00:01What about your relationship with London?
00:04Has it been damaged by the fact that Keir Starmer isn't supporting you in this war?
00:07And has your opinion of Keir Starmer changed because of this?
00:10Well, he hasn't been supportive.
00:12And I think it's a big mistake, you know.
00:14They make a lot of money on trade with the United States.
00:17I did, I went out of my way.
00:20As you know, they couldn't make a deal with Biden
00:25because they had no real administration to make a deal, Biden.
00:28But we made a deal.
00:29We made a good deal for them.
00:30And frankly, probably wasn't appreciated.
00:34I do look forward to seeing the king.
00:37He's going to be coming, as you know, very shortly.
00:41But no, I was disappointed because Keir was willing to send two aircraft carriers after we won
00:48because essentially there's no threat for the aircraft carriers right now.
00:53And I said, no, no, we want things sent before the war, not after the war is won.
00:58So, yeah, I'm disappointed with Keir.
01:01I like him.
01:01I think he's a nice man, but I'm disappointed.
01:03Do you see that man right there?
01:09You know who that is?
01:10Churchill.
01:11That's the late, great Winston Churchill.
01:13And Barack Hussein Obama did not want his bust in this office.
01:18Did you know that?
01:19And Barack Hussein Obama sent that bus back to England.
01:24He didn't, they didn't want it.
01:25And when I came in, I was asked if I wanted, I said, absolutely, I want it.
01:30And I put it right there, Winston Churchill.
01:33And, you know, unfortunately, Keir is not Winston Churchill.
01:36Do you have a comment?
01:44Just could I, hold it, hold it.
01:48Just make a number of points.
01:49First of all, I think, notwithstanding what has happened,
01:52the transatlantic relationship between Europe and the U.S.
01:55is very, very important on a number of fronts.
01:58And I think we've had issues over the last year until we've settled them.
02:01And I think many of these leaders engage with you, particularly on trade initially.
02:05Remember all the fuss last year?
02:06But we got a landing zone between Europe and the U.S.
02:09And I think we can get a landing zone again.
02:13And I think, I just met with Keir Starmer last week.
02:16The British-Irish relationship was a very important one.
02:19Churchill was a great wartime leader, although in Ireland,
02:22it was kind of a different perspective in terms of during the World War of Independence.
02:26He created his own bit of difficulties for us.
02:29But that said, he was a great wartime hero.
02:31Keir Starmer has done a lot to reset the Irish-British relationship.
02:35I just want to put that on the record.
02:37But I do believe that he's a very earnest, sound person.
02:42I think you have a capacity to get on with him.
02:44You've got on with him before.
02:45And you've got on with other European leaders as well.
02:48And I think you have that capacity again.
02:50And I think everyone exists.
02:52I mean, you cannot have a rogue state with a nuclear weapon
02:55or the capacity for a nuclear weapon.
02:57Iran was the sponsor of terrorism.
02:59We sanctioned Iran, all the European countries did,
03:03and the ARGC in particular is a terrorist organization.
03:06They sponsored Hamas.
03:08They sponsored Hezbollah.
03:09They had the Houthis.
03:10They created mayhem, a most maligned force in the Middle East.
03:14The Irish position has always been, ultimately,
03:17can we resolve this?
03:19Can we get peace?
03:20And obviously, there's preconditions before you get to that situation.
03:22We had our own conflict, which went on for 30 years,
03:27and we learned a lot from that in terms of how to try and bring about peace.
03:31And I think I've listened to you in terms of you're correct.
03:35I mean, our hearts go to the Iranian people who have been repressed and suppressed
03:39for so many years culminating in that savage murder of thousands and thousands of Iranians
03:47some months ago.
03:49No one was in a position to do anything about that.
03:55And likewise with Ukraine.
03:57I mean, the Russians did invade Ukraine, have attacked civilian infrastructure and so on like that.
04:04And for the people of Ukraine who just want peace and an opportunity to live,
04:08I think we have to continue to work to see can we bring peace,
04:14different regime to Iran where Iranians can live in peace again
04:17and the people in the Middle East can live in peace.
04:19And you're doing your bit there in terms of the work in Gaza and so on like that.
04:24I think that's what we want is a peaceful resolution of conflict.
04:28That's where we come from as a small nation.
04:29We've been peacekeepers all our lives.
04:32We're the longest serving nation in terms of provision of peacekeeping forces
04:37in the world, as it turns out.
04:38But we think ultimately all conflicts come to an end.
04:42And I think we have to try and work towards that end.
04:46And I'm sure European leaders and the U.S. administration will engage.
04:51And hopefully we can get a landing zone somewhere.
04:55I mean, the only thing, and I agree with everything you said,
04:59but we helped with Ukraine.
05:02Yes.
05:04And they don't help with Iran.
05:05And they all acknowledge that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.
05:10You yourself say, you know, these were, these are horrendous people.
05:14These are the worst people.
05:15And going back to Hitler, right?
05:19Going back to Hitler.
05:20These are the worst people.
05:21That's a long time ago.
05:23And there's been nothing close.
05:25Every problem, every, so many deaths,
05:2890% of the people that got blown up by landmines,
05:32the landmines, they loved them.
05:33And, you know, Soleimani, we killed him.
05:35If we didn't, it might be a different story,
05:37because he was a horrible person,
05:39but he was a very powerful person and leader, smart.
05:43But we killed him.
05:44If we didn't, I think you'd have it.
05:45I did.
05:46But I think it would have maybe a different situation.
05:48It wouldn't have been so easy as it has been,
05:50because it has been very easy.
05:52You know, it's, all of their militaries,
05:55but you can always have somebody drop a mine in the water.
05:58It's like terrorism.
06:01And then you have the people that own the billion-dollar ship
06:04saying, well, let's not move that ship yet because we want.
06:07So we thought that Europe would help that
06:09because they do have some mine sweepers.
06:11But it's amazing that, you know,
06:13they all said, what a great job.
06:16They were congratulating us on the great job we did
06:19with respect to Iran,
06:20and we knocked the hell out of them.
06:22They're no longer the bully of the Middle East.
06:24They were known as the bully of the Middle East,
06:26and they're not the bully anymore.
06:28But you would have thought they would have said,
06:31we'd love to send a couple of mine sweepers.
06:33It's not a big deal.
06:34It doesn't cost very much money.
06:36But they didn't do that.
06:37So, you know, it's,
06:40I think it's very unfair to the United States.
06:42Not to me, but to the United States.
06:44Go ahead, please.
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