00:00They've had some very good meetings. They've had some very interesting meetings having to do with, as you know, Iran
00:07is a hotspot right now and they're meeting and they have a good relationship with the representatives of Iran and,
00:12you know, good talks are being had. It's proven to be over the years not easy to make a meaningful
00:18deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal, otherwise bad things happen.
00:22Our countries, nobody could have signed. You would have had that threat. Nobody could have had. You couldn't have peace
00:28in the Middle East. So now we may have to take it a step further or we may not. Maybe
00:32we're going to make a deal. You're going to be you're going to be finding out over the next probably
00:3610 days.
00:37They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region and they must make a deal. Or if that
00:45doesn't happen, I maybe can understand if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But bad things will happen.
00:52And now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we're doing. And
01:00if they join us, that'll be great. If they don't join us, that'll be great, too. But it'll be a
01:05very different path.
01:06They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region and they must make a deal. Or if that
01:14doesn't happen, I maybe can understand if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But bad things will happen if it
01:22doesn't.
01:23Today is a tremendous honor to welcome you all to the United States Institute of Peace for the inaugural meeting
01:31of the Board of Peace. Very important. I believe it's the most consequential board, certainly in terms of power and
01:39in terms of prestige.
01:40There's never been anything close because these are the greatest world leaders. Almost everybody's accepted and the ones that haven't
01:49will be. Some are playing a little cute. It doesn't work.
01:53I can't play cute with me. But they're playing a little bit. But they're all they're all joining. Everybody would.
02:00Most of them very immediately.
02:03A few that we really don't want because they're trouble. Take care of them. But this is the most prestigious
02:12board ever put together.
02:14You know, I've seen some great corporate boards. I've seen some great boards, period. It's peanuts compared to this board
02:21because we have.
02:23Virtually everyone is the head of a country other than Johnny, but he's the head of soccer. So that's not
02:28so bad. Right, Johnny? I like your job the best, I think.
02:32Since the hard-won ceasefire of last October, the United States and our partners have facilitated the delivery of vast
02:39amounts of humanitarian aid, numbers that nobody's ever seen before.
02:43In November, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the Board of Peace and last month in Davos, we welcomed
02:51over two dozen members to this very important new organization.
02:57And we are very closely working with the United Nations. In fact, I'm going to speak to the Secretary General
03:04in a little while. He's a good man.
03:06And I've had a good relationship. Other than in my last speech, they did turn off my teleprompter.
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