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00:00:00>> LET'S GO WIN IN NOVEMBER.
00:00:03>> [APPLAUSE]
00:00:09>> TONIGHT, A MARATHON PRESENTATION OF MEMORABLE
00:00:11MOMENTS FROM THE PAST YEAR, PART OF OUR 2026 IN REVIEW
00:00:15PROGRAMING. UP NEXT, AN ADDRESS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE U.S.
00:00:17IRAN WAR. 32 DAYS INTO THE
00:00:20CONFLICT. AFTER THAT, THE PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATION
00:00:24OFFICIALS SPEAK TO REPORTERS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED SHOOTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS'
00:00:28DINNER. THEN AN ADDRESS FROM KING CHARLES THE THIRD TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
00:00:31DURING HIS STATE VISIT, AND
00:00:33LATER, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
00:00:36CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING GIVE TOASTS AT A BANQUET DURING
00:00:39PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO BEIJING. THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
00:00:43AND FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE
00:00:46OBAMA AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY
00:00:49FOR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN CHICAGO. THAT'S ALL
00:00:52COMING UP TONIGHT ON C-SPAN 2.
00:00:56>> UP NEXT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION IN APRIL ON THE WAR WITH IRAN. HE
00:00:59OUTLINED WHY HE BELIEVED THE JOINT U.S. ISRAELI STRIKES ON
00:01:03IRAN WERE NECESSARY. AND HE ADDRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
00:01:06RISING PRICE OF OIL DUE TO THE
00:01:09CONFLICT
00:01:37>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MY
00:01:38FELLOW AMERICANS. GOOD EVENING.
00:01:42LET ME BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING
00:01:45THE TEAM AT NASA AND OUR BRAVE
00:01:47ASTRONAUTS ON THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ARTEMIS II. IT WAS
00:01:51QUITE SOMETHING. IT WILL BE TRAVELING FURTHER THAN ANY
00:01:54MANNED ROCKET HAS EVER FLOWN, AND WILL VERY SUBSTANTIALLY PASS
00:01:58THE MOON. GO AROUND IT, AND COME
00:02:01BACK HOME FROM A DISTANCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
00:02:05IT'S AMAZING. THEY ARE ON THE
00:02:08WAY, AND GOD BLESS THEM. THESE ARE BRAVE PEOPLE. WE WANT TO.
00:02:12GOD BLESS THOSE FOR UNBELIEVABLE
00:02:16ASTRONAUTS AS WE SPEAK THIS EVENING. IT'S BEEN JUST ONE
00:02:20MONTH SINCE THE UNITED STATES
00:02:22MILITARY BEGAN OPERATION EPIC
00:02:25FURY, TARGETING THE WORLD'S
00:02:30NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR, IRAN. IN THESE PAST FOUR
00:02:33WEEKS, OUR ARMED FORCES HAVE
00:02:35DELIVERED SWIFT, DECISIVE, OVERWHELMING VICTORIES ON THE
00:02:39BATTLEFIELD. VICTORIES LIKE FEW
00:02:41PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE
00:02:45TONIGHT, IRAN'S NAVY T,IS GONE.
00:02:47THEIR AIR FORCE IS IN RUINS.
00:02:52THEIR LEADERS, MOST OF THEM
00:02:55TERRORISTS. REGIME THEY LED, ARE
00:02:56NOW DEAD THEIR COMMAND AND
00:03:01CONTROL OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS IS
00:03:04BEING DECIMATED AS WE SPEAK.
00:03:08THEIR ABILITY TO LAUNCH MISSILES AND DRONES IS DRAMATICALLY
00:03:12CURTAILED, AND THEIR WEAPONS, FACTORIES AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS
00:03:15ARE BEING BLOWN TO PIECES. VERY FEW OF THEM LEFT, NEVER IN THE
00:03:19HISTORY OF WARFARE HAS AN ENEMY
00:03:23SUFFERED SUCH CLEAR AND DEVASTATING LARGE SCALE LOSSES.
00:03:25IN NDA MATTER OF WEEKS. OUR
00:03:29ENEMIES ARE LOSING IN AMERICA,
00:03:31AS IT HAS BEEN FOR FIVE YEARS UNDER MY PRESIDENCY IS WINNING
00:03:35AND NOW WINNING BIGGER THAN EVER
00:03:39BEFORE. BEFORE DISCUSSING THIS CURRENT SITUATION, I ALSO WANT
00:03:43TO THANK OUR TROOPS FOR THE
00:03:44MASTERFUL JOB THEY DID IN TAKING
00:03:47THE COUNTRY OF VENEZUELA IN A
00:03:49MATTER OF MINUTES, THAT IT WAS QUICK, LETHAL, VIOLENT, AND
00:03:52RESPECTED BY EVERYONE ALL OVER
00:03:54THE WORLD. AFTER REBUILDING OUR
00:03:57MILITARY DURING MY FIRST TERM,
00:03:59WE HAVE DBY FAR THE STRONGEST
00:04:02MILITARY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,
00:04:05AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ALONG WITH VENEZUELA AND ARE, IN A
00:04:08TRUE SENSE, JOINT E,VENTURE
00:04:10PARTNERS. WE'RE GETTING ALONG INCREDIBLY WELL IN THE
00:04:13PRODUCTION AND SALE OF MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL AND GAS. THE
00:04:17SECOND LARGEST RESERVES ON EARTH
00:04:19AFTER THE UNITED STATES OF
00:04:21AMERICA. WE'RE NOW TOTALLY
00:04:24INDEPENDENT OF THE MIDDLE EAST,
00:04:28AND YET WE ARE THERE TO HELP. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE. WE
00:04:31DON'T NEED THEIR OIL. WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING THEY HAVE. BUT
00:04:34WE'RE THERE TO HELP OUR ALLIES.
00:04:36TONIGHT, I WANT TO LIPROVIDE AN
00:04:39UPDATE ON THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS OUR WARRIORS HAVE MADE
00:04:42IN IRAN, AND DISCUSS WHY OPERATION EPIC FURY IS NECESSARY
00:04:46FOR THE SAFETY OF AMERICA AND
00:04:48THE SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD.
00:04:51FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY I
00:04:53ANNOUNCED MY CAMPAIGN FOR
00:04:55PRESIDENT IN 2015, I VOWED THAT
00:04:58I WOULD NEVER ALLOW IRAN TO HAVE
00:05:00A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THIS FANATICAL
00:05:03REGIME HAS BEEN CHANTING, DEATH
00:05:06TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL FOR
00:05:1047 YEARS. THEIR PROXIES WERE
00:05:13BEHIND THE MURDER OF 241
00:05:15AMERICANS, AND THE MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING IN BEIRUT, THE
00:05:19SLAUGHTER OF HUNDREDS OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WITH ROADSIDE
00:05:23BOMBS. THEY WERE S.INVOLVED IN E
00:05:25ATTACK ON THE USS COLE, AND THEY
00:05:29CARRIED OUT THE COUNTLESS OTHER HEINOUS ACTS, INCLUDING THE
00:05:33BLOOD. JUST HORRIBLE, BLOODY
00:05:36ATROCITIES OF OCTOBER 7th IN
00:05:39ISRAEL, SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
00:05:42LIKE. IT. THIS MURDEROUS REGIME
00:05:46ALSO RECENTLY KILLED 45,000 OF
00:05:49THEIR OWN PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:05:51PROTESTING IN IRAN, 45,000 DEAD.
00:05:54FOR THESE TERRORISTS WHO HAVE
00:05:56NUCLEAR WEAPONS WOULD BE AN
00:05:58INTOLERABLE THREAT. THE MOST VIOLENT AND THUGGISH REGIME ON
00:06:01EARTH WOULD BE FREE TO CARRY OUT THEIR CAMPAIGNS OF TERROR,
00:06:05COERCION, CONQUEST, AND MASS
00:06:07MURDER FROM BEHIND A NUCLEAR
00:06:10SHIELD. I WILL NEVER LET THAT
00:06:13HAPPEN, AND NEITHER SHOULD ANY
00:06:16OF OUR PAST PRESIDENTS. THIS
00:06:18SITUATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
00:06:2147 YEARS, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED LONG BEFORE I ARRIVED IN
00:06:25OFFICE. I DID MANY THINGS DURING
00:06:29MY TWO TERMS IN OFFICE TO STOP THE QUEST FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY
00:06:32IRAN. FIRST, AND PERHAPS MOST
00:06:35IMPORTANTLY, I KILLED GENERAL
00:06:38QASSEM SOLEIMANI IN MY FIRST
00:06:41TERM. HE WAS AN EVIL GENIUS,
00:06:45BRILLIANT PERSON, A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING. HOWEVER, THE FATHER
00:06:47OF THE ROADSIDE BOMB, AND HE
00:06:52LIVED JUST HORRIBLE. WHAT HE
00:06:53DID. IRAN WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:06:57PERHAPS IN FAR BETTER, STRONGER POSITION. HAD HE LIVED. WE WOULD
00:07:01HAVE HAD PROBABLY A DIFFERENT UL CONVERSATION TONIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'D STILL BE
00:07:04WINNING AND WINNING BIG. AND
00:07:06THEN, VERY IMPORTANTLY, I
00:07:09TERMINATED BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
00:07:11IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, A DISASTER.
00:07:15OBAMA GAVE THEM $1.7 BILLION IN CASH, GREEN, GREEN CASH, TOOK IT
00:07:19OUT OF BANKS FROM VIRGINIA, DC,
00:07:23AND MARYLAND. ALL THE CASH THEY HAD. HE FLEW IT BY AIRPLANES IN
00:07:27AN ATTEMPT TO BUY THEIR RESPECT AND LOYALTY. BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
00:07:31THEY LAUGHED AT OUR PRESIDENT AND WENT ON WITH THEIR MISSION
00:07:35TO HAVE A NUCLEAR BOMB. HIS IRAN
00:07:36DEAL WOULD HAVE LED TO A
00:07:39COLOSSAL ARSENAL OF MASSIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN, AND
00:07:42THEY WEWOULD HAVE HAD THEM YEAR AGO, AND THEY WOULD HAVE USED
00:07:46THEM, WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT WORLD. OUTHERE WOULD
00:07:49HAVE BEEN NO MIDDLE EAST AND NO ISRAEL. RIGHT NOW, IN MY
00:07:52OPINION, THE OPINION OF A LOT OF GREAT EXPERTS, HAD I NOT
00:07:56TERMINATED THAT TERRIBLE DEAL, I WAS. I WAS SO HONORED TO DO IT. I WAS SO PROUD TO DO IT. IT WAS
00:08:00SO BAD RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
00:08:03ESSENTIALLY, I DID WHAT NO OTHER PRESIDENT WAS WILLING TO DO.
00:08:07THEY MADE MISTAKES, AND I AM
00:08:11CORRECTING THEM. MY FIRST PREFERENCE WAS ALWAYS THE PATH
00:08:14OF DIPLOMACY. YET THE REGIME
00:08:17CONTINUED THEIR RELENTLESS QUEST
00:08:19FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND REJECTED EVERY ATTEMPT AT AN AGREEMENT
00:08:23FOR THIS REASON, IN JUNE, I ORDERED A STRIKE ON IRAN'S
00:08:26NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND OPERATION
00:08:29MIDNIGHT HAMMER. NOBODY'S EVER
00:08:32SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THOSE
00:08:34BEAUTIFUL B-2 L BOMBERS PERFORM
00:08:37MAGNIFICENTLY. WE TOTALLY
00:08:40OBLITERATED THOSE NUCLEAR SITES. THE REGIME THEN SOUGHT TO
00:08:44REBUILD THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOCATION,
00:08:47MAKING CLEAR THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF ABANDONING THEIR
00:08:50PURSUIT LEOF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. TY
00:08:54WERE ALSO RAPIDLY BUILDING A VAST STOCKPILE OF CONVENTIONAL
00:08:58BALLISTIC MISSILES, AND WOULD SOON HAVE HAD MISSILES THAT
00:09:01COULD REACH THE AMERICAN HOMELAND, EUROPE, AND VIRTUALLY
00:09:05ANY OTHER PLACE ON EARTH.
00:09:07IRAN'S STRATEGY WAS SO OBVIOUS THEY WANTED TO PRODUCE AS MANY
00:09:11MISSILES AS POSSIBLE, AND THEY
00:09:13DID, WITH THE LONGEST RANGE
00:09:16POSSIBLE. AND THEY HAD SOME WEAPONS THAT NOBODY BELIEVED
00:09:19THEY HAD. WE JUST LEARNED THAT
00:09:21OUT. WE TOOK THEM OUT. WE TOOK THEM ALL OUT SO THAT NO ONE
00:09:24WOULD REALLY DARE STOP THEM AND
00:09:26THEIR RACE FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB, A
00:09:29NUCLEAR WEAPON, A NUCLEAR WEAPON LIKE NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.
00:09:33THEY WERE RIGHT AT THE DOORSTEP.
00:09:35FOR YEARS, EVERYONE HAS SAID
00:09:38THAT IRAN CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. BUT IN THE END, THOSE
00:09:41ARE JUST WORDS. . IF YOU'RE NOT
00:09:43WILLING TO TAKE ACTION WHEN THE
00:09:46TIME COMES. AS I STATED IN MY
00:09:48ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPERATION EPIC
00:09:51FURY, OUR OBJECTIVES ARE VERY
00:09:53SIMPLE AND CLEAR. WE ARE
00:09:56SYSTEMATICALLY DISMANTLING THE REGIME'S ABILITY TO THREATEN
00:09:59AMERICA OR PROJECT POWER OUTSIDE
00:10:02OF THEIR BORDERS. THAT MEANS
00:10:04ELIMINATING IRAN'S NAVY, WHICH
00:10:08IS NOW ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED
00:10:10HURTING THEIR AIR FORCE AND THEIR MISSILE PROGRAM AT LEVELS
00:10:13NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND ANNIHILATING THEIR DEFENSE
00:10:17INDUSTRIAL BASE. WE'VE DONE ALL OF IT. THEIR NAVY IS GONE. THEIR
00:10:21AIR FORCE IS GONE. THEIR MISSILES ARE JUST ABOUT USED UP
00:10:24OR BEATEN. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE
00:10:29ACTIONS WILL CRIPPLE IRAN. MILITARY CRUSH THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT TERRORIST PROXIES, AND
00:10:32DENY THEM THE ABILITY TO BUILD A
00:10:34NUCLEAR BOMB. OUR ARMED FORCES
00:10:36HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.
00:10:39THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING
00:10:42LIKE IT MILITARILY. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. AND TONIGHT,
00:10:45I'M STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ARE
00:10:49NEARING COMPLETION. AS WE CELEBRATE THIS PROGRESS. WE
00:10:53THINK, ESPECIALLY OF THE 13 AMERICAN WARRIORS WHO HAVE LAID
00:10:57DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THIS FIGHT
00:11:01TO PREVENT OUR CHILDREN FROM
00:11:01EVER HAVING TO FACE A NUCLEAR
00:11:05IRAN. TWICE THIS PAST MONTH,
00:11:07I'VE TRAVELED TO DOVER AIR
00:11:10FORCE BASE, AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO BE
00:11:13WITH THOSE HEROES AS THEY RETURN
00:11:15TO AMERICAN SOIL. AND I WAS WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR
00:11:19PARENTS, THEIR WIVES, THEIR HUSBANDS. WE SALUTE THEM. AND
00:11:23NOW WE MUST HONOR NOTHEM BY COMPLETING THE MISSION FOR WHICH
00:11:27THEY GAVE THEIR SSLIVES. AT EVE
00:11:29SINGLE ONE OF THE PEOPLE, THEIR LOVED ONES SAID, PLEASE, SIR,
00:11:33PLEASE FINISH THE JOB. EVERY ONE
00:11:36OF THEM, AND WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THE JOB, AND WE'RE GOING TO FINISH IT VERY FAST. WE'RE
00:11:40GETTING VERY CLOSE. I WANT TO THANK OUR ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE L
00:11:44EAST, ISRAEL, SAUDI ARABIA,
00:11:46QATAR, THE UAE, KUWAIT AND
00:11:51BAHRAIN. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT,
00:11:53AND WE WILL NOT LET THEM GET HURT OR FAIL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE
00:11:56OR FORM. MANY AMERICANS HAVE
00:11:59BEEN CONCERNED TO SEE THE RECENT
00:12:03RISE IN GASOLINE PRICES HERE AT
00:12:05HOME. THIS SHORT TERM INCREASE
00:12:08HAS BEEN ENTIRELY THE RESULT OF THE IRANIAN REGIME LAUNCHING
00:12:11DERANGED TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST COMMERCIAL OIL TANKERS AND
00:12:14NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ATHAT HA NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONFLICT.
00:12:18THIS E IS YET MORE PROOF THAT IN
00:12:21CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THEY WILL USE THEM, AND THEY WILL USE THEM
00:12:25QUICKLY. IT WOULD LEAD TO
00:12:26DECADES OF EXTORTION, ECONOMIC
00:12:29PAIN, AND INSTABILITY WORSE THAN
00:12:34WE CAN EVER IMAGINE. THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER PREPARED ECONOMICALLY TO
00:12:38CONFRONT THIS THREAT. YOU ALL
00:12:40KNOW THAT WE BUILT THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY. WE'RE GOING
00:12:44THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW, THE STRONGEST IN HISTORY. IN ONE
00:12:47YEAR. WE'VE TAKEN A DEAD AND
00:12:50CRIPPLED COUNTRY. I HATE TO SAY
00:12:52THAT, BUT WE WERE A DEAD AND
00:12:57CRIPPLED COUNTRY AFTER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION AND MADE IT THE
00:13:00HOTTEST COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BY FAR, WITH NO
00:13:04INFLATION. RECORD SETTING, INVESTMENTS COMING INTO THE
00:13:08UNITED STATES, OVER $18 TRILLION, AND THE HIGHEST STOCK
00:13:11MARKET EVER, D WITH 53 ALL TIME
00:13:13RECORD HIGHS IN JUST ONE YEAR,
00:13:17IT ALL POSITIONED US TO GET RID OF A CANCER THAT HAS LONG
00:13:21SIMMERED. IT'S KNOWN AS THE
00:13:23NUCLEAR IRAN, AND THEY DIDN'T
00:13:25KNOW WHAT WAS COMING. THEY NEVER
00:13:29IMAGINED IT. REMEMBER, COBECAUS OF OUR DRILL BABY DRILL PROGRAM,
00:13:32AMERICA HAS PLENTY OF GAS. WE HAVE SO MUCH GAS. UNDER MY
00:13:36LEADERSHIP, WE ARE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER OF OIL AND GAS ON THE
00:13:39PLANET. WITHOUT EVEN DISCUSSING THE MILLIONS OF BARRELS THAT
00:13:43WE'RE GETTING FROM VENEZUELA
00:13:45BECAUSE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES, WE
00:13:49PRODUCE MORE OIL AND GAS THAN SAUDI ARABIA AND RUSSIA
00:13:52COMBINED. THINK OF THAT. SAUDI
00:13:54ARABIA AND RUSSIA COMBINED, AND
00:13:58THAT NUMBER WILL SOON BE SUBSTANTIALLY BEN HIGHER THAN T
00:14:00THERE'S NO COUNTRY LIKE US
00:14:03ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND WE'RE
00:14:05IN GREAT SHAPE FOR THE FUTURE.
00:14:07THE UNITED STATES IMPORTS ALMOST
00:14:10NO OIL THROUGH THE HORMUZ STRAIGHT, AND WON'T BE TAKING
00:14:13ANY IN THE FUTURE. WE DON'T NEED IT. WE HAVEN'T NEEDED IT,
00:14:16AND WE DON'T NEED IT. WE'VE
00:14:19BEATEN AND COMPLETELY DECIMATED
00:14:22IRAN. THEY ARE DECIMATED, BOTH
00:14:26MILITARILY AND ECONOMICALLY AND IN EVERY OTHER WAY. AND LYTHE
00:14:29COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THAT DO RECEIVE OIL THROUGH THE HORMUZ
00:14:33STRAIGHT MUST TAKE CARE OF THAT PASSAGE. THEY MUST CHERISH IT.
00:14:36THEY MUST GRAB IT AND CHERISH
00:14:38IT. THEY CAN DO IT EASILY. WE
00:14:41WILL BE HELPFUL, BUT THEY SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN PROTECTING THE
00:14:44OIL THAT THEY SO DESPERATELY
00:14:47DEPEND ON. SO TO THOSE COUNTRIES
00:14:49THAT CAN'T GET FUEL, MANY OF
00:14:52WHICH REFUSE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DECAPITATION OF IRAN, WE HAD
00:14:55TO DO IT OURSELVES. I HAVE A
00:14:58SUGGESTION. NUMBER ONE, BUY OIL FROM THE UNITED STATES OF
00:15:01AMERICA. WE HAVE PLENTY. WE HAVE SO MUCH. AND NUMBER TWO, BUILD
00:15:04UP SOME DELAYED COURAGE. SHOULD HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, SHOULD HAVE
00:15:08DONE IT WITH US AS WE ASKED. GO
00:15:11TO THE STRAIGHT AND JUST TAKE IT. PROTECT IT. USE IT FOR
00:15:15YOURSELVES. IRAN HAS BEEN
00:15:19ESSENTIALLY DECIMATED. THE HARD PART IS DONE. SO IT SHOULD BE
00:15:21EASY. AND IN ANY EVENT, WHEN
00:15:24THIS CONFLICT IS OVER, THIS STRAIT WILL OPEN UP NATURALLY.
00:15:27IT WILL JUST ATOPEN UP NATURALL THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE
00:15:30ABLE TO SELL OIL, BECAUSE
00:15:34THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO TRY AND REBUILD. IT WILL RESUME THE
00:15:37FLOWING AND THE GAS PRICES WILL RAPIDLY COME BACK DOWN. STOCK
00:15:41PRICES WILL RAPIDLY GO BACK UP. THEY HAVEN'T COME DOWN VERY MUCH. FRANKLY. THEY CAME DOWN A
00:15:45LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD DAYS OVER THE LAST
00:15:48COUPLE OF DAYS. WE'VE DONE ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER THAN I
00:15:51THOUGHT, BUT WE HAD TO TAKE THAT LITTLE JOURNEY TO IRAN TO GET
00:15:54RID OF THIS HORRIBLE THREAT WITH
00:15:58OUR HISTORIC TAX CUTS, WHERE
00:15:59PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW TALKING
00:16:02ABOUT RECEIVING LARGER REFUNDS THAN THEY EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE,
00:16:05THEY ARE GETTING SO MUCH MORE MONEY THAN THEY THOUGHT. THAT'S
00:16:08FROM THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL
00:16:10BILL. OUR ECONOMY IS STRONG AND IMPROVING BY THE DAY, AND IT
00:16:13WILL SOON BE ROARING BACK LIKE NEVER BEFORE. IT WILL TOP THE
00:16:17LEVELS THAT IT WAS A MONTH AGO. I'VE MADE CLEAR FROM THE
00:16:21BEGINNING OF OPERATION EPIC FURY
00:16:22THAT WE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL OUR
00:16:25OBJECTIVES ARE FULLY ACHIEVED, THANKS TO THE PROGRESS WE'VE
00:16:29MADE. I CAN SAY TONIGHT THAT WE
00:16:30ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE ALL OF
00:16:34AMERICA'S MILITARY OBJECTIVES SHORTLY. S VERY SHORTLY, WE ARE
00:16:38GOING TO HIT THEM EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS,
00:16:42WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM BACK
00:16:44TO THE STONE AGES, WHERE THEY
00:16:47BELONG. IN THE MEANTIME, EY
00:16:49DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING. REGIME CHANGE WAS NOT OUR GOAL. WE
00:16:52NEVER SAID REGIME CHANGE, BUT REGIME CHANGE HAS OCCURRED
00:16:56BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL
00:16:59LEADERS DEATH. THEY'RE ALL DEAD.
00:17:02THE NEW GROUP IS LESS RADICAL
00:17:04AND MUCH MORE REASONABLE. YET IF, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME,
00:17:08NO DEAL IS MADE, WE HAVE OUR
00:17:11EYES ON KEY TARGETS. IF THERE IS NO DEAL, WE ARE GOING TO HIT
00:17:14EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR
00:17:16ELECTRIC RYGENERATING PLANTS VE
00:17:18HARD, AND PROBABLY SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE HAVE NOT HIT
00:17:22THEIR OIL, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE EASIEST TARGET OF ALL,
00:17:25BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT GIVE THEM EVEN A SMALL CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
00:17:29OR REBUILDING. BUT WE COULD HIT
00:17:33IT AND IT WOULD BE GONE. AND THERE'S NOT A THING THEY COULD
00:17:36DO ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE NO
00:17:39ANTI-AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT. THEIR
00:17:40RADAR IS 100% ANNIHILATED. WE
00:17:44ARE UNSTOPPABLE AS A MILITARY
00:17:46FORCE. THE NUCLEAR SITES THAT WE
00:17:49OBLITERATED WITH THE B-2 BOMBERS HAVE BEEN HIT SO HARD THAT IT
00:17:53WOULD T TAKE MONTHS TO GET NEAR
00:17:56THE NUCLEAR DUST. AND WE HAVE IT UNDER INTENSE SATELLITE
00:18:00SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL. IF WE
00:18:01SEE CETHEM MAKE A MOVE, EVEN A
00:18:04MOVE FOR IT WILL HIT THEM WITH
00:18:07MISSILES VERY HARD. AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL THE CARDS. THEY HAVE
00:18:11NONE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
00:18:12WE KEEP THIS CONFLICT IN
00:18:16PERSPECTIVE. AMERICAN
00:18:18INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR ONE
00:18:21LASTED ONE YEAR, SEVEN MONTHS,
00:18:23AND FIVE DAYS. WORLD WAR TWO LASTED FOR THREE YEARS, EIGHT
00:18:26MONTHS, AND 25 DAYS. THE KOREAN
00:18:30WAR LASTED FOR THREE YEARS, ONE
00:18:31MONTH, AND TWO DAYS. THE VIETNAM
00:18:36WAR LASTED FOR 19 YEARS, FIVE
00:18:38MONTHS, AND 29 DAYS. IRAQ WENT
00:18:42ON FOR EIGHT YEARS, T EIGHT
00:18:43MONTHS, AND 28 DAYS. WE ARE IN
00:18:46THIS MILITARY OPERATION. SO POWERFUL, SO BRILLIANT, AGAINST
00:18:50ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
00:18:53COUNTRIES. FOR 32 DAYS. AND THE
00:18:55COUNTRY HAS BEEN EVISCERATED AND
00:18:58ESSENTIALLY IS REALLY NO LONGER A THREAT. THEY WERE THE BULLY OF
00:19:02THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT THEY'RE
00:19:04THE BULLY, NO LONGER. THIS IS A
00:19:06TRUE INVESTMENT IN YOUR CHILDREN
00:19:08AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S FUTURE.
00:19:12THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING, AND THEY CAN'T LEAVE THE POWER,
00:19:15STRENGTH, AND BRILLIANCE. THEY
00:19:17THEY'REN'T BELIEVE WHAT
00:19:20SEEING. THEY LEAVE IT TO YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT THEY CAN'T
00:19:23BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING. THE
00:19:25BRILLIANCE OF THE UNITED STATESR
00:19:28MILITARY TONIGHT. EVERY AMERICAN CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN
00:19:31WE ARE FINALLY FREE FROM THE WICKEDNESS OF IRANIAN AGGRESSION
00:19:34AND THE SPECTER OF NUCLEAR BLACKMAIL. BECAUSE OF THE
00:19:38ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN, WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF ENDING IRAN'S
00:19:42SINISTER THREAT TO AMERICA AND
00:19:45THE WORLD IS WATCHING. AND WHEN
00:19:48WE DO, WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, THE
00:19:51UNITED STATES WILL BE SAFER, STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS, AND
00:19:55GREATER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN
00:19:56BEFORE. MAY GOD BLESS THE MEN
00:20:00AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES
00:20:01ARMED FORCES, AND MAY ATGOD BLE
00:20:04THE UNITED STATES OF BLAMERICA.
00:20:06THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOOD
00:20:08NIGHT.
00:20:13>> MORE NOW FROM OUR PRESENTATION OF KEY MOMENTS IN
00:20:162026 SO FAR. FOLLOWING GUNSHOTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
00:20:19CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP, FIRST LADY
00:20:21MELANIA TRUMP AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET WERE IN ATTENDANCE, THE
00:20:25PRESIDENT GAVE A BRIEFING FROM
00:20:26THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT'S UP NEXT.
00:20:45>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:20:47AND THAT WAS VERY UNEXPECTED.
00:20:51BUT, UH, INCREDIBLY ACTED UPON
00:20:55BY SECRET SERVICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND T