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00:00:32>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATED
00:00:36THE ACTIONS OF A 16-YEAR-OLD LIFEGUARD WHO RESCUED A
00:00:4010-YEAR-OLD BOY AT A SANTA CRUZ BEACH IN CALIFORNIA.
00:00:44THE PRESIDENT HOSTED THE TWO AND THOSE THAT ASSISTED IN THE
00:00:47RESCUE IN THE OVAL OFFICE BEFORE
00:00:50TAKING QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS. THIS IS A LITTLE OVER A HALF HOUR.
00:01:09PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY
00:01:11MUCH AND THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
00:01:13IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH A
00:01:1716-YEAR-OLD LIFEGUARD FROM CALIFORNIA.
00:01:22THE SANTA CRUZ AREA.
00:01:24I UNDERSTAND HE WAS A WINNER RIGHT FROM THE FIRST TIME THEY
00:01:28SAW HIM AS A LIFEGUARD. A LOT OF TRAINING AND A LOT OF WORK.
00:01:32HE SAVED THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO I HAD A LONG TALK WITH AND I
00:01:36SAID, WOULD YOU HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT HIM AND HE SAID, NOT REALLY.
00:01:41YOU WILL HAVE A LONG AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
00:01:45WE WERE ALL WATCHING -- EVERYBODY WATCHED.
00:01:49THERE WAS A LOT OF PUB LOSS AT -- PUBLICITY BECAUSE OF THE
00:01:53FEROCITY OF THE WAVES.
00:01:54I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY WAVES LIKE THAT.
00:01:58VIOLENCE. WE WERE DISCUSSING AT CERTAIN
00:02:00TIMES OF THE YEAR, THE WAVES GET VERY ROUGH IN THAT AREA.
00:02:04IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
00:02:05DOING, IT WILL BE TOUGH OR IF
00:02:08YOU ARE SMALL, OR YOUNG. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE
00:02:12NATHANIEL RAY FOR COMING THROUGH
00:02:16AN ORDEAL WHICH MEANS YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN LIFE.
00:02:21I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO YOUR
00:02:22FATHER WHO CAME ALONG -- WE
00:02:25INVITED THEM TO THE OVAL OFFICE
00:02:27AND TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:02:30AFTER THIS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE WILL GO UP TO THE LINCOLN
00:02:34BEDROOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOM OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
00:02:38THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
00:02:41AND ALSO YOUR SISTER. REALLY NICE. WE HAVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
00:02:45NATHANIEL AND THOSE THAT WORKED
00:02:51ON THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH NATHANIEL.
00:02:53WITH RYDER RIGHT FROM THE
00:02:57BEGINNING. YOU LEARN FROM THESE PEOPLE AND THEY TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DO WHAT
00:03:01YOU DO SO WELL. AND NATHANIEL IS VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
00:03:05SHANE WILLIAMS, THE FATHER OF RYDER.
00:03:11THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE DID A GOOD JOB. I SEE YOU ARE IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE UNIFORMS.
00:03:16YOU COULD NOT BE HAPPIER, RIGHT?
00:03:19WHEN YOU SAW THAT ON TELEVISION. IT WAS INCREDIBLE, ACTUALLY.
00:03:25SHANNON WILLIAMS, THAT IS THE MOM. YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
00:03:29GOOD GENETICS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM, YOU CAN
00:03:33SEE. REALLY GOOD.
00:03:34SUMMIT RIGHT, THE FATHER, THANK YOU AGAIN.
00:03:40LAYLA RAY, SISTER OF NATHANIEL. THANK YOU, HONEY.
00:03:45ERIC BONIN, SANTA CRUZ LIFEGUARD
00:03:47WHO ASSISTED RYDER.
00:03:51AND YOU BECAME QUITE FAMOUS -- QUITE FAMOUS ALSO. HE HELPS YOU A LOT.
00:03:55THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT JOB. FANTASTIC.
00:03:59ALEX, THE CHIEF OF LAW
00:04:02ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE IN SANTA CRUZ.
00:04:05THANK YOU A GREAT JOB YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
00:04:09JUSTIN MCHENRY, ASSISTANT CHIEF
00:04:12OF AQUATICS AND LIFEGUARD OPERATIONS, SANTA CRUZ.
00:04:16GOOD JOB. WERE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING?
00:04:18>> I HELPED THE LIFEGUARD TRAINING.
00:04:21>> FOR A LOT OF THE LIFEGUARDS, RIGHT?
00:04:27AND AT THAT AGE, TOO.
00:04:30STARTING AT 16.
00:04:31I READ -- DIED IS A LOT TO DO
00:04:35FOR A 16-YEAR-OLD. THAT IS NOT EASY. AND HE DID IT SO WELL.
00:04:39>> IT REQUIRES A LOT OF INTEGRITY AND RESILIENCE.
00:04:46THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT THAT
00:04:48RYDER PERFORMED --
00:04:50>> AND YOU COULD NOT LET GO FOR
00:04:54AN INSTANT. IF YOU HAD LET GO FOR AN INSTANT, HE WOULD BE VERY HARD TO FIND, RIGHT?
00:04:59REALLY AMAZING.
00:05:02YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE RESPECT.
00:05:05STATE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, LIFEGUARD, SANTA CRUZ.
00:05:10THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:05:13IT IS -- AND MIKE.
00:05:21THE STATE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, SANTA CRUZ.
00:05:25THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU.
00:05:28AND AGAIN, WHAT YOU DID WAS
00:05:32INCREDIBLE. AND EVERYBODY SAW IT.
00:05:35AND YOU WOULD WATCH IT OVER AND
00:05:37OVER AND WHEN I FIRST SAW IT I SAID, ROLL THAT BACK, I WANT TO
00:05:41SEE IT AGAIN. IS IT REALLY HAPPENING? THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE REALLY
00:05:46PROUD. THE WHOLE GROUP IS PROUD. AND YOUR FATHER IS THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
00:05:51I SAID, IF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN,
00:05:55YOUR LIFE WOULD BE RUINED. AND HE SAID, IT WOULD BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT MATTER.
00:05:59AMAZING.
00:06:00>> IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT RYDER
00:06:05DID.
00:06:09AND EVEN THE GOOD SAMARITANS. IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE SITTING WITH HIM HERE TODAY.
00:06:12>> I BET YOU WILL SAY -- I BET
00:06:17YOU WILL STAY RELATED TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:06:20>> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
00:06:24THEY SAY IN THAT AREA YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT SAVES.
00:06:33MANY LIFEGUARDS DON'T GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE. THIS REALLY SHOWED HOW IMPORTANT
00:06:38IT IS IN CERTAIN AREAS -- SO,
00:06:42CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, YOU COULD SAY ARE VERY
00:06:46SUSCEPTIBLE TO PEOPLE GETTING IN TROUBLE, RIGHT?
00:06:49WAS THIS ONE OF THE WORST ON THE ENTIRE COAST?
00:06:53DO YOU HAVE OTHER AREAS --
00:06:57BECAUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
00:07:00>> THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT
00:07:04GIVEN DAY -- A WARM DAY, A LOT
00:07:09OF FOLKS ON THE BEACH AND THE
00:07:13STRONG CURRENT WE HAD IN THE
00:07:16AREA, IT IS TREACHEROUS.
00:07:17CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE -- WE
00:07:21HAVE REMOTE AND RUGGED
00:07:25SECTIONS OF THE COASTLINE.
00:07:26>> ARE THERE AREAS THAT DON'T
00:07:30HAVE LIFEGUARDS THAT ARE DANGEROUS WHERE PEOPLE INNOCENTLY SWIM AND THEY DON'T
00:07:34HAVE A CHANCE.
00:07:34>> IN THE STATE AND AROUND THE
00:07:39NATION -- THEY ARE GETTING IN
00:07:43WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR ABILITY TO RECREATE IN THOSE WATERS AND
00:07:47THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
00:07:48>> IS AS ONE OF THE MORE
00:07:52DANGEROUS -- IS THIS ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS AREAS WITH THE SWIRL?
00:07:54>> ONE OF OUR MORE DANGEROUS
00:07:58SUMMER BEACHES, YES. >> IT DID NOT STOP.
00:08:04IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE ALMOST UNSURE -- ONSHORE BUT YOU WERE
00:08:08NOT ONSHORE. >> IT IS DECEPTIVE.
00:08:12DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
00:08:14REPORTER: CONGRATULATIONS.
00:08:18>> LET'S KEEP THE QUESTIONS FOR
00:08:21THEM JUST FOR THIS AND THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OTHERS LATER.
00:08:24REPORTER: WHAT CAN AMERICANS
00:08:29TAKE AWAY FROM THIS? >> THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK UP TO
00:08:33RYDER AND NATHANIEL AND THE WAY HE HANDLED IT.
00:08:37HE WAS COOL CONSIDERING THE
00:08:40PROBLEMS. I WAS WATCHING. YOU WERE VERY COOL.
00:08:44AND THEY WILL GAIN RESPECT. VERY IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL GAIN
00:08:48RESPECT FOR WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO HAVING TO DO WITH LIFEGUARDS AND SAFETY.
00:08:53THIS WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE.
00:08:57ANYBODY WATCHING, IT IS NOT MY
00:09:01WORLD BUT I RESPECT THAT WORLD AND ALWAYS HAVE BUT NEVER MAY BE
00:09:05SO MUCH AS I DO NOW.
00:09:09YOU HAVE BROUGHT TREMENDOUS
00:09:11GRACE AND EXPERIENCE AND
00:09:14TREMENDOUS GRACE, TREMENDOUS --
00:09:18A FEELING THAT IT IS SO AMAZING
00:09:21TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
00:09:24TO SEE IT BEFORE YOUR EYES. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER --
00:09:28I'VE SEEN SURFS AND RESCUES
00:09:32BEFORE BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS AND
00:09:34THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR YOUR PROFESSION.
00:09:38PEOPLE WILL RESPECT IT EVEN MORE AND YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY
00:09:41WORTHWHILE EVENT TO HAVE IT AT THE OVAL OFFICE SO
00:09:45CONGRATULATIONS.
00:09:46REPORTER: A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
00:09:54VERY INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU DID.
00:09:59WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE?
00:10:01>> IN DANGEROUS MOMENTS WE
00:10:04ALWAYS TRY TO FALL BACK ON OUR TRAINING.
00:10:07WE ARE TRAINED SO WELL TO HANDLE ANY SITUATION.
00:10:11I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO GET THE BOY OUT OF THE WATER AS SAFELY AS I CAN.
00:10:15SHAPING MY FUTURE, I WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER IN THE FUTURE AND GO TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.
00:10:20>> COULD WE GIVE THEM A RECOMMENDATION?
00:10:28REPORTER: FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE
00:10:33AN ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:10:37ALONG THOSE LINES, DO YOU HAVE A
00:10:40MESSAGE FOR YOUR GENERATION ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING?
00:10:42>> I HOPE WHAT EVERYONE CAN TAKE
00:10:47AWAY FROM THIS IS TO TRY TO LOOK OUT FOR EVERYBODY AROUND YOU.
00:10:51AND JUST TRY TO HELP EVERYBODY OUT AS BEST YOU CAN.
00:10:53>> WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF A
00:10:57LIFEGUARD IN YOUR AREA?
00:10:58>> A LOT OF 16-YEAR-OLDS AND
00:11:0317-YEAR-OLDS. >> AND THERE ARE SOME THAT MAKE
00:11:07IT A PROFESSION.
00:11:08DO YOU HAVE 35, 40, 45-YEAR-OLD LIFEGUARDS?
00:11:14AND THEY LIVE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE ON THE SURF, RIGHT?
00:11:18AND THEY WOULD RATHER DO IT THAN ANYTHING ELSE?
00:11:21I THINK IT IS GREAT. LET'S FINISH ON THIS TOPIC.
00:11:25THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO ME. TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
00:11:28HAPPEN, HE IS A REAL HERO.
00:11:31I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD DO IT.
00:11:35I WOULDN'T, PROBABLY. YOU ARE LUCKY I WASN'T ON SERVICE THAT DAY.
00:11:40BUT HE IS A REAL HERO.
00:11:43HE DID AN AMAZING THING AND HE IS A REAL LUCKY GUY.
00:11:46GOD WAS WATCHING YOU.
00:11:49REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:11:58LIFEGUARDS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS FIRST RESPONDERS. WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT?
00:12:02>> I
00:12:10PRES. TRUMP: WELL, I THINK THEY HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TO GET THAT DONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING. MOST PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT.
00:12:12FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THE QUESTION.
00:12:15BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
00:12:18I'D LIKE TO PUT MY WEIGHT BEHIND
00:12:22IT. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. VERY IMPORTANT. I LIKE THE IDEA. WHY DO YOU ASK THAT QUESTION?
00:12:26I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S
00:12:31BEEN DISCUSSED VERY MUCH? REPORTER: PEOPLE IN CONGRESS
00:12:34HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. PRES. TRUMP: WELL, I THINK IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE,
00:12:37THERE'S A POSSIBILITY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:12:41REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT, YOUR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH IRAN EXPIRES TODAY. ARE YOU ANY CLOSER TO REACHING A
00:12:45FINAL DEAL ON ENDING IRAN'S -- PRES. TRUMP: LET'S FINISH UP
00:12:49WITH RYDER, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'LL ANSWER A COUPLE OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
00:12:52REPORTER:THANK YOU,
00:12:56MR. PRESIDENT. AS A PARENT, I'M VERY CONCERNED
00:13:00WHEN I SEE MOMENTS LIKE THOSE. WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WANT TO REALLY IMPROVE THEIR CHILDREN'S
00:13:04SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER LIKE THIS? PRES. TRUMP: WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE GOING TO THE RIGHT BEACH, NUMBER ONE, AND I THINK
00:13:07YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIFEGUARDS AROUND, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU COULD
00:13:10GO TO THAT WATER.
00:13:15IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL THE DAY. IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY. EVERYTHING NICE. THE WATER DIDN'T LOOK THAT BAD,
00:13:19AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THESE VIOLENT WAVES COME IN. THAT'S WHAT AMAZED ME SO MUCH. I STUDIED IT.
00:13:22I SAID THIS IS INCREDIBLE. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT KIND OF
00:13:26ROUGHNESS IN WATER. I'VE SEEN UNBELIEVABLY, I'VE
00:13:30SEEN TRAGIC THINGS HAPPEN, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN WATER THAT LOOKS
00:13:34SO CALM AND THEN EVERY 15 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, THE VIOLENCE COMES BACK IN.
00:13:38I THINK REALLY YOU PROBABLY HAVE AREAS, I'LL BET YOU HAVE AREAS
00:13:42THAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE, AS
00:13:46YOU CALL THEM, GUARDS, THAT DON'T HAVE. DO YOU THINK, DO YOU, CAN YOU
00:13:50IMAGINE HAVING MORE GUARDS ALONG THE COAST, PARTS OF THE COAST
00:13:54THAT AREN'T GUARDED WHERE PEOPLE
00:13:55DIE?
00:13:59>> YES, CERTAINLY. THE NATIONAL WATER SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE
00:14:02ACTION PLAN BOTH CALL FOR MORE SUPERVISION.
00:14:06PRES. TRUMP: DO WE LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DUE TO LACK OF, YOU KNOW, COVERING AN AREA? >> IT CAN BE CHALLENGING IN SOME
00:14:10OF THOSE SPOTS BECAUSE OF THE
00:14:14ECONOMY TO LIVE THERE IS EXPENSIVE.
00:14:16IT'S A COASTAL BEACH COMMUNITY
00:14:20AND THERE'S MILLION DOLLAR HOMES ON THE BEACH AND OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE MAKING A LITTLE MORE THAN
00:14:24MINIMUM WAGE, BUT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO LIVE IN THOSE SPACES, SO IT'S HARD TO RETAIN
00:14:28EMPLOYEES IN THOSE AREAS. PRES. TRUMP: AS THE LIFEGUARDS GROW OLDER AND THEY WANT TO MAKE
00:14:32THAT A PROFESSION, WHICH IS A
00:14:36NOBLE PROFESSION, THEY MAKE -- MUCH HIGHER SALARIES, RIGHT? >> YES. PRES. TRUMP: THEY MAKE A GOOD
00:14:40LIVING? >> IF THEY BECOME A FULL-TIME LIFEGUARD, WHICH IN OUR DEPARTMENT REQUIRES YOU TO
00:14:44BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.
00:14:47PRES. TRUMP:I SEE. OK. THAT HELPS WITH THAT OTHER
00:14:51QUESTION. >> THAT'S A LIVABLE WAGE AND YOU KNOW THEY CAN BECOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND LIVE WHERE
00:14:55THEY'RE WORKING.
00:14:59AND GIVE BACK. PRES. TRUMP: SO WILL YOU BE DOING IT? YOU HELP SO MUCH WITH RYDER. WILL YOU BE DOING IT AS A
00:15:03PROFESSION, OR WILL YOU BE DOING OTHER THINGS LATER?
00:15:05>> SO I'M ACTUALLY A FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC WITH A
00:15:09FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA, AND I'VE STAYED ON THE BOOKS
00:15:12WITH STATE PARKS BECAUSE I OWE THIS PROGRAM A LOT AND IT'S DONE A LOT FOR ME.
00:15:15PRES. TRUMP: OH, THAT'S GREAT. >> I LOVE BEING HERE HELPING
00:15:19TRAIN PEOPLE LIKE RYDER, SO I PLAN ON STAYING AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S GREAT. GOOD JOB.
00:15:22THAT'S FANTASTIC.
00:15:27REPORTER: A POLICY QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THESE LICENSE PLATE
00:15:31SCANNERS THAT ARE GOING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY'RE CALLED FLOCK CAMERAS. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THE
00:15:35POLICE MIGHT MISUSE THEM. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THEM? WHAT'S YOUR STANCE?
00:15:39PRES. TRUMP: WELL, IT'S BEING STUDIED. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PROS AND CONS, RIGHT?
00:15:42IT'S BEING STUDIED RIGHT NOW.
00:15:44WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER SORT OF AS TO OUR VIEWS ON IT OVER THE NEXT
00:15:48A BOWL OF WEEKS. REPORTER: YOU SAID YOU WOULD
00:15:51RATHER TRAVEL WITH YOUR AIDE
00:15:58NATALIE HART THAN BUILD THE BALLROOM THAN DO YOUR JOB AS PRESIDENT. PRES. TRUMP: YOU MEAN PEE-WEE HERMAN, PEE-WEE HERMAN LOOKALIKE?
00:16:02NO, I WOULD MUCH RATHER DO OTHER THINGS. IT'S A -- WE'RE BUILDING A GREAT
00:16:05FACILITY HERE. WE'RE FIXING A WHITE HOUSE THAT
00:16:08HASN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS. THIS ROOM WAS A DISGRACEFUL
00:16:13SITUATION, THE OVAL OFFICE, AND
00:16:17IT WAS -- IT WAS LET GO. THE WHOLE BUILDING, THE WHITE HOUSE, WAS LET GO. THE EXTERIORS WERE FALLING
00:16:21APART. THE COLUMNS. WERE FALLING APART. THE WHOLE PLACE WAS A MESS.
00:16:25IN ADDITION, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A BALLROOM FOR THE LAST
00:16:28150 YEARS. AND WHEN I SAID I WAS GOING TO
00:16:31BUILD A BALLROOM, THE MILITARY ASKED IF THEY COULD SEE ME, AND THEY SAY, SIR, WE HAVE AN
00:16:35OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN DEEP INTO THE GROUND AND BUILD A MILITARY
00:16:39FACILITY TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND TO GO WITH ALL OF WASHINGTON DC, WHICH WOULD BE SO
00:16:43VALUABLE. AND THEN THEY CAME UP WITH A DRONE PORT ON TOP, WHICH WOULD
00:16:47BE A MAJOR DRONE PORT TO PROTECT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ALL OF DC.
00:16:51AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ADDED UP AND IT BECAME MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BALLROOM, AND I SAID TO
00:16:55MYSELF, WELL, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. I MEAN, IF I WAS JUST GOING TO
00:16:58BUILD A BALLROOM, I COULD HAVE HAD IT BUILT VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I DO THESE.
00:17:02I BUILD VERY WELL AND VERY QUICKLY.
00:17:05WE WENT FIVE STORIES DOWN INTO THE GROUND. WE DID A LOT OF TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR THE MILITARY, THINGS
00:17:08THAT THEY COULD NEVER GET. THEY SAID THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
00:17:11THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING THE BALLROOM.
00:17:15THAT IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO
00:17:17SPEND MORE TIME, WE WOULD LOVE
00:17:21TO BE ABLE -- WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND
00:17:24THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE A BALLROOM AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
00:17:28MANY, MANY YEARS NOW. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WE USED TO
00:17:30USE TENTS, AND THE TENTS ARE USUALLY MADE OF EITHER PLASTIC,
00:17:34A PLASTIC MATERIAL OR CANVAS.
00:17:40AND THEY WOULDN'T STOP A 22 CALIBER. THEY WOULDN'T STOP ANYTHING IN TERMS OF SAFETY. IT'D BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND THEY
00:17:44HAVEN'T USED A TENT FOR YEARS.
00:17:48THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY BIG -- LIKE WE HAVE PRESIDENT XI COMING ON SEPTEMBER 24TH OR SO, I THINK
00:17:51IT'S SEPTEMBER 24TH, AND WE'D
00:17:55LOVE TO HAVE 2,000 PEOPLE COMING
00:17:56TO DINNER AND CELEBRATING A NICE
00:18:00EVENING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT WE ONLY HAVE A ROOM THAT'S
00:18:04GOING TO HOLD 89 PEOPLE. AND 89 PEOPLE IS NOT APPROPRIATE. SO MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S
00:18:07TOTALLY SECURE WITH BULLETPROOF
00:18:09WINDOWS, BULLETPROOF SIDES, IT'S
00:18:12DRONE-PROOF, IT'S MISSILES EVERY -- AT THE TOP OF THE LINE, AND
00:18:16WE NEED IT, AND ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED UNFORTUNATELY TO
00:18:20THE WORLD, YOU COULD SAY, YEAH.
00:18:24REPORTER: THIS MORNING, THIS
00:18:25MORNING YOU SAID YOU WOULD BOMB
00:18:28THE F OUT OF OMAN IF THEY GOT IN THE WAY OF REOPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
00:18:31WOULD YOU SAY YOU'RE OUT OF PATIENCE WITH OMAN AS STRATEGIC PARTNERS? PRES. TRUMP: I DON'T THINK THEY
00:18:35BEHAVED VERY WELL, BUT WE'D HANDLE THEM VARIOUSLY JUST LIKE
00:18:38WE DO OTHERS.
00:18:44REPORTER:MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THERE WAS A REPORT BY CENTER SQUARE THAT NEARLY 2 DOZEN
00:18:48DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERALS MONTHS BEFORE YOUR REELECTION WERE BASICALLY PLANNING ALREADY
00:18:51LAWSUITS AGAINST YOU AND WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOUR COMMENT IS.
00:18:55PRES. TRUMP: I HEARD ABOUT THAT I'M NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY'VE WEAPONIZED THIS COUNTRY
00:18:58LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
00:19:05THE DEMOCRATS AS THEY CALL THEM, THEY'VE WEAPONIZED THE COUNTRY LIKE NOBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. WHEN YOU SEE THE REPORTS THAT
00:19:09ARE COMING OUT NOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN IF I HAD NOT WON THE ELECTION IN A
00:19:13LANDSLIDE, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN IT IF I DIDN'T WIN
00:19:17THE ELECTION. BUT THE REPORTS THAT YOU SEE
00:19:18COMING OUT NOW AND THE KIND OF
00:19:22ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT THEY USED ON THE 2020 ELECTION AND BEYOND
00:19:26IS EARTH SHATTERING. THESE ARE VERY DISHONEST PEOPLE,
00:19:30SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO
00:19:31HEAR THAT.
00:19:36REPORTER: SORRY, BUT THIS IS ON DC. YOU HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE IF THE
00:19:39DEMOCRATS GET IN AGAIN THAT THEY
00:19:41MAY ELIMINATE THE FILIBUSTER
00:19:45NEXT TIME AND MAKE DC A STATE. A WHILE BACK, SENATOR MIKE LEE
00:19:47AND FLOATED --
00:19:51PRES. TRUMP:IT WOULDN'T BE. I MEAN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT US, WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, A VERY
00:19:55RADICALLY LEFT PERSON ELECTED MAYOR WHO I HAVEN'T MET. I'M SURE SHE'S VERY NICE, BUT
00:19:58VERY, VERY, VERY RADICAL LEFT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FEDERALIZE DC.
00:20:02YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE DC GREAT. WHEN I GOT HERE, IT WAS A VERY
00:20:06DANGEROUS CAPITAL. I WOULD HAVE SAID TO RYDER,
00:20:10DON'T COME. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. NOW I CAN SAY YOU CAN WALK DOWN
00:20:13THE STREET. YOU CAN GRAB NATHANIEL AND ALL
00:20:16YOUR FRIENDS. YOU CAN WALK IN. YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY SAFE.
00:20:20BUT IF YOU WERE HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE NUMBERS WERE HORRIBLE.
00:20:23THE CRIME STATS, THE MURDERS,
00:20:25THE DEATH, THE DRUG DEALING,
00:20:30EVERYTHING WAS -- WE HAVE ONE OF THE SAFEST. WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM ONE OF THE
00:20:34MOST UNSAFE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO AS SAFE A CITY AS THERE IS. AMAZING WHAT'S HAPPENED TO WASHINGTON AND IT'S OUR CAPITAL.
00:20:38WE HAVE TO HAVE A SAFE CAPITAL AND WE DID IT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT WE ALSO
00:20:42PUT THE NATIONAL GUARD HERE.
00:20:44BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CLEANLINESS, THE NEW GRASS, THE
00:20:48GRAFFITI'S ALL GONE. WE FIXED UP 82 MONUMENTS,
00:20:52FOUNTAINS, AND OTHER THINGS.
00:20:56THE PLACES, AND WHEN YOU SEE IT IN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN BEYOND THAT.
00:21:00WE'RE PROUD OF OUR CAPITOL.
00:21:03-- CAPITAL. I THINK THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT WHETHER YOU BUILD, WHETHER YOU DO SOMETHING TO FIX
00:21:08THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'VE NEVER HAD A REAL
00:21:11ESTATE DEVELOPER, A GOOD ONE, A REAL GOOD ONE HERE BEFORE, THEY
00:21:14MIGHT NOT EVER HAVE ONE AGAIN.
00:21:17BUT YOU KNOW, FIXING UP OUR
00:21:21GREAT CAPITAL IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICALLY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FROM THE
00:21:24STANDPOINT OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE
00:21:26TO COME TO THE COUNTRY AND NOT GET MURDERED IN THE CAPITAL.
00:21:30PEOPLE WOULD COME HERE. WE HAD ONE OF THE WORST, ONE OF THE MOST UNSAFE CITIES IN THE
00:21:34COUNTRY.
00:21:35NOW WE HAVE ONE OF THE SAFEST.
00:21:40JUST TO FINISH, WE HAD A REAL PROBLEM WITH RESTAURANTS. NOBODY WANTED TO HAVE RESTAURANTS, ENTREPRENEURS,
00:21:44RESTAURANT ENTREPRENEURS. NOW YOU CAN'T GET SPACE.
00:21:47EVERY RESTAURANT IS PACKED. THE PLACE IS BOOMING.
00:21:50PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO GET
00:21:54MUGGED AND RAPED BEAT TO HELL AND SHOT AND KILLED IN WASHINGTON DC, ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES.
00:21:58CRIME IS DOWN 84%. AND I DID THAT IN A SHORT PERIOD
00:22:02OF TIME.
00:22:04IT'S ALSO DOWN IN MEMPHIS WHERE
00:22:08WE WENT, SPECIFICALLY, AND IT'S ALSO DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS. I WAS ASKED BY THE GOVERNOR, COULD I DO SOMETHING BECAUSE
00:22:12THEY WERE HAVING MARDI GRAS. IT WAS VERY BAD AND THEY HAD THE BEST MARDI GRAS THEY'VE EVER
00:22:16HAD, THE SAFEST MARDI GRAS THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD, AND WE COULD DO IT IN NEW YORK.
00:22:20WE COULD DO IT IN CALIFORNIA, WE COULD DO IT IN CHICAGO IF WE
00:22:23WERE ASKED TO DO IT.
00:22:25BUT THE CRIME STATS IN THE WHOLE
00:22:28COUNTRY, WE HAVE DOWN 15, 16,
00:22:3317%, A RECORD. REPORTER: WHY HASN'T KIM JONG UN
00:22:37RESPONDED TO YOUR REQUEST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION? PRES. TRUMP: HOW DO YOU KNOW HE
00:22:40HASN'T RESPONDED? REPORTER: HAS HE?
00:22:44PRES. TRUMP: YES, HE HAS.
00:22:51HE IS VERY POSITIVE. WELL, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND,
00:22:55WITH SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREA HAS BEEN PROTECTED BY US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND DURING MY FIRST TERM THEY AGREED
00:23:00TO PAY CLOSE TO $3 BILLION A YEAR FOR PROTECTION BECAUSE WE
00:23:03DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY ESSENTIALLY WEREN'T PAYING. AND I ASKED THEM TO DO THAT AT
00:23:06MY REQUEST.
00:23:09THEY WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT THEY AGREED.
00:23:12I ASKED FOR $10 BILLION AND THEY
00:23:17WERE VERY UNHAPPY, BUT WE AGREED FOR A SHORT TERM THAT IT WOULD BE $3 BILLION AND NEXT YEAR IT
00:23:21WOULD GO UP AND THE NEXT YEAR IT WOULD GO UP, SO THEY START PAYING FOR THEIR PROTECTION.
00:23:25WHEN THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED AND I ENDED UP WATCHING FOR FOUR
00:23:29YEARS AND THEN COMING BACK, I WATCHED BIDEN RESCIND THAT $3
00:23:33BILLION HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
00:23:37WHEN I CALLED RECENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA, WHO I
00:23:41LIKE, I THINK HE'S VERY NICE ACTUALLY, BUT I CALLED HIM, I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A LITTLE HAND?
00:23:44WE DON'T NEED HELP WITH IRAN, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US A
00:23:48HAND WITH IRAN, HE SAID, NO THANKS. AND I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, WE
00:23:53HAVE 39,000 SOLDIERS OVER THERE GUARDING YOU FROM KIM JONG UN,
00:23:57YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
00:24:00AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELP US
00:24:02ON A VERY EASY MILITARY
00:24:06OPERATION IN IRAN? THAT'S STRANGE. NO, NO, WE'D RATHER NOT GET INVOLVED. I SAY, WELL, WHY ARE WE INVOLVED
00:24:10IN HELPING YOU?
00:24:13SO -- AND I WANT TO HELP THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ASK
00:24:17SOMEBODY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A HAND, AND THEY SAY NO
00:24:19THANKS, AND THEN WE'RE GUARDING
00:24:21THEM FROM A COUNTRY AND PAYING
00:24:24OURSELVES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT'S COSTING US BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PROTECT
00:24:28NOT ONLY THEM. BUT OTHER COUNTRIES. LOOK AT NATO.
00:24:32WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
00:24:35DOLLARS PROTECTING EUROPE FROM RUSSIA, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS,
00:24:39MOSTLY FROM RUSSIA, BUT FROM OTHER THINGS TOO.
00:24:43AND THEN THEY SAY, WELL, THEY
00:24:45DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH
00:24:48GETTING, YOU KNOW, GUARDING THE STRAIT WHERE THEY GET MOST OF THEIR OIL.
00:24:52THEY GET 50% OF THEIR OIL AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED. WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
00:24:56SO ALL I WANT IS FAIRNESS AND SOUTH KOREA, I GET ALONG WITH
00:24:59THEM VERY WELL, BUT THEY WERE PAYING $3 BILLION A YEAR.
00:25:03AND THEN THEY CONVINCED BIDEN THAT I WAS PROBABLY A BAD PERSON AND THEY SHOULDN'T, AND HE
00:25:07IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED THAT
00:25:11ORDER. SO WE WERE GETTING PAID. WE WOULD'VE BEEN GETTING PAID A LOT MORE, BUT WE CAN'T GO AROUND
00:25:15AND PROTECT ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN
00:25:17THEY'RE NOT THERE TO HELP US.
00:25:23REPORTER: THE EXPIRATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ARE
00:25:26YOU ANY CLOSER TODAY TO REACHING A FINAL DEAL TO END IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
00:25:30PRES. TRUMP: THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE KIND OF A DEAL THAT I FEEL IS NECESSARY.
00:25:34LOOK, WE'RE IN THERE FOR ONE REASON. IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR
00:25:38WEAPON.
00:25:43YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND THEY WON'T HAVE A NUCLEAR
00:25:46WEAPON. AND RIGHT NOW THEM BUILDING ONE AFTER WHAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY
00:25:50WITH THE B-2 BOMBERS GOING TO --
00:25:53GOING TO BE A LONG TIME WE HAVE. BUT IRAN CANNOT HAVE, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. THEY CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR
00:25:57WEAPON.
00:25:59REPORTER: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO FOLKS WHO SAY THAT YOU ARE PRIORITIZING THE INTERESTS OF
00:26:03ADVERSARIES IN NORTH KOREA OVER OUR LONGTIME PARTNERS BY SCALING
00:26:06BACK MILITARY HELP?
00:26:09PRES. TRUMP: NO, I'M MAKING IT MUCH SAFER, YOU SEE, I'M ACTUALLY MAKING IT MUCH SAFER.
00:26:13KIM JONG UN HAS ALWAYS TREATED
00:26:14ME WITH GREAT RESPECT, AND WE
00:26:19MET ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS,
00:26:21ACTUALLY TWO PRIMARY OCCASIONS,
00:26:25SPOKEN AND SPENT TIME. I UNDERSTAND HIM.
00:26:28HE UNDERSTANDS ME.
00:26:31YOU'RE DOING WAR GAMES. I GET ALONG WITH HIM, YOU KNOW. HE DIDN'T LIKE BIDEN.
00:26:35HE DIDN'T LIKE OBAMA. HE DIDN'T LIKE ANYBODY, BUT I
00:26:39GET ALONG WITH HIM VERY WELL. NO, WHAT I'M DOING IS MAKING THINGS SAFER.
00:26:42JUST THE OPPOSITE.
00:26:46QUIET. QUIET. YOU'RE VERY DISRESPECTFUL IN
00:26:49FRONT OF THIS YOUNG MAN. OK, DON'T YOU FIND HER DISRESPECTFUL?
00:26:53HE UNDERSTANDS. QUIET. WHO ARE YOU WITH?
00:26:57REPORTER: I'M WITH CNN. PRES. TRUMP: FAKE NEWS. YOU'RE FAKE NEWS. YOU ARE A LOUD, BOISTEROUS
00:27:01PERSON. YOU'RE FAKE NEWS. BE QUIET.
00:27:05BE QUIET, BE QUIET. YOU'RE A FAKE REPORTER AND YOU
00:27:09REPORT FAKE NEWS.
00:27:11GO AHEAD.
00:27:16REPORTER:MR. PRESIDENT, IS THERE ENOUGH FOOD ON THE U.S.S.
00:27:20LINCOLN? PRES. TRUMP: YES. THAT WAS A CNN FAKE REPORT.
00:27:23THE LINCOLN HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, A GOOD
00:27:26PERIOD OF TIME, BUT OVER THE
00:27:31YEARS WE'VE HAD THEM OUT THERE MUCH LONGER. I WAS AT A GROUP MEETING AND AN
00:27:33ADMIRAL CAME UP TO SEE ME OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IT WAS AT A BIG
00:27:36GROUP, AND HE HAPPENED TO BE AN ADMIRAL RETIRED. HE SAID, I'VE BEEN ON SHIPS THAT
00:27:39ARE OUT THERE MUCH LONGER THAN THAT, SIR, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ON
00:27:42THE LINCOLN. THEY SAY IT'S BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED AND BEAUTIFULLY TAKEN
00:27:45CARE OF.
00:27:47AND OTHER PEOPLE WENT OUT AND THEY FOUND OUT TO BE TRUE.
00:27:51IT WAS FAKE NEWS REPORTING FROM
00:27:52CNN.
00:27:55REPORTER: THERE IS A REPORT THAT A SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL WITH THE CCP JUST BOUGHT A
00:27:59HISTORICAL BUILDING OVERLOOKING THE WHITE HOUSE. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS?
00:28:02PRES. TRUMP: NO, I HAVEN'T.
00:28:07REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT. PRES. TRUMP:GO AHEAD.
00:28:11BEHIND YOU. REPORTER: THE PRIME MINISTER RECENTLY REPORTEDLY SENT A TEXT
00:28:15TO SOMEONE IMPERSONATING SUSIE WILES. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HIS
00:28:18JUDGMENT OR THE STATE OF
00:28:21COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES? PRES. TRUMP: NO, BUT WHO HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED?
00:28:25THEY SEND TEXT? REPORTER: SOMEONE WAS
00:28:27IMPERSONATING SUSIE WILES. PRES. TRUMP: I'M SURE THAT HE
00:28:31HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION.
00:28:38I SPOKE TO HIM. WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION, A COUPLE OF THEM. WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION. ONE OF THE THINGS HE IS GOING TO
00:28:42DO, I THINK HE'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE NORTH SEA.
00:28:46THAT WILL MAKE THE UK PRETTY
00:28:47RICH, I'LL TELL YOU.
00:28:51IF HE OPENED UP THE NORTH SEA, NOW HE'S GOT AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM AND HE HAS AN ENERGY PROBLEM.
00:28:55HE WOULD HAVE SOLVED ONE OF HIS PROBLEMS. THAT WOULD BE A BIG THING.
00:28:59THAT WOULD MAKE UK RICH. IF YOU OPEN UP THE NORTH SEA, IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT FINDS
00:29:02ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IF THEY WOULD OPEN UP THE NORTH
00:29:05SEA, UK WOULD BE RICH AGAIN.
00:29:09REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT. PRES. TRUMP: DON'T YOU FIND THEM
00:29:12NICE?
00:29:15NICE PEOPLE, RIGHT? HE IS SAYING WHERE DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS COME FROM?
00:29:20YOUR SON IS SAYING, WHERE DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS COME FROM? GO AHEAD.
00:29:24ESPECIALLY HER. REPORTER: PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:29:28OPPOSING THE BALLROOM AND CHALLENGING IT, THEY OFFERED ANY
00:29:32SORT OF SOLUTION OR SORT OF COMPROMISE, OR ARE THEY JUST SAYING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE --
00:29:35PRES. TRUMP: THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING THE BALLROOM ARE PEOPLE
00:29:39THAT, IN MY OPINION, ARE VERY DISLOYAL TO OUR COUNTRY, VERY,
00:29:42VERY DISLOYAL TO OUR COUNTRY. AND I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
00:29:45WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WE'RE UNDER BUDGET.
00:29:49IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM OF ITS KIND, YOU KNOW. WHEN I WAS IN CHINA, WE WENT TO
00:29:53THE GREAT HALL OF CHINA. IT WAS THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
00:29:57AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO
00:30:00ARE GETTING TREMENDOUS MILITARY PROTECTION, DRONE PROTECTION.
00:30:04THE BUILDING IS DRONE PROOF. IT'S MISSILE PROOF AS MUCH AS
00:30:08SOMETHING CAN BE MISSILE PROOF. IT'S TOTALLY BULLETPROOF.
00:30:12ANY BULLET, NOTHING CAN GO THROUGH THE WINDOWS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL TOP OF
00:30:16THE LINE STUFF.
00:30:22IT'S VERY SAFE. AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING, IT'S NOT FOR ME BECAUSE I'M
00:30:25GOING TO BE HERE A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN IT FINISHES,
00:30:28IF IT FINISHES RIGHT ON TIME, ON
00:30:29BUDGET, ON TIME, I'LL BE THERE
00:30:36FOR FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS. THIS IS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS. THIS ISN'T FOR ME.
00:30:39THIS IS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS, AND IT'S A GIFT. WE'RE MAKING A GIFT TO OUR
00:30:42COUNTRY, SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD A
00:30:44BALLROOM.
00:30:46AND IT'S A GIFT FROM GREAT
00:30:48PATRIOTS OF THIS COUNTRY, FROM, AS AN EXAMPLE, I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU NAMES.
00:30:52I'VE RELEASED SOME OF THE NAMES IN FACT, I WANTED TO PUT THEM OUT TODAY, BUT WE GOT A LITTLE
00:30:56BUSY, AND THIS WAS, FRANKLY, BEING WITH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT
00:31:00WE'LL BE PUTTING THEM OUT, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTED.
00:31:05BUT THIS IS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:31:08NO TAXPAYER MONEY IS NECESSARY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
00:31:12FINEST BALLROOM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
00:31:15NEEDED. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GET
00:31:19TO USE IT VERY MUCH BECAUSE BY THE TIME IT'S COMPLETED, I'LL
00:31:23HAVE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS LEFT, THREE MONTHS, WHO KNOWS.
00:31:27BUT WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST OF IT IN THE WORLD OF ITS KIND IN THE
00:31:31WORLD. THERE'LL BE NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD. IT FITS BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:31:35IT'S GOTTEN FANTASTIC REVIEWS, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWS. PEOPLE THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE,
00:31:39AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL SAY WOW, THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING. AND THAT'S WHAT THE UNITED
00:31:42STATES IS ALL ABOUT. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE BALLROOM,
00:31:46WE'RE BUILDING A GREAT MILITARY COMPLEX.
00:31:50THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED THE LAWSUIT, THE HEAD PERSON, I
00:31:53BELIEVE, WAS FIRED. AND SHE WAS FIRED FROM ANOTHER
00:31:57EVENT JUST BEFORE THAT, AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED IT.
00:32:01IT'S A NATIONAL TRUST, BUT THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC
00:32:03PRESERVATION.
00:32:07NOW, THEY SAY IT'S A UNITED STATES. THEY USE THE WORD UNITED STATES, BUT IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE UNITED STATES.
00:32:10IN FACT, THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T EVEN CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
00:32:14IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT STOPPED CONTRIBUTING WHEN
00:32:18THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NOTHING BUT TROUBLEMAKERS YEARS AGO. IT STOPPED CONTRIBUTING.
00:32:22SO THIS ISN'T LIKE AN OFFICIAL UNITED STATES BUREAU OR UNITED
00:32:26STATES AGENCY.
00:32:28THEY STOPPED CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATIONAL TRUST, AND IT'S CALLED THE NATIONAL TRUST.
00:32:32IT HAS THIS GREAT NAME, NATIONAL
00:32:34TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
00:32:36THEY'RE A BUNCH OF TROUBLEMAKERS THAT THE UNITED STATES MANY
00:32:41YEARS AGO, LONG BEFORE ME, STOPPED CONTRIBUTING TO.
00:32:44THE WOMAN THAT STARTED IT WAS FIRED.
00:32:48SHE'S NO LONGER THERE, SO THIS IS THE REMNANTS OF IT.
00:32:51AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP SOMETHING, AND THEY WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT
00:32:55THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP SOMETHING
00:32:56THAT'S ALMOST COMPLETED.
00:33:00WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU SAY WHEN THEY BROUGHT A SUIT, WHY DIDN'T THEY BRING THE SUIT A YEAR
00:33:03BEFORE? WHY DID THEY BRING THE SUIT IN
00:33:05THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION WHEN
00:33:08$400 MILLION ALMOST IS SPENT ON ITS CONSTRUCTION?
00:33:11WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE STARTED
00:33:15THE SUIT A YEAR EARLIER, EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE, I MEAN IT WAS NO SECRET.
00:33:19EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IT WAS TAKING PLACE, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
00:33:23BUT THE NATIONAL TRUST IS VERY
00:33:25DISLOYAL TO THE COUNTRY BECAUSE
00:33:29THEY REVEAL THINGS. YOU KNOW, I SAID THE PROBLEM WITH THE SUIT, I TOLD THEM THIS,
00:33:33IS THAT WE HAVE MANY MILITARY THINGS IN THIS BALLROOM, AND IDEALLY THEY SHOULDN'T BE REVEALED, BUT NOW THEY ARE REVEALED, SO THE WORLD KNOWS
00:33:37ABOUT IT. THAT'S OK. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
00:33:41THEY'RE VERY DISLOYAL, BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.
00:33:45WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND SOMEBODY AND MANY PRESIDENTS ARE
00:33:49GOING TO USE IT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS IT'S EVER
00:33:53RECEIVED.
00:33:56REPORTER: ONE MORE. LAST WEEK YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD SOON DECLARE THE STRAIT OF
00:34:00HORMUZ TO BE A TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. COULD YOU ELABORATE? PRES. TRUMP: WELL, I THINK IT'S
00:34:04A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, I MEAN, WE CONTROL IT. WE CONTROL IT WITH THE BLOCKADE
00:34:06WE HAVE A BLOCKADE.
00:34:08WE CONTROL IT WITH THE BLOCKADE, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DECLARING
00:34:12IT A TERRITORY. WE HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT NOW.
00:34:17THEY CAN BE A NUISANCE. THEY CAN PUT A MINE IN THE WATER, AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
00:34:21HAVING MINES HIT THEIR BILLION DOLLAR SHIPS, YOU KNOW, ETC.
00:34:25BUT THE BLOCKADE HAS BEEN VERY
00:34:26EFFECTIVE AND YOU KNOW WE'RE
00:34:30TAKING OUT -- NOW MAYBE THAT WILL STOP OR MAYBE IT'LL OPEN UP
00:34:34EVEN FURTHER -- BUT WE'RE TAKING OUT MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL A WEEK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF
00:34:37NUMBERS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING -- THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS
00:34:41OPEN. AND THE OIL PRICES ARE COMING DOWN AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
00:34:44COME DOWN UNLESS WE DECIDE TO DO
00:34:49SOMETHING FAR MORE DRASTIC THAN WE'RE DOING. IRAN IS IN BIG TROUBLE.
00:34:52THEY HAVE 300% INFLATION.
00:34:57THE COUNTRY IS A MESS AND THE MILITARY IS TOTALLY DEFEATED.
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