President Trump holds a press gaggle on Air Force One.
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00:00So I think most of you have seen they released my physical on Friday and I understand it was a very good report and numbers were perfect and I took a cognitive exam and I would challenge anybody here to meet those marks because I have a perfect mark were you impressed by that I am impressed and I'm not going to take that test but you're not that surprised right
00:30I'm not surprised at all
00:31You are, that's good
00:33I have a lot of respect for you as a reporter
00:36Do you have any questions?
00:38Yes sir, could you give us a
00:40You always have questions
00:41I always have questions
00:42What is your message to markets tomorrow?
00:45There's some ambiguity or at least some questions about whether there were exceptions or exceptions
00:50There shouldn't be ambiguity
00:52We have a tremendous country
00:56We have a country that's much richer today than it was a few months ago
01:02We have a financial system that's very respected
01:06And we're going to do great
01:08And we were taken advantage of and ripped off by every country all over the world almost, just about
01:14They laughed at us, we were run by foolish people
01:17And they took advantage of our country and we're just not going to let that happen anymore
01:22In terms of the big beautiful bill, what do you expect that to get done?
01:27Well I hope soon, the big beautiful bill, the big beautiful tax cuts really
01:32And regulation cuts and many other things
01:35It passed its first test, as you know, the last couple of weeks
01:39But particularly during last week, when we had a vote
01:43We won in the House, we won in the Senate
01:47And that was a big chunk of it
01:50And now they're going to eventually take, pretty soon, a final vote
01:54And the big beautiful tax cuts and regulation cuts
01:58And all of the other things that are included in there will go into effect
02:03And I think it will be probably the largest tax cuts in the history of our country
02:09The most comprehensive regulation cuts in the history of our country
02:15And many, many other things, including border wall money
02:19We built 571 miles of wall, but now we can add to it
02:24As you know, we've just concluded a period of time where the border was the most secure it's been in the history of our country
02:31I'm very proud of that
02:34The other week, a couple of weeks ago, or last week actually
02:40Five people came in, five
02:42And under Biden, it was 500,000 people came in
02:46What they've done to our country should never be forgotten
02:50Never be forgotten what they've done
02:52And that the news hasn't reported it correctly is a disgrace
02:56But what they've done to our country to allow these millions and millions of people in from prisons and mental institutions and state asylums
03:05Should never be forgotten
03:07Mr. President
03:08We're going to be living with that for a long time
03:10This is tremendous work, tremendous effort
03:12It's one thing, they cause massive inflation, they cause a lot of problems
03:16But what they've done to our border and to our country
03:20You should never forget that
03:22And you should never as journalists allow people to forget it
03:25Yeah
03:26Mr. President, can you talk a little bit about the semiconductor tariff that you posted on TrueSocial today
03:29What is the timeline for that?
03:31And I believe as Jameson Greer said today that those will not be negotiable
03:35Once those tariffs are in place, they're not negotiable
03:38That's right
03:39But the tariffs will be in place in the not distant future
03:43Because as you know, like we did with steel, like we did with automobiles, like we did with aluminum
03:48Which are now fully owned, we'll be doing that with semiconductors, with chips, and numerous other things
03:55And that'll take place in the very near future
03:58And all the things
03:59And what we did is we want to uncomplicate it from a lot of companies
04:02Because that's really where it should be, ideally
04:05And we wanted to uncomplicate it from a lot of other companies
04:08Because we want to make our chips and semiconductors and other things in our country
04:13And I will tell you, another one is pharmaceuticals, drugs and pharmaceuticals
04:18We want to make our drugs in this country
04:20And by placing a tariff on the companies that are not in this country
04:26They're going to move into our country
04:27And we're going to have our drugs made in the United States
04:30So that in case of war, in case of whatever
04:33We're not relying on China and various other countries to supply us with drugs
04:38Which is not a good idea
04:39And it'll happen very fast
04:41It'll all happen very fast
04:42Do you know what rate the semiconductor tariffs will be?
04:44I'm going to be announcing it over the next week
04:46Can you confirm reports that the Social Security Administration has classified thousands of immigrants as dead
04:52Even though they're still living?
04:54That's what I hear
04:55I mean, that's what has been reported to me
04:57Dead and also very inaccurately
05:00And from the standpoint of Social Security, it's a horrible thing
05:04From the standpoint of the strength of Social Security
05:07When you take dead people out
05:09And all of the people that they're talking about
05:11That should not be in there
05:13It's going to make our system much stronger
05:15We're making Social Security stronger
05:18The Democrats are destroying Social Security
05:21Medicare and Medicaid also, yes
05:23Do you have a reaction to Russia's poem Sunday attack?
05:27I think it was terrible
05:28And I was told they made a mistake
05:30But I think it's a horrible thing
05:32I think the whole war is a horrible thing
05:34I think the war is
05:36For that war to have started is an abuse of power
05:42This country would have never allowed that war to have started if I were president
05:46That war is a shame
05:48Millions of people are dead that should be alive
05:50The cities are being destroyed all over Ukraine
05:53The whole culture is gone
05:54It's
05:55Or very certainly very severely hurt
05:58You know, the
06:00The
06:01Chapels
06:02The
06:03Churches
06:04The
06:05Spirals
06:06All of the things that they had in Ukraine were among the most beautiful anywhere in the world
06:10Most of them were knocked down and blown up into a million pieces
06:15But most importantly you have millions of people dead that shouldn't be dead
06:20Think of it, think of what a rigged election means
06:23We would have had absolutely
06:25We wouldn't have had the war in Ukraine
06:27We wouldn't have had the Russia-Ukraine situation
06:30We wouldn't have had October 7th, Israel, the Middle East
06:33We wouldn't have had inflation
06:35We wouldn't have had the most embarrassing day or period in the history of our country
06:40That's Afghanistan
06:41One of the most embarrassing moments in the history of our country, Afghanistan
06:46All of these things wouldn't have taken place
06:48Think of it
06:49We wouldn't have had inflation
06:50But millions of people would be alive
06:53Except for the fact that the election were rigged
06:55Because that war would have never started
06:57And Putin never would have started that war
06:59Okay, any other questions?
07:00When you say they made a mistake in the attack?
07:02You said they made a mistake
07:03You were told they made a mistake
07:04Do you mean it was unintentional?
07:05They made a mistake
07:06I believe it was
07:07Look, you're gonna ask them
07:09This is Biden's war
07:11This is not my war
07:12I've been here for a very short period of time
07:14This is a war that was under Biden
07:17He gave him billions and billions of dollars
07:20He should have never allowed
07:22If he had any brain
07:24Which he didn't have
07:25And doesn't have
07:26And now it's being proven
07:27He wouldn't have allowed that war to stood
07:29I would have absolutely not
07:31That war would never have taken place
07:33But remember this
07:34This is Biden's war
07:36I'm just trying to get it stopped
07:38So that we can save a lot of lives
07:40They happen to be Ukrainian and Russian lives
07:43But all I want to do is get it stopped
07:46Wittkopf, sir
07:47Did you meet with Mr. Wittkopf today?
07:48How did
07:49I did
07:50I met with him
07:51And he had some very good meetings
07:52In the Middle East
07:53And he also had good meetings
07:54Having to do with Russia and Ukraine
07:55Can you give us an update on Iran?
07:57Well, we're gonna be doing it very shortly
07:59Iran also
08:00It was another way
08:01I met with a different group of people in Iran
08:03And we'll be making a decision on Iran very quickly
08:07Yeah, please
08:08That's it
08:09Back on Russia, Ukraine
08:11Resolving that war has taken a little longer than you predicted
08:14Can you pinpoint the reasons why?
08:16It's a deeply seated war
08:18And again, it's a war that people didn't expect would start
08:21And in my administration there was no chance that it would start
08:24And it didn't, by the way
08:26You know, I went four years and it didn't start
08:28People say, oh, how do you know?
08:30Well, I know because I went four years and it didn't start
08:33You would have never had that war
08:35It would have never started
08:36Putin never would have started it
08:38I mean, I think frankly he had so little respect for Biden
08:41That he started it for that reason
08:43And obviously he didn't get along very well
08:46With Zelensky or anybody else
08:49And now you have millions of dead people
08:52And those people, every one of them should be alive right now
08:55Mr. President, are you going to announce tariffs on things like iPhones, tablets?
08:59Well, this is going to be announced very soon
09:01And we'll be discussing it
09:03But we'll also talk to companies
09:05You know, you have to show a certain flexibility
09:09Nobody should be so rigid
09:10We will
09:11You have to have a certain flexibility
09:13And we're doing really well
09:15And financially our country is going to be stronger than it's ever been
09:19So some products might, there's flexibility for some products?
09:22For some products, yeah, maybe
09:24Can you say what kinds?
09:25No, I'll be announcing it in the not too distant future
09:27But it's going to be separately announced
09:29Mr. President, do you have any reaction?
09:31Very much like if you look
09:33Automobiles
09:35Again, automobiles
09:37We have a tariff
09:38Nobody's complaining about it
09:39Went through the process
09:40We have the tariff
09:41Steel, aluminum
09:43And some other things
09:45So, and by the way
09:47Our country has taken in billions and billions of dollars on those tariffs
09:51Billions of dollars
09:53And maybe almost as importantly
09:55Or maybe more importantly
09:57Automobile companies
09:59Steel companies
10:00Steel companies and factories
10:02And aluminum companies and factories
10:04Are opening up in our country
10:06But we're taking in billions of dollars
10:08On just those three categories
10:10Speaking of steel, can you talk about your conversations with Nippon Steel?
10:14And what
10:15Yeah, we're talking about different things
10:17But we think that
10:18I think that
10:19The United States Steel
10:21One of the great companies of the world
10:24U.S. Steel
10:25Should remain in our country
10:28I feel that
10:29I felt that for a long time
10:30This was one of the greatest companies in the world
10:33For a period of time
10:34For a long period of time
10:35It was the single greatest company in America
10:38And I just don't think a foreign company should control it
10:42Mr. President
10:43You know what?
10:44They're not going to have to
10:45Because the tariffs are going to make U.S. Steel do so well
10:48I heard a report at your NRCC dinner
10:51And I was at a guy
10:52I was at my table
10:53He said that Mexico has been dumping raw sewage
10:56And our treatment water
10:58We can't keep up with it
10:59Some of it is spilling in the ocean
11:01Forcing Navy SEALs to train north of Coronado Island
11:04Well, and it floats up
11:06And it floats up
11:07So past Los Angeles
11:08Yeah
11:09Like everything else
11:10Yeah
11:11Any talks of trying to
11:12Mexico has a faulty sewage system
11:14That's dumping sewage into our part of the ocean
11:20Yeah
11:21And the Pacific Ocean is not looking too good on many occasions
11:26Sometimes it stops and sometimes it breaks
11:29And when it breaks
11:30Very bad and disgusting things happen
11:32And they shouldn't be doing that
11:34Mr. President
11:35Has the reaction to the governor of Pennsylvania
11:37Is the mansion set on fire
11:38Did you have any reaction to it?
11:39I just heard about it
11:40No, I have to look into it
11:42You got the perfect health report
11:45All of our
11:46All
11:47Everybody in the press wants to know this
11:48How do you do it, Mr. President?
11:49I haven't set up until 2 a.m. in the morning since I was 25
11:5025 and now we're 2 16 in the morning having a press conference how do you do it we had a couple of
11:56them at two o'clock in the morning now biden you're wearing the press out biden was sleeping
12:01for 10 hours already uh now i have a lot of respect for the press really i do some of it's
12:07fake news but a lot of it's good like you and uh really some of it's totally fake and sound like
12:1460 minutes and i don't know how do you stay so healthy how do you stay so energized because i
12:17enjoy what i'm doing and i like the results i think i think we're making america great again
12:22and it makes me feel good and it probably keeps me happy yeah okay thank you that's a nice question
12:28give me that's up i like this everyone's wondering how in the world do you do it
12:32mr president two o'clock in the morning i'm 55 years old i can't keep up with you
12:3755 what a nice age have a good time did you catch the end of the masters
12:42oh okay well i have to congratulate rory that showed tremendous courage he was he was having
12:49a hard time but it showed great guts and stamina and courage people have no idea how tough that is
12:56and uh came back he could be proud actually it's it's better for him that it happened that way
13:04because that showed real courage to have come back from what could have been a tragedy
13:10it was amazing did you watch it yeah we did we were in the press van pretty amazing we knew when
13:15you were pulling out when it was over oh no i wanted to watch it we're going nowhere there was no way
13:20even for you people there was no way that was it it's one of my favorite shows ever the masters is
13:25to me maybe my favorite sporting show and uh it showed him you know justin rose was great
13:34they're great athletes under tremendous pressure but unless you're a golfer you don't understand
13:40and it's a hundredth of an inch makes a difference between a great shot and a horrible shot think of
13:46it just a little tiny a little small percentage of an inch and literally in some cases a hundredth
13:54of an inch is the difference between winning and losing chung's telling you to get out of here
13:59chung won't you be safe let's go how's he doing he's doing a great job but he's getting tired being
14:04down there thank you very much everybody we're gonna have some good time and i hope you enjoyed the
14:09fights last night now those are tough cookies you think anybody in the field here could
14:14take him in a fight we don't want that but they're amazing data white's amazing have a good time
14:21everybody thank you