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[00:22:48] A couple [00:23:06] are great. [00:23:08] Well, [00:23:11] thank you very much. Uh, we'll start by [00:23:14] signing three very important bills and, [00:23:17] uh, Will, would you discuss them, [00:23:18] please? [00:23:18] >> Yes, sir. This is HR2808. This is the [00:23:21] Home Buyers Privacy Protection Act. Uh, [00:23:24] the congressman here was the the lead [00:23:25] sponsor, so I think maybe he [00:23:28] say more about it than than I can. [00:23:29] >> Please. [00:23:30] >> Well, it's difficult for Americans to [00:23:32] buy a home, particularly after the last [00:23:33] four years, sir. But with the [00:23:36] president's sign signature today, we're [00:23:38] going to make it easy for people to buy [00:23:40] a home without getting hassled. For [00:23:42] years, their private personal [00:23:44] information has been bought and sold uh [00:23:46] in the open market, resulting in them [00:23:48] getting innumerable phone calls and text [00:23:51] messages. But with your signature today, [00:23:53] we're going to put an end to that so [00:23:54] that when Americans try to realize the [00:23:57] American dream of owning a home, they're [00:23:58] able to do so without being harassed. [00:24:01] >> Good job. Good. It's a great honor, [00:24:04] John. [00:24:14] Okay, [00:24:15] there it is. And that's going to help a [00:24:18] lot of the homeowners of our great [00:24:20] country. [00:24:24] >> Okay. Want to hold that? [00:24:26] >> Sure. [00:24:30] >> Thank you, John, very much. [00:24:32] >> Thank you very much. [00:24:32] >> Thank you very much. [00:24:34] Okay, Will, you go ahead and I'd like to [00:24:37] leave you with this gift from a [00:24:38] constituent back in Tennessee. [00:24:40] >> Oh, I could use that at night. [00:24:42] >> That's an American flag. [00:24:44] >> That's very nice. I like that. [00:24:45] >> Thank you, Mr. President. [00:24:45] >> Thank you very much. [00:24:47] >> That's very nice. [00:24:49] >> Next, we have a number of executive [00:24:50] orders for your attention, sir. Uh from [00:24:52] 1789 until 1947, our nation won some of [00:24:56] its greatest military victories uh under [00:24:59] the direction of a secretary of war uh [00:25:02] operating within a department of war. Uh [00:25:04] today with this executive order, you [00:25:06] will authorize uh the current secretary [00:25:08] of defense and the current department of [00:25:10] defense to once again get to once again [00:25:12] embrace this great lineage uh and once [00:25:15] again be named the secretary of war and [00:25:17] the department of war. [00:25:20] So, this is something we thought long [00:25:22] and hard about. We've been talking about [00:25:24] it for months, Pete and I. And Dan, Dan [00:25:28] came into the fall, by the way, a great [00:25:30] general. He headed up the I wouldn't [00:25:34] call it an attack. I'd almost almost [00:25:36] call that one uh maybe even more than an [00:25:39] attack. What he did with uh Iran, you [00:25:41] saw the success of that operation. It [00:25:43] was perfect. In fact, we have this was [00:25:45] sent to me by the great company that [00:25:48] makes that particular B2 bomber and it [00:25:51] was flawless. It was actually flawless. [00:25:53] They flew for 37 hours back and forth [00:25:56] and there wasn't a bolt that was out of [00:25:58] condition. There wasn't an engine [00:26:00] failure. There was no problem. It was a [00:26:03] perfect attack and it knocked out any [00:26:06] possible nuclear capability for Iran [00:26:09] which nobody wanted to see and we [00:26:11] weren't going to put up with. So, uh, [00:26:14] great job, Dan. And we've been talking [00:26:16] about this, uh, Department of War. So, [00:26:18] we won the first world war, we won the [00:26:20] Second World War, we won everything [00:26:23] before that and in between, and then we [00:26:25] decided to go woke and we changed the [00:26:27] name to Department of Defense. So, we're [00:26:29] going Department of War. And uh, I'd [00:26:32] like to ask our uh, Secretary of War to [00:26:36] say a few words. Pete Hex. I think it's [00:26:38] a much more appropriate name, especially [00:26:40] in light of where the world is right [00:26:43] now. We have the strongest military in [00:26:45] the world. We have the greatest [00:26:46] equipment in the world. We have the [00:26:48] greatest manufacturers of equipment by [00:26:50] far. There's nobody to even compete. And [00:26:53] you see that with this and so many other [00:26:55] things. Uh the Patriots are the best. [00:26:58] Every element of the military we make [00:27:00] the best by far. Uh so Pete, I'd like to [00:27:03] ask you and maybe Dan Dan Raisin Kane to [00:27:06] say a few words, please. [00:27:07] >> Mr. President, thank you. Uh after [00:27:10] winning a war for independence, uh in [00:27:12] 1789, George Washington established the [00:27:16] war department and Henry Knox was his [00:27:18] first secretary of war and this country [00:27:22] won every major war after that to [00:27:23] include World War I and World War II. [00:27:25] Total victory, Mr. President, as you [00:27:28] said. Then 150 years after that, we [00:27:31] changed the name after World War II from [00:27:33] the Department of War to the Department [00:27:35] of Defense in 1947. And as you pointed [00:27:38] out, Mr. President, we haven't won a [00:27:40] major war since. And that's not to [00:27:41] disparage our war fighters, uh, whether [00:27:44] it's the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or [00:27:45] our generation of Iraq and Afghanistan. [00:27:48] That's to recognize that this name [00:27:50] change is not just about renaming. It's [00:27:54] about restoring. Words matter. It's [00:27:56] restoring. as you've guided us to, Mr. [00:27:58] President, restoring the warrior ethos, [00:28:01] restoring victory and clarity as an end [00:28:04] state, restoring intentionality to the [00:28:08] use of force. So, at your direction, Mr. [00:28:11] President, the War Department is going [00:28:12] to fight decisively, not endless [00:28:15] conflicts. Uh, it's going to fight to [00:28:17] win, not not to lose. We're going to go [00:28:20] on offense, not just on defense. maximum [00:28:23] lethality, not tepid legality. Violent [00:28:28] effect, not politically correct. We're [00:28:31] going to raise up warriors, not just [00:28:33] defenders. So, this War Department, Mr. [00:28:36] President, just like America, is back. [00:28:38] Thank you for your leadership and your [00:28:40] clarity. We're going to set the tone uh [00:28:42] for this country. America first, peace [00:28:45] through strength, brought to you by the [00:28:48] War Department. We're back. [00:28:49] >> All right. Thank you very much. Very [00:28:50] well stated. And really it has to do [00:28:52] with winning. Uh we should have won [00:28:54] every war. We could have won every war, [00:28:56] but we we really chose to be very [00:28:59] politically correct or woke and uh we [00:29:04] just fight forever and then we you know [00:29:08] win lo we wouldn't lose really. We just [00:29:10] fight to sort of tie. We never wanted to [00:29:13] win. Uh wars that every one of them we [00:29:16] would have won easily with just a couple [00:29:18] of little changes or a couple of little [00:29:20] edicts. You know, uh I was told that [00:29:22] ISIS would take five years to win. And [00:29:25] Dan Kaine, when I told him how long [00:29:28] would it take, he said, "I think about [00:29:29] four weeks, sir." I said, "What do you [00:29:31] mean four weeks?" I was told five years [00:29:33] by the people in Washington. You know [00:29:35] who they were. Five years. I said, "You [00:29:38] can't do it in four weeks." I actually [00:29:39] flew to Iraq to meet with him and I met [00:29:43] him at a big air base and remember that [00:29:45] famous day, right? It turned out to be a [00:29:47] famous day for our country because [00:29:48] you're now the joint head of the joint [00:29:50] chiefs of staff, which is the biggest [00:29:52] deal. And he is because he did things [00:29:55] that everybody said he couldn't do. So [00:29:58] they said it was going to be five years [00:29:59] and he knocked him out in about four [00:30:01] weeks total, 100%. We took over and ISIS [00:30:05] was gone and uh pretty amazing. But we [00:30:10] never fought to win and now we uh if we [00:30:12] have to fight it all, you know, we [00:30:14] solved seven wars. We have the one that [00:30:16] I thought was going to be probably one [00:30:18] of the easier ones and that's with [00:30:20] President Putin and Ukraine. And uh that [00:30:24] turned out to be one that's a little bit [00:30:25] more difficult, but the seven are done. [00:30:28] They were supposed to be much more [00:30:29] difficult to solve. I solved every one [00:30:31] of them. And we're going to get the [00:30:33] other one done, too. But it turned out [00:30:34] to be a little bit more difficult than I [00:30:36] thought. And uh it'll get done or [00:30:38] they'll be held to pay. But because [00:30:41] they're losing six to seven, it used to [00:30:42] be five. I used to tell you five. Now [00:30:44] it's almost seven. I guess 7,000 [00:30:48] uh people last week. 7,813 [00:30:52] people, young soldiers died, Russian and [00:30:54] Ukrainian, not American soldiers. But [00:30:56] it's a shame. And it's just, you know, [00:30:59] they're human lives. And I want to see [00:31:00] it stop. But uh General Kane's done a [00:31:03] fantastic job and again defeated ISIS [00:31:06] which they said would take long time and [00:31:10] it didn't take a long time at all and [00:31:12] did other things that uh people said [00:31:14] really couldn't happen. We have the [00:31:16] greatest equipment in the world. We have [00:31:17] the greatest soldiers in the world. Uh [00:31:20] Dan, say a few words, please. [00:31:21] >> Yes, sir. Thank Thank you, Mr. [00:31:23] President. It's a it's a true honor for [00:31:25] me today to represent the incredible men [00:31:29] and women of America's joint force today [00:31:33] and every day that 2.8 million service [00:31:36] men and women uh stand ready to fulfill [00:31:39] our sacred duty to protect America at [00:31:42] home and abroad. As the president said, [00:31:45] America's military is the single most [00:31:48] powerful fighting force in the world. [00:31:51] The mission you and the secretary have [00:31:53] given us is clear and unambiguous to [00:31:56] deliver peace through overwhelming [00:31:58] strength. And I remind everyone that the [00:32:01] US military can reach any adversary at [00:32:04] the time and place of our choosing. [00:32:07] Service to this nation is an incredible [00:32:10] g gift and we're grateful and honored [00:32:12] every day to do so. Thank you, Mr. [00:32:14] President. [00:32:15] >> Well, thank you and it's an honor to [00:32:16] sign this and we will do that right now. [00:32:29] I think that's a big one. I'll be [00:32:30] honest. I think [00:32:36] [Applause] [00:32:41] >> that's a big one. [00:32:42] >> It's a big one. Mr. President, [00:32:43] >> do you have any questions on this [00:32:45] subject? We're going to be discussing [00:32:46] the G20 in a couple of minutes, but yes, [00:32:48] please. [00:32:50] >> What gave you the idea for this rebrand? [00:32:52] And a question for you and the newly [00:32:53] minted Secretary of War. What message [00:32:56] does this send to our enemies, to our [00:32:58] allies, to the American people? And [00:32:59] again, what gave you the idea for this [00:33:01] rebrand at this moment in history? [00:33:03] >> I think it sends a message of victory. I [00:33:06] think it sends a me really a message of [00:33:09] strength. We're very strong. We're much [00:33:11] stronger than anyone would really [00:33:13] understand. Uh and again, you know, [00:33:15] having having the great equipment, we [00:33:17] have just so much better. You look at [00:33:19] all of the uh just any of it. Submarines [00:33:24] as an example. We're 20 years ahead of [00:33:26] anyone else. Nobody even compares. And I [00:33:28] let a lot of this happen in my first [00:33:30] term. You know, we totally rebuilt our [00:33:32] military. Then, of course, you had that [00:33:34] catastrophe in Afghanistan where they [00:33:37] gave up a lot of the equipment, but a [00:33:39] relatively small amount, but a lot. It [00:33:42] was a lot in Afghanistan. And I think it [00:33:44] was the most general I'd say it was the [00:33:46] most embarrassing day in the history of [00:33:48] our country the way that happened. Uh [00:33:50] the way they went to the wrong airport. [00:33:52] They should have gone to Bram, not the [00:33:54] local little airport with no security [00:33:57] with tight quarters etc. You know what [00:34:00] happened? I think it was the most [00:34:01] embarrassing moment in the history of [00:34:03] our country. Frankly, that was under the [00:34:04] Biden administration. That was terrible. [00:34:07] And we were going to be leaving, but we [00:34:09] were leaving with strength and dignity. [00:34:11] We were going to keep Bram because [00:34:13] Bram's one hour away from where China [00:34:16] makes its uh nuclear weapons. We're [00:34:18] going to have that all to ourselves. A [00:34:20] big beautiful place built many years ago [00:34:22] from money that today would be the [00:34:24] equivalent of, you know, many, many [00:34:26] billions of dollars. You couldn't build [00:34:28] it. Uh the longest runways, the most [00:34:30] powerful runways in terms of load [00:34:32] capacity. And we just walked away from [00:34:35] it. So stupid. And uh they were fools. [00:34:39] The people were fools. No, we're uh we [00:34:41] have the strongest military and I think [00:34:43] that indicates we have the strongest [00:34:44] military and you know we had it and we [00:34:47] uh won World War I, we won World War II, [00:34:50] we won everything before and as I said [00:34:52] we won everything in between and we were [00:34:57] very strong but we never fought to win. [00:34:59] We just didn't fight to win. Uh we [00:35:02] didn't lose anything but we didn't fight [00:35:03] to win. We could have won every one of [00:35:05] those wars quickly, but uh they went a [00:35:09] route that I think was probably uh [00:35:11] politically correct, but not correct for [00:35:13] our nation. So, I think the Department [00:35:16] of War sends a signal. Yeah, please. [00:35:17] >> Mr. You alluded to this a little while [00:35:21] ago, but you said that this rename is a [00:35:24] quote a good reflection of where the [00:35:25] world is at right now. [00:35:27] >> How do you square naming it the [00:35:29] Department of War when you've been [00:35:30] pursuing peace? [00:35:32] >> Yeah. [00:35:32] >> So many different parts of the world. [00:35:33] Well, I think I've gotten peace because [00:35:35] of the fact that we're strong. If we [00:35:37] weren't strong, those seven deals I told [00:35:39] you about, the seven wars, uh, a [00:35:41] majority of them wouldn't have happened. [00:35:43] They happened for two reasons. Trade and [00:35:46] our strength. Those are the two reasons. [00:35:49] And probably strength may be more [00:35:51] important than trade. So, if we uh I was [00:35:54] very proud of all those wars. Those were [00:35:56] wars that could not be settled. And I [00:35:57] settled all of them. And we'll get the [00:35:59] other one settled also. That'll get [00:36:01] settled. But without the strength, we [00:36:03] wouldn't have settled any of them. Yeah, [00:36:04] please. [00:36:04] >> Mr. President, is your is it your [00:36:06] expectation that Congress will codify [00:36:08] this name change in the law? [00:36:09] >> I don't know. But we're gonna find out, [00:36:11] but I'm not sure they have to. Uh we're [00:36:13] signing an executive order today. Uh but [00:36:16] we're going to find out. We're going to [00:36:18] see uh if they do. We're going with it, [00:36:20] and we're going with it very strongly. [00:36:23] Uh there's a question as to whether or [00:36:24] not they have to, but we'll put it [00:36:26] before Congress. [00:36:27] >> Do you know how much this rebrand will [00:36:29] actually cost? And are there any [00:36:30] concerns about, you know, the Pentagon's [00:36:32] mission of actually cutting back on [00:36:33] spending? [00:36:34] >> But not a lot. You know, we know how to [00:36:36] rebrand without having to go crazy. We [00:36:38] don't have to recarve a mountain or [00:36:39] anything. We're going to be doing it uh [00:36:42] not in the most expensive. We're going [00:36:44] to start changing the stationary as it [00:36:46] comes due and lots of things like that. [00:36:48] We're not going to be doing uh things [00:36:50] like have been done in the past when [00:36:52] they changed the name of forts that [00:36:53] shouldn't have been changed. chose names [00:36:55] of the fort should not have been changed [00:36:57] at least for the most part. Uh and as [00:37:00] you know many of them have been changed [00:37:02] back already at the request of the [00:37:04] communities. Every one of those [00:37:06] communities said we want our name back [00:37:09] like Fort Bragg as an example. The [00:37:11] people in that community wanted that [00:37:13] name back. They refused to call it [00:37:15] anything else but Fort Bragg. So uh [00:37:18] we're not going to be spending very much [00:37:19] money on that. [00:37:20] >> Yes sir. When you spoke with the [00:37:22] Europeans and Silinski earlier this [00:37:24] week, did you preview this for them? And [00:37:26] did you say what security guarantees [00:37:28] they might be involved in? [00:37:29] >> This is nothing to do with anybody but [00:37:31] the United States of America, the people [00:37:33] of America. This is who I talked to [00:37:35] about changing a name. This is a very [00:37:38] important change because it's a it's an [00:37:41] attitude [00:37:43] and we know how to win. We've been [00:37:44] winning and we're going to win like [00:37:46] you've never seen. Wait till these [00:37:48] factories start to open up that are [00:37:49] being built all over the country. You're [00:37:51] going to see things happen in this [00:37:53] country that nobody expects. We have [00:37:55] over $17 trillion in investment coming [00:37:58] into the country. We never did anything [00:38:01] even remotely close to that. We've never [00:38:03] no other country has either, by the way. [00:38:05] Uh so you're going to see things that [00:38:07] are pretty amazing. But uh it's really [00:38:10] about winning. [00:38:11] >> And what about the security guarantees [00:38:12] aspect of that with Ukraine, sir? [00:38:14] >> Well, we'll work that out. We'll we'll [00:38:16] help them. Look, we want to save a lot [00:38:17] of lives, so we'll do something with [00:38:19] that. I think people expect that. We'll [00:38:20] help them. We'll Europe will be first in [00:38:24] by far. And they want to be first in. [00:38:26] They want They want to see it end. [00:38:28] Europe wants to see it end. Uh, and [00:38:30] it'll end. It'll end all of a sudden. [00:38:32] It's going to come together. You watch. [00:38:34] >> Yeah. Did you want something? Right. [00:38:36] >> Right here. [00:38:37] >> Yeah. Behind you, please. Yes. [00:38:38] >> Yes, sir. You haven't [00:38:41] bold, decisive, offensive action to [00:38:43] protect American values. strikes in [00:38:46] Iran, the strikes this past Tuesday and [00:38:48] the positively ID trend narot [00:38:50] terrorists. Is that going to be a [00:38:51] critical function of the department of [00:38:53] war? [00:38:54] >> It depends on the individual instance. [00:38:56] You know, we don't want drugs coming in [00:38:58] from Venezuela or anybody else or any [00:39:00] place else. And we'll be tough on that. [00:39:02] We don't want uh human trafficking. We [00:39:05] don't want to see people coming in where [00:39:07] they opened their prisons from all over [00:39:09] the world and they dumped their [00:39:10] prisoners into our country, which is [00:39:12] what they did in the Biden [00:39:14] administration, where they took insane [00:39:17] asylums in uh places of that held people [00:39:21] that were seriously mentally ill, [00:39:24] mentally incompetent, mentally [00:39:26] dangerous, and they dumped those people [00:39:28] into our country, and we're trying to [00:39:30] get them out now. uh what they've done [00:39:33] what the Democrats and Biden have done [00:39:35] to this country will go down in infamy. [00:39:39] What they have done to our country and [00:39:42] especially that you know they created [00:39:44] the worst inflation we've ever had. [00:39:47] That's nothing compared to what they did [00:39:49] with the people in our country right [00:39:51] now. And we're getting them out and it's [00:39:53] not easy when you have the liberal [00:39:54] judges destroying our country. But uh [00:39:58] we've won them all. We've won it all. [00:40:00] Ultimately won it all. hard process. It [00:40:03] should be easier and we know who it is. [00:40:05] We know exactly who we're looking for. [00:40:07] We had 11,000 murderers dropped into our [00:40:10] country. We've gotten a lot of them out. [00:40:12] Uh or in some cases, they're so [00:40:14] dangerous, we're afraid to get them out [00:40:16] because they'd come back in. But for the [00:40:19] last uh 120 days, zero people came in. [00:40:23] Can you imagine? This is me speaking but [00:40:26] these are uh figures developed by they [00:40:29] say a pretty liberal group of people. [00:40:32] They admit that zero people came into [00:40:34] our country. Think of that. Uh a year [00:40:36] ago it was millions of people were [00:40:38] coming in. Millions. They were coming in [00:40:41] uh you could look at them and you could [00:40:44] say big trouble. And that's what we have [00:40:47] in our country. But we're getting them [00:40:49] out and despite that we're doing really [00:40:52] well. Yeah. Please [00:40:54] >> comment on the recruitment levels across [00:40:56] the [00:40:56] >> ranches. Well, the recruitment is the [00:40:58] most exciting thing. So, uh when I was [00:41:02] campaigning for the office, numbers were [00:41:04] coming out that the recruitment numbers [00:41:06] generally you can speak to it better [00:41:07] than anybody. The recruitment into the [00:41:09] military, all branches of the military [00:41:11] and police and firemen and everything [00:41:13] else. Anything having to do with like a [00:41:15] public service, the numbers were [00:41:18] horrible, record setting bad, and now [00:41:21] they're record setting good. We're [00:41:22] setting every record every month for [00:41:24] recruitment. We're we're packed in the [00:41:26] Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast [00:41:29] Guard, [00:41:31] my beautiful uh air I love space [00:41:34] command. I love space. I see space [00:41:37] command, but Space Force has been uh [00:41:40] we've got a waiting list of people [00:41:41] wanting to go in. Uh a year ago, [00:41:44] especially a year and a half ago, you [00:41:45] know, when I took the lead in the polls, [00:41:47] which was very early, it really helped [00:41:50] with the recruiting. And when I won from [00:41:52] November 5th on, it's been amazing. And [00:41:55] over the last four or five months, it's [00:41:57] been we're just packed. Uh it was very [00:41:59] hard to get police officers. Now the [00:42:02] departments are loaded up. Everyone [00:42:04] wants to be a policeman or woman. So [00:42:06] it's been a great thing. Jenner, do you [00:42:07] want to talk about that? [00:42:09] >> Sure. As you said, serving our nation is [00:42:11] an incredible gift that we give and the [00:42:14] reward on that gift pays back [00:42:16] exponentially year-over-year. And I [00:42:18] think the young people of America are [00:42:20] seeing the importance of service and [00:42:23] whether it's in any of our armed [00:42:24] services or in local police, fire, [00:42:27] rescue, um service is an important thing [00:42:29] that I personally encourage and I know [00:42:32] uh everyone else in government service [00:42:33] sees that same reward. and Peter on [00:42:35] recruitment. [00:42:37] >> I was down at uh Fort Benning, the newly [00:42:39] properly renamed Fort Benning yesterday [00:42:41] watching Army basic training and they're [00:42:45] they're so full they can't barely handle [00:42:47] the throughput. It is truly historic [00:42:49] across all the services as you said. [00:42:51] It's been a surge in into the I was [00:42:53] going to say the defense department, but [00:42:54] I will say the war department. Uh and [00:42:56] that it you might almost call it a vibe [00:42:58] shift, an attitude shift, a feeling that [00:43:01] the country is back, that service is [00:43:03] back. And you there were military [00:43:04] families last year, Mr. President, that [00:43:06] said, "I don't know if I can recommend I [00:43:07] mean, I wrote a book on this. I don't [00:43:09] know if I can recommend service to my [00:43:10] son or daughter given what's been done [00:43:12] to our military." You heard it over and [00:43:14] over and over again. And I hear from [00:43:16] those same military families right now, [00:43:18] sir, and they're saying, "I recommend to [00:43:21] my kids that they go into this this [00:43:23] department, this Pentagon under this [00:43:24] commander-in-chief who they know you'll [00:43:27] have their back and they want to serve." [00:43:29] So it is historic and it's the biggest [00:43:30] reflection of how motivated Americans [00:43:32] are by your leadership sir. You know it [00:43:34] really it's nothing more than spirit [00:43:36] love for the country I guess the spirit [00:43:39] decor as they say you have more of that [00:43:42] than we've had maybe ever frankly but uh [00:43:46] to see it turn over a period of less [00:43:49] than a year I would say but to see it [00:43:50] turn nobody wanted to go into the [00:43:52] military now everybody wants to go into [00:43:54] the military Jennifer you want [00:43:56] >> yeah there's some new reporting on North [00:43:58] Korea and this Navy Seal incident in [00:44:01] 2019 can you say if the administration [00:44:03] has engaged with North Korea on that [00:44:05] incident since it happened recently. And [00:44:08] then can you share some record? [00:44:09] >> I don't know anything about it. No. [00:44:11] >> I'd have to I could look, but I know [00:44:12] nothing about it. [00:44:13] >> Can you confirm that it happened? [00:44:15] >> I don't know anything about it. You I'm [00:44:17] hearing it now for the first time. [00:44:18] >> Okay, great. And then now on the Hyundai [00:44:20] incident in Georgia with the the arrest [00:44:23] of some uh workers, construction workers [00:44:25] at the plant, have you heard any [00:44:27] feedback from Hyundai? I just heard [00:44:29] about that a little while before the [00:44:31] news conference and I would say that uh [00:44:34] they were illegal aliens and ICE was [00:44:38] just doing its job. But I know nothing [00:44:40] about the instance. It happened a little [00:44:41] while ago. Okay. [00:44:43] >> There has been some push back on that [00:44:44] though from South Korea already and of [00:44:47] course you know they pledged to invest [00:44:48] 150 billion in the US and they were just [00:44:50] here you know last week. Are you [00:44:52] concerned? [00:44:52] >> Well and they have the right to sell [00:44:54] cars and things in our country. You know [00:44:55] it's not like a one-sided deal. Were you [00:44:57] concerned at all about, you know, your [00:45:00] immigration agenda potentially clashing [00:45:02] with these economic goals? [00:45:04] >> Well, we want to get along with other [00:45:06] countries and we want to have a great [00:45:07] stable workforce and we had, as I [00:45:11] understand it, a lot of illegal aliens. [00:45:14] Some not the best of people, but we had [00:45:17] a lot of illegal aliens working there. [00:45:19] So, you know, look, they're doing their [00:45:20] job. That's what they have to do. These [00:45:22] are people that came through with Biden. [00:45:24] They came through illegally. They came [00:45:26] into our country. So, we have to do our [00:45:27] job. [00:45:28] >> Mr. But now Department of War has been [00:45:30] involved in the crime cleanup in DC. [00:45:32] You've tasked Congress with proposing [00:45:34] and passing a crime bill. What are some [00:45:37] things that you would really like to see [00:45:38] codified in that crime bill? [00:45:39] >> Well, I think one of the things is the [00:45:41] cashless bail. It's killing it. When [00:45:43] that came out originally, when that came [00:45:45] out the first time, that's when you saw [00:45:46] the real big crime start to happen. [00:45:50] Cashless bail. What a disaster that is. [00:45:52] you murder somebody, you don't have to [00:45:54] put up bail and you go out in the street [00:45:56] and you murder somebody else. That's [00:45:58] what's happened happened so often and [00:46:01] that's one of the things and other of [00:46:03] the things you're reading about, you [00:46:04] know, is this standard but just a [00:46:06] certain toughness. I I have to say one [00:46:08] of the elements of fascination for [00:46:12] people over the last period of time has [00:46:14] been what's happened to DC. So, we've [00:46:16] gone from a one of the most dangerous [00:46:19] cities in our country to a what they [00:46:22] call a safe city. It's a totally safe [00:46:25] city. In fact, I set up dinner in [00:46:28] Washington DC next week. I wouldn't have [00:46:31] done that to be honest. I I would have [00:46:32] had an obligation not to do it uh before [00:46:36] I came into office or even at the very [00:46:38] beginning when things were so corrupt [00:46:41] and so dangerous out on the streets. So, [00:46:44] Washington DC has had virtually no [00:46:46] crime. We even have a mayor that's [00:46:49] admitting to it and she's a, you know, [00:46:51] liberal Democrat in all fairness. She's [00:46:54] a a person that uh hasn't gotten exactly [00:46:57] along with Republicans over the years. [00:47:00] And she said she's never seen anything [00:47:01] like it. So, Washington DC is a totally [00:47:04] safe city. We have virtually no crime. [00:47:07] uh one of it's gone from the most unsafe [00:47:11] city in the United States almost just [00:47:13] about to one of the safest cities maybe [00:47:16] the safest city in the United States [00:47:18] that's a tremendous compliment to our [00:47:21] military what we did the national [00:47:23] guard's done a fantastic job yeah please [00:47:25] >> Mr. President can I ask about Florida [00:47:27] house speaker Daniel Perez was at the [00:47:29] white house yesterday as part of a [00:47:30] leadership summit and we understand you [00:47:32] met with him separately [00:47:33] >> Mr. president. What did you talk about? [00:47:35] And also, did you explore him running [00:47:37] for foreign general? [00:47:39] >> I didn't. We didn't talk about that. But [00:47:41] he's done a fantastic job. He's [00:47:43] respected all over the country. Really, [00:47:44] he's a leader and he has done a just a [00:47:47] fantastic job. We didn't discuss any [00:47:50] thing having to do with his future. I'm [00:47:52] sure he'd be very good at that. [00:47:53] >> My second question, Aligator Alcatraz [00:47:55] sticking with Florida, a major ruling [00:47:57] appeals court blocked a federal judge's [00:47:59] order to close it and it can remain open [00:48:00] for now. Your reactions? I think they've [00:48:03] done a fantastic job in building it, the [00:48:05] governor and everybody else that's been [00:48:07] involved. Uh it's an incredible [00:48:10] facility. It's housing people for [00:48:13] usually a very short period of time [00:48:15] before they get brought back to their [00:48:17] countries. Uh as you know, we we focus [00:48:20] on criminals before we focus on anybody [00:48:22] else. And we're taking thousands and [00:48:24] thousands of criminals out every month [00:48:27] out of our country, some of them [00:48:28] murderers. And uh I think Florida's done [00:48:31] a great job by building it. And uh [00:48:33] whether it's alligator Alcatraz or [00:48:36] anything else you want to call it. I was [00:48:38] there. I visited with the governor with [00:48:41] other people. I guess uh Nikki was [00:48:43] there. Tom Hman's been there a lot. A [00:48:46] lot of people have been there from it's [00:48:48] it's an amazing facility for what it is. [00:48:50] It's not a hotel. It's not supposed to [00:48:52] be a hotel, but they've done a great job [00:48:54] with it. I'm very happy with the judge's [00:48:56] decision. [00:48:57] >> You also mentioned Venezuela. I want to [00:48:58] ask one more followup question on that. [00:49:00] Uh on the US strike and a vote tied to a [00:49:02] Venezuelan drug cartel. The Maduro [00:49:03] regime is pushing back today. In fact, [00:49:05] they say the US sees regime change [00:49:07] through military threat. Your reaction [00:49:08] to those words and also would you like [00:49:10] to see regime change in Venezuela? [00:49:12] >> Well, we're not talking about that, but [00:49:14] we are uh talking about the fact that uh [00:49:17] you had an election which was uh a very [00:49:20] strange election to put it mild. I'm [00:49:22] being very nice when I say that. I can [00:49:24] only say that uh billions of dollars of [00:49:28] drugs are pouring into our country from [00:49:30] Venezuela. The prisons of Venezuela have [00:49:33] been opened up to our country. They've [00:49:34] taken their prisoners, the worst [00:49:36] prisoners, murderers, trendier, [00:49:39] the worst prisoners that you can ever [00:49:41] imagine are now happily living in the [00:49:44] United States of America. Now, many of [00:49:46] them we've gotten out. Uh it's not easy [00:49:48] to get them out because of the liberal [00:49:50] system that we're working with in many [00:49:52] cases, not in all cases, but uh millions [00:49:56] and millions of of dollars and billions [00:49:59] of dollars of drugs are pouring out of [00:50:02] Venezuela and other countries. Look, [00:50:05] China, what they're doing with fentinol [00:50:07] is a terrible thing. It comes through [00:50:10] Canada and it comes through Mexico, but [00:50:13] uh a lot of it's coming through [00:50:15] Venezuela. Venezuela has been a very bad [00:50:18] actor and we understand that. And when [00:50:21] you look at that boat, you look at the [00:50:22] you see the bags of whatever it is [00:50:25] there. Those bags were you know what [00:50:27] those bags represent? Hundreds of [00:50:29] thousands of dead people in the United [00:50:31] States. That's what they represent. [00:50:33] Yeah, please. [00:50:34] >> Mr. President, your reaction to the jobs [00:50:36] report this morning? [00:50:37] >> Well, I'm going to talk about that in a [00:50:38] minute. We have our great people here, [00:50:40] so I'll talk that in a minute. Let's [00:50:42] talk about this. We'll give a couple of [00:50:43] the because these two people want to get [00:50:45] to work on the Department of War. So, [00:50:47] let's keep them first. [00:50:49] >> Mr. President, the DOJ is reportedly [00:50:51] considering a ban on transgender people [00:50:53] owning guns after the Minneapolis [00:50:56] shooting. Do you think [00:50:57] >> are we talking in the military? [00:50:59] >> In general. [00:51:00] >> Okay. I thought you were talking about [00:51:01] in the military. [00:51:04] >> I'll let I'll refer to that then [00:51:05] differently because it's not a military [00:51:07] question. I'll be able to pass on that [00:51:09] very nicely unless you'd like to talk [00:51:11] about it. Now, Pete doesn't want any [00:51:12] part of that question. [00:51:14] >> Yes, please. [00:51:15] >> Mr. President, who do you blame for [00:51:17] losing India to China? In your post [00:51:19] earlier today in the morning, you did [00:51:20] put that out. [00:51:21] >> I don't think we have, you know, I' I've [00:51:24] been very disappointed that India would [00:51:25] be buying so much oil as you know from [00:51:30] Russia and uh I let them know that we [00:51:33] put a very big tariff on India, 50% [00:51:36] tariff, very high tariff. Uh, I get [00:51:39] along very well with Modi as you know. [00:51:42] He's great. He was here a couple of [00:51:44] months ago. In fact, we went to the Rose [00:51:46] Garden and it was the grass was so [00:51:48] soaking wet. It was so [00:51:52] such a terrible place to have a news [00:51:54] conference. I said, "Well, let's use a [00:51:55] beautiful white stone emblematic of the [00:51:58] White House." Okay? And it's been very [00:52:00] well received. But we had a news [00:52:02] conference in the in the on the grass. [00:52:05] That was my last news conference I had [00:52:06] in the grass because everybody sunk in. [00:52:08] You probably sunk in. Every reporter out [00:52:10] there, they ruined their shoes. We made [00:52:12] that change. It's been a really [00:52:14] wellreceived change. Yeah. Please go [00:52:16] ahead. [00:52:16] >> On on Venezuela, you've sent F-35s out [00:52:19] of Puerto Rico. You've sent naval [00:52:21] vessels into the Caribbean. You're [00:52:23] concerned about drugs [00:52:26] being illegally sent in the How do you [00:52:28] describe this buildup, this situation? [00:52:31] >> Well, I just think it's strong. We're [00:52:32] strong on drugs. We don't want drugs [00:52:33] killing our people. I believe we lost [00:52:36] 300 thou. You know they always say 95 [00:52:38] 100,000. I believe they've been saying [00:52:39] that for 20 years. I believe we lost [00:52:42] 300,000 people last year. I know [00:52:44] families that lost their son. Those [00:52:46] families will never be the same. I know [00:52:48] a family lost a daughter, a beautiful [00:52:49] daughter. [00:52:51] In fact, it was like she took something [00:52:53] that she thought was like a minor deal [00:52:55] and it turned out to be riddled out with [00:52:58] fentinel uh the size of the head of a [00:53:01] pin and you're dead. And no, we we're [00:53:05] stopping the drugs. We're going to save [00:53:06] a lot of people. Look, uh whether it's a [00:53:09] 100,000, but it's not. It's 300 350,000 [00:53:12] people died last year from drugs, and [00:53:15] we're not going to let that happen to [00:53:16] this country. Think of that. Think if [00:53:18] you're in a war and you lose 300,000. We [00:53:20] lost 600,000 in the uh pretty much [00:53:23] between Gettysburg and all of that, the [00:53:26] Civil War, we lost what? 600,000. So, [00:53:29] we're losing half of that every year to [00:53:31] drugs. We're not going to do it. We're [00:53:32] not going to allow it to happen. You [00:53:35] think of the wars. If we lost 600,000 [00:53:38] people in a war, but we lost we lose [00:53:42] that every two years, more than that. [00:53:45] So, it's 300 to 350,000 people. And when [00:53:48] I see boats coming in like loaded up the [00:53:51] other day with all sorts of drugs, [00:53:53] probably fentinol mostly, but all sorts [00:53:55] of drugs, we're going to take them out. [00:53:57] And if people want to have fun going on [00:54:01] the high seas or the low seas, they're [00:54:03] going to be in trouble. I will tell you, [00:54:05] boat traffic is substantially down in [00:54:08] the area that happened in that they [00:54:10] called it the runway. It's a runway to [00:54:12] it's a runway to the United States and [00:54:16] boat traffic is very substantially down [00:54:18] on the runway. You can imagine why. I [00:54:20] think anybody that saw that is going to [00:54:21] say, "I'll take a pass." I don't even [00:54:23] know about fishermanmen. They may say, [00:54:24] "I'm not getting on the boat. I'm not [00:54:27] going to take a chance. [00:54:27] >> What happens if Venezuela flies jets [00:54:30] over US naval vessels again? [00:54:31] >> Well, I would say they're going to be in [00:54:33] trouble. We'll let them know about that. [00:54:35] We heard that happen, but it wasn't [00:54:37] really over. Not like they described, [00:54:40] but I would say, General, if they do [00:54:42] that, you have a choice of doing [00:54:44] anything you want. Okay. If they fly in [00:54:47] a dangerous position, I would say that [00:54:48] you can uh you or your captains can make [00:54:52] the decision as to what they want to do. [00:54:53] All right. [00:54:55] Sir, [00:54:55] >> how close they get? President, you said [00:54:57] they didn't go over. [00:54:58] >> Say it. [00:54:58] >> How close did they get? You said the [00:55:00] planes did not. [00:55:01] >> Well, I don't want to talk about that. [00:55:02] But if they do put us in a dangerous [00:55:05] position, let me shut down. Thank you [00:55:07] very much, everybody. So, we're going to [00:55:08] now cover uh the G20 and I'm going to [00:55:11] let these people go back to the [00:55:12] Department of War and figure out how to [00:55:15] maintain peace. Okay. [00:55:17] >> Thanks, Mr. [00:55:17] >> Thank you very much. Thank you very [00:55:18] much. Congratulations, General. Thank [00:55:20] you very much. Appreciate it, sir. [00:55:21] >> Great job, [00:55:22] >> sir. just before G20. We do have one [00:55:24] more EO for you today. And I should also [00:55:26] say that the the Department of War EO [00:55:28] that you signed was actually your 200th [00:55:30] EO since you came back into office on [00:55:32] January 20th. [00:55:34] >> That's more than uh Joe Biden did in his [00:55:36] entire term in office. More than Obama [00:55:38] did in either of his two terms in [00:55:40] office. So, it's a momentous [00:55:42] accomplishment and congratulations. [00:55:43] >> That's good. But Biden never signed one. [00:55:46] >> No. Yeah. You've done everyone up in [00:55:48] here. [00:55:48] >> They've been signed by the autoban, [00:55:49] right? Didn't he? So we really beat him [00:55:51] by much more than you think. Th [00:55:53] >> this uh the 2001st executive order, sir, [00:55:55] this relates to uh hostages and [00:55:57] wrongfully detained Americans. This [00:55:59] provides a new legal mechanism to [00:56:01] declare foreign countries uh to be [00:56:04] countries that engage in those sorts of [00:56:05] practices uh and gives your [00:56:07] administration powerful tools uh to get [00:56:10] American hostages out. This has been a [00:56:12] focus of your administration this time [00:56:14] around. Adam Bowler's here and uh he's [00:56:16] he's done incredible work already. This [00:56:18] will give him even more. [00:56:19] >> I think it's great. Adam is amazing. So, [00:56:21] Adam, do you want to describe how many [00:56:22] hostages we've gotten out together? You [00:56:24] and I and you and a couple of other [00:56:27] people that we know and [00:56:28] >> me and a couple of other people that you [00:56:30] don't know, but we've gotten a lot of [00:56:31] hostages. Do you want to describe it, [00:56:33] >> Mr. President? You brought back 72 [00:56:36] hostages since your term. Uh, if we [00:56:38] compare that to President Biden, he has [00:56:41] gotten 20 taken. So, he is negative. [00:56:44] >> 20 taken. [00:56:45] >> They don't take our people so often. [00:56:47] >> So, Mr. President, [00:56:48] >> when we spoke, you said [00:56:50] >> that that was a primary focus. And I'll [00:56:52] tell you, the job is easy because of [00:56:54] you. [00:56:55] >> And we paid nothing, too. [00:56:56] >> We pay nothing. [00:56:57] >> We pay six billion. They always paid six [00:56:59] billion for five people. Six billion. [00:57:02] >> Uh it was just a number I kept hearing. [00:57:04] Not only that, six billion plus we'd get [00:57:07] like uh one person and they'd get six. [00:57:11] They got one uh the uh prince of doom [00:57:14] they call him. He was the number one [00:57:15] arms merchant anywhere in the world [00:57:18] ever. And they got him out. And on top [00:57:21] of that, we paid money. So, uh, no, we [00:57:25] don't do that. You know, once you pay [00:57:26] money, then a lot of people start [00:57:28] disappearing. They start grabbing [00:57:30] reporters, too. They think the reporter [00:57:33] is going to get a lot of money. And to [00:57:35] me, they would. You would be You'll be [00:57:37] well taken care. I want to I better [00:57:40] stress that because otherwise we have [00:57:41] headlines. He said this or he said that. [00:57:43] No, I'm not smiling about it, but they [00:57:45] would they'd be grabbing reporters. [00:57:47] They'd be grabbing everybody. Uh, and [00:57:49] especially when you pay the kind of [00:57:51] money that Biden and and Obama, they [00:57:53] used to pay money that was crazy. [00:57:57] We don't pay. And if you don't pay, they [00:58:00] find it to be not a lucrative business [00:58:01] anymore. That's fantastic. Would you [00:58:04] like to say something? [00:58:04] >> Julia, sir. Um, it's really Spearhar, [00:58:08] Special Envoy Bola. It's Rick Grenell. [00:58:11] It's Steve Witoff who brought Americans [00:58:13] home. But with this EO you are signing [00:58:15] today, you are drawing a line in the [00:58:18] sand that US citizens will not be used [00:58:21] as bargaining chips. And it provides [00:58:24] your secretary of state, Marco Rubio, [00:58:26] the same tool set to punish states who [00:58:29] take our citizens wrongfully the same [00:58:31] way that we can punish those who sponsor [00:58:34] terrorists. This is a very significant [00:58:36] EO you are signing today, sir. [00:58:38] >> Thank you, Sebastian. Very good. You're [00:58:39] doing a great job, too. [00:58:41] >> And this is your director for hostage [00:58:42] affairs at the NS. I hear [00:58:44] >> so Julie was seinal as well to all of [00:58:46] this. [00:58:46] >> I heard you're doing unbelievable. Would [00:58:48] you like to say something? [00:58:50] >> Absolutely. It's it's a outstanding EO [00:58:53] absolutely unprecedented action against [00:58:56] those foreign adversaries who would take [00:58:58] our people. They now know they are on [00:59:01] notice and and it's not acceptable. And [00:59:03] if you take our people now, you will [00:59:05] pay. You know, Adam gave up a job where [00:59:08] he was making tremendous amounts of [00:59:10] money, big, big stuff, top-of-the-line [00:59:13] Wall Street, and he wanted to do this. [00:59:15] He wanted to do hostages. I offered him [00:59:17] other jobs, too. Very big jobs. He said [00:59:20] I was shocked actually. He didn't want [00:59:22] him. He wanted to do hostage [00:59:24] negotiation. [00:59:26] And uh pretty amazing. Thank you very [00:59:29] much. Appreciate it. President, [00:59:31] do you have any questions for them on [00:59:33] this very important subject? [00:59:36] I think it shows a lot of your [00:59:37] leadership as far as fighting for [00:59:40] Americans and fighting for humans. And [00:59:42] to think that, you know, Joe Biden uh [00:59:45] went in negative territory. [00:59:47] >> Oh, he went way negative. [00:59:48] >> Way negative. And you're actually making [00:59:50] progress on this. I think this does send [00:59:52] a message to the world that we don't [00:59:55] negotiate. We're going to stay strong in [00:59:58] that type of what they call business. [01:00:01] >> One one little anecdote that may be of [01:00:04] interest. We were told by numerous [01:00:06] families who had missing loved ones [01:00:10] during the Biden administration that [01:00:12] this building, Biden's National Security [01:00:15] Council, told those families not to talk [01:00:19] about their missing loved ones, to be [01:00:21] quiet, not to create any pressure on [01:00:25] Biden and on Jake Sullivan, the key [01:00:28] propagator of the Russia hoax. This [01:00:31] administration has met with those [01:00:33] families on a weekly basis. People like [01:00:36] Adam, yourself, sir, your envoys are [01:00:39] doing everything to get every single [01:00:41] American home. Not to tell them not to [01:00:44] talk about their loved ones, but bring [01:00:46] them home. [01:00:47] >> Well, you know, I can tell you one story [01:00:49] that uh was amazing a few weeks ago. [01:00:53] Very little written about it, but there [01:00:56] should have been, but it was a very nice [01:00:57] gesture. the head of Bellarus who's a [01:00:59] very respected man strong strong person [01:01:02] strong leader uh he released 16 hostages [01:01:08] John Cole lawyer who works for me great [01:01:11] lawyer actually one of the greatest [01:01:13] lawyers but John Cole was over there and [01:01:16] he heard that they had hostages and you [01:01:19] know about this he 16 people he released [01:01:22] and I just want to thank the uh pen of [01:01:24] Bellarus but while John was over there [01:01:27] they had I believe another 1,400 [01:01:30] hostages now not from us from places all [01:01:33] over the world and uh just pretty tough [01:01:37] place in all fairness but they had 1400 [01:01:39] and I believe they're going to be [01:01:41] releasing a lot of those 1400 they're [01:01:43] not uh I think very few of any we got we [01:01:47] got pretty much ours back and we didn't [01:01:49] pay anything but uh I very much gave my [01:01:53] respects to the leader of the country [01:01:56] who's uh again he's very strong man, but [01:01:58] he's got 1,400 or500 or a large number [01:02:02] and uh we're talking about uh releasing [01:02:05] them. Some are political. I guess a lot [01:02:07] of them are political. Uh and looks like [01:02:10] they're going to be released at some [01:02:12] point in the pretty near future. So, [01:02:14] it's a great thing. They have to respect [01:02:16] your country. If they respect you and [01:02:17] they respect your country, they release. [01:02:19] If they don't, then you have to pay six [01:02:21] billion dollars. I mean, six billion. [01:02:23] Can you imagine that? paying $6 billion [01:02:25] dollar. [01:02:26] >> Kind kind of related, but not really. [01:02:28] But did you call in on Tina Peters who's [01:02:30] been locked up in a uh behind bars in [01:02:34] from Colorado within the election? I [01:02:36] think you put out a truth a couple days [01:02:38] ago about it. We have a wonderful woman [01:02:41] who uh was an election official and she [01:02:44] saw cheating in Colorado [01:02:49] and [01:02:50] she viewed it as horrible and she said, [01:02:54] "What's going on here?" And she went to [01:02:56] the machine and she tried to open to [01:02:58] find out whether or not it was cheating. [01:03:00] And they went to her and they said, "Did [01:03:02] you touch this machine?" "Yes." And they [01:03:04] arrested her. They arrested her instead [01:03:06] of the people that did the cheating. [01:03:08] It's a state charge, so it's hard to do [01:03:11] anything with, but we're going to we're [01:03:13] going to do something. What they did in [01:03:15] Colorado, look, Colorado just went to [01:03:16] all mail-in voting. That means they [01:03:19] cheat. That's why they lost uh that's [01:03:22] one of the reasons, but that's a big [01:03:23] reason why they just lost the whole [01:03:25] space command situation that is going to [01:03:27] Alabama. But when you have mail-in [01:03:30] voting, you have nothing but cheating. [01:03:32] But this woman is a is a real patriot. [01:03:35] And they put her in jail for a long [01:03:37] time. She's 72 years old, 73 years old. [01:03:41] And she wanted to find out. She didn't [01:03:44] do anything. She touched the machine. [01:03:45] She looked at the machine. She's trying [01:03:47] to find out what was going on. And they [01:03:49] went and arrested her for doing that. [01:03:51] And it was supposed to be the other way [01:03:52] around. I'm glad you brought that up. [01:03:54] They should let her go. Let her out. [01:03:59] Thank you. Yeah. Please. This isn't [01:04:01] really a subject that gets talked a lot [01:04:03] about, Mr. President, but what about [01:04:05] your team's strategy has made them so [01:04:07] effective getting a record amount of [01:04:08] these hostages, many of whom have been [01:04:10] forgotten about. [01:04:12] >> I think they respect us. I think they [01:04:14] respect us. They know we're not going to [01:04:16] pay. Uh Adam is a great negotiator. [01:04:19] Steve Whit is a great negotiator. Seb is [01:04:22] a great negotiator. They're all smart [01:04:24] people. They're they're a little bit [01:04:26] natural negotiators. Some people aren't [01:04:28] good negotiators. Nothing you can do [01:04:30] about it. [01:04:31] >> And they're afraid of you, sir. [01:04:33] >> Yeah. Well, maybe. I don't know. I hope [01:04:34] so. Or whatever. [01:04:35] >> We have the best. [01:04:36] >> I'd like to say respect, but you know, I [01:04:38] whatever whatever it takes. You know, I [01:04:41] actually say whatever it takes, [01:04:42] >> but we've gotten a lot of people out and [01:04:44] we'll continue. We don't have too many [01:04:47] in. How many are you working on right [01:04:48] now? [01:04:48] >> There's not a lot left. [01:04:50] >> We got most of our people out out. We [01:04:52] got them mostly back. [01:04:53] >> Mr. President, do you have an update on [01:04:55] the negotiations to release the rest of [01:04:57] the hostages in Gaza? Uh we're in very [01:05:01] deep negotiation with Hamas. We said let [01:05:05] them all out right now. Let them all out [01:05:08] and much better things will happen for [01:05:10] them. But if you don't let them all out, [01:05:13] it's going to be a tough situation. It's [01:05:15] going to be nasty. That's my opinion. [01:05:18] Israel's choice, but that's my opinion. [01:05:20] They got to let them out. You got 20 [01:05:22] plus. You have about 38 dead people. [01:05:25] young, beautiful, dead people. And I'll [01:05:29] tell you, the parents want them every [01:05:32] bit as much, almost more than as if [01:05:35] their son or daughter were alive. But [01:05:38] you have many dead people that are [01:05:39] coming out as part of the deal. It's 20 [01:05:41] people, but I think of the 20, there [01:05:43] could be some that have recently died is [01:05:46] what I'm hearing. I hope that's wrong, [01:05:49] but you have uh over 30 bodies [01:05:54] in this negotiation. Can you believe? I [01:05:56] mean, we negotiate for people that are [01:05:57] living here. We We know that at least 30 [01:06:00] people are dead and we're negotiating to [01:06:02] get them out. The parents want them back [01:06:05] so badly. [01:06:07] So badly. As if they were alive. Every [01:06:10] bit as much. It's really pretty amazing. [01:06:13] It's very sad. I'm in the middle of it. [01:06:16] Uh and I put out the other day, I said, [01:06:18] "We want all 20. We don't want two." You [01:06:21] know, I was the one with myself and my [01:06:23] people. Steve Witco and Jared Kushner [01:06:26] was great on this, but they uh got a lot [01:06:30] of people out. We got almost all of them [01:06:32] out. They're down to 20, but uh Adam, we [01:06:36] got like a tremendous number out, but I [01:06:39] always said when you get down to the [01:06:40] final 10 or 20, you're not going to get [01:06:42] them out unless [01:06:44] you're going to do a lot. And doing a [01:06:46] lot means capitulation. That's still [01:06:48] good either. It's a very tough [01:06:50] situation, but I put out the other day, [01:06:52] let them all out. Every single one. No [01:06:55] more twos and ones. We'll give you one [01:06:57] this week and in two months, we'll give [01:06:59] you two more. And uh this negotiation [01:07:03] going on right now. Okay. [01:07:05] >> And real quick, what is the biggest [01:07:06] challenge negotiating with Hamas right [01:07:08] now? 10 to 20. What do they want to let [01:07:11] them free? [01:07:11] >> Well, they're asking for some things [01:07:13] that are fine. Look, you have to [01:07:15] understand you have to remember October [01:07:18] 7th. You know, people forget October [01:07:20] 7th. It's not an easy thing to forget, [01:07:23] right? But people forget or they maybe [01:07:25] purposely forget October 7th. So, you [01:07:28] know, you have to put that into the [01:07:29] equation very strongly. It's uh amazing. [01:07:34] Some people even deny it. They deny it. [01:07:36] Crazy. But uh I've seen tape that's as [01:07:40] violent as anything that you can [01:07:43] imagine. Many of you have seen those [01:07:44] same tapes. So, you have to put that [01:07:46] into the equation, too. So, it's not an [01:07:48] easy situation. It's a it's a tough one. [01:07:51] But there are 20 people, maybe a little [01:07:53] less, but there are 20 people that we [01:07:55] want out. Uh we want the uh the bodies [01:07:58] of of these parents, the the they are [01:08:04] I've never seen anything like it. The [01:08:06] level of love that they have, they want [01:08:09] their children back. And you know, I see [01:08:11] demonstrations, big demonstrations in [01:08:13] Israel about the hostages, not about the [01:08:15] war, about the hostages, [01:08:18] which puts Israel in a tough position [01:08:20] because, you know, it's tough to uh [01:08:22] prosecute a war when you have people [01:08:24] wanting they want the 20 people back. [01:08:26] They just want them back very badly and [01:08:28] everything that goes with it. So, it's [01:08:30] very sad. Thank you very much. We're [01:08:32] going to talk now about the G20. I [01:08:34] figured we could wrap two or three up. [01:08:36] The last time I took a day off, [01:08:37] everybody said bad things happened to [01:08:39] me. You know that, Seb? I took one day [01:08:42] off. I didn't take it off. I was [01:08:43] working. In fact, I was here, but I [01:08:46] didn't do a news conference. And they [01:08:47] said bad things happened to the [01:08:49] president. [01:08:50] >> Well, that's fake news, Mr. President. [01:08:51] >> It's fake news. You know, uh Obiden, [01:08:57] he had a press conference. He missed it [01:08:59] for about a year, right? About a year. [01:09:02] And I never saw any stories like that [01:09:04] about him. He didn't have And when he [01:09:06] had one, they'd ask him, "What flavor [01:09:08] ice cream do you He'd say vanilla. That [01:09:10] How many times have they asked him that [01:09:12] question? Every It's What's your [01:09:14] favorite ice cream, sir? Vanilla. Okay, [01:09:17] that's enough. Thank you, ladies and [01:09:18] gentlemen. They don't have to go through [01:09:20] this, but we all have a good time. We I [01:09:23] only do it for one reason. I think it's [01:09:25] good for the country. And we are very [01:09:27] transparent. There's never been [01:09:29] transparency like we have. There's [01:09:31] nothing to hide. So, thank you very much [01:09:33] on this, Will. Great job. Appreciate it. [01:09:35] >> Appreciate So, we're going to talk about [01:09:37] Florida, the great state of Florida, now [01:09:39] because it's going to be a very exciting [01:09:41] thing to host the G20. [01:09:44] And as we celebrate our nation's 250th [01:09:47] anniversary next year, the United States [01:09:49] will have the honor of hosting exactly [01:09:53] that, the G20 summit right here in [01:09:56] America for the first time in nearly uh [01:09:58] 20 years. This afternoon, I'm thrilled [01:10:01] to announce that the 2026 G20 [01:10:04] conference, which will be uh I could [01:10:07] read off the countries that we're [01:10:09] talking about, but you know who they [01:10:11] are, I think. Does anybody want me to [01:10:13] list them specifically? Jennifer, you're [01:10:15] okay. Okay. But we'll be held in one of [01:10:19] our country's greatest cities, uh, [01:10:21] beautiful Miami, Florida, where we have [01:10:24] the mayor with us, Mayor Suarez. And I [01:10:27] want to thank Francis for being here. [01:10:30] He's I thought he might be uh in this [01:10:33] office. You know, he almost got there. [01:10:34] There's a couple of them, right? Couple [01:10:37] of them. It's not as easy as I think as [01:10:39] it looks. [01:10:40] >> It's not that easy, [01:10:42] >> but uh he's a amazing guy, very popular [01:10:44] and very popular in Florida. Uh the [01:10:47] agenda for next year's summit is being [01:10:49] organized by Treasury Secretary Scott [01:10:52] Bessant who is right here. Hi, Scott. I [01:10:55] saw him standing over there. Nice, tall, [01:10:57] good-looking guy. But he moved he moved [01:10:59] very quickly. Caroline, you did a good [01:11:01] job. [01:11:02] >> Does Caroline do a good job, would you [01:11:04] say? Is she a star? How do you compare [01:11:07] with the last administration's uh [01:11:10] person? [01:11:11] >> No. You don't want to get into that. I [01:11:14] think we're very happy with Caroline, [01:11:17] but Scott Besson is talking about a good [01:11:19] job. He's done a fantastic job and we're [01:11:22] very proud of him. He's very much [01:11:23] involved with the G20 and the NEC [01:11:27] director Kevin Hasset who's truly a [01:11:30] talented guy and he's certainly being [01:11:33] thought of to go to a different position [01:11:35] and we'll find out about that pretty [01:11:37] soon. I don't know. Would you like to be [01:11:39] that? I won't ask you that. I think who [01:11:42] wouldn't want I think it's the greatest [01:11:43] position in the world. You know, you [01:11:45] come out, you make a speech, and then [01:11:47] you go and go away for 30 days or 40 [01:11:49] days, and you come out, make another [01:11:51] speech, the market goes up or down [01:11:53] depending on what you want to say. I've [01:11:55] never seen an easier position than that. [01:11:57] Unfortunately, you need good instinct. [01:11:59] So, we have somebody in there now that [01:12:00] doesn't have them. We call them too [01:12:03] late. But it will focus on unleashing [01:12:06] economic prosperity by eliminating [01:12:08] eliminating the burdensome regulations, [01:12:11] unlocking affordable energy and [01:12:13] pioneering new technologies, and it's [01:12:16] going to be very important. The United [01:12:17] States is already leading by example, [01:12:20] and America is the hottest country [01:12:22] anywhere on Earth. We have more being [01:12:24] built under construction now than they [01:12:26] think anybody that they've ever seen. I [01:12:28] mean, literally, some of these some of [01:12:30] these places are just really [01:12:32] unbelievable what they're building. The [01:12:34] the size, you know, if you spend $50 [01:12:36] million on a shopping center someplace, [01:12:39] that's a big building, pretty big [01:12:40] building, but uh when you spend $50 [01:12:44] billion on essentially a building, they [01:12:47] have buildings going up for 50 billion, [01:12:49] they're going to be building their own [01:12:50] electricity. And many of them have been [01:12:53] given permits already to go and they're [01:12:55] starting construction. and some have [01:12:56] started construction quite a while ago [01:12:59] and uh very early in the administration. [01:13:02] We let them do that. You know, uh we [01:13:04] have a grid that's obviously an old [01:13:05] grid. It's been around for a long time. [01:13:08] We could never handle the kind of [01:13:09] numbers that you're talking about in [01:13:11] terms of electricity and we're letting [01:13:13] them build their own plants. They build [01:13:15] their own plants with their structures. [01:13:18] So, they build their structure, they [01:13:19] build their buildings, and they build an [01:13:21] electric producing plant with it. uh [01:13:24] like Con Edison in New York that I grew [01:13:26] up with and like others that make [01:13:27] electricity, they make it for New York, [01:13:30] these plants will make it for their [01:13:32] building for AI. Then you have a lot of [01:13:34] the car plants going up. Most of them [01:13:37] won't need that kind of electricity, but [01:13:39] they have the right to do that also. So, [01:13:40] we're allowing uh companies to build [01:13:43] electric plants. They become essentially [01:13:46] Scott, I guess they become utilities, [01:13:48] right, if you think about it. And uh [01:13:51] it's very exciting. We're going to end [01:13:53] up with more electricity than China and [01:13:56] it's going to be built at no cost to us. [01:13:58] And I'm telling them, build more than [01:13:59] you need and you'll sell it back into [01:14:01] the grid. So, they'll be able to sell it [01:14:03] back into the grid on top of everything [01:14:05] else at no cost to the American [01:14:07] taxpayer. It's very exciting. And [01:14:09] frankly, if we didn't do that, we [01:14:11] wouldn't be leading with AI. We wouldn't [01:14:12] be probably even doing any AI. It would [01:14:14] be 20 years to get an approval. So, [01:14:17] they're building massive amounts of [01:14:19] electricity as we speak. Uh we've [01:14:21] eliminated $5 trillion worth of federal [01:14:24] regulations. Another big thing since I [01:14:26] took office and if you remember the [01:14:28] first term we took out more regulation [01:14:30] than any other president in history [01:14:32] times. You could add the top four and [01:14:35] they wouldn't come anywhere close to [01:14:37] what we were. That's one of the reasons [01:14:38] we had such economic the most successful [01:14:42] four years of any any president [01:14:44] economically. And this is blowing it [01:14:46] away. I think this will blow it away. [01:14:48] When these plants start to even getting [01:14:50] close to opening, I think you're going [01:14:52] to see numbers that we've not seen [01:14:53] before. And we've increased oil [01:14:56] production by more than 300 barrels a [01:14:58] day. That's a lot. Blueco collar wages [01:15:01] are rising at the fastest rate in 60 [01:15:03] years. And trillions of dollars of [01:15:04] investment is pouring into the USA. It's [01:15:08] going to be over 17 trillion dollars [01:15:10] very shortly. And nobody ever thought a [01:15:12] thing like that was possible. What made [01:15:13] it possible were number one, they were [01:15:16] happy with November 5th. They were happy [01:15:17] with the election. And number two, the [01:15:19] tariffs are uh bringing countries in. I [01:15:23] mean, it's so vital to our country. It's [01:15:26] uh before the courts now, and I hope [01:15:28] we're going to do very well. We had four [01:15:30] great opinions just come out, as you [01:15:33] know, from judges. Uh in couple of [01:15:36] cases, there were Obama appointed judges [01:15:38] that felt they had to do what was right [01:15:40] for the country. So, I respect that [01:15:42] greatly. I respect them for doing it, [01:15:44] but we have very strong opinions and uh [01:15:46] it'll end up going to the Supreme Court [01:15:49] and uh it's just vital for the country. [01:15:52] Vital. Absolutely. We're at a level that [01:15:54] we've never thought we'd be at and it's [01:15:56] because of the tariffs. Countries are [01:15:58] pouring into our country because of the [01:16:00] you avoid tariffs if you build here. If [01:16:03] you don't build here, you pay a lot of [01:16:04] money, but if you build here, so what [01:16:06] people are doing is they're coming in, [01:16:08] they're building here. no different than [01:16:09] what other countries have done to us. [01:16:13] But we have a big advantage over other [01:16:16] countries. We have a market that is that [01:16:18] we built up during our four years. That [01:16:20] was amazing. We took a commanding lead [01:16:23] during that four-year period. So, it's [01:16:24] it's been it's a very exciting thing, [01:16:26] but I look forward to showing our [01:16:28] incredible success to the world when we [01:16:31] visit Miami next year. here. And I'd [01:16:33] like to ask Mayor Suarez, truly a highly [01:16:36] respected gentleman who's who's loved in [01:16:38] his city and uh we're going to we're [01:16:41] going to do a great job. We're going to [01:16:42] work together and do a fantastic job. [01:16:44] Mayor, would you say a few words, [01:16:46] please? [01:16:46] >> Of course. Thank you, Mr. President. [01:16:47] It's a tremendous honor to be with you [01:16:49] here today in the Oval Office to make [01:16:51] this historic announcement. Just looking [01:16:52] at the sign, which is so beautiful. [01:16:54] >> Good job. [01:16:55] >> Yeah, it's a great job. Um you know, as [01:16:57] you know, Mr. President, you were [01:16:58] elected by double digits. You were the [01:17:00] first Republican president over 30 years [01:17:02] to win Miami Date County. [01:17:03] >> And you did it because you followed [01:17:05] through on your promises. And in Miami, [01:17:07] what we're doing is we are following [01:17:10] through on those promises as well. We've [01:17:11] kept taxes low. We've kept people safe. [01:17:13] We've leaned into innovation. We've [01:17:15] grown 150% in the last 10 years. Uh [01:17:17] we've created one of the most uh [01:17:19] intriguing ecosystems in the world. And [01:17:21] this decision is not only generationally [01:17:23] important for the city, but it puts the [01:17:25] city on the map as one of the truly [01:17:27] great global cities. So, on behalf of [01:17:29] all of the workers of Miami, um those [01:17:31] that work in the hospitality industry, I [01:17:33] know you own many hospitality assets and [01:17:35] properties, um all of the small business [01:17:37] owners who are going to benefit [01:17:38] economically from having the G20 in [01:17:40] Miami. [01:17:41] >> Tremendous, tremendous benefit. It's [01:17:43] going to bring in millions and millions [01:17:45] of dollars. [01:17:46] >> We just say thank you. We thank you for [01:17:48] believing in us. Uh we thank you for [01:17:50] highlighting our city in a time where we [01:17:52] have the lowest homeless rate in 11 [01:17:54] years. Uh we're on the precipice of [01:17:55] having the lowest homicide rate in [01:17:57] history. [01:17:58] um and with the lowest taxes. So, um [01:18:00] we're following your America first [01:18:02] agenda and we're creating success in, [01:18:04] you know, Miami's the greatest city in [01:18:07] the world, we believe. [01:18:08] >> Thank you, Mayor. We'll see. We'll see [01:18:10] you down there before then, but we'll [01:18:11] see. [01:18:12] >> Scott, would you like to say a few [01:18:13] words? [01:18:14] >> Yes, sir. So, we're excited to have the [01:18:16] G20. And what's important about the G20, [01:18:19] President Trump's America First [01:18:21] initiative does not mean America alone. [01:18:23] It means America leads. So, we will be [01:18:26] holding the G20 in the capital of the [01:18:28] world. My Miami next year to showcase [01:18:32] the beginning of President Trump's [01:18:34] second term will be the a year and a [01:18:36] half into it. We will have done peace [01:18:38] deals, tax deals, trade deals. We've [01:18:40] made the US the best place to come start [01:18:43] a business, have tax certainty, energy [01:18:46] certainty, and regulatory certainty. And [01:18:48] it's going to be an exciting event. And [01:18:51] that the US uh just as the president was [01:18:54] saying earlier about the defense [01:18:57] department of war uh the US is back on [01:19:00] the international stage as a leader. We [01:19:03] have whittleled down the G20 back to [01:19:06] basics. We are making it work for the [01:19:08] American people better than ever. Uh we [01:19:11] have uh the G20 had become basically the [01:19:14] G 100 this past year. So, it will be a [01:19:18] concentrated group in Miami seeing the [01:19:21] best America has to offer with American [01:19:23] leadership thanks to President Trump. [01:19:26] >> Thank you very much. Great job. And a [01:19:28] great job you're doing. Uh Kevin, would [01:19:30] you like to say [01:19:31] >> be viewed as one of the most important [01:19:33] meetings in global history because [01:19:35] what's going to happen is the golden age [01:19:37] is going to be documented so well in the [01:19:39] data by next summer that you're going to [01:19:40] have one of the best speeches written [01:19:42] for you that you've ever seen because [01:19:44] we're just going to be talking about the [01:19:45] accomplishments of the next year. [01:19:46] >> I think so. A lot of these plants are [01:19:48] going to be open by then. [01:19:49] >> Yeah, exactly. [01:19:50] >> And a lot of jobs are coming in like I [01:19:53] think we've never seen before. It's [01:19:54] going to be great. [01:19:55] >> Monica, would you like to say something? [01:19:57] >> Thank you, Mr. President. We're so [01:19:58] looking forward to having the United [01:20:00] States of America host the G20 in Miami [01:20:03] in December of next year. And we're also [01:20:05] looking forward to having this as a [01:20:07] showcase of American strength, vision, [01:20:11] innovation, and power under your bold [01:20:13] leadership, Mr. President. It is going [01:20:15] to be the G20 in the Trumpian golden [01:20:18] age. [01:20:19] >> Okay. Thank you very much. Any questions [01:20:21] on the G20? [01:20:22] >> Could I just [01:20:22] >> G20? You just said a moment ago that um [01:20:26] you were very complimentary of Kevin's [01:20:27] work and I was just wondering if he's [01:20:29] your man for the Fed. [01:20:30] >> Of Kevin? [01:20:31] >> Yes. [01:20:31] >> Oh, I am very complimentary. I think [01:20:33] he's fantastic. [01:20:34] >> And for the Fed, he's your your man. [01:20:37] >> I didn't say that. I said he's [01:20:38] fantastic, but no, I I've been I sort of [01:20:41] know who I'm going to pick, but uh no, I [01:20:44] didn't say anybody in particular, but [01:20:46] Kevin is certainly one of the three. [01:20:48] They say four, but probably three that [01:20:51] uh he's a highly respected person. He's [01:20:53] great. He's great. He believes in low [01:20:55] interest rates, and we all do, but [01:20:57] sometimes you have to raise them to stop [01:20:58] inflation. We had the worst inflation, I [01:21:00] guess, essentially, that we've ever had [01:21:02] in the Biden administration, and it [01:21:04] really hurt people. You know, costs are [01:21:06] way down. our energy costs are way down [01:21:08] and you know when energy comes down [01:21:10] everything comes down and we brought [01:21:12] down the price of groceries and [01:21:14] specifically the price of eggs. You [01:21:16] remember that first week when you were [01:21:17] screaming about eggs? I said, "I know [01:21:19] nothing about them. I just got here. [01:21:21] That's Biden's problem." And but we got [01:21:23] the cost of eggs down to really low [01:21:25] numbers. So, uh, we brought costs down [01:21:28] for people. And, you know, it's [01:21:30] something I said and the Democrats have [01:21:32] this false narrative. They say, "Oh, [01:21:34] costs went up." They just say things [01:21:36] that it's just like incredible. If you [01:21:38] look at energy, I think you're going to [01:21:40] be at $2 a gallon with cars very [01:21:43] shortly. $2. It was $4, $5 under the [01:21:46] Democrats. That's a huge That's like a [01:21:49] massive tax cut. And speaking of tax [01:21:51] cuts, we gave you the largest tax cut in [01:21:54] history in the bill that we just [01:21:56] approved. Uh the largest tax cut in [01:21:58] history, and there'll be no tax on tips, [01:22:00] no tax on social security, no tax on [01:22:03] overtime. One of the big things you get, [01:22:05] you buy a car and you borrow money to [01:22:07] buy the car, you're allowed to deduct [01:22:09] your interest, which Scott has never [01:22:10] happened before. You know, rich people [01:22:13] like to talk about deductions. Middle [01:22:15] income. They never gave them deductions. [01:22:16] I got them one of the best deductions, a [01:22:19] an interest deduction. So, it's great. [01:22:21] Jennifer, please. [01:22:22] >> Yeah. And a couple questions on the G20, [01:22:24] sir. Is there any update on your plans [01:22:26] to attend this year's G20? And then are [01:22:29] you saying for next year? [01:22:30] >> I won't be going this year. It's in [01:22:32] South Africa. I won't be going. Uh JD [01:22:35] will be going, great vice president, and [01:22:38] he looks forward to it. But no, I won't [01:22:40] be going to that. And then I guess for [01:22:42] 2026, are you saying it'll just be [01:22:44] exclusively the 19 countries, the two [01:22:46] blocks, there won't be any? [01:22:48] >> No, we're going to invite other [01:22:49] countries as observers. They call them [01:22:52] observers, but they'll have something to [01:22:53] say. But we're going to invite Poland [01:22:56] already. I've issued them an invitation. [01:23:00] They're great. They were just here, as [01:23:01] you know, great leader, great new [01:23:03] leader. One of the big surprises. Uh I [01:23:06] was so happy I endorsed him actually and [01:23:09] he won. and he's going to be a great [01:23:11] leader of Poland, but uh I've invited [01:23:13] Poland already. [01:23:14] >> What about Russia? [01:23:15] >> What about Russia? [01:23:16] >> Oh, that's I haven't thought of that. [01:23:19] >> No, I haven't thought of that. That's an [01:23:20] interesting question. I'm going to think [01:23:22] about that for a little while. [01:23:23] >> Mr. President, Mr. President, you uh [01:23:25] just mentioned that the tax cut bill, [01:23:27] why the rebrand from one big beautiful [01:23:29] bill? [01:23:30] >> Oh, I just save words. I said the bill [01:23:33] it's one big I actually call it the [01:23:34] great I actually call it the great big [01:23:36] beautiful bill, but it's a lot of words. [01:23:38] Is that how you want Republicans to kind [01:23:40] of talk about it when they [01:23:42] >> you know I just want them to say what's [01:23:43] in it. It's an incredible uh bill for [01:23:46] the middle class for uh the working [01:23:50] person. You know we we are a party of [01:23:52] the working it used to be the opposite. [01:23:54] The Democrats were for the working [01:23:56] people and the Republicans were [01:23:57] supposedly for the rich. Uh the [01:23:59] Republican party has taken in millions [01:24:01] of people and the Democrats have lost [01:24:03] millions of people. They've gone crazy. [01:24:06] Honestly, I think they're crazy. Uh [01:24:09] what's happened to them, I don't know. [01:24:11] They have they suffer major Trump [01:24:14] derangement syndrome. And it's it's [01:24:16] turned out to be actually a disease, but [01:24:19] it's a disease of weak people and stupid [01:24:21] people because all we do is we cut [01:24:23] taxes. We create great policy. Their [01:24:26] policy is so terrible. They refuse to [01:24:29] acknowledge. Uh, as an example, I see [01:24:31] today it's a big debate again. The women [01:24:34] uh they don't want men playing in their [01:24:36] sports. They don't want it. The [01:24:38] Democrats want men to play in women's [01:24:40] sports. I saw the uh great governor, we [01:24:44] have a governor Yncan talking about it [01:24:47] today that the woman who's running [01:24:49] against our Republican candidate who's [01:24:51] excellent, uh, is like so much into the, [01:24:55] you know, men being able to use women's [01:24:58] bathrooms. Okay. What's that all about? [01:25:01] Men playing in women's sports. Uh once [01:25:04] open borders again, once they want [01:25:07] actually after what we've gone through [01:25:08] with millions, I think 25 million people [01:25:11] came in from prisons, from from mental [01:25:14] institutions, drug dealers, [01:25:17] drug addicts. They're pouring into they [01:25:19] poured in. Now we have none coming in. [01:25:21] We have the borders been sealed for a [01:25:25] long time. Actually, almost since I got [01:25:27] into office. Remember when the Democrats [01:25:29] said, "We need legislation." I didn't [01:25:30] have any legislation. I said, "Close the [01:25:32] borders." And now the borders for the [01:25:34] last four months, not one person has [01:25:37] been allowed to come into this country [01:25:40] illegally. Not one. Done by people that [01:25:43] would normally like to see you look bad. [01:25:45] Those are the numbers. So, it's been an [01:25:47] amazing job. Yeah. Please, [01:25:48] >> Mr. President, this is going to be a [01:25:50] major event and a major meeting for [01:25:52] South Florida for you, for Mayor Suarez. [01:25:54] I know this is not until next year in [01:25:56] Miami, but preparations begin today and [01:25:58] if so what is being done [01:26:00] >> they've already begun we first had to [01:26:02] deconlict uh our Basel uh with the dates [01:26:05] and so we have already started doing [01:26:06] that and so thanks to the president [01:26:08] >> he started a long time ago actually if [01:26:10] you knew him he was uh he was working on [01:26:13] this long before this press conference [01:26:15] >> yes sir [01:26:15] >> it's in good shape going to be great [01:26:18] >> Mr. President, we learned this morning [01:26:19] that we've lost 78,000 manufacturing [01:26:23] jobs this year. Uh how do you explain [01:26:26] that? [01:26:26] >> Well, one thing we have is, you know, we [01:26:27] have the interest rates are too high. [01:26:29] That was, you know, matter of the Fed. [01:26:31] But the other thing is u so many [01:26:34] different uh so many different elements [01:26:36] aren't included yet. And one of the [01:26:38] things we've learned and we learned that [01:26:40] uh the hard way watching over the last [01:26:42] few months are the corrections that [01:26:44] people have been making. They'll say [01:26:46] you're losing jobs and then they say, [01:26:48] "By the way, we have a correction a [01:26:49] month later of, you know, a 100,000 jobs [01:26:51] are missing." They actually had a [01:26:53] correction once of 850,000 jobs. But [01:26:57] I'll let Kevin just uh speak about that [01:26:59] a little bit because I heard him [01:27:00] speaking about it this morning. I [01:27:01] thought he did very well. Please. [01:27:02] >> Thank you very much, sir. Well, I think [01:27:04] that if you look at the indicators, [01:27:06] there's capital spending boom, [01:27:07] industrial production at an all-time [01:27:09] high. Uh the Atlanta Fed says GDP now is [01:27:12] north of 3%. And so all the indicators [01:27:15] are saying that things are really [01:27:16] strong. And what we've also seen is that [01:27:19] Goldman Sachs put out a study yesterday [01:27:21] that said that the August number tends [01:27:24] to be really messed up because of [01:27:25] seasonal adjustment things and they tend [01:27:27] to be revised way up. And so I think if [01:27:29] they were revised up, which has happened [01:27:30] on average over the last 15 years by [01:27:32] about 60,000, uh then everything else [01:27:35] would make sense. But right now we're [01:27:36] puzzled about the BLS numbers and [01:27:38] looking forward for new leadership there [01:27:40] uh to make it so that the numbers are [01:27:41] more reliable. And again, we're [01:27:44] building, you know, they've started [01:27:46] building all of these factories and [01:27:47] plants, including car factories. Car [01:27:49] factories are coming back. You know, we [01:27:51] lost more than 50% of our car production [01:27:53] over the years, and I think we're going [01:27:56] to get all of it back. It's coming back [01:27:57] in uh really rapidly, really. We're [01:28:02] building a lot of car plants. Indiana, [01:28:04] places that you don't think of it so [01:28:05] much are taken, but also Detroit, lots [01:28:08] of places. It's coming in uh where I [01:28:11] think we're going to get everything. You [01:28:13] know, we've lost it over a period of 40 [01:28:14] years. And I think we're going to get it [01:28:16] all back in a very short period of time. [01:28:19] And big ones, big plants, incredible [01:28:21] plants that were never going to come [01:28:23] back. Without without the tariffs, they [01:28:25] wouldn't have come back. And I think [01:28:26] without the election on November 5th, [01:28:28] they wouldn't come back either. The [01:28:30] election was very important to also. [01:28:32] Yeah. [01:28:32] >> As we've been here, Mayor Adams of New [01:28:34] York has announced that he's staying in [01:28:35] the mayoral race there. Can you react to [01:28:38] that? But also tell us what [01:28:39] >> No, I mean he has to do what he wants. [01:28:41] No, I Yeah, I I mean he's free to do [01:28:44] what he wants. It would seem to me and [01:28:46] everybody in this room, including you, [01:28:49] that the only way you're going to beat [01:28:50] this the communist because you have a [01:28:52] communist running, which is fine. I'll [01:28:53] have to deal with a communist in New [01:28:55] York City. I never thought that was [01:28:56] going to happen. This is something I [01:28:58] didn't think was going to happen. Scott, [01:29:00] you're going to have to explain this one [01:29:01] because uh we're going to have a [01:29:03] communist mayor. It would seem to me [01:29:05] that if he stays in uh if you have more [01:29:08] than one candidate running against him, [01:29:10] it can't, you know, can't be one. If you [01:29:12] have, uh, one candidate, if he's the [01:29:16] right candidate, I would I would say [01:29:18] that Cuomo might have a chance of [01:29:21] winning if it was a one-on-one. If it's [01:29:24] not one-on-one, it's going to be a hard [01:29:25] race and we'll get used to a communist [01:29:28] and he's going to have to go through the [01:29:29] White House and get approvals for [01:29:31] everything. and we're going to make sure [01:29:32] that New York is not hurt. We want to [01:29:35] make sure that New York is cherished and [01:29:37] taken care of. And so, uh, I didn't know [01:29:40] he was running or not running. [01:29:41] >> But you didn't offer him an ambassador. [01:29:43] >> No, I didn't. I didn't do that. No, I [01:29:45] wouldn't do that. I did. It's nothing [01:29:46] wrong with doing it, but I didn't do [01:29:48] that. [01:29:49] >> G20. We understand that it'll be held at [01:29:51] Dural. [01:29:52] >> Yes, it's going to be a Dural. Yeah. [01:29:54] >> You considered that with the G7 last [01:29:55] time. You decided against it. Why go [01:29:57] forward with it now? Well, I think that [01:29:59] everybody wants it there because it's [01:30:00] right next to the airport. It's the best [01:30:02] location. It's a beautiful beautiful [01:30:05] everything. They actually requested that [01:30:07] it be there because location is the best [01:30:09] and we we will not make any money on it. [01:30:11] You know, we're doing uh a deal where [01:30:13] it's not going to be money. There's no [01:30:15] money in it. Uh I just want it to go [01:30:18] well and it's going to be each uh [01:30:20] country will have its own building. [01:30:22] It'll be I think it'll be really a [01:30:24] beautiful thing and Dural has been very [01:30:26] very successful. one of the most [01:30:28] successful properties in the country and [01:30:30] you know frankly it's the problem is in [01:30:33] December that's this the biggest month [01:30:36] in Florida so um you know using it for [01:30:40] uh the you can't get a room in Florida [01:30:43] in December January etc that area and [01:30:46] that's the time we're talking about so [01:30:48] from that standpoint it's not good but [01:30:50] we want to make sure it's good I think [01:30:51] Dural would be the best location and [01:30:53] again they'll have their own buildings [01:30:55] it it'll be incredible for them and [01:30:57] being like 10 minutes less than 10 [01:31:00] minutes from the airport and it's a big [01:31:02] airport international all of the planes [01:31:04] who will be able to land go right into [01:31:05] their quarters. So I think it'll work [01:31:08] out very well. [01:31:08] >> Earlier on your fed answers, sir, you [01:31:10] said that you're looking at maybe three [01:31:11] candidates or three candidates. [01:31:12] >> Should reinterpret that that you like [01:31:13] Secretary Best in his current role. [01:31:15] >> Well, I like him too, but I had him as a [01:31:17] fourth. [01:31:19] I No, I had four. You know, you were [01:31:20] talking about four. Now I'm talking [01:31:22] about three. He told me I'm not leaving. [01:31:24] >> He wants to be doing and if he was [01:31:26] leaving, uh I mean, he would certainly [01:31:29] be uh one of the people I'd wanted, but [01:31:31] I I asked him specifically. I could ask [01:31:33] him right now, would you rather stay [01:31:35] where you are as treasury or would you [01:31:37] rather go to the [01:31:38] >> sir I'm the only person on the planet [01:31:39] who does not want the job. [01:31:40] >> Okay. [01:31:42] >> He really told me he said I love what [01:31:44] I'm doing. [01:31:44] >> Should we assume [01:31:45] >> I wouldn't want to really take him [01:31:46] because he is doing a great job. [01:31:47] >> Are the top three still that Mr. [01:31:49] >> It's Mr. Waller? [01:31:51] >> I am looking at Kevin also and I'm [01:31:53] looking at uh yeah I would say you could [01:31:55] say those are the top three. Good job. [01:31:59] >> It's very good. [01:32:00] >> Mr. clarify. You're saying that you [01:32:02] believe Andrew Cuomo would be the best [01:32:04] one candidate against [01:32:06] >> Well, I think if I'm going I'm only [01:32:07] going by the polls. Uh it's not an [01:32:10] endorsement or anything. It just seems [01:32:12] that he's second. And what you do to win [01:32:14] is you take the guy who's second and you [01:32:16] hopefully add one and two, but maybe if [01:32:19] the one isn't getting out, then he's not [01:32:21] getting out. And that's okay. I think I [01:32:24] think the mayor is a very nice person. I [01:32:25] helped him. he was he was uh got caught [01:32:28] up in a scam by the Biden administration [01:32:30] what they did. So I I helped him out a [01:32:33] little bit, but uh I would understand [01:32:35] why he doesn't do it. I I do think this [01:32:38] I think if you have more than one [01:32:39] candidate, we've got ourselves a [01:32:41] communist mayor in New York and uh I [01:32:45] don't like communist mayors. I don't [01:32:46] like them. Yeah. [01:32:47] >> You passed one big bill, sir. five [01:32:50] months all these events next World Cup [01:32:53] G20 all American TK given this what's [01:32:57] your economic output for the year how [01:33:00] much growth do you think is reasonable [01:33:02] for us to expect economically next year [01:33:04] >> well I heard and you know we were on a [01:33:06] very downward path with Biden and I [01:33:08] heard that the most we could do is we're [01:33:09] 1% GDP and now I'm hearing 3.2% 2% and 3 [01:33:13] and a half% and all. And our big year [01:33:16] won't be really next year. I think it'll [01:33:19] be the year after because when these [01:33:20] plants start opening up, it takes a [01:33:22] period of time to build them. Uh we [01:33:24] we're going to have tremendous job [01:33:26] growth. It's unprecedented. We have [01:33:29] unprecedented in history. There's never [01:33:31] been anything like it because we're [01:33:32] going to have more than 17 trillion [01:33:36] dollars invested. There's never been [01:33:38] anything like that. if we did a trillion [01:33:40] dollars in one year and this is six [01:33:42] months, seven months because it really [01:33:44] we really focused on it over the last [01:33:46] six months. Uh but uh we're going to be [01:33:49] doing uh nobody's ever seen numbers like [01:33:52] this when this stuff starts opening up. [01:33:55] Our country is being rebuilt. And by the [01:33:57] way, Washington DC is being rebuilt. You [01:33:59] know, in addition to the fact that we [01:34:00] have a safe city now and our National [01:34:03] Guard was fantastic and worked with the [01:34:05] mayor, worked with everybody, we're also [01:34:07] doing a refurbishing of Washington. [01:34:10] We're going to reduce some of the roads, [01:34:12] the surfaces. We're going to redo the [01:34:13] medians. We're going to take the broken [01:34:15] tiles off the tunnels and put brand new [01:34:17] tiles up. And we're going to uh regrass [01:34:21] all the parks. They're going to be [01:34:22] regrassed by people that build [01:34:24] worldclass golf courses. And uh not [01:34:26] necessarily people that work for me cuz [01:34:28] I don't care about that. I just want to [01:34:30] I'm very good at grass. You know, grass [01:34:32] has a life just like you have a life, [01:34:34] right? It has a life. Well, this grass [01:34:36] has been up longer than it's like four [01:34:38] lives. Okay. That's why there's a lot of [01:34:40] areas where there's just no grass. Uh [01:34:43] but we're going to regrass all of the [01:34:45] parks. We're going to [01:34:47] in a year from now, you won't even [01:34:50] recognize it. Graffiti's gone, the tents [01:34:53] are gone, the medians falling into the [01:34:55] roads are gone, the potholes will be [01:34:57] gone, the marble's going to be polished [01:34:59] and beautiful. It's all going to be [01:35:01] beautiful. Uh we're working with Clark [01:35:04] Construction, who's, you know, one of [01:35:06] the well, definitely the biggest here, [01:35:08] one of the biggest in the country. And [01:35:10] they've been great. And we're going to [01:35:12] do about a 10 mile radius from the White [01:35:14] House, from the Capitol, looking sort of [01:35:17] at both of them. go right in the middle [01:35:18] of both of them and to start drawing [01:35:20] circles and everything is going to be [01:35:23] spitshotted. You know, when the head of [01:35:25] Poland came here last week and when [01:35:28] other leaders came here, they came, a [01:35:30] lot of them have been here over the last [01:35:31] eight months. Uh [01:35:34] I said, "What do you think?" And they [01:35:36] said that we're a little surprised at [01:35:38] the look, the filth on the road. Now [01:35:42] it's much better. We've got it much [01:35:43] better, but we have to do some [01:35:45] construction things. I mean, you know, [01:35:46] you have medians that are all broken and [01:35:48] rotted and rusty and disgusting [01:35:51] and it's going to they're all going to [01:35:52] be changed. You're going to have a very [01:35:54] different look. You're going to have the [01:35:55] look of prosperity, not the look of [01:35:58] poverty. But the big thing right now [01:36:00] initially is uh we uh we have no crime [01:36:03] in Washington. You literally have no [01:36:05] crime. They said it's down 87%. It's not [01:36:08] down 87. It's down like a 100%. We have [01:36:11] almost no crime. People are going to [01:36:14] restaurants that wouldn't have even [01:36:15] thought about it. And uh I know families [01:36:18] that have gone four, five, six times to [01:36:20] restaurants over the last few weeks. And [01:36:22] you people are in the same category. I [01:36:25] mean I Yes, [01:36:25] >> I agree on that. Thank you. [01:36:28] >> It's a whole different place, right? [01:36:30] That's very nice. And you're so tough [01:36:32] usually. I like her now. Right. No, she [01:36:34] No, because she was truthful. Is that a [01:36:36] correct statement? [01:36:37] >> Yes, sir. It is. [01:36:38] >> I heard you were actually mugged. You're [01:36:39] a big strong guy. I can't do anything [01:36:41] when he hasn't gone this. [01:36:43] >> No, no, you can't. You know, you say, [01:36:45] "Thank you very much." Right. [01:36:47] >> Can I follow up on the beautifification [01:36:48] of DC? [01:36:50] >> Uh just out front of the White House uh [01:36:53] is a blue tent that that originally was [01:36:57] put there to be an anti-uclear tent for [01:37:00] nuclear arms. It's kind of morphed into [01:37:02] more of a anti-American at sometimes, [01:37:04] anti-Trump at many times. [01:37:06] >> Where is this plot tent? right in front [01:37:08] of the White House on the north lawn on [01:37:09] the other side of the black gate in [01:37:10] Lafayette. [01:37:11] >> I haven't known this. [01:37:12] >> All All of us in here walk right by it [01:37:14] every day. It is an eyesore. [01:37:17] >> Oh, I didn't know that. Uh [01:37:18] >> well, let me [01:37:21] take it down. Take it down today. Right [01:37:24] now. Nobody told me that. So, you're [01:37:26] saying there's a blue tent? [01:37:27] >> It's been there for 30 plus years. It [01:37:29] was originally a peace tent, but it's [01:37:31] kind of morphed into [01:37:32] >> Yeah. morphed into radical left. Okay. [01:37:34] But I've heard [01:37:35] >> Is it in the ellipse? Where is it? No, [01:37:37] it's in Lafayette Park. It's actually [01:37:39] >> Lafayette Park. Take it down. [01:37:41] >> Okay. What's interesting about it is [01:37:43] I've had people tell me it's a public [01:37:44] house health hazard because people sleep [01:37:47] in there, they eat, there's rats, but [01:37:49] also it could be a national security [01:37:51] risk because people can hide things in [01:37:53] there. Weapons in there. [01:37:55] >> We're going to look into it right now. [01:37:56] We have removed over 50 tent sites. Not [01:38:00] 50 tents. Hundreds and hund maybe a [01:38:02] thousand. I think it's over a thousand [01:38:04] tents, but 50 sites. So, I'm a little [01:38:07] surprised to hear that, but we're going [01:38:08] to look into it right now. Lafayette, [01:38:10] >> on the National Guard, DC mayor has of [01:38:12] course gotten on board with your cleanup [01:38:14] of DC, but the DC attorney general has [01:38:17] said that he plans to that he's suing [01:38:19] you for your federalization of police. [01:38:21] What's your [01:38:21] >> Can you imagine? We have an attorney [01:38:22] general who's not related at all to the [01:38:24] mayor, by the way. You know, it's a [01:38:25] totally separate department. We got so [01:38:27] many separate departments. You have the [01:38:29] district attorney, has nothing to do [01:38:30] with the mayor. The whole thing is [01:38:31] crazy. But uh how about this? We just [01:38:35] set a record on low crime in Washington [01:38:38] DC and we have a man suing us to let us [01:38:42] go back to high crime. We're going to [01:38:44] have to be here for a little while to [01:38:45] make this really work long term after [01:38:47] we're gone. And uh so we're going to [01:38:50] meet that head on and I suspect we'll be [01:38:52] very successful and I can always declare [01:38:55] a national emergency because it was a [01:38:57] national emergency. But right now we [01:38:59] have the safest city. We have now one of [01:39:01] the safe cities in the country. We had [01:39:04] almost the worst. I mean, a a city that [01:39:06] was as bad as some of the horror shows [01:39:08] that you've heard about for years. And [01:39:10] we're going to fix some of those horror [01:39:11] shows, too. [01:39:13] >> So, Google ruling today that you posted [01:39:15] on truth social about the Europeans [01:39:18] finding Google. Uh, can you [01:39:20] >> So, Google is a great company. Yeah, [01:39:22] Google is a great company, American [01:39:24] company. Uh, Apple is a great American [01:39:27] company and so many others. And the [01:39:29] European Union, I don't know why they do [01:39:32] it, but they they have been finding them [01:39:34] numbers that have been astronomical, [01:39:36] more so before I got here, but Apple [01:39:39] paid 17 billion dollars a fine in the [01:39:43] last year. Apple 17 billion dollars on a [01:39:47] case that a lot of people think they [01:39:49] weren't guilty of. And uh no, I'm going [01:39:51] to be speaking to the European Union, [01:39:53] but it's not fair. Uh Google just got [01:39:55] fined $3.5 billion and they've already [01:39:58] paid 13 billion. They're up to 16.5 [01:40:00] billion dollars and people say there was [01:40:04] nothing wrong with what they did. It's [01:40:07] almost a source of income to run Europe. [01:40:09] It's become a source of income and many [01:40:12] other companies too, mostly tech [01:40:14] companies, but uh we can't let that [01:40:17] happen. [01:40:17] >> What are you seeking from the Europeans [01:40:19] and by when? [01:40:20] >> No, I can just say you can't do that. I [01:40:22] mean, you know, they respect us now. [01:40:24] They didn't respect us a year ago. [01:40:27] European Union respects us. Look, [01:40:28] they're paying us $950 billion dollars, [01:40:31] right? They got to respect us. They were [01:40:34] uh very disrespectful of our country. I [01:40:37] have great respect for Ursula. I've [01:40:39] gotten to know her very well. And I just [01:40:41] don't think it's fair that they're [01:40:44] taxing and and really it's it's almost [01:40:46] become like a tax. It's almost it's [01:40:48] become so regular. And I've gone to [01:40:51] lawyers and I've asked them, "What do [01:40:52] you think?" They said, "They didn't do [01:40:53] anything wrong. We can't do that. It's [01:40:56] not fair." And it's it's interesting. I [01:40:58] don't hear that about China and I don't [01:41:00] hear that about other places. I hear it [01:41:02] about uh the European Union. We were [01:41:04] talking about it last night. I think we [01:41:06] had a gathering. That was the highest IQ [01:41:08] group of people I think any room has [01:41:11] ever had last night. You know, it was [01:41:13] about as high as you can have. All the [01:41:15] tech geniuses were there. They they love [01:41:18] their computers. They were telling me [01:41:19] more about chips that I want to know. [01:41:21] >> Did this come up last night? [01:41:23] >> Yeah, it did. Uh, it did come up. A [01:41:25] couple of comp countries said companies [01:41:27] said that they were uh they were taxed [01:41:31] by the European Union. It's interesting. [01:41:33] They weren't complaining about in that [01:41:35] regard China. They weren't complaining [01:41:37] about other places. It's the European [01:41:39] Union and they have Apple was again [01:41:42] forced to pay 17 billion dollars last [01:41:45] year. So, I think we're going to change [01:41:48] that around. It's just not fair. We [01:41:50] don't want that to happen to our [01:41:51] companies. And you know, if somebody [01:41:53] does that, we should be doing it to [01:41:54] them. They've got to pay. Let them pay [01:41:56] us. But you just can't do that to our [01:41:59] companies. Yes. Wasn't invited to the [01:42:00] dinner last night. [01:42:01] >> I wanted to go back to the G20 real [01:42:03] quick in Miami. You know South Florida [01:42:05] very well. Many cities are being [01:42:07] considered for the G20. Was this a hard [01:42:09] decision or did Miami just stand out to [01:42:11] you? [01:42:13] >> It wasn't a hard really. I mean, look, [01:42:14] it's got the weather. We're in December, [01:42:17] so it's, you know, cold in some places, [01:42:19] and that's beautiful, too. Cold [01:42:21] weather's nice. It's all nice, you know, [01:42:23] depending on the city. But no, Miami [01:42:26] really wanted it. The mayor really [01:42:28] wanted it. Uh, the people down there [01:42:30] really wanted it. You might just address [01:42:32] that for a second, Mr. Mayor. [01:42:34] >> Yeah, as I said, I mean, a a conference [01:42:36] of this kind does two things. is number [01:42:38] one is it puts us on the global map with [01:42:40] the great global cities and I think [01:42:41] that's something that we've been trying [01:42:42] to achieve for a generation and I think [01:42:45] number two it's a tremendous boom for [01:42:47] your economy. I mean as as the president [01:42:49] knows he has you know multiple [01:42:51] hospitality assets and the working [01:42:53] people of Miami the small business [01:42:54] owners are going to benefit tremendously [01:42:56] from the economic impact of a conference [01:42:58] like this in our city. So it's an image [01:43:00] thing but it's also uh benefiting [01:43:02] working people in our community. Do you [01:43:04] think she and Putin will attend the G20? [01:43:07] >> That's an interesting question. I'd love [01:43:09] them to if they want to. I mean, they [01:43:11] can, you know, as observers, they'd be [01:43:15] observers. So, I'm not sure they want to [01:43:16] be an observer. [01:43:18] >> If they want to, we can certainly talk. [01:43:20] >> Can I ask you another Florida question? [01:43:22] The the vaccine mandates that were [01:43:24] rolled back um for school children. What [01:43:26] What do you think about that? [01:43:28] >> Well, I think we have to be very [01:43:29] careful. Look, you have some vaccines [01:43:30] that are so amazing. Uh the polio [01:43:33] vaccine I happen to think is amazing. Uh [01:43:37] a lot of people think that uh COVID is [01:43:39] amazing. You know there are many people [01:43:41] that uh believe strongly in that but you [01:43:43] have some vaccines that are so [01:43:46] incredible and I think you have to be [01:43:48] very careful when you say that some [01:43:51] people don't have to be vaccinated. It's [01:43:53] a very you know it's a very tough [01:43:54] position. Uh so I'd give you an answer. [01:43:58] I'll give you a feeling, but uh just [01:44:01] initially I heard about it yesterday and [01:44:04] uh it's a tough stance. Look, you have [01:44:07] vaccines that work. They just pure and [01:44:09] simple work. They're not controversial [01:44:11] at all. And I think those vaccines [01:44:13] should be used otherwise some people are [01:44:15] going to catch it and they endanger [01:44:17] other people. Uh and when you don't have [01:44:19] controversy at all, uh I think people [01:44:23] should take it. Okay. One more follow up [01:44:25] on your comments on the taxes. On the [01:44:27] upcoming tax bill, are you discussing do [01:44:30] you want that new tax bill to um [01:44:33] eliminate inflation from calculating [01:44:35] capital? [01:44:36] >> When you say the upcoming tax bill [01:44:38] because when you have an upcoming, we [01:44:41] just passed the biggest tax cut in the [01:44:43] history of our country. So there's [01:44:44] nothing upcoming. There's something that [01:44:46] we just passed. So we we passed the [01:44:49] biggest tax cut in the history of our [01:44:50] country for the middle class. [01:44:53] uh for the worker and uh that's the only [01:44:57] bill that we're really talking about. We [01:44:59] we we did a good job. It's very [01:45:02] comprehensive and I I will say the [01:45:03] Democrats, if you gave them every point [01:45:06] that they wanted, every point that [01:45:08] they've dreamt of all their lives, you [01:45:11] wouldn't get one Democrat vote. [01:45:14] They really are. They they've become [01:45:17] deranged, sick. It's it's crazy. If you [01:45:20] gave them a list of the top 10 things [01:45:22] that the Democrats wanted and you put [01:45:24] them in a a bill to get passed, you [01:45:27] wouldn't get one vote. It's the only [01:45:29] thing they have. They stick together, [01:45:30] but they're dying. I mean, they down to [01:45:33] 16% approval rating, the lowest rating [01:45:36] in history for either party. And we have [01:45:39] the highest rating we've ever had. The [01:45:41] Republicans have the highest rating [01:45:43] we've ever had. [01:45:44] >> On the National Guard, have you decided [01:45:46] which city that you want to go into now? [01:45:48] >> Yeah, I have. I I I have uh I'm not [01:45:51] going to say it now, but yeah, I have. [01:45:52] We're going to go into we're going to go [01:45:54] into another place and straighten it [01:45:55] out. And [01:45:57] >> uh I will say this, I watched today. I [01:45:59] didn't know that was continuing to go [01:46:00] on, but Portland [01:46:02] >> is unbelievable what's going on in [01:46:04] Portland. Uh the the uh destruction of [01:46:10] the city. [01:46:11] >> Are you going in? [01:46:12] >> Well, I'm going to look at it now [01:46:13] because I've I didn't know that was [01:46:15] still going on. This has been going on [01:46:16] for years. [01:46:17] So, we'll uh we'll be able to stop that [01:46:20] very easily. We'll be able to stop it. [01:46:22] But, you know, that was not on my list, [01:46:24] Portland. But when I watched television [01:46:26] last night, this has been going on. You [01:46:28] wouldn't be standing. If you were the [01:46:30] mayor, you would be Can you imagine what [01:46:31] they're doing? They're walking in [01:46:32] throwing smoke bombs into store. These [01:46:35] are paid terrorists. Okay? These are [01:46:38] paid agitators. These are profession. I [01:46:40] watched that last night. I'm very good [01:46:42] at this stuff. These are paid agitators. [01:46:45] They get paid money by radical left [01:46:48] groups. Not radical right groups, [01:46:50] radical left groups. And they get paid a [01:46:53] lot of money. And you see it with the [01:46:54] signs. You know, they all have perfect [01:46:56] signs that are printed. They look as [01:46:58] good as that sign. Those signs aren't [01:46:59] made in basements. They're made at [01:47:01] professional printing office. And they [01:47:03] cost a lot of money. These are paid [01:47:06] agitators and they're very dangerous for [01:47:08] our country. And when we go there, if we [01:47:11] go to Portland, we're going to wipe them [01:47:13] out. They're going to be gone. and [01:47:14] they're going to be gone fast. They [01:47:16] won't even stand the fight. They will [01:47:18] not stay there. They're ruin They've [01:47:19] ruined that city. I have people that [01:47:21] used to live in Portland. They've left. [01:47:23] Most of them have left, but uh what [01:47:25] they've done to that place is just it's [01:47:28] like it's like living in hell. Yeah. Go [01:47:31] ahead. [01:47:32] >> Thank you for your statement before [01:47:34] >> uh AB is reporting that you would be [01:47:36] banning visas uh to delegations who who [01:47:39] will be attending the younger the uh the [01:47:41] UN General Assembly uh including Brazil. [01:47:43] Uh your reaction on that sir [01:47:45] >> that who's banning them [01:47:47] >> the Trump [01:47:48] >> well I don't we are talking about uh [01:47:50] things we're very upset with Brazil we [01:47:53] tariff them very high because of the [01:47:54] fact that they're doing something that's [01:47:56] you know very unfortunate I love the [01:47:58] people of Brazil we have a great [01:48:00] relationship with the people of Brazil [01:48:02] but the government of Brazil has changed [01:48:05] radically it's gone very left it's gone [01:48:08] very radical left and it's hurting [01:48:09] Brazil very badly doing very poorly very [01:48:12] very poorly so we'll And are you ready [01:48:14] to reset relations with India at this [01:48:16] point? [01:48:17] >> I always will. I'll always be friends [01:48:19] with with Modi. He's great prime [01:48:22] minister. He's great. Uh I'll always be [01:48:25] friends, but I just don't like what he's [01:48:27] doing at this particular moment. But [01:48:29] India and the United States have a [01:48:31] special relationship. There's nothing to [01:48:33] worry about. Just have we just have [01:48:36] moments on occasion. [01:48:37] >> How are trade talks going with India [01:48:39] with other countries that you haven't [01:48:40] reached a trade deal with? [01:48:42] They're going great. Other countries are [01:48:44] doing great. We're doing great with all [01:48:45] of them. We're upset with uh the [01:48:47] European Union because of what's [01:48:49] happening with not just Google, but with [01:48:52] all of our big companies. They just, you [01:48:54] know, hit them with these mass these [01:48:56] unbelievable fines, you know, 17 billion [01:48:59] dollars and 14 billion dollar. And they [01:49:02] use that money to run Europe. It's [01:49:05] almost become like common. It It's [01:49:07] almost become a yearly occurrence like [01:49:09] it's a tax. [01:49:11] So, it's very unfair. I want to thank [01:49:13] you all very much and we'll see you [01:49:14] around. We're going to see you in [01:49:15] Florida, but we'll see you a little bit [01:49:17] before that, I suspect. Okay. [01:49:19] >> Thanks, guys. [01:49:20] >> Well, I'll be having something good [01:49:21] here. I'll be at the White House. [01:49:24] >> Thank you. [01:49:25] >> Thank you very much. [01:49:33] >> Thank you. Thanks, guys. Keep moving. [01:49:35] Thank you guys. Thank you for [01:49:43] you.