{"id":189692,"date":"2025-03-21T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189692"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:37:01","slug":"us-announces-next-gen-fighter-contract-more-in-white-house-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189692","title":{"rendered":"US Announces Next Gen Fighter Contract &#038; More in White House Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Deliver Remarks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVyVfkL7PwM\" title=\"President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Deliver Remarks\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHICH<br \/>\nWOULD BE MOVED. WE&#8217;RE GOING TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN IN THEIR STATES WHERE THEY CAN GET A PROPER<br \/>\nEDUCATION. THE NUMBERS OF HORRIBLE THE WAY IT IS, AND WE&#8217;RE GOING TO MAKE A MOVE THAT&#8217;S VERY BIG.<br \/>\nI DON&#8217;T THINK IT&#8217;S EVEN RISKY A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT&#8217;S GOING TO BE AMAZING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO.<br \/>\nTHEY HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS AND NOBODY EVER GOT IT ALL BUT WE DID. IT WAS GREAT EXCITEMENT AND<br \/>\nGREAT ACCEPTANCE OF IT BY ALMOST EVERYBODY, INCLUDING A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY.<br \/>\nI DO WANT TO SAY THAT I DECIDED THE<br \/>\nSBA, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WILL HANDLE ALL OF THE STUDENT LOAN. WE HAVE A PORTFOLIO THAT&#8217;S VERY<br \/>\nLARGE, LOTS OF LOANS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LOANS. PRETTY COMPLICATED DEAL, AND THAT&#8217;S COMING OUT OF THE<br \/>\nDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IMMEDIATELY AND IT&#8217;S GOING TO BE HEADED UP BY<br \/>\nKELLY LOUGHLIN. IT&#8217;S A MESS. ALSO BOBBY KENNEDY, THE HEALTH<br \/>\nAND HUMAN SERVICES WILL BE HANDLING SPECIAL NEEDS AND ALL OF THE NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, RATHER<br \/>\nCOMPLEX. BUT THAT&#8217;S GOING TO BE HEADED BY AND HANDLED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, SO I THINK THAT<br \/>\nWILL WORK OUT VERY WELL. THOSE TWO ELEMENTS WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THEN ALL WE HAVE<br \/>\nTO DO IS GET THE STUDENTS TO GET GUIDANCE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM AND CHERISH THEM, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS.<br \/>\nOTHERWAY WILL BE TOTALLY INVOLVED IN THEIR EDUCATION ALONG WITH BOARDS AND THE GOVERNORS AND STATES. IT&#8217;S GOING TO BE A GREAT<br \/>\nSITUATION. I GUARANTY THAT IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, I HOPE I&#8217;M GOING TO BE AROUND TO SEE IT, BUT I<br \/>\nTHINK WE&#8217;RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF IT. I THINK YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS RESULTS. YOU&#8217;RE GOING TO HAVE RESULTS<br \/>\nLIKE NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, A LOT OF THE COUNTRIES THAT DO SO WELL. I THINK YOU&#8217;RE GOING TO HAVE A<br \/>\nLOT OF THOSE RESULTS. IF YOU LOOK AT IOWA, INDIANA, IDAHO, SO MANY PLACES THAT RUN SO WELL, FLORIDA, TEXAS, BIG<br \/>\nONES. YOU&#8217;RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT EDUCATION, MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS NOW AT HALF THE WE&#8217;RE NOT COST. EVEN DOING IT AS A COST ITEM.<br \/>\nYOU WILL SAVE PROBABLY HALF, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT. YOU&#8217;RE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, MAYBE MUCH<br \/>\nHIGHER. I WILL GUARANTY, SOME OF THE STATES WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, THEY WILL BE<br \/>\nCOMPARABLE OR BETTER THAN THESE NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE COUNTRIES, THE COUNTRIES IN THE TOP FIVE POSITIONS.<br \/>\nTO ME IT&#8217;S BEEN VERY EXCITING AND RECEIVED VERY WELL SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE STUDENT LOAN AND SPECIAL<br \/>\nNEEDS. BUT WE&#8217;RE HERE FOR A REASON TODAY THAT IS VERY EXCITING. I&#8217;M THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT<br \/>\nAT MY DIRECTION THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WORLD&#8217;S FIRST SIXTH GENERATION FIGHTER JET,<br \/>\nNUMBER SIX, SIXTH GENERATION. NOTHING IN THE WORLD COMES EVEN CLOSE TO IT. IT WILL BE KNOWN AS THE F-47.<br \/>\nTHE GENERALS PICKED A TITLE. IT&#8217;S A BEAUTIFUL NUMBER, F-47.<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S SOMETHING THE LIKES OF WHICH NOBODY HAS SEEN IN TERMS OF BEFORE ALL OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF A FIGHTER JET.<br \/>\nTHERE&#8217;S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT FOR SPEED TO MANEUVERABILITY TO WHAT IT CAN HAVE TO PAYLOAD AND THIS HAS<br \/>\nBEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AFTER A RIGOROUS COMPETITION BETWEEN SOME OF AMERICA&#8217;S TOP<br \/>\nAEROSPACE COMPANIES, THE AIR FORCE IS GOING TO BE AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE<br \/>\nPLATFORM TO BOEING, AS YOU KNOW WAS HIGHLY &#8212; THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPETITION, GENERALS AND BEEN<br \/>\nGOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. VERY TOUGH COMPETITION. BUT THIS PLANE HAS PRODUCED NUMBERS NOBODY&#8217;S EVER SEEN<br \/>\nBEFORE. THE F-47 WILL BE THE MOST ADVANCED, CAPABLE, LETHAL AIRCRAFT<br \/>\nEVER BUILT AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF THE PLANE HAS<br \/>\nSECRETLY BEEN PLAYING FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS AND WE&#8217;RE CONFIDENT IT MASSIVELY OVERPOWERS THE<br \/>\nCAPABILITY OF ANY NATION. WE KNOW EVERY OTHER PLANE, I&#8217;VE SEEN EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND IT&#8217;S NOT EVEN CLOSE.<br \/>\nTHIS IS NEXT LEVEL. LEVEL FIVE, THIS IS LEVEL SIX THEY SAY. THE F-47 IS EQUIPPED WITH STATE<br \/>\nOF THE ART STEALTH TECHNOLOGIES. IT&#8217;S VIRTUALLY UNSEEABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED POWER.<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S GOT THE MOST POWER ANY JET OF ITS KIND EVER MADE.<br \/>\nMANUFACTURABILITY LIKE WISE, THERE&#8217;S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT DESPITE THE POWER AND SPEED.<br \/>\nITS SPEED IS TOP. OVER TWO WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU<br \/>\nDON&#8217;T HEAR VERY OFTEN. AMERICA&#8217;S ENEMIES WILL NEVER SEE IT COMING. HOPEFULLY WE DON&#8217;T HAVE TO USE<br \/>\nIT FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT GOT TO HAVE IT. IF IT EVER HAPPENS, THEY WON&#8217;T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HIT THEM.<br \/>\nHOPEFULLY THESE MAGNIFICENT PLANES WILL BE<br \/>\nBUILT, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. IT&#8217;S READY TO GO. THEY&#8217;VE ALREADY BUILT MUCH OF<br \/>\nWHAT HAS TO BE BUILT IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION INCLUDING THE SHEDS. WE&#8217;LL ENSURE THE USA CONTINUES<br \/>\nTO DOMINATE THE SKIES GIVEN IN ORDER FOR A LOT. WE CAN&#8217;T TELL YOU THE PRICE BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE WAY TO<br \/>\nSOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OF THE SIZE OF THE PLANE, GOOD-SIZED PLANE. THIS CONTRACT ALSO REPRESENTS<br \/>\nAN HISTORIC INVESTMENT TO HELP KEEP AMERICA AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY.<br \/>\nOUR ALLIES ARE CALLING CONSTANTLY. THEY WANT TO BUY THEM ALSO. CERTAIN ALLIES WILL BE SELLING<br \/>\nTHEM, PERHAPS TONED DOWN VERSIONS. TONE IT DOWN ABOUT 10% WHICH PROBABLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE<br \/>\nSOME DAY MAYBE THEY ARE NOT OUR ALLIES, RIGHT? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SECRETARY HEGSETH<br \/>\nWHO IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, HE&#8217;S REALLY BEEN VERY INSPIRING IN SO MANY WAYS.<br \/>\nI MUST SAY BEFORE HE SPEAKS WE HAVE HAD RECORD PEOPLE RUNNING TO JOIN OUR MILITARY IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF<br \/>\nMONTHS LITERALLY SINCE THIS I THINK PROBABLY SINCE THE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5TH, BUTTONS SINCE WE CAME TO OFFICE AND<br \/>\nSINCE I ANNOUNCED PETE. HE&#8217;S YOUNG, STRONG.<br \/>\nHE LOVES IT AND THEY LOVE HIM BUT WE&#8217;VE HAD RECORD NUMBERS PEOPLE WANTING TO OF JOIN OUR MILITARY.<br \/>\nNOW IF YOU GO BACK SIX MONTHS, IT WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. WE&#8217;VE HAD RECORD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO JOIN THE<br \/>\nMILITARY. NOW YOU HAVE RECORD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO BE IN OUR MILITARY AND THAT&#8217;S A REALLY, THAT&#8217;S A GREAT &#8212; IT SHOWS YOU WE&#8217;RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.<br \/>\nPETE, MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS. >> SECRETARY HEGSETH: SURE. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A BIG DAY.<br \/>\nTHIS IS A BIG DAY FOR WAR FIGHTERS, OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. THE NEXT OF THE NAME IS THE<br \/>\nNEXT GENERATION OF AIR DOMINANCE. MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR CLARITY, WE<br \/>\nHAVE GOING, AMERICA IS GOING TO HAVE A GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE OF AIR DOMINANCE BECAUSE OF THIS SIXTH GENERATION<br \/>\nFIGHTER. WE&#8217;VE HAD THE F-15. WE HAD THE F-16, THE F-22, THE F-35.<br \/>\nNOW WE HAVE THE F-47 WHICH SENDS A VERY DIRECT, CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR ALLIES THAT WE&#8217;RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND TO<br \/>\nOUR ENEMIES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROJECT POWER AROUND THE GLOBE UNIMPEDED.<br \/>\nTHIS IS A GIFT TO MY KIDS AND YOUR KIDS, TO MY GRANDKIDS AND YOUR GRANDKIDS. THIS IS AN HISTORIC INVESTMENT<br \/>\nIN THE AMERICAN MILITARY, IN THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BASE, IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY THAT WILL HELP REVIVE THE WARRIOR ETHOS<br \/>\nWITH OUR MILITARY WHICH WE&#8217;RE DOING, REBUILD OUR MILITARY WHICH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DID NOT, THEY<br \/>\nPAUSED THIS PROGRAM AND WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO SCRAP. WE KNOW THIS IS CHEAPER AND MORE TELLTHIE.<br \/>\nPRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WE&#8217;RE REVIVING IT AND DOING IT AND REVISE THE TERMS. UNDER THE PREVIOUS<br \/>\nADMINISTRATION WE LOOKED LIKE FOOLS. NOT ANYMORE. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REESTABLISHED THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP.<br \/>\nTHE F-47 IS PART OF IT AND, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO IT AND LEADING THE WAY FOR ALL OUR<br \/>\nWAR FIGHTERS &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY AND IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS, BUT THIS PLANE FLIES<br \/>\nWITH DRONES, MANY, MANY DRONES, AS MANY AS YOU WANT. IT&#8217;S A TECHNOLOGY THAT&#8217;S NEW BUT IT DOESN&#8217;T FLY BY ITSELF.<br \/>\nIT FLIES WITH MANY DRONES, AS MANY AS WE WANT AND THAT&#8217;S SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER PLANE CAN DO.<br \/>\nSO I&#8217;D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, IF I MIGHT, AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL DAVID OLDEN AND GENERAL DALE LIGHT THAT I GOT<br \/>\nTO KNOW OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WOULD YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE, GENERAL.<br \/>\n>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SECRETARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR<br \/>\nMILITARY. I WILL SAY THIS IS A BIG DAY. THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS<br \/>\nWELL. AIR DOMINANCE IS NOT A BIRTH RIGHT BUT IT&#8217;S BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH AMERICAN AIR<br \/>\nPOWER. SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF AERIAL WARFARE, BRAVE AMERICAN AIR MEN JUMPED INTO THEIR<br \/>\nMACHINES, TAKEN TO THE AIR AND CLEARED THE SKIES. WHETHER THAT BE CLEARING THE SKIES SO WE CAN RAIN DOWN<br \/>\nDESTRUCTION FROM ABOVE BUT CLEAR THE PATH FOR GROUND FORCES BELOW. THAT&#8217;S OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FIGHT AND OUR PROMISE TO<br \/>\nAMERICANS. WITH THIS FHEALTH 47 AS THE CROWN JEWEL IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AIR DOMINANCE<br \/>\nSYSTEMS, WE&#8217;RE GOING TO KEEP THAT PROMISE WELL INTO THE FUTURE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FROM INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT, OUR ENGINEERS WHO<br \/>\nHAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS PROGRAM TO BRING US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THIS SHOWS THAT AMERICAN<br \/>\nTALENT, AMERICAN SKILLS AND DETERMINATION ARE SECOND TO NONE BECAUSE THIS PLATFORM IS SECOND TO NONE.<br \/>\nWE BELIEVE THIS PROVIDES MORE CAPABILITY, MODERNIZED<br \/>\nCAPABILITY IN A WAY ABILITY TO ADAPT. THIS ALONG WITH OUR COMBAT AIRCRAFT MR. PRESIDENT<br \/>\nTALKED ABOUT WITH DRONES, THIS IS ALLOWING US TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND UNLOCK THE MAGIC<br \/>\nTHAT IS HUMAN MACHINE AND WITH THAT WE&#8217;RE GOING TO WRITE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MODERN WARFARE.<br \/>\nTHIS ENABLES US TO DO THIS. IT PUTS MORE CONTROL INTO THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT SO WE CAN UPDATE AND ADAPT THE SPEED<br \/>\nOF RELEVANCE, TECHNOLOGY, NOT AT THE SPEED OF BUREAUCRACY. THIS IS MORE AIR FORCE. THIS IS MORE OPTIONS FOR THE<br \/>\nPRESIDENT. WE SAY AS OUR MISSION IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FIRE FIGHT AND WENT AIR POWER ANY<br \/>\nTIME AND ANYWHERE. IF YOU WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLATFORM THAT GETS YOU ANYWHERE.<br \/>\nFROM THE ONE END EQUIPPED RESPONSE AND WE CAN GET RIGHT BACK INTO FIGHTING STANCE WITHOUT<br \/>\nHAVING TO DEPLOY TROOPS GOING TO TAKE MORE MONTHS AND TAKE MORE LIVES. ALL THE WAY TO DECISIVE VICTORY<br \/>\nAS PART OF A JOINT FORCE MOST LETHAL. THAT&#8217;S WHAT WE PROVIDE NOW AND THIS ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE<br \/>\nINTO THE FUTURE, MORE DETERRENCE, MORE<br \/>\nCAPABILITY. IT&#8217;S WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL WE CAN SAY IS ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, LET&#8217;S DELIVER.<br \/>\n&#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU, GENERAL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> NO, SIR, I&#8217;LL GO WITH WHAT THE CHIEF SAID.<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S WHAT IT&#8217;S ALL ABOUT AND THAT&#8217;S WHAT WE&#8217;LL DELIVER &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT JOB. WE&#8217;VE WORKED TOGETHER LONG AND<br \/>\nHARD ON THIS AND THIS WAS A BIG SECRET. WE DON&#8217;T SHOW TOO MUCH OF THE PLANE FOR THAT REASON.<br \/>\nDO YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS? THAT IS JUST A VERY SMALL PART OF IT.<br \/>\nI WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH YOU SHOW, THE WHEEL IN THE FRONT,<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S ABOUT IT. ANY QUESTIONS<br \/>\n? >> Reporter: 8,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS IS A LOT OF SIFT THROUGH. CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHO KILLED KENNEDY?<br \/>\n&#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF RELEASING THAT BECAUSE MANY PRESIDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH IT AND THEY<br \/>\nHAVEN&#8217;T RELEASED AND THEY SAID RELEASE. WE EVEN RELEASED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. I DIDN&#8217;T WANT ANYTHING DELETED. SO THEY SAID WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL<br \/>\nSECURITY? PEOPLE ARE LONG GONE. I SAID IF YOU DON&#8217;T DELETE IT, IF YOU DO DELETE IT, WE HAVE<br \/>\nPEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAY WHY DID YOU DELETE THIS? SO WE GAVE EVERYTHING. THE REST IS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.<br \/>\nYOU&#8217;RE GOING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU SEE ANYTHING BUT WE&#8217;VE GIVEN IT, WE&#8217;RE DOING IT WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING<br \/>\nTOO. THEY ARE PREPARING ALL OF THAT. THEY ARE GOING TO RELEASE EVERYTHING.<br \/>\nWHOEVER ELSE, WE ARE, WE REALLY HAVE NOTHING. WHEN A LOT OF TIME GOES BY,<br \/>\nWITH THE KENNEDY FILES, IN PARTICULAR THEY WERE GOING CRAZY ON THEM. I DON&#8217;T THINK THERE&#8217;S SOMETHING<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S EARTH SHATTERING BUT YOU&#8217;LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. IT&#8217;S ACTUALLY 88,000 AND WE<br \/>\nHAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS AS YOU KNOW COME OUT TODAY, AND FOR CAN GO INTO THE THAT YOU OFFICES AND SEE WHATEVER YOU<br \/>\nWANT TO SEE. EVERYTHING IS OUT THERE, TOTALLY OPEN. THE ADDITIONAL STUFF IS<br \/>\nAVAILABLE LATER ON TODAY. YOU GO OVER TO THE OFFICES AND YOU CAN HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY. AND YOU&#8217;LL MAKE A DETERMINATION<br \/>\n. >> Reporter: BECAUSE OF YOUR EXECUTIVE ORDER THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS FOREIGN TERRORISTS. IF ISIS OR AL-QUIDA ARE FOREIGN<br \/>\nTERRORISTS WERE OPERATING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, COPS WOULD PROBABLY BE SHOOTING FIRST AND ASKING QUESTIONS<br \/>\nLATER, AND SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TERRORISTS, BETWEEN SOMEBODY LIKE AN ISIS OR AN AL-QUIDA OPERATIVE VERSUS<br \/>\nON MS-13? &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THESE ARE PEOPLE FOCUSED ON DESTROYING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.<br \/>\nTHEY ARE NOT AS INTERNATIONAL IN THAT SENSE. THEY ARE A GROUP OF THUGS THAT COME FROM VENEZUELA.<br \/>\nTHEY COME FROM THE PRISONS OF VENEZUELA. THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE BUT DIDN&#8217;T LOOK THEY SO<br \/>\nDANGEROUS WHEN THE GUARDS TOOK CARE OF THE SITUATION FROM EL SALVADOR. I WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT.<br \/>\nHE&#8217;S A FRIEND OF MINE. HE&#8217;S DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT I JUST CAN&#8217;T IMAGINE THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THIS ISSUE<br \/>\nWHERE THEY WANT TO HAVE HIM BACK. SO NOW THEY HAVE MEN PLAYING IN WOMEN&#8217;S SPORTS.<br \/>\nTHEY HAVE TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYONE. THEY HAVE OPEN BORDERS. THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR CRAZY<br \/>\nPOLICIES. AND THEIR NEW POLICY IS LET<br \/>\n&#8216;S BRING THE, THESE ARE THE WORST GANG MEMBERS. THEY LOOKED AMAZINGLY FRAIL<br \/>\nTHOUGH BY THE WAY THEY WERE HANDLED. WHEN THEY WERE IN COLORADO CUTTING THE FINGERS OFF<br \/>\nA MAN BECAUSE HE MADE A PHONE CALL TO THE POLICE, THEY SEEMED A LOT TOUGHER THAN THEY DID WHEN<br \/>\nTHEY WERE HAVING THEIR HEAD SHAVED AND THEY WERE IN SHACKLES. THE THEY ARE TOUGH PEOPLE. THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE. WE DON&#8217;T WANT THEM IN OUR<br \/>\nCOUNTRY. WE DIDN&#8217;T WANT &#8212; HE DIDN&#8217;T RUN FOR PRESIDENT. HE DIDN&#8217;T GET MUCH MORE THAN 80<br \/>\nMILLION VOTES. WE CAN&#8217;T LET THAT HAPPEN. IT WOULD BE SO BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. I WON ON THE BASIS OF GETTING CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY<br \/>\nTHAT WERE LET IN. THEY WERE LET IN BY BIDEN<br \/>\nINCOMPETENTLY AND LED IN BY THE MILLIONS ACTUALLY. 21 MILLION PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IT&#8217;S 21 MILLION, AND THAT&#8217;S NOT<br \/>\nEVEN INCLUDING THE GOT AWAYS. I WANT THEM OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S A BIG PART . >> Reporter: IF YOU IF<br \/>\nYOU SAW THIS, TIM<br \/>\nWOLZ? HE SAID I THINK I CAN KICK THEIR ASS. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: USUALLY A VICE PRESIDENT DOESN&#8217;T PLAY A PART THEY SAY.<br \/>\nI THINK TIM PLAYED A PART. I THINK HE WAS SO BAD. SHE HURT HERSELF AND JOE HURT THEM BOTH.<br \/>\nTHEY DIDN&#8217;T HAVE A GREAT GROUP BUT I WOULD PROBABLY PUT HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU HEARD<br \/>\n&#8212; POLITICIANS, FUND-RAISING AND CAMPAIGNING AGAINST YOUR POLICIES? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT &#8212;<br \/>\nPRESIDENT TRUMP: I HOPE SO, I HOPE SO. >> Reporter: FROM ARGENTINA. THEY ARE COMPANIES FROM SOME OF<br \/>\nTHE PEOPLE ON THOSE FLAGS TO EL SALVADOR WHO CLAIM THEY ARE NOT CRIMINAL, NOT MEMBERS OF NICARAGUA, WHAT CAN<br \/>\nYOU TELL THEM AND WHAT GUARANTY CAN YOU GIVE THEM THAT EVERYONE IN THOSE PLANES WERE ACTUAL<br \/>\nCRIMINALS, TERRORISTS, AS YOU SAID? &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: I&#8217;M TOLD THEY WENT THROUGH A VERY STRONG VETTING PROCESS AND THAT WILL ALSO BE CONTINUING IN EL<br \/>\nSALVADOR, AND IF THERE&#8217;S ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO FIND OUT. THIS IS A BAD GROUP AND IN BAD<br \/>\nAREAS AND WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ABSOLUTELY KILLERS, MURDERERS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY BAD WITH THE<br \/>\nWORST RECORDS YOU&#8217;VE EVER SEEN BUT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. WE DON&#8217;T WANT TO MAKE THAT KIND<br \/>\nOF MISTAKE. >> Reporter: YOU WERE &#8212; TO GIVE UP THE POSITION OF SUPREME NATO COMMANDER AND WHY?<br \/>\n&#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: NATO IS SOMETHING I SAY, NATO WAS GONE UNTIL I CAME ALONG. THE PREVIOUS SECRETARY GENERAL,<br \/>\nVERY GOOD MAN. BOTH OF THEM ARE GOOD. THE COMMENT MAN IS FANTASTIC BUT IF IT WASN&#8217;T FOR TRUMP, YOU<br \/>\nWOULDN&#8217;T HAVE A NATO BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING THE COST OF ALMOST ALL OF THE COUNTRIES AND NOW THEY ARE PAYING.<br \/>\nWE&#8217;RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. YOU HEARD US ON TRADES, AND THEN ON TOP OF IT , HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FLOWED INTO<br \/>\nNATO BY COUNTRIES THAT WERE DELINQUENT. THEY WEREN&#8217;T PAYING THEIR BILLS. SO NATO IS SOLID. THEY ARE STRONG BUT THEY HAVE<br \/>\nTO TREAT US FAIRLY. BECAUSE, LOOK, WITHOUT US,<br \/>\nNATO IS NOT &#8212; I&#8217;VE BEEN HAVING VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AND WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN AND PRESIDENT<br \/>\nPUTIN WILL TELL YOU THAT WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES HE WOULDN&#8217;T BE WORRIED. BUT HE IS WORRIED WHEN THE<br \/>\nUNITED STATES IS INVOLVED. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU I DEALT<br \/>\nVERY WELL WITH BOTH GENTLEMEN AND I THINK WE HAVE THE CONFINES OF A DEAL. I HOPE WE HAVE THE CONFINES OF<br \/>\nA DEALMENT I&#8217;M DOING IT FOR TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE, THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY ARE NOT<br \/>\nAMERICAN PEOPLE, THEY ARE RUSSIA AND UKRAINIAN ARE BEING KILLED EVERY WEEK, THOUSANDS A WEEK.<br \/>\nAND ALSO THE UNITED STATES HAS PAID BECAUSE OF<br \/>\nBIDEN $350 BILLION ON A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. IF WE HAD A COMPETENT PRESIDENT<br \/>\nIN THIS GREAT CITY RIGHT HERE, THAT WAR WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. IT WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NEVER<br \/>\nHAPPENED WITH ME AND IT DIDN&#8217;T HAPPEN FOR FOUR YEARS. >> Reporter: MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE<br \/>\nAUTHORITY, THE POWER, TO ROUND UP PEOPLE, DEPORT THEM AND THEN YOU&#8217;RE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO A COURT TO SHOW EVIDENCE<br \/>\nAGAINST THEM? &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THAT&#8217;S WHAT THE LAW SAID AND THAT&#8217;S WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALLOWED OF PEOPLE TO COME MILLIONS INTO<br \/>\nOUR COUNTRY, TOTALLY UNVETTED, TOTALLY UNCHECKED. DID BIDEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT&#8217;S<br \/>\nUNTHINKABLE, HAVE OPEN BORDERS WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURED INTO OUR COUNTRY TOTALLY UNVETTED, TOTALLY UNCHECKED<br \/>\nJUST AS YOU WOULD SAY? AND MANY WERE CRIMINALS. MANY WERE FROM JAILS AND PRISONS, MENTAL INSTITUTIONS<br \/>\nAND GANG MEMBERS AND DRUG DEALERS AND VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE. MANY WERE MURDERERS.<br \/>\nWE HAVE 11,088 MURDERERS. AT LEAST HALF KILLED MORE THAN<br \/>\nONE PERSON. THEY ARE IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE IN A LOCATION NEAR YOU.<br \/>\nBIDEN ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN TO OUR COUNTRY. AND IT&#8217;S PEOPLE THAT REALLY RAN THE COUNTRY AND THE AMERICAN<br \/>\nTHAT OPERATED THE AUTO PEN. WE OUGHT TO FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE REAL PRESIDENT.<br \/>\nDID BIDEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HARDENED<br \/>\nCRIMINALS AT THE TOP OF OUR LINE WHO HAVE CAUSED TREMENDOUS DAMAGE IN OUR COUNTRY. YOU SEE THEM IN NEW YORK CITY<br \/>\nFIGHTING WITH OUR POLICE, LITERALLY HAVING FIST FIGHTS IN THE STREETS WITH OUR POLICE.<br \/>\nTHESE ARE TOUGH, HARD CRIMINALS. MANY OF THEM CAME OUT OF JAILS AND NOT JUST INTEREST SOUTH<br \/>\nAMERICA, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, FROM AFRICA, THE CONGO. THEY CAME OUT FROM ASIA. NOT JOURNALIST SOUTH AMERICA.<br \/>\nTHESE ARE HARD, IS TOUGH CRIMINALS AND WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT. A JUDGE SITTING BEHIND A BENCH SOME PLACE, GOT A NICE<br \/>\nAPPOINTMENT, YOU CAN&#8217;T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. IN THIS CASE MARCO RUBIO HAS A<br \/>\nLOT OF DECISION TO SEE MAKE. HE&#8217;S A GREAT MAN. I THINK HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE OUR BEST SECRETARY OF STATE.<br \/>\nHE&#8217;S BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE. HE WORKS SO HARD. HE&#8217;S BEEN TO SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALREADY AND HE&#8217;S<br \/>\nGOT THE AUTHORITY TO GET BAD PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COUNTRY AND YOU CAN&#8217;T STOP THAT WITH A JUDGE SITTING BEHIND A BENCH<br \/>\nWHOOP HAS NO IDEA WHAT GOES ON, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A RADICAL LEFT LUNATIC. >> Reporter:<br \/>\nDENYING THE &#8220;NEW YORK TIMES&#8221; REPORT THAT ELON MUSK HAS GOING TO BE SHOWN A 20, 30 PAGE PRESENTATION OF THE<br \/>\nTHEORETICAL PLAN WITH CHINA. WHY NOT JUST SHOW IT TO ELON? &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: YOU&#8217;RE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL WAR<br \/>\nWITH CHINA. I DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. I&#8217;M DEALING WITH THESE<br \/>\nGENTLEMEN ON NUMEROUS DIFFERENT AIRPLANE PURCHASES. I THINK THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE GREAT BUT I DON&#8217;T WANT THE<br \/>\nPEOPLE SAYING SEEING POTENTIAL WERE WITH CHINA. WE DON&#8217;T WANT TO HAVE A POTENTIAL WAR WITH CHINA.<br \/>\nIF WE DID, WE&#8217;RE WELL-EQUIPPED TO HANDLE IT. CERTAINLY YOU WOULDN&#8217;T SHOW IT TO A BUSINESS MAN WHO IS<br \/>\nHELPING US SO MUCH. HE&#8217;S A BIG PATRIOT. HE&#8217;S PAID A BIG PRICE FOR HELPING US CUT COSTS.<br \/>\nHE&#8217;S FINDING TREMENDOUS WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. ELON HAS BUSINESSES IN CHINA AND HE WOULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE<br \/>\nPERHAPS TO THAT. IT WAS SUCH A FAKE STORY. THE &#8220;NEW YORK TIMES&#8221; IS JUST AS FAKE AS CNN AND MSNBC.<br \/>\nANYBODY READ THAT STORY, PEOPLE LAUGHED AT THAT STORY. WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING? THE FIRST THING I DID WAS I<br \/>\nCALLED SUZY AND I CALLED PETE. I SAID IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? THEY SAID, THAT&#8217;S RIDICULOUS.<br \/>\nHE&#8217;S OVER THERE TO TALK ABOUT COST. YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS THAT, PETE.<br \/>\nELON WAS OVER THERE TODAY TO ADDRESS COST<br \/>\n. >> SECRETARY HEGSETH: YOU POINTED OUT IT WAS A FAKE STORY. IT WAS MEANT TO UNDER MINE WHATEVER RELATIONSHIP THE<br \/>\nPENTAGON HAS WITH ELON MUSK. ELON MUSK IS A PATRIOT, AN<br \/>\nINNOVATIVE. OUR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY RELY ON HIM AND I&#8217;M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. HE WELCOMED HIM TO THE PENTAGON<br \/>\nTO TALK ABOUT DOGE, INNOVATION. THE REST OF THAT REPORT WAS FAKE.<br \/>\nTHERE WERE NO WAR PLANS, NO CHINESE WAR PLANS, NO SECRET PLAN. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: I MIGHT<br \/>\nADD, ELON, IF THEY EVER WANTED TO DO THAT, I THINK ELON WANT DO IT. HE WOULDN&#8217;T WANT TO PUT HIMSELF<br \/>\nIN THAT POSITION. THE &#8220;NEW YORK TIMES&#8221; IS SUCH A DISHONEST NEWSPAPER. IT&#8217;S SUCH GARBAGE.<br \/>\nIT USED TO BE CALLED ALL THE NEWS THAT&#8217;S FIT TO PRINT. WELL, IT&#8217;S ALL THE NEWS THAT&#8217;S NOT FIT TO PRINT.<br \/>\nTHEY HAVE FAKE SOURCES. BUT THERE WAS A MADEUP STORY BY THE &#8220;NEW YORK TIMES.&#8221; IT&#8217;S A FAILING NEWSPAPER.<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S FAILING. AND THEY SHOULDN&#8217;T DO THAT. THEY REALLY ARE THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.<br \/>\nWE DO NEED HONEST JOURNALISM. WE&#8217;VE MADE SUCH BIG STRIDES<br \/>\nOVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS BUT WE JUST NEED HONEST JOURNALISM AND WE DON&#8217;T HAVE IT. WHEN YOU HAVE A CNN, YOU HAVE<br \/>\nTO WATCH THESE PEOPLE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE JUST TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM AND IT&#8217;S SO DISHONEST.<br \/>\nMOTORCYCLE &#8212; MSNBC IS PROBABLY WORST. THEY ARE NOT DOING ANY RATINGS. YOU&#8217;RE DOING WELL IN THE<br \/>\nRATINGS. >> Reporter: IS MEETING THEIR<br \/>\nCHINESE COUNTERPARTS NEXT WEEK. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO STOP APRIL 2ND OR TO<br \/>\nROLL BACK THE TARIFFS THAT YOU PUT ON CHINA ALREADY? &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE CAN START BUT BASICALLY I CALL<br \/>\nAPRIL SECOND. I WOULD HAVE MADE IT APRIL FIRST. I DIDN&#8217;T WANT TO MAKE IT APRIL FIRST BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD<br \/>\nBELIEVE WHAT I SAID SAPRIL SECOND IS GOING TO BE LIBERATION DAY FOR AMERICA. WE&#8217;VE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, FRIEND<br \/>\nAND FOE. WE&#8217;VE BEEN RIPPED OFF IN TRADE,<br \/>\nBY MILITARY. IT&#8217;S BEEN UNFAIR FOR YEARS AND YEARS. NOW SOME OF THAT MONEY IS GOING<br \/>\nTO BE COMING BACK TO US IN THE FORM OF TARIFFS. I MEAN TENS OF BILLIONS. IT&#8217;S GOING TO BE NUMBERS LIKE<br \/>\nNOBODY&#8217;S EVER SEEN. SO THE VIDEO ANNOUNCED TODAY, YOU SAW THAT, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF<br \/>\nINVESTMENT, THE BIGGEST SHIP MAKER IN THE WORLD ANNOUNCED HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF<br \/>\nINVESTMENT. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, NOT BILLIONS BUT MILLIONS AND THEY ARE ALL COMING HERE. APPLE JUST ANNOUNCED $500<br \/>\nBILLION, THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD PLANTS HERE. AND THEY STARTED IMMEDIATELY.<br \/>\nWE HAVE INVESTMENT THE LIKES OF WHICH THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER SEEN ALREADY ANNOUNCED AND THEY ALL WANT TO HAVE NEWS<br \/>\nCONFERENCES. I DON&#8217;T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THAT MANY NEWS CONFERENCES.<br \/>\nBUT I WOULD SAY SO FAR $4 TRILLION, $4 TRILLION IS COMING<br \/>\nIN. CAR COMPANIES, A LOT OF THE CAR COMPANIES GOING TO BE BUILT IN MEXICO AND CANADA ARE NOW<br \/>\nGOING TO BE BUILT HERE. THEY WANT TO DO IT, IT&#8217;S FINE BUT I WANT THE CAR COMPANIES BUT THEY WERE BUILDING IN<br \/>\nMEXICO THREE PLANS, BIG PLANS, REALLY BIG PLANS. THEY WERE GOING TO SELL THE CARS ACROSS THE BORDER.<br \/>\nWE WOULDN&#8217;T HAVE THE JOBS, TAXES, NOTHING. ALL WE GET IS UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPTY FACTORIES.<br \/>\nTHOSE DAYS ARE OVER SO NOW THOSE THREE PLACES ARE GOING TO BUILD HERE BUT MANY MORE THAN THAT.<br \/>\nWE HAVE A BIG ONE, HONDA JUST ANNOUNCED A REALLY BIG PLAN IN<br \/>\nINDIANA, GREAT STATE. SMART PLACE TO BUILD. WE HAVE MANY CAR COMPANIES COMING HERE.<br \/>\nTHE STEEL MILLS ARE GOING TO BE BOOMING. GOING TO BE BOOMING. MANY OTHER THINGS COME WITH<br \/>\nTHAT. BUT WE NEED THAT FOR DEFENSE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO HAVE.<br \/>\nYOU HAVE TO HAVE STEEL. IF I DIDN&#8217;T DO THAT TO STOP THE ONSLAUGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE DUMPING STEEL IN ORDER TO<br \/>\nDESTROY OUR STEEL PLANTS. IF I DON&#8217;T DO 50% OR EVEN 100%<br \/>\nIN SOME CASES, YOU WOULDN&#8217;T HAVE A STEEL PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES AND BIDEN WAS UNABLE TO GET RID OF THE TARIFFS BECAUSE THEY THREW UP SO<br \/>\nMUCH MONEY, NUMBERS, WHICH DIDN&#8217;T WORK ANYWAY. THE WAY HE SPENT MONEY WAS SO<br \/>\nHORRIBLE. ENERGY IS GOING TO BE LIKE IT&#8217;S NEVER BEEN BEFORE. MR. VICE PRESIDENT IS HERE.<br \/>\nDO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY WHILE YOU&#8217;RE HERE. &#8212; VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: I&#8217;M JUST HERE TO WATCH THE SHOW<br \/>\nSIR. I THINK AIRPLANES ARE PRETTY COOL SO I WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT IS<br \/>\nCOOL. &#8212; VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: TO TAKE OFF THE TRADE WAR. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: I&#8217;LL BE SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT CHI. I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP<br \/>\nWITH HIM. WE HAVE A TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT BECAUSE OF BIDEN WITH PRESIDENT CHI.<br \/>\nI&#8217;VE HEARD $11.2 MILLION. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE HE&#8217;S<br \/>\nALLOWING FENTANYL ACROSS THE BORDER AND KILLING, I THINK THE<br \/>\nNUMBER&#8217;S MUCH HIGHER. I THINK IT&#8217;S CLOSER TO 300,000 PEOPLE A YEAR AND SO THAT&#8217;S A PROBLEM.<br \/>\nBUT THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS SURPLUS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND WE DON&#8217;T WANT THAT .<br \/>\n>> Reporter: COME TO YOU AFTER THE &#8212; IS THAT SOMETHING<br \/>\n&#8212; &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ME AND TALKING ABOUT TARIFFS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME IF THEY CAN HAVE EXCEPTIONS.<br \/>\nONCE YOU DO THAT FOR ONE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR ALL .<br \/>\nI DID SOMETHING INTERESTING TWO WEEKS AGO, I GAVE THE AMERICAN CAR COMPANIES A BREAK. EVERYBODY SAID HE CHANGED HIS<br \/>\nMIND. I DIDN&#8217;T CHANGE MY MINE. I HELPED BIG THREE, BIG FOUR. I HELPED SOME OF THE AMERICAN<br \/>\nCOMPANIES AND INSTEAD OF TAKING IT PROPERLY, HE SAID OH, YOU CHANGED. I DIDN&#8217;T CHANGE.<br \/>\nSOMETIMES THERE&#8217;S FLEXIBILITY. THERE WILL BE FLEXIBILITY BUT<br \/>\nBASICALLY IT&#8217;S RECIPROCAL. IF CHINA&#8217;S CHARGING US 50% OR<br \/>\n30%, 20%, I DON&#8217;T MEAN CHINA, ANYBODY, CANADA.<br \/>\nNOBODY KNOWS CANADA&#8217;S CHARGING OUR DAIRY FARMERS, THEY HAVE<br \/>\n270% TARIFFS. NOBODY KNOWS THAT. NOBODY KNOWS THAT. THEY HAVE UP TO 400%. THEY HAVE A COUPLE TARIFFS AT 400%.<br \/>\nNOBODY KNOWS THAT. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT. REMEMBER WITH CANADA WE DON&#8217;T NEED THEIR CARS. WE DON&#8217;T NEED THEIR ENERGY. WE DON&#8217;T NEED ANYTHING FROM<br \/>\nCANADA AN YET IT COSTS US $2200 BILLION A YEAR IN SUBSIDY TO KEEP CANADA AFLOAT. WHEN I SAY THEY SHOULD BE A<br \/>\nSTATE, I MEAN THAT. I REALLY MEAN THAT. WE CAN&#8217;T BE EXPECTED TO CARRY A COUNTRY THAT IS<br \/>\nRIGHT NEXT TO US ON OUR BORDER. IT WOULD BE A CHERISHED STATE. THE TAXES FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS<br \/>\nWOULD GO DOWN LESS THAN HALF. THEY DON&#8217;T SPEND MONEY ON MILITARY BECAUSE THEY THINK WE&#8217;RE GOING TO PROTECT THEM.<br \/>\nTHERE ARE MANY THINGS THEY DO. ICE BREAKERS, THEY WANT US TO PROVIDE ICE BREAKERS FOR THEM.<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S WONDERFUL. THEY ARE VERY TOUGH TRADERS TOO. I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU, THEY<br \/>\nTRADE VERY TOUGH. THE EXPRESSION I USE IS SOME PEOPLE DON&#8217;T HAVE THE CARDS, I USED THAT EXPRESSION A WEEKS<br \/>\nCOUPLE AGO. NOW SAYING HE WANTS TO DO IT AND I THINK WE&#8217;RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG DEAL ON THAT VERY SPECIAL<br \/>\nSOMETHING. WE&#8217;VE GOT TO MAKE A DEAL ON THAT. BUT CANADA HAS BEEN A VERY NASTY NEGOTIATOR GETS THE UNITED<br \/>\nSTATES, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR A LONG TIME BUT NOBODY KNOWS THEY WERE GETTING 270% TARIFFS ON DAIRY<br \/>\nPRODUCTS . >> Reporter: I DON&#8217;T THINK I&#8217;VE HEARD YOU SAY THIS. ARE YOU CONCERNED<br \/>\nTHAT IF THEY BECAME THE 51ST STATE, THEY WOULD BE VERY, VERY BIG AND VERY, VERY BLUE<br \/>\n. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THEY HAVE THAT ARTIFICIAL LINE. I DON&#8217;T MEAN A RULER LIKE A<br \/>\nKING, I MEAN A RULER LIKE A RULER, THIS WAY. JUST AN ARTIFICIAL LINE THAT WAS DRAWN IN THE SAND<br \/>\n. YOU ADD AT THAT TO THIS COUNTRY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LAND<br \/>\nMASS. IT WAS JUST CUT OFF. IT WOULD BE GREAT. IS IT LIBERAL, MAYBE.<br \/>\nA CONSERVATIVE UNTIL I GOT INVOLVED, I DON&#8217;T CARE WHO WINS UP THERE. FRANKLY PROBABLY WOULD DO<br \/>\nBETTER WITH A LIBERAL THAN A CONSERVATIVE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO BEFORE<br \/>\nI GOT INVOLVED AND TOTALLY CHANGED THE ELECTION , BUT THE CONSERVATIVE WAS<br \/>\nLEADING AGAINST GOVERNOR TRUDEAU. THE CONSERVATIVE WAS LEADING BY 35 POINTS. I DON&#8217;T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I THINK CANADA&#8217;S A PLACE LIKE A<br \/>\nLOT OF OTHER PLACES. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CANDIDATE, THE CANDIDATE&#8217;S GOING TO WIN. >> Reporter: THE TWO<br \/>\nASTRONAUTS THAT YOU COULD HELP PAY FOR SPACE, THEY DIDN&#8217;T GET ANY OVER TIME<br \/>\nIN SPACE. THAT&#8217;S $<br \/>\n430 IN EXTRA PAY. IS THERE 234EUG THE ADMINISTRATION CAN DO TO MAKE THEM WHOLE<br \/>\n&#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: NOBODY&#8217;S EVER SAID THIS TO ME. IF I TO PAY THEM OUT HAVE OF MY OWN POCKET, I WILL.<br \/>\nI LIKE THAT. THAT&#8217;S NOT A LOT. FOR WHAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH.<br \/>\nAND I WANT TO THANK ELON MUSK, BY THE WAY. THINK IF WE DON&#8217;T HAVE HIM, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PHYSICAL<br \/>\nCAPSULE UP THERE, THE BODY STARTS TO DETERIORATE AFTER NINE OR TEN MONTHS AND IT GETS<br \/>\nREALLY BAD AFTER 14, 15 MONTHS WITH THE BONES AND BLOODS AND ALL THE THINGS YOU&#8217;VE BEEN REPORTING ON VERY WELL, IF WE<br \/>\nDON&#8217;T HAVE ELON, THEY COULD BE UP THERE A LONG TIME. I WANT TO THANK HIM HHE&#8217;S GOING THROUGH A LOT, WHAT THEY ARE<br \/>\nDOING TO HIM. THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CAUGHT AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROSECUTED AND FROM WHAT THEY<br \/>\nTELL ME, I SAY THIS JUST BY WATCHING YOUR PROGRAMS AND READING THE NEWS BUT FROM WHAT THEY TELL ME, THEY COULD GET 20<br \/>\nYEARS IN JAIL AND THEY WILL GET IT. THERE WILL BE NO LENIENCE AND NO PARDONS, I CAN TELL YOU<br \/>\nTHAT. >> Reporter: YOU SAID 20 YEARS IN JAIL AND MAYBE THEY WILL GO TO ONE OF THESE PRISONS IN EL SALVADOR.<br \/>\nDO YOU THINK WITH THE WAY THE JUDGES HAVE BEEN ISSUING<br \/>\nINJUNCTIONS IT WOULD BE EASY OR HARD TORE SENATE THESE<br \/>\nTESLA TERRORISTS THAN THESE MG-13 GUYS SOME &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: WHEN I LOOKED AT THOSE SHOW<br \/>\nROOMS BURNING, NOT ONE OR TWO, SEVEN, EIGHT, TEN, BURNING, EXPLODING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THESE ARE TERRORISTS.<br \/>\nYOU DIDN&#8217;T HAVE THAT ON JANUARY 6TH, I CAN TELL YOU. WHICH IS SORT OF AMAZING BECAUSE ON JANUARY 6TH<br \/>\nTHE DEMOCRATS WERE TALKING. NOBODY WAS KILLED OTHER THAN A VERY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN,<br \/>\nASHLEY. NOBODY WAS KILLED AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT&#8217;S GOING ON NOW WITH THESE TARIFFS, THESE ARE<br \/>\nTARIFFS. THAT&#8217;S AND ORGANIZED EVENT. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SIGNS. THEY ARE ALL MADE BY THE SAME<br \/>\nSIGN COMPANY, A NICE, EXPENSIVE JOB. THE PEOPLE THAT FINANCE IT ARE IN JUST AS BIG A TROUBLE AS<br \/>\nTHE PEOPLE SETTING THE MATCH AND SETTING THE FIRES. SO WE&#8217;LL SEE, YOU SEND A VERY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION BY THE<br \/>\nFBI, BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THESE PEOPLE ARE<br \/>\nTERRORISTS .<br \/>\n>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AMERICAN MILITARY FAMILIES<br \/>\n&#8212; &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE&#8217;RE MAKING OUR COUNTRY STRONG. WHEN THEY SEE A THING LIKE THAT AND HEAR THAT STORY ABOUT<br \/>\nELON IN CHINA, WHAT THEY SUDDEN DO IS REALIZE THE &#8220;NEW YORK TIMES&#8221; IS A CORRUPT INSTITUTION.<br \/>\nNOBODY BELIEVED THAT STORY. PEOPLE THAT WHEN I FIRST, THEY LAUGHED WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY.<br \/>\nNOBODY BELIEVES IT THAT THE PENTAGON WAS GIVING HIM A BRIEFING ON WHAT WAR WOULD CHINA WOULD LOOK LIKE AND<br \/>\nHERE&#8217;S BUSINESS. THEY MADE THAT UP BECAUSE IT&#8217;S A GOOD STORY MAKE UP. THEY ARE TO VERY DISHONEST PEOPLE.<br \/>\nI HAVE IT WITH THE TIMES AND YOU&#8217;LL SEE MORE AND MORE OF<br \/>\nIT. TO ME IT&#8217;S A VERY DISHONEST ORGANIZATION BUT A STORY LIKE THAT IS MADE UP OF FICTION.<br \/>\nI JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I CALLED UP CHIEF OF STAFF AND I CALLED UP PETE AND I SAID IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT?<br \/>\nABSOLUTELY NOT. HE&#8217;S THERE FOR DOGE, NOT THERE FOR CHINA. IF YOU EVER MENTIONED CHINA, I<br \/>\nTHINK HE WOULD WALK OUT OF THE ROOM. SO IT&#8217;S JUST A MADEUP STORY. NOBODY&#8217;S TAKING BETTER CARE OF<br \/>\nTHE MILITARY. HE&#8217;S TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE<br \/>\nCIVILIAN STAFF. WE&#8217;RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY. WE DON&#8217;T WANT TO HAVE WASTEFUL<br \/>\nJOBS. WE WANT TO HAVE MEANINGFUL JOBS. THOSE ARE JOBS NOT ONLY THE<br \/>\nMILITARY BUT JOBS WHERE PEOPLE DON&#8217;T SHOW UP. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.<br \/>\nI&#8217;VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY BUILDINGS WITH THE NAMES ON IT. AND THEY ARE EMPTY . THE PEOPLE DON&#8217;T SHOW UP?<br \/>\nYOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER JOBS, THEY ARE PLAYING GOLF, SOMETHING. WE&#8217;RE GOING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY STRONG AND GET PEOPLE MUCH<br \/>\nBETTER JOBS BECAUSE WE HAVE COMPANIES MOVING IN TO OUR COUNTRY THE LIKES OF WHICH WE&#8217;VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.<br \/>\nNOTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED. AND IT&#8217;S AUTOMATIC. THEY DON&#8217;T WANT TO PAY THE TARIFFS.<br \/>\nHOW DO YOU AVOID PAYING THE TARIFFS? YOU BUILD YOUR PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES.<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S GOING TO BE, IT&#8217;S A BEAUTIFUL THING.<br \/>\nSO FAR $4 TRILLION. NO COUNTRY&#8217;S EVER HEARD OF NUMBERS LIKE THAT. $4 TRILLION AND THOSE ARE THE<br \/>\nBEST ONES. THE BIGGEST, BEST CHIP MAKER IN THE WORLD. I&#8217;M NOT A FAN OF THE CHIP ACT<br \/>\nWHERE YOU GIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AWAY TO COMPANIES THAT DON&#8217;T NEED IT. I&#8217;M GIVING NOTHING AWAY.<br \/>\nALL THEY ARE DOING IS COMING IN. THEY ARE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO AVOICE.<br \/>\nLIBERATION DAY APRIL 2ND. IT&#8217;S RECIPROCAL.<br \/>\nIF THEY CHARGE US, WE CHARGE THEM. NOBODY SAYS HOW MUCH ARE THE TARIFFS ?<br \/>\nAS AN EXAMPLE, INDIA CHARGES 100%, 200%.<br \/>\nWHATEVER THEY CHARGE. NOW EUROPE JUST ANNOUNCED THEY ARE LOWERING THE TARIFFS ON CARS.<br \/>\nWE CHARGE LIKE A JOKE TWO<br \/>\nAND A HALF PERCENT. WE DO SEE TARIFFS IN CARS TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT BUT THEY ALSO HAVE NON-MONETARY TARIFFS<br \/>\nWHERE THEY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CARS TO GET IN EVEN WITHOUT THE DOLLARS. IT&#8217;S CALLED A NON-MONETARY<br \/>\nTARIFFS. THEY DON&#8217;T WANT CARS. THEY DON&#8217;T WANT THE AMERICAN CARS.<br \/>\nTHEY SENT US BIG AGRICULTURE. THEY DON&#8217;T WANT OUR AGRICULTURE. THEY DON&#8217;T WANT ANYTHING FROM US. EUROPEAN UNIONS VERY TOUGH BUT<br \/>\nNOW IT&#8217;S FAIR. SO WHATEVER THEY DO TO US, WE DO TO THEM<br \/>\n. >> Reporter: RUSSIA CONTINUES TO ATTACK UKRAINE. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THEY ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER. I AGAINST THINK WE&#8217;RE GOING TO<br \/>\nHAVE CEASE-FIRE ON A LOT OF AREAS<br \/>\n. THEY HAD A LOT OF GUNS POINT AT EACH OTHER. SOME SOLDIERS SURROUNDED BY<br \/>\nOTHER SOLDIERS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE I BELIEVE WE&#8217;RE GOING TO PRETTY SOON HAVE A FULL<br \/>\nCEASE-FIRE AND THE CONTRACT&#8217;S BEING NEGOTIATED, THE CONTRACT IN TERMS OF DIVIDING UP THE LANDS, ETC.,<br \/>\nETC. IT&#8217;S BEING NEGOTIATED AS WE SPEAK. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU SAY<br \/>\nIN THE ERA ACTION &#8212; ARE AN ACT OF COERCION &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: WELL, THE LAW FIRMS ALL WANT TO MAKE DEALS, LAW FIRMS<br \/>\nWENT AFTER ME FOR FOUR YEARS RUTHLESSLY,VILLELY, ILLEGALLY. ARE THOSE THE LAW FIRMS YOU&#8217;RE TALKING ABOUT?<br \/>\nTHEY ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE. LAW FIRMS DID BAD THINGS. THEY WENT AFTER ME FOR YEARS.<br \/>\nRUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX. ALL THE HOAX, IT WAS A HOAX. HUNTER BUILDEN&#8217;S LAPTOP. IT DIDN&#8217;T COME OUT OF RUSSIA,<br \/>\nBY THE WAY. IT CAME OUT OF HIS BEDROOM. IT WAS ALL A HOAX DEVELOPED BY DEMOCRATS.<br \/>\nHILLLY. I DON&#8217;T THINK BIDEN DID IT BECAUSE I DON&#8217;T THINK BIDEN KNOWS WHAT THE HELL HE&#8217;S DOING FRANKLY.<br \/>\nI&#8217;VE SEEN THINGS SINCE BEING HERE THAT ARE SO SAD, WHAT HE&#8217;S<br \/>\nDONE TO THIS COUNTRY. WHAT HE AND THEY DID TO THIS COUNTRY. BY THE WAY, RADICAL LEFT BUT<br \/>\nSMART. THESE ARE RADICAL LEFT SMART PEOPLE. THEY TOTALLY CONTROLLED HIM. HE DID WHATEVER THEY TOLD HIM TO DO AND IT&#8217;S A SHAME.<br \/>\nIT&#8217;S SO SAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THEY&#8217;VE DONE IN TO THIS COUNTRY, NOT ONLY THE<br \/>\nINFLATION, ALLOWING MILLIONS OF CRIMINALS, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF CRIMINALS INTO OUR COUNTRY.<br \/>\nTHAT&#8217;S AN INEXCUSABLE ACT. AND MANY OTHER THINGS BESIDES THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.<br \/>\nONE MORE. >> THANK YOU. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Deliver Remarks. &#8212; PRESIDENT TRUMP: JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHICH WOULD BE MOVED. WE&#8217;RE GOING TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN IN THEIR STATES WHERE THEY CAN GET A PROPER EDUCATION. 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