Former President Trump responds to calls to make him Speaker of the House.
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00:00 The Press: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President?
00:04 The President: A lot of people have been calling me,
00:05 Madam Speaker.
00:07 All I can say is we'll do whatever is best for the country
00:10 and for the Republican Party.
00:11 We have some great people.
00:13 I just want to say we have some great, great people.
00:17 The Press: Would you take the job?
00:18 The President: A lot of people have asked me about it.
00:20 I'm focused.
00:21 You know, we're leading -- I don't know if you --
00:22 I'm sure you don't read too much.
00:24 But we're leading by, like, 50 points per President.
00:30 My focus is totally on that.
00:32 If I can help them during the process, then we'll do it.
00:35 But we have some great people in the Republican Party
00:37 that could do a great job as Speaker.
00:39 The Press: Well, what about --
00:40 The Press: Well, I heard you had a phone call
00:41 for your new Speaker yesterday.
00:42 The President: I think she's a wonderful woman, if I'm being --
00:45 a lot of wonderful people over there, too.
00:47 I'll do whatever it is to help.
00:49 But my focus, my total focus, is being President
00:53 and, quite honestly, making America great again.
00:57 Because we are living in a country in decline.
01:00 This is a country that's failing badly.
01:02 We're not respected in the world.
01:05 Interest rates are through the roof.
01:06 Taxes are through the roof.
01:07 Inflation is horrible.
01:09 What it's done to us, it's eating us alive.
01:12 Energy is now over $5.
01:15 I was at $1.87.
01:18 It's over $5.
01:19 What's happened to our country with Afghanistan,
01:22 that horrible removal, the most embarrassing moment,
01:26 I think, in our country's history.
01:28 So, I'm running for President.
01:30 I'm up by 40 and 50 points and more in some cases.
01:35 But whatever I can do to help with regard to Speaker is good.
01:40 By the way, I'm also leading Biden by a lot.
01:42 If I wasn't, I wouldn't have trials like this.
01:44 Thank you very much.