00:00Representative Takano had referenced truth social posts from the president
00:05and I believe I heard your response to be that he was the most sane president.
00:11Do you care to comment any further or is that your question?
00:13If you look at that truth social post, I was pointing out the last line of it.
00:19It says, God bless the Iranian people.
00:21So it was clear that he was sending a nuanced message.
00:25He was sending a message of brute force and violence to the mullahs
00:30who incentivized them to change, but also sending a message of love and compassion to the Iranian people.
00:37So you can look at it and say, oh, it's insane that he'd make this kind of threat.
00:42But he's a dealmaker.
00:44Earlier in this hearing, Representative Takano had referenced truth social posts from the president
00:51and I believe I heard your response to be that he was the most sane president.
00:57Do you care to comment any further or is that your question?
00:59If you look at that truth social post, I was pointing out the last line of it.
01:05It says, God bless the Iranian people.
01:07So it was clear that he was sending a nuanced message.
01:11He was sending a message of brute force and violence to the mullahs
01:16to incentivize them to change, but also sending a message of love and compassion to the Iranian people.
01:24So you can look at it and say, oh, it's insane that he'd make this kind of threat.
01:28But he's a dealmaker.
01:30He's a bargainer.
01:31Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
01:32I appreciate that.
01:32More sane than your uncle?
01:37He's very, very sane.
01:40So I grew up in a place called Tipperary Hill.
01:42He's more sane than Uncle Joe.
01:45Uncle Joe Biden.
01:46Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
01:48Mr. Secretary, you are the nation's top health official.
01:51And I want to talk to you today about the president's mental health.
01:57On April 5th at 8 o'clock in the morning of Easter Sunday,
02:02President Trump posted this statement on social media.
02:07Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day, all wrapped in one in Iran.
02:13There will be nothing like it.
02:16Open the fucking straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell.
02:21Just watch.
02:22Praise be to Allah, President Donald J. Trump.
02:27An American president used the F word in a Sunday morning message that was seen by millions of people.
02:37Mr. Secretary, does this raise concerns for you about the president's mental health?
02:43The president is a bargainer, and he knows how to make good deals.
02:48Mr. Secretary, does this raise questions about the president's mental health to you?
02:52Here's what I would say, that for two generations, every American president...
02:58Mr. Secretary, you're being unresponsive.
03:00I'm reclaiming my time, Mr. Secretary.
03:03I gather the answer, it does not raise concerns for you.
03:06Two days later, on April 7th, President Trump put out a statement that said, quote,
03:13a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.
03:18I don't want that to happen, but it probably will, end quote.
03:23Mr. Secretary, the commander-in-chief of the United States military is calling for the eradication of an entire civilization.
03:32And five days later, the president started posting on Truth Social at 9 p.m. at night,
03:38continuing until 5 a.m. the next morning, and included an unhinged attack on Pope Leo, claiming Pope Leo was
03:46weak on crime.
03:47And then, later that day, the next day, President Trump posted this image of himself as Jesus Christ.
03:57Mr. Secretary, people across the country and around the world were deeply offended by this blasphemous image.
04:07Millions of Americans are questioning this president's mental fitness, his emotional stability, and whether he can carry out the duties
04:15of his office.
04:17Do you share their concerns about his mental health?
04:20I want to call your attention to the last line of that.
04:24Mr. Secretary, my question was, do you share their concerns about his mental health?
04:27I want to call your attention.
04:29Mr. Secretary, you're not being responsive, apparently not.
04:32I'm going to tell you why I'm from now.
04:32Reclaiming my time, Mr. Secretary.
04:33I'm going to tell you why I'm from now.
04:34Mr. Secretary, reclaiming my time.
04:35I'm going to tell you why I'm from now.
04:36Mr. Chairman, direct witness.
04:37It's my time, Mr. Secretary.
04:39You're not being responsive, and apparently you don't share their concerns.
04:42We are a nation at war, Mr. Secretary.
04:46We need a commander in chief that we know has full command of his mental faculties and is emotionally stable
04:53as he sends uniformed American men and women into harm's way.
04:58Millions of Americans are now wondering if this president is delusional and thinks he is Jesus Christ.
05:08Mr. Secretary, given everything that I've shown you today, will you insist that President Trump undergo an assessment of his
05:15mental fitness and his emotional stability?
05:19Absolutely not.
05:20Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
05:22Reclaiming my time under, so absolutely not.
05:24I remind you that under the 25th Amendment, you have a duty to remove a president who is physically or
05:31mentally unable to discharge his responsibilities under the Constitution.
05:35It's your duty.
05:36You took an oath to the Constitution, not to President Trump.
05:40Mr. Secretary, should President Trump fail a mental fitness test or an evaluation about his mental stability or emotional stability,
05:50would you vote to invoke the 25th Amendment?
05:54There hasn't been a president who's more sane than the people.
05:56Mr. Secretary, my question is would you vote to invoke the 25th Amendment?
06:01Mr. Secretary, reclaiming my time.
06:02It's my question, my question, Mr. Secretary.
06:05Would you invoke the 24th Amendment if he were to fail an assessment of his mental stability or emotional stability?
06:12As I said, President Trump is emotional.
06:14Apparently not, Mr. Secretary.
06:15Apparently not.
06:16Mr. Secretary, we can all see that this president is mentally unstable, emotionally unstable, and is unfit to lead this
06:26country.
06:27You, as the nation's top health official, have a particular role here, and you are choosing your loyalty to Donald
06:35Trump over your loyalty to the Constitution and keeping the faith with the American people.
06:42Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
06:43I yield back.
06:44Well, you need the fundraising video.
06:47Mr. Chairman, I'm asking questions.
06:49The gentleman's time has expired and been yielded, and I couldn't ask the second grade classes to turn in again
06:56at this point.
06:59I would, I would, I'd hesitate to say something about the 25th Amendment with the last president.
07:05There was no concern there from the other side, but I won't say that.
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