00:00Go ahead, Bloomberg.
00:01Thanks, Caroline.
00:03Secretary Lutnick today was testifying on the Hill,
00:06and he said that he had visited Epstein's island in 2012
00:09with his wife and children.
00:11And that's after he said that he had cut ties with Epstein.
00:14And Justice Department documents show that he was in contact
00:18with Epstein through 2018 over messages.
00:21So does the White House stand behind Secretary Lutnick right now?
00:25Or given what he has said today,
00:27has there been any shift in how the White House is viewing
00:31Secretary Lutnick's performance?
00:32No, Secretary Lutnick remains a very important member
00:35of President Trump's team,
00:36and the President fully supports the Secretary.
00:39I will just point out that there are a lot of wins in the news this week
00:42that people in this room have not asked about
00:44because you continue to ask questions about the same subject.
00:46So let me point them out for you.
00:48Again, on Friday, the Dow shattered 50,000 for the first time ever.
00:52This week, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons came out
00:55in opposition to gender mutilation surgeries for children.
00:58They are the first major medical group to do so.
01:01A federal appeals court today, nobody asked about that,
01:04just upheld the Trump administration's policy of detaining illegal aliens,
01:08validating the strong measures that have driven illegal crossings to historic lows,
01:12and sent a crystal clear message that under President Trump,
01:16if you enter the country illegally, you will be detained and removed.
01:19The murder rate, again, not a single question about this,
01:22has plunged to a 125-year low as crime falls across the board,
01:27thanks to President Trump's crime crackdown.
01:30We also saw this week national median rents have fallen to a four-year low
01:34following six consecutive monthly declines,
01:37and mortgage affordability has surged to a four-year high.
01:41Home ownership is the core foundation principle of the American dream,
01:45and I will repeat that mortgage affordability this week surged to a four-year high,
01:49but not a single mention of that in this briefing room today.
01:53And again, this came out last Friday,
01:54but for an unprecedented ninth straight month,
01:57there were zero illegal border crossings at the southern border.
02:00So, we're going to get back to business.
02:02The President is very busy today, and you will see him all tomorrow
02:05at the event in the East Room, touting his administration's energy policy.
02:09What about the most lost for peace that came to UC Carolina?
02:12Yes.
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