Declaraciones de la portavoz de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, que ha afirmado este jueves que Israel ha "respaldado y apoyado" los nuevos detalles de la propuesta para un alto el fuego en la Franja de Gaza, proporcionados por la Administración de Donald Trump, sin que las autoridades israelíes se hayan pronunciado de momento al respecto de forma oficial. (Fuente: White House)
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00:00I can confirm that Special Envoy Witkoff and the President submitted a ceasefire proposal to Hamas that Israel backed and supported.
00:09Israel signed off on this proposal before it was sent to Hamas.
00:12I can also confirm that those discussions are continuing and we hope that a ceasefire in Gaza will take place so we can return all of the hostages home.
00:21And that's been a priority from this administration from the beginning.
00:23I won't comment further as we are in the midst of this right now.
00:26So to be clear, you don't know if Hamas has accepted it yet?
00:28Not to my knowledge, but certainly if that becomes the case and this ceasefire goes into effect, you'll hear it directly from myself, the President, or Special Envoy Witkoff.
00:37On tariffs, Kevin Hassett earlier this morning, he brushed off a legal ruling, called it a hiccup, and he said that trade deal negotiations would continue.
00:46Why would other countries continue these trade deal negotiations given the rule?
00:51Because other countries around the world have faith in the negotiator-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump.
00:57And they also probably see how ridiculous this ruling is, and they understand that the administration is going to win, and we intend to win.
01:04We already filed an emergency appeal.
01:06We expect to fight this battle all the way to the Supreme Court.
01:08These other countries should also know, and they do know, that the President reserves other tariff authorities, Section 232, for example, to ensure that America's interests are being restored around the world.
01:19But I can confirm that our ambassador for trade, Jameson Greer, already heard from countries around the world this morning who said they intend to continue with these negotiations.
01:28Peter.
01:28Thank you, Caroline.
01:30So many of the President's plans right now are being blocked by courts.
01:34If the courts are going to be the ones who are shaping policy, does the President wish he would have just become a judge instead?
01:42I think the President would take this job over being a judge, and certainly the President is acting within his authority.
01:48He wishes judges would do the same.
01:49So the courts are basically telling you guys, they think that the White House's policies, the President's policies, are in some way against the law.
01:57So why can't President Trump ask the Republicans that control the House and the Republicans that control the Senate just to make a new law?
02:06Well, these laws have already been granted to the President by the Constitution and by laws that have been previously passed.
02:12I'll give you another example.
02:13For instance, we've been blocked in court for the revocation of visas from individuals who have the privilege of studying in the United States of America.
02:22Secretary of State Rubio has simply used his authority to revoke those visas, to revoke that privilege, and we've seen the courts try to block that.
02:31So if these judges want to be the Secretary of State or they want to be the President, they can run for office themselves.
02:36It should be the other way around.
02:37But all of the actions the President has taken rely on legal authorities that have already been granted to him by our nation's existing laws.
02:44And on a different topic, there are some folks in President Biden's inner circle who are now in talks with Republicans in Congress to give interviews about how they may have handled President Biden's decline.
02:55Is the President satisfied with aides-only sitting for these transcribed interviews, or would he also like to see some kind of testimony from the former First Lady, Dr. Biden?
03:08I think, frankly, the former First Lady should certainly speak up about what she saw in regards to her husband and when she saw it and what she knew.
03:16Because I think anybody looking, again, at the videos and photo evidence of Joe Biden with your own eyes and a little bit of common sense can see this was a clear cover-up.
03:26And Jill Biden was certainly complicit in that cover-up.
03:30There are documentation, video evidence of her clearly shielding her husband away from the cameras.
03:36They were just on The View last week.
03:38She was saying everything is fine.
03:39She's still lying to the American people.
03:41She still thinks the American public are so stupid that they're going to believe her lies.
03:45And, frankly, it's insulting, and she needs to answer for it.
03:48Ouija.
03:48Thank you, Caroline.
03:49President Trump was asked what he thought about Elon Musk's claim that the big, beautiful bill increases the budget deficit and undermines the work of Doge.
03:59And the President didn't actually comment on those remarks.
04:02He just talked about the need to support the bill.
04:05So what does the President think about what Elon Musk said?
04:08Well, the President is very proud of the one big, beautiful bill, and he wants to see it pass.
04:13He wants the Senate to get to work on it and send it to his desk as quickly as possible.
04:17Of course, as you know, Elon Musk announced last night his departure as an official special government employee from the Trump administration.
04:24We thank him for his service.
04:26We thank him for getting Doge off of the ground.
04:28And the efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse will continue.
04:31So he doesn't have any comment about Musk saying it adds to the deficit and it undermines all his work?
04:37The President commented on this.
04:39I commented on it.
04:40I told you that this bill saves $1.6 trillion, according to the Council of Economic Advisors, and the analyses that the President believes in.
04:49So he gave a comment.
04:50I gave a comment.
04:51Just because you don't like that comment doesn't mean it's not a comment.
04:53Rachel.
04:54Thanks, Caroline.
04:55Back on trade.
04:56I know you said the White House is going to fight this ruling in court.
04:59Is the administration actively reviewing other avenues, other options to carry out the President's trade policy?
05:05The President's trade policy will continue.
05:08We will comply with the court orders.
05:10But, yes, the President has other legal authorities where he can implement tariffs.
05:14However, it does not dispute the fact that the President was right to declare a national emergency when it came to fentanyl
05:21and also when it came to our crippling deficits and the lack of critical supply chains here at home.
05:27That is the reasoning for the President's tariffs.
05:29And the court didn't dispute those facts, by the way.
05:32And there have been other courts that have reaffirmed the President's position.
05:36In fact, a ruling in federal court earlier this month shows that the administration is in the right, said we will win on appeal.
05:41A federal district judge in Florida ruled that IEPA, in fact, does grant the President the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs.
05:48And 20 years ago, I will add, they are not a court.
05:51The New York Times editorial board responded to the January 2005 trade deficit of $58.3 billion by writing an editorial entitled Dangerous Deficits.
06:01And since then, our trade deficit has more than doubled.
06:03The U.S. trade deficit in January totaled a whopping $131.4 billion.
06:08So people on both sides of the aisle, pundits, lawyers, legal scholars, politicians, have all agreed that it is a national emergency, our trade deficits and our lack of critical supply chains here at home.
06:21It's just President Trump was the first President to actually act on it, to restore that wealth and that prosperity to the United States of America.
06:27And it's very unfortunate that the courts are now blocking his attempt to do that.
06:31So has the administration then reached the point where you are actually asking your economic advisors to start reviewing other avenues to implement the President's trade policy?
06:38Or do you want to just see this legal process take place for now?
06:41We can walk and chew gum at the same time.
06:43We are doing both.
06:44Josh.
06:44The Fed says the President met with the Fed chair earlier today.
06:47I'm wondering if you can give us any readout of that meeting.
06:50The Fed also says that they discussed the economy.
06:52I imagine the President might have shared views on rates as well, but what can you share with us?
06:58Sure, I can share with you that we saw, the President and I both saw the statement that the Fed put out after the meeting.
07:04That statement is correct.
07:05However, the President did say that he believes the Fed chair is making a mistake by not lowering interest rates, which is putting us at an economic disadvantage to China and other countries.
07:16And the President's been very vocal about that, both publicly and now I can reveal privately as well.
07:21Did he speak at all about his plans for that position, but whether he would seek to move Jay Powell out of that position or keep him in until his term ends?
07:30No.
07:31Okay.
07:31Now, very quickly on the tariff question.
07:33You mentioned Section 232 earlier.
07:35Are you suggesting that you might sort of speed up some of the existing 232 investigations?
07:40No.
07:40Or are you talking potentially using 232 as a replacement power if this ruling doesn't go your way?
07:45Of course, you have COVID does.
07:46I'm not suggesting that.
07:48I'm just simply stating the fact that the President has other legal authorities he can use to implement tariffs, and the administration is willing to use those.
07:55As you know, we already have applied Section 232 tariffs on specific industries.
07:59Thank you.
07:59Yes.
08:00Thank you.
08:00President Trump said that he needed one and a half to two weeks to determine whether or not he believed Vladimir Putin wanted peace.
08:08He has been in office now for four months.
08:10What does he believe is going to happen in the next one and a half to two weeks that would change his opinion?
08:15Well, it is my understanding and it is our hope that Russia and Ukraine will engage in direct talks and negotiations next week in Istanbul.
08:23And we believe that meeting is going to take place.
08:26And that is a meeting the President encouraged and urged for these two sides to come together and negotiate directly.
08:31And the President has been clear from the very beginning of this conflict that he wants to see this conflict solved on the negotiating table, not on the battlefield.
08:39And he has told that to both leaders, again, both publicly and privately.
08:43So hopefully next week it will move the ball forward in this effort.
08:46Is the United States going to participate in those conversations?
08:48I will.
08:49We will let you know if the President plans to send a representative.
08:52I am not tracking that at this time.