four seconds it was over. And if this lunatic was allowed to keep shooting, because they had a lot of -- tens of thousands of people there, so a lot of people could have been killed. I mean, we lost a great person and two people very badly injured, but the shooter, one bullet.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Think of that, one bullet from a very far distance, it's amazing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Has it changed you?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So he was great.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you feel like it's changed you as a person?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know, you know, maybe and maybe not, but it's -- I like to not think about it. You know, it affects some people greatly. I can't afford to be affected because I have a job to do, so I like not to think about it. I think about it too much. It's probably not a good thing.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Does it not go through your mind at all on a morning like this morning when you're outside, there's a crowd and you're giving a speech?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't think about it. I think -- you see the kind of protection now. I think they're very good. It's a whole different level. Look, these people went to Biden and Biden's people and asked for more help because I was having rallies 60,000, 70,000 people. I had 115,000 people and Biden would have two people.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody wanted to see the guy. And he'd have a bigger security detail than I had. And they were asking, Sean and the various people were asking for more people and they were denied. So they denied them and you know, so you could make that case. I don't think they've made that case well because they -- I knew for a fact that they were asking for more people a lot and they haven't -- they have said it, but not that publicly, but they wanted more people and the Biden people would not give it to them.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we had massive crowds. You know, you were there, but we would have routinely 50,000, 60,000, 70,000 people and he would have nobody. He couldn't fill the circles. You know, the eight circles and he didn't need very many people. And so that was a problem too.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Can I ask about the first lady? You mentioned a couple of weeks ago her role in talking to you about the war in Ukraine and perhaps it being part of your evolution in thinking. Have you discussed the crisis in Gaza and the terrifying horrific images?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Yeah. She thinks it's terrible and she sees the same pictures that you see and that we all see. And I think everybody, unless they're pretty cold-hearted or worse than that, nuts. There's nothing you can say other than it's terrible when you see the kids and those are kids, you know, whether they talk starvation or not, those are kids that are starving.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I mean, they are starving and you see the mothers, they love them so much and there's just nothing they seem to be able to do. They got to get them food and we're going to get them food.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Do you plan to attend the G-20 summit this year in South Africa?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, I think maybe I'll send somebody else because I've had a lot of problems with South Africa and they have some very bad policies, very, very bad policies, like policies where people are being killed, a lot of people are being killed. So I think I probably won't. I'd like to, but I don't think I will.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Question
Any update on when you'll meet with President Xi? When can we expect that [Inaudible]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
No, he wants to meet and I look forward to the meeting too, but -- I would say before the end of the year, I mean, just to go full circle. So, we had a very good meeting today. If you would have asked me the question yesterday, no, it wasn't looking too good. I would have said -- maybe I might have said nothing, but I might have also said it wasn't going too good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I just heard from Scott that the meeting went very well today with China. Thank you all very much. Enjoy the flight. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Well, thank you very much everyone. Thank you. It's a great honor. We just made a very big deal with the UK, the United Kingdom on trade, which is shocking everybody. They said, oh, gee. And we just had the Ukraine -- we just were notified that Ukraine just approved our big rare earth deal, which could be worth trillions of dollars.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
A lot. And overall we're doing very well. We have a lot of things happening. We have a very big conversation in Switzerland taking place this weekend with China. Has anyone heard of China recently? Yes? [Laughter] And they want to make a deal very badly. And I wouldn't be surprised. But we have tremendous things happening on trade.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
The likes of which we've never seen before. The UK deal was a big one. They've been trying to make that deal for 25 years. They have been unable to do it. And we were able to do it. And it was really something special. The prime minister was on the phone and the whole thing. It was really great. And now they're negotiating various other very, very big strong trade deals.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody thought it would be possible, Claudia. Look at our great congresswoman over there. Nobody thought it would be possible. Look at -- while, we have senators. We have -- we have the whole ballgame here, huh? Hi, Gianni. So uh, with that, I'll thank everybody for being here. This is a special building, a very, very special place.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
There's nothing like it anywhere in the world, no matter where you go. They come in and they say, wow, this is something. And I want to give a very big welcome to the White House and all of the people that come here, and they love this place. But most importantly, to the military moms. By far the most important, right, J.D.? It's still a few days early, but let me be the first to wish everybody a very Happy Mother's Day. It's going to be a great Mother's Day. And very happy I had a great mother.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I had a mother and she was such an angel. She could be very tough, I will say, but she was -- she had her tough moments, some difficult moments, Pam. But overall, very, very good. I will tell you. I had a great one. I especially want to thank one of the best moms that I know that I've ever seen. Sometimes she's almost too good.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
She is so good with Baron. But he's grown up strong and nice. And he's a good boy. He's a good student. So I want to thank you. You've done a great job. Thank you, honey. Great first lady. And thanks as well to marine veteran Vice President JD Vance and to Second Lady Usha Vance. A mother of three young children.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we know that they're going to do very well in school because they were the two top students at Yale Law School. [Laughter] So -- so genetically, they should be in good shape, right? [Laughter] They're not going to say, gee, mom, I can't figure this out. But also with us is attorney general, a special person by the way, Pam Bondi.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you, Pam. Thank you, Pam. And Secretary Hegseth's wonderful wife, Jennifer. Jennifer, thank you, thank you. Thank you, [Inaudible]. And Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Hey, she's become a star. Where is Karoline? Look at her. I don't know, that face. She's become a big star. Don't ever leave us, you know. [Laughter] Don't ever leave us. Thank you also to Senator Joni Ernst, who's a very good person, a friend of mine.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. Very military person, too. Great representative of the military. And also Representative Claudia Tenney and Mariannette Miller-Meeks. And you are right here. Where are you? Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Claudia. All of our American service members are heroes and our military mothers are doubly so. It's really doubly so what you have to go through.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
It's -- you make them great. You really do. You make people great. Each of the women here today has made extraordinary sacrifices for family and country. You've endured time away from your children. You've endured time away from everything. You've missed birthdays and holidays. You've missed so much. But you wouldn't trade it for the world.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I know that. You wouldn't trade it for the world. As for spouses of our service members, we're never forgetting the burdens that you bear when your loved ones are deployed and the sacrifices you have to go through. As military moms, you make these sacrifices in your families so that all of our families can be safe and be free.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Our country is strong and respected because you choose to live the life of service. And you have done that. Incredible people. As your commander in chief, let me take this opportunity to salute you and to thank you on behalf of every single American. Every single one respects you and loves you. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And represented in this room are the nation's finest Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force. I love Space Force, you know. [Laughter] I have a special little feeling for Space Force. [Laughter] When I did it, they said you're kidding. And now we're number one in space by a lot. We were getting -- we were getting decimated in space, but now we're number one by a lot.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I was very proud of that. The first time in 78 years that we had a new force. Coast Guard and Marines. I especially want to thank those of you who support the First Lady and me every day, including the military and social aides here and in the White House. Incredible support. In this room, are crew members of Air Force One. Said to be the best pilots in the world.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I don't know. Where are you? Raise your hands? I want to get ready. We're going to take a little -- little trip this weekend. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're said to be the best. You better be the best because I'm traveling with you. [Laughter] Nurses from the White House medical unit. Musicians from our great military bands.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They do such beautiful work. When we have dignitaries, they come around. They're as good as anybody in the world. You can go to the Philharmonic of any place and they're as good as anybody. And so many others dedicated and devoted service members. You all do an outstanding job. And you should take tremendous pride in what you're doing and what you do. I'm pleased to report that, since November, enlistment numbers for every branch of the armed forces has surged to the highest levels in 48 years.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Can you imagine? Now -- I do want to say, that during the campaign, I used it all the time because it was good to use. I used whatever I have to do to win. You don't mind do you? [Laughter] But I used it all the time. Your numbers were so bad. It was so embarrassing. Nobody was signing up. Nobody wanted to go in the armed forces.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Nobody wanted to be a policeman. Now, just a short time later, that was in June, July. And then we started surging. And they started getting better and better, right, J.D.? But once November 5th took place, they had numbers signing up like we've never seen before. Probably maybe ever, but they say the minimum -- you know, you're talking 30, 40 years, nobody wanted to sign up. They weren't proud of our country.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Now they're so proud of our country that we have the highest. We've attained the highest levels I think ever. And the police forces too. And the firefighters. I never forget the firefighters doing -- all doing great. Because people now love our country and they're proud of our country again. And it's only been really three months, so it's not that bad, right?<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Right, honey? I think maybe, maybe they like our First Lady and our -- our incredible Usha, second lady. I always have a hard time saying second lady. I'm not sure, is that a compliment or not? [Laughter] I say, J.D., do you like me calling her the second lady? I don't know. That's the way it's been. [Laughter] She is a great person.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Great, great person. We used to have shortages. Now we have waiting lists because of all of this great spirit that's really devolved. It's been incredible. So as we celebrate military mothers today, we look forward to an incredible future for the United States Armed Forces and for our country itself and for those great service members and for all of you who love them so much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And now it's my pleasure to introduce that very special woman that I talked about, our great first lady. And she's loved by all. I just walked by the Rose Garden, and that is the most beautiful thing. We saw it yesterday. You know, she took a lot of heat, she did it, too. It was so gorgeous, and they couldn't -- these people couldn't do that if they had -- if they tried. [Laughter] And those flowers were blooming.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
I said, how the hell? Two -- two weeks ago, it was just like beautiful green, but it was nothing. And now it just happens so quickly. But you did some job. Thank you very much, honey. Come on up.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Thank you.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Let me take -- one minute.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
It's OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Nobody's -- Welcome. And thank you very much for your kind words. Motherhood. The life changing event that makes women invincible and exposed at the same time. It's remarkable really that my son's life creates unimaginable, unpredictable concerns and trials for me even until this day. All caring mothers understand this rare feeling.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Nothing against fathers, of course. [Laughter] But in my opinion, and I'm sure everyone in this room agrees, only a mother can grasp this particular point. Military mothers and America, together, have developed an extraordinary parallel journey. They are filled with stories of personal sacrifice, determination, loss and healing.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Certainly, only military mothers have experienced this level of grace and resilience of American life. And finally, aging, a sudden shift in family dynamics, an unexpected positioning change in life when caretakers become the caregivers. If this has happened within your family, you understand the precious nature of motherhood.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Here now in the White House at this pivotal moment, I urge you to prioritize your well-being, nurture yourself. For your strength is the bedrock of a brighter future for our children. By caring for ourselves, we empower the next generation to thrive. Together, let's build a legacy of resilience and hope.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Your journey matters. Embrace it. And indeed, the sacred strength of women is a profound force. With unwavering love and nurturing wisdom, we have the ability to inspire, uplift and shape the future hearts of our children. This power rooted in compassion and resilience is a beacon of hope that lights the way for generations to come.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Melania Trump
Let us unite to honor the beauty of motherhood, champion the grace of our journey and inspire those who follow. A mother's love and wisdom empower our children to flourish, instilling in them the courage to reach their full potential. Motherhood. Happy Mother's Day, everyone.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, your reaction to the --<end_of_turn>
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[The audio feed cuts to music. The question was answered but no audio was captured to transcribe.]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. It's an honor to have a very, very special person. I've dealt with him for a long time, Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel. And we had lunch together. We had meetings together along with his very capable staff. And I think we've come up to some pretty good solutions and conclusions.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And we'll be working a little bit after this, and then I assume you're going back home?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
Yes, sir.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
This is a quick stop, in and out, but we appreciate you being here and we are a friend of Israel, as you know. I would say that I'm, by far, the best president that Israel has ever even thought of seeing and it's an honor to be so -- and to be so thought of many friends in Israel, they are not in an easy area, it doesn't go easy, but we are helping them and, likewise, they've been helping us very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And so, we'll see how it all works out. But we had great discussions today, I think, on the obvious subject of Iran and also the less obvious of subject with respect to Israel and that's trade. And I think the prime minister is going to tell you a little bit about trade and what they're doing for the United States.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
So, I want to thank you all for being here. Thank you very much and, Benjamin, thank you very much.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Donald. Thank you. Mr. President, I want to first thank you for inviting me again to the White House. You've been a remarkable friend of the State of Israel. You stand by us. You're standing with us. You are a great, great champion of our alliance and you actually do the things that you say you do, and I think that people respect that enormously.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
I certainly do and the people of Israel do, and I think the Jewish people do as well. We just saw your representative in the Department of Justice fighting anti-Semitism, standing up for Israel in international forums. I just want you to know from the heart, it's deeply, deeply appreciated. As you said, we had the opportunity to talk today about many subjects.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
First, if I can mention tariffs, it's a subject of some interest today. I can tell you that I said to the president a very simple thing. We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States. We intend to do it very quickly. We think it's the right thing to do. And we're going to also eliminate trade barriers, a variety of trade barriers that have been put up unnecessarily.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
And I think Israel can serve as a model for many countries who ought to do the same. I recognize the position of the United States, it says, you know, we're allowing other countries to put tariffs on us, but we don't put tariffs on them. And you know, I'm a free trade champion and free trade has to be fair trade.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
And I think that's basically the position that you have put forward, Mr. President. We are going to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly. I had the opportunity to speak to Secretary Lutnick yesterday. We talked about how we could affect this quickly and I hope to bring a solution very quickly. We're not talking about intentions.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
We're not talking about just words; we're talking about results, and those results are going to come in. So, that's the first.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Thank you very much. That's very nice. Thank you.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President, what about the hostage deal?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Let him -- let him finish.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
I'm finished [Inaudible]. We spoke about not only the hostages but about Gaza. The hostages obviously is a human story of an just unbearable agony. I speak to the families; I spoke to them yesterday. I spoke to another one when I was in Hungary before I came here. I speak to them every day and they're in agony.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
The hostages are in agony, and we want to get them all out. Steve Witkoff, President Trump's very able representative, helped us get a deal that got 25 out. We're working now on another deal that we hope will succeed. And we're committed to getting all the hostages out but also eliminating the evil tyranny of Hamas in Gaza and enabling the people of Gaza to freely make a choice to go wherever they want.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
I mean they should have that choice. And the president put forward a vision, a bold vision, which we discussed as well, including the countries that might be amenable and are amenable to accepting Palestinians of their free choice if they choose to go there. And I think that's the second thing that we discussed.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
But the hostages came right on top. We also discussed the situation in Syria. We've had neighborly relations with Turkey that have deteriorated. And we don't want to see Syria being used by anyone, including Turkey, as a base for attack in Israel. Turkey is a country that has a great relationship with the United States.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
The President has a relationship with the leader of Turkey. We discussed how we can avoid this conflict in a variety of ways, and I think we can't have a better interlocutor than the president of the United States for this purpose. And of course, we also discussed Iran. Look, we're both united in the goal that Iran does not ever get nuclear weapons.<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Benjamin Netanyahu
If it can be done diplomatically in a full way, the way it was done in Libya, I think that would be a good thing. But whatever happens, we have to make sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons. That's the end of my speech.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Question
Mr. President --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We are -- we're having direct talks with --<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note
[Crosstalk]<end_of_turn>
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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
-- wait a minute, wait, wait, wait, we're having direct talks with Iran. And they've started -- it'll go on Saturday. We have a very big meeting, and we'll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious. And the obvious is not something that I want to be involved with or frankly that Israel wants to be involved with if they can avoid it. So, we're going to see if we can avoid it, but it's getting to be very dangerous territory.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
And hopefully those talks will be successful, and I think it would be in Iran's best interests if they are successful. We hope that's going to happen. And we had just a lot of good talks on a lot of things. I appreciate very much what you said about the tariffs. We've been ripped off and taken advantage of by many countries over the years and can't do it anymore, just can't do it anymore.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
We can't be the stupid people anymore. And it's all because of the people that sat in the seat right here, not your seat, but this seat, they allowed things to happen to our country that they shouldn't have allowed to happen on trade and other things. Many other things. I mean look at what's happened with our last president where he allowed millions of people to come into our country with an open border.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
Who would want an open border? How stupid is that? But he allowed millions and millions of people. And of the millions, and I think it was 21 million people, but let's say three of them were serious criminals, serious murderers and drug dealers and gang members and people from jails, all the jails emptied out right into our country right along the open border on Mexico, generally the Mexico border.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump
They came in from Canada too, by the way, a lot. But generally speaking, on the southern border. And what a shame it is that we are now working very hard to get them out, get the criminals out, get the murderers out, the drug dealers, the mentally insane, get them out. They dropped the mentally insane in our country too.<end_of_turn>
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