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[00:00:29] >> A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON
[00:00:33] THE U.S. WAR IN IRAN FEATURING
[00:00:37] TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, JOINED BY HOST
[00:00:41] DASHA BURNS. ALSO, THE ECONOMY AND THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN THE
[00:00:45] UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS. ONLY ON C-SPAN.
[00:00:53] >> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY AND
[00:00:57] THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
[00:01:01] REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 30 THREE U.S. SENATE RACES.
[00:01:05] THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
[00:01:06] RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
[00:01:10] VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS.
[00:01:13] FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
[00:01:15] ELECTION NIGHT, FOLLOW CAMPAIGN
[00:01:17] 2026 ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
[00:01:20] C-SPAN -- BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
[00:01:24] HOST: WE ARE JOINED BY ADAM
[00:01:26] BROWN -- ADAM BRANDON, COFOUNDER OF THE INDEPENDENT LEADERSHIP
[00:01:30] COUNCIL. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
[00:01:35] SO, WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, AND WHERE DO YOU GET FUNDING?
[00:01:41] GUEST: I WILL START BY SAYING I AM ORIGINALLY WITH THE
[00:01:45] INDEPENDENCE CENTER. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, I HAD
[00:01:49] BREAKFAST WITH SENATOR JOE MANCHIN AND HIS DAUGHTER. THEY WERE LOOKING AT POLITICS
[00:01:52] AND LOOKING UP WHAT THEY COULD DO TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
[00:01:55] THERE WERE LOOKING AT OUR PLAN TO GET INDEPENDENTS ELECTED AND
[00:01:59] IT MATCHED WITH THEIR VISION.
[00:02:02] OUR ORGANIZATIONS OF KIND OF MERGED TO CREATE SOMETHING
[00:02:06] CALLED THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL COUNCIL. OUR GOAL IS THAT HOPEFULLY BY
[00:02:08] THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THIS ELECTION CYCLE WE WILL GET TWO
[00:02:12] OR THREE INDEPENDENTS ELECTED.
[00:02:18] INDEPENDENTS WHO ARE NOT RUNNING AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS,
[00:02:22] WHOSE GOALS ARE TO COME TO THIS
[00:02:24] TOWN
[00:02:31] GUEST: RIGHT NOW IT'S COMING FROM ALL ACROSS SUPPORT.
[00:02:34] FORMER REPUBLICAN DONORS, FORMER DEMOCRAT DONORS.
[00:02:37] WE'RE TALKING WITH DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS. WE'RE TALKING WITH DIFFERENT
[00:02:40] FOUNDATION ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
[00:02:43] HOST: WHAT'S THE PITCH THERE, ADAM?
[00:02:47] JUST LIKE WITH VOTERS, IT'S LIKE THIS IS A LONG SHOT.
[00:02:50] IT'S A VERY MUCH TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
[00:02:54] ARE THEY GOING TO GET BANG FOR THEIR BUCK WHEN THEY ARE
[00:02:57] DONATING? GUEST: WE HAVE AN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT'S IN CRISIS.
[00:03:01] WE ARE HITTING $40 TRILLION IN
[00:03:06] DEBT. WE ALL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS WITH IMMIGRATION.
[00:03:10] THERE'S A PRETTY SIMPLE SOLUTIONS. YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE ISSUES
[00:03:14] TOGETHER, MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING AMERICA, YOU TALK TO ANY
[00:03:17] OF THESE CALLERS WORRY ABOUT GAS
[00:03:22] PRICES. WHAT IS EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF AI?
[00:03:25] OUR HOPE IS, YOU BRING IN PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK WITH REPUBLICANS,
[00:03:28] WORK WITH DEMOCRATS. TRY TO FIND WHERE WE AGREE.
[00:03:31] MOVE LEGISLATION FORWARD.
[00:03:33] START SOLVING SOME PROBLEMS.
[00:03:37] HOST: LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE HOW
[00:03:40] YOU DEFINE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
[00:03:42] A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF CANDIDATES WILL SAY, I'M
[00:03:46] INDEPENDENT I'M GOING TO MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS.
[00:03:49] EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY VOTE WITH THE SAME PARTY.
[00:03:51] >> THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I'M INDEPENDENT.
[00:03:55] I VOTE 98% OF THE TIME WITH MY
[00:03:59] PARTY. WE'LL BE SUPPORTING A PLEDGE.
[00:04:02] WHEN THEY COME TO WASHINGTON,
[00:04:04] THEY WILL NOT CAUCUS WITH EITHER
[00:04:08] PARTY. HOST: ARE THERE CERTAIN POLICIES
[00:04:10] THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN OTHER WORDS?
[00:04:13] YOU KNOW, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
[00:04:17] CANDIDATES WHO WILL SAY THEY ARE PRO LIFE OR PRO SUPPORT FOR
[00:04:20] ISRAEL OR ANY OF THESE HOT
[00:04:22] BUTTON ISSUES?
[00:04:26] GUEST: WHEN WE STUDY INDEPENDENTS WHO THEY ARE.
[00:04:28] GALLUP SAY IT'S ABOUT 45% OF COUNTRY NOW. SOME OVER 50.
[00:04:32] WHAT IS DRIVING THIS CHANGE IS THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT.
[00:04:35] UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN THE LAST
[00:04:37] 20 YEAR, BABY BOOMERS HAVE BEEN
[00:04:39] THE DRIVING DEMOGRAPHIC.
[00:04:42] MILLENNIALS, THOSE IN THEIR 30'S AND 40'S ARE GOING TO BE THE
[00:04:46] LARGEST VOTING BLOCK IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
[00:04:49] VALUES AND PERSPECTIVES. IT HOLDS A LOT OF THESE INDEPENDENTS TOGETHER,
[00:04:53] PARTICULARLY THESE MILLENNIAL INDEPENDENTS IS ON SOCIAL
[00:04:56] ISSUES.
[00:05:00] THEY TEND TO LET LIVE AND LET LIVE.
[00:05:03] ON ECONOMIC ISSUES THEY WANT CHOICE. THIS IS THE GENERATION THAT
[00:05:07] REALIZES ALL OF THIS DEBT IS
[00:05:08] GOING TO BE FALLING ON THEM. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME PROGRESS
[00:05:12] ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY KIND OF
[00:05:16] BORROW FROM THE RIGHT. THEY BORROW FROM RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
[00:05:19] THEY ARE LOOKING FOR POLITICIANS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH
[00:05:21] BOTH SIDES TO COME UP WITH A
[00:05:25] SOLUTION. HOST: YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES, INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND CAMPAIGN
[00:05:29] 2026 AND 2028 FOR THAT MATTER.
[00:05:31] YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL NOW
[00:05:34] ADAM BRANDON IS OUR GUEST. REPUBLICANS ARE ON 202-748-8001.
[00:05:38] DEMOCRATS 202-748-8000.
[00:05:41] AND INDEPENDENTS 202-748-8002.
[00:05:46] ADAM, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT
[00:05:48] UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO'S JACOB SAID.
[00:05:51] HAVE YOU REACT TO IT. HE SAID THIS.
[00:05:54] THE SUPPORT FOR THESE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES TENDS TO
[00:05:58] EVAPORATE WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE VOTING BOOTH. THEY ARE THINKING THROUGH
[00:06:01] THINGS. IT'S JUST BECAUSE INDEPENDENT
[00:06:03] CANDIDATES HAVE A VANISHINGLY
[00:06:06] SMALL CHANCE OF WINNING. PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT THEM IN THE
[00:06:08] ABSTRACT BUT ON THE DAY OF THE
[00:06:11] ELECTION, THEY TYPICALLY MORE
[00:06:12] PULL THE LEVER FOR THE LEAST BAD
[00:06:15] IN THEIR ICE MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATE.
[00:06:19] GUEST: THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
[00:06:20] DEMOCRACY IS NOT VOTING FOR THE
[00:06:23] LEAST WORSE OPTION. WHY CAN'T WE VOTE FOR CANDIDATES
[00:06:27] THAT WE LIKE AND THIS PERSON REPRESENTS MY COMMUNITY.
[00:06:29] WHEN I LOOK AT SO MANY PROBLEMS
[00:06:32] HERE IN WASHINGTON. WE KEEP SENDING GOOD PEOPLE TO
[00:06:35] THIS SOUND BUT THE SYSTEM, THE
[00:06:41] WAY WASHINGTON WORKS IT JUST
[00:06:42] GRINDS THEM UP. CARE, YEAH, THAS
[00:06:47] THE WAY THE RULES WORK. THINGS ARE CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY.
[00:06:50] HOST: ARE THINGS CHANGING, THOUGH? THEY STILL HAVE A VERY SMALL
[00:06:54] CHANCE OF WINNING. GUEST: WE DO.
[00:06:57] WE WIN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE IS THE FUTURE.
[00:07:00] THE SAME WAS SAID IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY. THE TAXI INDUSTRY.
[00:07:05] WE ARE ENTERING AN ERA WHERE MASS DESTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IN
[00:07:08] EVERY PART OF OUR LIFE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN POLITICS
[00:07:12] YET, BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS YEAR. OUR GOAL IS TO GET TWO OR THREE
[00:07:16] INDEPENDENTS ELECTED ACROSS THE LINE, AND THAT BLOWS THE DOOR
[00:07:20] OPEN IN 2020 EIGHT WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED YOU CAN GO AROUND THIS
[00:07:24] DUOPOLY OF DYSFUNCTION.
[00:07:25] HOST: CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
[00:07:28] THOSE CANDIDATES YOU ARE SUPPORTING? GUEST: IF YOU LOOK AT THE
[00:07:31] SENATE, YOU LOOK AT SETH BOGNER IN MONTANA.
[00:07:34] UP TO ALASKA, BILL HILL.
[00:07:39] MICHAEL BRIDGE FOR IT IS GOING TO BE RUNNING ONE OF THE MOST
[00:07:43] SHOCKING RACES IN IOWA'S FIRST DISTRICT. THERE IS A HANDFUL RIGHT THERE.
[00:07:48] THERE IS ABOUT 10 OTHER RACES WE ARE WATCHING.
[00:07:51] RICK ANNETTE, WHO IS RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT.
[00:07:57] FOR OUR STRATEGY TO WORK ONLY TWO OR THREE NEED TO PUNCH THROUGH. HOST: THIS IS WHAT GALLUP SAYS.
[00:08:01] THIS IS FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
[00:08:04] IT SAYS, NEW HIGH OF WHAT HE 5%
[00:08:08] IN THE U.S. IDENTIFY AS POLITICAL INDEPENDENTS.
[00:08:11] MY QUESTION IS, ARE THEY ACTUALLY INDEPENDENT? GUEST: YES.
[00:08:14] HOST: WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT
[00:08:18] LINE, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ON THAT LINE AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH ONE PARTY.
[00:08:21] GUEST: I UNDERSTAND, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
[00:08:26] INDEPENDENTS, THESE ARE, I WISH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD BE
[00:08:29] MORE TO THE LEFT, I WISH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD BE MORE TO THE RIGHT.
[00:08:33] THERE IS A CERTAIN VALUE SET --
[00:08:36] THEY TEND TO BE MORE -- THAT IS
[00:08:40] THE LINE THAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER. WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THE MAP,
[00:08:44] REALLY ONLY 20 CONGRESSIONAL
[00:08:48] DISTRICTS CAN ACTUALLY FLIP ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WHY IS THAT?
[00:08:51] AH, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
[00:08:54] THOSE DISTRICTS ARE PLURALITY TO
[00:08:58] MAJORITY INDEPENDENT. YOU LOOK AT MONTANA, THE DATA SHOWS IT IS NOT NEARLY AS
[00:09:02] REPUBLICAN AS PEOPLE INC. IT IS.
[00:09:05] ONLY IN A HANDFUL OF DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY DO INDEPENDENTS
[00:09:09] HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. THERE IS ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD
[00:09:12] BECOME A CRITICAL MASS THAT HERE IN WASHINGTON THEY COULD CHANGE THE WAY THE BODY WORKS.
[00:09:18] ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS BEING SO NARROWLY DIVIDED.
[00:09:20] IF YOU HAD TWO OR THREE INDEPENDENTS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL CONTROL CONGRESS.
[00:09:25] BECAUSE OF THE NARROW MAJORITIES.
[00:09:26] GUEST: LET'S TALK -- HOST: LET'S
[00:09:30] TALK TO SOME CALLERS. STEVE IS ON THE LINE IN NEW JERSEY.
[00:09:34] YOU ARE ON THE LINE WITH ADAM BRANDON.
[00:09:35] CALLER: I HAVE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT ALL MY LIFE.
[00:09:39] I GREW UP IN THE 19 60'S, AND THE IDEA OF JOINING A PARTY WAS
[00:09:43] SO FROWNED UPON BACK THEN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF
[00:09:47] BEING INDEPENDENTS WAS --
[00:09:52] INDEPENDENT WAS -- YOU DID. I'M LISTENING TO YOU AND I LIKE YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
[00:09:57] I AM LOSING HOPE. I TURN ON THE TV THIS MORNING
[00:09:59] AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE AND
[00:10:02] MORE JEWS ARE UNWELCOME IN
[00:10:07] AMERICA.
[00:10:08] AND I JUST AM SO FRUSTRATED --
[00:10:12] TO THE POINT WHERE I AM THINKING OF MOVING OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
[00:10:16] TO ISRAEL.
[00:10:19] NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF ISRAEL, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INTOLERANCE
[00:10:22] OF A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHICH IS GROWING AND GROWING AND
[00:10:27] GROWING TOWARDS ME.
[00:10:31] TOWARDS ME. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH
[00:10:36] THIS DEBATE IS SORT OF THE USE OF WORDS.
[00:10:39] WHEN YOU CALL SOMEONE PROGRESSIVE, YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY GIVING THEM A POSITIVE SPIN ON
[00:10:42] WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
[00:10:44] AND FOR SOME REASON JEW-HATRED
[00:10:48] IS PROGRESSIVE. AND I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
[00:10:52] PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING AND PEOPLE DON'T READ, YOU KNOW?
[00:10:55] I HEARD A CALLER JUST RECENTLY
[00:10:58] SAY, THE DEMOCRATS ENDED THE CIVIL WAR, AND HE OBVIOUSLY WAS
[00:11:02] WRONG. SO MUCH OF THE PROBLEM IS THE
[00:11:06] MEDIA'S SPIN.
[00:11:09] IF I SAY SOMETHING, IF I AM
[00:11:12] PRO-ISRAEL, I AM A PRO-TRUMPER.
[00:11:16] IT IS DESIRED BY THE MEDIA TO PUT US IN BOXES, AND IT IS WORKING, UNFORTUNATELY.
[00:11:20] GUEST: I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE TRENDS.
[00:11:24] YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE
[00:11:28] SECURITY. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
[00:11:32] THE FACT THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR LIFE IN AMERICA TODAY IS ONE
[00:11:35] OF THE REASONS I DECIDED TO LEAVE TEAM READ AND COME OVER
[00:11:38] HERE TO THE INDEPENDENT SPACE,
[00:11:41] WHERE THINGS LIKE ANTISEMITISM
[00:11:44] JUST DOES NOT WORK IN THE INDEPENDENT SPACE.
[00:11:47] THE INDEPENDENT SPACE IS A BIG TENT WHERE THESE AMERICAN VALUES
[00:11:50] OF WHERE WE ALL AGREE UPON, THAT IS WHERE I SEE THIS COMING TOO.
[00:11:54] I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE THAT WE NEED TO STEP BACK FROM THE HARD
[00:11:57] RIGHT AND HARD LEFT IN OUR AMERICAN POLITICS.
[00:12:01] AGAIN, I POINT IS THE CHANGE IN
[00:12:03] THE RISE OF INDEPENDENTS IS A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
[00:12:07] DON'T MOVE YET, BECAUSE THIS NEXT GENERATION, THESE
[00:12:11] MILLENNIALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE PLURALITY ELECTORATE FOR THE
[00:12:14] NEXT 20 YEARS, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE MOST SOCIALLY-TOLERANT GROUP
[00:12:18] IN AMERICAN HISTORY RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING IS A
[00:12:21] DIFFERENT CHANGE IN POLITICS, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
[00:12:24] OPINIONS, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VALUES, BUT WE HAVE COMMON CRISES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH,
[00:12:28] LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN AGREE ON AND LEGISLATE FROM THERE.
[00:12:32] HOST: ANGELA IN CALIFORNIA.
[00:12:37] INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THE MORNING TO YOU AND
[00:12:41] YOUR GUEST, AND GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
[00:12:44] I WAS BORN IN 1960 IN LOUISIANA.
[00:12:48] 1947, MY GRANDFATHER MOVED HIS FAMILY OFF THE PLANTATION.
[00:12:53] I CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1967.
[00:12:57] MY MOTHER WAS NOT ON WELFARE IN LOUISIANA, BUT WHEN SHE GOT TO
[00:13:01] CALIFORNIA THEY PUT HER ON WELFARE. I REGISTERED AS AN INDEPENDENT
[00:13:05] AT 18 YEARS OLD IN HIGH SCHOOL
[00:13:06] BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF
[00:13:10] THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WANTS.
[00:13:14] JUST GET UP AND GO TO WORK, EARN
[00:13:18] YOUR WAY IN AMERICA, GET A GOOD
[00:13:20] EDUCATION, GO
[00:13:24] >> WE'LL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER AT THE WHITE
[00:13:28] HOUSE.
[00:13:35] PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A FEW SUBJECTS THAT
[00:13:37] WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ALL
[00:13:39] IMPORTANT BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR
[00:13:41] IMPORTANT HAPPY TO DO WITH
[00:13:44] BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
[00:13:46] MAYBE YOU COULD START OFF WHAT
[00:13:49] HOWARD WILL BE DISCUSSING.
[00:13:53] >> SHORT WHILE AGOERS YOU SIGNED
[00:13:55] AN ORDER RELATING INDUSTRY,
[00:14:01] POWER AND TARIFF ACTION UNDER SECTION 332.
[00:14:06] TO ENSURE MANUFACTURING IS
[00:14:07] PROPERLY SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED FROM OVERSEAS DUMPING AND
[00:14:11] OFFSHORE THREATS.
[00:14:13] POWER CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE
[00:14:16] DETAILS.
[00:14:20] LIKE MANY OF YOUR PREVIOUS TRADE
[00:14:22] ACTIONS, THIS IS INTENDED TO
[00:14:24] ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON SHORING MANUFACTURING CAPACITY THAT
[00:14:28] WE'RE ON SHORING SUPPLY OF
[00:14:31] CRITICAL PRODUCTS AND WE'RE
[00:14:34] PROTECTING AMERICAN INDUSTRY IN
[00:14:37] THAT PACE.
[00:14:42] >> POLYSILICON IS THE
[00:14:43] FOUNDATIONAL PRODUCTS THAT MAKE
[00:14:49] SILICONE WAFERS THAT MAKE THE AI
[00:14:51] CHIPS AND CHIPS IN THE PHONES.
[00:14:53] THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES BROUGHT 50% OF PRODUCTION INTO AMERICA.
[00:14:57] WE NEED THE FOUNDATIONAL PRODUCTS MADE HERE.
[00:15:01] OTHERWISE, WE'RE MAKING THE PRODUCTS HERE. WE NEED THE SUPPLY CHAIN HERE.
[00:15:04] THIS WILL BRING SUPPLY CHAIN HERE.
[00:15:07] WE'RE SETTING PRICES.
[00:15:09] WE'RE SETTING TARIFFS TO SAY BUILD IT HERE.
[00:15:12] WE GOT THE INDUSTRY HERE.
[00:15:14] IT'S TOO SMALL.
[00:15:19] PRES. TRUMP: WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE NUMBERS OF YOU CALL THEM
[00:15:22] FACTORIES OR PLANTS HAVING TO DO
[00:15:24] WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF CHIPS
[00:15:26] MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.
[00:15:29] INTEL WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLE.
[00:15:33] THEY'RE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE COMPANY.
[00:15:36] WE'RE DOING SOME UNBELIEVABLE BUSINESS, CHIPS WILL HAVE A BIG
[00:15:40] PERCENTAGE OF THE CHIP BUSINESS BY THE TIME I LEAVE OFFICE.
[00:15:43] WHICH WOULD BE A LONG TIME. IT COULD BE FAIRLY QUICK.
[00:15:47] THEY SAY TWO AND A HALF YEARS. WE'LL FIND OUT.
[00:15:50] I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR
[00:15:53] TO WORKED WITH A VERY SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE.
[00:15:56] WE'LL BRING YOU THE CHIP BUSINESS BACK IN THE UNITED
[00:15:58] STATES IN A BIG WAY. JAMESON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
[00:16:02] SAY? >> TO PUT IN CONTEXT EVERYTHING
[00:16:05] ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING. MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY IT'S
[00:16:08] THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN IN YEARS.
[00:16:13] UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE LAST
[00:16:15] PART OF HIS PRESIDENCY, HE LOST
[00:16:18] 220,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS. NOW THE MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE GOING UP.
[00:16:22] ALL OF THESE INDICATORS ON THE MANUFACTURING ARE HAPPENING
[00:16:25] THAT'S BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, BECAUSE OF TRADE ACTIONS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT
[00:16:29] CREDITS YOU GIVEN PEOPLE, THE TAX CREDITS. EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
[00:16:32] THE ENERGY PEOPLE, A OF IT IS BRINGING MANUFACTURING BACK HERE
[00:16:36] PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS AND AMERICAN JOBS.
[00:16:40] PRES. TRUMP: TARIFFS ARE BRINGING US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
[00:16:42] OF DOLLARS WITH NO INFLATION.
[00:16:50] WE HAVE VERY LOW INFLATION. WE BROUGHT INFLATION WAY DOWN.
[00:16:54] I INHERITED THE WORST INFLATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
[00:16:58] THEY SAY 48 YEARS.
[00:17:00] I SAY THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
[00:17:04] WE'RE BRINGING IT WAY DOWN.
[00:17:06] THE NUMBERS THAT -- BEYOND THE
[00:17:09] MONEY BEING BROUGHT IN, THE
[00:17:11] NUMBER OF FACTORS BEING BUILT IS
[00:17:14] MORE NOW THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
[00:17:17] IT'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. YOU'LL' THE RESULTS.
[00:17:20] YOU SEE THE RESULTS ALREADY IN CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
[00:17:24] THEY ARE BEING BUILT ALL OVER ON THE COUNTRY.
[00:17:27] ANOTHER YEAR AS THEY START TO
[00:17:30] OPEN, THERE'S NEVER BEEN RECALL
[00:17:33] GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA.
[00:17:35] WE CAN TUCK, STEVE, YOU CAN
[00:17:38] DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE DEALING ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
[00:17:41] WE HAD A VERY UNFORTUNATE
[00:17:43] DECISION IN THE SUPREME COURT
[00:17:46] CONCERNING BIRTHRIGHT.
[00:17:48] VERY UNFORTUNATE DECISION.
[00:17:51] WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS. IT'S VERY UNFAIR.
[00:17:54] THIS WAS DONE FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. THIS WAS DONE RIGHT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
[00:17:58] THIS WAS FOR THE BABIES OF
[00:18:03] SLAVES. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW PEOPLE ARE
[00:18:05] BUILDING BUSINESSES AROUND IT
[00:18:08] FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE ARE
[00:18:10] BUSINESSES AROUND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SUPPOSED TO WORK.
[00:18:14] THEY ARE BUYING THEIR WAY IN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN.
[00:18:18] STEVE, IF YOU WILL PLEASE. >> TODAY THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
[00:18:20] THESE TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS HERE
[00:18:24] RELATING TO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND BIRTH TOURISM.
[00:18:26] AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, THE
[00:18:29] 14th AMENDMENT WAS PASSED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL WAR.
[00:18:33] TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES WILL BE CITIZENS.
[00:18:36] IT HAD NO OTHER MEANING PURPOSE OUT OF THAT.
[00:18:40] THAT'S BEEN CLEAR SINCE THE DATE IT WAS PASSED.
[00:18:42] YOU CAN READ THE CONGRESSIONAL
[00:18:46] -- SERIOUSLY CONTESTED.
[00:18:48] THE PRESIDENT IS USING HIS
[00:18:51] AUTHORITY AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER USING
[00:18:54] THE NEW RULE AND THE SUPREME COURT ISSUE TO EXPAND THE
[00:18:57] DEFINITIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
[00:19:01] ELIGIBLE FOR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. THAT INCLUDES ALIEN ENEMIES OF
[00:19:05] THE UNITED STATES, MEMBERS OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND LARGE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE
[00:19:08] WHO LOBBY AND ACT ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
[00:19:12] WE'RE TAKING THIS ACTION IT
[00:19:15] ENSURES LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GETTING BIRTHRIGHT
[00:19:18] SIT WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE THOSE BENEFITS.
[00:19:22] THE SECOND ACTION, WHICH IS HISTORIC, FOR THE FIRST TIME
[00:19:25] EVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO BAN
[00:19:29] BIRTH TOURISM. LET THAT SINK IN.
[00:19:32] THIS HAS BEEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY FOR YEARS
[00:19:36] BUT FOR DECADES. THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE COME HERE
[00:19:39] PRETENDING TO BE A TOURIST, PRETENDING TO BE A VISITOR,
[00:19:43] SAYING THEY WANT TO DO TO DISNEYLAND AND VISIT A MONUMENT OR NATIONAL PARK.
[00:19:47] BUT THE REAL REASON THEY ARE
[00:19:49] HERE IS TO HAVE A CHILD TO MAKE
[00:19:52] THAT CHILD AUTOMATIC CITIZEN, LEAVE OUR COUNTRY AND HAVE A
[00:19:56] U.S. CITIZEN CHILD THAT GIVES
[00:19:58] THEM ACCESS TO WELFARE BENEFITS,
[00:20:01] ULTIMATELY TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND ALL THE OTHER RIGHTS AND
[00:20:04] PRIVILEGES THAT BELONG TO AMERICANS.
[00:20:06] THAT PRACTICE OF BIRTH TOURISM
[00:20:09] IS THE SIGNING OF THIS ORDER, HEREBY BANNED.
[00:20:13] WHAT THAT MEANS, NO ONE IN THE
[00:20:16] WORLD IS ANY MORE ALLOWED TO
[00:20:18] OBTAIN A VISA FOR THE FRAUDULENT PURPOSE.
[00:20:22] IT IS PROBABLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:20:25] HAS DONE HICK THINGS -- HISTORIC
[00:20:28] THINGS ON IMMIGRATION. RECORD DEPORTATIONS, RECORD
[00:20:31] INTEGRITY, STOPPING FOREIGN
[00:20:35] TERRORIST, RECORD REDUCTION IN DRUG SEIZURES.
[00:20:38] DISMANTLE THE CRIMINAL CARTELS AND THE GANGS.
[00:20:41] EVERYTHING HE'S DONE HAS BEEN SO UNPRECEDENTED.
[00:20:43] I WILL PUT THIS IN THE TOP THREE
[00:20:48] TOURISM IMPORTANCE.
[00:20:49] IT'S THE EGREGIOUS ABUSE OF
[00:20:52] AMERICAN SYSTEM.
[00:20:53] IT KEEPS THE AMERICAN CITIZENS
[00:20:57] SAFE.
[00:20:57] PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
[00:21:03] >> ON BIRTH TOURISM. WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR
[00:21:06] ENFORCEMENT IN TERMS OF CRACKING
[00:21:08] DOWN ON HOTEL TOURISM.
[00:21:15] PRES. TRUMP: WE'RE CRACKING DOWN VERY BIG.
[00:21:18] THEY'VE TAKEN BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THEY MADE A JOKE OUT OF.
[00:21:22] WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY OF SIZE,
[00:21:25] I THINK JUST ABOUT THE ONLY
[00:21:27] COUNTRY PERIOD THAT DOES BIRTH
[00:21:34] BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN SUPREME COURT. OUR COUNTRY SUFFERS BECAUSE OF
[00:21:38] IT.
[00:21:38] WE'RE ENDING IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
[00:21:44] >> MR. PRESIDENT.
[00:21:45] , THE SOLICITOR GENERAL DID NOT
[00:21:49] HAVE AN ANSWER HOW MANY
[00:21:51] INDIVIDUALS TAKE ADVANTAGE. PRES. TRUMP: HUNDREDS OF
[00:21:55] THOUSANDS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
[00:21:58] YOU HAVE ONE MAN CAME IN WITH A
[00:22:01] FAMILY SAID HE HAD 56 CHILDREN. ANOTHER ONE CAME IN THEY SAID
[00:22:05] THEY HAD 98 CHILDREN. THIS WAS NOT WHAT IT WAS FOR.
[00:22:08] THIS WAS MEANT FOR THE BABIES OF SLAVES.
[00:22:12] IT WAS RIGHT AFTER ONE WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
[00:22:15] ENDED.
[00:22:17] THIS FOR WEALTHY MULTIMILLIONAIRES AND
[00:22:22] BILLIONAIRES COMING IN BRINGING
[00:22:25] 15, 20, 30 CHILDREN ALONG WITH THEM. IT'S BECOME A BIG BUSINESS.
[00:22:28] WE'RE ENDING THAT BUSINESS. >> WHAT MAKES YOU CONFIDENT THAT
[00:22:32] THIS WOULD PASS CONSTITUTIONAL?
[00:22:36] PRES. TRUMP: I THINK IT WILL.
[00:22:37] I ASKED A VERY TALENTED PERSON
[00:22:40] STANDING BEHIND ME YOU WANT TO
[00:22:46] DISCUSS THAT
[00:22:49] >> THE LAW IS CLEAR. IT'S BIRTH TOURISM.
[00:22:52] SOMEBODY WHO HAPPEN TO BE ON VACATION AND WENT INTO LABOR EARLY AND HAD A BABY.
[00:22:56] THIS WAS SORT OF A RELATIVELY SMALL PROBLEM.
[00:22:59] WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS,
[00:23:03] THOUGH, ORGANIZED RING, SETTING
[00:23:06] UP A SYSTEM, WHEREBY TENS OF
[00:23:09] THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND ORGANIZED
[00:23:13] FASHION AND GIVE BIRTH HERE PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF OBTAINING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
[00:23:18] THIS ORDER TAKES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS INTENDED
[00:23:21] COMBAT THOSE ORGANIZED PRACTICES.
[00:23:24] WE LOOK VERY HEAVILY DENYING
[00:23:26] VISAS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE ARE COMING
[00:23:29] HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. VISAS BOTH FOR PUNITIVE PARENTS
[00:23:33] BUT FOR THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING THESE RINGS.
[00:23:36] THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT.
[00:23:39] WE'LL A FULL FACT SHEET RELEASED
[00:23:44] SOON. WE'RE TAKING LEGALLY VALIDATED
[00:23:46] MEANS CLEARLY WITHIN OUR
[00:23:50] DISPOSAL. AND TARGETING SQUARE ON. THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT
[00:23:53] RUNS AFOUL OF ANY OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT.
[00:23:57] THIS IS ACTION THAT'S OVERDUE. I'M THANKFUL THAT PRESIDENT
[00:24:00] TRUMP IS FINALLY TAKING THIS
[00:24:02] ACTION TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE WITH BIRTH TOURISM.
[00:24:05] NOW IT'S BEEN QUEUED AS A RESULT
[00:24:09] OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINION.
[00:24:13] PRES. TRUMP: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED YEARS
[00:24:17] AGO. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A TOURIST
[00:24:20] AND A BIRTH TOURIST?
[00:24:25] >> HAPPY TO. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
[00:24:28] FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO YOUR
[00:24:30] RESEARCH ON THIS, SECTION 215A
[00:24:33] OF THE IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY
[00:24:35] ACT, GIVES THE PRESIDENT THIS AUTHORITY.
[00:24:38] 215A OF THE IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY ACT. VERY RARELY USED.
[00:24:41] PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST LAWS IN THE ENTIRE FEDERAL CODE.
[00:24:44] GIVES HIM THIS POWER. IT'S THE MAIN STATUTORY
[00:24:47] AUTHORITY USE IN THIS ORDER.
[00:24:50] BIRTH TOURISM IS BY DEFINITION A
[00:24:52] FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
[00:24:54] ON THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER ON THE AMERICAN VISA.
[00:24:58] IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, YOU STATED PURPOSE THAT YOU'RE A
[00:25:01] TOURIST, BY DEFINITION, YOU ARE
[00:25:04] HERE TO COME FOR A FEW WEEKS
[00:25:07] LOOK WHAT WE HAVE AND LEAVE.
[00:25:10] YOU'RE TELLING A OFFICER THAT YOU'RE HERE AS A TOURIST.
[00:25:13] YOUR PURPOSE AND INTENT IS TO GO TO A BABY MILL AND GIVE BIRTH
[00:25:17] AND MINT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN HERE.
[00:25:20] YOU'RE COMMITTING FRAUD. BY DEFINITION, THAT VISA CAN AND
[00:25:24] SHOULD WILL BE NULL AND DENIED.
[00:25:27] >> THERE'S REPORT THAT YOU TOLD DONORS THAT THEY NEED TO GET
[00:25:30] J.D. VANCE ELECTED IN 2028.
[00:25:33] IS THAT YOUR OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT? PRES. TRUMP: NO.
[00:25:36] I HEARD ABOUT IT LITTLE WHILE AGO.
[00:25:38] I THINK HE'S GREAT.
[00:25:40] WE'RE WAY TOO EARLY TO BE THINK BEING THAT.
[00:25:44] >> MR. PRESIDENT, REPUBLICANS ARE ARGUING A LOT NOW ABOUT
[00:25:48] AFFORDABILITY. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE ON AFFORDABILITY GOING INTO THE
[00:25:52] MIDTERMS? PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
[00:25:56] I INHERITED THE HIGHEST PRICES EVER. I INHERITED THE WORST INFLATION
[00:26:00] IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
[00:26:03] WE HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
[00:26:06] OIL PRICES NOW COMING DOWN VERY RAPIDLY.
[00:26:08] WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
[00:26:13] WHEN I STARTED VERY IMPORTANT
[00:26:17] EXCURSION INTO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
[00:26:20] THEY CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[00:26:23] OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD GET BLOWN UP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN.
[00:26:27] NOT ONLY US, NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL WORLD WOULD HAVE BEEN
[00:26:31] CATASTROPHIC. WE HAD TO CHOICE.
[00:26:32] WE HAD OIL DOWN TO LESS THAN
[00:26:37] IOWA. OIL WAS DOWN, GASOLINE DOWN. NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE HADN'T SEEN
[00:26:41] IN YEARS.
[00:26:44] $1.85, $1.95 PAST TUESDAY.
[00:26:47] I WAS IN IOWA AT A STOP.
[00:26:49] WE HAD $1.95 AND ANOTHER ONE, $1.85.
[00:26:53] A GALLON. WE'LL SEE THOSE DAYS PRETTY SOON
[00:26:57] AGAIN BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I SAID.
[00:26:59] AS SOON AS THE WAR ENDS.
[00:27:05] IT'S GOING TO INCREASE SOON.
[00:27:07] >> HAS A DEAL BEEN REACHED TO
[00:27:10] REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ? PRES. TRUMP: IT'S SORT OF OPEN NOW.
[00:27:13] WE HAVE ALL THE BLOCKADE HEADED UP BY THE U.S. NAVY.
[00:27:17] WE CONTROL IT.
[00:27:19] NOW, WE CAN CONTROL IT BUT THEY
[00:27:21] CAN SHOOT SOMETHING OR DROP A MINE.
[00:27:25] IF YOU HAVE ONE MINE SITTING OUT THERE, YOU MESS THINGS UP.
[00:27:28] PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE BILLION DOLLAR BOATS AND
[00:27:32] ACCIDENTALLY GET HIT BY A MINE.
[00:27:34] I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
[00:27:37] I'M INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATION. I THINK WE'RE DOING FINE.
[00:27:40] IT COULD BE SOON. >> HAVE YOU LOBBIED ANY OF THE
[00:27:44] UNDECIDED REPUBLICANS WHO VOTE TOMORROW ON TODD BLANCHE'S NOMINATION?
[00:27:48] PRES. TRUMP: I WILL LOBBY IF I NEED TO.
[00:27:51] I WILL LOBBY VERY DILIGENTLY. HE'S OUTSTANDING.
[00:27:55] HE SHOULD BE GOOD.
[00:27:57] I CAN'T IMAGINE HE'S GOOD THERE IS IN THE COUNTRY.
[00:28:01] PEOPLE IS SUCH UNBELIEVABLE RESPECT FOR TODD BLANCHE.
[00:28:04] HOPEFULLY, THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
[00:28:05] I SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE I DID.
[00:28:10] HOPEFULLY, IT WILL ALL WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR THE COUNTRY.
[00:28:13] YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND BETTER THAN TODD BLANCHE.
[00:28:15] >> WILL YOU REACH OUT TO SENATOR
[00:28:18] MURKOWSKI FOR INSTANCE?
[00:28:21] PRES. TRUMP: I'LL REACH OUT TO WHOEVER I HAVE TO. ANYBODY VOTING AGAINST HIM WOULD
[00:28:25] BE DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE TO
[00:28:27] THE COUNTRY.
[00:28:29] >> DEADLINE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
[00:28:32] MILLER TO WITHDRAW FROM HIS RACE IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
[00:28:35] DO YOU BELIEVE HE SHOULD WITHDRAW? PRES. TRUMP: I'M NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
[00:28:39] IT'S A VERY SAD SITUATION.
[00:28:43] I KNOW MAX VERY WELL.
[00:28:46] IT'S VERY, VERY SAD. THE SITUATION LIKE THAT TAKES
[00:28:50] PLACE. >> DO YOU THINK DEPARTMENT OF
[00:28:52] JUSTICE SHOULD PROSECUTE
[00:28:55] DR. FAUCI? PRES. TRUMP: THEY PROSECUTED
[00:28:58] PETER NAVARRO AND STEVE BANNON
[00:29:05] OVER SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER PROSECUTED BEFORE.
[00:29:08] TELLTALE SIGNS OF SIMILARITY.
[00:29:11] THEY WENT TO JAIL FOR A NUMBER
[00:29:14] OF MONTHS OVER SOMETHING THAT
[00:29:19] ANALYST USED TO SAY AT IT IN THE
[00:29:23] JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
[00:29:25] MERRICK GARLAND PROSECUTED TWO
[00:29:27] VERY DECENT PEOPLE. SENT THEM TO JAIL.
[00:29:31] I WASN'T PRESIDENT. I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM A PARDON
[00:29:34] IN TWO SECONDS. IT WAS AFTER I LEFT.
[00:29:37] THEY PROSECUTED THESE TWO PEOPLE AFTER I LEFT.
[00:29:40] THEY OUGHT TO BE ASHAME. WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN, YOU
[00:29:43] SAY, MAYBE SHE SHOULD. WHAT HE DID WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS
[00:29:47] THAN A LOT OF CRIMES.
[00:29:49] THEY PROSECUTED TWO PEOPLE WITH
[00:29:51] NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER TAKEN
[00:29:54] PLACE BEFORE.
[00:29:56] >> ON THE AMMUNITION, YOU SAID
[00:30:01] U.S. HAS MASSIVE AMOUNT. YOU DENY ANY SHORTAGES.
[00:30:05] THERE'S A REQUEST FOR
[00:30:07] $21 BILLION TO RESTOCK.
[00:30:10] WHY IS THAT REQUEST STILL THERE? PRES. TRUMP: BECAUSE WE NEED
[00:30:13] MORE ALL THE TIME. WE NEED MORE.
[00:30:16] WE GAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO UKRAINE.
[00:30:20] THE BIDEN PEOPLE DID. THEY WERE GIVEN FREE OF CHARGE.
[00:30:24] NO CHARGE. BILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
[00:30:28] OF DOLLARS.
[00:30:31] FORTUNATELY, I BUILT UP. I REBUILT THE MILITARY.
[00:30:35] I LOADED IT UP.
[00:30:36] WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF
[00:30:39] MUNITIONS THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL
[00:30:40] THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
[00:30:44] WE HAVE OTHERS WHERE IT'S LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
[00:30:47] WE'RE GETTING THEM IN ON A DAILY
[00:30:50] BASIS.
[00:30:52] OUR DEFENSE COMPANIES ARE
[00:30:56] BUILDING MORE NOW.
[00:30:58] WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF AMMUNITIONS.
[00:31:02] THEY MAY NOT BE AS ACCURATE.
[00:31:04] THEY ARE NOT AS ELITE.
[00:31:11] WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF WHICH
[00:31:14] ARE VERY POWERFUL AND VERY GOOD
[00:31:17] AND WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
[00:31:20] WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALWAYS
[00:31:24] WANT MORE. WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS MAYBE COME UP.
[00:31:28] MAYBE COME UP AND MAYBE DON'T COME UP. HOPEFUL IT WILL NOTHING ELSE DOES COME UP.
[00:31:32] WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. WE HAVE LITERALLY MASSIVE
[00:31:36] AMOUNTS OF AMMUNITION.
[00:31:39] >> ON UKRAINE, PRESIDENT
[00:31:48] ZELENSKYY SAID HIS COUNTRY NEEDS
[00:31:51] LONG RANGE MISSILE. PRES. TRUMP: BIDEN GAVE HIM SO MUCH.
[00:31:54] BIDEN GAVE $300 BILLION WORTH OF
[00:31:59] AMMUNITION. WHEN I LEFT IT WAS FULL.
[00:32:03] WE'RE USING MUNITIONS THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL, VERY GOOD.
[00:32:07] WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN USING IT. WE COULD HAVE USED SOMETHING ELSE.
[00:32:11] THESE ARE LITTLE BIT OLDER TYPE.
[00:32:15] EQUALLY AS EFFECTIVE.
[00:32:17] IT'S THINGS THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH.
[00:32:20] WE HAVE SUPPLIES OF MOU MISSIONS
[00:32:22] -- MUNITIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
[00:32:29] WE'RE VERY GOOD SHAPE.
[00:32:32] >> RUSSIA SEEMS TO FOCUS THEIR ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS.
[00:32:36] WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN? PRES. TRUMP: LOOK. WE ARE NOT INVOLVED FROM THE
[00:32:40] STANDPOINT. WE'RE SEPARATED BY A NOTION.
[00:32:43] I HATE TO SEE 25,000 YOUNG
[00:32:46] PEOPLE A MONTH GET KILLED.
[00:32:48] THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
[00:32:52] THEY ARE USING 25,000 MOSTLY
[00:32:55] SOLDIERS A MONTH. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
[00:32:58] I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
[00:33:01] IT'S A VIOLENT WAR. THERE'S A LOT OF HATRED BETWEEN
[00:33:05] THE TWO LEADERS. I SETTLED EIGHT WARS.
[00:33:08] THIS WILL BE MAYBE ONE OF THE
[00:33:09] EASIER ONES AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFICULT.
[00:33:13] PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
[00:33:14] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
[00:33:26] >> LATER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:33:28] HOSTS 120 WINTER OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[00:33:32] THE U.S. SENT 232 ATHLETES TO
[00:33:37] THE 2026 GAMES. WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THEIR
[00:33:40] VISIT GOING AT 7:00 P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW OUR FREE
[00:33:43] MOBILE APP AND ONLINE AT
[00:33:47] C-SPAN.ORG.
[00:33:54] >> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AND UNFINISHED CREATION.
[00:33:57] >> DEMOCRACY IS WORTH DYING FOR. >> DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO US ALL.
[00:34:01] >> WE ARE HERE IN THE SANCTUARY OF DEMOCRACY. >> GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES FALL
[00:34:05] ONCE AGAIN TO THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES.
[00:34:08] >> AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BIG THAN ANY ONE PERSON.
[00:34:12] >> FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED.
[00:34:16] >> WE ARE STILL AT OUR CORE A DEMOCRACY.
[00:34:19] >> THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR
[00:34:23] FREEDOM.
[00:34:31] >> FRIDAY ON C-SPAN CEASEFIRE, A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE
[00:34:33] U.S. WAR WITH IRAN.
[00:34:36] FEATURING ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC
[00:34:41] CONGRESSMAN RAJA, THEY WILL
[00:34:47] DISCUSS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WATCH CEASEFIRE FRIDAY AT
[00:34:50] 7:00 P.M. AND 10:00 P.M. EASTERN
[00:34:54] AND PACIFIC ONLY ON C-SPAN. >> REMARKS NOW FROM TEXAS
[00:34:58] ATTORNEY GENERAL AND U.S. SENATE
[00:35:00] CANDIDATE KEN PAXTON.
[00:35:07] PAXTON CRITICIZED HIS DEMOCRATIC
[00:35:11] OPPONENT JAMES TALARICO.
[00:35:14] THE NONPARTISAN CURRENTLY RATES THIS RACE LEANS REPUBLICAN IN
[00:35:18] THE GENERAL ELECTION.
[00:36:07] >> WASN'T KENNY WEBSTER AMAZING.
[00:36:11] HE'S GOT TO BE THE FUNNEST TALK SHOW GUY ON THE RADIO.
[00:36:14] I WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TONIGHT. I NEVER DONE THIS.
[00:36:18] IT'S KIND OF RISKY.
[00:36:21] WE ARE GOING TO -- U.S.A.
[00:36:26] U.S.A.
[00:36:28] U.S.A.
[00:36:36] U.S.A.!
[00:36:43] THEY GONE?
[00:36:47] I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING --
[00:36:52] [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ALL RIGHT.
[00:36:53] I WANT TO DO A LITTLE