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In a landmark diplomatic moment, DR Congo and Rwanda signed a historic U.S.-brokered peace deal in Washington aimed at ending decades of deadly conflict. President Donald Trump called it a “glorious triumph” while hosting the signing ceremony in the Oval Office, flanked by VP JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The agreement includes “disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups and signals potential U.S. access to DR Congo’s rare earth minerals. Yet deep questions remain—especially regarding the M23 rebels, Rwandan troop presence, and humanitarian access. With both countries denying support for rival militias, the full terms remain classified, fueling skepticism.
Trump, however, hailed it as a generational victory. Previous similar treaties have failed. But this deal, supported by earlier Qatari mediation, might offer a sliver of hope in a region long marred by instability and mineral-fueled warfare.
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The agreement includes “disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups and signals potential U.S. access to DR Congo’s rare earth minerals. Yet deep questions remain—especially regarding the M23 rebels, Rwandan troop presence, and humanitarian access. With both countries denying support for rival militias, the full terms remain classified, fueling skepticism.
Trump, however, hailed it as a generational victory. Previous similar treaties have failed. But this deal, supported by earlier Qatari mediation, might offer a sliver of hope in a region long marred by instability and mineral-fueled warfare.
#TrumpPeaceDeal #DRCongo #Rwanda #WashingtonTreaty #TrumpDiplomacy #PeaceTriumph #TrumpInAfrica #RareEarthAccess #RwandaConflict #CongoCrisis #MineralDeal #TrumpOvalOffice #JDVance #PaulKagame #Tshisekedi #M23Rebels #FDLR #AfricaPeaceDeal #TrumpVictory #USInAfrica
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00:00Well, thank you very much, and I'd like to ask Caroline, who's become very famous, big star,
00:06and she has a person who's a colleague of hers, a friend of hers,
00:12and that she has a lot of respect for, who comes from the area and knows exactly what's happening.
00:17Caroline, could I ask you to say a few words?
00:18Yes, sir. Here we have Haryana, who is from the continent of Africa.
00:23She's been a reporter here in the United States for many years,
00:26and she has a story to share with the press, with the media, and with these two fantastic leaders who have joined you today.
00:32So, Haryana, please.
00:32Why don't you come up here and talk so they can see you?
00:35Sure.
00:37That'd be great. Thank you very much.
00:39Thank you, Mr. President.
00:40It's a great honor.
00:40Thank you, Mr. President.
00:42So, as Caroline has mentioned, President, first of all, I want to let you know that I'm the only African reporter accredited here at the White House,
00:50and I'm covered for the entire continent.
00:53So, I just arrived from Congo.
00:56Democrat, for the public of the Congo, yesterday.
00:58I went to see firsthand how the people is feeling, and the President's message, President's fellows, Chiseké, about this upcoming peace deal.
01:08And let me tell you firsthand what I witnessed myself.
01:12I spoke with the people on the street.
01:13I spoke with youth.
01:15They know your name.
01:17They know that a President named President Trump is working hard to finally bring peace to the country.
01:23I saw hope.
01:24They have hope now for a better day in Congo.
01:28They see what you're doing as a future, better future for Congo.
01:34And I had an opportunity to sit down with President Felix Chiseké for an interview, because I want to understand his mind,
01:41what he's thinking, his feeling about everything that your administration is doing.
01:44And he told me firsthand that for many years, many American presidents overlooked this conflict.
01:51They didn't do nothing.
01:52Even myself, I covered President Biden's administration.
01:55I pressed many times about this conflict.
01:58People are dying in Congo.
01:59This country has so much potential, but they need help because this war is destroying the country.
02:04They never gave me any answer.
02:07And he told me, President Chiseké that he's very, you have no idea, he's very thankful for what you're doing, for what your administration is doing.
02:15Not only him, the entire Congolese people, they see that finally they will have hope.
02:19And President Chiseké also mentioned at the end of my interview that when peace finally comes to the Democrat Republic of the Congo,
02:27he's thinking to nominate you as a Nobel Prize Peace, because he said you deserve, you have been working to bring peace in the world,
02:37not only at the Congo, and he's very hopeful to meet you in the future.
02:40That's so nice point.
02:42And that's so beautifully stated.
02:44And Caroline said, number one, she did say, and I shouldn't say this because it's politically incorrect,
02:49she said, she's beautiful, and you are beautiful.
02:53I'm not allowed to say that, you know, that could be the end of my political career, but I said it anyway.
02:57But you are beautiful, and you're beautiful inside.
03:00So I wish I had more reporters like you.
03:03You've covered Africa for a long time?
03:06Yes, for over 10 years.
03:08I covered even your first administration.
03:11Yes, I know that. That's great.
03:13Well, thank you. That's so nice that you said that.
03:15Appreciate it.
03:16And I have one more question.
03:17Yes.
03:17Mr. President, since we know in July, or in the future, both the president of Rwanda and the Congo will be coming to the United States,
03:24in Africa, President Sean Lorenzo, the president of Angola, he is also the leader of the African Union.
03:30Good. Yes, I know.
03:31He worked very hard to bring peace, but unfortunately...
03:33Let's get him here.
03:34Yes, that's right.
03:35Okay? Would you invite him for me?
03:37Of course.
03:37Okay?
03:39No, I'll have. I know that he works very hard.
03:41And he's the head of essentially the union, so the union all over Africa, not the kind of union that we have.
03:49This is the union all over Africa, and I'd love to have him, so you'll let him know.
03:54Of course, Mr. President.
03:55Thank you very much.
03:56Thank you, Mr. President.
03:56Now you go back to where you belong, right?
04:00That's great.
04:01That's a great job.
04:02That's real knowledge and a real heart, too.
04:06Congratulations.
04:07Okay.
04:09So we're here today to celebrate a glorious triumph, and that's what it is, for the cause of peace.
04:16And this is a long time waiting, the signing of a historic peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda.
04:27The conflict has continued, and it's been going on for many, many years.
04:34It's been going from, I guess, they say 30 years, the Great Lakes region of Africa for a long time, and maybe even a time before that.
04:44How is the Great Lakes region?
04:45It must be beautiful, right?
04:46Beautiful.
04:47Beautiful region, but they had a lot of war, a lot of fighting, a lot of death.
04:52And it's displaced countless people and claimed the lives of thousands and thousands.
04:57But today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins a new chapter of hope and opportunity, harmony, prosperity, and peace.
05:08That's been a long time waiting.
05:11I said, how long has the war been going?
05:12And a friend of mine who was very much involved said 30 years, and at least 6 million people were killed during that period of time.
05:22It's incredible.
05:23And somebody said that was actually, it's the biggest war on the planet since World War II.
05:29So it's a shame, but we're going to bring it to an end.
05:33And I want to express my gratitude and congratulations to the representatives of the Democrat Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda, who signed this pivotal agreement a short time ago.
05:47They just signed right in front.
05:49And let me also thank Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has worked very hard on this subject, and we've worked on it together, for his outstanding leadership,
05:57as well as senior advisor for African and Africa affairs, Mossad Boulos, who's, as you know, spends a lot of his time in Africa, and he's very comfortable there.
06:10I said, were you at all uncomfortable with all of the turmoil and all of the killing?
06:14And he said, no, I wasn't uncomfortable.
06:17And that's what you need.
06:18You need somebody that's going to be able to get.
06:20So, Mossad, I want to thank you very much for the job.
06:23You've done amazing guy, actually.
06:25I also want to thank African Union, Qatar, Togo, for working closely with the United States.
06:33And I know Qatar was really working hard, and African Union, we just spoke about that.
06:38And I look forward to having them representatives here when we do the official meeting, and that'll be sometime in July.
06:46And we look forward to it.
06:47And you better be here covering it, okay?
06:49We're not going to stand anybody else covering it but you.
06:52But this is a tremendous breakthrough.
06:55In a few short months, we've now achieved peace between India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, and the DRC in Rwanda.
07:04And a couple of others also, Serbia, you know, was, they were getting ready to go to war with a group I won't even mention because it didn't happen.
07:17We were able to stop it.
07:19But I have a friend in Serbia, and they said, we're going to go to war again.
07:23And I won't mention that it's Kosovo, but it's Kosovo.
07:30But they were going to have a big-time war, and we stopped it.
07:34We stopped it because of trade.
07:35They want to trade with the United States.
07:37I said, we don't trade with people that go to war.
07:39And we said that also with, if you take a look at Pakistan and India, it was great.
07:44They have two great leaders, two great leaders, and they were able to stop.
07:48They were in the midst of a big fight, I guess everybody saw, and it was going to get very bad.
07:53And they are nuclear nations, very powerful nuclear nations.
07:57In the months and years ahead, my administration will continue to work closely with all of the parties in this deal
08:03and ensure the agreements are fully taken care of.
08:09And you're going to do what's in the agreement.
08:11We'll say you better do what's in that agreement, right?
08:13Because if somebody fails to do that, bad things happen.
08:17But I have a feeling that after 30 years, I think after 30 years, you're all set.
08:21We are.
08:22I think both of you have said that's enough, right?
08:24That's enough.
08:25That's enough.
08:25You've seen it all.
08:27So this is a wonderful day.
08:29It's a great day.
08:30We've had some tremendous success.
08:32It's been a great week between just coming back from a very successful trip.
08:37NATO.
08:38NATO has really pulled together.
08:40It's going to be, they're going to spend over a trillion dollars a year.
08:43Nobody expected a thing like that to happen.
08:46And we had the war, as you know.
08:50It was, we call it the 12-day war.
08:52It was exactly a 12-day war.
08:54And we ended up with no nuclear weapons.
08:57That's what we wanted.
08:58They were, they were just absolutely blown to pieces, those three sites.
09:03And there's no nuclear weapons.
09:06And hopefully, there can be a lot of healing.
09:09And the healing is starting.
09:11And just, it's been a really pretty amazing week.
09:15And this is one that I really look forward to.
09:17This was set up a few weeks ago.
09:19And it was something that I really look forward to.
09:22If we can do this, and we do that because we have a certain competence, that's good.
09:26We're able to get people to be peaceful.
09:28I think we can do war better than anybody, but we don't want to.
09:32And we have the greatest military in the world.
09:34They showed that in Iran.
09:36Those pilots, they flew for 36 hours.
09:39And think of that.
09:42And they hit their target.
09:44The size of this desk, half the size of this desk, from about 52,000 feet, in the dark of night, with no moon.
09:52Zero moon.
09:53They wanted it that way.
09:54Can you believe it?
09:55And they hit, every missile hit exactly half the size of this beautiful resolute desk.
10:01We don't want to talk about it when it comes to rockets hitting it, but half the size of this.
10:05And they hit dead center from tremendous heights, going at tremendous speeds.
10:11It's amazing.
10:12Nobody could do a thing like that.
10:13Nobody has that weaponry, and nobody could do a thing like that.
10:17So we had a very busy and successful week.
10:21And in addition to that, our economy is doing great, setting records with the economy, and a lot of other good things happening.
10:27But this is about Congo and Rwanda.
10:30And I'd like to ask, if I might, would you say a few words before we introduce our guests?
10:37Sure.
10:37Thank you, Mr. President.
10:38Yes.
10:39So under your leadership, Mr. President, and full support of Secretary Rubio and the entire team at the State Department,
10:46we engaged with the two parties in early April.
10:50And within three weeks, they signed the Declaration of Principles.
10:54And now within about two months from that, we have signed today the final, this is actually the final peace agreement.
11:01You know, many people were wondering if this is preliminary.
11:04No, this is the actual final peace agreement that they've signed today.
11:07You've also expressed interest in inviting the heads of states to the White House for a signing ceremony.
11:15So there will be some other additional agreements that will be signed in addition to this,
11:22which will become known as the Washington Accord with regards to the Great Lakes region.
11:27That's great.
11:27There are some economic –
11:28Why not the Trump Accord?
11:31I'm only kidding.
11:33I think that's a great Washington Accord.
11:38And there's an economic aspect as well that is extremely important for both countries.
11:43They have also worked – last week we finalized the regional economic integration framework,
11:52which both countries will be signing at the White House here during that ceremony.
11:58That's going to be a great ceremony.
12:00Absolutely.
12:00We're going to make that a great ceremony and bring other people that were involved,
12:06some other people, besides the gentleman we talked about who we know has worked so hard.
12:11If you think there are other people that are deserving, let us know.
12:14Okay?
12:14Sure.
12:15And there will be some bilateral agreements.
12:18We're negotiating a mineral steel with the DRC for critical minerals.
12:23Many American companies have shown interest in investing in the DRC,
12:28and this we're talking about long-term investments.
12:31Same thing with Rwanda.
12:32Many American companies have shown interest,
12:35and not only in mining but also in the midstream and downstream,
12:39which will be the processing of minerals.
12:41We're also working and supporting the Lubito Corridor,
12:44which will help building the infrastructure.
12:46Just two days ago, the United States signed and supported a project of $1.5 billion
12:55for electric transmission from Angola to the DRC,
13:00and there are many other projects of that nature lined up.
13:03So we will be under your leadership.
13:05Mr. President will be working with the two countries very closely
13:08and with the support of Qatar to make sure that this agreement is implemented.
13:14And a lot of our companies are in both of these countries now,
13:18especially since we've been getting along so well.
13:21It's probably the way we were brought together,
13:23and we have a lot of our big companies are there
13:26between Rare Earth and all of the other things that they do in Africa,
13:31which is very greatly expanding, especially in these two countries.
13:34You have Earth, they consider it to be about the best in the world, actually, I've heard.
13:40So we're doing a lot of different things,
13:43and it's all going to bring everybody together.
13:45That's how this all began, I guess.
13:47But the big thing is, the big thing for me is really only one thing,
13:51and that's getting a peace treaty with two countries
13:54that have been fighting for 30 years.
13:56And I want to thank you all.
13:59Will, if you could, you could bring the letters over.
14:02Of course, sir.
14:02So in front of you, as you said, sir,
14:04these are the actual agreements that were signed, respectively,
14:07by the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo
14:10and Rwanda earlier today, witnessed by Secretary Rubio.
14:14We've also prepared for you two letters.
14:17This is to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda,
14:20expressing your appreciation and congratulations
14:23for everything that's happened already,
14:25and of course, inviting him to Washington
14:26for, as Dr. Bula said, what we hope will be the Washington Accords,
14:30finally setting the terms for peace and prosperity in this region,
14:34hopefully for a very long time.
14:39That's great.
14:41That's beautiful.
14:45Very important.
14:46We're going to put a picture in there, right?
14:48As soon as this is over, they're going to put,
14:50we have a fast-moving photographer, Dan,
14:52who's going to put a nice picture of us here.
14:54And this is a letter to President Chika Sade
14:59of the Democratic Republic of Congo,
15:01again congratulating him on settling this long-running war
15:05and inviting him to Washington, D.C.
15:07for the final conclusion of the agreement, hopefully soon.
15:11That's great.
15:19That's right.
15:20So I'd like to ask G.D. to say a few words,
15:31our great Vice President, and then Marco,
15:34and go ahead.
15:36Great.
15:36Well, first, let me welcome the foreign ministers
15:38of Rwanda and Congo.
15:40It's great to have you in the Oval Office.
15:41And second, let me say congratulations
15:43to the President, Secretary Rubio, and the entire team.
15:46I think for the people of these two countries,
15:48they should know that the United States
15:50is committed to the pathway of peace.
15:52But to my fellow Americans,
15:53this is really a celebratory moment.
15:55This is a big moment for our country
15:56because under the President's leadership,
15:58we've taken what was 30 years
16:01of killing and war,
16:03the worst war in terms of death count
16:05since World War II,
16:07and now we're on a pathway to peace.
16:09And so if I think about what I know
16:11about these two countries,
16:12for 30 years, pretty much the entire time
16:15that I can remember these two countries
16:17being in the news,
16:18much of the story has been
16:19about them fighting one another,
16:21about them killing one another,
16:22and now we can look forward to a future
16:24where my children will look at this moment
16:26as the beginning of a new story,
16:28a story of prosperity and of peace.
16:30So thanks to the President,
16:31congratulations to the entire team
16:33and to my fellow Americans.
16:34We should all be really proud
16:35because it's amazing
16:37what active presidential leadership
16:39can accomplish
16:39when it's geared towards peace and prosperity,
16:43and that's what we have
16:43in the Oval Office right now.
16:44So great job, sir.
16:45Thank you very much,
16:46J.D. and Marco,
16:47and then we're going to ask
16:48the two principals to speak.
16:50Yes, sir.
16:50Mr. President, first of all, thank you.
16:52When I first came on this job
16:53a few months ago,
16:54you made it very clear
16:55that the priority of this administration
16:57under your leadership
16:58is going to be the pursuit of peace.
17:00And from day one,
17:01whether it's been in Ukraine and Russia,
17:02whether it's been Pakistan and India,
17:03whether it's been Iran and Israel,
17:05and in the continent of Africa,
17:07your priority's been on peace.
17:08And today we see this come to fruition.
17:10It's sad,
17:11but wars get a lot more attention than peace.
17:12But peace is harder than war,
17:14a lot harder.
17:15And I want to congratulate
17:16both of the leaders here
17:17and their respective presidents
17:18for choosing the harder path,
17:20which is often peace,
17:21than the easier path,
17:22which sometimes is war,
17:23as costly and as bloody as it may be.
17:25And I echo the vice president's statements,
17:27and that is that
17:28Americans should be very proud
17:29that the number one voice for peace
17:31in the world today
17:32is our president, your president.
17:33And so thank you, President Trump.
17:34And I want to, again,
17:37recognize Dr. Boulos
17:38and the work he's put into this
17:39from day one.
17:40He's really put a lot of time and effort,
17:42and as our friends
17:44from the respective countries
17:45can share with us.
17:46And last point,
17:47I do want to thank,
17:48you've done this already,
17:49but the African Union,
17:50Togo, and Qatar,
17:52who have been extraordinary partners
17:53and whose help we're going to need
17:54to continue to receive
17:55in order to bring all this to fruition.
17:57So congratulations to both of you.
17:59Thank you, Mr. President.
18:01Great job you've done.
18:02Do you want to start?
18:04Either way.
18:05Would you like to start?
18:06First, maybe.
18:06Okay.
18:08Thank you so much.
18:09Thank you very much.
18:10Thank you so much, Mr. President,
18:11for having us here.
18:13I think I can summarize
18:14my contribution
18:16in three main points.
18:18First of all,
18:18thank you and congratulations,
18:20indeed,
18:20for this remarkable milestone,
18:22which is putting an end
18:23to 30 years of conflict
18:25and of suffering,
18:26and which is redefining
18:28the perspectives
18:28that millions of Congolese
18:30and of citizens
18:31of the greater Great Lakes region
18:33will have.
18:33The second point is
18:35stay committed,
18:36stay on board.
18:37We need the United States
18:38to make sure
18:39that this agreement holds
18:40and that you hold us accountable.
18:43And the third point is
18:44if you stay on board,
18:45I think there are
18:46so many perspectives
18:47that we can transform
18:48our partnerships to
18:50and that can usher in
18:51an era of prosperity,
18:53of growth,
18:54and of shared bilateral relationships
18:56that go well beyond
18:57the challenges
18:58that we've shared together
18:59and that can at least
19:01or finally focus
19:02on the potential
19:03and of the wealth
19:04that we can share.
19:05So again,
19:06our heartfelt gratitude
19:08to you on my behalf,
19:10but more importantly,
19:11on behalf of the people
19:12of the Democratic Republic
19:13of Hong Kong.
19:14Thank you so much.
19:15Beautifully spoken,
19:16and I look forward
19:16to seeing your leader.
19:18A highly respected person,
19:20as you know,
19:21highly respected all over the world,
19:22but in Africa in particular.
19:24So sometime in July,
19:26we'll do something,
19:27a big ceremony.
19:28We look forward to it.
19:29Thank you very much.
19:31Please.
19:31Thank you very much,
19:32Mr. President.
19:33This is indeed a historical day
19:35because it's the signing
19:38of a peace agreement
19:39between Congo and Rwanda
19:42to end a conflict
19:44that has been going on
19:45for 30 years.
19:46And there has been many
19:49mediation,
19:51facilitation in the past,
19:52but none of them succeeded.
19:55And we believe that
19:56it's because of your leadership
19:59and your steadfast commitment
20:01to this process
20:04with also a new approach
20:06of economic integration,
20:08regional economic integration,
20:10which is important
20:12to allow Rwanda and DRC
20:13working together
20:14because this is a very rich
20:15region
20:16with cross-border trade,
20:19with minerals,
20:19with natural wealth.
20:22So with the U.S.
20:24standing side by side
20:26with Rwanda and DRC,
20:27we believe that
20:27we will achieve
20:29a long-time peace.
20:32And we also believe
20:33that, as my colleague
20:35from DRC stated,
20:36it's important
20:36for the United States
20:38to stay committed
20:39because today we signed,
20:41but now we need to implement
20:43what we have signed
20:44in order to open
20:46this new era
20:47you were talking about
20:48of prosperity
20:51so that we can reap
20:53the economic dividend
20:54of peace.
20:55So for this
20:56economic integration framework
20:57to be implemented,
20:59it's important
21:00for the U.S.
21:00to accompany
21:01the parties
21:02to implement
21:03what we have signed
21:04because in the past
21:05we have signed
21:06so many agreements
21:07that were not implemented.
21:08and we are ready,
21:10we believe that
21:11with your leadership,
21:12with the involvement
21:13of the United States
21:14administration,
21:15we will reach that goal.
21:17So thank you very much,
21:18Mr. President.
21:18Well, this will happen
21:19definitely.
21:21I can reach over.
21:22Do you want to just
21:22press them over to me?
21:24Let me have them.
21:26And I just wanted to give you
21:27each easy
21:28signed agreements
21:29and we'll make sure
21:31that you follow us through.
21:33We'll make sure
21:33you follow through.
21:34And we have one other thing
21:40that we're going to give
21:41that we give to special people.
21:43It's a coin.
21:45And I hope you do that.
21:47I'm going to give you
21:47a second one for your leader.
21:49Oh, cool.
21:50Thank you very much.
21:54These are serious coins.
21:56You don't want to lose them.
21:58I think that your reporter
22:00from Africa should get one.
22:01What do you think?
22:02Can you see that?
22:03Yes.
22:03I think it's a guess.
22:05Are the reporters
22:06okay with it?
22:08Brian, yes?
22:09Darling, that's you.
22:10Okay.
22:11You did a fantastic job.
22:13And I heard you do
22:14a great job
22:15covering everything.
22:16And Mr. President,
22:17we actually have the pictures
22:18that you took earlier
22:19of the board ministers
22:20here already.
22:21Thank you so much,
22:22Mr. President.
22:24Let me see that.
22:25They're in this folder
22:26right here, sir.
22:27Okay, this one?
22:28Yes, sir.
22:29Oh.
22:30Oh, they look better than me.
22:32I don't like them.
22:34I don't like them.
22:35That's beautiful.
22:38That's very good.
22:39We have a good photographer.
22:43Beautiful.
22:46That's great.
22:49You better, I'll tell you,
22:50you better do the job here
22:52or we're going to come down.
22:52That's beautiful.
22:56Thank you very much.
22:57So we'll put them in.
22:59That's for you.
22:59I can do it.
23:00So I'll talk.
23:01That's for you.
23:06What is it?
23:09For the corner.
23:10Yes.
23:11Okay.
23:14Let's see if we have two of them.
23:15I think so.
23:17You wouldn't give us one.
23:18We would have made a big mistake.
23:20Isn't that nice?
23:21Nice.
23:21That's for you.
23:22That's for you.
23:23That's for you.
23:24Thank you, Mr. President.
23:25Thank you very much.
23:26And you're all set.
23:27And this is for you.
23:29You're going to get this.
23:30Good.
23:31As we'll hold it.
23:32Thank you so much.
23:33Thank you very much.
23:34Good luck.
23:35Do you have any questions?
23:36Yes.
23:37No, no, not Canada.
23:40This is about Canada.
23:41Why not?
23:41Why not?
23:42Why not?
23:42Because this is about a different subject.
23:46But you're ending all...
23:47This is right now
23:47actually a much more important subject.
23:49We just ended a war
23:51that was going on for 30 years
23:53where 6 million people died.
23:55So don't ask me a trade question on Canada.
23:57Mr. President,
23:58Cara Castronova from Lindell TV.
24:00Now that your administration,
24:01and congratulations,
24:02has secured peace in Africa
24:04to a bloody horrific war
24:05that's gone on for decades
24:06and no other president could do it,
24:08do you think the mainstream media
24:09will finally...
24:09I love her.
24:10I'm telling you.
24:12But you're right.
24:12No other president could do it.
24:14They tried and they...
24:15Well, they didn't even try,
24:16I don't think.
24:17I don't think.
24:18I actually don't think they tried.
24:19Do you think Biden tried?
24:20He didn't know he was alive.
24:22Do you think the mainstream media
24:23will finally give you credit
24:24where credit is due?
24:24No.
24:25The media will never give me credit.
24:28But the people give me credit.
24:29That's why I'm here.
24:31The people didn't give me...
24:32That's why we're here in a landslide.
24:33We got all seven states.
24:35We won the popular vote.
24:36So the media won't give me credit,
24:38but the people give me credit.
24:39That's more important than me.
24:40Mr. President,
24:41you're going to go down as a peacemaker.
24:43You're also going to go down
24:44with the president.
24:45You had zero border crossings in May.
24:47You secured the border
24:48most than anybody has ever done.
24:51But I don't know if you know this.
24:52You're on track right now
24:53to have the lowest murder rate
24:55in history in this country.
24:57And I think I largely go to the fact
25:00we closed down the border.
25:01Would you want to comment on that?
25:03You might go down as the
25:04lowest murder rate
25:07in U.S. history, President Trump.
25:08I saw that the other day,
25:10and that's an honor.
25:11I mean, and that's really even better
25:15because, you know,
25:15we've taken a lot of illegals
25:17into the country through Biden,
25:19through the Biden administration
25:21that are murderers,
25:2411,888 to be exact.
25:27And many of them are now gone.
25:29We got rid of them.
25:30They're back where they belong.
25:32But so it's a great honor.
25:33You know, if you took that out,
25:35the numbers would be even better.
25:37They've created a lot of problems.
25:39You truth socialed earlier
25:40about getting money
25:42to the air traffic controllers
25:43and the big, beautiful bill,
25:45which hopefully, praise God,
25:47we get this thing signed.
25:48What does that mean to that industry
25:50that have been suffering
25:51the last couple of years,
25:53or a couple of years,
25:53probably a decade,
25:55of being underfunding?
25:56How did that change
25:56the safety of air travel?
25:57Well, they've underfunded
25:58the airports for years,
26:00and I started the process
26:01of getting it completed
26:03in terms of the equipment
26:05necessary to land the planes
26:07where the planes,
26:07like the helicopter accident
26:09with the plane,
26:10would have never happened
26:11if they had the right
26:11modern equipment.
26:13It would have been,
26:14bells and whistles
26:15would have been going on
26:16all over the place.
26:17And I had that all set,
26:18but when I wasn't here,
26:20they totally dropped it.
26:21You had a terrible
26:22head of transportation.
26:24We have a very good one there,
26:25Sean Duffy.
26:26But you had Buddha,
26:27and he didn't know
26:28a damn thing.
26:29He'd ride to work
26:29on his bicycle.
26:30He didn't know
26:30what the hell was going on.
26:32He was terrible.
26:33So he totally dropped that.
26:34It was a project
26:35that should have happened,
26:36and I was all set.
26:37But we had a very sad experience
26:40with the voting.
26:42And so we didn't get to do that.
26:44But now I'm doing it,
26:45and we're going to have
26:45a great system.
26:46And it's funded partially
26:48by the bill.
26:49The initial funding
26:50is by the bill,
26:50and then it gets to be funded.
26:52The rest of it comes
26:53a little bit later
26:53as we build it out.
26:55But we're going to build out
26:56the best in the world.
26:57We have the best companies
26:58in the world.
26:58A couple of countries
26:59have very good systems.
27:00In fact, I noticed
27:01when I was landing,
27:02my pilot often
27:04would use the system
27:05of another country,
27:06and I said,
27:07what are you doing that for?
27:08He said,
27:08the United States system
27:09is so bad.
27:11So we have the best companies
27:13that do that
27:14in the world bidding.
27:16You have Raytheon,
27:17you have IBM,
27:18you have a lot of
27:18different companies bidding,
27:20and we'll get the best one,
27:21the best system
27:21for the best price.
27:23And they're going to go to town
27:25and give us a system
27:26that will be better
27:27than any other system
27:28in the world.
27:28And you won't have
27:29planes bunking
27:30into each other
27:31at 35,000 feet.
27:33I had another question.
27:34On the subject
27:35of peace deals,
27:37how close are you
27:38and your administration
27:39to a deal
27:41in terms of Gaza
27:42ceasefire right now?
27:44Often asked,
27:46and I think it's close.
27:47I just spoke with
27:48some of the people involved.
27:50It's a terrible situation
27:51that's going.
27:52Gaza,
27:52he's asking about.
27:55And we think
27:56within the next week
27:57we're going to get
27:57a ceasefire.
27:59And we're supplying,
28:00as you know,
28:00a lot of money
28:01and a lot of food
28:01to that area
28:02because we have to,
28:04I mean,
28:04you have to,
28:05we're in theory
28:06not involved in it,
28:07but we're involved
28:08because people are dying.
28:10And I look at those crowds
28:11of people
28:11that have no food,
28:12no anything,
28:13and, you know,
28:14we're the ones
28:14that are getting it there.
28:17Some of it's being taken
28:18by some bad people,
28:20you know,
28:21if you give it
28:21and you give it out
28:22and they're supposed
28:23to be taking care
28:23of the people
28:24and they end up
28:25stealing the food
28:26and selling it.
28:26But we have
28:28a pretty good system now.
28:29But so we're helping
28:31with that.
28:31You see the lines
28:33of people
28:33that just get one meal
28:35essentially.
28:37But it's too bad
28:39other countries
28:40aren't helping out.
28:41Nobody's helping out.
28:42We're doing that
28:43because I think
28:44we have to
28:45on a humanitarian basis.
28:47Like this.
28:48We didn't have
28:48to get involved
28:49in Africa,
28:50but we did
28:50because we thought
28:51it was,
28:52I mean,
28:52I've been reading,
28:52like J.D. said,
28:54he's, you know,
28:55for much of his life
28:57he's been just
28:57seeing this
28:58about this brutal war.
29:00And it actually
29:01got a lot of publicity
29:03because of the level
29:04of brutality.
29:05It was,
29:05it was,
29:06nobody's ever seen
29:07anything like it.
29:08And to be involved
29:10in that,
29:11I mean,
29:11I consider this
29:12the most important
29:13of my conferences today.
29:14We just had
29:14a great Supreme Court
29:15victory today
29:17and everybody
29:18would say
29:19it was big,
29:19but, you know,
29:20we're talking
29:21about saving
29:21thousands
29:22and probably
29:23millions of lives here.
29:25This is more important
29:26than anything.
29:27So, it's great,
29:28but we're working
29:29on Gaza,
29:29trying to get it
29:30taken care of.
29:31And again,
29:32you know,
29:32a lot of food
29:33has been sent there.
29:35And other countries
29:36throughout the world
29:37should be helping also.
29:38And on this other
29:39conflict that I know
29:39you've been working on,
29:40sir,
29:41is it true
29:42that you have reached
29:43out with a letter
29:43to North Korea's
29:45Kim Jong-un?
29:46Well,
29:47if there is a conflict,
29:48I get along with him
29:49very, very well.
29:50And we'll get the conflict
29:52solved with North Korea.
29:54I've had a good relationship
29:55with Kim Jong-un
29:56and I've gotten along
30:00with him really great.
30:01So, we'll see what happens.
30:02But somebody's saying
30:03there's a potential conflict.
30:05I think we'll work it out.
30:06If there is,
30:07it wouldn't involve us.
30:09But again,
30:09we're very far away
30:10from a lot of these places
30:11that we're solving problems with.
30:14But I enjoy doing it.
30:15I like doing it
30:16and it's the right thing to do
30:17and we're able,
30:17we have an ability
30:18to get it done.
30:19So, we're solving things
30:21that we didn't have a lot
30:22to do with Serbia,
30:23Kosovo, I told you.
30:25We solved a potential disaster.
30:29I can tell you that
30:30some of the countries
30:32that you're not going
30:33to hear about,
30:33but some countries
30:34that were ready
30:35to go to war
30:35with their neighbor
30:36are not going to go
30:37to war with their neighbor.
30:40And it's a great thing.
30:41We have a number of them.
30:42But I just,
30:44I'm very happy
30:44about India and Pakistan
30:46because they have,
30:47they actually have
30:48nuclear weapons.
30:49You know,
30:49when you talk about Iran,
30:50they were trying to get it.
30:52But India has nuclear weapons.
30:55Pakistan has nuclear weapons.
30:57High level nuclear weapons both.
31:00And getting that solved
31:02was,
31:03was really great.
31:04We did it through trade.
31:05So it was a great thing.
31:06When it comes to nuclear weapons,
31:09Mr. President,
31:10are you concerned
31:11that the Iranians
31:12may have some enriched uranium
31:14at Pickaxe Mountain?
31:16No.
31:16The last thing
31:17they're thinking about
31:18right now
31:19is enriched uranium.
31:21They're not thinking about it.
31:22What they want to do
31:23is they want to get back to life.
31:24And they do want to meet me.
31:25And we'll do that quickly.
31:28We're going to do it quickly.
31:29Isn't this morning
31:29that they don't want to meet
31:30with the U.S.?
31:31Were they telling you
31:33something different in private?
31:34They may say that to you.
31:35Don't you think they want to meet me?
31:36Don't you think
31:37we have sanctions on there
31:38that they can't do anything?
31:40Wouldn't you think
31:41that they want to meet me?
31:42I mean,
31:43they're not stupid people.
31:45But they went through a lot.
31:47And they suffered.
31:49And so did Israel.
31:49Israel suffered greatly.
31:51It was a nasty 12 days.
31:54And,
31:54yeah,
31:56we'll see what happens.
31:57Are you considering
31:59sending Patriot missiles
32:01to Ukraine?
32:02Have you made up
32:02your mind about that yet?
32:03Go ahead.
32:04On this conflict,
32:05Mr. President,
32:06there are a few unanswered questions
32:07that remain in this deal.
32:09For example,
32:09will Rwandan,
32:10on this deal,
32:11on this conflict,
32:12for example,
32:12will Rwandan troops
32:13pull back from
32:14parts of DR Congo
32:16and also will
32:17the M23 rebel group
32:19be allowed to remain
32:20in parts of
32:21eastern DR Congo?
32:22Do you have any answers
32:23to those questions?
32:24Well, let me ask you
32:25that question.
32:25Do you want to answer that one?
32:26It sounds like
32:27an interesting question for you.
32:29Go ahead, please.
32:29Thank you very much.
32:30In the agreement
32:31we signed,
32:32we have taken
32:34the concept of operation
32:36for the neutralization
32:37of the FDLR,
32:39which is a vicious
32:40genocidal movement,
32:42and the lifting
32:42of Rwandan
32:43defensive measures.
32:44So this was already
32:45signed last year
32:46in November,
32:47so we will implement it,
32:49this concept of operation,
32:52to do both things,
32:52to neutralize
32:53this movement,
32:54which has been
32:55destabilizing Rwanda
32:56for many years,
32:57and to lift
32:58our defensive measures.
33:00As for the M23,
33:01in agreement also,
33:02we have decided
33:04to rely on the Doha talks
33:05because there are
33:06currently talks
33:07between the AFC M23
33:09and the DRC government
33:11to have a peace deal also
33:13that will complement
33:14the Washington peace agreement.
33:17So both things
33:18are taken care of.
33:19Mr. President,
33:19will the United States
33:20be enforcing this agreement
33:22or taking a role in it?
33:22We'll be working with them
33:23to get it enforced.
33:24They can enforce
33:25their own agreement,
33:26but we'll be putting
33:27a lot of pressure on
33:28to make sure
33:28it gets enforced.
33:29The two people
33:30in this room
33:30are very, very capable people,
33:32and they'll get it done.
33:33I think they'll get it done.
33:34They love their...
33:36One thing I learned
33:37very quickly
33:37is how much you love
33:39your country
33:39and you want to get it done,
33:40and they know
33:41it has to get done,
33:42otherwise bad things happen.
33:44But I think
33:44we're well beyond that.
33:46Other presidents
33:47should have done
33:47what I'm doing right now.
33:48They never did it.
33:49I don't think
33:49they ever tried.
33:50I don't think
33:50it's like they couldn't do it.
33:52I don't think
33:53they ever tried.
33:54And if they did,
33:54they wouldn't be able
33:55to do it, anyway.
33:57Mr. President,
33:58if I...
33:58Yes, thank you.
33:59Mr. President,
34:00can you share with us
34:01what can happen
34:02if one of the parts
34:04violate this peace agreement?
34:06Because we don't want
34:07war to come back
34:09to DRC.
34:10I'd rather not say...
34:11I would just say
34:12that there are big penalties
34:13if they violate,
34:14and they're not going to...
34:15I don't think
34:15they will violate.
34:16I think they...
34:17But we have very severe penalties,
34:19financial and otherwise.
34:21Okay?
34:21Mr. President,
34:22if we can go back
34:23to your social post
34:24on Canada specifically,
34:26why are you deciding
34:27to end trade talks
34:28with Canada,
34:29and what rate
34:29are you looking to set?
34:31So, Canada put a charge
34:33on some of our companies,
34:35and Canada's been
34:36a very difficult country
34:37to deal with over the years.
34:40You know, we hear Canada.
34:41We have a great relationship
34:43with the people of Canada,
34:44but it's been very difficult,
34:45and they put a charge
34:47in there.
34:47We're a little bit early.
34:48We found out about it, so...
34:50And we have all the cards.
34:51We have all...
34:52Every single one.
34:53We don't want to do anything bad,
34:54but they have...
34:56Economically,
34:57we have such power over Canada.
35:00I'd rather not use it,
35:01but they did something
35:03with our tech companies today
35:05trying to copy Europe.
35:06You know, they copied Europe.
35:07It's not going to work out
35:08well for Europe either,
35:09and it's not going to work out
35:11well for Canada.
35:12They were foolish to do it,
35:14so I said,
35:14we're going to stop
35:15all negotiations
35:16with Canada right now
35:17until they straighten out
35:19their act.
35:20Is there anything Canada
35:21can do to change your mind
35:22about this situation?
35:23Well, no.
35:24They put a tax on companies
35:25that were American companies
35:27that they shouldn't...
35:27A very severe tax,
35:30and, yeah,
35:32I guess they could remove it.
35:33They will,
35:34but I don't really...
35:35I mean,
35:35it doesn't matter to me.
35:36We have all the cards.
35:38We have all the cards.
35:39You know,
35:39we do a lot of business
35:41with Canada,
35:42but relatively little.
35:43They do most
35:44of their businesses with us,
35:45and when you have
35:47that circumstance,
35:48you treat people better.
35:49They've had farmers
35:50that are getting,
35:53like, 300, 400,
35:54200 percent in tariffs.
35:56Nobody's ever seen
35:57anything like it.
35:57We have cases...
35:58You don't read this,
36:00and the people don't report,
36:01but they charge us
36:03400 percent
36:04on some dairy products.
36:07400 percent.
36:08Nobody writes that.
36:10It's not fair
36:11to our farmers,
36:12and we've got to
36:13protect our farmers.
36:14And,
36:14you know,
36:15you mentioned
36:18how much of a rate cut
36:20would do to the interest
36:22on the debt.
36:23Earlier today,
36:24Director Pulte
36:25was on CNBC
36:27talking about
36:27how he suggested
36:28Powell should resign.
36:30Any comments
36:31on whether or not
36:33Powell should step down?
36:34I know you've been
36:34pretty critical.
36:35and have a comment.
36:36I'd love him to resign
36:37if he wanted to.
36:37He's done a lousy job.
36:39Look,
36:40if you were there,
36:42you'd say,
36:43well, you know,
36:44the United States
36:44is doing well.
36:46They have no inflation.
36:47And if they do get inflation
36:49in a year or two,
36:50we'll put,
36:50we'll start raising the rates,
36:51we'll get rid of the inflation,
36:53you know,
36:53and do other things.
36:55Biden had the worst inflation
36:57in the history of our country.
36:5919 percent,
37:00but I think it was
37:01much higher than that.
37:02Frankly,
37:03they say 19 percent.
37:04I say I think it's
37:05a lot higher than that.
37:06And we have almost
37:07no inflation now.
37:08We've done a great job
37:09in a short period of time.
37:11Energy prices are way down.
37:13Gasoline now is down
37:14to close to $2
37:15in a lot of places.
37:17A couple of places,
37:18I see it even broke.
37:19It's like $198 a gallon.
37:21We've done a great job
37:22on inflation
37:23and honestly,
37:24pretty much everything else.
37:26I think that,
37:27I think it's very sad
37:31the way people act.
37:32You know,
37:33you have a guy in there
37:34that with the stroke of a pen
37:36could lower interest rates
37:38and save us hundreds
37:39of billions of dollars a year.
37:41But he's a stupid person.
37:43You know,
37:44it's very interesting.
37:46He,
37:46I'm not sure
37:48if he doesn't understand it
37:50because he should be able
37:51to understand it.
37:52It's sort of
37:53101 economics.
37:55But I'm not sure of that.
37:56But think of it.
37:57With the stroke of a pen,
37:59he talks about costs.
38:00We can save $600 billion.
38:05Maybe even,
38:06these are nice numbers
38:06for you, right?
38:08$900 billion,
38:09$950 billion
38:10by lowering interest rates.
38:12And it's really just
38:12more of a paper movement.
38:14It's not like,
38:15you're not cutting anything.
38:16You're not cutting jobs.
38:17It's just interest rates.
38:19And we're number 40,
38:22a 44,
38:22number 45.
38:24Some places
38:24that you wouldn't believe
38:25that, you know,
38:26I don't want to be disparaging,
38:28but they pay a lower interest rate
38:30than the United States of America.
38:32And without us,
38:33everything blows up.
38:34You know,
38:34we sort of control the world
38:36in that sense.
38:37But we have a guy
38:38that's just a stubborn mule
38:39and a stupid person
38:42that is making a big mistake.
38:44He's making a mistake.
38:45And it lasts for years
38:46because when you do the debt,
38:47now, I've instructed my people
38:49not to do any debt
38:50beyond nine months or so.
38:53Get this guy out.
38:55And whoever is in there
38:56will lower rates.
38:57If I don't,
38:58if I think somebody's going to
39:00keep the rates where they are
39:01or whatever,
39:02I'm not going to put them in.
39:03I'm going to put somebody
39:04that wants to cut rates.
39:05There are a lot of them out there.
39:07And I said this morning,
39:08a lot of the business shows today
39:09were saying,
39:10you know, Trump is right.
39:11He should be cutting rates.
39:12Think of it.
39:13We have a great country.
39:14We're making a lot of money.
39:15We're taking in billions
39:16of dollars in tariffs.
39:17We have one,
39:18we have $15 trillion
39:20of money
39:21that wants to be invested here,
39:22which is a record.
39:24In two months,
39:25it breaks any record
39:26that we've ever had
39:28for a whole year
39:29and not even close.
39:31$15 trillion.
39:32And it's going to be
39:33much higher than that.
39:34That's after
39:34essentially two months
39:36because, you know,
39:36we've been doing it
39:37for about two months,
39:38two and a half months.
39:40$15 trillion
39:41breaks every record
39:42in the book.
39:43There's never been
39:44anything like this.
39:45We have factories moving in.
39:46We have car plants
39:47moving in.
39:47We have everyone
39:48wants to be part
39:49of the United States.
39:50And as I told you
39:51and I say to everybody
39:52when I was in the Middle East,
39:54the king of Saudi Arabia
39:55and Qatar
39:57and UAE,
39:58all great leaders,
39:59they have all great leaders,
40:00all three of them said,
40:01you got the hottest country
40:02in the world
40:03and you did it in,
40:04at that time,
40:05I was there for four months
40:06because we got back
40:07a little while ago.
40:08But everybody says it,
40:09not only them.
40:10We have the hottest country
40:12in the world right now.
40:13The only thing is
40:14we have a Fed chairman
40:15that is,
40:17he doesn't get it.
40:18And you could have
40:19substantially low.
40:21Like if we cut him
40:22two points,
40:22we'd save more than 600,
40:24think of it,
40:25more than $600 billion
40:26just because you cut.
40:28But you can't go out
40:29to the market
40:29and say,
40:30well, we have a guy
40:31that's got us
40:31at 4% or 4.5%
40:33and we want to pay
40:342% or 1%.
40:35I think we should be
40:36paying 1% right now
40:38and we're paying more
40:40because we have a guy
40:41who's, you know,
40:42suffers from,
40:43I think,
40:43Trump derangement syndrome
40:44if you want to know
40:45the truth.
40:46But he's not good
40:47for our country.
40:48Mr. President,
40:49did you push
40:50for the president?
40:50The president of UVA.
40:52Did you push
40:53for the president?
40:54Not you.
40:54A related question
40:55on banking.
40:56There have been reports,
40:57Mr. President,
40:57that your administration
40:58is considering issuing
41:00an executive order
41:01about debanking,
41:02which is the practice
41:03of banks denying services
41:04based on people
41:05as political beliefs
41:06or industries
41:07such as crypto,
41:08people involved in that.
41:09Would you be open
41:11or interested to sign
41:12such an executive order
41:13targeting debanking
41:14and what might that look like?
41:16Well, I think the debankers,
41:17I think that banks,
41:18I can tell you
41:18because I've been
41:19a victim myself
41:20because of my politics,
41:22that big banks
41:23were very nasty to us.
41:27And I actually think
41:28it was Biden's people
41:29that told them to be
41:31because the one group
41:33of people
41:33that banks are afraid of
41:34the regulators.
41:35They are petrified
41:36of the regulators.
41:37And I've seen
41:39the biggest banker,
41:40I can tell you,
41:40you see him on television
41:41all the time.
41:42If a regulator walked
41:43into the room,
41:44he gets all nervous
41:45and crazy.
41:47They're afraid
41:48of the regulators.
41:49And if the Biden people
41:50order the banks
41:51to be virtually closed,
41:53they can do anything
41:54they want.
41:54The regulators control
41:55the banks.
41:56It's not the president
41:57of the bank.
41:58The president of the bank
41:59is far less important
42:00to a bank
42:01than a regulator.
42:02And a regulator
42:03can put that bank
42:03out of business.
42:04Just like bad prosecutors
42:06are very dangerous.
42:08We had a couple.
42:08I had deranged Jack Smith
42:10and some others.
42:11And we kicked their ass.
42:13But it was,
42:14you know,
42:14it's a tough
42:14kind of a situation.
42:17Prosecutors
42:17are very dangerous.
42:18A great prosecutor
42:19is an amazing asset
42:20for a country.
42:22But a corrupt prosecutor,
42:24a bad prosecutor
42:24is very bad.
42:25Well,
42:26the regulators
42:26are the same thing.
42:27And when they tell
42:28the regulator
42:28to go and make it,
42:30make life impossible
42:31for big banks
42:32or little banks,
42:33they really control it.
42:34So there is a lot
42:35of debanking.
42:36They call it debanking.
42:37They call it
42:38a lot of different names.
42:39Essentially,
42:40they make it impossible
42:41to do business.
42:42And those people
42:43are very bad
42:43and very dangerous.
42:45And they shouldn't
42:46be doing it.
42:47All those that's wrong.
42:50Mr. President,
42:50could you please
42:51explain how taxes
42:53would go up by 68%
42:55if the bill
42:55isn't passed?
42:56Where does that
42:56number come from?
42:57Well,
42:57it comes from the fact
42:58that you have
42:59automatically the Trump cuts,
43:01which were the biggest cuts
43:02that we've ever had.
43:03Now,
43:03these cuts are even bigger.
43:05But from the last
43:06administration,
43:07we had the Trump cuts.
43:08It was a five-year deal
43:09and it comes due.
43:10When you add that
43:11to the cuts
43:12that you already have
43:13and other things,
43:14it amounts,
43:15according to what
43:16they tell me,
43:17about 68%,
43:18that would mean
43:19you'd have a tax
43:20so that
43:20you know that
43:22the tax cuts
43:23that they got,
43:24the biggest tax cuts
43:25in our history,
43:26would immediately
43:27go up
43:28to that level
43:29and that alone
43:30is a big chunk
43:31of the 68%.
43:32And then you have
43:33the other taxes
43:34that would accumulate
43:36and they say
43:37that you'd have
43:37about a 68% tax increase.
43:40Sir,
43:41you said a moment ago
43:42that it won't work out
43:43very well
43:43for Europe on trade.
43:44Does that mean
43:45you want to cut off
43:46those negotiations as well
43:47and just tell them
43:48what they should be doing?
43:48It would have been very tough.
43:49The European Union
43:50was formed
43:51in order to take advantage
43:53of the United States
43:54on trade.
43:54That was why
43:55they were formed.
43:56And they're nasty.
43:57They're very nasty.
43:58We have a good relationship.
43:59I'm dealing with Ursula
44:00right now
44:01and the group.
44:02But it's a very,
44:04it's a very tough situation.
44:06They have been
44:07unbelievably bad to us.
44:09If you look at past precedents,
44:11they've treated them
44:12very badly.
44:13They're being very nice to me
44:14because I get it.
44:15I know the system
44:16and we have the cards.
44:18We have the cards
44:19far more than they do.
44:21And they have not
44:22treated us well
44:23and they're coming
44:24to us right now.
44:25You know,
44:25I said I was going
44:26to put on a 50% tariff.
44:27As soon as I said that,
44:29I put it out on truth.
44:30As soon as I said that,
44:31they came to the table.
44:32They didn't want
44:33to come to the table.
44:34My people were telling me,
44:35Scott was telling me
44:37and the whole group
44:38was telling me
44:38that not a good situation.
44:42They want to tap it
44:43down the line.
44:43They don't want
44:44a really deal.
44:45So I said,
44:45we're going to put
44:46a 50% tariff on you.
44:48And Howard,
44:49as you know,
44:50was very much involved.
44:52Lutnik Commerce.
44:53And he said,
44:54they don't want to talk.
44:56As soon as I put that on,
44:57I was getting calls
44:57from them like,
44:58can we meet tomorrow?
45:00And the problem is
45:02they have a lot
45:03of very unfair taxes.
45:05They have a lot
45:06of taxes
45:06that you wouldn't put on.
45:08And they sue
45:09all our companies.
45:10They're constantly
45:11suing Apple
45:11and Google
45:12and all of these companies
45:14and getting,
45:16you know,
45:17in front of judges
45:17that essentially
45:18almost work for them.
45:20I guess they do work for them.
45:21They're European Union judges.
45:23And they're getting
45:24these crazy rewards.
45:25Apple was fined
45:26$17 billion.
45:27And others are being fined
45:29tremendous numbers
45:30of dollars.
45:31They're nasty people.
45:33And I don't want them
45:34affecting U.S. companies.
45:36I don't want that.
45:38If anybody's going to affect
45:39a U.S. company,
45:40I want it to be us.
45:41And if they're going
45:42to have to pay a penalty
45:42or a fine,
45:43let it be to us.
45:45So they've done this
45:46for a long time,
45:47for years.
45:48But they're very nasty.
45:49The European Union
45:50is very nasty.
45:51There's no question.
45:52But they'll learn
45:53not to be so nasty
45:54very soon.
45:55They know that.
45:56They know it's coming.
45:56I said,
45:57Vladimir Putin
45:58reached out to you
46:01to help you
46:02with the Iran crisis.
46:04Well, you made
46:05some nice statements today.
46:06Did you see the statements?
46:07I saw the statement.
46:07Very nice.
46:08Vladimir Putin
46:09made some very nice
46:10statements today.
46:11Look, he respects
46:12our country again.
46:14He didn't respect it
46:15a year ago,
46:15I can tell you right now.
46:17But Putin respects
46:18our country.
46:19And President Xi
46:21of China respects
46:21our country.
46:22And Kim Jong-un respects,
46:24they respect
46:24our country again.
46:26We were not a country
46:27that was respected
46:28just a year ago.
46:29We had a president
46:30that was incompetent.
46:31We had bad people
46:32circulating around
46:33this desk,
46:34this beautiful,
46:34resolute desk.
46:35They had,
46:37I guess,
46:37evil intentions.
46:38You couldn't be
46:39that stupid.
46:40I mean,
46:40they had evil intentions.
46:42But the world
46:44respects our country again.
46:47Thank you very much,
46:48everybody.
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