00:02Why do you think Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment so many times today when he has a pardon?
00:09And what was stopping him from just giving an honest testimony this morning?
00:14Well, look, I've never been a big fan of Fauci.
00:16Why he did that was very simple.
00:18His lawyer told him to.
00:19I don't know if he would have been better off not doing it.
00:22There were a lot of questions that I guess he could have answered.
00:25And some maybe he didn't feel comfortable in answering.
00:28But his lawyer told him to do that.
00:31Mr. President, I'm wrong.
00:32Mr. Andy Burnham hasn't mentioned publicly migration at all since he's gone into number 10.
00:39Did you discuss it with him?
00:41I did, briefly.
00:43He's going to have to mention it because it's killing your country.
00:46Mr. President, he's killing your country.
00:49Killing you.
00:49He won't talk to GBC.
00:50He's killing your country.
00:52He won't talk to him.
00:52And not him.
00:53I mean, we'll have to see.
00:54I know Starmer did very little about it.
00:56And they're coming from all over the world.
00:58They're coming from Africa.
00:59They're coming from South America.
01:01They're coming from different parts of Asia.
01:03And they're invading Europe.
01:05I mean, they're invading Europe.
01:07It's an invasion.
01:08And the U.K. is a prime suspect.
01:11Mr. President, on Todd Blanche, Senator John Cornett of Texas has been hesitant to back the confirmation.
01:19Seems to be some sort of deal that he's talking about.
01:21What is your reaction to his hesitancy?
01:23Well, all I can say is Todd Blanche is outstanding.
01:26And I thought he's, I thought it was pretty routine because he's so good.
01:30He just wouldn't find a better person.
01:33So, I don't know.
01:34Maybe John Cornett's upset with me because I didn't endorse him.
01:37I don't know what it is.
01:38But I haven't heard that there's a problem.
01:40I heard he's going through quite nicely.
01:43And do you think Senate Majority Leader John Foon, after the comments you heard regarding Save America and some other
01:48stuff, do you think he's still the man for the job?
01:50Well, we're going to find out, and I'll let you know.
01:53Mr. President, it was a beautiful service yesterday for Senator Graham.
01:57Beautiful eulogy that you delivered.
01:59As far as Senator Darlene Graham is concerned, based upon your conversations, is she going to focus primarily on foreign
02:06affairs like her brother, or will she focus more on domestic issues?
02:10I think domestic, really.
02:11I've spoken to her a lot.
02:13And she's much more focused on domestic, including costs and pricing.
02:16I think she'll be outstanding.
02:20Jay Clayton, he was just confirmed by the Senate.
02:23Yeah, he's great.
02:24Would you like to see him continue with Bill Pulte's work at exposing election hearings?
02:27Oh, yeah, I'm sure he will.
02:28Bill did a great job.
02:30And Jay has just been confirmed.
02:33And, you know, he's outstanding.
02:34He was the head of Sullivan or Cromwell for many years, and he's very outstanding.
02:38And I think he's going to do a fantastic job.
02:40And Bill was great.
02:40Yeah, please.
02:41Mr. President, in light of advanced chat-GBT AI models escaping their lab and conducting cyberattacks, are you considering stronger
02:47controls on AI?
02:49And would you consider negotiating?
02:51Well, we're looking at AI.
02:52We're looking at controls.
02:53We're also making sure that we lead.
02:55So we're leading China in AI by a lot.
02:58China has virtually no controls.
03:00It's freewheeling a little bit.
03:02So we have to be careful in both ways.
03:05We don't want to restrict them.
03:06We're all of a sudden we're coming second to China.
03:09Whoever wins with AI is going to win.
03:11That's how big it is.
03:12So it's bigger than the Internet ever was.
03:15It's bigger than anything ever was.
03:16So I don't want to restrict.
03:17I know many of these people.
03:18I don't want to restrict them from doing great work.
03:21Yeah, please.
03:21What scenario do you see Iran attacking U.S. installations and personnel overseas and you withdrawing?
03:31Oh, I don't see that.
03:32No, we're not.
03:32No, we're going to hit them very hard.
03:34I mean, I can actually say that because there's very little they can do about it.
03:40It was a different group than we're dealing with.
03:43They've already apologized.
03:45But, you know, we've got to smack them a little bit.
03:48Mr. President, are you going to hit back when they strike?
03:52Will I always hit back?
03:53Yes.
03:53Pretty much.
03:54Mr. President, is that in response to the attempted ballistic missile strike on Jordan last night?
04:03When you say it's our turn to hit back?
04:05Yeah, I think more so that, yeah, because it was another smaller event.
04:08But no, they sent five 8,000 mile-an-hour missiles at us.
04:13And fortunately, we had our people operating the greatest equipment in the world, namely the Patriot system.
04:18Think of it.
04:19Five missiles going 8,600 miles an hour, big ones, coming right at us.
04:24And all five were shot down.
04:26How about that, right?
04:27Pretty good.
04:28Only, only we, nobody else could do that but us.
04:31Yeah.
04:31Mr. President, how was your meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday?
04:35It was good.
04:36Do you see a time scale?
04:37Yeah, it was good.
04:38Look, you know, he's out doing his thing.
04:39I'd like him to end the war.
04:41So it's very simple.
04:43I get along with both.
04:44I get along with President Putin.
04:46I get along with President Zelensky.
04:47And like I told him, I want to end the war, get the war ended.
04:50Thousands of people, 25,000 people died last month.
04:54That's standard.
04:56And it's not acceptable.
04:58So I said just end the war.
05:00Mr. President, on the war, do you want the House to come back before August 31st to act on the
05:07Russia and Iran sanctions bill after it comes down?
05:09I mean, it shouldn't be necessary, to be honest.
05:12But if it's necessary, I'd like to, are you talking about the Lindsey Graham?
05:15Yeah.
05:16So I'd like them to add Iran as tariffs, not just as sanctions.
05:21I think it's important.
05:22That's what Lindsey wanted because I heard that they have tariffs on Russia but not on those five countries with
05:29having to do with Iran.
05:31I'd like to see tariffs on Iran.
05:33It would make it much stronger.
05:34So perhaps you're very good at this.
05:37You can maybe tell them.
05:38I think they should put in for Russia, but I think they should put in for Iran.
05:42And that's really what Lindsey wanted.
05:44And on Iran, one more, sir, sorry.
05:45And good job at the dinner the other night.
05:47Pretty great job.
05:48I appreciate that.
05:50President Xi told you that China would not give or sell Iran any weapons.
05:55And there's a new report that Iran's about to get 400 rocket launchers from China going through Pakistan to Iran.
06:03Well, that would be surprising.
06:04I mean, things like that happen.
06:06But that would be surprising.
06:07He told me very strongly he wouldn't partake.
06:11But he knows I'd be quite disappointed.
06:14Yeah, please.
06:14Mr. President.
06:15He's coming here, I think, on September 24th.
06:18Two questions.
06:19First, we're coming up on the 25th anniversary of 9-11.
06:22And a good number of 9-11 families have called on New York Mayor Zora Mondani to not attend a
06:28number of these memorial services.
06:31What are your thoughts on that?
06:32Well, I think they're having a hard time with Mandomi.
06:34The people having to do with anybody having to do with 9-11 right now on the victim side.
06:41And there are a lot of them.
06:42They're very unhappy with what's going on in New York.
06:45And they're very unhappy with the mayor.
06:47I understand that.
06:47Yeah, please.
06:48Thank you, Mr. President.
06:50Senate Republicans are underway in negotiating the budget.
06:52Would you sign a CR without the Save America Act?
06:55Is that something you want to see?
06:56I'll have to look at it.
06:57But they should get to Save America.
06:58How simple can it be?
07:00Voter identification.
07:02Proof of citizenship.
07:04I mean, now, you have to understand, the Democrats, not one Democrat will sign because they want to cheat.
07:09There's no way they can get elected if that happens.
07:13But we should have unanimous Republican support.
07:15And if we don't, people should look at those Republicans.
07:19But think of it.
07:20Who would not sign voter identification with photo?
07:24And who would not sign proof of citizenship?
07:28Only people that want to cheat.
07:30Thank you very much, everybody.
07:32Thank you, everybody.
07:34Thank you, guys.
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