In a wide-ranging, impromptu press interaction, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed multiple topics ahead of America250 celebrations. From teasing a UFC championship fight on White House grounds to confirming ongoing negotiations with Zelensky and expressing deep disappointment with Putin, Trump touched on major national and global developments. He touted record-low border numbers under his administration and pledged streamlined support for American farmers. Trump also hinted at settlements with Harvard and Columbia, took aim at CBS over alleged media manipulation, and confirmed hefty tariffs are set to roll out globally by August 1. Notably, he claimed Iran’s nuclear threat has been “taken out” and more countries may join the Abraham Accords. With high-energy plans for 2026 and bold policy pronouncements, Trump appears poised to reshape public discourse — once again.
00:00Hello everybody. So we had a great time in Iowa. Very successful. A lot of people. I think they enjoyed it. But it's been a great state for me. We won it all three times. And very special. Tomorrow is going to be great. We're going to have the B2s flying and we have Christy, the whole group. A lot of great congressmen.
00:24We have everybody. We have Doug Burgum. If you have any questions, Brooke Rollins, Agriculture, if you have any questions, let us know. But we all had a great time in Iowa.
00:36President, has Tomas agreed to the latest framework for a ceasefire in Austin Shields?
00:41We'll see what happens. We're going to know over the next 24 hours.
00:44Mr. President, you had the best border numbers in the month of June in the country's history. Now with the one big beautiful building signed by you, you've set the bar so high when it comes to border security. What is the expectation moving forward, sir?
00:58I love this guy. I love him. He's like my favorite person.
01:03Well, we just want to see if we can keep going up. We have had. We had great numbers. I appreciate you saying it. We have had. But we just want to keep them going up, right?
01:14That's right.
01:14That's all we can do.
01:15Mr. President, you talked about farmers and trying to give them some repeats. Can you talk a little bit more specifically about, can you make your list of emissions, sir?
01:25I'll let my agricultural genius talk about it.
01:29Thank you, sir. Yes, we have been hard at work. The president gave a directive that the farmers needed to make sure they could farm and do their harvests and milk their cows.
01:40So, Stephen Miller and myself, the top team in the White House, has been working on, including Secretary Noem, including Secretary Chavez-Gerrimmer, on the H-2A streamline, the current visa system that allows seasonal workers in.
01:52So, we are hard at work. We've already made some changes. We're going to make it cheaper, more efficient, and more effective for those farmers.
01:59We will have a 100% legal workforce very, very soon. Thanks to President Trump's leadership.
02:05Mr. President.
02:06Good answer, right?
02:08Mr. President.
02:09Yes.
02:10We're 10 days away from the anniversary of your assassination attempt. Do you know any more now about the assassination attempt than you do then?
02:19Well, the FBI was in the other day with a lot of people, including the Attorney General. He's doing a great job, Pam Bondi. And I'm very satisfied. They gave me a complete presentation. I was very satisfied.
02:34There's a report that you held a secret meeting today with a Saudi official. Are you any closer on expanding the Abraham Accords? Any news from that?
02:43Yeah, we are. It's one of the things we talked about. The Abraham Accords. Now that Iran has been taken out in terms of a nuclear threat, and they have been completely taken out, at least for a very long time, I think a lot of people are going to be joining the Abraham Accords.
02:57You have four great countries already, but we're going to have a lot of people, I think, joining the Abraham Accords.
03:03Mr. President.
03:04Yeah.
03:04Some polls have shown the big, beautiful bill to not be very popular. I'm wondering, how confident are you in being able to sell it to the American people?
03:13Yeah, I think it's very popular. It does many things, but one of them is the biggest tax cuts in our country's history. And that alone makes it very popular.
03:24The only poll that was done was a Democrat poll. And the last two of the little bit controversial things, but good things for the country. The tax cuts alone. So it's the largest tax cut in the history of our country. And that alone makes it very, very popular.
03:41So, Mr. President, can you talk a little bit about your expectations for the celebration next year? Obviously, a bit of a preview tonight. You talked about the Patriot Games. You highlighted a possible UFC title fight at the White House. What are your expectations for the celebration next year?
03:55I think it's going to be a great celebration. It's going to be as big a celebration as we've ever had. And remember, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics also. So we have that plus we have 250.
04:07I think it's going to be a wild time. It's going to be a great time for this country. It's going to be the golden age. Thank you.
04:15What's next for Russia and Ukraine? Are you still speaking? Are you speaking to Zelenskyy tomorrow? And what are you hoping to next?
04:22I'm speaking to President Zelenskyy tomorrow, early in the morning. And I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there. I don't think he's there.
04:35And I'm very disappointed. Well, I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop. That's too bad. This is Biden. This isn't me. This is Biden's war. It wouldn't have happened if I were president. It wouldn't have happened.
04:51So, you know, in one way, I had to get too involved because it's Biden's war. And I got stuck in the middle of it, just like I did with immigration and a lot of other things that they screwed up. But I was not happy with the conversation.
05:06A couple of weeks ago, you said that you were on the cusp of a historic settlement with Harvard University. What's changed since then? Do you think you're closer to an agreement or do you think Columbia?
05:16No, nothing. I think we're going to probably settle with Harvard. We're going to probably settle with Columbia. They want to settle very badly.
05:24How much?
05:25There's no rush. A lot of money.
05:27Mr. President, I wanted to ask you about one of the words you used during your speech, Shylock. That's widely viewed as an anti-Semitic phrase. Do you intend for that word to be spelled like?
05:37No, I've never heard it that way. To me, Shylock is somebody that's a money lender at high rates. I've never heard it that way.
05:45You view it differently than me. I've never heard that. Anything else?
05:52What do you make of the deal that your lawyers struck with CBS's parent company? Can you talk about that?
06:00And have you had any conversations with Larry Ellison about expectations you might have for Skydance and PSAs that they would run should they take over Paramount?
06:10Larry Ellison is a friend of mine. He's a great guy. I think he's the buyer. But we did a deal for about $16 million plus $16 million or maybe more than that in advertising. So it's a combination of 16 plus, 16 plus. So it's like $32 to maybe $35 million.
06:29I think that what they did, and this has nothing to do with Larry Ellison. I think he's going to run CBS really well. And I think he's making a good deal to buy it. I think he's great. He's got a son. He's a fantastic young man too.
06:43But what they did was incredible. They took an answer from Kamala just before the day before the election. And it was a horrible answer. And they took the answer out in its entirety. And they put another answer in, a different answer.
07:01That was a different part of the interview. Because the answer she gave was so bad, it was like election threatening. And I have never, I've seen it all. But I've never seen that. Nobody has. And we understand that was done in other locations also with respect to answers. But think of it.
07:18One of the most important questions, maybe the most important questions, she gave a horrible answer to it. So they took an answer from another part of the interview, and they inserted it. Nobody's ever seen that before. So I think they made a wise decision to settle.
07:35And is that $16 million for the ads, is that part of contingency for your administration to approve the merger or the sale of the Congress?
07:44No, it has nothing to do with that. It has to, this is totally separate. This was when I was running. This had nothing to do with what was taking place in government. This is when I was running. This was the, essentially, the night before the election. And they did this. And we thought it was despicable, actually.
08:01Is there a sense for countries that don't get a letter right away and that you haven't made a deal?
08:08So we're going to start sending letters out to various countries, starting tomorrow. We'll probably have 10 or 12 go out tomorrow. And over the next few days, I think by the 9th, they'll be fully covered.
08:22And they'll range in value from maybe 60 or 70% tariffs to 10 and 20% tariffs. But they're going to be starting to go out sometime tomorrow. We've done the final form. And it's basically going to explain what the countries are going to be paying in tariffs.
08:42And it's very important. It's a lot of money for the country, but we're giving them a bargain. Because if I went by the two deficits or by other ways of measuring, it could be a lot more. We don't want to, I don't want to stretch it too much. We want to keep it pretty reasonable.
09:01And I think it's actually, I think it's very reasonable.
09:04Mr. President, what countries will you be sending those letters to first?
09:08We're going to be sending to, well, you're going to see tomorrow. I'd rather give it tomorrow. But we have probably 12, 10 to 12 tomorrow. And then after that, we'll be sending 10 or 12 a day. And as we get along, as we get to the smaller countries, we're pretty much going to keep the tariffs the same.
09:24Are there any countries that will have a little flexibility with that deadline?
09:29Not really. They'll start to pay on August 1st. The money will start to come into the United States on August 1st. Okay, in pretty much all cases. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
09:43Thank you, sir.
09:44Thank you very much.
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