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00:00Okay, hello everybody, how are you?
00:02Good to see you guys, sir.
00:03Hi, how are you?
00:04Hi.
00:05What would you like to know today?
00:07Do you start off by telling us the latest with Russia and Ukraine?
00:11Are you expecting the Latina to come visit you?
00:14We're having good — I don't know if you would like to come, but I think we should get a deal done first.
00:18We're having good talks.
00:21We started with Russia.
00:23We're having some talks with Russia.
00:26Ukraine is doing well.
00:27I think they're pretty happy about it.
00:29I'd like to see it in.
00:31And we won't know for a little while, but we're making progress.
00:35You said what are the things you need?
00:36We settled eight wars, and I thought this would be one of the easier ones because of my relationship with President Putin.
00:43But this is probably one of the more difficult ones.
00:46There's a lot of hatred.
00:47You said that there were some disagreement.
00:50They were still up to me.
00:52Have you?
00:53Can you tell us what those are?
00:54Well, it's just the standard things with people starting to realize it's a good deal for both.
00:58If they've got to stop the war, they're losing a lot of people — a lot of soldiers, mostly soldiers.
01:04No.
01:05In that 28th week, plan —
01:06No.
01:07— it's so much really weaved their personal portions of that, and so they could bring —
01:09Well, that was in a regional proposal.
01:11And then from there, we went back —
01:13So when it comes to a scenic land to Russia, is that still on the table?
01:18Has that changed?
01:19Well, they're talking about going land both ways and trying to clean up a border.
01:24You know, you can't go through the middle of a house.
01:26You can't go through the middle of a highway.
01:28So they're trying to work — it's a complicated process.
01:32It doesn't go that quickly.
01:33What about the U.S. security guarantees and —
01:37Well, we're working that out with Europe.
01:40Europe will be largely involved in that.
01:42We're working that out with Europe.
01:44Europe really wants to see it end impossible.
01:46There were a lot of Republicans who felt that the first plan — the first 28-point plan — was too favorable to Russia.
01:53Have you changed that?
01:54Well, that was just a map.
01:55All that was is a map.
01:56That was not a plan.
01:57It was a concept.
01:58And from there, they're taking each one of the 28 points, and then you get down to 22 points.
02:05A lot of them were solved, and actually very favorably solved.
02:09So we'll see how — we'll see what happens.
02:11Do you think — do you think that Russia — that Ukraine was being asked to give too much
02:15land back to Russia?
02:16I know at one point you said they wouldn't have to give any —
02:19It's really — look, the way it's going, if you look, it's just moving in one direction.
02:25So eventually that's land that over the next couple of months might be gotten by Russia anyway.
02:31So do you want to fight and lose another 50, 60,000 people?
02:36Or do you want to do something now?
02:38In some cases, the land is going in the other direction.
02:41So they're negotiating.
02:43They're trying to get it done.
02:45You want to have a border?
02:46You can't have a border that goes through a highway or a border that goes through the middle of a town.
02:51So it doesn't work.
02:53So it's a long — it's a long, complicated process.
02:56Very sad, because so many people are being killed.
02:59What's the next step?
03:00They're going to keep talking.
03:01They're talking to Russia now.
03:03Steve Woodcoff is going over — maybe with Jared.
03:06I'm not sure about Jared going, but he's involved in the process.
03:10Smart guy.
03:11And they're going to be meeting with President Putin, I believe, next week in Moscow.
03:16Next week in Moscow?
03:17I think so, yes.
03:18What kinds of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
03:22Well, they're making concessions.
03:23Their big concessions is they stop fighting, and they don't take any more land.
03:28Again, it's a word that would have never happened if I was president.
03:31This was not anything that was going to happen.
03:34This happened because of stupidity.
03:37It's too bad.
03:38Mr. President —
03:39The President is going to Russia next week.
03:42Does that mean that Thanksgiving deadline doesn't stand anymore for Ukraine?
03:46We're going to see what happens.
03:47They set up a date, and the date is going to be sometime in the very near future.
03:51Do you have a deadline?
03:52No, I don't have a deadline.
03:54I just — you know what the deadline for me is?
03:57When it's over.
03:58And I think everybody's tired of fighting at this moment.
04:01They're losing too many people.
04:03Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
04:12Well, I haven't heard it, no, but that's a standard thing, you know,
04:15because he's got to sell this to Ukraine.
04:17He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia.
04:19That's what he's — that's what a dealmaker does.
04:21You've got to say, look, they want this.
04:23You've got to convince them of this.
04:25You know, that's a very standard form of negotiation.
04:28I haven't heard it, but I heard it was standard negotiation.
04:32And I wouldn't imagine he's saying the same thing to Ukraine.
04:36Because each party has to give and take.
04:39So you're worried that he's too pro-Russian?
04:42No, I think, look, this war could go on for years.
04:47And Russia's got a lot more people.
04:50They've got a lot more soldiers, you know.
04:52So I think if Ukraine can make a deal, it's a good thing.
04:56I think it's great for both — frankly, I think it's great for both.
04:59But Ukraine's got a much smaller — it's a much smaller group of people.
05:05They've lost a lot of people.
05:07Russia's lost a lot of people.
05:08But Russia has a much bigger pool of people.
05:11Mr. President, are you planning to unveil a health care plan anytime soon?
05:16Well, we're looking at different alternatives.
05:19I mean, I like my plan the best.
05:21Don't give any money to the insurance companies.
05:23Give it to the people directly.
05:24Let them go out and buy their own health care plan.
05:27And we're looking at that, if that can work.
05:29We're looking at that.
05:30That's sort of taken off.
05:32That's what I like.
05:33Don't give the money to the insurance companies.
05:35They go out.
05:37They go out and buy their own plan.
05:39You give the money to the people.
05:40I like it the best.
05:41Are you planning to extend those subsidies?
05:44I'd rather not.
05:46Somebody said, I want to extend them for two years.
05:48I don't want to extend them for two years.
05:50I'd rather not extend them at all.
05:52It may be — some kind of an extension may be necessary to get something else done.
05:57Because the Unaffordable Care Act has been a disaster.
06:01It's a disaster.
06:02And I said it was when it first got put in.
06:05Unfortunately, we lost a couple of Republican votes.
06:07And the Democrats voted for it.
06:09It's a Democrat plan.
06:11And the premiums are going up.
06:14And it's the Democrats' fault.
06:16But, you know, they are negotiating with me.
06:18It's very interesting.
06:19They want to see something happen.
06:21Who are you talking to on the Democrats, though?
06:22I can't tell you, but we have — a lot of Democrats want this plan to happen.
06:26They would love to see the money go to the people.
06:28And the people go out and get their own health care.
06:31And there would be nothing like it.
06:33Are you planning to replace Cash Patel?
06:35No, he's doing a good job.
06:38Cash Patel?
06:39No, he's doing a great job, I think.
06:41This week, we saw those cases against James Colony and Letitia James tossed out.
06:46Do you still have faith in Lindsey Halligan?
06:48No, she's great.
06:49I think she's great.
06:50They got out on a technicality, and you'll see what happens from here on.
06:54But if you look at the actual charges, I think anybody that looks at a very fair
07:00and would say, boy, are they guilty.
07:03So let's see what happens over the next week.
07:05You know, the court didn't say you couldn't bring the case,
07:08re-bring the case, or appeal the case.
07:10So they have a lot of options.
07:12They're going to call the shot.
07:13I'm not calling the shot.
07:14But Lindsey's a very talented lawyer, actually.
07:17Mr. President, on Venezuela, sir, are you planning to talk to Nicolás Maduro?
07:22I might talk to him, I'll say.
07:24But we're discussing that with the different staffs.
07:29We might talk with Venezuela.
07:31Interesting enough, the U.S. this week did, of course, name him the leader of a foreign terrorist organization.
07:37So why do you want to talk to him?
07:40Say it again.
07:41Maduro, the U.S. designated and the leader of this foreign terrorist organization.
07:47Why do you want to talk to him if he's the leader?
07:49If we can save lives and we can do things the easy way, that's fine.
07:53And if we have to do it the hard way, that's fine, too.
07:55Mr. President, do you have any reaction?
07:57I'm not going to tell you what the goal is.
07:59You should probably know what the goal is.
08:01But they've caused a lot of problems.
08:04And they've sent millions of people into our country.
08:07They had, I mean, they were probably the biggest abuser with Trent de Aragua and all the others that they sent in.
08:14The drug dealers, the drug lords, the people that they sent in, the jailbird.
08:19They opened their jails and prisons and dumped them into the United States.
08:23And we're not happy about it.
08:27Do you want any reaction to Mayor Bowser announcing she's not running for re-election in D.C.?
08:32Well, I got along with her very well.
08:34I liked her.
08:35We worked together.
08:36D.C. is now a safe community.
08:38It's a great community.
08:39You people know it better than I do because you live there.
08:42But D.C. is now safe.
08:44The restaurants are booming.
08:46The place is booming.
08:47We have no crime.
08:48And we did that all in a period of three or four weeks and then made it better and better and better.
08:53And now we're setting new records.
08:55I mean, literally, it's as safe as there is anywhere in the country now.
08:59If you go back a year, it was a very unsafe place.
09:02Before I got here, D.C. was a very unsafe.
09:05And it's our capital.
09:07We have to make it safe.
09:08We're doing really well in Memphis, Tennessee.
09:11And we're doing well in other places.
09:13The one that is really troubling is what's happening in Chicago.
09:18The crime, it's a potentially great city again.
09:22But the governor has totally lost control.
09:24That's where you had the young lady burned.
09:26That's where you had a lot of killings over the last very short period of time.
09:30Killings.
09:31The governor has totally lost control of the state.
09:33And the mayor is grossly incompetent.
09:35How was your call with the Japanese Prime Minister?
09:37Right, it was great.
09:38I had a great talk.
09:39I have a very good relationship with her.
09:41I also had a very good talk with President Xi of China.
09:45And I think that part of the world is doing fine.
09:48Can you tell us about the content of your talks?
09:52Mostly trade.
09:53Trade?
09:54I spoke to President Xi about a lot of things, but trade and buying our farm products.
10:00And he said, he agreed with me.
10:03He's going to, I think he's going to very much surprise you with the upside.
10:06I think he's going to, I asked him, I'd like you to buy it a little faster.
10:09I'd like you to buy more.
10:11And he's more or less agreed to do that.
10:13I think we will be pleasantly surprised by the actions of President Xi.
10:18I have a good relationship, great relationship with him.
10:21I like him.
10:22He likes me.
10:23I'm going to be going there in April.
10:25I guess you'll only go with me, but I'm going to be going to China in April.
10:29With Japan, likewise, I just came back from Japan and we have a great relationship.
10:34The new prime minister, myself, she's very smart.
10:37She's very strong.
10:38And she's going to be a great leader.
10:40Thank you very much, everybody.
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