Trump Admits GOP lost Midterms because of Iran War in his first post-election appearance | US News

You let me know when to run it. Mr. President, who are you supporting for minorities here in the House? We'll stay out of it. You know, Jim was, I think he was really, all of them, everybody, everybody that we're dealing with. But the Speaker was fantastic. The people under him were fantastic, all good people. I guess right now you have two candidates, right? Do Mr. President, Vice President Vance, the reason Republicans lost the war last night was the war in Iran Well, I think it's largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit short term. And probably that's, probably it's true. But at the same time, if I had it to do again, I'd have to do it again. Because long-term, it's the only answer. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. The Press: Do you feel like it was worth it to lose the Senate? The President: I do, yeah. I mean, well, you have no choice. I mean, I thought the oil would go up a lot more, and I did it on that basis. You have no choice. You have to do it. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Or everything that you see here someday might not exist. And maybe this, but this really might be the only one that does. So, yeah, I think that, look, I mean, I'll get along probably with the Democrats unless they want to be destructive, but they have the power of the veto. So if we don't like what they're doing, they've already called and they want to talk about things and that's fine. But yeah, people, the Iran thing we had to do and we continue to do it. We have tremendous oil flowing out of the Hormuz Strait now. At the beginning, there was none. And, uh... Probably that's the primary reason. The price, not the war, the price. Sir, you've held 30 rallies across the country and you gave your final speech in front of the reflection. Do you have any regrets about the way you closed down the campaign? No, look, I mean, if I were on the ballot, we would have won. You saw the people that were packed, thousands and thousands of people at every rally. And if I was on the ballot, we would have won. But they just, you couldn't transfer that love. There was such love at those rallies. It was incredible. We weren't able to transfer the love to candidates. Did you get any of her aides trying to talk about it? Which one are we talking about? And then he agreed to invite you in. I heard it was a very good speech, got great reviews. That was only a speech on the Reflections, but that had nothing to do with anything else. That was a speech very much like this is today on... This incredible place that we're building at the White House, it's going to be here for many, many years and serving our country well. That was only a sort of a ribbon cutting because the reflecting pool hasn't worked since 1922. Over 100 years, it's never worked. It's always leaked and was There was a mess and we fixed it, we made it great. That was not a speech, I was just talking about the reflecting pool and then a couple of other comments. I mean, our speeches were really the speeches made at the 30 rallies and those speeches were... That was tremendous love. It was, it was pretty amazing. Mr. President, who is the Democrat that you speak to? I can't tell you that. They may tell you, but I can't tell you. Do you think there was impeachment at all? No, no, no. Not even a little bit. I think it would destroy, I think it would destroy the Democrat party if they did that. There's impeachment for no reason, what, for having a successful country. Our country is more successful now than at any time in its history. Watch the beam go up. No. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Watch the speaker. Now envision chandeliers all over you soon. Envision Marble Floor. Oh, it's gonna be beautiful. This will be the most beautiful building. Give me a vision for you. Yeah. Probably July, right away. It's gonna be great. Middle to end of next year, depending on surfaces. Watch this, too. Okay. You know you. It's not steel that's used on a roof to hold back rain, you know. It's to hold helicopters. Did you guys see the helipad from Uptown? How beautiful it is? It's incredible. This is gonna be more incredible. I thought the press should be here. This was a non-press event. I said, this is the greatest, right? Did you see the helipad come over there? Yes. A pole? Yes. Can I take a look at it? Piece of art. Very talented people to do this. Very talented. How much? A certain one and a half. They put all this steel up in three weeks. Can you believe it? The whole thing was done in two and a half weeks. Pretty amazing, huh? How are you? Good job. And that'll fit perfectly. Within a hundredth of an inch. Can you believe it? Seriously? Yeah. They rarely have one. They rarely have to do any chopping. Watch. It'll be amazing, right? The entire building, every single hole was perfect. Which is rare, but we had great people. The Federal Reserve, not quite. At the office. What a shame. So, you know, those guys are standing under. Personally, I'd pass on that. Because if one bolt, ooh, if one bolt fell down, that's it, your history. Pretty amazing, isn't it? Would you like to move over there, Dan? Right under that. Look, that's right under there. We'll send Margo. Let's send Margo home. No, if anything fell off there, but they do it. Except the Secret Service guy's not very well-protected. I don't think he has any idea what's going on about it. See the way that fits? It's like a glove. See that? The sprue that they put right through it, look at it, Pittsburgh, you know, they bolted in and that's the end of that. Pretty good, right? Yep. That's pretty good. Go ahead. Did you have any other questions? Did you know the Vice President was going to post that X message talking so much about the results of the war and how it impacted it? Well, I knew the war was going to impact it, but whether it impacted it or not, Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. You know, but the Vice President wrote a very lengthy post about how the war impacted the process. I think you know what's going on. Well, I did. I knew he was — I know how he feels about it. I think it was — I think it was fine, yeah. I thought it was good. We knew that. I know that — I knew that when I went in. And we stopped them from having a nuclear weapon, and they will never have a nuclear weapon. The Press Have you spoken to Vice President Biden? The President Yeah, yeah. The Press Do you have a lot of media or what issues? The President I speak to him about a lot of things. But, I mean, we'll see what happens. Everybody — I mean, you don't know who's talking about running. You can have people running. You can have a lot of people — maybe you have a lot of people running. Maybe nobody's going to run. Maybe — He won't run. I don't know who's going to run. But I can tell you that, as far as that war is concerned, I would have done nothing different. We've totally broken their military. Their Navy's gone. Their Air Force is gone. Their anti-aircraft is gone. That's a dangerous job. I don't know how they do it. A dangerous job. Well, it's just there, it's a thing that they do, and here's the interesting thing. Somebody will walk after we're gone, they'll walk right across that, pick up the tree and walk. There aren't too many people who can do that. You need very good balance. You know that? They'll leave that tree. Well, we're gone, a guy will walk right in that tree and take it. Well, what did end, no, I didn't say that. I said their nuclear weapons will be destroyed. That happened at midnight, honey. You know what? They fall sometimes. And when they fall, it's terrible. The Press- Sir, sir, when do you think it's going to end? When they're at war? The President- Whenever I want it to. But it's got to be done right. And we're never going to let them have a nuclear weapon. It's got to be done right. But, of course, I knew that. I knew fuel would go up. I thought it would go up two or three times higher than it is. And now, today, it's coming down. And yesterday, it dropped, or the day before, it dropped 10 points. No, we've done a great job. The Hormuz Strait is open. It's producing Wall Street Journal, cover of the Wall Street Journal, a couple of days ago. It's producing more oil right now than at any time prior to the war, so. The Press Are you considering replacing the Secretary next time? The President No, I think he's doing a very good job. The Press So you don't want him to fill Marshal Blackburn's Senate seat now? To be appointed? The President Well, I think he's doing a very good job. And I actually think, He'd be very popular if he did that, but I haven't heard that at all. Did he give you advice on how to keep you on in Edward? No, no. Look, when I said fast, we stopped them from having a nuclear weapon very early on when we did the raid. Great stuff, right? You have a shirt on. If you want to see the helipad, bring the cameras over here. Let me show you.