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00:00Good afternoon, everybody.
00:04How are we?
00:05Good?
00:06Good.
00:07President Trump is saddened and outraged over the brutal murder of two Israeli embassy
00:14staff here in Washington, D.C., last night.
00:17Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram were a beautiful young couple.
00:22In fact, we learned that Yaron was planning to propose to Sarah next week in Jerusalem.
00:28Yaron's father, Daniel, spoke about the young couple's devotion for one another this morning.
00:33He said,
00:34They were in love, one for the other.
00:37The embassy told us they were like a star couple at the embassy.
00:40I never expected something like this.
00:43He had his whole life before him.
00:46These words, especially every parent knows, are heart-wrenching.
00:50The evil of anti-Semitism must be eradicated from our society.
00:55I spoke to the Attorney General this morning.
00:58The Department of Justice will be prosecuting the perpetrator responsible for this to the
01:02fullest extent of the law.
01:05Hatred has no place in the United States of America under President Donald Trump.
01:11Everyone here at the White House is praying for the victims' friends and families during
01:15this unimaginable time.
01:17Now for some scheduling announcements.
01:19On Saturday morning, President Trump will deliver the commencement address at the United
01:23States Military Academy at West Point.
01:26On Monday, to commemorate Memorial Day, the President will visit Arlington National Cemetery
01:32and participate in a wreath-laying ceremony.
01:35The President will further honor our military next month on June 14th when he hosts the
01:40250th anniversary of the United States Army with a grand military parade celebration right
01:47here in our nation's capital.
01:49President Trump will be joined by veterans, active-duty troops, wounded warriors, Gold
01:54Star families, and patriotic Americans from across the country to celebrate our heroes
01:59who have kept us safe.
02:01Tickets for the parade and the celebration are available through the America 250 Commission's
02:05event registration portal.
02:07It will be a truly historic and special day for our country.
02:12After the parade, President Trump will travel to the G7 Leaders Summit in Canada from June
02:1615th through the 17th.
02:18He will be sending additional logistics information out after the briefing.
02:24Last night, Republicans in the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the most significant
02:29piece of legislation in years.
02:32There were a lot of good-faith negotiations in the Republican conference leading up to
02:36the final passage, but as always, President Trump came in at the end to bring all sides
02:41together and get this deal done.
02:44This One Big Beautiful Bill will implement President Trump's Make America Great Again
02:48agenda by delivering the largest tax cut in American history for middle-class families,
02:54the working class, and small businesses.
02:56The One Big Beautiful Bill fulfills President Trump's promises of no tax on tips, which
03:01was applauded today by the CEO of Uber, no tax on overtime, a made-in-America auto tax
03:07break, Trump Savings Accounts for newborn babies, and substantial tax cuts for our amazing
03:12seniors' Social Security benefits.
03:15The One Big Beautiful Bill will permanently secure the border by delivering the largest
03:19border security investment in history, funding at least one million annual removals of illegal
03:25aliens to carry out the largest deportation campaign ever, finishing the Trump border
03:30wall, and giving pay raises and bonuses for our incredible ICE and Border Patrol agents.
03:36The One Big Beautiful Bill protects the Medicaid program and its benefits for the most vulnerable
03:40Americans that the program was designed for by kicking off 1.4 million illegal aliens
03:46from receiving benefits and implementing common-sense work requirements for abled, bodied Americans.
03:52The One Big Beautiful Bill also helps get our fiscal house in order by carrying out
03:56the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years, with $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings.
04:04Every single Democrat in the House of Representatives who voted against all of these common-sense
04:09and massively popular policies, the Democrat Party has never been more radical and out
04:14of touch with the needs of the American people.
04:18The One Big Beautiful Bill is the final missing piece toward ushering the golden age of America.
04:23The Senate should pass this as quickly as possible and send it to President Trump's
04:27desk for a final signature.
04:30After today's briefing, President Trump will hold a Make America Healthy Again event
04:35alongside Secretary Kennedy and several other cabinet secretaries to unveil the Maha Commission
04:40Report.
04:42President Trump wants every child in America to grow up and to live a long and healthy
04:46life.
04:47That's why he's working alongside Secretary Kennedy to end the chronic disease epidemic
04:53to keep our children healthy, safe, and disease-free.
04:57The Maha Commission Report is a historic assessment, the first of its kind by any presidential
05:03administration, of current evidence and research about the health crisis affecting America's
05:07children.
05:09This report is a review of pre-existing research to comprehensively assess what we understand
05:14about our health problems and what we don't understand, and how we can find those answers.
05:20All of the findings will be based on the gold standard of science.
05:23And I think I speak for all Maha moms across the country when I say we look forward to
05:28the President's event and remarks later this afternoon.
05:32And as we head into the Memorial Day weekend, a quick update on gas prices.
05:36According to the fuel savings platform GasBuddy, the national average price of gasoline is
05:41expected to be $3.08 on Memorial Day.
05:44We expect that to continue to decline because of the President's energy policies.
05:48But this is down from Memorial Day last year and adjusted for inflation.
05:52It's the second cheapest price for a gallon of gas on Memorial Day since 2003, thanks
05:58to President Trump.
05:59And finally, in other news, the Department of Homeland Security conducted a deportation
06:04flight from Texas to remove vicious, illegal criminals in the United States.
06:10All of these individuals were sent, or are trying to be sent, to a third country.
06:17And President Trump promised to get vicious, illegal alien murderers, rapists, and pedophiles
06:21like these out of our country, and he is delivering, trying to deliver, on this promise.
06:28But no matter how upset this makes Democrats, we will continue to deport these monsters
06:32to keep Americans safe.
06:34And here are the heinous individuals who were on that flight.
06:38A Cuban national convicted of homicide, armed robbery, false impersonation of an official,
06:43kidnapping, and robbery strong arm.
06:46A Cuban national convicted of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon.
06:51A citizen of Laos convicted of first-degree murder and robbery.
06:55A Mexican national convicted of second-degree murder.
06:59A citizen of South Sudan convicted of robbery in the possession of a firearm.
07:04A citizen of Burma convicted of lascivious acts with a child less than 12 years old.
07:11A citizen of Burma convicted of first-degree sexual assault involving a victim mentally
07:15and physical incapable of resisting.
07:18It's disgusting.
07:19And a Vietnamese national convicted of first-degree murder.
07:23Now, a liberal activist district court judge in the city of Boston, Massachusetts is trying
07:28to force the President of the United States to bring these monsters back to our country.
07:35Judge Brian Murphy is ordering the Department of Homeland Security to give these illegal
07:38criminals 15 days to reopen their immigration cases with access to phones and attorneys.
07:45Every single one of these individuals I will add had final orders of removal from our country.
07:52And now Judge Murphy is forcing federal officials to remain in Djibouti for over two weeks,
07:58threatening our U.S. diplomatic relationships with countries around the world and putting
08:03these agents' lives in danger by having to be with these illegal murderers, criminals
08:09and rapists.
08:10This is completely absurd.
08:12Judge Brian Murphy is not the Secretary of State.
08:15He is not the Secretary of Defense or the Commander-in-Chief.
08:18He is a district court judge in Massachusetts.
08:21He cannot control the foreign policy or the national security of the United States of
08:26America and to suggest otherwise is being completely absurd.
08:31According to new reporting about this judge, he's a registered Democrat in Massachusetts
08:35who during his Senate confirmation hearings failed to disclose his ties to a radical left-wing
08:40organization that claimed the word illegal to describe illegal aliens was inherently
08:44prejudicial.
08:46This massive judicial overreach by Judge Murphy is part of the same opposition our administration
08:51has faced since day one.
08:54Radical left-wing judges are egregiously trying to stop President Trump from using his core
08:58constitutional powers as head of the executive branch and commander-in-chief.
09:03These judicial activists want to unilaterally stop President Trump from deporting foreign
09:08terrorists and keeping the American people safe.
09:11Nearly 80 million Americans re-elected this president to deport illegal criminals from
09:15our homeland and polling consistently shows that 90% of Americans want illegal alien criminals,
09:21especially those with final orders of removal from our country, who have chosen to continue
09:26to stay here illegally.
09:28Americans want these people sent home.
09:31We hope the Supreme Court will continue to rein this in as soon as possible to restore
09:35proper constitutional order in our country.
09:38We'll take some questions.
09:39And here in our new media seat today, we have Jillian Michaels.
09:42She's a renowned personal health expert.
09:44I know all of you know her.
09:45I certainly do, watching fitness videos growing up.
09:48And a media powerhouse who has continued to expand her reach with her podcast, Keeping
09:52It Real.
09:53Jillian, I know you're here today for the Make America Healthy Again event.
09:56We're proud to welcome you to the White House.
10:00Thanks for being in the briefing.
10:01Why don't you go ahead.
10:02Thank you for having me.
10:03As a mahamam yourself, how do you interpret the significance of this report in terms of
10:09delivering measurable health improvements for Americans and their kids?
10:13And what specific actions does the administration plan to take in response to it?
10:19Sure.
10:20Well, thank you for the question.
10:21Again, thank you very much for being here.
10:23I would like to emphasize we held a call earlier today with Secretary Kennedy, Secretary Rollins,
10:29Administrator Zeldin, and other officials at Health and Human Services to talk about
10:33the gravity of this report.
10:35When the president took office, he promised to make this country healthy again.
10:39And the president signed an executive order directing this commission.
10:42And now, less than 100 days later, the commission is delivering this report.
10:46It's another promise made, another promise kept.
10:49And the report identifies four major factors that are contributing to the rise in childhood
10:54chronic disease.
10:55Again, this is the first time the federal government has really recognized in a single
11:00report that we have a problem in our country.
11:03Our children are getting sicker, not healthier.
11:05This is not just a crisis, a health crisis, but it poses national security implications
11:10as well.
11:11And this administration is focused on ensuring we understand why.
11:16The four factors contributing to the report, as you will all hear from the president later,
11:21are number one, poor diet, a robust discussion about ultra-processed food that are dominating
11:27our children's diets, environmental chemical exposure, plastics, and other chemicals that
11:31are unfortunately a part of our daily American life.
11:35It talks about the lack of physical activity and chronic stress and how technology-driven
11:39lifestyles are contributing to the decline of our children's physical and mental health.
11:44And then lastly, the report touches on the over-medicalization that's taking place in
11:48our American society, nowhere else in the world but just right here in the United States
11:53of America.
11:54And the report directs the entire administration to understand why these issues are happening
11:59and what public policy can the administration implement to ensure that we are fostering
12:04a more healthy country for our children.
12:06So I'll leave it at that and let the president and his team speak more about this historic
12:10report later.
12:11But this should be good news for everyone.
12:13I don't care what your politics are.
12:15We should all agree that we want our children to be healthy and safe, and we want our food
12:19supply to be healthy and safe.
12:21We have the best farmers and ranchers in the world right here in the United States of America.
12:27And we have the best workers in the world.
12:28We have the best people in the world.
12:30But unfortunately, we have a health crisis that's been plaguing us for too long, and
12:33this report speaks to the heart of it.
12:36You're welcome.
12:37Thanks for being here.
12:38Garrett, go ahead.
12:39Caroline, you guys are very proud of your record on transparency.
12:41I have two transparency-related questions for you.
12:43Sure.
12:44On the president's dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making a list of the
12:47attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president?
12:52Well, as you know, Garrett, this question has been raised with the president.
12:56I have also addressed the dinner tonight.
12:58The president is attending it in his personal time.
13:01It is not a White House dinner.
13:03It's not taking place here at the White House.
13:05But certainly, I can raise that question and try to get you an answer for it.
13:08Okay.
13:09And on the Qatari aircraft, the Air Force has said they're going to classify all the
13:13information about the work that has to get done to bring it up to snuff to be Air Force
13:16One.
13:17Previous Air Force One contracts, including the one that the president entered into in
13:212018, are public.
13:23That's available knowledge.
13:24Will the White House commit to releasing who's doing that work and the cost of that
13:28work?
13:29I understand that some elements might be classified about specific systems, but will you commit
13:32to releasing that basic information so people can see ultimately what this costs?
13:36Well, Garrett, as you know, that's a question for the Department of Defense and the United
13:39States Air Force, who is accepting this jet as part of their fleet.
13:42So the president can declassify anything he wants.
13:44Well, you'll have to ask the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force, who
13:47is accepting this jet as part of its fleet.
13:50Peter.
13:51The president can declassify anything that he wants.
13:55Has he looked to see if there are any records here that would contradict what we've been
14:01told about Joe Biden's decline?
14:04He has not directed anyone, to my knowledge, to look into that, but surely I can ask him
14:12if he intends to.
14:13I think the president has spoken on this pretty extensively, and I have spoken about it extensively
14:19from this podium as well, how it was truly one of the worst political scandals this country
14:23has ever seen, that the previous administration covered up the decline in the former president's
14:28mental and physical ability.
14:31And it's now all coming out.
14:34But the American people knew the truth, and that's one of the many reasons why President
14:37Trump won the election on November 5th.
14:39And President Trump says that he basically thinks unelected Biden staffers concealed
14:44his decline so that they could use the levers of power for their own personal gain.
14:49Well, look, that's not just the president thinking that, Peter.
14:53There's a new book out.
14:54I don't know if any of you have heard about it.
14:55Again, a little bit too late, because the American people knew the truth on this from
14:59the very beginning.
15:00And there were reporters in this room, including some from your network, Peter, I'll give you
15:03a little bit of credit here, who have said that clearly Joe Biden's staffers were engaging
15:07in this cover-up.
15:08So this is common sense.
15:10This isn't the president making it up.
15:11These are facts that are now finally being revealed.
15:13Right.
15:14And I'm not saying the president's making it up, but he specifically talks about the
15:17auto pen.
15:18He thinks that staffers were using this auto pen.
15:20Is there some kind of like a badge that you have to swipe to use an auto pen?
15:25Is there a record of that?
15:27I can tell you here at this White House, the president signs any document that has legal
15:33implications.
15:34The president signs every executive order.
15:36He signs every proclamation.
15:38He signs pretty much every document that is needed for the president's signature, with
15:42the exception of maybe some letters to children.
15:45From what we have heard and seen, that was not the case in the previous administration.
15:48And the president is raising good questions that are worth looking into.
15:52And as for Maha, I'm going to take a sip of water, if that's okay with you guys.
15:56Go ahead.
15:57Thank you, Caroline.
15:58Back to the presidential gala tonight.
16:00Did anyone in the White House or in the White House Counsel's Office advise the president
16:05against holding this sweepstakes, whereby people who spent the most money on his Trump
16:12corn would then have access to the president at this dinner?
16:15Again, the president has been asked about this.
16:18He has addressed this.
16:19I have also stated previously from this podium that the president is abiding by all conflict
16:24of interest laws that are applicable to the president.
16:27And I think everybody, the American public, believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate
16:32that this president is profiting off of the presidency.
16:35This president was incredibly successful before giving it all up to serve our country publicly.
16:41And not only has he lost wealth, but he also almost lost his life.
16:44He has sacrificed a lot to be here, and to suggest otherwise is, frankly, completely
16:49absurd.
16:50Libby, go ahead.
16:51Does the White House have any concerns?
16:52Thank you, Caroline.
16:53The fifth round of the nuclear talk between Iran and the U.S. is going to take place on
16:54Friday in Rome.
16:55What is the president anticipating ahead of that?
16:56And if a deal doesn't come from that meeting, is he going to walk away?
17:05Well, I'm glad you brought up Iran, because I do have an update.
17:09The president spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.
17:13They had a productive discussion.
17:14They discussed many things, including, of course, the tragic shooting that took place
17:18here in Washington, D.C., last night.
17:20But they also did talk about a potential deal with Iran, which the president believes is
17:24moving along in the right direction.
17:27And as the president told me, and he's told all of you, this deal with Iran could end
17:31in two ways.
17:32It could end in a very positive diplomatic solution, or it could end in a very negative
17:37situation for Iran.
17:38So that's why these talks are taking place later this week.
17:41Yamiche, good to see you.
17:42Thanks for taking the question.
17:44Sure.
17:45The president showed a video that he said showed more than 1,000 burial sites of white
17:50South Africans that he said were murdered.
17:52We know that that was not true and that the video wasn't showing that.
17:55So I wonder, why did the president choose to show that?
17:57What's not true, Yamiche?
17:58It's not true that the video was showing a burial site.
18:00It is unsubstantiated that that's the case.
18:02No, it is true that that video showed the crosses that represent —
18:07And the video showed images of crosses in South Africa about white farmers who have
18:16been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin.
18:22And those crosses are representing their lives.
18:24Those crosses are representing their lives and the fact that they are now dead and their
18:28government did nothing about it.
18:31Are you disputing that there is no –
18:32Are you disputing the fact that the video showed what the President claimed it showed
18:35because it did not show that?
18:36But even more, what I'm asking you is who at the White House –
18:38No, it did show that.
18:39It showed white crosses representing people who have perished because of racial persecution.
18:43Who at the White House verifies the videos that the President shows?
18:45And what protocols are in place when there's unsubstantiated information being put out
18:49for the world and world leaders to know?
18:51Yamiche, what's unsubstantiated about the video?
18:53The video shows crosses that represent the dead bodies of people who were racially persecuted
18:59by their government.
19:00In fact, the Associated Press, of all places, has a picture of that very monument and the
19:05caption from the Associated Press is, each cross marks a white farmer who has been killed
19:10in a farm murder.
19:11So it is substantiated, not just by that video and the physical evidence that everybody saw
19:17on display in the Oval Office, but also by another outlet in this room, the Associated
19:20Press.
19:21So you should take it up with them if you believe the claim is unsubstantiated.
19:24And that's a ridiculous line of questioning.
19:26John, go ahead.
19:27Go ahead, John.
19:28Thank you, Caroline.
19:29The Big Beautiful Bill now goes to the Senate.
19:32It does, yes.
19:33A lot of the Republican senators have promised amendments that will water this thing down
19:40dramatically.
19:42What is the President's level of tolerance for their amendments to water it down, and
19:47what will be the action taken for some of the amendments that the President does not
19:52want?
19:53Sure.
19:54Well, the One Big Beautiful Bill is named the One Big Beautiful Bill for a reason, because
19:57it is a one big beautiful bill that encompasses just about everything this President could
20:03want for the American public.
20:05It delivers on so many of his core campaign promises.
20:09So surely we want to see those campaign promises signed into law.
20:13And as the President put in his Truth Social post this morning, and as he said to me, we
20:18can celebrate this past the House for a couple of hours, but now it's time for the Senate
20:22to get to work.
20:23The President has a great relationship with Senate Majority Leader Thune, and of course
20:27there are so many friends on the Senate side of the Hill, and he's expecting them to get
20:31busy on this bill and send it to his desk as soon as possible.
20:33Phil.
20:35Given that the President said the other day of the salt cap, we don't want to benefit
20:40Democratic governors, if the Senate was to reduce that salt cap or make any type of changes,
20:46would he support that?
20:47Or is this a situation where done is beautiful and he just wants to pass it?
20:51Well, look, it's a hypothetical question, obviously.
20:53Negotiations...
20:54Well, that's what the President said.
20:55Well, correct.
20:56The President said the bill passed, didn't it?
20:57So now it's off to the Senate where additional negotiations will take place, and we'll see
21:01how it goes.
21:02Michael.
21:03Thank you, Caroline.
21:04Two questions on the beautiful bill.
21:05One of the campaign promises from President Trump was no tax on Social Security.
21:09Now, due to congressional rules, that wasn't able to be included in this bill.
21:13How does the President plan to follow through on that campaign promise?
21:17Well, this bill did address taxes for our seniors.
21:20It actually allows them to take off significant money from their Social Security payments,
21:25get more money back, I should say, put more money in their pockets for various reasons.
21:29So this bill delivers on that promise.
21:32That's the view of the White House.
21:33And secondly, you had two Republicans last night that voted against this bill, Congressman
21:37Massey and Davidson.
21:39Does the President think that they should be primary?
21:41I believe he does, and I don't think he likes to see grandstanders in Congress.
21:45What's the alternative, I would ask those members of Congress?
21:47Did they want to see a tax hike?
21:49Did they want to see our country go bankrupt?
21:51That's the alternative by them trying to vote no.
21:54And the President believes the Republican Party needs to be unified, and the vast majority
21:58of Republicans clearly are and are listening to the President.
22:01They are trusting in President Trump, as they should, because there's a reason he's sitting
22:05in this Oval Office.
22:06It's because he's the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party, not just a president
22:11for Republicans but all Americans.
22:13The President's approval rating is at an all-time high right now, and it's because he knows
22:16how to deliver.
22:18And Republicans like Thomas Massey and others should take note.
22:21Stephen.
22:22Thank you, Caroline.
22:23Building on the question about Social Security, the bill includes the President's promises
22:28to address taxes on tips and overtime.
22:31Could you say his feelings about the income cap?
22:35Is he satisfied where that landed?
22:38And also on a different matter, could you comment on the investigation that the Justice
22:42Department has into Andrew Cuomo?
22:44As for the first question, the President is clearly satisfied where the bill landed because
22:48it passed.
22:49It has to go to the Senate, so changes could certainly be made.
22:53As for your second question, I would defer you to the Department of Justice.
22:55Caroline.
22:56Christian.
22:57Yeah, thanks, Caroline.
22:58Can you explain the decision to totally shake up FEMA leadership just a week before hurricane
23:04season?
23:05You'd have to ask the Department of Homeland Security in terms of leadership, but certainly
23:10the Administration and I know the National Security Council here at the White House is
23:13monitoring storms and natural disasters that are happening across the country at all times.
23:19So we're briefed on those, the Administration is briefed on those, and Secretary Nome is
23:23leading that effort, for sure.
23:24Go ahead.
23:25And just switching gears, Caroline.
23:26Yeah, just following up on Warren Davidson, I wanted to read you his quote that he posted
23:30online.
23:31While I love many things in the bill, promising someone else will cut spending in the future
23:34does not cut spending.
23:36Deficits do matter, and this bill grows them.
23:37Why should that get a Republican primary?
23:40This bill saves $1.6 trillion for the American taxpayer.
23:45It saves more than any bill that has ever passed Capitol Hill has.
23:48In fact, by double, the next bill saved $800 billion.
23:51This bill saves $1.6 trillion.
23:53So this is a very good bill for the American people, the American taxpayer, and I believe,
23:58as an outlet put it with a headline this morning, it might have been Politico, actually, they
24:03wrote that the American people are going to be flush with cash when this thing is signed
24:07into law.
24:08And that's a good thing for American taxpayers.
24:09Just a follow-up.
24:10Sure.
24:11Go ahead.
24:12Caroline, what is the President doing to win Senate passage by July 4th, and does that
24:15include work to eliminate carried interest and make business tax cuts permanent?
24:19Where is he on those issues?
24:20Well, look, this bill literally just passed the House of Representatives, so now our team
24:25is suiting up for discussions with the Senate side of Capitol Hill.
24:30The President, again, said this morning he hopes to see this bill at his desk as soon
24:33as possible, and he'll be engaged in the process to get it through the Senate, just like he
24:37was to get it through the House of Representatives.
24:38What kind of assurances did he give the Freedom Caucus members to kind of ensure that this
24:43would get through last night?
24:44Was changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac part of that equation?
24:48Changes administratively to Medicaid as well?
24:50Well, I was in that meeting yesterday with the President and House Freedom Caucus, and
24:54he told them how he wants to be a cheerleader for them, a cheerleader for the Republican
24:57Party and for the country.
24:59And Republicans faced a pivotal moment yesterday.
25:01They could have voted to bankrupt the country and increase taxes by $4 trillion, or they
25:06could vote for this one big, beautiful bill which cuts taxes and saves American taxpayers
25:11money.
25:12So he put that proposition before them, and clearly they heeded the call because the bill
25:16passed last night.
25:17Sure.
25:18Caroline.
25:19So on the –
25:20Or this morning, rather.
25:21Every day is going into the next.
25:22Go ahead.
25:23On the Netanyahu call, just curious, did the President raise the flow of aid into Gaza?
25:28Is he happy with where that situation is right now?
25:30Not to my knowledge, but I can certainly go back and check.
25:33And did you have any reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling about the religious charter
25:37school today, as well as Justice Coney Barrett's decision to recuse herself?
25:42We'll get you an answer on that case specifically.
25:45Sure.
25:46You mentioned the President has a good relationship with Leader Thune.
25:48Has he talked to him specifically about the plan to get this through the Senate?
25:51Does he plan or is he going to reach out to Republicans who have voiced concerns?
25:56Not to my knowledge.
25:57I see he's spoken to Leader Thune this morning.
25:59He very well could have.
26:00I just wasn't briefed on that call.
26:01We can go back and check for you.
26:03The President did speak to Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning.
26:05He also had a call with President Scheinbaum this morning.
26:08He was receiving his intelligence briefing.
26:10He's been very busy all morning.
26:12But again, he certainly intends to remain active and engaged in these negotiations with
26:16the United States Senate to get this bill done.
26:18And just following up on the dinner tonight, you mentioned this is not a White House dinner,
26:21but the President is always the President, and the Trump family is making money off of
26:25this.
26:26So can you just explain how is this not the President using the office to enrich himself?
26:30All of the President's assets are in a blind trust, which is managed by his children.
26:34And I would argue one of the many reasons that the American people reelected this President
26:39back to this office is because he was a very successful businessman before giving it up
26:44to publicly serve our country.
26:46Reagan.
26:47Thanks, Caroline.
26:48Last week, the President told Brett Baier that he trusts his people, but thinks that
26:49the official narrative on his assassination attempts are, quote, a little bit odd.
26:50FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said days later that there's no conspiracy to find,
26:51and as he put it, quote, that there's no conspiracy to find.
26:52My question is, is the President personally satisfied with the investigations into the
27:11attempts on his life, and does he agree with Deputy FBI Director, or does he think there's
27:16more to it?
27:17Well, in the lead-up to your question, you answered your own question with the President's
27:21own words, and I'll leave it at that.
27:23Caroline.
27:24Sure.
27:25Go ahead, Haley.
27:26Thank you, Caroline.
27:27Haley, go ahead.
27:28Oh, thanks.
27:29I wanted to follow up on his call with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his effort to deal
27:30with Iran.
27:31Does he feel like he has the Prime Minister's support in this effort at this point, or did
27:32the Prime Minister raise concerns to him in this conversation?
27:33I will get further into the private discussion between the President and the Prime Minister,
27:34but surely they have a good relationship, one that's built on transparency and trust,
27:35and I think that's what the President and the Prime Minister have been talking about
27:36over the years.
27:37And I think that's what the President and the Prime Minister have been talking about over
27:38the years.
27:39And I think that's what the President and the Prime Minister have been talking about over
27:40the years.
27:41He does not want to have to take the latter option, the more severe and negative option.
28:05He wants to see a deal.
28:06The President is a dealmaker, and he believes strongly in diplomacy, and he's made that
28:10clear to the Prime Minister, but also to all of you and, frankly, the rest of the world.
28:14Mary.
28:15Thank you, Caroline.
28:16Sure.
28:17Two questions.
28:18One on the terror attack last night, and then another on the big, beautiful bill.
28:21Do you or President Trump have a message to politicians like Ilhan Omar, who only this
28:26morning explicitly avoided condemning this act of terror?
28:30It's despicable.
28:31And frankly, we have seen a rise in anti-Semitic protests, of pro-Hamas protests, of terrorist
28:41sympathizers.
28:42We saw them on our college campuses.
28:45And we've seen the Democrat Party turn a blind eye and, in some cases, actually embrace such
28:50anti-Semitic illegal behavior.
28:53And that's why this administration has done more than any administration in history to
28:57crack down on anti-Semitism.
28:58As you know, in January, when the President took office, he signed a new executive order
29:02to combat anti-Semitism.
29:04He created a commission focused on doing just that.
29:07The Justice Department announced their task force as well.
29:10The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has revoked thousands of student visas from campuses where
29:16these pro-Hamas terrorists, campus agitators, and violent protests took place.
29:24And we've also withheld funding from those very campuses as well in an effort to combat
29:29anti-Semitism.
29:30So the President's made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country.
29:35And then on the big, beautiful bill, I know there's a provision in the House included
29:38that defunds Planned Parenthood, not only because of the fact that it's the nation's
29:41largest abortion provider, but also because it's, I think, the biggest distributor of
29:45transgender hormones right now, even to minors, according to Live Action.
29:48So is the President committed to making sure that provision stays in the Senate?
29:54The President has maintained a very clear commitment to ensuring that this Administration
29:58and the American people's tax dollars are not funding any institution.
30:03That includes hospital systems that are funding the chemical castration and mutilation of
30:08children.
30:09We are not going to tolerate taxpayer dollars going to such efforts.
30:12Sure.
30:13Thank you, Caroline.
30:14You mentioned at the top of the briefing that the migrants were to be sent to a third country.
30:18I was just wondering, could you share any more on which countries the Administration
30:22has struck these agreements with, and what that agreement with South Sudan specifically
30:26looks like?
30:27Well, first of all, I won't litigate foreign policy from the podium, but what I will reiterate
30:33is the absurdity of this ruling from a district court judge in Boston who has just created
30:39new immigration laws out of thin air.
30:42This Administration, let me be very clear, because there have been a lot of fake headlines
30:47about this deportation flight over the last two days.
30:50This Administration has complied with all court orders.
30:55And the individuals whose names I just revealed and whose criminal histories I just spoke
30:59of that are on this flight, every single one of them had a final order of removal from
31:04our country.
31:05In fact, one of them, one of these violent illegal criminals, had a final order of removal
31:09given to him in 1999.
31:11That's two years after I was born.
31:13This individual, this criminal, has been living in our country for an entire generation.
31:21And now we have a district court judge who is trying to tell the President and the Secretary
31:25of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security that an illegal criminal murderer who's been
31:29hiding in the shadows in our country for nearly 30 years cannot be deported from United States
31:35soil.
31:36That not only is undermining our entire immigration system, but it is also undermining our diplomatic
31:43negotiations with countries around the world.
31:45How are countries on this earth supposed to trust the United States government and these
31:49good-faith diplomatic negotiations when these countries accept these repatriation flights?
31:54How are they supposed to trust us if we have radical district court judges who are going
31:58to say, no, you can't do that?
32:00And now these illegal criminal murderers and rapists have to sit in Djibouti with our ICE
32:06agents who now have to sit there for more than two weeks without the proper resources?
32:10This judge is not only undermining our immigration system, undermining our foreign policy and
32:15our national security, but this judge is undermining the safety of the ICE agents who are
32:19putting their lives on the list to – on the line to remove this list of illegal criminal
32:25terrorists.
32:26It's truly despicable what's happening in our court system, and the President and
32:29this administration hope that the Supreme Court will do what it needs to do to rein
32:33in these liberal activist judges.
32:35And the Supreme Court has already said it is well within the President's purview to
32:39dictate foreign policy, and a radical district court judge should not be getting in the way
32:43of that.
32:44We'll see you all later at the Maha event.
32:46Thanks, Caroline.
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