President Trump Speaks To Reporters About Pope Francis, Tariffs, Russia-Ukraine War, And Pete Hegseth

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President Trump takes reporters' questions at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

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00:29Thank you very much.

00:59I think they're doing very well.

01:14We're going to make a lot of money.

01:16We're already at 25% on cars and aluminum and steel.

01:21Taking in a lot of money.

01:23A lot of money.

01:24More money than this country has seen.

01:26And that's just the beginning.

01:29I don't know yet.

01:30We're going to be briefed on it right now.

01:32Like I'm going to the Oval Office.

01:34Say it.

01:35Would you like to go?

01:35I don't know.

01:36I just have to look at the timing.

01:38We just lowered the flags throughout the country.

01:41So I will be giving you a full detail over the next three days.

01:56But we had very good meetings on Ukraine-Russia.

01:59We had very good meetings actually on Iran too.

02:01We'll see how that works.

02:02So next step is we need a little time.

02:08But we had very good meetings on Iran.

02:09We had very good.

02:10And the tariffs are going very well, as you know.

02:13Everybody wants to negotiate.

02:14How do you remember Pope Francis' legacy?

02:16He's a very good man who loved the world.

02:21And he especially loved people that were having a hard time.

02:24And that's good with me.

02:25So did you preach tolerance for migrants?

02:27Did you preach tolerance for migrants?

02:28Yes, he did.

02:29Do you agree with that?

02:30I mean, I hear they're doing that whole thing again.

02:40Here we go again.

02:41Just a waste of time.

02:42He is doing a great job.

02:45Why do you still have confidence?

02:46Because he's doing a great job.

02:49Ask the Hooties how he's doing.

02:52There's a hearing today on the Alien Enemy Act in the ECU District Court.

02:56Your thoughts on that, Mr. President?

02:58Well, we were elected to clean up the mess of this country.

03:03And we had millions and millions of people come in who were criminals,

03:06who were murderers, who were everything you can imagine,

03:09drug lords, drug dealers.

03:10They came in from prisons and from mental institutions.

03:14And I was elected to move them out, among many other things.

03:18And that's what we're doing.

03:19Mr. President?

03:19Ask the Hooties how much this function has done.

03:29Pete's doing a great job.

03:31Everybody's happy with him.

03:32We have the highest recruitment numbers I think they've had in 28 years.

03:38No, he's doing a great job.

03:40It's just fake news.

03:41They just bring up stories.

03:42I guess it sounds like this grunt to old employees.

03:44You know, he was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people.

03:47And that's what he's doing.

03:49So you don't always have friends when to do that.

03:51Should we stop using the app?

03:57I hope to be.

03:58The McLeod course, you're going to open that?

04:00We're opening a fantastic project there, yeah.

04:03And I hope I'm going to get to see it.

04:05We look forward to seeing you.

04:06It's going to be great.

04:07Thank you, President.

04:07It's almost nearly impossible because flights have been suspended.

04:23What do you make of that?

04:24Well, I make it the fact that we have to have a safe country.

04:27If people are in our country illegally and if people are,

04:31if they have records that are very bad in particular,

04:33we have to get them out.

04:34I was, as you know, elected on the basis that

04:37we would have very little crime in our country.

04:41They don't want illegal immigrants.

04:42We've closed up the border.

04:43The border is now the strongest border we've ever had.

04:46These are Haitians who came legally through that Biden-era program

04:49who their communities, even in Texas,

04:51conservative voters saying these people should not be forced to leave.

04:55Well, if they came legally, then they're going to be in good shape.

04:57So you're not going to deport them?

04:58There's a Thursday deadline.

04:59Trump!

05:00Thank you, President Trump!

05:02Thank you, President Trump!

05:04I look forward to working with you one day, sir.

05:09I really do.

05:11Both five parents, they work for one person.

05:13My mother works for the new work office,

05:16and my father...

05:16Hey, President Trump!

05:18Please sign me for a call.

05:19President Trump!

05:21President Trump!

05:22President Trump!

05:23Hi there.

05:24How are you still, sir?

05:28Good to see you, sir.

05:29How are you?

05:30This is my beautiful fiancée.

05:31How are you?

05:32They're getting married in two weeks.

05:33Any advice for the new...

05:35Yeah.

05:36Make sure you like each other.

05:37If you don't, don't get this.

05:38Yeah.

05:39Real quickly, you talked about Jesus in your opening statement.

05:43How important is this country right now to...

05:45Very important.

05:45It brings the country together.

05:47I mean, it's so important that we can do that religion.

05:50I said, bring religion back.

05:52Religion keeps you together.

05:53It's such a great thing.

05:56Thank you, sir.

05:58Thank you, sir.

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