
Trump: 'Pretty happy' with Russia for not getting involved with Iran
WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ONE WAY OR. THE OTHER. WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH RUSSIA TO. STOP THE WAR WITH UKRAINE, AND. WE'VE BEEN PRETTY HAPPY WITH. RUSSIA, THAT THEY HAVE NOT. GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH IRAN. WE'VE TAKEN IRAN DOWN TO LEVELS. THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN. BEFORE. THEY ARE VERY LOW. THEIR MILITARY IS COMPLETELY. GONE. THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT, JUST ABOUT. EVERYTHING IS GONE. INCLUDING THEIR ECONOMY. THE ONLY THING NOT GONE IS.
INFLATION. THEY HAVE 301% AS OF THIS. MORNING. THEIR MONEY IS GONE. EVERYTHING IS GONE. FRANKLY, THEIR LEADERS ARE GONE. THE FIRST SET OF LEADERS ARE. GONE. THE SECOND SET OF LEADERS ARE. GONE. PARTS OF THE THIRD SET OF. LEADERS ARE GONE. AND I WOULD SAY A VERY IMPORTANT. ELEMENT IS THE FACT THAT RUSSIA. AND CHINA HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED, OR PARTICIPATED IN A MUCH. SMALLER WAY THAN THEY COULD.
HAVE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO. IS UPSET AN APPLE CART, WHERE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SETTLING. A WAR. THE LAST THING YOU'RE GOING TO. DO, LET'S DO SOMETHING. HORRENDOUS, SO LET'S SAY WE DID. WHAT A LOT OF STUPID PEOPLE. WANTED ME TO DO, A LOT OF REALLY. STUPID PEOPLE. I TOOK A LOT OF HEAT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT. WAS. ALL THEY SAID IS, OH, I THINK --.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO. DO? WE DON'T KNOW. ONE GUY, ONE POLITICIAN ON. TELEVISION SAID, WE DON'T KNOW. EXACTLY. IT'S SOMETHING. WELL, I WAS IN THE MIDST OF. GETTING STEPHEN OUT OF RUSSIA, AND IF WE DID WHAT THESE FOOLISH. PEOPLE WANTED ME TO DO, HE. WOULDN'T BE COMING OUT RIGHT. NOW. HE WOULD BE IN THERE FOR ANOTHER. 20 YEARS. SO THE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO. DO IS BREAK UP THAT.
ALSO, AND WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT. OR NOT RUSSIA COULD HAVE. PARTICIPATED MUCH MORE STRONGER. WITH IRAN AND LIKEWISE, CHINA. AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT XI WAS. HERE A WEEK AGO. LIKEWISE, CHINA COULD, HAVE. PARTICIPATED A LOT MORE. THERE IS RELATIVELY LITTLE. PARTICIPATION, THE FACT IS BOTH. OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE. WAR SETTLED. SO WE'RE IN THE PROC.