President Trump Holds Press Gaggle On Air Force One After Departing Middle East For U.S.

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The video of President Trump's Air Force One press gaggle after departing Abu Dhabi to head back to the U.S. has been released.

Transcript

00:00Enjoy your flight.

00:02That was a great four days.

00:04I think it was a historic four days.

00:08The jobs and money coming into our country has never been anything like it.

00:13You see that?

00:14And the companies, our American-based companies, are doing work that wouldn't have been available to them, except for November 5th.

00:23November 5th was a big day for our country, so I just want to thank you.

00:27You have great stamina also.

00:29We all have stamina.

00:30As you needed it, that was a test.

00:32I think they were giving us a test.

00:34But it was amazing what they've done.

00:37In all three countries, you can't speak more highly.

00:41The job they've done is, in a fairly short period of time, is just outstanding.

00:46They're great people.

00:48Great leaders.

00:49Great leaders.

00:49Three great leaders.

00:51So it's an honor.

00:52Now we'll go back to D.C.

00:55I have a nice grandchild waiting, which I'll see soon.

00:58But this was a fantastic moment for our country.

01:02I really believe that.

01:03Everyone's talking about it.

01:05And the respect shown to our country was incredible.

01:09Because nobody's treated like that.

01:11Nobody's treated well like that.

01:13So thank you all very much.

01:15Thank you very much.

01:16Mr. President, you arrived here with a big victory.

01:18Nice to see you.

01:19Thanks for bringing us.

01:20You arrived here with a big victory, getting Edan Alexander out, working directly with Hamas,

01:25the last remaining American.

01:27Do you think the Israelis and Bibi Netanyahu can get his hostages out?

01:33I don't know.

01:33We're going to find out pretty soon.

01:35We're going to know pretty soon.

01:36They're not in good shape, as you know.

01:39And different places.

01:41You know, it's not one place.

01:42It's different places.

01:43Some of them are in better shape than others.

01:46A little bit depends on the place where they are.

01:48But we'll be working with them to get them out.

01:50The Israelis didn't want the U.S. to be recognizing the new Syrian government.

01:55Is there a message that that...

01:56I don't know.

01:57I didn't ask them about that.

01:58I thought it was the right thing to do.

01:59I've been given a lot of credit for doing it.

02:02Look, we want Syria to succeed.

02:04It's been a mess for 10 years and much longer than that.

02:08It would not have been...

02:09These were very biting.

02:10When you look at the sanctions, these were really brutal.

02:14And they would have, I would say, zero chance of success.

02:17In this way, they have a chance.

02:18Their leader is a strong person.

02:21But young and a lot of energy.

02:24And wants to do a good job.

02:26Mr. President, the IDF was planning to send in tens of thousands of more troops

02:31and expand the war in Gaza,

02:33especially if there wasn't a ceasefire while you were here.

02:36Do you support that?

02:38Well, we're going to see what happens.

02:39I think a lot of good things are going to happen over the next month.

02:43And we're going to see.

02:44We have to help also out the Palestinians.

02:45You know, a lot of people are starving on Gaza.

02:48So we have to look at both sides.

02:49But we're going to do a good job.

02:53We're very happy with what happened with...

02:55I hope it continues, and I think it will.

02:58But what happens with India and Pakistan, that was a big success.

03:02If you would have seen the level of anger between the two,

03:08that was not a good thing.

03:09Yes.

03:09A senior Hamas leader said that they might be willing to give up power,

03:13an Egyptian proposal, in order to bring peace.

03:16Is that a step that you...

03:17We're going to look at everything, but we want to get the hostages back.

03:20I've gotten a majority, a big majority back.

03:23But we want to get the hostages back.

03:25So we'll see how that works out.

03:27Okay?

03:27Mr. President, are you planning to call Vladimir Putin?

03:29How do you think you can get those talks on track?

03:31No, I may.

03:32We have to meet.

03:33He and I will meet.

03:34I think we'll solve it.

03:35Or maybe not.

03:36But at least we'll know.

03:38And if we don't solve it, it'll be very interesting.

03:41And then did Austin Tice come up when he talked to the Syrian president?

03:44I always talk about Austin Tice now.

03:46Austin Tice hasn't been seen in many, many years.

03:48You know that he's got a great mother who's just working so hard to find her boy.

03:55So I understand it.

03:56But Austin has not been seen in many, many years.

04:00You were joking about the endurance that it takes to do this.

04:03This was a lot to do in a short period of time.

04:05Conversations about endurance often focus now on Joe Biden and his endurance and his abilities.

04:10The Her tapes right now, there's a lot of discussion about it.

04:12When will they be released?

04:14Will you release them?

04:15How soon do you think it's made of it?

04:16Well, I haven't looked into that.

04:16That's up to Pam and the group.

04:18I haven't really looked into it.

04:20Look, everybody understands the condition of him.

04:25I know people that are 89, 90, 92, 93 years old that are literally perfect.

04:31But Joe was not one of them.

04:34And they did a lot of hiding.

04:35They were really playing games.

04:37And, you know, you can't do that.

04:39Our country's just saying, you see, even a thing like this, there's so many decisions for

04:43billions and billions.

04:44But then you have even more important decisions.

04:47You have decisions for life.

04:49And you can't have a man in that condition.

04:52And everybody was holding back, including the press, including the media.

04:56So you're welcoming white South Afrikaners into the country as refugees when you've closed

05:01off that door to a lot of other refugees from other parts of the world.

05:05What message does that send to those who say it isn't?

05:08Why is that fair?

05:09Well, I think if I see people in distress, I don't care what color, what they look like,

05:14what anything, their size, their height, their eyes.

05:17I don't care.

05:18But I think that, from all evidence, the farmers in South Africa are being treated brutally.

05:27And it's been reported.

05:28And nobody wants to cover it.

05:30But they happen to be white.

05:32And if they were black, I'd do the exact same thing.

05:35And we treat people very well when we see there's a genocide going on.

05:39So if it's a genocide, that's terrible.

05:42And I happen to believe it could very well be.

05:45South Africa is out of control.

05:47And it's been out of control for a long time.

05:49And the media doesn't report it.

05:50And I'm not looking for reporting because, believe me, it's easier for me not to do anything.

05:56It's because I don't get nasty questions like that.

05:58But the fact is that we're about saving lives.

06:01And we're going to do that.

06:02So we've made a home.

06:04And we'll make a home for other people that are treated badly, no matter what their color.

06:07Will you go to the G20?

06:09Will you go to the G20 there?

06:10I'm not sure.

06:11Not sure.

06:11I'm really not sure.

06:11On Iraq, has the U.S. given them a formal proposal?

06:14Has Steve Wyckoff handed that over?

06:16Yeah, they have a proposal.

06:17But more importantly, they know they have to move quickly.

06:20Something bad is going to happen.

06:22Thank you very much.

06:23How's Tiffany doing?

06:23She's well.

06:24Good.

06:24It's good to go.

06:25Congratulations on your advance.

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