President Donald Trump's extended 60 Minutes interview

60 Minutes overtime. What did you get out of this deal that. you wanted? >> Well, I got sort of everything that we. wanted. Uh we got no rare earth threat. Uh that's gone, completely gone. Uh we. have tremendous amounts of uh dollars. pouring in uh because we have very big. tariffs almost 50%.

We never had anything in terms of. tariffs although I put tariffs on China. but Biden let it lapsed by the by the. fact that he gave exemptions on almost. everything which was just ridiculous. But uh we have uh billions and billions. of dollars coming in and we have a very. good relationship. I mean, we have a a. great relationship with a powerful. country. And I've always felt if we can. make deals that are good, it's better to. get along with China than not. If you. can't make the right kind of a deal than. not because, you know, China along with.

many other countries are not alone in. this. They've ripped us off from day. one. They've ripped us so much. They've. taken trillions of dollars out of our. country and now they're uh it's the. opposite. I mean, we're doing very well. with China and hopefully they're going. to do very well with us. But I do think. it's important that China and the US get. along and we get along very well at the. top. >> This trade war though was hurting. Americans. I mean our soybean farmers. China had stopped buying the soybeans.

China was withholding these rare earth. materials that you need for everything. from smartphones to build submarines. >> What was the crucial thing? I mean how. tough of a negotiation? It was a. temporary hurt. It was a hurt because uh. I was taking in a lot of money from. China. We were doing very well against. China. And all of a sudden they said, you know, we have to fight back. And so. they use their powers. The power they. have is rare earth because of the fact. that they've been accumulating it and. and really taking care of it for a.

period of 25 30 years. Other countries. haven't. They use that against us and we. used other things against them. For. instance, airplane parts. That's a big. deal. They have uh hundreds of Boeing. airplanes. We wouldn't give them parts. Uh we were both acting uh maybe a little. bit irrationally, but the big thing we. had was tariffs. Ultimately, I said, "Look, if you don't open up, then what. we're going to do is we're going to. impose a 100% tariff over and above what. you're already paying." And as soon as I.

said that, they came to the table. We. met in South Korea as you saw very a lot. of people watched and uh we made a. really good deal and it was good for. them also I hope I mean I want them to. be good for both sides but we'll be. taking in hundreds of billions of. dollars uh in the form of tariffs you. know tariffs are incredible because they. really give us great national security. as an example uh when they pulled the. rare earth on us and the rest of the.

world if we didn't have tariffs to fight. back. I I immediately instituted a 100%. tariff over and above what they were. already paying. And when I did that, they. immediately came to the table. Without. tariffs, we would not have had that. privilege. We would have not have had. that right. Tariffs give us national. security and great wealth. >> You talked about those rare earth. minerals. Of course, my understanding is. about 90% of them come from China. that's there now. But within a short. period of time,

>> uh, we'll have everything we need for. ourselves. You know, we've instituted an. emergency program and we will have. within a year from now to a year and a. half, we'll have everything we need no. matter what kind of a threat is made. >> How how do we do that? >> Because we've taken over. First of all, you saw the partnerships what we've. established with Japan, with Australia, with UK, with just about everybody, frankly, and we're all doing it. together. you know this wasn't a threat. against the United States this was. really a threat against the world so the.

whole world has come together I think at. our behest and rare earths in within two. years rare earths will see really cease. to be a problem. >> the one thing that China wants but it. doesn't have is the world's most. advanced semiconductors that's what the. United States has will you. >> chips in particular. >> chips that's right will you allow the. chipmaker Nvidia to sell their most. advanced chips to China. >> No, no, we won't do that. But. >> it's not on the table at all. >> We will let them uh deal with Nvidia.

Nvidia is the prime company in the world. for that. And we will let them deal with. Nvidia, but not in terms of the most. advanced. The most advanced, we will not. let anybody have them other than the. United States. >> because then they would win the AI race. >> Well, they wouldn't win it necessarily, but they would certainly have uh an. equal advantage. Right now we're winning. it because we're producing electricity. like never before by allowing the. companies to make their own electricity. which was my idea which nobody frankly.

had thought of. These massive plants. that are being built are building their. own electric generating plants along. with the plant itself and that gives. them all the electric they need without. going to an old grid that's you know 150. years old and uh they're making it. themselves and then they're selling back. any excess electricity into the grid. So. we benefit in all ways but most. importantly it allows the the companies. to go immediately forward. We're getting. uh approvals done in two and three. weeks. It used to take 20 years and we.

are leading the AI race right now by a. lot. Uh we are leading it by numbers. that people have no idea. It's been it's. been really great. We've been very very. farreaching for Look, that's the new. internet. That's the new everything all. put together. The AI race is a big deal. >> Mr. Mr. President, you just negotiated. this one-year trade deal with China, but. as you know, the Chinese, they think in. a hundred years, they play the long. game, including on our own soil.

>> We play the long game, too. >> Our own intelligence agencies say the. Chinese have infiltrated parts of the. American power grid and their water. systems. They steal American. intellectual property and Americans. personal information. They bought. American farmland. How big of a threat. is China? It's like everybody else. We're a threat to them, too. Many of the. things that you say, we do to them. Look, this is a very competitive world, especially when it comes to China and. the US. And uh we're always watching.

them and they're always watching us. In. the meantime, I think we get along very. well. And I think it's uh I think we can. be bigger, better, and stronger by. working with them as opposed to just uh. knocking them out. uh the economy they. can produce things that we don't want to. produce because it's not really worth. our while uh making uh undergarments. making this you know certain things we. don't want to do that and we can buy. them inexpensively from other places in. the world while we can lead the world in.

AI and chips and lots of other things. within two years from now we'll have 40. or 50% of the chip market what's. happening the biggest companies are. leaving Taiwan they're coming into the. United States because of tariffs If we. didn't have tariffs, it wouldn't be. doing it because. >> in how many years you think we'll. replace? >> I think in two years, we'll start. opening up plants and we'll have a very. substantial portion of the chip market. Right now, we have almost none. We. should have had 100%. If we had. presidents that knew anything about. business or knew what they were doing,

because frankly they didn't. We lost 50%. of our automobile business. It's all. coming back. We lost 100% of the chip. You know, it used to be all Intel and. other companies. And what happened is. other countries came in and they stole. our chip business and we didn't charge. tariffs. If we would have charged, let's. say, a 100% tariff, none of those. companies would have left. But they all. left. Now they're all coming back. Nora, because the only way they avoid the. tariffs is to build in our country. If. they build in our country, make their.

plant and make their product in our. country, then it's a very simple thing. They they don't have any tariff to pay. and that's what they want to do. And so. instead of charging somebody a 100%. tariff and you can make your product. outside, they come in and they make and. this is why we have $17 trillion being. invested in the United States right now. But just to show you how big that is, it's the biggest in history by many. times. No other country's been any seen. anything like it. The Biden. administration in four years did less.

than a trillion. We have 17 trillion. more than 17 trillion dollars right now. and I'm in my ninth month. By the time. we finish up, I think we're going to. have over 20 trillion dollars invested. in the United States or to be invested. in. >> How will that trickle down to the. average worker? >> Uh because of jobs, because they're. building plants. We're bringing back the. auto industry into our country. We lost. 58% of the automobile manufacturing. business to other countries. You know, we used to be the king of automobile and.

automobile manufacturing. And now we're. not really the king anymore. As you. know, within a year and a half, two. years, we're going to be the king again. We're going to the the as an example, I. was also in Japan, as you know, in South. Korea. Uh we had the biggest Japanese. companies are investing billions of. dollars of building auto plants in the. United States. If I weren't elected, if I weren't elected, we would be losing. all of these jobs. We would be losing. far more of the auto industry. We would.

be nowhere in chips. Our country would. have been bankrupt, and we would have. had a bigger welfare role. They would. have expanded welfare and forgotten. about everything else. Now, we're. building a country that's going to be so. strong. I don't know if you saw the last. numbers in terms of employment. They're. all non-government jobs, not just. government. Government jobs are easy. I. could I could immediately in do anything. I want with government jobs. I just say. we're going to add up we're going to add. on a million government jobs. And you're. going to say, "Oh, what wonderful. numbers." They don't mean anything. We.

are building jobs at a level that. nobody's ever seen before. But when all. of these plants that are currently under. construction and to be under. construction, when they open, we're going to have an economy like our. country has never seen before, the. strongest economy in the world. We're. doing very well. By the way, the stock. market just hit perfect timing for your. show. Just hit an all-time high. We're. doing really well. >> Can I ask you, Mr. President, on that. point though, when the stock market is. doing well, that doesn't affect. everybody. Not everybody's invested in.

the stock market, but there have been. grocery prices, >> 401ks, people are 401ks, their 401ks are. double what they were a year ago. >> But for people that don't have 401ks or. not invested in the stock market, they've seen their grocery prices go up. inflation. No, you're wrong. They went. up under Biden. Right now, they're going. down. Other than beef, which we're. working on, which we can solve very. quickly. So, the beef the ranchers have. really taken a drubbing over a 30-year. period. Uh because of what I've done, the ranchers have done well, but with.

that, the beef price went up a little. bit. We're going to get the beef price. down very quickly. It'll be very nice. Just like eggs. When I first took over, eggs were double, triple, quadruple what. they were. This was because of Biden. Uh. all of these problems were caused by. Biden. Whether it's the people that came. into our country through jails. I mean, they were released from jails. They were. le released from mental institutions. into our country. These problems are. caused by Biden. We had an open border. Now we have a bord, as you know, absolutely shut other than people are.

allowed to come into our country, but. they have to come in legally. >> I do want to talk about immigration and. some other domestic issues. But just if. we could stay on China for just a. moment. One potential flash point with. China, probably the potential flash. point with China in the coming years is. over the issue of Taiwan. The Chinese. military is encroaching on Taiwan's. sealanes, its airspace, its cyber space. I know you have said that Xiinping. wouldn't dare move militarily on Taiwan. while you're in office. But what if he.

does? Would you order US forces to. defend Taiwan? >> You'll find out if it happens. and he. understands the answer to that. Uh why. not say this never even came up. yesterday as a subject. He never brought. it up. >> Uh people were a little surprised at. that he never brought it up because he. understands it and he understands it. very well. >> Do you mind if I ask when you say he. understands? Why not communicate that. publicly to the rest of us? What does he. understand? >> I don't want to give away I can't give. away my secrets. I don't want to be one. of these guys that tells you exactly.

what's going to happen if something. happens the other side knows. Uh I'm not. somebody that tells you everything. because you're asking me a question, but. they understand what's going to happen. And uh he has openly said and his people. have openly said at meetings, we would. never do anything while President Trump. is president. because they know the consequences. >> Less than an hour before your meeting. with President Xi, you posted on social. media that you instructed the quote. department of war to start testing our. nuclear weapons, right?

>> Immediately. What did you mean? Well, we. have more nuclear weapons than any other. country. And I think we should do. something about denuclearization. And I. did actually discuss that with both. President Putin and President Xi. We. have enough nuclear weapons to blow up. the world 150 times. Uh Russia has a lot. of nuclear weapons and China will have a. lot. They have some. They have quite a. bit. But. >> So why do we need to test our nuclear. weapons? >> Well, because you have to see how they. work. You know, you do have to. And the.

reason I'm saying uh testing is because. Russia announced that they were going to. be doing a test. Uh if you notice, North. Korea is testing constantly. Other. countries are testing. We're the only. country that doesn't test. And I want to. be I don't want to be the only country. that doesn't test. >> Are you saying that after more than 30. years, the United States is going to. start detonating nuclear weapons? >> I'm saying that we're going to test. nuclear weapons like other countries do. Yes. But the only country that's testing. nuclear weapons is North Korea. China.

No, no, Russia's testing nuclear. weapons. >> My understanding. >> and China's testing them too. You just. don't know about it. >> That would be certainly very newsworthy. My understanding is what Russia did. recently was test essentially the uh. delivery systems for nuclear weapons, essentially missiles, which we can do. that, but what not with nuclear weapons? >> Russia's testing and China's testing, but they don't talk about it. You know, we're a open society. We're different. We talk about it. We have to talk about. it because otherwise you people are. going to report. They don't have. reporters that going to be writing about. it. Uh we do. No, we're going to test.

because they test and others test. And. certainly North Korea's been testing. Pakistan's been testing. >> Not nuclear weapons is my understanding. North Korea has but not nuclear weapons. >> They don't go and tell you about it. And. you know, as powerful as they are, this. is a big world. You don't necessarily. know where they're testing. They they. test way under underground where people. don't know exactly what's happening with. the test. You feel a little bit of a. vibration. Uh they test and we don't. test. We have to test. And Russia did.

make a, you know, little bit of a threat. the other day when they said they were. going to do certain forms of a different. level of testing. Uh but Russia tests, China, China does test and we're going. to test also. So we are. >> Doesn't this sort of make sense? You. know, you make you make nuclear weapons. and then you don't test. How are you. going to do that? How are you going to. know if they work? We have to do that. >> Apparently, we don't need to test our. nuclear weapons because they're the best. in the world. According to experts I've. spoken, >> according to me, we have the best. And I.

was the one that renovated them and. built them during a 4-year period. And I. hated to do it because the destructive. capability is something you don't even. want to talk about. But if other people. are going to have them, we're going to. have to have them. And if we have them, we have to test them. Otherwise, you. don't really know how they're going to. work. And we don't want to ever use. them. And in the meantime, I've solved. eight wars. I knocked out eight wars. I. had eight wars. I brought a little list. for you if you'd like to see it. But I. took eight wars and stopped during an.

eightmonth period. During an eight. months before the ninth month, I stopped. eight wars. The only one I haven't been. successful yet in and that'll happen is. Russia Ukraine, which I thought actually. would be the easiest one because I have. a very good relationship with President. Putin. But uh we are respected again as. a country and that's the way I've been. able to stop the wars. I also stopped. them because of trade. >> Who's tougher to deal with, Vladimir. Putin or Xihinping? >> Both tough, both smart, both uh look, they're both very strong leaders. These.

are people not to be toyed with. These. are people you have to take very. serious. They're not they're not walking. in saying, "Oh, isn't it a beautiful. day? Look how beautiful the sun is. shining. It's so nice." These are. serious people. These are people that. are tough, smart leaders. >> And on that note, you talk about Ukraine. in August. I mean, you rolled out the. red carpet for Vladimir Putin in Alaska, but there's been. >> Well, I rolled out the red carpet for. everybody, >> but but there's been no ceasefire. >> No.

Because he thinks because I inherited a. country where he thinks he's winning. That was a war that would have never. happened if I was president. >> So, but that was that was But Nora, that. was Joe Biden's war, not my war. I. inherited that stupid war. That should. not have been a war. That would have. never happened if I were president. And. by the way, for four years, it didn't. happen. There was never even a doubt. Then the election was rigged and stolen. And all of a sudden, you see them. forming up at the line. And now I come. back and I'm going to get that one.

solved, too. But I brought I mean just a. little list of of of look at this wars. How many did I solve, Cambodia, this is. Cambodia, Thailand, Kosovo, Serbia, Congo, the Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan. and India. That was going to be a. beauty. They shot down seven planes. Israel and Iran. You've heard about that. one. Egypt and Ethiopia. That's another. beauty. Ethiopia built a big dam where. there's no water going to the Nile. Uh.

Armenia and Azerbaijan. and if you take a look Israel and Hamas. which is a you know rough little. situation but it's going to be. >> I do want to talk about I mean you have. branded yourself the peace president. >> Well I think I did pretty good. I I. solved those are eight of the nine wars. I solved. You know how I solved them? I. said, "In many cases, in 60%." I said, "If you don't stop fighting, I'm putting. tariffs on both of your countries and. you're not going to be able to do. business with the United States.". >> Why isn't that working with Putin?

>> Uh, it is working with Putin. I think I. did different with him because we don't. do very much business with Russia for. one thing. You know, it's he's not like. somebody that buys a lot from us because. of uh foolishness. And I think he'd like. to be I think he wants to come in and he. wants to trade with us and he wants to. make a lot of money for Russia. And I. think that's great. That's what I. >> get it done in a couple months. Do you. think? >> I think we're going to get it done. Yeah. I think he really wants to do. business with the US. But it did work. with India and it did work with Pakistan. and it did work with 60% of those.

countries. I can tell you if it wasn't. for tariffs and trade, I wouldn't have. been able to make the deals. But I. stopped as an example. Uh India does a. lot of business with us. They were going. to war. They were going to have a. nuclear war with Pakistan. the uh prime. minister of Pakistan stood up the other. day and he said if Donald Trump didn't. get involved many millions of people. would be dead right now. That was a bad. war. Was ready to start. >> shut down airplanes all over the place. That real that was going to be a bad. war. And I told both of them I said if.

you guys don't work out a deal fast. you're not going to do any business with. the United States. And they do a lot of. business with the United States and they. were both great leaders and they worked. out a deal and they stopped the war. That would have been a bad war. It would. have been a nuclear war. >> I want to stay on the issue of foreign. policy and let's turn to our hemisphere. There have been at least eight boats in. the Caribbean destroyed by the US. military. >> Fortunately, >> and now the USS Gerald Ford, [music]. that is the world's largest aircraft. carrier on the way to the Caribbean.

>> Mhm. >> Are we going to war against Venezuela? >> I doubt it. I don't think so. But. they've been treating us very badly, not. only on drugs. Uh they've dumped. hundreds of thousands of people into our. country that we didn't want. People from. prisons, they emptied their prisons into. our comp country. They also uh if you. take a look, they emptied their mental. institutions and their insane asylum. into the United States of America. because Joe Biden was the worst. president in the history of our country. We had the worst inflation. We had the. worst of everything. The worst thing he.

did was allow millions of people to come. into our country that were many in many. cases criminals, murderers. 11,888. murderers were let into our country. Venezuela let a lot of those people in. But they were from all over the world. This isn't just Venezuela. They were. from all over the world. We are going to. talk about. >> and what he did to our country should. never be forgotten. He had an open. border process and people would come in. and I'm not discriminating against. tattoos, but people would come in with.

tattoos all over their faces and say, "Come on in. Come on in. Come on in.". They let people in that should have. never been Venezuela emptied their. prisons into the United States of. America. And every one of those boats. that you see shot down, and I agree, it's a terrible thing. But every one of. those boats kills 25,000 Americans. Every single boat that you see that shot. down kills 25,000 on drugs and destroys. families all over our country. >> We will talk about immigration in a.

moment, but I just want to talk about. the scale of the military operation. around Venezuela because it has been. described as 60 Minutes as using a. blowtorrch to cook an egg. Is this about. stopping. >> I don't think so. Look, >> is it about Let me ask you though, is it. about stopping narcotics or is this. about getting rid of President Maduro? No, this is about many things. This is a. country that allowed their prisons to be. emptied into our country. To me, that. would be almost number one because we. have other countries. Mexico has been.

very bad to us in terms of drugs. Okay? Very bad. We have a closed border right. now. You probably noticed that for five. months in a row, they have zero, think. of this, zero people coming into our. country through our southern border. And. it was millions of people a year just a. little more than a year ago. Millions of. people a year walked into our country. totally unchecked, unvetted. We had no. idea who they were. And we're never. going to let that happen again. That's. what made Biden the worst president. because you know what? Inflation I've.

already taken care of. We had the worst. inflation in the history of our country. And now we don't have inflation. It's a. 2%. It's it's the perfect inflation. >> But what made him so bad? Well, the. weaponization of law enforcement, all. that. Look, he was bad in every way. But. the worst thing that he did is allow. millions and millions and millions of. people to pour into our country. unvetted, unchecked. And they were. criminals, they were murderers, they. were drug dealers, they were people from. jails and people from mental. institutions.

>> You have had success on immigration. I. want to talk about that in a minute. But. on Venezuela in. >> big success. >> on Venezuela in particular, are Maduro's. days as president numbered? >> I would say yeah, I think so. Yeah. And. this issue of potential land strikes in. Venezuela. Is that true? >> I don't tell you that. I mean, uh, I'm. not saying it's true or untrue, but I, you know, I wouldn't I wouldn't be. inclined to say that I would do that, but because I don't talk to a reporter. about whether or not I'm going to. strike. I'm not going to, you know, you're a wonderful reporter. You're very.

talented, but I'm not going to tell you. what I'm going to do with Venezuela. If. I was going to do it or if I wasn't. going to do it. >> Why do we need an aircraft carrier and. strike group out there? >> It's got to be somewhere. >> Okay. >> It's a big one. It leads to the suggestion that the. United States military is planning a. larger operation involving Venezuela. >> Well, we're not going to allow countries. from well, you know, it's countries from. all over the world coming in. You know, they come in from the Congo where we. just settled that war, but it come they.

come in from the Congo. >> They come in from all over the world. They're coming not just from South. America, but Venezuela in particular has. been bad. They have gangs trenda. Do you. ever hear of it? Of course. Most vicious. gang anywhere in the world. They cut. people's hands off if they call up the. cops. You know, they call up the police. >> and they said, "Did you call the. police?" "Yes, I did. You took my. apartment. You live in my building. You. took my apartment." They cut his hand. off. Don't ever call the police again. These are animals. Wait a minute. And. they came in from Venezuela. Worst gang.

Probably the worst gang, most vicious. gang in the world. And you know what I. did in Washington DC? We had a lot of. them. I took care of business. They're. gone. Washington DC right now is a very. safe place as it should be. Washington. DC before I got here was almost like a. crime capital of the world. It's a. capital of this country. To me it's the. capital of the world. You see the way. they treat me. I go to Japan. I go to. South Korea. I go to ch any place I go.

and you know what I call that? Respect. for our country. They didn't treat Biden. that way. When Biden went there, first. of all, he hardly went anywhere. Guy. couldn't leave his bedroom. But they. didn't treat Biden that way. They had no. respect for Biden falling up the stairs, going to an airplane three times. I. mean, this is a man who should have. never been president. This was a rigged. election. And we have to get back. We. have to get to the bottom of that also. because we don't want that to ever. happen again. You see what's going on? We don't ever want that to happen again.

Look what happened to our country by. having Biden as the president. Our. country went to hell. And if we had. another couple of years, if Kamla had. won the election, our country right now. would be finished. It was a dead. country. And now we have the hottest. country anywhere in the world. We have. the strongest stock market. We have. everybody wants to come in. A year ago, we were a dead country. Right now, we. have the hottest country anywhere in the. world. Think of that. And I did that in. nine months. And it's only going to get. better.

>> Let's talk about Israel. You got the. remaining Israeli hostages out of Gaza. You arranged a ceasefire, however. fragile that may be. Those are major. >> It's not fragile. It's a very sol You. know, I mean, you hear about Hamas, but. Hamas could be taken out immediately if. they don't behave. They know that if. they don't behave, they're going to be. taken out immediately. >> How do you get Hamas to disarm? >> Uh, if I want them to disarm, I'll get. them disarmed very quickly. They'll be. uh they'll be eliminated. They know. that. >> Don't forget, you said I got the.

remaining hostages. I got all the. hostages out, but I always said the last. 10 or 20 are going to be tough, but we. were tough also. And they let them all. out. >> You were tough. >> And now, by the way, they're getting uh. a lot of the bodies are coming out, too. Do you know a lot of the parents, it's. very interesting, were the people that. lost their child, you know, mostly sons, but sons and daughters, they knew they were dead in some cases. Do you know that they were as anxious or. even more anxious of getting their child.

out even though they knew it was a body. that we were dealing with than the. people that had a living child, living. breathing child that they knew they were. alive if if barely because the way they. lived was so horrible. And uh you saw. yesterday four more just came out. We're. going to get them out too. They're. buried in many cases. They're buried. under rubble, but we pretty much know. where they were. But I didn't get just. the 20 out. I got all of the hostages. out. >> You pushed the Israeli prime minister to.

make this deal to get a ceasefire to. apologize to Qatar. Can you push BB. Netanyahu to recognize a Palestinian. state? >> Yeah, he's uh he's fine. He's fine. Look, he's a wartime prime minister. I. worked very well with him. Yeah, I mean, I had to push him a little bit one way. or the other. I think I I did a great. job in pushing. He's a very talented. guy. He's a guy that uh has never been. pushed before. Actually, that's the kind. of person you needed in Israel at the.

time. It was very important. Uh I don't. think they treat him very well. He's. under trial for some things and I don't. think they treat him very well. I think. it should, you know, we'll we'll be. involved in that to help him out a. little bit because I think it's very. unfair. Um I did I pushed him. I didn't. like certain things that he did and you. saw what I did about that. Uh, I also. stopped, you know, I we knocked the hell. out of Iran and then it was time to stop. and we stopped. Iran wants to make a. deal. They don't say that and they. probably shouldn't say. No good. dealmaker would, but Iran very much.

wants to make a deal. The key to Middle. East peace. I made Middle East peace for. 3,000 years. They couldn't do it. I did. it. And I did it with some very good. partners in Israel. But the key to the. Middle East peace was knocking the hell. out of their potential uh nuclear when. we were those beautiful B2 bombers. We. just ordered 20 brand new ones, the. newest and the greatest. But with those. beautiful B2 bombers, when they went in. there and they blew the hell out of. that, you know, potential nuclear weapon. site, there were two of them, actually.

And every single missile hit, every. single air shaft, you know, they had to. go down an air shaft. Every single one. of them hit their target. And I remember. fake news, CNN said, "Well, maybe it. wasn't as powerful or as good as we. thought." No, it was much turned out it. was actually better. You know, the. atomic energy agency said the hit was. even stronger than anyone ever thought. possible. And those pilots did a great. job what they were able to do and those. machines. But it wasn't only them. They.

were surrounded by F-22s and F-16s. They. were surrounded by F-35s. There was, do. you know, we had 52 tanker planes. loading them up with jet fuel because it. was a long flight. They fly they flew. for 37 hours. Of course, I flew for 30. 42 hours over the last few days, so I. know how they feel. But they flew, but. they were sitting in one seat. I. [laughter] was I was able to walk around. a little bit. But yeah, they said 42. hours. I've been in the air for 42 hours. over a few days. Uh and that was fine.

because we took in trillions of dollars. into our country. And we also, you know. what's interesting? Japan took. tremendous advantage of us over the. years. You know, they sold cars to us. We couldn't sell cars to them. They made. a fortune. We didn't make anything. We. lost money. But it's the exact opposite. now. But you know what? They like us. more now than they used to because they. respect us now. They didn't used to. respect us. >> and they have great respect for us. All. of them. Every country I saw, including. China. >> China now has great respect for us. They. didn't have respect for us when they had.

Biden and when they had Obama. Obama was. a terrible president. Nobody wants to. talk about it because they want to be. politically correct. I don't care. He. was a terrible president. uh our country was it really started a. very bad downward spiral. Then I stopped. it. Then we had a rigged election and. then what what Biden did to our country. should never ever be forgotten. >> We're still on on foreign policy. So I. just. >> I'm on all policy. I'm not talking about. foreign No. I'm talking about. everything. I'm talking about economy. I'm talking about everything.

>> I want I wanted to ask you about the. crown prince of Saudi Arabia is coming. to the White House this month. He has. said they won't join the Abraham Accords. without a two-state solution. Do you. believe that? >> No, I think he's going to join. I think. we will have a solution. I don't know if. it's going to be two-state. That's going. to be up to Israel and other people and. me. But uh look, the main thing is you. could have never had any kind of a deal. if you had a nuclear Iran. And you.

essentially had a nuclear Iran. And I. blasted the hell out of them. And no. president is. >> Are you convinced they have no nuclear. capability right now? >> Do you want to know? Do you want to. know? They have no nuclear capability. No. Do you want to know that uh the. pilots I invited them to the White House. cuz they were very brave? I mean, I. wouldn't have wanted to do it. You know, get in a plane and they know you're. coming and you're going right into Iran. airspace and you know, they're very. experts and you're flying in with. machines. Personally, I can think of. other things I'd rather do. These guys. are very brave people. I mean, they're.

real American heroes. And they told me. something I didn't know. They said, "Sir, for 22 years, we've been. practicing this route. Three times a. year, every year for 22 years, and you. were the only president that let us do. our job." I said, "Let me ask you, is. this a job you wanted to do?" "Yes, sir, because it was the right thing." These. are really brave people. These are. really amazing people and talented. people. When you can hit at midnight. with no moon, with no vision, every.

single air shaft where that bomb went. deep into that mountain and exploded and. beat the hell out of it. I'll tell you. what, they deserve to come to the White. House. I gave them all a medal. They. deserve to come to the White House and. it was a pleasure to meet them. These. are great people. We have great people. in this country. >> Mr. President, we've talked about. foreign policy. Now, let's focus on. issues here at home. some of that you. have already mentioned. >> We are now approaching the longest. shutdown in American history. >> Democrat's fault.

>> Under your presidency, we're talking. about more than a million federal. workers who are not getting a paycheck, including our air traffic controllers. You see, there's traffic snarls out at. the airports. Now, >> this weekend, food aid for more than 42. million Americans is set to expire. What. are you doing as president to end the. shutdown? All we're doing is we keep. voting. I mean, the Republicans are. voting almost unanimously to end it. And. the Democrats keep voting against ending.

it. You know, they've never had this. This has happened like 18 times before. The Democrats always voted for an. extension. All we're saying, give us an. extension. We'll work it out. They've. lost their way. They become crazed. lunatics. And all they have to do, Nora, is say, "Let's vote." And you can open. the economy could open up during our. interview. >> Is there something you can do? Is there. something you can do to bring the facts? Here's what I can't do. >> I can't give them a trillion and a half.

dollars so that they can give welfare to. people that came into our country. illegally so that prisoners and that. people from mental institutions and. people that are drug dealers get vast. amounts of money for healthcare. That I. can't do. What I can do is I can. continue to run a great country. We have. the best economy we've ever had. I can. continue to do that. What they should. do, look, this started a long time ago. I always said, and you know, I've been. very consistent, Obamacare is terrible.

It's bad health care at far too high a. price. We should fix that. We should fix. it. And we can fix it with the. Democrats. All they have to do is let. the country open and we'll fix it. They. have to let the country open and I'll. sit down with the Democrats and we'll. fix it. But they have to let the country. and you know they have to do all they. have to do is raise five hands. We don't. need all of them. >> But so you're saying your plan is. >> to tell the Democrats to vote to end the. shutdown.

>> Correct. Very simple. >> And that you will put forward a health. care plan. >> No, we will work on fixing the bad. health care that we have right now. We. have terrible healthcare at too. expensive for the people, not for the. government, for the people. >> But Mr. President, with all due respect, you've been talking about fixing the. healthcare. because of the Democrats, but since. 2015, you've said you. >> I've been talking about it for a long. time. We almost did it. We were one vote. short. We would have had great. healthcare. We were one vote short. And. couple of senators that we currently. have made the mistake. And they they.

made a big mistake. Uh John McCain made. a mistake. Frankly, we were one vote. short. we would have had great. healthcare. And I've been saying ever. since we can fix it. It's too exp. It's. got two things. It's too expensive and. it's lousy healthcare. It's too. expensive for the people. They're going. to get a very big increase this year. >> Well, they're going to get an increase. if they don't if you don't extend the. subsidies. >> No. No. But the subsidies is part of it. We're supposed to spend trillions of.

dollars to take care of something that. that is defective. What I'm saying is we. can make it much less expensive for. people and give them much better. healthare. And I'd be willing to work. with the Democrats on it. The problem is. they want to give money to prisoners, to. drug dealers, to all these millions of. people that were allowed to come in with. an open border from Biden. And nobody. can do that. Not one Republican would. ever do that. My understanding is if.

those health care subsidies are not. extended, premiums will double for many. of the people that are on it. And I was. looking into it, threearters of these. people will see their healthcare. premiums double. Live in states where. you won in the last election. I mean, even here in Florida has the highest. number of residents on Obamacare in the. country. >> And I'm saying we can fix it, Nora. >> But if the subsidies are not extended, they're not going to be able to afford. It was a defective plan put into line by. Barack Hussein Obama, who is a lousy.

president, not nearly as bad as Biden, by the way, >> who by the way is building a museum. that's like four times over budget. It'll never open. Built in a. neighborhood that uh, you know, it's. just not going to work. The neighborhood. doesn't even want them. Okay? >> And it's a disaster. The same guy that. did his museum, which is a total. catastrophe, came up with a bad health. care plan. And for the sake of one vote, we would have had, you know, so sad. thinking back. >> I hear you. >> If we had the vote, that one vote, we. would have great healthcare at a much.

lower cost. And that's what I want. But. I don't want to give a trillion a half. dollars to prisoners and drug dealers. and and people that that came into our. country from mental institutions. What they allowed to come into our. country and we're getting them out. But. what they allowed to come into our. country, Nora, is horrible. So ready, we. can make it good. >> I don't want to get into here's all they. have to do. >> Open up the country. Open up the. country. We only need five of their of.

their votes. We only need five votes. >> And already a couple of Democrats, a few. Democrats are already voting. They want. to open up. And we'll fix all of those. problems. Those problems are much easier. than what I just did with solving all. these wars. Last question. >> We had Wait a minute. We had nine wars. on our planet. I solved eight of them. I. have one to go. Russia, Ukraine. I. thought that was going to be one of the. easier ones, but it's not because Putin. is tougher than people. >> You You have helped end these government.

shutdowns in the past when they came. about. And you did it by bringing. >> very good at it, but I'm not going to do. it by I'm not going to do it by. extortion. I'm not going to do it by. being extorted by the Democrats who have. lost their way. There's something wrong. with these people. So then what happens. on November 15th when the troops don't. get a paycheck. >> Schumer is a basket case and he has. nothing to lose. He's become I just left. Japan. He's become a kamicazi pilot. This guy. >> sounds like it sounds like this is not. going to get. >> a kamicazi. He would rather see the.

country fail than have Trump and the. Republicans do well. But the people. don't want that. So we have a record. setting country right now and we're not. going to be extorted by a man who's. grossly incompetent who who is going to. be defeated by any one of five different. candidates. >> Sounds like this is not going to get. solved. >> Say it. >> Sounds like it's not going to get. solved. The shutdown. >> It's going to get solved. Yeah. Oh, it's. going to get solved. >> How? >> We'll get it solved eventually. They're. going to have to vote. >> You're saying the Democrats will.

capitulate. >> I think they have to. And if they don't. vote, that's their problem. Now, I. happen to agree on something else. I. think we should do the nuclear option. This is a totally different nuclear, by. the way. It's called ending the. filibuster. >> Did you see John Thun said today they're. not. >> I know John doesn't Well, John and a few. other But you know what? The Republicans. have to get tougher. If we end the. filibuster, we can do exactly what we. want. We're not going to lose power. The. theory is, oh, then we'll do it, but. then when they get into power someday, they'll do it. That's true. But you know.

what? So, you think, >> we're here right now. No, I like John. Th. I think he's terrific, but I. disagree with him on this point. He said. today he wasn't going to do it. >> That's too bad. You know, I mean, I. think we're much better off because. here's the problem. The Democrats will. do it in the first week in office. The. Democrats, and I told that to John, the. De and I get along with them. Great. We've had a great relationship. And I also know there are other. Republicans that feel the other way. And. I understand that too, but they're. wrong. The Democrats will do it. If they.

get into power, and someday, I guess. they will. Who knows? It's hard to. believe when they have men and women. sports, open borders, open everything, a. transgender for everyone. The Democrats. will do it in their first day in office. And the only reason they didn't do it is. because of cinema and because of man. named Joe Mansion from West, a good man, >> and they disagreed with it. Now wait, had they approved it, I think just one. of them, had they been able to get those.

votes, you would have had the nuclear. option used, you would have had the. filibuster ended and the Democrats would. have used it. So I say to the. Republicans that want to be, you know, all like, oh well, we, you know, we're. above all that. The Democrats will do. it. See, the Republicans have much. better policy. We have smart policy. We. have great policy. That's how we win. The Democrats are vicious. They're. vicious. They have horrible policy, but. they are the most vicious human beings.

on earth. They are people that weaponize. government. They do a lot of bad things. But the good thing is from our. standpoint, from the standpoint of. winning is they have the worst policy of. it's hard to believe. Think of it, >> open borders, men playing in women's. sports, transgender for everybody. I mean, I could go point. >> These are not 80. These are 99 to1. issues. >> and they don't change. I just watched. this morning a show.

>> Can I ask you about the economy? >> Just one thing. I watched a show this. morning where a very well-known Democrat. congressman was fighting like hell for. men playing in women's sports. They. don't change it. >> I don't want to tell you. You'll be able. to check it. Just check your local TV. >> Okay. On the economy, the signature part. of your economic plan is tariffs. The. Supreme Court is going to hear arguments. this week on whether you have the. authority to impose these sweeping. tariffs without congressional approval.

The lower courts have ruled against you. That's why it's at the Supreme Court. right now. >> Very close rulings. Yeah. >> What happens to your economic plan if. the Supreme Court invalidates your. tariffs? >> I think our country will be immeasurably. hurt. I think our economy will go to. hell. Look, because of tariffs, we have. the highest stock market we've ever had. because of tariffs, 401ks at the highest. level that and this is millions and. millions of people that we've ever had. 401ks, I think it's the most important.

subject discussed by the Supreme Court. in a hundred years. If they don't if. they take away the power of tariffs from. us and it has to be quick and nimble, you can't have Congress where hundreds. of people have to look, they can't even. agree to continue a country. You can't. have Congress. This has to be quick and. nimble. >> Well, you just Finish that sentence. You. said if they take away my power to do. tariffs, what? >> It would be a very sad day for the. United States of America. We're making a. lot of money. We're respected again all.

over the world. We have great national. security. Let me give you an example. Uh. with China, they were, you know, very. strongly threatening us, frankly, with. the rare earths. And then I said, "Well, if you're going to play that card, I'm. going to put a 100% tariff on over and. above what you're already paying," which. was 55%. Which was very high. A lot of. money coming in. Tremendous money like. we've never seen. I'm going to put a. 100% tariff on everything. over and above. And you know what.

happened? We got a phone call 20 minutes. later. We'd like to talk. If they take. away the right to tariff, if they if if. we're forced to use Congress to approve, they can't approve anything. They would. be sitting around for years debating. whether or not we should use tariffs. >> You want that power. You want that. executive power. >> You need it to run to protect our. country. This is a national security. Tariffs are national security. If you. take away the right to tariff and. remember this, tariffs have been used.

against us. >> And can you just answer that question. that tariffs have led to inflation? They. have led to an increase in cost to. inflation. We have no inflation. >> We have no inflation. Biden had. inflation and he didn't have tariffs. He. didn't use them. You know why he didn't. use them? Because he's not smart enough. to use. >> But the companies say they've passed on. more than 30% of these costs to the. American consumer. The tariffs. Somebody. has to pay for it. >> Yeah. You have to pay. But we don't have. any inflation. Inflation is the qu is. the real test of paying. Everybody said, "Oh, if you do tariffs, you're going to. have inflation." So Biden had the.

highest inflation in the history of our. country by far. Okay. No tariffs. I have. very modest tariffs compared. Let me. tell you, these tariffs ultimately are. so good that at some point when they're. used properly, and I use them more. properly than anybody's ever even dreamt. possible. Think of it. We become rich. We're taking in trillions of dollars and. I have no inflation and I have total. national security. When I put the 100%.

tariff on China over and above what they. were already paying, which was about. 55%. So 155, they came to the table. immediately and they made a deal with us. that was a very fair deal. That's called. national security. And then I didn't. make them pay the 100%. That would have. been instituted. That would have come to. four on November 1st. I know you listen. to me. If I didn't have the power of. tariff, >> we would be we would be like a subject.

nation. We'd be subject to everyone. else. Everybody uses tariffs on us. If I. wasn't allowed to use tariffs on them, we would be a third rate. We'd be a. third world nation. >> I know your time is limited, so I do. want to make sure I get through more of. these topics. Immigration. You. campaigned on immigration. You largely. won the election on a promise to close. the border and you succeeded on that. Illegal crossings at the southern border. are at a 55year. low. More recently, Americans have been.

watching videos of ICE tackling a young. mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago. residential neighborhood, and the. smashing of car windows. Have some of. these raids gone too far? No, I think. they haven't gone far enough because. we've been held back by the by the. judges, by the liberal judges that were. put in by Biden and by Obama. >> You're okay with those tactics? >> Yeah, because you have to get the people. out. You know, you have to look at the. people. Many of them are murderers. Many. of them are people that were thrown out.

of their countries because they were, you know, criminals. >> Well, you promised in your campaign that. you were going to deport the worst of. the worst, violent criminals, rapists. But a lot of the people that your. administration has arrested and deported. aren't violent criminals. Landscapers, nannies, construction workers. >> Landscapers. No, look. Look, >> the family of you need landscapers and I. need farmers more than anybody. Okay. >> Is it your intent to deport people who. do not have a criminal record? >> Uh we have to start off with a policy.

and the policy has to be you came into. the country illegally, you're going to. go out. However, you've also seen you're. going to go out, we're going to work. with you, and you're going to come back. into our country legally because we have. a lot of good people. We have some great. people. But you know, the problem we. have, and people don't like talking. about uh these are very wait, these are. very smart countries. Their leaders are. very smart. They're very streetwise. They might not have gone to the finest. schools, but they're very street wise.

They want They don't want their good. people. They want people that are bad. out. So, they What do they do? They open. their jails, they let them out. They get. rid of their drug deals, they let them. out. But you know who else they get out? The people that are on welfare that. aren't working. In other words, they. have people that just don't work. They. don't want people that just don't work. So, they put them into our country. >> But if someone has. >> and we've accepted all of these people. because of Biden's open border policy. where people would walk in totally. unchecked and unvetted, murderers and. everybody else.

>> When will you declare mission. accomplished on immigration? Well, it. takes a long time because, you know, probably I say 25 million people were. let into our country. A lot of people. say it was 10 million people, but. whether it was 10 or I believe I'm much. closer to the right number. Of the 25, many of them should not be here. But. we're cleaning up our cities. You know, I campaigned on crime, but I've done a. much better job on crime than I thought. You know, the crime numbers are way. down. Even though we've have a lot more. people in our country that really.

shouldn't be here, and many of them are. stone cold, hard criminals. When I look at DC now, you can walk down. the middle of the street, you can have. your daughter who's 10 years old meet. you at the park, she's going to be okay. in certain murder. Well, >> I live in DC. >> Well, you tell me how big a difference. is DC now compared to what it was a year. ago, >> right? I mean, you have to be honest. with me. Uh people walk people in the.

White House, they walk up to me, young. ladies, I've never seen, sir, thank you. very much. I know. They don't even have. to tell me what they're thanking me for, but when I asked why, he said she, one. girl said, I'd get into Uber and I felt. dangerous even in Uber. They'd attack. the car. Okay. It wasn't even safe then. Sir, I now walk to work every day and I. walk I I I'm so safe. I There's nothing. going to happen. 100% safe. And you know. that too, Nora. >> I want to ask you about. >> You live here. You know that, too. >> I want to ask you about America. >> You see a difference.

>> American cities in Washington DC. I. think I've been working too hard. I. haven't been out and about. >> That's not a fair answer. You see a. difference. >> I I get in my car and go to work and I. go home. >> You don't have to use that one. Don't. worry. Don't worry. I don't want to. embarrass you. been working toward it's. like you know what the difference is. like day and night. >> Uh want to ask you more about some. American cities. Um we are about we're. on the eve a number of big state and. local elections. One of the most watched. is the one for mayor of New York City. >> Yeah. >> Zorhan Mandami 34y old Democratic.

socialist. He's the. >> communist. Not socialist communist. He's. far he's far worse than a socialist. >> Some people have compared him to a. left-wing version of you. Charismatic. breaking the old rules. What do you. think about that? >> Well, I think I'm a much better-l. looking person than him. Right. >> Okay. Well, former governor Andrew. Cuomo, who you know is campaigning for. mayor, he recently said that if Mandami. becomes mayor of New York City, that you. will take over New York. Cuomo said. this. He said he will be President Trump.

and Mayor Trump. He's going to take over. New York and send tanks down Fifth. Avenue. >> Oh, that's so crazy. Look, when [snorts]. I left New York, we were at the the. epitome of it was a great city. It was. doing great. It was a great city. But. there was some bad signs because we had. a guy named Delasio who was the worst. mayor. Like I say, Biden was the worst. president. Delasio was the worst mayor. >> What if Montami becomes mayor? >> It's going to be hard for me as the.

president to give a lot of money to New. York. Uh because if you have a communist. running New York, all you're doing is. wasting the money you're sending there. So I don't know that he's one and I'm. not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other. But if it's going to be between a bad. Democrat and a communist, I'm going to. pick the bad Democrat all the time to be. honest with you. This past Tuesday while. speaking to American troops in Japan, you talked about US cities. They're. having trouble with crime. And you said, "If we need more than the National.

Guard, we'll send more than the National. Guard." What does that mean, send more. than the National Guard? >> Well, if you had to send in the Army or. if you had to send in the Marines, I'd. do that in a heartbeat. You know, you. have a thing called the Insurrection. Act. You know that, right? Do you know. that I could use that immediately and no. judge can even challenge you on that, but I haven't chosen to do it because I. haven't felt we need it. >> So, you're going to send the military. into American cities. >> Well, if I wanted to, I could. If I. wanted to use the Insurrection Act, the.

Insurrection Act has been used routinely. by presidents, and if I needed it, that. would mean I could bring in the army, the Marines, I could bring in whoever I. want, but I haven't chosen to use it. I. hope you give me credit for that. I want. to ask you about another matter. James. Comey, John Bolton, Leticia James were. all recently indicted. There's a pattern. to these names. They're all public. figures who have publicly denounced you. Is it political retribution? >> You know what? You know who got. indicted? The man you're looking at. I. got indicted and I was innocent and here.

I am because I was able to beat all of. the nonsense that was thrown at me. And. yet when you go after a dirty cop like. Comey or a guy like Bolton who I hear. has I don't know anything about it. I. hear he took records all over the place. Who knows? Leticia James is a terrible. dishonest person in my opinion. >> No, I was just asking a dirty cop. Look, Comey's known as a dirty cop. >> I'm not known as a dirty person. They. indicted me many times. Indicted me.

They were after me. I'm looking at you. now, President of the United States. I. went through numerous indictments and. two impeachments and you tell me that I. went after people. These people are. dishonest. Look, Biden didn't have a. clue. He illegally used, as you know, a. machine, the autopen, in order to give. pardons to people. The only pardon he. signed, it looks like, was his son, Hunter. He signed Hunter. So, Hunter, you're free. Congratulations, Hunter. But everyone else, I think those pardons.

are all just were just a waste of time. Did you instruct the Department of. Justice to go after? >> Not in any way, shape, or form. No, you. don't have to instruct them because they. were so dirty. They were so crooked. They were so corrupt that the honest. people we have, Pam Bondi's doing a very. good job. Cash Patel is doing a very. good job. The honest people that we have. go after him automatically. But they. instructed them to go after me because. the records now have been found. So when you tell me about I went after.

Comey, Comeyy's low in the totem pole. They went after the president of the. United States. Do you know that they. raided my house in Palm Beach, Florida. called Mara Lago? They raided my house. I had 78 or 98 FBI agents with arms. >> I know how you. >> come into my house. And you're telling. me, Nora, that I went after some lowife. named Comey who's a judge to be a. crooked guy. He lied all over the place. He lied to Congress and did many other.

bad things. >> Well, I was just asking for that. You. should be ashamed. >> No, no. I was just asking is this is. this retribution on your part? >> No, it's the opposite. I think I've been. very mildmannered. You're looking at a. man who was indicted many times and I. had to beat the rap. Otherwise, I. couldn't have run for president. They. tried to get me not to run for president. by going after me and by indicting me. But even during my term, on a perfect. phone call, I got impeached. This call. was perfect. Tim Scott from South. Carolina, highly respected, a legitimate.

person, totally legit. He read the. trans. Thank goodness we had a. transcript of the call. The call I got. indicted on, a call on Ukraine of all. places with the president of Ukraine. It. was a perfect phone call. Tim Scott. said, "I just read the transcript." The. president didn't do anything wrong. It. was perfect. And that was the end of the. indictment pretty much. But I had to go. through a whole process. You know, the. Democrats knew that I wasn't guilty.

because they didn't know that the the. call was I didn't know either. The call. was essentially taped. So, we knew. exactly what the call when they found. out that the call was taped. Nancy. Pelosi went crazy. They said, "You made. me go into this mess." She screamed at. all these people that made her do it. Bad people like Schiff, etc., etc. So. what happened is she went nuts and just. to conclude and they said let's do it. anyway. They did it anyway and I won. very easily as you know but you can't.

then accuse me of weaponizing. government. They were horrible human. beings. They went after the president of. the United States. They went after my. children. They went into my wife's uh. drawers. >> They went into my wife's closets. They. held the dresses up. She came back. She. said, "Oh, what happened? What. happened?" Cuz she's a very meticulous. person. Everything's nice and neat. All. of a sudden, everything's like, >> they went into my office. They took.

things that I was allowed to have filed. under the Presidential Records Act that. I was allowed to have. I had records. I. was allowed to have them. Only the. president's allowed, but I was and there. was nothing very significant anyway. There was like nothing. Wait just one. second. They opened these. I'm a very. meticulous person, too. I have files, beautiful. They took the files, threw. them all over the phone, all over the. floor. They were all over the floor. And. they took pictures of them. This is my. office. I said, "What the hell? That's.

not my office." They took files. They. threw them all over and they took. pictures and they released them to the. public that this is President's Trump. office. We caught him with all of this. stuff like it was all over the floor of. my office. These are crooked people. These are desend. So don't ask me about. did you go after Leticia's Leticia James. in my opinion. And I only say in my. opinion because I guess the lawyers. would prefer that I say that because I. have a much stronger opinion. She's a.

total crook. She's a low life. Uh Comey. is a dirty cop. Bolton actually helped. me a lot because he was crazy. He's the. one want him and and Cheney, a couple of. people got Bush to go out and blow the. hell out of the Middle East and then. take a you know then leave. Uh, and. actually Bolton helped me because every. time somebody saw Bolton standing behind. me, foreign countries, they conceded. You know why they conceded? Because they. said, "Bolton's a nut job. Trump is. going to take us to war." But I don't. listen to people that are stupid. Go.

ahead. >> This is a question about pardons. The. Trump family is now perhaps more. associated with cryptocurrency than real. estate. You and your sons, Don Jr. and Eric have. formed World Liberty Financial with the. Witaw family, >> right? >> Helping to make your family millions of. dollars. It's in that context that I do. want to ask you about crypto's richest. man, a billionaire known as CZ. He plead. guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money. laundering laws. Right.

>> The government at the time said that CZ. had caused significant harm to US. national security, essentially by. allowing terrorist groups like Hamas to. move millions of dollars around. Why did. you pardon him? >> Okay, are you ready? I don't know who he. is. I know he got a four-month sentence. or something like that. And I heard it. was a Biden witch hunt. >> In 2025, his crypto exchange, Binance, helped. facilitate a $2 billion purchase of. World Liberty Financials stable coin and.

then you pardoned CZ. How do you address. the appearance of pay for play? >> Well, here's the thing. I know nothing. about it because I'm too busy doing the. other I can only tell you that. >> No, I can only tell you this. >> Um, my sons are into it. I'm glad they. are because it's probably a great. industry, crypto. I think it's good. You. know, they're running a business. They're not in government and they're. good. My one son is the number one. bestseller now. My wife just had a. number one bestseller. I'm proud of them. for doing that. I'm focused on this. I.

know nothing about the guy other than I. hear he is a victim of weaponization by. government. When you say the government, you're talking about the Biden. government. It's a corrupt government. Biden was the most corrupt president and. he was the worst president we've ever. had. I only care about one thing. Will. crypto be will we be number one in. crypto? Crypto has turned out and in. that sense I've been right. Crypto's. turned out to be a massive industry if. you want to call it that. And I'm very.

proud to say that we are far and away. ahead of China and everybody else. Now. China's getting into it very big right. now. Uh if you want to go after people, you're going to kill that industry and. it'll be very bad. Tremendous number of. jobs. I campaigned positively on crypto. Very openly. I campaigned. Biden. campaigned against it. When Biden found. out that I was getting like a 100% of. the crypto vote, which was a lot, he. switched totally and he went in favor of. crypto. They went totally in favor. They.

had many people under indictment. They. let them all go. They let them all go. You know that many people were under. indictment. Biden was a corrupt. president. Biden went all in on crypto. at the very end because he thought he. could get some votes. It didn't work. They voted for me. I want to make crypto. great for America. That's the only. thing. I don't want to have somebody. else have crypto and have China be. number one in the world in crypto. because in crypto, it's a kind of an. industry where basically you're going to.

have number one and you're not going to. have a number two. And right now we're. number one by a long shot. I want to. keep it that way the same way we're. number one with AI. We're number one. with crypto. And I want to keep it that. way. >> I know my time is is limited with you. So I want to be respectful of of you, Mr. President. Um the issue of political. violence I want to get to because you. were nearly assassinated. Yeah. >> In Butler, Pennsylvania. >> Charlie Kirk. >> Yep. >> Was assassinated. Pennsylvania Governor. Josh Shapiro's house was firebombed.

Mhm. >> Minnesota lawmaker murdered. What's your. message to those on the left and the. right who would seek to commit acts of. violence? >> Well, I think primarily on the left, a. little bit of both, but I think. primarily on the left. I think they have. to tone it down. I think they have to. approve the shutdown so it's not shut. down. I think it's very bad what they're. doing. They're hurting people. Uh, you. know, if you think about it, if people. aren't going to get paid, they're going. to be, you know, a lot of angry people. out there. They want to get their food.

They want to get the money so they can. live. Uh, in some cases, uh, whatever. they want to get, they want to get. I. think by the Democrats not giving us the. votes, I think it's I think it endangers. both parties, I think it's very bad. There's never been a case like this. This is, you know, this is fairly. standard stuff. You do auto extensions. are almost automatic. In fact, they were. virtually automatic. This is the only. time they don't want to do the extension. because they're losing so badly that.

they said maybe we have some leverage. One of the senators said that maybe this. is the first time we have some leverage. But they really don't have leverage. because the Republicans can't be. extorted in order to ruin our country. >> Do you feel like we're at a breaking. point given everything that you just. said? >> No, it's been much worse. >> Uh because you. >> I mean over over history it's been it's. been much worse. >> Sure. the political violence that you. know we just outlined the number of. members of people in public that have. been targeted and then I just read that. there's now a number of your cabinet.

secretaries and aids who are now living. on military bases. >> Yeah, usually when people talk they're. not the problem. It's the ones that. don't talk in terms of that. But uh. yeah, I I think it's uh it's a lot of. the rhetoric. Look, they call me a Nazi. all the time. I'm not a Nazi. I'm the. opposite. I'm somebody that's saving our. country. But they call me Nazi. They. have talking points, you know. They have. just talking points. And the press is is. largely responsible for it. The fake.

news. What they've done. I think one of. the greatest terms they've ever come up. with is fake news. What they've done to. our country is very bad. They have to. change around. Now, nobody believes the. fake news. Nobody believes them. I mean, they've gone, you talk about popularity, you talk about approval. their approval. numbers have gone for from like in the. 90s to in the teens now. We need borders. We need fair votes. And. you really need a fair press if you and. you do. You have some great journalists,

some great reporters, but you have some. terrible, terrible, dishonest. journalists. And I see it all the time. because I'll give them a story and. they'll have it. Even my trip with. China, it was so successful. But of all. the Wall Street Journal, they said Trump. lowers tariffs. That was the headline. Trump lowers tariffs. That wasn't what. happened. I lowered tariff in tariffs in. order to get everything that anybody. could possibly dream of. The point. wasn't lowering tariffs. I put it behind. number. I cut it and I got everything.

And yet the headline in the Wall Street. Journal, beautiful picture of myself and. president, everything nice. But the. headline was Trump lowers tariffs. That. wasn't the story. The story was Trump. got everything. got everything including. world peace. We're respected as a. country. We're not threatened right now. and we're not going to be threatened. As. long as we have a strong, smart. president, we're never going to be. threatened by anybody. >> There's been a lot of talk about 2028.

and who will be at the top of the. Republican ticket. >> Can you set the record straight? You're. not going to try and run for a third. term? >> Well, I don't even think about it. I. will tell you a lot of people want me to. run, but the difference between us and. the Democrats is we really do have a. strong bench. I don't want to use names. because it's, you know, inappropriate, but it's too early. Three. >> people do like when you start talking. about whether you like JD Vance or. Secretary. >> I do like JD Vance. I like Marco Rubio. I like I like so many. We have an. unbelievable bench. We could run two. people together. We have a great bench.

So, I don't want to start talking about. elections. It's too early. One thing I. can tell you, the 2020 election was. rigged. And a lot of people say when. it's rigged, you're allowed to do it. again. It was rigged and it's been. caught and they and you see the same. information that everybody else does. And it's coming out now in spades. But. with all of that, we have a great bench. We have unbelievable people. You could. go up and down my cabinet. We have great. people. They don't. They have a guy. that's ruined the state of California.

Ruined it. Destroyed it. And I have a. lot of property out there. I can tell. you they've ruined the state of. California. He has been terrible. Other. than he's got a good line of uh. It's all it is. He's ruined. the state and he's one of the people. running. Jasmine Crockett. She's a low. IQ person. They say she might run for president. Jasmine Crockett. This is a very low IQ. person. Uh AOC, I watched her speak the. other day. Almost the first time she was.

screaming. She was like a crazy person. She's got not a good speaker. Doesn't. have I don't think. But you never know. what it is. You never know what it is. that can spark an election. Uh when Joe. ran the first time I thought he was. terrible. He was horrible. I I won by a. lot. Uh the second time he was running, he was doing very poorly. Had a bad. debate and they replaced him in the. middle of the election. That never This. could only happen to me. They replaced. him with somebody. The press got behind.

her. Oh, they were so behind her. But. eventually she failed because she. couldn't speak. She wasn't a very. intelligent person in my opinion. But. she couldn't speak properly. She could. not speak. And actually 60 Minutes paid. me a lot of money. And you don't have to. put this on because I don't want to. embarrass you and I'm sure you're not. Uh you have a great I think you have a. great new leader frankly because the. young woman that's leading your whole. enterprise is a great from what I know. I don't know her, but I hear she's a. great person. But 60 Minutes was forced. to pay me a lot of money because they.

took her answer out that was so bad. It. was election changing two nights before. the election and they put a new answer. in. >> and they paid me a lot of money for. that. >> You can't have fake news. You've got to. have legit news. And I think that it's. happening. I see, >> Mr. President, >> I see good things happening in the news. I really do. And I think one of the best. things that happen is this show and new. ownership, CBS and new ownership. I.

think it's the greatest thing that's. happened in a long time to a free and. open and good press. >> Mr. President, can I also ask you, we're. now at the end of your first year? >> Yeah. >> Of this second term. What do you hope to. accomplish in the next three years? >> Well, I hope I can have the same year. that we had. Look, we have been. acknowledged to have the greatest nine. months. You know, it's nine months. the. greatest nine months in the history of. the presidency. So, if I can keep that. going, I'll be very happy because you. know what we've done, what we I. inherited a mess and I've fixed it.

Other than it will take a while to get. all the criminals, the real criminals, the ones, the real bad ones out, but. we've gotten a lot of them out. We've. gotten a lot of the murderers out. We've. gotten a lot of the people from jails. out and we've taken them back to their. countries. In some cases, they're so. dangerous that we've actually had to put. them in our jails because we didn't want. them coming back. Uh, I want to just. keep it going pretty much the same way. I want safety in our cities. Our cities. are a mess. And I hate to say it, they're Democratun cities. If you take.

the top 25 cities, they're almost all. almost every one of them is run by. Democrats. >> And to people that say struggling with. cost of living expenses, what could you. do about that? >> Well, let me just cashless bail is a. disaster. Got to be changed. Sanctuary. cities really have to be changed. The. sanctuary, you know what they're. sanctuary for? criminals things some. basic things have to be changed but one. of the things I really have focused on. is making Chicago great again making and. we're just getting started in Chicago.

but what we did in DC where we took DC. from being so bad to so beautiful such. the restaurants are booming you can't. get into a restaurant they were closing. and now they're all opening every you. can't get a restaurant now you can't get. into a restaurant but you if you want to. buy a restaurant or or own a restaurant. you almost can't find it I I want to. make this happen all over the country. I. want it to be like that in New York, in. LA, in Chicago. I want to do it as much. as can. You know, by the way, Memphis, we're there now. Memphis was a dangerous.

hell hole. 65% down in crime. And this. is after two weeks. We can do it all. over the place. It's turned out to be a. new passion for me, making our city. I. had no idea we could be that successful. I thought it would take a much longer. period of time. Do you know in. Washington in 12 days it was really good. in one month it was close to perfect. >> and for those that are suffering with. cost of living increases and saying. they're living paycheck to paycheck. >> Well, I'd be very upset with Biden. because we don't have any of those.

problems. We we don't have inflation. You know, essentially we don't have. inflation. We I inherited the worst. inflation in history of our country. We. don't have inflation. We're down to 2%. even less than 2%. A couple of items. like beef I'm getting down but our. groceries are down. >> healthare premiums. >> u I can fix health care give them better. health care for less money Obamacare is. is hurting people Obamacare was a.

disaster from day one I can fix it and. make it good I'd really rather start. with a fresh plate but if it's if it's. required to keep it we can make it much. better but it's bad healthcare and. they're going to get big increases and. that has nothing to do with me. That has. to do with the fact that it was. originally put into play. It's a shame, but we can make it better. Energy is way. down. You know, you're going to have $2. gasoline very soon. Nobody could believe. it. You were at four, five, six, and. even $7. Look at the cost of gasoline in.

California. What it was, I brought down. Problem is, when I bring it down here in. California, they put more tax. They they. tax the gasoline to such an extent. No, we're in great shape. This country is in. great shape. We're ready to really rock. >> As I say often, we were a dead country. We were a dead country one year ago. Now. we have the hottest country anywhere in. the world. Leaders have said that to me. just recently. They said that to me. Even President Xi, he said, "I'd like to.

you to be congratulated." He said it so. beautifully. I'd like you to be. congratulated on the incredible job you. did in bringing back the United States. of America. President, she said that to. me. >> I know we're out of time, but just on. that matter when we talk about that. because I know how closely you follow. the stock market. Do you worry about an. AI bubble? >> I guess I worry about everything. You. know, I mean, you know, I'm a worrier. I. worry, but you know what I do? I worry. and then I fix it. I fix it. That way I. don't have to worry. >> There's a lot of money behind AR.

There's a lot of money and right now I'm. taking advantage of it because we're. leading AI, you know, we're leading it. by a lot. Uh, China's in second place, but we're leading it by a lot. We have. the greatest minds of any country. anywhere in the world, and we're using. that. I'm using those great minds to. help us. Now, will something happen. later? I guess, you know, something, but. it could also be something very good. happens. And I hope it's going to be. very good. But if it's not so good, we're protected. Our country is doing. great. We're strong. We're solid. We've.

never been I think we haven't been like. this in maybe ever. Maybe ever. Uh we. have a great country and you should be. very proud of it. >> Mr. President, thank you very much for. your time. >> Thank you very much, Nora. >> Thank you.