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The president has said if the Department of Justice and the FBI want to move forward with releasing any further credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have or have not or will, you should ask the FBI about that. Go ahead. It's up to the Attorney General. I'm not quite sure he has a particular message for those countries. I think the president's message on this conflict we've seen in the Middle East taking place for far too long that has become quite brutal, especially in recent days. You've seen reports of more people dying. The president never likes to see that. He wants the killing to end, and he wants to negotiate a ceasefire in this region. He wants to see all of the hostages released from Gaza. That has been a top priority for this president. Within this six months, we have seen many of the hostages released, including the last living American hostage, Idan Alexander, which was a result of this administration's diplomatic efforts and approach to ending this conflict. Again, this is another conflict that the president inherited from the previous administration, who was so weak and incompetent. It led to so much chaos and death around the world, but this president is focused on solving it. Kelly, go ahead. Thank you. At six months, the president is also experiencing some pushback from members of his own MAGA base, especially on the matter of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Is the president satisfied that his own supporters are not heeding his call to let it go and to move on? I know the president would reject that, Kelly. In fact, he cited over the weekend some polls showing approval rating with the Republican Party is actually at an all-time high. He's polling 90 to 95 percent amongst Republicans right now. That's higher than any Republican president or any leader of this party ever. The president is the creator and the leader of the Make America Great Again movement. It's his baby that he made, and he knows what his supporters want. It's transparency, and he has given them that on all accounts when it comes to everything this administration has done, especially when it just comes to the president himself taking questions from all of you and the press corps on a near daily basis, multiple times a week. No question is off limits here at this White House, not just for the president, but myself as well. Will he call on Kash Patel to do more? Again, as I just answered, the president has told the attorney general and the FBI director to release any credible evidence that they find, and he also signaled to them over the weekend to move forward with unsealing the grand jury documents that were under seal by various judges across the country, and I believe the attorney general has taken the proper legal action to do that. You mentioned there also Israel, we've seen stepping up some attacks in Gaza. Has the president expressed his frustration with Netanyahu, and how does this impact the ceasefire negotiations? Well, look, the president enjoys a good working relationship with prime minister Bibi Netanyahu and stays in frequent communication with him. He was caught off guard by the bombing in Syria and also the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza, which as you know, I addressed at my briefing last week. And in both accounts, the president quickly called the prime minister to rectify those situations. And we saw secretary Rubio intervene when it came to Syria, we saw a deescalation there. And as for the bombing of the Catholic church in Gaza, the prime minister did put out a statement saying this was an accident and they deeply regretted that action on behalf of the state of Israel following his conversation with the president. Has the White House taken a position on Maria Salazar's work visa bill? And ideally, what does the president want to see with a work program for aliens? Again, I know you asked me about that last week and I regret to inform you, my answer remains the same. I don't think that's the focus of the White House right now in terms of legislative priorities, but certainly I promise you you'll get a readout on the bill. But as I reiterated to you before, the president does not support amnesty for illegal alien criminals. And I think the tragic circumstance that took place in New York city this past weekend underscores the priority of this president to secure our homeland and to deport illegal alien criminals and public safety threats from our country and our community. That's this president's priority right now. Ideally, what does he want to see with the work program? I think the Trump administration is going to continue to focus on removing public safety threats and illegal alien criminals from sanctuary cities. The president himself has said that's the priority for him in this administration, which the vast majority of Americans do still support removing illegal heinous criminals from their communities. And ultimately the best poll that was ever taken was on November 5th, when nearly 80 million Americans voted to reelect this president, largely because of his immigration policies. And we've seen they've been a resounding success. Again, zero illegal aliens were released into the country last month. That's a good thing for all of us standing here and for Americans across the country. I don't believe that's the White House was aware of. You'd have to ask the FBI. Look, the president is the reason that aid is even being distributed in Gaza at all. He wants to see this done in a peaceful manner where more lives are not being lost. He hated seeing the pictures of starvation of women and children needing that desperately needing that aid, which is why this administration came to a creative solution to bring that aid into the region. And we want to make sure that aid is delivered to people in need, but certainly does not end up in the hands of terrorists. I think both things can be done at the same time. Look, it's a very difficult and complicated situation, again, that the president inherited because of the weakness of the last administration. And I think he should be applauded and the administration should be applauded for coming up with a creative solution to get aid into the region. The president wants to see peace and he's been pretty clear about that. And our national security team continues to work on this every single day. But of course, it's a very complicated situation. Hi, Mark. You're sneaking in back there. Look, Mark, the president's talked about this and answered these questions for you pretty extensively in the oval office. He has no plans to fire the fed chair, but he has been very transparent in expressing his displeasure with Jerome Powell's management of the fed and also his policies. And the president is right, by the way. He's been saying this for a while, but finally, economists and experts are agreeing with him that Jerome Powell should cut interest rates. If you look at our country, by every economic metric right now, it is booming. Look at the trillions of dollars the president has brought in in foreign investments. Look at inflation, like I said, continues to go down. He's basically defeated it in just six months. If you look at the massive deregulatory campaign, this administration has lost. Look at the cost of goods. The cost of oil is down 20%. We've added 700,000 jobs to the economy in just six months. The manufacturing sector is taking up again. By all accounts, this is a good economy. In fact, the Wall Street Journal, wherever you are, did in fact give credit for that today. They said that the economy has its swagger back, which is one way to put it. But I think that it's true. And I think that the fed needs to lower interest rates. The president is right about that. And finally, people are catching up to the president.