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President Donald Trump faced sharp questions from reporters about U.S. strikes in Iran, including allegations that a school in Minab was hit during military operations. Trump said he was unaware of the incident, while claiming U.S. forces destroyed Iranian mine vessels and downplaying concerns about naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

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00:07The President's Day 11, and as you know, we're doing something that nobody ever thought was possible to do.
00:18Our military is the best. It's the most powerful in the world, and they're hitting them very hard.
00:24This is 47 years of abuse and killing lots of people. Killing and maiming lots of people.
00:32What is it, Peter?
00:34What more do you need to do militarily for this operation to end?
00:37More of the same, and we'll see how that all comes out.
00:41Right now, they are—they've lost their Navy. They've lost their Air Force.
00:47They have no anti-aircraft apparatus at all.
00:51They have no radar. Their leaders are gone.
00:57And we could do a lot worse with one another.
00:59We're leaving certain things that if we take them out, or we could take them out by this afternoon,
01:05in fact, within an hour, they literally would never be able to build that country back.
01:11A new report shows—a new report says that the military investigation has found that the United States dropped this tool
01:19in Iran.
01:19As the commander-in-chief, do you take responsibility for that?
01:22That is what? What?
01:23As commander-in-chief, do you—
01:25For what?
01:26For the strike on the school in Iran.
01:27A new report says the military investigation has found it was the United States that dropped this tool.
01:33I don't know about it.
01:36Are you talking to the CEOs of various oil companies, encouraging them to use this straight-up or move right
01:45now?
01:45I don't know about it. I think they should. I think they should. I think they should use this stuff.
01:49The Press Press, how do you respond—
01:51Look, we took out just about all of their mine ships in one night. We're up to boat number 60.
01:59I didn't realize they had that big a Navy.
02:01I would say it was big and ineffective. But every one of their ships, just about all of their Navy
02:06is gone at the bottom of the sea.
02:08The Press Press, Mr. President, how do you respond? Mr. President, have they laid any minds in this straight-up
02:13or move?
02:13We don't think so.
02:15The Press Press, Mr. President, Mr. President, how do you respond?
02:18Is Senator Soong—is Senator Soong listening to you when you say you want to pass the Save America Act?
02:24He says there aren't the votes to do it right now. What's your response?
02:27Well, he's got to be a leader. You know, if he's a leader, he's got to get him.
02:30It's the most popular bill I've ever seen put before Congress. And it's voter ID and it's voter—you have to
02:38be able to be a citizen to vote. You've got to—it's called citizenship.
02:43And we're also adding in no men playing in women's sports, no transgender mutilization of our children, and no mail
02:53-in ballots—fake mail-in ballots.
02:55We have none of that except in the case of the military, et cetera.
02:59The Press Press, Mr. President, how do you respond?
03:01The President, I will say it is—it is the Save America Act. It's the most popular bill I think I've
03:09ever put before Congress.
03:11The Press Press, Mr. President, can you declare victory in this war if the supreme leader remains the ayatollah's son?
03:21I don't want to comment on that. I don't want to comment on that.
03:23But I will tell you, I just spoke with various countries, the leaders of various countries.
03:28You'll have a list. And they said they've never seen anything like it.
03:32We have—and I built it during my first term, and I used it.
03:37I didn't realize I was going to use it this much.
03:39But we have the greatest military in the world by far.
03:43And nobody's lying here.
03:46Feel fair about a domestic terrorist next to the Iran's future?
03:50No.
03:54You're not invited to the Shield of the Americas.
03:57Mexico, Brazil and Colombia were not invited to the Shield of the Americas.
04:01Why was that? And do they come in the future?
04:04Do these things?
04:04I think they were invited. Maybe they didn't come. I think they were.
04:08I get along very well with all of them.
04:12In Iraqi parliament, few days, member slogan,
04:17date to America, date to Israel.
04:19What is your response to them?
04:21What is your message for Iraqi government?
04:23What did he say?
04:25In Iraqi parliament, slogan, date of America,
04:29date of Israel, member of the parliament.
04:31Death to America, death to Israel.
04:33What's your response to Israel?
04:35That's not a nice question.
04:36Mr. President, in Spain, Mr. President,
04:39did Spain, you've been up there, you told them
04:41that you would guide commerce ties with them?
04:44Are they cooperating with the United States?
04:46Who?
04:46The President, no, they're not.
04:48I think they're not cooperating at all.
04:50Spain?
04:51I think they've been very bad.
04:53Very bad. Not good at all.
04:55We may cut off trade with Spain.
04:57The Press.
04:58You would guide all trade?
05:00All trade with them?
05:01The President, I don't know what Spain is doing.
05:03They've been very bad to NATO.
05:04They get protected.
05:06They don't want to pay their fair share.
05:07And they've been that way for many years.
05:10The Press.
05:11The President, let me give you the good news.
05:13Let me give you the good news.
05:15The people of Spain are fantastic.
05:18The leadership, like you.
05:20The leadership, not so good.
05:24The Press.
05:25is under attack, and Hezbollah is making
05:27danger for the Lebanese, and especially the
05:29Lebanese aggression.
05:30What is your message for Lebanon?
05:33The President Trump is working on it very hard.
05:35We love Lebanon.
05:36We love the people of Lebanon.
05:37And we're working very hard.
05:39We've got to get rid of that.
05:40Hezbollah has been a disaster for many years.
05:45We've knocked out their navy.
05:47We've knocked out their air force.
05:49We've knocked out all of their anti-defense.
05:52We've taken out 60 mine boats, 59 mine boats.
05:57We've, nobody has ever seen anything like it.
06:01We have the greatest military in the world,
06:03by far, not even close.
06:06But you know what?
06:08They've inflicted 47 years' worth of damage to the
06:12world, and now they're a big prize.
06:14The Press Press, Mr. President, would you,
06:19are you willing to withdraw the U.S.
06:22from Iran, even if they have not turned over and
06:26allow the U.S. to seize their remaining
06:28risk for the U.S.?
06:30The President Trump's I'm not going to answer
06:31that, but we have hit them harder than virtually
06:36any country in history has been hit.
06:38And we're not finished yet.
06:40The Press Press, Mr. President,
06:58The Press Press, Mr. President,
06:58the Press Press, Mr. President,
06:59we have a huge expense in the U.S.
07:03The Press Press Press, Mr. President,
07:10Mr. President wants to get the U.S.
07:21I need you to clean out.
07:24I need you to clean out.
07:52I need you to clean out.
08:25A year ago, we were a dead country.
08:28Now we're the hottest country in the world.
08:30Thank you, Mr. President.
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