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00:00:21>> NEXT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS
00:00:26AT THE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION SITE, SIGNING THE
00:00:29FINAL STEEL BEAM BEFORE IT WAS
00:00:34LIFTED INTO PLACE. HE TOOK QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS
00:00:38ON ELECTION RESULTS IN THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN.
00:00:43PRES. TRUMP: OVER HERE YOU HAVE MAGNIFICENT COLUMNS.
00:00:56THEY ARE TALLER AND EVEN MORE MAGNIFICENT.
00:00:59BEAUTIFUL LIMESTONE. CURRENT DID.
00:01:04THE CORINTHIAN DESIGN.
00:01:06IT IS CONSIDERED THE CREME DE LA CREME.
00:01:11WHEN WILL THEY BE COMING? NEXT WEEK?
00:01:15YOU ARE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK? THAT IS GOOD.
00:01:19THAT IS WAY AHEAD. YOU ARE DOING GOOD. THANK YOU.
00:01:23[APPLAUSE]
00:01:32FOR THE MEDIA, YOU CAN SEE
00:01:37ESSENTIALLY A BEAUTIFUL GLASS TO
00:01:39COME INTO THE BALLROOM FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:01:44USING THE CURRENT BALLROOM, WHICH IS A TINY ROOM THAT HOLDS
00:01:4890 PEOPLE. USING THE CURRENT ROOM FOR
00:01:52COCKTAILS, ETC. YOU WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS
00:01:56STRUCTURE. A STRUCTURE THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DONE.
00:02:02THE CEILINGS ARE OVER 50 FEET HIGH. A FIVE-STORY BUILDING.
00:02:06I DOUBT THERE IS A BALLROOM IN THE COUNTRY WITH A 50 FOOT
00:02:10CEILING. YOU WILL BE ABLE HAVE DINNERS
00:02:13FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU WANT. WE HAD KING CHARLES HERE AND
00:02:16WERE VERY RESTRICTED. THEY SAID COULD WE HAVE ABOUT
00:02:21350 OF OUR PEOPLE.
00:02:23WE DO NOT HOLD 350, WE HOLD 98.
00:02:27HAVING 350 IS A LITTLE TOUGH.
00:02:31WE HAD PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA.
00:02:33HE LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN HE
00:02:37WAS AMAZED WHEN HE LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE. HE FOUND THE HELIPAD.
00:02:43THE HELIPAD HAS BEEN AMAZING.
00:02:46IT IS A GREAT THING OF BEAUTY TO BE ABLE TO FLY OVER THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:02:50IT IS SO GOOD I NEVER EVEN GOT SUED.
00:02:54NORMALLY I GOT SUED.
00:02:56PEOPLE SUE ME ALL THE TIME.
00:02:59THEY WERE DOING THE ARCH. MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL.
00:03:03AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING THE
00:03:07NATIONAL GUARD AND, WHICH WILL BE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
00:03:09WE ARE UPGRADING THE TRASH
00:03:14ISLAND. THEY HAVE A TERRIBLE GOLF COURSE.
00:03:17WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
00:03:21I DO NOT THINK THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
00:03:26WE WILL HAVE U.S. OPENS. IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
00:03:30IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL. .
00:03:33WE HAVE BEAUTIFIED WASHINGTON83
00:03:37MONUMENTS, STATUES, ETC.
00:03:39WE OPENED UP THE REFLECTING POOL.
00:03:42IT OPENED IN 1922 AND IT NEVER WORKED.
00:03:46IT ALWAYS LEAKED. NOW IT IS NOT LEAKING.
00:03:51WE HAD VANDALS WHO DID A LOT OF DAMAGE. REAL SCUM.
00:03:56IT IS NOW OPEN AND LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
00:03:59IT WILL BE WITH US A LONG TIME.
00:04:01WE DID A TOTAL OF 83 MONUMENTS
00:04:04AND STATUES AND FOUNTAINS.
00:04:08MANY HAD GRAFFITI ON THEM FOR 50 YEARS.
00:04:12FOR THE MOST PART, NONE OF THEM WORKED IN ALL OF WASHINGTON.
00:04:15WE BEAUTIFIED IT. WE GOT RID OF THE HOMELESS
00:04:19ENCAMPMENTS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REDOING
00:04:22THE AREA.
00:04:25IT WILL BE GRAFFITI -- YOU SEE
00:04:29THE BUILDING, THE GRAFFITI ALL OVER IT. IT IS A DISGRACE.
00:04:33WHEN YOU HAVE LIMESTONE, IT
00:04:37SINKS A LITTLE BIT, NOT GOOD.
00:04:42GRANITE IS A LOT EASIER. THIS IS A SPECIAL STRUCTURE.
00:04:48IT IS GOING TO BE NOT ONLY ONE
00:04:49OF THE BIGGEST BUT IT WILL BE
00:04:52THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM IN THE WORLD.
00:04:56FOR THE MEDIA, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT IT.
00:04:59THIS IS 525 PEOPLE AND THEY REALLY WORK HARD.
00:05:05STEEL WORKERS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PIECE OF
00:05:09STEEL. EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM SIGNED IT.
00:05:13NOW JUST A STEELWORKERS.
00:05:17THE PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS. I WILL BE THE LAST TO SIGN IT.
00:05:21DID YOU SIGN IT?
00:05:24I WANT TO THANK -- YOU HAVE DONE
00:05:27A FANTASTIC JOB.
00:05:29LET'S GET IT FINISHED FIRST. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AHEAD OF
00:05:34SCHEDULE, UNDER BUDGET. EVERYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
00:05:39THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS AN EXAMPLE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
00:05:43I DIDN'T DO IT.
00:05:47IT IS A SHAME WHAT IS GOING ON.
00:05:49WITH THE WASTE, FRAUD AND STUPIDITY.
00:05:54OVER $3 BILLION FOR A SMALL BUILDING.
00:05:58$3 BILLION. WHAT HAPPENS AT THE FEDERAL
00:06:03RESERVE IS A DISGRACE. AND THEN THEY TELL YOU ABOUT
00:06:06INTEREST RATES. THEY CANNOT BUILD A SIMPLE
00:06:11BUILDING. THEY CANNOT RENOVATE A BUILDING BUT THEY WILL TELL YOU ABOUT INTEREST RATES -- AND THEY TELL
00:06:15YOU WRONG, UNFORTUNATELY. I GREW UP WITH YOU.
00:06:20MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT FORM.
00:06:23MAYBE GENETICALLY, YOUR FATHER'S
00:06:27OR YOUR MOTHER'S SPIRIT
00:06:31-- YOUR FATHERS FOR YOUR
00:06:35MOTHERS.
00:06:38THESE BEAMS ARE AMONG THE HEAVIEST EVER SET.
00:06:44IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ROOF, THAT ROOF COULD ACTUALLY HOLD
00:06:47HELICOPTERS ON IT. AS BIG AS THE YARD.
00:06:54A HELICOPTER WOULD TOUCH THAT ROOF AND DROP RIGHT THROUGH THE CEILING.
00:06:58YOU COULD PUT AS MANY HELICOPTERS AS YOU WANT ON THE
00:07:02ROOF. IT IS POWERFUL.
00:07:06IT IS DRONE PROOF, MISSILE
00:07:07PROOF, BULLETPROOF. THE GLASS IS BULLETPROOF AND
00:07:10DRONE PROOF.
00:07:11NO DRONE CAN PIER SAID, NO
00:07:15BULLET CAN PEERS IT. YOU WILL SEE IT COMING.
00:07:20IT IS THIS THICK.
00:07:23AND YET IT IS PERFECT VISION.
00:07:26IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THAT.
00:07:30A SMALL MISSILE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU CAN TAKE A
00:07:34LOOK AT IT, PUT IT IN FRONT OF
00:07:37YOUR FACE AND SEE THROUGH IT JUST LIKE I'M SEEING YOU RIGHT NOW.
00:07:41AMAZING STUFF, THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE TODAY.
00:07:45YOU HAVE CEILINGS THAT ARE DRONE PROOF, MISSILE PROOF, BULLETPROOF.
00:07:50THE FLOOR IS VERY THICK.
00:07:54FROM UNDERNEATH IT IS DESIGNED
00:07:56IN A SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN WASHINGTON.
00:08:01WHEN WE ARE HAVING A DINNER,
00:08:03THIS WILL BE THE SAFEST PLACE. YOU COULD HAVE WORLD LEADERS,
00:08:07PRESIDENTS. THEY HAVE WANTED A MUCH BIGGER
00:08:10SPACE FOR 150 YEARS.
00:08:15WHAT THEY NEVER INTENDED WAS GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
00:08:18THIS WILL BE VERY SAFE. LET PEOPLE DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
00:08:24THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL BUILDING.
00:08:28STRUCTURALLY, THE MOST POWERFUL BUILDING EVER BUILT.
00:08:30IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY SO THE PRESIDENT CAN HAVE SAFETY.
00:08:36THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA, RUSSIA, OR ANYPLACE ELSE, HAVING DINNER
00:08:41WITH THEM. 2000 GUESTS.
00:08:462500 GUESTS, TOTALLY SAFE.
00:08:49IT IS IMPERVIOUS. I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE
00:08:53DONE IS AMAZING. WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING WILL BE FINISHED SOON.
00:08:56OUR PART IS DONE.
00:09:00THE ONE THING I'M MOST FASCINATED WITH IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE UNDERNEATH.
00:09:05IT GOES DOWN FIVE STORIES.
00:09:07THE MILITARY CAME TO ME AND THEY
00:09:10SAID, SIR, WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY AT THE WHITE
00:09:13HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS FRAGILE. GOING UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING
00:09:17WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. WE DID EVERYTHING THEY WANTED.
00:09:22THEY SAID THAT HAS BEEN THEIR
00:09:24DREAM FOR 50 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN THE DREAM OF
00:09:28PRESIDENTS TO HAVE A BALLROOM FOR 150 YEARS.
00:09:33WE ARE BUILDING A DRONE PORT THAT HOLDS AS MANY DRONES AS YOU WANT.
00:09:37OVER 100 DRONES AT THE MAXIMUM
00:09:41SIZE, WEIGHT IS NO PROBLEM.
00:09:46YOU SEE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POWER OF THE STRUCTURE.
00:09:49NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE LIGHT STEEL.
00:09:54YOU CAN BARELY WALK ON IT. IT IS DANGEROUS.
00:09:58THIS IS A STRUCTURAL ROOF THAT IS RARELY DONE.
00:10:01THE SPAN IS SO LONG THAT IT IS
00:10:04HARD TO DO STRUCTURALLY. WE ORDERED THE MARBLE FOR THE FLOOR.
00:10:09THE MARBLE IS REALLY MAGNIFICENT.
00:10:13PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFTER IT FOR 50 YEARS.
00:10:18THE OWNER OF THE QUARRY DID NOT WANT TO SELL IT.
00:10:22HE LIKED ME AND HE WAS SO
00:10:25HONORED TO BE DOING IT FOR THE COUNTRY, FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:10:30THE MARBLE FLOOR, YOU WILL SEE, IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MARBLE YOU
00:10:34WILL EVER SEE. THIS IS A VEIN THAT EVERYONE
00:10:38WANTED FOR A LONG TIME.
00:10:40I GOT ITS AND I GOT IT FOR THE
00:10:43BALLROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.
00:10:47YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF GLASS.
00:10:50YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT THE TREASURY BUILDING, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE.
00:10:54YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. .
00:10:57IF YOU LOOK BACK THERE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:11:01YOU HAVE NORTH AND SOUTH. THE KITCHEN IS UNDERNEATH.
00:11:06I PUT THE KITCHEN ON TOP. LARGE STAIRCASE IS COMING FROM
00:11:10THE KITCHEN. IF I PUT THE KITCHEN ON TOP, YOU
00:11:14WOULD LOSE THREE WALLS, BECAUSE
00:11:17THE KITCHEN TAKES ABOUT 30% OF THE SPACE.
00:11:22THE KITCHEN IS THE SPACE YOU HAVE UNDERNEATH, AND IT WILL BE TOP-OF-THE-LINE.
00:11:26THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING
00:11:27BUILT LIKE THIS. . IT IS FOR THE COUNTRY AND IT IS
00:11:31FREE -- YOU GOT IT FREE OF CHARGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:11:36SOME GREAT PATRIOTS HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF MONEY TO GET IT BUILT.
00:11:39WE DID NOT USE TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO BUILD THE BALLROOM.
00:11:44WHEN IT IS COMPLETED IT WILL BE THE BEST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:11:49WHEN I WAS IN CHINA, WE WENT TO
00:11:52THE GREAT HALL OF CHINA. IT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:11:56THIS IS ACTUALLY LARGER. IT WILL BE THE MOST MAGNIFICENT.
00:12:02WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING BETWEEN THE MARBLES AND THE
00:12:07BRONZES, TOP-OF-THE-LINE.
00:12:10OUR TOP ARCHITECTS.
00:12:14WE HAVE ANOTHER MAN WHO HAS WORKED WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME.
00:12:17WE ARE THE ONES THAT NOT CLEANED UP WASHINGTON IN TERMS OF
00:12:22GRAFFITI AND OPENED UP THE
00:12:25STATUES AND THE FOUNTAINS, FIXED EVERYTHING UP AND MADE A
00:12:29BEAUTIFUL, AND EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT A MAN WHO HELPED
00:12:32US A LOT WITH CRIME, BECAUSE CRIME IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT NOW
00:12:36IN WASHINGTON. WE WENT FROM ONE OF THE MOST
00:12:40UNSAFE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
00:12:45PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG, PEOPLE SAY
00:12:50THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
00:12:54WE HAVE A WHITE HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK TO WORK.
00:12:56WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO YEARS AGO, THE FIRST TERM WAS
00:13:00DIFFERENT.
00:13:05THE CRIME DEVELOPED DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. IT MIGHT HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH
00:13:12COVID. IT WAS A KILLING FIELD, WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:13:14WE WERE TOGETHER WITH EXPERTS AND BROUGHT IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
00:13:18WE HAVE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:13:23ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
00:13:25AGAIN, THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE
00:13:30YOUNG MEN WOULD LEAVE IOWA, COME
00:13:32TO SEE THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
00:13:34WASHINGTON MONUMENT, JEFFERSON,
00:13:38COME TO SEE THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY WOULD CALL THEIR PARENTS
00:13:42AND SAY, SORRY, YOUR SON HAS BEEN KILLED.
00:13:46THEY SENT THE SON HOME IN A
00:13:52CASKET -- OR THE DAUGHTER.
00:13:53LOSING THREE PEOPLE A WEEK.
00:13:57THREE MURDERS A WEEK BY SAVAGES. WE MOVED THEM OUT.
00:14:00WE MOVED OVER 5000 PEOPLE OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO CAME
00:14:04THROUGH OVER THE OPEN BORDERS. THEY CAME IN VICIOUSLY AND VIOLENTLY.
00:14:10WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEM.
00:14:15I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. WHO DOES?
00:14:17WE GOT THEM OUT OF HERE.
00:14:21SOME WERE SO VIOLENT, SOME KILLED MANY PEOPLE.
00:14:25WE HATE TO TAKE THE COST OF HAVING THEM IN JAIL FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
00:14:30WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK.
00:14:34SPEAKING OF BEING ABLE TO COME
00:14:36BACK, FOR THE LAST 17 MONTHS,
00:14:40ZERO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED INTO OUR COUNTRY.
00:14:46ZERO. WHICH IS SOMETHING NOBODY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
00:14:49WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:14:53PEOPLE ARE COMING TO WASHINGTON. ALL THE RESTAURANTS WERE CLOSING
00:14:57BECAUSE OF PRIME. NOW IF YOU ARE A RESTAURANT
00:15:00TOUR, YOU CANNOT GET A SPACE.
00:15:03PEOPLE ARE DINING, HAVING A GOOD TIME.
00:15:06IT IS THE CAPITAL OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:15:09WE HAVE TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL AND
00:15:11MAKE IT SAFE AND THIS BUILDING
00:15:15WILL BE ONE OF THE GREAT BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
00:15:20MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS
00:15:22MAGNIFICENT SPACE WILL BE A VERY
00:15:26IMPORTANT SPACE IN THE FUTURE LIFE OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:15:29WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
00:15:30THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, A
00:15:35GREAT MAN, FANTASTIC GOVERNOR
00:15:37FOR EIGHT YEARS IN NORTH DAKOTA, A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.
00:15:42HE HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB RUNNING THE INTERIOR.
00:15:45THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOUG BURGUM, EVERYONE.
00:15:49THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:52>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:15:57TODAY IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION AND A DAY OF GRATITUDE. IT IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION.
00:16:01OUR BUILDER IN CHIEF, HE GREW UP
00:16:07ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
00:16:12THE WORKERS HAVE ALL SIGNED THE BEAM, THE PRESIDENT WILL SIGN
00:16:15THE BEING. IT IS THE LAST BEING THAT WILL GO INTO PLACE AND WE ARE HERE TO
00:16:19CELEBRATE THAT. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
00:16:23WITHOUT THE GREAT AMERICAN WORKER. AMERICA HAS BEEN BUILT BY PEOPLE
00:16:27WHO BUILD GREAT THINGS WELL AND BUILD THEM QUICKLY.
00:16:29THERE ARE 512 WEARING THEIR JACKETS.
00:16:33LET'S HEAR IT FOR ALL THE GREAT
00:16:37AMERICAN WORKERS. [APPLAUSE] JUST OVER A YEAR AGO THIS
00:16:41PROJECT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.
00:16:43HERE WE ARE TODAY AT A BEAM
00:16:47SIGNING. THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
00:16:49WITHOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE VISION HE HAD FOR THIS CITY,
00:16:53SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL, EXTENDS TO
00:16:54THIS SITE, THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:17:00THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:17:03PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE MORE TO RESTORE THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC
00:17:05WHITE HOUSE THAN ANY PRESIDENT.
00:17:09YOU ARE RESTORING HISTORY. WHEN YOU ARE WORKING HERE, YOU
00:17:12ARE MAKING HISTORY.
00:17:14THIS WILL BE A GIFT FOR THE NEXT
00:17:17100, 200, 250 YEARS.
00:17:24THIS BUILDING WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME AND LOOK BACK TO THIS DAY KNOWING ALL OF YOU WERE A PART OF IT AND IT WOULD NOT
00:17:27HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. [APPLAUSE]
00:17:30PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:17:37PLEASE COME UP AND SEE A COUPLE WORDS.
00:17:42YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB OF BUILDING. YOU HAVE BEEN OUR PRIMARY CONTRACTOR.
00:17:46[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, SIR.
00:17:50IT IS A REAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
00:17:53WORK ON THIS CAMPUS EVERY DAY.
00:17:55I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
00:17:58HAS BEEN INVOLVED ON THE PROJECT. A SPECTACULAR EFFORT TO GET US
00:18:01TO THIS POINT. WE WILL CELEBRATE BY RAISING THE FINAL BEAM.
00:18:05PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:11BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I MENTIONED
00:18:14DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT, WHY
00:18:18DOES TRUMP SPEND TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE? I LIKE IT.
00:18:23FOR ME, IT IS RELAXING.
00:18:25FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, IT IS THE OPPOSITE.
00:18:29I LOVE CONSTRUCTION.
00:18:32THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE FACADE WAS HALF FALLING OFF.
00:18:35SOME OF YOU HELPED US WITH IT. IT WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
00:18:38THE MOLDINGS WERE DOWN, 20% OF
00:18:42THE MOLDINGS WERE OFF THE
00:18:48BUILDING. YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL WINDOW AND THE MOLDING ON ONE SIDE AND THE MOLDING WAS MISSING.
00:18:52IT BOTHERED ME VERY MUCH BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I DO.
00:18:55I LIKE BEAUTIFUL THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
00:18:58WHITE HOUSE.
00:19:02WE HAD A GROUP OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE WORK WITH ME FOR THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE TOTALLY REDONE THE
00:19:06FACADE OF THE WHITE HOUSE WITH
00:19:08THE FINEST EXTERIOR PLASTER. THE PLACE WAS FALLING APART, IT
00:19:12WAS CRACKED, IT WAS BROKEN, THE
00:19:15WINDOWS WERE CRACKED AND BROKEN.
00:19:18YOU LOOK AT IT AS A GUEST,
00:19:22PRESIDENT XI SAID, WOW, THE
00:19:27CONDITION IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I REMEMBER IT WAS NOT THAT WAY A LONG TIME AGO.
00:19:32I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW IT IS FLAWLESS. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:19:38WHY ARE YOU WORKING ON THE WHITE HOUSE? I'M DOING IT BECAUSE THE WHITE
00:19:43HOUSE IS THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF AMERICA.
00:19:46IT HAS TO BE PRISTINE.
00:19:48IT HAS TO BE PERFECT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THAT
00:19:51IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH WORK
00:19:55WE HAVE TO DO.
00:19:58WE WOULD TAKE FIBERGLASS MOLDS OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOLDING
00:20:01THAT WAS BROKEN, VERY INTRICATE,
00:20:05AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO
00:20:06SHOPS AND REMAKE MOLDINGS AND
00:20:10PUT IT BACK UP THE WAY IT USED TO BE. THERE WERE WINDOWS WITH 1/3 OF THE MOLDING LEFT AND IT LOOKED
00:20:14LIKE HELL.
00:20:17I'M JUST LOOKING HERE AT THAT BEAUTIFUL FACADE, HOW IT IS
00:20:21GLEAMING.
00:20:22WE CAULKED IT, REPAINTED IT AND
00:20:27IT IS GOOD FOR ANOTHER 200 YEARS NOW.
00:20:29IT OPENED IN 1792.
00:20:32IT WAS IN TERRIBLE, EMBARRASSING
00:20:36SHAPE, INCLUDING THE ENTRANCES. YOU WALK IN THROUGH BROKEN
00:20:40STONES AND STONES WITH BIG HOLES IN THEM. IT WAS TERRIBLE.
00:20:43THAT IS WHY DID IT -- IT IS THE
00:20:47ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS PART OF THAT SYMBOL.
00:20:52WE ARE PUTTING UP THE LAST PIECE OF SEAL.
00:20:56I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
00:20:58TO HAVE THE MEDIA HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
00:21:02GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN AT THE
00:21:06OFFICIAL OPENING, WHICH WILL NOT
00:21:08BE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
00:21:11YOU ARE ALL INVITED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE]
00:22:06[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:22:30[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:22:37>> MR. PRESIDENT!
00:22:39>> MR. PRESIDENT!
00:22:43PRES. TRUMP: LET'S DO THIS, AND
00:22:47THEN WE WILL DO IT.
00:23:10>> YOU GUYS NEED TO GO BACK.
00:23:16PRES. TRUMP: IDEALLY, IT WILL
00:23:20NOT FALL ON YOU. IF IT DOES, WE WILL CALL YOUR
00:23:24FAMILY.
00:23:27>> WE ARE DOWN THE AISLE.
00:23:34[APPLAUSE]
00:23:48PRES. TRUMP: DO YOU WANT TO ASK
00:23:52A COUPLE QUESTIONS WHILE THEY ARE RIGGING?
00:23:57HOW ABOUT HAVING THAT IN THE BACKGROUND?
00:23:59GO AHEAD. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:24:04PRES. TRUMP: WE WILL STAY OUT OF IT.
00:24:08JIM, I THINK HE WAS REALLY --
00:24:15EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
00:24:18THE SPEAKER WAS FANTASTIC.
00:24:22THE PEOPLE UNDER HIM WERE FANTASTIC.
00:24:23I GUESS RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TWO
00:24:29CANDIDATES.
00:24:30>> VICE PRESIDENT VANCE SAID THE
00:24:37REASON YOU LOST LAST NIGHT WAS THE WAR.
00:24:39PRES. TRUMP: I THINK IT IS MARGINALLY TRUE.
00:24:45IT BROUGHT GAS PRICES UP SHORT-TERM.
00:24:47AT THE SAME TIME IF I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN I WOULD DO IT AGAIN.
00:24:52LONG TERM, YOU CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:24:56YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.
00:24:58I THOUGHT THE OIL WOULD GO UP A
00:25:00LOT MORE. YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.
00:25:03YOU CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A
00:25:06NUCLEAR WEAPON OR EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE, SOMEDAY MIGHT NOT EXIST.
00:25:11THIS BUILDING MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES.
00:25:14YEAH, LOOK, I WILL GET ALONG,
00:25:20PROBABLY, WITH THE DEMOCRATS, UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE.
00:25:24WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE VETO. THEY HAVE ALREADY CALLED AND
00:25:28THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.
00:25:30THE IRAN THING WE HAD TO DO AND
00:25:33WE CONTINUE TO DO IT.
00:25:36WE HAVE TREMENDOUS OIL FLOWING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
00:25:41AT THE BEGINNING THERE WAS NONE. THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON --
00:25:44THE PRICE, NOT THE WAR, THE PRICE.
00:25:48>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:25:53PRES. TRUMP: LOOK, IF I WERE ON
00:25:56THE BALLOT, WE WOULD HAVE WON.
00:26:00YOU SAW THE PEOPLE -- THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT EVERY VALLEY.
00:26:04IF I WAS ON THE BALLOT, WE WOULD HAVE WON.
00:26:09THERE WAS SUCH LOVE AT THOSE RALLIES, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
00:26:12WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TRANSFER THE LOVE TO CANDIDATES. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:18PRES. TRUMP: WHICH ONE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:22PRES. TRUMP: I HEARD IT WAS A VERY GOOD SPEECH.
00:26:26IT GOT GREAT REVIEWS. THAT WAS A SPEECH ON THE
00:26:29REFLECTING POOL. IT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
00:26:34MUCH LIKE THIS IS TODAY, ON THIS
00:26:39INCREDIBLE PLACE WE ARE BUILDING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:26:43IT WILL BE HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SERVE OUR COUNTRY WELL. THAT WAS A RIBBON-CUTTING
00:26:46BECAUSE THE REFLECTING POOL HAS NOT WORKED SINCE 1922.
00:26:51OVER 100 YEARS, IT HAS NOT WORKED.
00:26:55IT HAS ALWAYS LEAKED AND IT IS ALWAYS BEEN A MESS.
00:26:59THAT WAS NOT A SPEECH. IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
00:27:02REFLECTING POOL, AND A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS.
00:27:06OUR SPEECHES WERE THE SPEECHES MADE AT THE 30 RALLIES.
00:27:09THAT WAS TREMENDOUS LOVE. PRETTY AMAZING. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:27:13PRES. TRUMP: I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT.
00:27:16THEY MAY TELL YOU BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:27:19PRES. TRUMP: NO.
00:27:20>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT IT?
00:27:24PRES. TRUMP: NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.
00:27:27I THINK IT WOULD DESTROY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IF THEY DID THAT.
00:27:31IMPEACHMENT FOR NO REASON. WHAT?
00:27:34FOR HAVING A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY?
00:27:36WATCH THE BEAM GO UP.
00:27:43>> YOU HAVE TO SLIDE BACK,
00:27:47FELLAS. SORRY.
00:27:50BACK, BACK, BACK. ALL THE WAY BACK.
00:27:55PRES. TRUMP: IT IS BIGGER THAN YOU THOUGHT, RIGHT?
00:28:01CHANDELIERS. OK.
00:28:06I WILL STAY HERE. >> SURE.
00:28:11PRES. TRUMP: ENVISION CHANDELIERS ALL OVER.
00:28:16ENVISION A MARBLE FLOOR. THIS WILL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM.
00:28:22DID YOU GUYS SEE THE HELIPAD?
00:28:25HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS? IT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:28:29IT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:28:33THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE INCREDIBLE. [APPLAUSE]
00:29:01PRES. TRUMP: THEY PUT ALL THIS
00:29:03STEEL UP IN THREE WEEKS, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
00:29:08THE WHOLE THING WAS DONE IN 2.5 WEEKS.
00:29:14NOW THEY BOLT IT IN, AND THAT IS
00:29:18THE END OF THAT. PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
00:29:22DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:29:30PRES. TRUMP: I KNEW THE WAR WAS GOING TO IMPACT IT.
00:29:35WHETHER IT IMPACTED IT OR NOT, IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:29:39>>
00:29:42>> NO, BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT WROTE A VERY LENGTHY POST ABOUT HOW THE WAR IMPACTED THE RESULTS
00:29:46LAST NIGHT. DID YOU KNOW HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT? PRES. TRUMP: I KNOW HOW HE FEELS
00:29:50ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS FINE, YEAH. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD. WE KNEW THAT.
00:29:54I KNEW THAT WHEN I WENT IN AND WE STOPPED THEM FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR
00:29:58WEAPON. >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE VICE PRESIDENT ABOUT --
00:30:02PRES. TRUMP: I SPEAK TO HIM
00:30:03ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
00:30:07BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. EVERYBODY -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHO
00:30:10IS TALKING ABOUT RUNNING. YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING.
00:30:15YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE, MAYBE
00:30:18NOBODY WILL RUN.
00:30:24MAYBE HE WON'T RUN. I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO RUN. I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS THE WAR IS CONCERNED, I WOULD HAVE DONE
00:30:28NOTHING DIFFERENT. WE HAVE TOTALLY BROKEN THEIR MILITARY. THEIR NAVY IS GONE. THEIR AIR FORCE IS GONE.
00:30:32THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT IS GONE.
00:30:33[APPLAUSE]
00:30:39THAT'S A DANGEROUS JOB.
00:30:42I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.
00:30:45THAT IS A DANGEROUS JOB.
00:30:50WHAT?
00:30:55WELL, IT'S A THING THAT THEY DO.
00:30:59HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING. SOMEBODY WILL WALK AFTER WE'RE GONE, WALK RIGHT ACROSS THAT,
00:31:03PICK UP THE TREE AND WALK. THERE AREN'T TOO MANY PEOPLE
00:31:08THAT CAN DO THAT. YOU NEED VERY GOOD BALANCE.
00:31:11THEY'LL LEAVE THE TREE.
00:31:15WHEN WE'RE GONE, A GUY WILL WALK
00:31:18THAT BEAM AND TAKE IT. >> SIR, ON IRAN, YOU SAID THE WAR NEEDED TO HAPPEN --
00:31:22PRES. TRUMP: NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I SAID THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS
00:31:25WILL BE DESTROYED. IF THAT HAPPENS, MIDNIGHT
00:31:29HAMMER.
00:31:30[APPLAUSE]
00:31:52PRETTY DANGEROUS JOB. YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:31:56THEY FALL SOMETIMES.
00:31:57WHEN THEY FALL, IT'S TERRIBLE.
00:32:04THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:32:06IT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT.
00:32:09I KNEW FUEL WOULD GO UP.
00:32:12I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO UP TWO OR
00:32:14THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN IT IS. NOW TODAY IT'S COMING DOWN AND
00:32:18YESTERDAY IT DROPPED OR THE DAY
00:32:19BEFORE IT DROPPED 10 POINTS.
00:32:24NO, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THE HORMUZ STRAIT IS OPEN. IT'S PRODUCING -- THE COVER OF
00:32:29"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL," PRODUCING MORE OIL RIGHT NOW THAN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
00:32:33WAR. >> ARE YOU CONSIDERING REPLACING
00:32:37SECRETARY HEGSETH? PRES. TRUMP: NO, I THINK HE IS
00:32:41DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
00:32:42>> YOU DON'T WANT TO --
00:32:46PRES. TRUMP: I THINK HE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. I ACTUALLY THINK HE WOULD BE VERY POPULAR IF HE DID THAT.
00:32:50BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT AT ALL.
00:32:52>> DID HE GIVE YOU ADVICE ON --
00:32:55PRES. TRUMP: NO, NO. LOOK, WHEN I SAID FAST, WE
00:32:59STOPPED THEM FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON VERY EARLY ON. WHEN WE DID THE RAID.
00:33:02[APPLAUSE]
00:33:10GREAT STUFF.
00:33:18>> WASHINGTON JOURNAL, INVITING
00:33:24YOU TO DISCUSS THE LATEST ISSUES
00:33:27IN GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY.
00:33:30FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., TWO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:33:32WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LATEST IN
00:33:34THE CLOSELY WATCHED MISSISSIPPI
00:33:37SENATE RACE WITH POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CENTER
00:33:41FOR POLITICS DIRECTOR LARRY SA
00:33:46BATO ON THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS.
00:33:49ALSO RADIO MISSION NEWS DIRECTOR BEN TOWNSEND UPDATES THE CLOSELY
00:33:53WATCHED ALASKA SENATE RACE. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE LEGAL
00:33:57CHALLENGES TO THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH WITH ALEX SWOYER.
00:34:04JOIN THE CONVERSATION LIVE AT 7 A.M. EASTERN THURSDAY MORNING ON
00:34:07C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:34:14FRIDAY ON CEASEFIRE, A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
00:34:18AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE
00:34:19OF CONGRESS AND 2028, FEATURING
00:34:25STEVE RICCHETTI AND FORMER
00:34:25SPEAKER PRO TEM PATRICK MCHENRY.
00:34:30THEY ARE JOINED BY POLITICO PLAYBOOK CO-AUTHOR AND CEASEFIRE
00:34:35HOST DASHA BURNS. CEASEFIRE, FRIDAY AT 7 P.M. AND
00:34:3710 P.M. EASTERN AND PACIFIC COME ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:34:44>> C-SPAN IS AS UNBIASED AS YOU
00:34:49CAN GET. >> YOU ARE SO FAIR.
00:34:52I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN SAY OTHERWISE.
00:34:54>> YOU DO THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:34:57>> I LOVE C-SPAN BECAUSE I GET TO HEAR ALL THE VOICES.
00:35:02>> YOU PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF THE
00:35:05ISSUE AND YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS.
00:35:07>> I LOVE C-SPAN. I LOVE TO HEAR BOTH SIDES.
00:35:11>> I WATCH C-SPAN EVERY MORNING
00:35:14AND IT IS UNBIASED AND YOU BRING
00:35:16FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR THE CALLERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE IN THERE,S.
00:35:21>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY
00:35:24PLACE WE CAN HEAR AN HONEST OPINION.
00:35:26>> YOU GUYS AT C-SPAN ARE DOING
00:35:29SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB OF ALLOWING FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITHOUT A
00:35:33LOT OF INTERRUPTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A LIGHT IN THE DARK.
00:35:39>> SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER
00:35:43CHUCK SCHUMER SPOKE ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS A DAY AFTER
00:35:46DEMOCRATS REGAINED CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE AND SENATE. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PARTY'S PLANS ON AFFORDABILITY,
00:35:50ACCOUNTABILITY, AND POTENTIALLY ENDING THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:35:53THIS IS JUST OVER 10 MINUTES.