川普簽署行政令並答記者問（4/9）

謝謝 我們剛剛在世界上最好的賽車司機會議上見面了 還有一些非常精彩的人 他們在過去四年或兩年中獲得了Indy 500 羅傑·賓斯基也非常厲害 加拿大冠軍和加拿大24小時冠軍 所以很高興見到他們 也很高興見到那些車子 那些車子真是太棒了 有很多人獲得獎項 正如您所見,貨幣市場正在進行著優勢的一天 是一天紀錄的一天 希望它會繼續 我認為它會繼續 我們的國家比以往還要強大 某人做了這件事 我們必須接受醫療 我們必須通過手術 這就是我們經歷了 很多總統都沒有做到 我認為沒有總統也沒有做到 但我們必須做到 我想感謝我的團隊 還有其他的團隊 還有Scott和Howard 他們真是太棒了 對於能量方面 沒有人像他們 對於道路和道路 你們做得很好 所以我們非常欣賞你們 非常欣賞你們 如果我們可以 我們正在簽署許多的行政命令 還有一些領導人已經被認可 我們正在開始這個過程 我們很榮幸 有Gretchen Whitmer 來自墨西哥 墨西哥的偉大國家 她做得非常好 她是個非常好的人 我們正在努力 非常感謝你們 恭喜你們 做得很好 我們開始 我們有一個叫Mike Huckabee 大家認識Mike Huckabee嗎 是的 他將成為 以色列的重要代表 他們很興奮 我可以告訴你 是的 俄羅斯眾議院確認 Huckabee將成為 以色列的重要代表 他是在這裡的代表 我們也有一個通知信 向特朗普總統 請求他承認 Huckabee總統 抱歉 Huckabee總統的證據 他將是個奇怪的人 他將帶回埃及 雖然埃及不太大 但他將帶回埃及 謝謝 恭喜Mike Huckabee 接下來 這是一個很重要的問題 您確實證明瞭 修復我們的海洋主義 作為一國 是非常重要的 從船廠建設 到擁有海軍商人 能夠支持美國軍事 實際上是上下線 修復海洋主義 是這次政府的首要目標 這份行政命令 主要由 國家安全委員會的員工 和國際安全顧問 Waltz 提供了一系列 非常重要的政策 都針對修復 美國海洋主義 並確保我們 船廠的能力 和能力 在國際上 並在軍事上 以及在公民空間上 這也可能是 一件好事 對於密西根 因為我們將花很多錢 修復船廠 我們距離非常遠 我們以前一天 可以修復一艘船 現在我們幾乎 一年都沒有修復船 我們有能力去修復 所以我們會和你討論 好嗎 麥克 你考慮一下 這是一件自然的事 好嗎 修復船廠 這是一件好事 謝謝 謝謝先生 下一個行政命令 是關於國防授權 我們目前的國防授權 過程被很多人批評 在兩岸 因為太慢了 太慢了 去適應新的 和改變的技術 不提供我們 需要的武器 和系統 來競爭 在未來的戰場上 所以這個行政命令 我們將 更新國防部門 使用的授權結構 讓它更快地 適應在 世界各地 改變的情況下 我們也將 推出一個 評估 過去的授權計劃 以確保 我們得到錢的價值 以確保 我們得到 最好的系統 在這個領域 目前 他們很糟糕 我告訴你 他們很糟糕 這個過程 很荒謬 他們做什麼 他們得到最高的價格 甚至沒有 好看的裝備 我們正在改變 我們將改變成最好的 所以 這是非常重要的 我想向卜克打招呼 你好 卜克 你的雞蛋價格 跌了87% 87% 我們有 我們有一個人 做得非常好 在農業部門 克里斯蒂諾 可能有些人 都聽說過她 她做了 最不可思議的工作 作為一個 在邊境 看守我們的國家的人 和湯姆霍曼 以及你們所有的工作人員 都是非常好的人 所以謝謝你們 誰會覺得 她是為了這個工作而做的 我剛纔看到你 謝謝你 謝謝 我們會做的 拜託 謝謝 最後 在防衛方面 我們有一個持續的問題 在於 外國防衛銷售的問題 我們無法提供 武器系統 在一個可靠的 有效的方式 給我們的重要的盟友 而這個重要的引擎 是不可靠的 和不符合 我們承認的 外國防衛銷售的過程 所以這個行政命令 將會指揮 你的防衛部門 國防部門 其他相關部門 和機構 重新運作 我們的外國防衛銷售系統 以確保我們可以提供 武器 創造美國的工作 並且提供 美國防衛廠商的收入 但提供重要的軍事武器 給我們的重要盟友 在一個可靠的 有效的方式 OK 很好 這都是非常重要的 OK 因為我們的預算 快要被批准了 這是一個巨大的預算 我們想把錢花在正確的方式 獲得世界上最好的裝備 我們重建了我們的軍隊 在我第一屆的時候 重建得非常漂亮 然後 有人給了我們 阿富汗 很愚蠢地說 這是我們國家歷史上 最令人尷尬的一天 但 我們還需要 調整一些 這是我們要做的 我們也會做得很好 謝謝 接下來 我們有一系列的 行政命令和記錄 都涉及到調整 這當然是 您的政府的重要優先 這第一項是 行政命令 拜登政府 發動了 您稱之為 沐浴戰 他們有一定的規定 基本上 消滅了沐浴的水壓 沐浴和其他 沐浴產品 您可以說 沐浴產品是什麼 它是一切 洗手間 沐浴 此刻, 它始終在這水中沾上來, 一直沾著水。 這真是意外! 你這樣做的話, 會把手洗到五倍的水。 所以現在是水一般的。 我們要把它打開, 讓大家能夠活著。 我希望明天會有參議院認可它, 所以現在已經當日了。 我們將嘗試把這些東西, 包括筷子, 一些像筷子的東西。 我們做了一個月前的筷子。 當筷子燒焦了, 筷子是要解消的。 其中一些都沒處理好, And we went back to the plastic straws We're going to get Congress to memorialize Just about everything we've done here Because most of it is common sense But the water is horrible When you go into a new Any time you see a new faucet You know it's going to be a long It's going to be a long wash of the hands And so we're changing It's a big deal I did it in the first administration Biden came in in his first week And he had no idea what he was doing But somebody told him to do it And his first week He put the restrictions on all the bathroom utilities Even in areas that have so much water They don't know what to do with it You see those areas all the time with the flooding So we're doing that And we're going to get All of the things that you've seen I think we set a record We're up to almost 200 and 500 amendments Nobody's ever done that much We're going to get them approved by Congress So they're memorialized And we look forward to doing that It's very important And Congress is going to start working on it As soon as we get the big beautiful deal done The big beautiful deal is important The biggest tax cuts in the history of our country That's important Okay Is that okay? It's a 10 You did a good shower It's amazing We rate the signatures That was a 10 That's why she... This is another executive order Relating to deregulation, sir There are a lot of regulations on the books That either promote monopoly directly Or prevent new market entrance From entering into a given market The net effect of that is very negative for consumers So what this executive order is going to do Is direct your departments and agencies To work with the FTC With the Attorney General With the Department of Justice To ensure that the regulations We have on the books Don't function as anti-competitive barriers To new market entrance The net effect of all of that Is going to hopefully be market forces That were down to the benefit of consumers And ordinary Americans As opposed to monopolistic businesses I said yesterday He was a great, great student at Harvard Before it went bad It's gone really bad now Now they're teaching their students Mathematics, basic mathematics Can you believe it? So what does that mean? They're allowing people in That can't add two and two? What's going on at Harvard? I went to law school there, sir And it was pretty liberal when I was there But it's gone way off the deep end In recent years I don't know if you read that They're teaching them basic mathematics People that got accepted to Harvard How come they got accepted? They don't have mathematics And we're holding back $8 billion Can we believe? We give Harvard $8 billion And we're holding back Columbia We're holding back a lot of the schools Because they were woke And they've hurt a lot of people Okay? Thank you Thank you, sir There are a large number of regulations On the books These are regulations That are currently in effect That we believe blatantly violate the law Blatantly violate Supreme Court precedent That otherwise are just blatantly illegal So what this presidential memorandum does Basically just directs The heads of your departments and agencies To follow the law And to cease enforcing regulations That are blatantly illegal or unconstitutional It's a big deal It's really very important That we get these memorialized Yes, sir In Congress Very important For the long haul Right? Yes, sir This is the last of our deregulatory EOs for the day This is zero-based regulatory budgeting The idea here is that over time Regulations accumulate on the books And in the federal register And people aren't taking a close detailed look At what's on the books And clearing them out As times change Or as regulations become dated or ineffective What this executive order is going to require Is each of your departments and agencies To scrutinize on a continuing rolling basis All of the regulations They actually have on the books And sunset those That either no longer serve a purpose Or the departments and agencies Can't identify a specific reason For keeping them active Okay Thank you, sir Sir, you've taken action Against a number of law firms That have in one way or another been involved In the weaponization of government Or actions of lawfare One of those law firms is Sussman Godfrey Similar to what we've done previously With other law firms This is an executive order That takes certain measures Against Sussman Godfrey To ensure that they can't access Government resources, government buildings Scrutinizing certain aspects of their practices As a law firm Given their previous activities We signed with many law firms The ones that we thought were inappropriate And they've all agreed to pay A hundred, I'd say a million dollars They went for some pretty big numbers I guess we have a total What do we have? What's the total about? What's the total right now, Steve? About, would you say? Getting close to probably Six, seven hundred million now, I would think We've multiple at a hundred million Some at a hundred twenty-five million So the numbers are adding up We're going to be close to a billion soon One at forty million Forty million dollars Millions of dollars an hour But they don't admit guilt Remember that, they don't admit guilt But, and we have another five to go I think, five of them And this one is just We're just starting a process with this one Yes, sir Because there were some very bad things That happened with these law firms And this firm is very involved In the election misconduct Weren't they all involved in the election misconduct? I think they were all involved Yes Anyway, so they went from Forty million dollars to a hundred and twenty-five million dollars And most of them are at about a hundred million dollars All right, thank you Thank you, sir The next presidential memorandum we have for you Relates to Miles Taylor You may recall that Miles Taylor Served in the Department of Homeland Security During your previous administration In his capacity with the Department of Homeland Security He leaked classified information He wrote a book under the pseudonym Anonymous Making outrageous claims Both about your administration And about others in it What this presidential memorandum is going to do One, it's going to strip any active clearance that he has In light of his past activities Involving classified information It's also going to order the Department of Justice To investigate his activities To see what else might come up in that context Given his egregious behavior During your previous administration And I had no idea who this guy was I had no idea I saw him on CNN Or one of them, I guess CNN A lot, he'd be on all the time Saying that the president is the president I had no idea It's like, you know, in this office You have a lot of young people And they're here, I'll see them for two minutes And I assume he was in the office But I barely remember him Barely remember him It was somebody that went out Wrote a book And said all sorts of terrible things Were all lies And it was like he was Like he was this gentleman Or that gentleman Like I dealt with him all the time I had no idea who this guy I said, who the hell is Miles Taylor And he made a living on going on CNN Talking about the president And I think what he did He wrote a book Anonymous And said all sorts of lies Bad things And I think it's I think it's like a traitor Like, it's like spying He walks into the office He's supposed to be sitting here A lot of people, you know I'll be here and there'll be There'll be 20 people standing in the room There'll be oftentimes Young people in the office I assume he was one of them at least But I didn't know anything about him And he wrote a book Anonymous And I always thought it was terrible Now we have a chance to find out Whether or not it was terrible But it was a work of fiction Got a lot of publicity Got himself a nice job with CNN Or one of them And I think we have to do something about it You can't have that happen If that happens to other presidents It wouldn't be sustainable For other presidents I seem to be able to sustain But if that happened to other presidents I mean, it's just unfair And if it was a Democrat president I'd say that's a terrible thing A thing like that can happen That's a terrible thing And it's time to find out Whether or not somebody can do that Can they write a book About very confidential meetings And, you know, because They happen to be one of a lot of people in a room And they go out and write a book And worse than that Call it Anonymous Like it's a big deal And everybody's saying Who is it? Who is it? Who is it? Then it was found out Who he was long time later And got a lot of publicity Of that one He's like a promoter But we're going to find out Whether or not somebody's allowed to do that I think it's a very important case And I think he's guilty of treason If you want to know the truth But we'll find out And I assume we're recommending this To the Department of Justice Yes, sir Okay, good Terrible guy Similarly, sir Christopher Krebs The former head of CISA This is a man who weaponized his position Against free speech in the election context In the context of COVID-19 This is another It's a similar presidential memorandum To the one you just signed It addresses his access to government Existing clearances he might have And further instructs your Department of Justice Other aspects of your government To investigate some of the malign acts That he participated in While he was still head of CISA This is another one I don't know that I met him I'm sure I met him But I didn't know And he came out right after the election Which was a rigged election Badly rigged election We did phenomenally in that election Look what happened to our country Because it had opened borders Millions of people coming into our country Russia and Ukraine That would have never happened October 7th would have never happened Afghanistan the way that they withdrew 13 dead but so many killed Actually I mean so many So many killed outside of the 13 soldiers Hundreds of people killed And maybe I don't know Never mentioned But I mentioned it 42 or 43 people So badly injured The legs the arms blown off the face And this all because of a Incompetent group of people that proceeded us And that would have never happened And this guy Krebs was saying Oh the election was great It was great well It's been proven It was not only not great When you look at all these lawyers And law firms that are signing Giving us hundreds of millions of dollars It was proven by so many different ways And so many different forms From the legislatures not approving To the 51 intelligence agents That worked from all of the different Scamming operations It was a very corrupt election They used COVID to cheat And we're gonna find out about this guy too Because this guy is a wise guy He said we've been proved This is the most secure election In the history of our country Now this was a disaster And frankly we should go to paper ballots Same day voting Voter ID and one other thing A vote you should get a little certificate That says you're a citizen of our country You get a citizen piece of paper It says you're a citizen Before you can vote But you want voter ID And you want paper ballots And you really want same day voting If you don't have same day voting They decide to change the air condition Oh we're fixing the air condition Let's move all these boxes We'll bring them back in a few days And then they don't bring back those boxes We're gonna have safe elections We have to have borders Ideally we have to have a free press Which we don't have We don't have a free press We have a very dishonest press This is an honor We're gonna find out whether or not He was right This was a disgraceful election And this guy sat back Saying well I'm a member Or like he's a republican or something And almost right from the beginning And he's tried to make the case That this election was a safe election I think he said This is the safest election we've ever had And yet every day you read in the papers About more and more fraud that's discovered He's the fraud He's a disgrace So we'll find out whether or not It was a safe election And if it wasn't He's got a big price to pay And he's a bad guy Here's another one I have no idea who he is Krebs No idea who he is I'm sure he was in the room at some point Just like you're all in the room But I have no idea who he was So thank you very much Those last two are very important I think for the country Thank you sir Lastly we just have three proclamations These are the sorts of things That most presidents use an auto pen for You obviously don't like using the auto pen Much if at all The first of these is National former prisoner of war recognition day This is one that you did in each of I believe each of the previous The years of your previous administration Recognizes former prisoners of war More generally This proclamation is written To acknowledge the great steps You've made both in this administration And your previous administration On behalf of veterans Homeless veterans Others who have suffered in that way And basically stating that It's a priority of your administration To ensure that veterans And homeless veterans are cared for properly And you know what They ought to find out Who was using that auto pen Because whoever that person was He or she Was like the president of the United States And I'm against auto pens I think auto pens are not a good thing Especially when you're talking about Documents like we're signing today If he can't sign Then he can't be president It's pretty simple Let's see whether or not he could sign But I think that should be tested I really think that should be tested It's another one And you may think about it Because how can a man that Did he really know that When they gave all false information On the council I mean the whole unselect committee Of political lunatics They destroyed all the information You can't get any information They went for like a year and a half Almost two years Screaming and ranting and raving Democrats plus two worse than Democrats You had Cheney Liz Cheney And crying Adam Kissinger Crying Adam Every time I looked at him He was crying The guy was a crier But you can't do that You just can't do that So we're going to find out a lot I think we're going to find out a lot These last three or four have been very They've been very very interesting We'll see what happens But I don't think a president Should be allowed to use an auto pen When they're signing very Important legislation I think a president should sign it Not use an auto pen And we're going to find out Whether or not he knew What the hell he was doing I'm sure at this point He'll say I signed it They'll tell him what to say But to give pardons to people That destroyed all the information If you destroyed information On a civil case Just a civil case Not a criminal case A civil case They put you in jail for that And they found out that Pelosi Was the one that was in charge of The security of the capitol She knew all about it And she admitted her guilt to her daughter Who was a movie documentary person I'm sure her daughter Is not too happy about that I'm sure crazy Nancy is not too happy But we found out all the things Everything And we go for the information Sir we've destroyed all of that information If I haven't destroyed it I wouldn't be sitting here right now I guarantee you that I'd be sitting someplace else So I think it's something That we should really look at Because it's so important The whole concept of an auto pen Because whoever Who was you know Auto pens are run by somebody Whoever ran the auto pen Was president of the United States And I would be willing to bet That Biden didn't know Probably didn't know anything About any of it Very dangerous So you're going to check that out right Yes sir This is just another proclamation sir Declaring national crime victims rights week You've obviously made it a major priority Of your administration to track down And at times deport criminals Who have committed violence on our streets Who have victimized so many people This is an annual proclamation That hopefully gets Americans to remember That when crimes occur There are real victims There are real people who are affected And there are people who suffer as a result Okay it's very important Thank you I just want to add So we're working very hard with Democrats The governor with Matt Hall With a lot of transportation Sean and all of the people Trying to keep Selfridge Air Force Base Open, strong, thriving And I think we're going to be successful Governor I think we'll be very successful That we're getting some good feedback From Pete Hanks At the Department of Defense And talking about F-16s And talking about F-35s You know etc. It's a great piece of property It's a great location And it's a great state So I think we're going to come back With a very good answer We're also working on a certain fish That's taken over a beautiful lake Called Michigan right And that's a tough one That's a tough one It's very... Do you want to just talk about that Sure Mr. President Yeah first of all I want to thank you for Caring so much about Michigan We've been working a long time We couldn't get Joe Biden To do anything about Either one of these issues Particularly Selfridge Air Force Base It'll be critical to Michigan's economy And our security When you're able to deliver us Another mission there But on the Asian carp You know for years When Obama was there We could never get anyone To do anything about this This invasive species That's going to destroy our great lakes You know how important Recreational fishing And so much of that is To our state Because of your work We're hopeful that We'll get a solution there And we'll get that barrier built So we can protect our great lakes So thank you Mr. President And they're very powerful fish I mean I've seen They jump out of the water They jump at the fishermen I mean I've never seen anything like it And has this gotten into Any of the other lakes yet Because you would think It would be pretty easy Because they're all sort of connected Governor That's why we're working So hard to make sure that We work with the army corps And erect a barrier So that the Asian carp Can't get into Lake Michigan It'll devastate the ecosystem The economy Tourism And it's 20% of the world's fresh water Is in the Great Lakes Mr. President Which is why it's so important That as a nation We protect the pristine waters Yep And you know all of a sudden I assume the lakes They're all interconnected right So at some point They're going to be in the other lakes And so we're going to work hard on that I spoke with the army corps of engineers And they have a method It's a pretty gruesome method But it's a method And I think they know what to do So we're going to work on that very hard And thank you governor very much Sort of a bipartisan thing When you get right down to it It's a very expensive thing actually Cost a lot I looked at the numbers I said well But we have to save Lake Michigan Because these fish They eat everything in the way Including the other fish They eat everything Are people endangered by the fish I don't I think it's I mean they're going to eat all the fish there We won't be able to fish anymore And that's a big deal in Lake Michigan There's a lot of fishing recreation So it's going to be a problem there But you're right it's bipartisan sir But you're the one taking action on these issues We couldn't get Biden to do it on Selfridge This thing has been delayed for About 15 years Where we were trying to do it It started under Obama Where we were trying to do it He wouldn't do anything about it So we appreciate you paying So much attention to this And taking action Well I would And the governor in all fairness Called me about it I had seen it And she called me And John James called me And we spoke with your office And it's You know I want to put that down Really is bipartisan It's great to see it actually It's great to see that And that includes Selfridge too And we're going to get it done And we're going to We'll all stand there together And cut a ribbon okay Gretchen good Thank you very much It's I'm glad you brought it up And I'm glad you brought it up Matt Appreciate it And I know you two get along Pretty well right Yeah About 70% of the time About 70% I think you do All right good We'll have a big We'll have something to celebrate Pretty soon so Pretty sure about that okay Thank you Thank you Gretchen very much Okay do you have any questions Mr. President Where does the TikTok deal stand Given what we've seen We know Well it's moving along But obviously I would say Right now China's not exactly Thrilled about signing it We have a deal with some Very good people Some very rich companies That would do a great job with it But we're going to have to wait To see what What's going to happen with China So Mr. President still on the table No it's on the table very much I think China's going to want to do it actually Mr. President do you have any more Of what you believe Is the end game with China Are you waiting For President Xi to blink How do you think This is all going to be resolved Look for years we've been Ripped off and taken advantage of By China and others in all fairness But by China that's a big one And It's just one of those things You know we're making Two billion dollars a day Right now this country Two billion dollars a day with tariffs And they were making Two billion dollars a day We'll be making more Now when you see what happened today I don't know if it's still there You know this was I looked an hour ago but We're up like close to 3,000 points Nobody's ever seen a day like that I think that's a record isn't it Fellows Definitely Is that a record It's a big record Who would have thought We're going to have a record like that After watching but Because The geniuses of the world They get it Our country is very strong We were left a very very weakened country Both economically financially Because of all of the tariffs And all of the other companies Just raiding us and ripping us off And also at the border Where 21 million people Were allowed to come in Many of those people were criminals And But the people that do this for a living And some of them are very smart And some of them aren't smart at all But these guys are very smart And my group is very smart My whole group is smart And you've done so amazing on the border I read the other day That there were nine people And hundreds of thousands Two years ago with Biden And we had nine We had it down to nine And they were all Let in for medical reasons They were in bad shape We let them in for medical reasons Not even for anything else So you've been amazing But that's a big thing I think it's one of the greatest One of the greatest Problems that I've never seen anything like it Open borders The whole world was emptied out Prisons from all over the world From the Congo in Africa From Africa to Asia A lot in South America But it wasn't just South America Prisons emptied out And I said it outside With the drivers before But El Salvador has been amazing The job that the president has done He's coming to see me next week And we look forward to that But that's really been amazing Yes Mr. President The EU also announced Increases in tariffs today Why not create timing for them That's great timing Why not create timing They didn't put them in No, they threatened them But they picked a later date Which our expectation is It's going to be later still OK, I'm glad that they held back If this was the strategy all along To bring them to the table Why did you instruct or advise Or maybe they did it on their own Some of your top aides To say this is not a negotiation To hold the line That they were going to hold the line That you were not going to change your mind Well, a lot of times it's not a negotiation Until it is And that happens And, you know, I said outside That you have to have flexibility To do it right And that's what we have We brought everybody to the table And it may not be a negotiation It may not last I mean, you know, things may be as That I think are not fair to us Look, we've been ripped off by Essentially everybody for 35 years This is not just a new thing And Roger Penske just left He's a great gentleman Great man actually And he said no other president Would have had the guts to do this And I believe that's right They wouldn't have done it They should have done this a long time ago A long time ago they should have done it I started it with China I took in hundreds of billions of dollars In tariffs and taxes from China In my first term And we had the greatest economy We were up 88% on the stock market That was the greatest ever In the history of our country But it had to be done Something that had to be done Mr. President Thank you so much Which countries will be negotiating first Do you have any criteria Because for example, Brazil and the UK They do not have deficits with the US They have a surplus They do not have a surplus They have deficits with the US So what is the criteria And also would you consider Talking or meeting with Xi Jinping No, sure I would He's a friend of mine I like him President Xi I like him, I respect him But they haven't treated our country Sure, I'd meet with him On the other countries We have Japan is here South Korea is here Others are here And we're trying to see From what I hear It's much more than 75 I said 75 plus So many It's everybody wants to make a deal actually And we want to do What's right for our country We also want to do What's right for the world The world is important I mean it's the world, right And I think we're going to make A lot of people very happy And I think investing In the United States of America Will be the greatest investment That anybody has ever made Mr. President Would you like to see the sectoral tariffs So the pharmaceuticals, steel Is that something you're still considering Moving forward Yeah, well I will be Because we want them coming back We realized during COVID That we don't make our drugs And our pharmaceuticals in this country So I realized that And it was a big realization We had to go to China to get drugs We had to go to other places I won't even mention the names But we had to go to other places We don't make it And that's because we let them leave And now if they want to come back We're going to put tariffs On the pharmaceutical companies And they're going to all want to come back They're going to come back I'm not going to pay them any money Like Biden with the chip deal That chip deal was horrible They give billions and billions of dollars To chip companies All they have is money They have so much money And they give billions of dollars They're just going to keep the money They're not going to spend it And the only thing that's going to bring them back Is you say we have a barrier You have to pay 50% or 100% or 200% And if they have to pay that They're going to say We're not going to pay that We're going to build here And that's what happened We're the biggest most prestigious Chip company in the world Spending two to three hundred billion dollars Billion Think of that Billion dollars to build Essentially one massive plant It'll be one of the largest plants in the world And we're going to get them very quickly We're going to get them energy We're going to get them the electricity they need And the energy that they need And it'll be approved by Lee Zeldin A total professional And it'll be approved very quickly They'll get their zoning very quickly They'll have everything done in a matter of months Mr. Zeldin You're welcome Thank you, sir You've procured a record amount Of private sector investments Since your election Seven trillion dollars You talked about the importance of all that Can you talk about how these investments Will have a positive impact on families Who felt like the previous economy Left them behind And why your executive orders on coal yesterday Is so important Given the amount of manufacturing That you're ushering back in Thank you And which is correct We have I would say more than seven trillion dollars Now right of investment coming in Apple is coming in for 500 billion alone We have other companies coming in With massive numbers We have car companies that are coming in No, we've never seen anything like it Maybe in the 1940s or 50s or something But we've never seen anything like it They had three plants cancelled in Mexico Not that we want to hurt Mexico But we're for We're for us And that's what my job is It's not to take care of other countries But I want to help other countries As much as I can But we have to take care of America first And it's about America first So we have many, many companies coming in That would have never come in If we didn't win the election And then put the tariffs on And they're coming in because When they build in the United States There are no tariffs You don't have to pay any tariffs So instead of paying 30, 40, 50 percent Or 25 percent But it could go a lot higher In some of the industries So we have steel mills right now That are raging The steel industry has gone If I didn't put the tariffs on steel Because China was dumping Massive amounts of steel In my first term And I put tariffs on I saved the steel industry But now it's going to thrive Maybe like never before I mean, if you go back to U.S. steel From 90 years ago It was incredible It was the number one company in the world For a long time That's why we don't want to see it go to Japan And we love Japan But U.S. steel is a very special company We don't want it to go to Japan Or any other place So we're working with them And I don't know if they need any money now I'll be honest with you They hit gold Because if you look at it They have such orders for steel now It's incredible What's going on in our country Is incredible with respect to plants So we lost 90,000 plants and factories From the beginning of NAFTA The worst trade deal ever made In the history of this world But certainly in the history of trade There's never been a worse trade deal We were able to cancel that We had to get approval from Congress It was like a disastrous curse Because you had to go to Congress To get it terminated You couldn't just terminate it Because it was a bad deal And you had people in Congress That didn't want to do it Because they had other reasons Maybe bad reasons Mostly not there anymore Those people But it's amazing what's happened I appreciate that question Because it's incredible I don't think we've ever seen anything like it $7 trillion And it's much more than that Because these are places that we know $7 trillion is unheard of I never looked at the Biden numbers But you could go a whole year And it was peanuts Everybody was leaving They weren't coming in They were leaving And that means jobs are leaving And so we're not playing games We're going to make this country Greater than ever before Thank you for that question Thanks For the past few days We've heard from this administration No pause Was this idea of doing a pause Did that just come about this morning Can you tell us exactly What came into consideration For you and your advisors For a period of time I would say this morning Over the last few days I've been thinking about it I've been dealing with Scott With Howard With some other people That are very professional And I think it probably came together Early this morning Fairly early this morning Just wrote it up I didn't We didn't have the use of We didn't have access to lawyers We just wrote it up We wrote it up from our hearts, right It was written from the heart And I think it was well written too But it was written from the heart It was written as something That I think was very positive For the world and for us And we don't want to hurt countries That don't need to be hurt And they all want to negotiate The only problem is You can only do so many at one time It's like we want to do it right We want to get it right We want to take care of them But we have to take care of our country But this was something Certainly we've been talking about For a period of time And we decided to pull the trigger And we did it today And we're happy about it I didn't know it would have That kind of an impact But it's, you know You have the biggest increase In the history of the stock market That's pretty good You're almost, you know If you keep going You're going to be back to where it was Four weeks ago But it was a sick market four weeks ago You know, because the trade was sick It was only a question of time I don't blame the tariffs I think the tariffs just sort of Magnified what was happening It was sick Biden allowed these people To get away with murder Biden allowed China To just take advantage of us We had like a trillion dollar deficit With China Trillion dollar deficit So that was going to only be A matter of time I think the tariffs Brought it out faster And they magnified the problem But I think this was a problem That existed far beyond tariffs This was a systemic problem And we're going to cure that problem And maybe to a large extent We have because we've revealed it And we've revealed it very strongly Yes, sir, please Thank you, Mr. President So it seems China has made Some serious missteps here In these negotiations And Secretary Besen said earlier You may have goaded them Into a tough position here I'm wondering Are you in a way putting together A coalition against China In terms of trade here No, no Well, China Look, they're very capable And I don't blame China For what happened I blame the people Sitting right at this desk Right behind this desk Or another desk You get your choice of seven I happen to pick the resolute But I blame the people Sitting behind in this chair Behind this desk For being stupid and incompetent Or not having courage This should have been done years ago This should have been done Before Obama in all fairness Not only Biden Obama This should have been done many years ago This started with the World Trade Organization Which was owned by China It was owned and paid for by China They didn't even have to do things They considered them A nation that was undeveloped They said they were a developing nation Well, we're a developing nation too If you think about it Look at our inner cities Look at what's happened I think we're starting from ground zero there So we're a developing nation too No, I don't I know it's a lot of people Who take heat for saying it But I blame the people Sitting at this desk More than I blame China If China can get away With what they got away with Taking hundreds of billions And trillions of dollars Right out of our pocket Because our people here were stupid They were stupid people Maybe corrupt I don't know I don't know how you can be that stupid How do you get to be president Then you're stupid But they certainly weren't courageous And they allowed this to happen And with Japan And with many other countries That took advantage of us We had deficits with almost every country I used to read these things The first time I'd read them I'd actually read the agreements I'd say How could anybody agree to this stuff So certainly they were rough And they were tough And they were smart And you can blame them But I really blame the people That allowed them to do it Because if you could read first grade And you could read these agreements You'd say These are terrible deals I actually used to say Who would allow deals like this To be made for our country And maybe it's people that didn't care Maybe it's people that weren't courageous Maybe it's people that were corrupt I don't know But I blame those people More than I blame anybody else Mr. President You've been very specific In saying that you would like the EU To purchase U.S. energy Is there something specific That you would like China to do Well, you'll be hearing about that There are a lot of things That I'd like China to do Are there some examples There are a lot of things That I want China to do And I'll be telling China what that is Not you I'll be telling China Mr. President You said the other day That if they do not agree To a potential nuclear deal That it would be very dangerous for them What specifically do you mean Well, they can't have a nuclear weapon Did you mean military action though If they don't agree Oh, if necessary Absolutely, yeah Do you have a deadline for these talks I do You're talking about with Iran Yes Yeah, I do Do you have something definitive this weekend Or do you see this as a start of a process It's a start Do you have a timeline We have a little time But we don't have much time Because we're not going to let them Have a nuclear weapon We can't let them have a nuclear weapon And we're going to let them thrive I want them to thrive I want Iran to be great The only thing they can't have Is a nuclear weapon They understand that You know, the people are so incredible in Iran And they're so smart They're very smart people You know, they're in a rough situation Rough regime But they understand And the leaders understand And I'm not asking for much I just, I don't They can't have a nuclear weapon And I've said that And I was a little bit surprised Because when the election was rigged I figured they'd get the weapon Because with me, they were broke They were broke, they had no money Because of the sanctions Nobody could buy oil We did that to Venezuela just recently And we'll do it to other countries If we have to I want to see Russia and Ukraine make a deal They got to make a deal When schools get blown up And bad things happen Like I'm hearing about So that I hope we're going to make a deal With Russia and Ukraine But with Iran Yeah, if it requires military We're going to have military Israel will obviously be very much involved in that It'll be the leader of that But nobody leads us We do what we want to do When would the talks need to conclude Before you might do military? I can't really be specific But when you start talks You know if they're going along well or not And I would say the conclusion would be When I think they're not going along well So that's just a feeling Mr. President On the subject of U.S. troops stationed in Europe Do you have any plans to reduce The number of U.S. troops in Europe Or in other NATO countries? Well, good, I mean it depends We pay for military over in Europe We don't get reimbursed by much South Korea too So it'll be one of the things we discuss That's unrelated to trade But I think we'll make it part of it Because it makes sense Be nice to wrap it all up in one package For each country You know it's nice and clean And we have plenty of law firms These are great law firms that we signed with The best And I think part of the way I'll spend some of the money That we're getting from the law firms You know in terms of their legal time We'll be, if we can do it I think we can do it Using these great law firms To represent us with regard to the Many, many countries that we'll be dealing with We'll have good lawyers representing us But we want to have good lawyers And these are the best Considered the best lawyers in the world, right? I mean considered the best in the world I don't know They just went off a little bit Mr. President, two questions On Iran, do you have an update On who will be participating Or conducting these conversations? Will Whitcock be there on Saturday For these direct talks? And on China Some economists are saying that Right now is technically Embargo on China with 125% tariffs Are you concerned of escalation Beyond the trade war with China? No, I'm not concerned I think President Xi is a very smart guy And I think we'll end up Making a very good deal for both But you know we've been treated so badly For so many years Again, we allow that to happen We've been treated so badly for so many years But no, I don't expect that I think President Xi is one of the very smart people of the world And I don't think he'd allow that to happen And we're very powerful This country is very powerful Let me tell you It's far more powerful than people understand We have weaponry that nobody has any idea what it is And it is the most powerful weapons in the world that we have More powerful than anybody even Not even close So nobody is going to do that But I think that If that's what you're referring to Maybe it's not But just in terms of basic escalation Which is what you said No, I think that President Xi is A man who knows exactly what has to be done He's a very smart man He loves his country I know that for a fact I know him very well And I think he's going to want to get to a deal I think that's going to happen We'll get a phone call at some point And it'll be off to the races It'll be a great thing for them It'll be a great thing for us It's going to be a great thing for the world And for humanity Will you have plans to meet with Qom in Saudi Arabia? At some point I will At some point We'll have to see I mean we have to get there right now We got to get there In the meantime They're losing 2,500 on average young people Every single week Think of that 2,500 people a week It's not even conceivable We got to get there fast Do you think that Take a couple of more Yes Will you have to increase tariffs on China even more Before they come to the table Or give you a phone call? I can't imagine it No, I can't imagine I don't think I'll have to do it I don't think we'll have to do it more We calculated it very carefully By the way, when you hear 100 A lot of people charge much more than that Canada charges much more than that To our farmers, our dairy farmers Many, many people charge much more than 100 Or 125 in this case But I don't It's still a significant number I don't see No, I don't see that Again I think Mr. Kishima Yes, Mr. President So do you think some of your tariff critics Would prefer to see the United States Go through turmoil Than to actually see it succeed Just because they are your policies You mean just leave the tariffs the way they are now And just relax, right? Some people have said that Look, again We're making It'll be soon Much more than 2 billion dollars a day That's not the worst thing That I've ever heard So yeah, some people say that But, you know, we look at the other side too I think as the United States We have an obligation to look also at the other side We want what's good for everyone I mean, it's America first But we also want to make sure There's a world that can live and live happily And all of that And so, you know, this is the way I look No, but there are people That say, look, where we are now I've been in worse positions in my life Than making 2 billion dollars a day plus plus, right? It's really plus plus Thank you very much, everybody Thank you, Press Thank you, Mr. President Thank you Thank you, guys Thank you The markets are what really changed your mind When it came to the tariffs The markets right now are extremely good Thank you, thank you Thank you, thank you, Press Thank you Here, this way Right this way, thank you Thank you, Press