00:00I'm sure that there are people that have made comments online and other places because every
00:04country in the world is stupid people. I'm sure there are stupid people here. There are stupid
00:09people in the United States that make dumb comments all the time. Thank you. Secretary
00:14Rubio, some of Trump's own allies, Mike Pompeo, Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, are warning that
00:19the deal that is taking shape could give Iran access to more money while leaving it with
00:23leverage over her moves and deferring the nuclear issue. Are they wrong on that? And for the
00:27minister, has the Trump administration shown the same commitment and investment in the
00:32Quad as the previous US administration? What concrete outcomes are you hoping to see beyond
00:37statements of support? So we can take these questions. All right. Do I go first? Okay. I don't know
00:46how to address that, but I'll take that very seriously about the comments. Look, I'm sure
00:50that there are people that have made comments online and other places because every country
00:54in the world are stupid people. I'm sure there are stupid people here. There are stupid people
00:59in the United States that make dumb comments all the time. I don't know what else to tell
01:04you other than the United States is a very welcoming country. Our nation has been enriched by people
01:08who come to our country, have come from our country from all over the world, have become Americans,
01:13have assimilated into our way of life, and have contributed greatly. So that's all I can comment
01:19on that in regards to your point. Your second question, there's another question about technology
01:23cooperation. Absolutely. One of the reasons why we're such strong strategic allies is because
01:28India is a place that's very advanced technologically. You have companies that are on the leading
01:32edge of technology in a variety of fields, and you happen to be our ally in terms of country
01:38to country. So it is an area of tremendous partnership. It speaks directly to the point that I made a
01:42moment
01:42ago, and that is you can have an alliance with countries. And we have, you know, we work with countries
01:47all over the world on a variety of issues, but there are only a handful of countries in the world
01:51where you can actually partner to influence global outcomes. And so India is one of those countries,
01:56which adds, which is the reason why our strategic alliance is so critical. It is between, it's a
02:02strategic alliance between two highly capable partners who have industries within our country,
02:07private industries within our company, within our countries, that are on the leading edge of some
02:13of the top technologies of the 21st century. So it makes all the sense in the world to democracies
02:18with a lot of pre-existing links with companies that are on the leading edge of cutting edge 21st
02:23century technologies, partnering together to make sure that those technologies are not just developing
02:28and continuing to lead the world in innovation, but are doing so in a way that furthers our national
02:33interests. So that is on that point. On the Iran situation, there'll be, I believe, you know,
02:44maybe more news coming out a little bit later today on this topic, and I'll leave it to the
02:48president to make further announcements on it. Suffice it to say that some progress has been made,
02:53significant progress, although not final progress has been made. Ultimately, here's, I remind everybody,
02:59I think this ties into the second question that was asked with relations to it.
03:02What is the goal here? The goal here, ultimately, the ultimate goal is that Iran can never have a
03:07nuclear weapon. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon. The president has been clear about that.
03:12They will never possess a nuclear weapon, certainly not as long as Donald Trump is president of the
03:16United States. Related to that is this issue of the, of the straits. Okay. This is an international
03:22waterway. They don't own it. It's an international waterway. And what they are doing now is basically,
03:28they are threatening to destroy commercial vessels using an international waterway. That is illegal
03:34under any concept of international law that governs us. But it's also, if we allowed that to become
03:39normal, we would be normalizing an unacceptable status quo and setting a dangerous precedent that
03:46could be replicated here in this region and in multiple places around the world. So the desire the
03:51president has, his, his, his preference is to find a diplomatic way that these problems can be solved.
03:59That's always the president's preference. He would much rather have me and the department of state
04:04solve this problem than the department of war having to solve this problem. But the problem is going to be
04:08solved one way or the other. So we've made some progress over the last 48 hours working with our
04:13partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with
04:20a completely open streets. And I mean, open streets without tolls and with addressing some of the key
04:30things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past. So we think we've made
04:36some progress on the outline of something that if it works, could, could give us that outcome.
04:42Obviously that will require full Iranian acceptance and then compliance, and it will require some future
04:47work on negotiating the details. When you're talking about a nuclear program, as an example,
04:51these are highly technical matters and ones that would probably need to be addressed over an,
04:57over some period of time on the issue of benefits that they could get from it and whatever domestic
05:02criticisms there may be. I don't think anyone's been tougher on the Iranian nuclear ambition than
05:07President Trump. Understand, okay, again, I'm not, I don't know what some of these individual comments
05:12have been from different sectors of our politics in the United States, but I will say this, there is
05:16no one who has been stronger on this issue than President Trump. Multiple political leaders,
05:22multiple presidents of the United States have all said the same thing. Iran cannot have a nuclear
05:26weapon. The only one who's tried to do anything and has actually done anything about it in a real way
05:30has been President Trump. So his commitment to that principle that they'll never have a nuclear
05:34weapon shouldn't be questioned by anybody. And the idea that somehow this president, given everything
05:40he's already proven he's willing to do, is going to somehow agree to a deal that ultimately winds up
05:45putting Iran in a stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions is absurd. That's just not going
05:50to happen. But our preference is to address this through a diplomatic means. And that's what we're
05:54endeavoring to do here. I think we've made some progress. I'm always cautious when I say that because
06:00you can agree to things on paper, they actually have to be implemented. You can agree to things
06:04in writing, and then you actually have to go out and do it. But I do think perhaps there is
06:10the
06:10possibility that over the next few hours, the world will get some good news, at least with regards to
06:14the Straits and with regards to a process that can ultimately leave us where the president wants us
06:22to be. And that is a world that no longer has to be in fear or worry about an Iranian
06:26nuclear weapon.
06:29And so I do think there's some good news on that front, but not final news on that front. But
06:34perhaps a little bit later today, we'll have more to say. But you know, some progress has been made.
06:38I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to downplay that. But I also want to caveat
06:44it by
06:45saying we still have some work to do. We'll see.
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