00:00The biggest attack since World War II, and it would have been disastrous for them, and they didn't want us
00:08to do it.
00:09And frankly, Saudi Arabia didn't want it either. They thought that the deal is imminent.
00:16And the deal is imminent having to do with the Homo Strait. So go ahead.
00:22What prompted you to call out the strikes last night?
00:25I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, and by Qatar, and by Iran.
00:33We were all set to go. It's about at this time right now.
00:38And it would have been a massive attack.
00:42We were all set to go. But when the Allies asked to call it off, you've got to sort of
00:49say, well, let's see.
00:50And the reason they asked is, I think there's a deal.
00:53There's a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might call it
00:58the denuclearization of Iran.
01:00I call it the denuclearization of Iran.
01:03So what do we expect?
01:04We're holding it. We'll just see. We can do it any time we want.
01:09But we were asked by the three primary groups. We were also asked by Iran, very strongly, actually.
01:18They said, we'd like to make a deal now. You know, I don't know what they say, because a lot
01:22of times they'll say that to me, and then they'll go out and say, we don't know what he's talking
01:25about.
01:26Obviously, they don't want to be attacked.
01:28And they knew the extent of the attack, because they saw it forming.
01:32What happens now?
01:34Well, now what we're doing is we're talking to them in the form of a negotiation.
01:38It begins tomorrow afternoon, and we'll see if it's you.
01:42I'd love to do that, save a lot of lives, save a lot of unnecessary power, to be honest with
01:49you.
01:49It would take many, many years to ever build it back.
01:52If it could, I don't think it would be even buildable, but so we had a, we had an attack
01:57that would be the biggest attack since World War II, and it would have been disastrous for them.
02:06And they didn't want us to do it.
02:07And frankly, Saudi Arabia didn't want it either.
02:10They thought that the deal is imminent.
02:14And the deal is imminent having to do with the Hormuz Strait.
02:19And also the, ultimately, the denuclearization of that.
02:23So when I hear that, I say, well, do we want to go and be this?
02:28Now, there's a group of people that would like me to just do it.
02:31And there's another group of people that does not want me to do it.
02:35Does Iran have a deadline to come to an agreement?
02:39We'll just see how it is.
02:41We're ready to go any time we want.
02:43Would I rather make a deal?
02:45I'm not looking to kill people.
02:47Because people die, a lot of people die, and we don't want that.
02:52So they asked us, Iran specifically, but the other three said we really, I asked them, I asked Saudi Arabia,
02:59the king.
02:59They said, the crown prince.
03:02I said, what would you rather do?
03:04Would you rather have us do this or not?
03:06They said, we would much prefer a deal as opposed to an attack.
03:11Because you don't know where these attacks lead.
03:13I mean, will they be flooded with people pouring into their country and disaster?
03:18A lot of better things can happen.
03:20Sir, there's a report that you're moving U.S. troops out of Bahrain and Kuwait.
03:25Are troops being moved out of the Middle East?
03:28Mr. President, why is the U.S. intervening to support the Japan yen at this time?
03:34To support the Japanese currency?
03:37Because we have a good relationship with Japan.
03:40We're very strong, very, very strong financially.
03:44They are, you know, they have a weakening yen, and they wanted a little bit of help.
03:48And we're always there for Japan.
03:49Japan's been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.
03:54Mr. President, what is the U.S. getting out of that arrangement?
03:58Mr. President, financial benefit.
04:00Financial benefit.
04:01We also, it's also good for the world economy.
04:04But we make, like when we did with Argentina, I got criticized.
04:08We made $25 billion on that deal.
04:11On Venezuela, we make hundreds of billions of dollars.
04:14I make good deals.
04:16Intel, I made $75 billion for the country.
04:20I didn't make for me, I made for the country.
04:22Intel, I backed Intel.
04:24It's the hottest stock right now on the New York stock, on the very stock exchange.
04:29So we made about $75 to $80 billion.
04:32And Japan wanted to, it was really, more than anything else, it was a signal of friendship.
04:40You've said that the anti-weapon.
04:42The year is weakening.
04:43And the dollar is doing great.
04:45You said the anti-weapon.
04:46The fact is, our country is doing great.
04:49Everybody wants help from our country.
04:51You said the anti-weapon.
04:52I'm with ABC means.
04:54You said the anti-
04:55BBC?
04:55ABC.
04:56Oh, ABC.
04:57That's worse.
04:57You said the anti-weaponization.
04:59I like BBC better than ABC.
05:01Go ahead.
05:01The anti-weaponization fund is back on the table.
05:04What are your plans?
05:04Oh, they don't include.
05:05Look, we have a man named Todd Lange.
05:07He's outstanding in every way.
05:09Most of you know who he is.
05:11You're not going to find a better person.
05:12And everybody, and it's because I backed Vernon's opponent, and his opponent won in a landslide.
05:20This is the only reason it's happening.
05:22But I will say there are a lot of people that like, people were hurt so badly.
05:27Twenty-two suicides, they were destroyed, their families were destroyed, for doing things that, honestly, there's never been an attack
05:35on any group of people in this country, in my opinion.
05:38Maybe one, there's one group that was attacked violently and viciously.
05:43Like, these people were attacked.
05:45And this would be a reimbursement for the pain that they suffered.
05:49A lot of people like it.
05:50If they don't approve Todd, I'd put it back on the table.
05:54A lot of people like it.
05:56A lot of big supporters of Trump like it.
05:58Mr. President, there's been some domestic abuse allegations against Congressman Max Miller.
06:04Do you think he should resign?
06:06Well, I'm going to look at it.
06:07I mean, so far, it's accusations.
06:10I'll be looking at it.
06:11Mr. President, will the U's do anything to address open AI and anthropics models, hacking other systems?
06:19We're very much involved in that.
06:21We have a big stake in that.
06:23So does the world.
06:24So we're looking at it.
06:25Sir, on Canada, have you decided on a punishment yet for the wildfire smoke?
06:29Can you share?
06:31If we're back on Iran, were you prepared to hit energy targets?
06:36I don't want to say that, Steve.
06:37I can't say that.
06:38Mr. President.
06:38It was going to be a massive attack.
06:40It was going to be an attack that would have been, by far, the biggest attack since World War II.
06:45But they've asked us not to do it.
06:47They said, please don't do it.
06:49And other, their neighbors said that, too.
06:51And so we're just going to see whether or not we can make a deal toward the denuclearization.
06:56Tomorrow, there's some negotiations, did you say?
06:59Sorry.
07:02What's your directive for him?
07:03He's supposed to do a great job.
07:05He's outstanding, as you know.
07:06He's an outstanding man.
07:07You look at his education.
07:09He was the head of, and he was immediately, very early at a young age, went to the head of
07:15Sullivan and Cromwell, one of the most prestigious, maybe the most prestigious law firm in the world.
07:20So he headed up, well, let's see.
07:23I mean, look at the companies.
07:24Look at what he did.
07:25Oh, by the way, and he was a great, for four years, he was a great SEC chairman.
07:30Do you want him to continue the initiatives that you had Bill Coulter doing?
07:34I want him to do what he wants to do.
07:36He's an outstanding person.
07:37Everybody wanted him, and really, I mean, he's truly outstanding.
07:42Nancy Guthrie, the investigation into her disappearance, now six months long, stalled out.
07:49Is it time for the FBI to get involved?
07:51Well, they are involved to an extent, but as you know, the local community really runs those things.
07:57Some people haven't liked the way the local community's running.
08:01They haven't liked the way the sheriff's running.
08:03But we would like to give them the benefit.
08:05But we're there any time they need us.
08:07It's a terrible thing.
08:09Thank you very much, everybody.
08:10Thank you, thank you, sir.
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