Trump Courts Central Asian Leaders for Rare Earths and Peace Deals

Name: Trump Courts Central Asian Leaders for Rare Earths and Peace Deals
Uploaded: 2025-11-07T07:42:16+00:00
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US President Donald Trump hosted leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at the White House, focusing on rare earth minerals, trade, and peace initiatives. The C5+1 summit marks a fresh U.S. effort to counter Russian and Chinese dominance while expanding economic partnerships and securing key mineral access for American industries.

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00:00I've had a relationship long before this. We've had a great relationship with some of the leaders

00:05sitting at the table, and I understand the importance of this region. One of the most

00:09important regions. People just, a lot of people don't know that, or didn't know that. One of the

00:14key items on our agenda is critical minerals. In recent weeks, my administration has strengthened

00:20American economic security by forging agreements with allies and friends across the world to

00:26broaden our critical mineral supply chain. We had a great relationship and a great meeting

00:30with President Xi of China. And we went also, as you know, our new and fantastic Prime Minister

00:38of Japan. If you take a look, what we've done is pretty amazing. We were with the President

00:45of South Korea. We went to Malaysia and lots of other places and had a lot of meetings while

00:51in South Korea. And I think it was a tremendous period of time. We took in at least $2 trillion

00:58pouring into our country. There's never been anything like it. We have almost $18 trillion

01:04of investment. And by the time we finish out our first year, we probably will have about

01:1020 or 21 trillion — with a T — trillion dollars of investment. And there's never been anything

01:16like that in the history of the world, not just the United States, if this is really the

01:21world we're talking about, nor has anything been close. It's a great honor. I've had a

01:26very talented team next to me, but it's a great honor to have that kind of economic power.

01:35This was helped greatly by tariffs. It was helped greatly by November 5th, which was the election,

01:41presidential election. But our countries and the countries that we're dealing with,

01:46they're promoting security, stability, and everything else that you can imagine for the

01:51entire world. Three months ago, my administration also broke in a historic peace agreement between

01:58nearby Armenia and Azerbaijan, one of the eight wars that we ended in eight months. At that time,

02:05eight months. We're looking to end one more, if that's possible — Russia and Ukraine. We haven't

02:10gotten there yet, but I think we've made a lot of progress. As I said at the time, that historic

02:16accord includes the construction of the new Trump route. It's such a beautiful thing. They named

02:22it after me. I really appreciate it. It's actually a big deal. But it's the new Trump route for

02:28international peace. This is a road that's being carved and goes through some of the most important

02:36places anywhere in the world — some of the most important places economically, also anywhere in

02:43the world — which will boost commercial activity on the other side of the Caspian Sea, helping nations

02:49throughout Central Asia. I'm optimistic that each of the countries here today will reap the benefits of

02:55peace if they embrace the opportunity that we've unleashed with the agreement. Some of the countries we're

03:03talking about and some of the countries represented here are going to be joining the Abraham Accords — the

03:09Abraham Accord — and that those announcements will be made over the next little while. The Abraham

03:14Accords are very sought after right now. We're going to be announcing some very important countries

03:21that are joining. And for Jared and for Steve Whitcoff, we appreciate the great job you've done. This evening,

03:29I'm also delighted to report that Kazakhstan has officially agreed — and that's official

03:35now, as of about 15 minutes ago — a tremendous country with a tremendous leader — has officially

03:44joined the Abraham Accords. And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It's a great honor. It's a

03:51tremendous honor to have you. Really great. Once again, I'm grateful that each of these respected

03:57leaders has made the trip to Washington. And I'm delighted to continue our conversation over

04:03dinner. We're going to have a little working dinner — a short one. And they've been flying

04:07a long way. It's a long flight. But we're going to have a quick but very fruitful dinner. I want to

04:14thank the media. You've covered it very fairly. And it's really a great honor to be with these

04:20incredible leaders. These are highly respected people. And there's no games. They don't play games,

04:25I want to tell you that. So maybe I'd like to ask you, Mr. President, to say a few words,

04:31if you'd like. And we can go through the list of the five, and then we'll have a little dinner. Please.

04:36Mr. President, first of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for convening this

04:47truly historic meeting at the White House. And under your steadfast leadership, this summit marks the

04:57beginning of a new era of interaction between the United States and Central Asia. Precisely one year ago,

05:07you achieved a landslide victory in historic election which was absolutely clean and fair. And once again,

05:21my congratulations. Thank you. And my strong belief that, Mr. President, you are the great leader,

05:30statesman, sent by Haven to bring common sense and traditions that we all share and value back into the United

05:45States policy, either domestic or foreign. Therefore, millions of people in so many countries are so grateful

05:56to you. And I'm convinced that your wise and bold policy needs to be strongly supported worldwide.

06:04Thank you. Under your presidency, America is ushering in a new golden age. I commend your far-sighted vision

06:14of making America great again. This inspires me to pursue target-oriented strategy towards building

06:25just and strong Kazakhstan on the basis of my concept, law and order. As President of Peace, you, Mr. Trump,

06:38brought to an end eight wars just within eight months. Thus, you have evidently reinforced America, its role as a pillar

06:54of international stability. Mr. President, I highly appreciate your unwavering support to advancing

07:04Kazakh-American multifaceted cooperation. As early as in your first term in the White House, our relations have

07:14been legally fixed as enhanced strategic partnership. The United States is the largest investor, with a

07:24over $100 billion in our economy as its perpetual mobile. Our trade turnover has doubled in recent years

07:36and is approaching $5 billion. We cover almost 25% of America's domestic uranium demand.

07:46Kazakhstan has become a home country for 600 American companies. So, I think that it's a very good figure. And during my

08:00visit alone, our businesses are concluding deals worth over $17 billion, paying the way for even greater B2B partnership. So, my political

08:14will, my political will, to seize all those unique opportunities. And this is irreversible. And I will keep all important

08:28issues under my personal attention. I have no doubts that we have very bright future as it comes to our bilateral cooperation. Thank you, Mr. President.

08:38Thank you, Mr. President. Great job, too. Thank you very much. Please.

08:42Thank you, Mr. President. Please.

08:49Esteemed Mr. Trump, we highly value your personal contribution to reboot process of C5 plus one. Before that, none of the presidents of United States of America never treated Central Asia as you do. Me personally, and all my colleagues are grateful to you. We felt your close attention to the

09:10attitude. And it means a lot for us. Thank you very much for that. In reality, indeed, I'd like to repeat myself. I've I've told you that already in Uzbekistan. We call you the president of the world. You've done a lot. You were able to stop eight wars. And I'm sure that I'm convinced that the war between Russia and Ukraine can be only stopped by you. And we are very much hurt.

09:28Hopeful for that. Today's summit shows that the United States of America foresees Central Asia as key partner. Together we do develop future which is based on trust and pursuance to what creation.

09:35I have number of proposals would like to establish a permanent secretariat and place the future in

10:05based on rotations in different countries of Central Asia.

10:09Number two, to establish a coordination council on investments and trade

10:14and to provide for the systemic dialogue between public authorities and companies.

10:21We think that the idea to establish a Central Asian investment partnership would be a good idea.

10:28So we were able to agree on that in 2020.

10:33We are ready to continuously work with the U.S. on establishing communication and energy projects,

10:43transportation to link Central Asia and Europe, applying and using Trump route.

10:52Three-year plan has been established, as I told you already,

10:56to implement our investment program for 34 billion U.S. dollars.

11:01Those are large projects, and we've discussed it with you already, both in New York and today.

11:07I've mentioned it to you.

11:09So we have strong perspective.

11:11Once again, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for all that has been already done.

11:19And we will take back a lot of results from this summit.

11:26It is a landmarking summit, and your attitude towards all of us means your great support to us

11:35to strengthen Central Asia and to strengthen the partnership between Central Asia and the U.S.

11:43C5 plus one have to become an efficient mechanism of our practical partnership.

11:49And I propose to host our next summit in 2026 in Samarkand to establish this further.

11:57I'm pretty sure that I'm convinced, Mr. Trump, that under your leadership, it will be a strong partnership.

12:05Thank you very much for your attention, and we will be well prepared for the summit in Samarkand.

12:12Thank you, Mr. President.

12:14Please.

12:14President Donald Trump, I thank you very much for invitation to participate in today's very important high-level commemorative meeting

12:30in the format of C5 plus one, the Central Asia and the United States.

12:35You play a remarkable and highly commendable role in ensuring peace and stability in conflict-ridden regions around the world.

12:45And your peaceful efforts are worthy of praise, and I extend my heartfelt congratulation to you, Mr. President.

12:52And today, I have a collaboration at a wide-ranging bilateral cooperation,

12:58covers different areas, trade, economy, security.

13:01As it comes to our security cooperation, we particularly have an excellent cooperation on counter-terrorism,

13:08fighting extremism and the drug trafficking.

13:12Mr. President, over 70 companies with American investment are operating in Tajikistan today,

13:19and 93% of my country is mountainous, and we have an abundance of natural resources,

13:26particularly water, hydropower, critical minerals and rare earth materials.

13:32Tajikistan is a home for 13,000 glaciers, and approximately 60% of Central Asian water resources originate in Tajikistan.

13:43And our country is rich in strategically important minerals, including rare earth minerals and critical materials.

13:52Tajikistan is a member of both the European Union's critical raw materials club and the United States Mineral Security Partnership Instrument.

14:03And according to the United States Geological Survey,

14:08other country ranks the second in the world in terms of antimony production,

14:13and is currently the largest producer of metallic antimony,

14:17which is the United States deeply interested in.

14:21And we have a brilliant cooperation on this.

14:24And last year, antimony accounted for 97% of Tajikistan total exports to the United States.

14:32In 2024, Tajikistan produced and exported 17,000 tons of metallic antimony primarily to the United States.

14:43And the activities of Anzorb Joint Venture and Anzorb Metallurgical Company in Tajikistan

14:50with American investment by ComSAP, American Company,

14:56exemplify our strong and long-enduring collaboration.

15:00However, there are still many opportunities in terms of trade and investment.

15:05And we are interested in expanding economic and trade cooperation between other countries.

15:13So there is a good opportunity to cooperate in creating new generation of sustainable artificial intelligence data centers.

15:20And since we have a brilliant cooperation to Nava Air Company,

15:26and since 2008, Tajikistan's Summoner Company had purchased eight mid-sized Boeing aircraft

15:33with a total volume of $440 million.

15:37And this company is expected to receive two more moored in Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft next year.

15:44And the total commercial package of Boeing with a total commercial package of Boeing with a summoner,

15:49it exceeds $3 billion US dollars.

15:51And American companies, we have excellent cooperation with American companies over the last 20 years.

16:04And the American companies, they're particularly interested in antimony and many rare earth minerals,

16:11where Tajikistan, which Tajikistan has abundant resources.

16:15And Tajikistan among the central Asian countries as a very rich, boundless potential and resources and critical minerals.

16:27And we are very keen to continue closely our cooperation on security items,

16:32which we are so concerned for so far.

16:34And I wish you every bit of luck and to your endeavors as a peaceful, as a president of peace.

16:39For me, it's a great pleasure for me to held a bilateral meeting with President His Excellency Donald Trump

17:02and to participate in the C5 plus one.

17:04First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to President Donald Trump

17:10for his kind invitation and warm hospitality and this opportunity to speak about important topics.

17:18Kyrgyzstan values the United States of America as one of the important partners in foreign policy.

17:27During our bilateral meeting, we discussed some actual topics of the Kyrgyz-U.S. relations,

17:34as well as the strengthening cooperation between the Central Asian countries.

17:42With regard to Kyrgyz-American relations, I would like to emphasize four main areas,

17:47economy and investment, including tourism, hydropower development,

17:52digital economy, artificial intelligence, and information technology.

17:57Ensuring peace and security and stability.

18:00In this context, I wish to highlight the significant contribution made by President Donald Trump

18:06to strengthening global stability and to ending conflicts in different parts of the world.

18:11When I started my office of the President, I identified the main priority as resolve border issues with our neighboring states

18:25in the spirit of good neighborhoodness.

18:28Today, after five years, I am pleased to note that, together with my counterparts,

18:34we have successfully achieved this goal, most importantly through peaceful means.

18:40As a result, the role of Central Asia in global politics has grown substantially,

18:45and major powers have shown increasing interest in cooperation with the region.

18:51The C5 Plus One format has become an important platform for advancing political dialogue.

18:57I would like to express my special appreciation to New York Central President Donald Trump

19:07for initiating and hosting today's summit, and we really feel warm hospitality.

19:15We highly value this step and regard it as a demonstration of the United States' goodwill and commitment towards Central Asia and friendship.

19:25I am confident that our joint efforts will lead to concrete, mutually beneficial outcomes for both nations and people.

19:32Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, please.

19:44I thank you, Mr. President.

19:47First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude, Mr. President,

19:52for the invitation to attend this C5 Central Asia Plus U.S. Summit.

20:02We consider, we recognize the good results they made since the development of this format,

20:12and of course, we expand the cooperation in such strategically important areas as security, economy, energy, and environment.

20:22We believe that the results of this summit will lead us to further expansion of multi-phase cooperation

20:30between Central Asia and the United States of America.

20:35I do appreciate, Mr. President, for your warm hospitality.

20:39Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, and thank everybody.

20:46I will have a little more to discuss, but a lot of progress has been made today,

20:50and it's a great honor to have you with us in the United States of America.

20:55And to the media, maybe a couple of questions, ideally on this topic, please.

21:01Please.

21:02Kazakhstan and the U.S. have signed over 17 billion U.S. dollars in new deals in aviation, minerals,

21:13in digital technology.

21:14In your view, which area of this partnership matters most?

21:18And second question, President Trump, when can we report that you will be the first U.S. president

21:24to visit Kazakhstan?

21:26When will you be our guest?

21:27I think it's very possible that we'll do that, and I think all of those are very important items

21:33when you think of it, right?

21:34It's, you never know from year to year.

21:37One becomes more important than the other, but they're all important,

21:40and your country has great natural resources and a great president.

21:45Very great president.

21:48Okay?

21:48Thank you very much.

21:49Yes, please.

21:52We are just expecting.

21:56Say it again.

21:56Jackson Vannick amendment.

22:02Oh, go ahead.

22:03Yeah, go ahead.

22:04Well, thank you, thank you, President.

22:05But Jackson Vannick is overdue to be repealed with the help of the President,

22:12with working with the President.

22:13We are going to get that repealed in the very near future.

22:17Okay.

22:18Thank you very much.

22:19Yes, please.

22:20On this topic, Kazakhstan already has diplomatic relations with Israel.

22:27Can you talk about the significance of this agreement in terms of what it would signal to

22:32the region as Gaza moves toward rebuilding?

22:34And on the shutdown, there's been discussion about potentially a deal,

22:38but it would involve rehiring the federal workers who were laid off.

22:42What's your opinion of that?

22:43Well, we're going to see about the shutdown.

22:44Look, the shutdown is caused by the Democrats,

22:47and we're not going to spend a trillion dollars or one and a half trillion dollars on health

22:52care for people that came into our country illegally, many of them from prisons and many

22:56of them drug dealers and murderers, 11,888 murderers.

23:01We're not doing that.

23:02So we'll see about that.

23:04We shouldn't.

23:05They should have, as they've done always in the past, it should have just been extended.

23:09It could have been extended very easily, extended very easily, and it should have been.

23:13Yes, please.

23:14The Abraham Accords, do you have the Abraham Accords significance, sir?

23:18Given that they already have diplomatic relations with Israel, what this agreement is supposed

23:22to signal?

23:22You want to answer that, please?

23:27Yeah, so I think the diplomatic significance is that it gives a great momentum to the Abraham

23:32Accords.

23:33And to recap, for those who are listening who don't want to appreciate, the Abraham Accords,

23:38of course, is the historic agreement struck by the president in the first term to rebuild

23:42the alliance structure and the relationships between Israel and a number of the majority

23:47Muslim countries in that region of the world.

23:50What the president has done is actually signaled that the momentum of the Abraham Accords is

23:56alive and well in the second administration.

23:58I think it's not just going to be Kazakhstan, but also a number of other countries that join

24:01in the months to come.

24:02So it's a great signal, a great act of friendship, and a great sign that the Abraham Accords is alive

24:08and well.

24:09Mark.

24:10Oh, I think that's the wrong way to analyze it.

24:13There's a lot of countries that have diplomatic relations with one another.

24:15The Abraham Accords is a partnership.

24:18It's an enhanced relationship beyond just diplomatic relations and having embassies in each other's

24:22capitals.

24:23It is.

24:24And it's not just with Israel.

24:25It's with all the other countries that are part of the accord.

24:27You're now creating a partnership that brings special and unique economic development on all

24:34sorts of issues that they can work on together.

24:37So that's really the benefit of it.

24:39And the strength of it is to have majority Muslim countries, the Jewish state, able to

24:43partner on things to show the world that it is possible.

24:46Essentially, we've really expanded the Abraham Accords.

24:49And one of the reasons is we are right now in negotiations or talks with many countries that

24:55really wanted to come in, but they couldn't because of the status of Iran.

24:59When Iran had a possibility of nuclear weapons, which they do not have now, when Iran was

25:05the bully of the Middle East, let's call it the bully of the Middle East, which it isn't

25:10anymore, they had a hard time going against that.

25:14I understand that now that Iran has been very much decimated in terms of their nuclear

25:19and in terms of their regular because of the actions we took with those beautiful B-2 bombers

25:24and other things, people really want to come in.

25:28And so we are in very active discussions with the more traditional potential members of

25:33the Abraham Accords.

25:34The four originals are phenomenal and they're doing really well.

25:38They're making a lot of money with trade and other things being in the Abraham Accords.

25:41And we're expanding it a little bit when a few of these countries come in.

25:46That's a great expansion.

25:48And these are very substantial countries.

25:50So we consider that a great honor.

25:52It was brought to our attention that they wanted to do that.

25:54And we think that's great.

25:55So it's really an expansion of the Abraham Accords.

25:59Okay.

26:00Yeah, please go ahead.

26:01Thank you so much for your time, sir, on these important issues.

26:05I wanted to hear if you have an update on the Russian oil sanctions.

26:08We're seeing reports that the exports are way down.

26:11So how do you think that could affect the war in Ukraine, the United States interests,

26:16and your partners here tonight, too?

26:18Well, I can say that the exports from Russia are way down.

26:22We'd just like to see an end to the war.

26:24We'd love to see an end to that war.

26:25So many people are being killed.

26:26A lot of Russian soldiers are being killed.

26:29So we think at some point they're going to get very smart and they're going to do that.

26:33So, yeah, the Russian exports are substantially down.

26:39What is your Trump doctrine on foreign policies,

26:43in particular in relation to South and Central Asia and China?

26:46Well, look, we had a tremendous meeting, as you know, with President Xi in China.

26:51And my doctrine would be denuclearization because we have enough nuclear.

26:57We're number one.

26:57Russia is number two.

26:58China is number three.

26:59Way behind, but they'll be even in four or five years if, you know, working overtime on nuclear weapons.

27:07I think that denuclearization would be a great thing.

27:11We could blow up the world 150 times.

27:13There's no need for this.

27:15So I really think we're going to have – I've spoken to President Putin about it.

27:19I've spoken to President Xi about it.

27:21And everybody would like to spend all of that money on other things.

27:26People that really – you know, things that can benefit people now.

27:30So I think something like that could happen, the denuclearization.

27:34It's really – I want peace.

27:36I want peace through strength.

27:37But we want peace all over the world.

27:39And we're very close to getting it.

27:41We had a lot of wars raging that people didn't know about.

27:44Now they're not raging anymore.

27:45We have one left, and we're going to hopefully get that taken care of.

27:49Yes, sir.

27:49Go ahead.

27:50Mr. President, do you have an update on how soon that international stability force may be on the ground in Gaza?

27:56Very soon.

27:57It's going to be very soon.

27:58And Gaza is working out very well.

28:01And you haven't been hearing too much about problems.

28:03And I'll tell you, we've had countries that have volunteered – if there's a problem with Hamas, as an example, or a problem with anything – they volunteered to, on a single basis, go in and take care of it.

28:14But we're very powerful countries in this coalition.

28:17And it's not – you know, this is a – because I've heard some of the press saying, well, it's a very tentative – or it's – it's not tentative.

28:24This is a very strong peace.

28:25This is peace in the Middle East.

28:27Hamas is a very small part of it.

28:29Very, very small part.

28:31And if they don't do as they said, if they don't behave, then they've got themselves a big problem.

28:37A really big problem like they've never had.

28:40But so far, it seems to be working out very well.

28:42But that's a very small part of what we're talking about.

28:45That's a part of Gaza.

28:47You're going to have a very – I think we can say, Marco, we have a very strong peace.

28:51This is a strong peace.

28:52We have many countries involved in the Middle East.

28:55Essentially, these countries are all involved.

28:56They want to see peace in the Middle East.

28:59And, Marco, what would you say about that?

29:01No, I think that's right, Mr. President.

29:02And you deserve a tremendous amount of credit for making that possible.

29:04And now, I think the only reason why it's going to continue to happen is because of the President's role in this.

29:09So there's work being done at the United Nations now to come up with a resolution that creates the framework internationally so that these countries who are all volunteering, as you know, Mr. President, to be a part of the stabilization force can come aboard.

29:21But they need this U.N. mandate in order to be able to do it.

29:25And we've made a lot of progress over the last few days.

29:27And, you know, Jared Kushner and Steve Woodcoff have been working very hard on that.

29:31And today was a good day on that front.

29:33Okay.

29:35Yeah, go ahead, please.

29:36Fox.

29:36Will you discuss the Abraham Accords when you meet with the President of Syria?

29:42Well, we're going to meet.

29:44And I think he's doing a very good job.

29:46It's a tough neighborhood.

29:48And he's a tough guy.

29:50But I got along with him very well.

29:52And a lot of progress has been made with Syria.

29:54That's a tough one.

29:56But a lot of progress has been made.

29:58You know, we took the sanctions off at the request of Turkey, at the request of actually Israel, at the request of a few different countries.

30:06And we took the sanctions off to give them a chance.

30:09And, frankly, Iran has been asking if the sanctions could be lifted.

30:13Iran has got very heavy U.S. sanctions, and it makes it really hard for them to do what they'd like to be able to do.

30:19And I'm open to hearing that, and we'll see what happens.

30:22But I would be open to it.

30:23But we did take the sanctions off Syria in order to give them a fighting shot.

30:28And I think, so far, they're — I think he's doing a very good job so far.

30:32Fox.

30:33Thank you, Mr. President.

30:34A federal judge said tonight that the administration has to fully fund SNAP.

30:40It's the latest in the back and forth.

30:42And the Justice Department said they're going to appeal it.

30:44What's your message to folks as they work this out in the courts and in Congress as we're heading into Thanksgiving?

30:51You want to go over that?

30:53Yeah.

30:53Look, Jackie, it's an absurd ruling because you have a federal judge effectively telling us what we have to do in the midst of a Democrat government shutdown,

31:02which what we'd like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government.

31:05Of course, then we can fund SNAP.

31:07And we can also do a lot of other good things for the American people.

31:09But in the midst of a shutdown, we can't have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation.

31:15We're trying to keep as much turned on.

31:18We're trying to keep as much going as possible.

31:20The president and the entire administration are working on that, but we're not going to do it under the orders of a federal judge.

31:27We're going to do it according to what we think we have to do to comply with the law, of course,

31:33but also to actually make the government work for people in the midst of the Democrat government shutdown.

31:39If they would like to end this, we would welcome working with them to end this government shutdown.

31:44And then we wouldn't have to triage what we're going to fund and what we're not going to fund.

31:49And the last thing that I'll say is the American people are unfortunately about to start suffering some very real consequences because of the shutdown.

31:56In the past, when you had a government shutdown, you would have you under the Obama administration.

32:01They would lean into all of the problems it was going to cause for the American people at the beginning of the shutdown.

32:06The president has told us to keep as much going as humanly possible.

32:10But after 30 days of this thing, 40 days of this thing, you're going to start seeing very real travel delays.

32:16That's because the Democrat government shut down.

32:18You're going to start seeing SNAP benefits run out.

32:20That's because the Democrat government shut down.

32:22They should stop the charade and open up the government.

32:25That's what we want them to do.

32:26We've been asking them to do it for 40 days.

32:28It's time.

32:29And, you know, one other thing, our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars could be anything.

32:37We have to remain liquid.

32:38We can't give everything away based on a number.

32:43Here's an example.

32:45When I was president, the number that you're talking about was a tiny fraction of what it is now.

32:50Biden went totally crazy.

32:52Gave it to anybody that would ask.

32:53Gave it to people that were able-bodied, had no problem.

32:57Anybody that would ask, we get the number.

32:59And it's many times the number of people are on.

33:02This wasn't meant for that.

33:04It was meant for people that had real problems.

33:06In many cases, people that were down and out, people that could be saved.

33:10It wasn't meant for people that could do whatever they want.

33:13The people that say, well, I don't think I'll work.

33:15I'll just, you know, collect this money.

33:17Take a look at the number of what it was during my administration and what it was during the Biden administration.

33:23It went up many, many times my first term.

33:26One other thing, a number came out today that was amazing.

33:32Walmart.

33:33I trust Walmart.

33:34Arkansas, a great place, Arkansas.

33:36Great company, Walmart.

33:38They announced today with, after many years, they do this every year for many years,

33:43that Thanksgiving for the United States of America, under Donald Trump as president,

33:50is 25 percent less for Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings than it was under sleepy Joe Biden's administration.

34:00So we talk about affordability.

34:02I think that's the best chart.

34:04That's better than a poll.

34:05That's better than anything I can think of.

34:07So Walmart, which everybody trusts and I trust and everybody trusts Walmart,

34:12they're not looking to do anything except give the numbers.

34:15And they have for many years.

34:16They talk about the cost of Thanksgiving and the cost of living through Thanksgiving and enjoying Thanksgiving.

34:24For Joe Biden, it was 25 percent more than it is for me at a later time.

34:30Our energy costs are way down.

34:32Our groceries are way down.

34:34Everything is way down.

34:35And the press doesn't report it.

34:38The press reports whatever the con people say.

34:41You know, I call the Democrats con men and women.

34:44They make up numbers.

34:45But when you look at 25 percent reduction in cost for Thanksgiving between Biden and me,

34:52meaning this administration, that's a tremendous number.

34:55That's a tremendous.

34:56It's the biggest reduction in cost in the history of that chart or whatever it is they do.

35:02That they do a synopsis of everything.

35:05They cover every element of Thanksgiving meals, 25 percent down.

35:11So I don't want to hear about the affordability because right now we're much less.

35:16If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline.

35:19With Biden, it was $4.50, $5.

35:23Another thing, inflation.

35:24We had the worst inflation in the history of our country.

35:28Now we have virtually no inflation at all.

35:30It sounded a very low number and a very normal number.

35:34So the affordability is much better with the Republicans.

35:37The only problem is the Republicans don't talk about it.

35:39And Republicans should start talking about it and use their heads because we have great numbers.

35:45We have great – and they're going to only get better when all these jobs open up,

35:49all these factories open up that are being built all over our country.

35:54I mean, we are building auto plants.

35:56We're building AI plants.

35:57We're leading in AI over China and everybody else.

36:00When all of these plants start opening, we're going to have a revolution,

36:04a positive revolution, economic revolution like never before.

36:08Thank you very much, everybody.

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