President Trump signed an executive order on February 10, 2025, imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S., effective March 12. This bold move is part of his administration's effort to strengthen American industries and counter unfair trade practices. Additional tariffs on pharmaceuticals, computer chips, and cars are also being considered. The decision has sparked immediate backlash from the EU, Canada, and other trading partners, with threats of retaliatory measures.
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00:00The President Thank you very much, everybody.
00:01We have a lot of big signings, good signings,
00:04one in particular, which we'll save for the end.
00:06And I'll ask Will to go over these individually,
00:09and we can see how we do.
00:11Yes, sir.
00:13First, for your review,
00:14we have 56 sub-Cabinet-level appointments.
00:18This includes, probably most notably,
00:20seven ambassador appointments.
00:22Those will be the first ambassadors,
00:24I believe, that you've transmitted to the Senate.
00:27Okay. And they're very good.
00:30Okay.
00:37Thank you, sir.
00:39Second, we have acting designations.
00:42We're actually designating Doug Collins
00:44to be the acting leader of both the Office of Special Counsel
00:47and the Office of Government Ethics.
00:51You know Doug, everybody, I think.
00:56He was in charge of the fake impeachment hearings,
00:59remember, that I won, very conclusively.
01:02Fake charges by the radical-left Democrats.
01:08Okay.
01:10Next, sir, the Federal Executive Institute
01:13is a program that was set up during the Johnson
01:16administration
01:17to train senior-level government bureaucrats.
01:20As you've identified repeatedly in the last few years,
01:24the senior levels of our federal government
01:26are not adequately serving as stewards of taxpayer dollars,
01:29so we're recommending zeroing out that program effectively.
01:34We're actually getting rid of a few programs
01:36that are just a waste. Just really a waste.
01:41Thank you, sir. Next, we have an executive order
01:46relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
01:49As you've repeatedly identified,
01:51the way that this act has been enforced over the years
01:54has been devastating to American business opportunities
01:57and business competitiveness abroad.
01:59We are essentially ordering the Department of Justice
02:02to use its prosecutorial discretion
02:04in a way to ameliorate the negative effects
02:06of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
02:09to allow Americans to do business abroad
02:11and to allow our foreign partners
02:12to do business with Americans
02:14without fearing unjust prosecution.
02:17And for those of you that know this,
02:19it turns out to be, it sounds good on paper,
02:21but in practicality, it's a disaster.
02:25It means that if an American goes over to a foreign country
02:28and starts doing business over there,
02:30legally, legitimately, or otherwise,
02:34it's almost a guaranteed investigation indictment,
02:38and nobody wants to do business with the Americans because of it.
02:41Nobody wants to do business.
02:43They say, look, we can deal with China.
02:45They can do whatever they want. We can deal with Russia.
02:47We can deal with anybody, and we have a normal life.
02:50You deal with America, the FBI gets over there.
02:52They don't investigate death and murders
02:55on the street in New York and Los Angeles.
02:58They go over and investigate a business guy
03:00trying to do business. So, it made it very,
03:03very hard from a practical standpoint to make deals.
03:07They want to deal with the Americans,
03:08but they don't want to be under investigation
03:10every time they speak to an American,
03:12every time an American makes a phone call
03:14to somebody in a different country.
03:17It's a disaster for this country.
03:20The — I guess it was a Jimmy Carter concept.
03:24And it sounds so good, but it's so bad.
03:28It hurts the country.
03:29And many, many deals are unable to be made because of it.
03:32Nobody wants to do business
03:34because they don't want to feel like every time
03:36they pick up a phone, they're going to jail.
03:38So, we'll sign this, and it takes courage to sign it
03:43because you only get bad publicity when you sign it.
03:45It sounds so nice. The title is so lovely.
03:49But it's an absolutely horror show for America.
03:52So, we're signing it because that's what we have to do
03:56to make it good.
04:05Okay. Thank you. It's an important one.
04:08It's going to mean a lot more business for America.
04:14Thank you, sir. Next, this is an executive order
04:16relating to the use of paper straws.
04:19As you've consistently identified,
04:21nobody really likes paper straws.
04:23Number one trending. Can you believe it?
04:25A paper straw was number one trending
04:27for three days or something.
04:29The environmental impact of plastic straws
04:31versus paper straws is entirely unclear.
04:33This has cost both the government and private industry
04:36an absolute ton of money
04:38and left consumers all over the country
04:40wildly dissatisfied with their straws.
04:42So, we're asking aspects of the federal government,
04:46federal departments, and agencies
04:47to look at their existing procurement processes.
04:50And we're asking your domestic policy council
04:52to look holistically at this issue to address it.
04:55And it really is something that affects ordinary Americans
04:58in their everyday lives.
04:59We're going back to plastic straws.
05:00These things don't work. I've had them many times.
05:03And on occasion, they break, they explode.
05:07If something's hot, they don't last very long,
05:10like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds.
05:13It's a ridiculous situation.
05:15So, we're going back to plastic straws.
05:18I think it's okay.
05:30And I don't think that plastic is going to affect a shark
05:33very much as they're eating,
05:35as they're munching their way through the ocean.
05:37Okay.
05:38Thank you, sir. Next, we have a full and unconditional pardon
05:42for former Governor Rob Blagojevich
05:44of the state of Illinois.
05:46Good. It's my honor to do it. I've watched him.
05:49He was set up by a lot of bad people,
05:53some of the same people that I had to deal with.
05:55He wasn't quite as successful,
05:57but he had somebody that saw what was going on.
06:00I didn't know him, other than I believe
06:01he was on The Apprentice for a little while.
06:04He was just a very nice person. He had a fantastic wife.
06:09She fought like hell to get him out.
06:11He was given a sentence of, like, 18 years.
06:16And it was sort of a terrible injustice.
06:21They just were after him. They go after a lot of people.
06:25These are bad people, the other side.
06:27So, I think he's just a very fine person.
06:31And this shouldn't have happened,
06:33and it shouldn't have happened to him.
06:34And let him have a normal life,
06:37and let him go out and do what he has to do.
06:40So, I'm signing this as a full pardon.
06:42Rod Blagojevich.
06:45Mr. President, are you considering him
06:47for Ambassador to Serbia?
06:50No, but I would. I mean, he's now cleaner
06:54than anybody in this room.
06:55He got a pardon.
06:57He's cleaner than anybody in the room.
06:59Okay.
07:01Thank you, sir.
07:03Next, in 2018, you imposed ad valorem duties tariffs
07:08on imports of steel at a 25% rate.
07:12Since that time, a large number of exclusions
07:15and exceptions to that tariff rule have been implemented.
07:20Because of the damage to the United States steel industry
07:24that those exceptions and exclusions have imposed,
07:27we're now, this order would reimpose
07:30that 25% ad valorem tariff rate on imports of steel,
07:35and it's presented for your signature now.
07:37Okay? Do you understand what that means?
07:42It's a big deal. It's a big deal.
07:44This is the beginning of making America rich again.
07:55Mr. Secretary, do you have anything to say?
07:57Because, as you know, Howard is Secretary of Commerce,
08:01doing a fantastic job.
08:03And what do you have to say about it?
08:07So, when you imposed the tariffs the first time,
08:11you added 120,000 jobs.
08:15And since that time, it's been picked away
08:18and nicked away and excluded away,
08:20and we've lost 107,000 jobs.
08:22And remember, these aren't just general jobs.
08:24These are steel workers in America,
08:27and now you're going to bring them back.
08:29You're going to bring those 120,000 jobs back to America.
08:33You are the president who's standing up
08:35for the American steel worker,
08:36and I am just tremendously impressed
08:38and delighted to stand next to you.
08:40Mr. President, do you have a word?
08:42So, let me just make a statement.
08:46And, essentially, we're — this is another way of saying
08:50we're doing a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum.
08:55So, the failed American trade policies
08:59have led our once-incredible United States steel
09:01and aluminum industries — once-incredible.
09:03That's once-incredible. They're not now.
09:05But they're not bad.
09:07I saved them because of my first term.
09:09Totally saved them. If I didn't do what I did,
09:11I'd put massive tariffs —
09:14not the highest level, but pretty massive tariffs.
09:17We got — we took in a lot of money
09:19and we took in a lot of jobs.
09:21But we were being pummeled by both friend and foe alike.
09:27Our nation requires steel and aluminum
09:29to be made in America, not in foreign lands.
09:32We need to create, in order to protect our country's future,
09:35a resurgence of U.S. manufacturing and production,
09:39the likes of which has not been seen for many decades.
09:43It's time for our great industries
09:45to come back to America.
09:46I want them back to America. This is the first of many.
09:50And you know what I mean by that.
09:52We're going to be doing others on other subjects, topics.
09:56Protecting our steel and aluminum industries is a must.
09:59And today, I'm simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminum
10:02so that everyone can understand exactly what it means.
10:06It's 25 percent without exceptions or exemptions.
10:10And that's all countries, no matter where it comes from.
10:12All countries. If made in the United States,
10:15however — United States of America —
10:18there is no tariff. Zero.
10:20So, if it's made in the United States, there is no tariff.
10:25All you have to do is make it in the United States.
10:27We don't need it from another country.
10:29As an example, Canada.
10:31If we make it in the United States,
10:33we don't need it to be made in Canada.
10:34We'll have the jobs.
10:35That's why Canada should be our 51st state.
10:39We'll bring back industries and we'll bring back our jobs
10:41and we'll make America industry great again.
10:44So, essentially, we're putting on a 25 percent tariff,
10:47without exception, on all aluminum and all steel.
10:54And it's going to mean a lot of businesses
10:56are going to be opening in the United States.
10:58Now, we're going to be meeting over the next four-week period,
11:02maybe on a weekly basis,
11:03and maybe we'll do a couple of them at different times
11:07and maybe together.
11:08But we'll be talking about other subjects, like cars.
11:13We'll be talking about drugs and pharmaceuticals.
11:17We'll be discussing chips.
11:19And we're going to be doing some other things
11:23in addition to that,
11:25all which will bring in a lot of jobs into our country.
11:30Cars is going to be a very big one and a very important one,
11:34and America is going to be stronger
11:35than it ever was before.
11:37Okay? So, are you finished with everything, I think?
11:40We have aluminum still to sign, sir.
11:42Okay, let's go.
11:43So, with respect to aluminum, similarly to steel,
11:45since 2018, a large number of exceptions and exemptions
11:48have been added into the law.
11:50This eliminates all of those
11:51and also increases the ad valorem tariff rate
11:54from 10 to 25 percent.
11:58Mostly the less part is the most important.
12:02Right? Would you say?
12:03Totally.
12:03So, basically, this is aluminum, the same thing.
12:06No exceptions, no nothing.
12:08And it's going to bring our aluminum business back.
12:12It may go higher.
12:13I mean, frankly, it may go higher.
12:15And we're going to also be talking about receptive.
12:18We're going to be talking about things
12:20over the next three weeks
12:21that I think will be amazing for our country,
12:25amazing for our jobs,
12:28and will bring us to a new level of prosperity.
12:31And I think, frankly, our allies and our enemies
12:36all over the world expected this.
12:38They really expected it for years.
12:41They really expected it sometime
12:43during the Biden administration,
12:45but they didn't do anything.
12:46As you know, I put tariffs on China.
12:49We took in hundreds of billions of dollars
12:51with those tariffs,
12:52and Biden wasn't able to get them out.
12:54He tried to, but it was too much money.
12:56He couldn't do it.
12:58And we're going to be doing a very concise
13:01and, you know, a very — it's going to be good.
13:04And I don't think, if done properly —
13:07and we're going to try and do that.
13:09We don't want it to hurt other countries.
13:10But they've been taking advantage of us
13:13for years and years and years.
13:16And they've charged us tariffs.
13:18Most of them have charged us.
13:19Almost every one, I would say.
13:21Almost without exception.
13:22They've charged us, and we haven't charged them.
13:25And it's time to be reciprocal.
13:27So very, very — you'll be hearing that word a lot.
13:30Reciprocal.
13:32If they charge us, we charge them.
13:34If they're at 25, we're at 25.
13:36If they're at 10, we're at 10.
13:37And if they're much higher than 25,
13:40that's where we are too.
13:41So that's having to do with everything.
13:44That's not just steel and aluminum.
13:46But we'll be discussing that over the next couple of weeks.
13:49But we will be looking at chips,
13:52and we will be looking at cars,
13:55and we're going to be looking at pharmaceuticals.
13:57And there will be a couple of other things also, in addition.
14:00The Press.
14:02Mr. President, U.S. steelmakers have said
14:05that they support this move.
14:07But what would you say to American consumers
14:08who are worried that prices will drop?
14:09That they do support this move?
14:11U.S. steelmakers —
14:12I love the steelmakers. That's good.
14:13What do you say to American consumers?
14:15They want to save their businesses.
14:17U.S. steel will now be a very valuable company.
14:19Anybody that makes steel is going to be great.
14:22Anybody that works in big steel is going to be very happy.
14:25But what do you say to consumers
14:26who are worried about prices, sir?
14:28Oh, I don't think you're going to — no, you're going to
14:29ultimately have a price reduction
14:31because they're going to make their steel here.
14:33There's not going to be any tariff.
14:34These foreign companies will move to the United States.
14:37We'll make their steel and aluminum in the United States.
14:40Ultimately, it'll be cheaper.
14:42But we'll also have jobs. Many, many more jobs.
14:45Sir, what are you looking at in terms of tariffs
14:47on cars and chips?
14:49Well, we're looking at numbers,
14:50and we'll be coming up with a number.
14:51But we have — we make some of the finest cars in the world.
14:56And some companies prohibit us
14:59from selling those cars in their countries.
15:01But they sell us cars.
15:03They send cars to us, and we don't do that.
15:05We charge nothing or 2.5 percent,
15:08and they'll be charging 100 percent.
15:11They'll be charging much more than that
15:12if you look at some of them.
15:14So, I think those days are over.
15:17But we'll be announcing on other things, such as cars.
15:22We got some other things we'll be doing.
15:25But the biggest thing is reciprocal.
15:26We want tariffs to be fair.
15:28If they charge — if they charge us, we charge them.
15:32Tomorrow, the reciprocal tariffs?
15:34We'll be doing reciprocal over the next,
15:37I would say, two days, don't you think?
15:38Two days, yeah, maybe.
15:40The Press. Mr. President, the Australian Prime Minister
15:42has said that you are considering an exemption
15:45from Australia on steel. Is that correct?
15:47And why?
15:48I just spoke to him. A very fine man.
15:50And he has a surplus.
15:52I mean, we have a surplus with Australia.
15:55One of the few.
15:56And the reason is they buy a lot of airplanes.
15:58They are rather far away, and they need lots of airplanes.
16:02And we actually have a surplus.
16:04It's one of the only countries which we do.
16:06And I told him that that's something
16:09that we will give great consideration to.
16:10And would you consider one for the U.K. as well?
16:13Well, we have a huge deficit with the U.K.
16:15Big difference.
16:16You don't have a deficit with Argentina.
16:18Is that country also going to be excluded?
16:20We have a deficit —
16:22with a little deficit with Argentina.
16:24Almost with every country.
16:25But Australia, because of the airplanes —
16:27they buy a lot of airplanes —
16:30there's a little bit of a surplus.
16:32Mr. President, if other countries retaliate, what do you —
16:35I don't mind.
16:37What is your plan for, for example, farmers?
16:39Last term, you gave the money to the farmers.
16:40Well, the farmers are going to be helped greatly.
16:42Would you do that again?
16:43Yeah. The farmers are going to be helped greatly
16:45because they're not going to be dumping everything
16:49into our country.
16:50This will be a great bill for farmers.
16:53And in terms of retaliation, if they retaliate,
16:56it's — as I said, it's reciprocal.
16:59So, if they raise it a little bit,
17:02then we raise it automatically.
17:03So, I don't think it helps for them to retaliate.
17:06But also, remember this, they can't really retaliate
17:08because we're the piggy bank. We're the piggy bank.
17:11But if we don't do this, we won't be the piggy bank for long.
17:13We won't be much of a country.
17:15Mr. President, did you see that report, sir,
17:17that Hamas was going to stop releasing Israeli hostages?
17:21And what was your reaction?
17:22I think it's terrible. Look, I looked at the hostages
17:24that came in, and they were emaciated.
17:28It looked like something out of the 1930s.
17:32It's an absolute disgrace.
17:35And I think they saw the way the world viewed it,
17:38and they're looking for a reason not to send more
17:40because they're all — if you take a look at that,
17:43it looks like it was —
17:44looked like it was a concentration camp,
17:46which essentially it was.
17:49Looks like it came out of the Holocaust.
17:52And what a sad thing.
17:54One of them was a young man, good-looking guy,
17:59a little bit — a little bit heavier
18:01than perhaps he could have been.
18:03And now he looks like he's not even recognizable.
18:07Not even recognizable.
18:08He's fine. He's fine.
18:09He's not at risk of falling apart.
18:11Look, I can tell you that those people have been badly hurt,
18:17both mentally and physically.
18:20And I'm talking about the young women
18:21that came out also previously.
18:24And I think one of the reasons they're doing this
18:26is because they're probably sending the best.
18:28What you see is probably the best,
18:31because they want to send people that look at least healthy.
18:37And that's not healthy.
18:38These people have been badly hurt.
18:41They've been interviewed by our representatives.
18:44They've been interviewed by Israeli representatives.
18:46And they're really hurting.
18:48They are really hurting mentally and physically.
18:52And I think Hamas is looking at that and saying,
18:54Well, it's not going to get much better than that
18:57because they're probably sending out their best
18:59as a representative.
19:00And they've got more to send out.
19:02And they probably feel that they can't do that
19:06because it's not going to make them look very good.
19:09What are the things that lay that, sir?
19:12Should the ceasefire then be off?
19:14Well, I would say this, and I'm going to let that
19:16because it's Israel's decision.
19:18But as far as I'm concerned,
19:20if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday
19:24at 12 o'clock, I think it's an appropriate time.
19:27I would say cancel it and all bets are off
19:31and let hell break out.
19:34I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock
19:36on Saturday. And if they're not returned, all of them,
19:39not in drips and drabs,
19:41not two and one and three and four and two.
19:47Saturday at 12 o'clock.
19:50And after that, I would say all hell is going to break out.
19:55And I don't think they're going to do it.
19:57I think a lot of them are dead.
19:59I think a lot of the hostages are dead.
20:01I think it's a great human tragedy what's happened,
20:08how people can be that mean to do.
20:12I mean, the one guy was laughing when a hostage is —
20:17he thought his family was alive, found out the family was dead.
20:23And the — his captor, so to speak,
20:25his captor started laughing because he thought it was so funny.
20:29I know this is — this is a different group of people.
20:32No, I would say Saturday at 12 — we want them all back.
20:35I'm speaking for myself. Israel can override it.
20:38But from myself, Saturday at 12 o'clock.
20:41And if they're not — if they're not here,
20:44all hell is going to break out.
20:46The Press.
20:48Mr. President, in an interview this weekend,
20:50you said that Palestinians would not be guaranteed
20:52the right to return to Gaza if the U.S. were to develop it.
20:55What did you mean by that?
20:57We've spoken to a lot of Palestinians.
20:58They would love to leave Gaza if they could find a place to be.
21:02And I've spoken to various leaders of various countries
21:06in the not-so-distant area
21:09from where we're talking about, the Gaza Strip.
21:12And I think they were very positive about providing land.
21:17But we need this land.
21:18And if we could build a nice place for people
21:21to live safely, everybody in Gaza would do it.
21:25They've been persecuted. They've been — they've been spit on.
21:29They've been treated like trash.
21:31And they would love to get out of Gaza.
21:33But until now, they never had an alternative.
21:36Now they have an alternative.
21:37And as far as Hamas is concerned,
21:39you're seeing the real Hamas now with the hostages.
21:42Mr. President, on Gaza, you have the —
21:46Who are you? From where?
21:46The Wall Street Journal, sir.
21:48The Jordanian leader is coming in to see you.
21:52Folks in Jordan have expressed opposition
21:54to taking in more Gazans, more Palestinians.
21:57How do you plan to convince him to do otherwise?
22:00I think he'll take. I mean, I do think he'll take.
22:02And I think other countries will take also.
22:04They have good hearts. I think they'll take.
22:06But what about the Palestinians who just won't leave?
22:08We've spoken — our team has spoken to many in Gaza.
22:10They're all going to leave when they have a place
22:13that's a better alternative,
22:14when they have a nice place that's safe.
22:16They're all going to leave. It's a hellhole right now.
22:19But how are you so sure? Will the U.S. force them to leave?
22:23You're going to see that they're all going to want to leave.
22:25Mr. President, when you said,
22:26come Saturday at noon, are you — there's an American hostage
22:30who is still being held by Hamas right now.
22:32Are you worried about —
22:33Look, you know, who knows?
22:35Are they alive? Are they not alive?
22:37But I saw the condition.
22:38When I saw the condition of the last ones that came out —
22:41and the women, too — everybody.
22:43The one woman had her hand blown off
22:46because she was trying to stop a bullet being fired at her.
22:49Okay? Kind of a situation as that.
22:52You saw her.
22:55I just think it's time to either release everybody —
22:59they're not going to be alive right now.
23:00Based on what I saw over the last two days,
23:04they're not going to be alive for long.
23:07Saturday at 12 o'clock.
23:10And after that, it's going to be a different ballgame.
23:14Mr. President, when you say all hell is going to break loose,
23:16are you speaking about retaliation from Israel?
23:19You'll find out. And they'll find out, too.
23:21Hamas will find out what I mean.
23:24Mr. President, when they're consumer funding —
23:25They're going to find out what I mean.
23:26These are sick people.
23:28And they'll find out what I mean.
23:29Saturday at 12 o'clock.
23:30But no involvement from U.S.
23:32How about the Palestinians from the West Bank?
23:34Are they going to be relocated, too?
23:36What's your position on that?
23:37Well, right now, no. Right now, they're there.
23:39I assume they want to remain there.
23:40It's different. They're there.
23:43It's never been like what we're talking about
23:44with the Gaza Strip.
23:47No, no. No plans there.
23:49Mr. President, regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
23:52Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren,
23:54have said that by freezing it,
23:56it's getting big banks and giant corporations
23:58to green light the state families.
23:59Your response?
24:01Pocahontas. Pocahontas, the fake — the faker.
24:05You know, that was set up to destroy people.
24:07She used that as her little personal agency
24:11to go around and destroy people.
24:14And she's a fake.
24:15Just like she said she was an Indian,
24:17and she wasn't an Indian.
24:19You have more Indian blood in you than she has.
24:23She went to college based on the fact that she was an Indian.
24:26She got jobs based on the fact that she was an Indian.
24:28She's a fake.
24:31That was — that was set up to destroy some very good people.
24:35And it worked.
24:37I mean, it worked. A lot of — a lot of great people.
24:40I'll tell you, before I ever heard the term,
24:43people would come up to me in the Midwest
24:44and areas and say,
24:46Sir, I'm being destroyed by them.
24:48They used that to destroy people.
24:50She's a nasty woman.
24:52She's a really nasty woman,
24:54despite her phony beer commercial.
24:58No, we did the right thing.
25:00That was a very important thing to get rid of.
25:02And it was also a waste.
25:04I mean, number one, it was a bad group of people running it,
25:07but it was also a waste.
25:09If you looked at when she really ran it,
25:11wow, that was a vicious group of people.
25:14They really destroyed a lot of people.
25:15And you can confirm it's —
25:17your goal is to have it totally eliminated?
25:18I would say, yeah, because we're trying to get rid
25:20of waste, fraud, and abuse.
25:24What's next? And didn't I hear that somebody
25:26made, like, $38 million or something
25:28running a little agency?
25:31What was her name? What was her name?
25:33And what did she do?
25:34What was — what was that all about,
25:36all the money that she made? Does anybody know?
25:39Yeah, Brian, go ahead.
25:40Good to see you. The latest CBS poll
25:43has your approval ratings at an all-time high,
25:46despite all these controversial subjects
25:49and executive orders that you're doing.
25:50I want to get your thoughts on that,
25:52how you've really connected to mainstream America.
25:55Yeah, I have high approval ratings
25:57because I'm, you know, I'm using common sense,
26:00whether it's getting men out of women's sports.
26:05I mean, have you seen what goes on with the boxers
26:08and with the weightlifters and with the swimmers
26:10and everything? It's so ridiculous.
26:11And I think it's a 90 percent issue.
26:15And, you know, the amazing thing,
26:16the Democrats are still fighting for it.
26:18It's crazy. It's crazy.
26:20I think we should go to Congress also,
26:22have that cemented and, you know, make it indelible.
26:26But we — you know, it's — to me, it's all common sense.
26:29Who wants an open border where prisons
26:32are dumped into our country,
26:33where prisoners are led into our country,
26:35many of whom are murderers?
26:37Many of whom murdered far more than one person.
26:40And they're now roaming our country.
26:43Who wants that? I mean, it's terrible.
26:45Steve, I'd like you to say a couple of words about it.
26:48Yes, well, as you know, Mr. President,
26:50since you issued your day one executive orders,
26:53border crossings are down approximately 95 percent.
26:56You talk to agents on the line.
26:58In their entire careers, they've never seen crossing days
27:01as low as what they're experiencing right now.
27:04The cartels, in fact, are enormously frustrated
27:06because they've never seen a clampdown
27:08like this before in American history.
27:10There are people who were working at Border Patrol
27:11back when it was INS in the 80s and 90s.
27:14They've never seen a day like this.
27:15That's because you've mobilized the 10th Mountain Division,
27:18the Marines, the entire U.S. military.
27:20They're erecting physical miles of barrier,
27:23temporary and ultimately permanent, every single day.
27:25You have all of your border agents
27:27pushing the front line.
27:28They're not doing the humanitarian processing,
27:31quote, unquote, that Biden was doing.
27:32They're doing law enforcement and national security.
27:35They're interdicting weapons and drugs.
27:36They're interdicting violent, high-threat criminals.
27:40And the U.S. military is repatriating illegal immigrants
27:43at a pace and a skill that has never occurred before
27:45in American history.
27:46And those who are committing human trafficking
27:48and child trafficking are being prosecuted
27:50for felony offenses,
27:51and they'll be doing hard time in jail.
27:53There's never been a lockdown like what you have implemented
27:56through your orders and vision
27:57since you took the oath of office.
27:58What's your thoughts on DOJ?
28:00Wednesday at 10 a.m., we're having the first subcommittee
28:02that are going to focus on the fraud.
28:04Yeah, before I discuss that,
28:05I just want to add to what Steve said.
28:07And we want people to come into our country,
28:09but we want them to come in legally.
28:11They have to go through a process.
28:13And we have to know that they haven't killed nine people
28:17or they haven't killed, like, in one case, five people.
28:21And they're out on the loose, and we're all looking
28:23for that particular individual.
28:25This was all led in by Biden and the group of stupid people.
28:30Bad people and stupid people.
28:33Some are bad, some are stupid, some are both.
28:36But I'll tell you what they've done to this country.
28:38But we're cleaning it up.
28:40And hard to believe I can say it.
28:42It'll be better than ever before.
28:44But we have a lot of bad people we have to get at.
28:46We're searching out for a lot of them.
28:48I think Tom Holman and Christy are doing an unbelievable job.
28:52Christy Noem.
28:54They're doing an unbelievable job.
28:55They're taking out massive numbers of people.
28:59And you notice every country is accepting those people back.
29:01Remember, everyone said, oh, they'll never accept them.
29:03They're all taking them back.
29:05They have to. They're all taking them back.
29:07Every single country is taking them back.
29:09I don't know if they want them or not.
29:10I don't imagine they do, but they're taking them back.
29:13Okay?
29:15Mr. President, back on Gaza, you talked with Fox News
29:18about the billions of dollars
29:19we pay for Jordan and Egypt every year.
29:23Would you withhold aid to these countries
29:25if they don't agree to take in the Palestinians?
29:28Yeah, maybe. Sure. Why not?
29:30You mean if they don't agree?
29:32If they don't agree, I would conceivably withhold aid.
29:35Yeah.
29:37Are you going to talk to Prime Minister Netanyahu
29:39about the Saturday deadline?
29:41Sure. I mean, it's just my deadline,
29:43but they may change it.
29:45But I think it's — I've seen too many people come out.
29:50They look like Holocaust victims from many years ago.
29:57I've never seen anything like it.
29:58I didn't think this could happen in this world today.
30:01You know, we think we have a civilized world.
30:03It's not civil. These are —
30:05these are bad people we're dealing with.
30:07So, I would — that would be my suggestion.
30:10And he can open it up or not open it up,
30:12and that would be mine.
30:13Do you have anything to say about that?
30:14Your commerce, but you have a lot to say
30:16from the standpoint of your faith and your religion.
30:19Go ahead.
30:20So, it's amazing that four years of nothing,
30:24and then you come in
30:26and you immediately start to move the needle.
30:29You have hostages coming out.
30:31You send Steve Whitcoff, who's done an amazing job for you.
30:35You're changing the Middle East.
30:37You're supporting your ally, Israel.
30:39And I, for one, can't be more impressed with the outcome
30:43that you've driven.
30:44And choosing this Saturday to save people's lives
30:46or just be done with it seems like just the right choice.
30:49But I think it's time to come up with a date.
30:52It's — what are we going to do?
30:53We keep — every week, two people, three people.
30:57No, I don't think you can do that anymore.
30:59These are very seriously endangered people.
31:04These are endangered people.
31:06I don't think they're going to last very long.
31:09You know, the people that came out yesterday,
31:12they wouldn't last very long.
31:14Were you ruling out any U.S. involvement
31:16in whatever happens after this deadline?
31:19We'll see what happens. We'll just see what happens.
31:20Will you talk with Zelensky this week, sir?
31:22Yeah, probably.
31:24By telephone? What's your message?
31:25He wants to make a deal. Let's see.
31:27Let's see.
31:29We're dealing with him.
31:30And I think they both want to make a deal,
31:33but we'll have to see. It's got to be done.
31:35What is Zelensky going to do?
31:36Would have never happened if I were President.
31:38This would never have happened. Millions of people are dead.
31:41What will Zelensky have to give up, if anything?
31:43We'll talk about that later.
31:45Your reaction to a judge today continuing to pause
31:48on the buyout program for federal workers?
31:50Well, I don't know how you can lose a case like that.
31:53We're talking about people, you know, everybody.
31:56I got elected on making government better,
32:00more efficient, and smaller. And that's what we're doing.
32:04And I think it was a very generous buyout, actually.
32:07Also, if people don't show up to work,
32:09we have a right to fire them.
32:11And they have an option.
32:12They can show up to work or not.
32:14If they don't want to show up to work, they'll let them work.
32:16Because then the next step is, have you worked before?
32:19Have you worked during this time
32:20that you're supposed to be working?
32:21You'll find many of those people, in my opinion,
32:24have had other jobs, even though they're collecting money
32:27from the federal government.
32:28Many have had, in my opinion, other jobs.
32:31If they did, that's a big problem.
32:34If the buyouts are blocked in court,
32:36will you instead pursue layoffs in federal departments?
32:40I don't know how they can do it. This is free will.
32:43This is a buyout where people, you know,
32:47they were offered a good deal.
32:48Many people have taken that, as you know.
32:50But, you know, many of those people,
32:52and we talk about reporting to work, right?
32:55I happen to be a believer that you have to go to work.
32:57I don't think you can work from a home.
33:00I don't know. It's like there's a whole big,
33:02oh, you can work from home.
33:03Nobody is going to work from home.
33:04They're going to be going out. They're going to play tennis.
33:07They're going to play golf. They're going to do a lot of things.
33:09They're not working.
33:11It's a rare person that's going to work.
33:12You might work 10 percent of the time, maybe 20 percent.
33:15I don't think you're going to work a lot more than that.
33:18They have an obligation to work,
33:20and they have an obligation not to have a second job
33:23when they're supposed to be working for the federal government.
33:25You're going to find that a lot of these people have second jobs
33:28instead of working for —
33:29they'll be collecting a federal government check,
33:32and they'll be working two jobs.
33:34And that's big trouble for them.
33:36The Press.
33:38You've said a lot about South Africa in the last two weeks.
33:41It's hosting the G20 summit this year.
33:43Are you planning to attend this, or are you skipping it
33:45and telling your cabinet to not?
33:47Well, we'll see what happens.
33:48But the South African situation is very,
33:50very dangerous and very bad for a lot of people.
33:54There's tremendously bad things going on,
33:58including the confiscation of property,
34:01and worse — much worse than that.
34:02You know what I'm talking about.
34:04And we're not making any payment
34:06until we find out what's going on in South Africa.
34:08Yes, Keith.
34:09General Kellogg going to Ukraine this week, sir, or soon?
34:13Yeah, he is. Keith Kellogg.
34:14General Kellogg is an excellent guy,
34:18and he's spending time doing various things.
34:21We have numerous people
34:23working on numerous different problems.
34:25You know, when I left office — it wasn't long ago,
34:30a little more than four years ago — we had no wars.
34:32We had no — we didn't have problems.
34:34Now we've got — the whole world is blowing up.
34:36But we'll put out the fires.
34:38You've been talking to Vladimir Putin.
34:40Are you trying to set up a meeting with him?
34:43Well, I can't tell you what I'm talking about,
34:45but we are talking as a group also.
34:50I think he'd like to make a deal,
34:52but it takes two to tango.
34:54And, sir, I mean, you can't give us any more clarity
34:57whether you personally have spoken to Vladimir Putin?
34:58I don't want to talk about it, no.
35:00I don't want to talk about it. It's not going to help you to know.
35:03But we would like to get a deal done if possible,
35:05only because, in my case, save lives.
35:09You know, we're much further away.
35:10Remember, we have an ocean separating.
35:14They don't. Europe should be paying what we're paying.
35:18And Europe has done it more in the form of a loan
35:20than with us. We just give it.
35:22You know, Biden gives it because he's not a smart individual.
35:25He's not a very smart individual.
35:28We have people over there today who are making a deal
35:31that, as we give money, we get minerals and we get oil
35:34and we get all sorts of things.
35:35Because why are we doing this?
35:36And all this money, we're in for maybe $350 billion,
35:41and Europe's in for $100 billion.
35:44And Europe's in really as a form of a loan.
35:47In theory, they get that money back.
35:48In theory, they get interest on their money.
35:50It's a whole different ballgame.
35:53And Biden is the one that started doing this.
35:55Every time Zelensky came here,
35:56he walked away with $60 to $100 billion.
36:00I think he's one of the greatest salesmen ever
36:02who have ever lived, by the way.
36:03Can you discuss your intentions with the Kennedy Center,
36:07which you're now the board chair of?
36:08So, we took over the Kennedy Center.
36:10We didn't like what they were showing
36:11and various other things.
36:13And I had a lot of the board members already, as you know.
36:17We have some that will be replaced.
36:21But we have, I guess, a whole new group of people going in.
36:26I have Rick Grinnell,
36:27who's got some experience in that world.
36:29He's going to be — he's very good.
36:30He's going to be handling it on a temporary basis.
36:33I think he'll do a great job.
36:34But we're going to get some great professionals.
36:37I'm going to be chairman of it,
36:39and we're going to make sure that it's good
36:40and it's not going to be woke.
36:43There's no more woke in this country.
36:45This woke has cost us a fortune and cost us our reputation.
36:49But the reputation is coming back very, very rapidly.
36:53Thank you very much, everybody.
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