Here's what Trump said ahead of becoming President

Here are 4 takeaways from the remarks delivered by President-Elect Trump on January 7th, 2025

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00:00Here are four takeaways from the remarks delivered by President-elect Trump on January 7th, 2025.

00:06When asked about the Israeli hostage situation, Trump had this to say.

00:10If those hostages aren't back, I don't want to hurt your negotiation, if they're

00:15not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East.

00:21And it will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone.

00:26All hell will break out.

00:27I don't have to say anymore, but that's what it is.

00:29And they should have given them back a long time, they should have never taken them.

00:32They should have never been the attack of October 7th.

00:35People forget that.

00:36When asked about pardoning the January 6th defendants.

00:40And people that didn't even walk into the building are in jail right now.

00:44So we'll be looking at the whole thing, but I'll be making major pardons, yes, please.

00:48When asked to assure the world that military and economic coercion would not be used in

00:52gaining control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, Trump said.

00:56I can't assure you, you're talking about Panama and Greenland.

01:00No, I can't assure you on either of those two.

01:03But I can say this.

01:05We need them for economic security.

01:07When discussing economic affairs in the Gulf of Mexico.

01:10We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which

01:18has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory.

01:22The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name.

01:25But it's appropriate.

01:27It's appropriate.