00:00On Iran, if Iran is kind of cherry-picking what tankers get to go through the strait now
00:05and contemplating big tolls on those tankers, is that consistent or how is that consistent
00:10really with the President's message about really wanting the strait to be fully open?
00:14Does the administration support a regime or system where Iran is effectively charging tolls
00:20on these vessels to access?
00:21That's not something we support, and I would reject that they are cherry-picking.
00:25In fact, as you know, these tankers that are moving through the 10 that were previously announced
00:29and now the new 20, the announcement of 20 additional tankers, which we expect to see
00:34over the coming days, are a result of the direct and indirect talks that are taking place
00:39between the United States and Iran.
00:40So you wouldn't have seen those tankers if not for the President's diplomacy and his team
00:44engaging on this matter, which we expect that compliance moving forward.
00:48And it's, again, something that we're working on very closely.
00:51The Pressure.
00:52And behind the tape, in the back right there, you put up your hand very excitingly.
00:57Go ahead.
00:57Hannah from NewsNation.
00:58Thanks for taking my question.
01:01I have two for you real quick.
01:03There are reports that Republicans are weighing cuts to health care in order to make way for
01:08that $200 billion for the Pentagon and Operation Epic Fury.
01:12Is that a trade-off that President Trump supports?
01:14I've seen these reports.
01:15I haven't spoken to the President about it, nor have I heard this being discussed
01:19in any high-level meetings here at the White House.
01:21I don't want to weigh in definitively, because I just haven't heard that being discussed here in the West Wing.
01:26And then secondly, I know President Trump says we're ahead of schedule in achieving his military objectives in Iran.
01:33He laid out that four-to-six-week timetable for this conflict, and we're now within week five.
01:38So how do you square kind of those two?
01:41Well, four-to-six weeks estimated timeline.
01:44Again, you just said we're on day 30 of the operation.
01:47I just provided you with some of the updates from the Pentagon directly in achieving the objectives,
01:53and the military has been enormously successful.
01:55I think we should all be very proud of our armed forces for what they have done over the past
02:0030 days.
02:00The mission will continue until the objectives are achieved,
02:03and that four-to-six-week timeline does remain right now.
02:05I don't have any updates for you on that.
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