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