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let's go beyond. ♪ supports c-span as a pubc service. along with these other television providers. giving it a front row seat to democracy. looks okay, thank you very much. we have some very good news today. a lot of companies are coming into our country. they are signing pos that will pay a lot of money and create jobs. they are coming in largely maybethe charge to a certain ext but they feel very good about the country right now and so do i. great things are happening. we will be signing some executive orders and some other things and we won't maybe go down the list. >> first of executive order for your attention. in 2019 during the previous administration you imposed price transparency records on healthcare industry this was a significant driver in a lowering

the cost of healthcare under your first administration. those requirements were largely reversed by the biden administration. now we are reinstating for or terminated. >> we are strengthening them the idea is to make transparency ackley key aspect of healthcare policy in america. >> it's one of the biggest things that can happen to reducing cost and healthcare. it takes a little while to kick in. biden ended it immediately upon coming in which was a terrible travesty in my opinion we are going to start it up. we made it stronger with a couple major. anybody have any question on trice price transparency? it allows people to go out and negotiate you're not even allowed to talk about it when you go to a hospital or see a doctor. this allows you to go out and talk about it. there's a couple of people that

go back a long way that feel this is the biggest thing you can do for cutting prices. it certainly is one of them. it's been unpopular in some circles because people make less money it's great for the patients. it's not so good for pharmaceuticals. it's not so good for the companies that make the drugs. i guess you could say probably is not so great for hospitals. they say if you have a great hospital but knows what they are doing it's actually great for hospital because everybody wants to go there. >> thank you sir. >> is that it? that's a surprise.

next we have your attention another executive order copper is a critical material the supply of copper is vital to our national security. in recent years we have dealt with significant issue the dumping of foreign coverage of the foreign market that is significantly impacted the domestic manufacture this executive order with starting the process if there's tariffs or other trade barriers and production of copper. >> of a big impact howard is a civic about that question should read one of the truth this is a truth it's about too go out. like our steel and aluminum industries, our great american copper industries attacking their domestic production.

still back in the industry i requested my secretary of secretary ofcommerce ustr study. and strengthen our national defense. american industry depend on copper they should be made in america. no exemptions, no exceptions america first creates american jobs protects our national security. it's time for copper to come home. if it's alright shu if i can talk a little bit about the digital service tax would that be all right? so i will read another truth this is so fun to read his words can be any better. incredible united states economy undeniable spirit has enabled the creation of the greatest technology companies on earth. our digital economy is a bigger than most of the world's countries and the market cap of

even one of our companies exceeds every european country. instead of empowering their workers and empowering opportunities foreign governors have tried to tax, find, hinder americans technology companies. both friend and foe harshly as if our companies are their piggy bank. to level the playing field and these attacks unfair treatment of american companies large and small greatest investors in the world's white tech companies of the greatest investors in the world those investments go only treated fairly ingenuity, grit, grid,drive and perseverance have built america they went to wento participate in the a.i. industrial revolution it is time

to choose a side with america not against us. we send that on friday sir. all right and that is a big one that howard just read. they are both big, they are always big. only big ones. okay? x thank you sir. >> mr. president is not a culmination of ongoing conversations. >> no digital taxes are taking place all over europe. they are taxing us and doing other things ensuing wheat want to be the ones that sue, not them. they use it is almost as a form of running european countries

the eu has been very violent lawsuits against our companies. frankly very violent very bad to airlines. sync the stop in europe they're getting charged all sorts of taxes they never heard of. they stopped and are getting fined and charged. they do it only with american countries are not doing it for other country so we stopping it. we have another step to go if they do not shape up as an example, apple is set to pay like $17 billion in the lawsuit nobody thought was worth anything. i won't go into the judge or the decision or how the decision was arrived. in pretty good at this stuff. i think it is disgraceful. google is being sued. facebook is being sued and many others are being sued by their

so-called government, if you call it a government. eu. they do not treat us right they do not treat us right as a country were going to protect our companies were not gonna have any companies left anymore. i want to thank apple for announcing the going to invest $500 billion in our country that's the biggest investment anybody's probably made to this day they're going to do it very quickly that's because of tariffs. they don't want to pay the tariffs in there and feel strongly about the country they would not have done it without us without the trump administration they would not have done it. they feel strongly about the direction of the country the polls have shown that to the polls are showing the direction of the company's it's the best they've ever seen actually. the best they've ever seen. i want to thank apple for the confidence $500 billion is the biggest investment anyone has

made in a short period of time. with the house republican holdout. [inaudible] >> i'm not involved in that. they know what i want. the senate has got to build is very strong having through the taxes. the taxes is bringing all these companies in. without it you have to double your own taxes everyone would be doubled up you have the biggest tax increase ever. so the house has a bill, the senate has a bill and i'm looking at them both and i will make decisions. i don't know where they are in the boat i know the senate very, very well and the house is doing very well. each one of them have things that i like so we'll see if we can come together. >> mr. present would you clarify. [inaudible] or they use that information for

exit somewhat voluntary but if you don't answer, i guess you get fired. what it is, do people exist? we have a massive government with the millions of people and no one knows who's working for the government and who is not. so what they are doing is sending out a letter to everybody and said what are the things you did last week? i guess they asked for five. if people are working it's easy i can tell you five things i did last week i could tell you five things i did six weeks ago. if they are there and working working with us no further obligation. if they're not, it could be there's no such person the person is no longer working, no longer living at that address maybe they moved, maybe they move to a different country or maybe the person does not exist. within and take that person off

the payroll and save a lot of money by doing that. that's one of the only ways. it says if you do not answer essentially there's a penalty to pay is he speaking for you? crux of the one i'll take responsibility. the old statement the buck stops here i could say the same thing the buck stops here. they're getting paid and not working you don't have a problem it said to have another job they write in false statements. they may be working for somebody else but getting paid by the u.s. government. that would mean they're not allowed to do that. they're not allowed to work for us and work for someone else were paying them a lot of money so we will see. so that solves that problem.

most people are not willing to say doing this, this, this and this u.s. government and yet there at another job. that's a big problem for them if they do that. so in some cases, in some cases they're not writing back if they don't write back they end up eventually losing their job. we give them extensions that something we thought about a long time ago. number when we have people number two they are working and they're working for us, not for other companies. zelenskyy's coming on friday that sorted out? >> i hear that he's coming on friday. certainly it's okay with me if you would like to and if you like to senate together with me i understand that's a big deal, a very big deal. i think the american people if you look at poland biden was throwing money around like it's cotton candy.

and it is a very big deal it could be a trillion dollar deal it's rare earth and other things. we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on ukraine and russia and fighting a war that should never have happened. that should never have happened if i was president. they say how do we know that? it did not happen for four years it would've never happened. never the less this guy went into the situation and spent money like no one's ever seen $350 billion for the other thing we do not like europe spent 100 billion we've spent three and a 50 billion. europe gets their money back because they spent it in the form of a loan we just gave him whether it's 300 through 50 billion nobody really knows they cannot tell me the answer to that word but it means is probably more than that. what were doing is saying we want to beat security want to give the money back or helping

the country through very, very big problem probably very few people have ever had should not of had this from because it should not have happened. if it happens have to straighten it out the american taxpayer is going to get the money back plus. [inaudible] the kremlin said that's unacceptable to them. >> that's not what i was told but they are going to need some sort of peacekeeping so something will be done it will be satisfactory to everybody. we need peacekeeping to. it's actually something i did discuss. a form of peacekeeping that's acceptable to everybody ultimately we will be able to agree on something. >> what does ukraine get questioner. >> $350 billion and lots of equipment and military equipment and the right to fight on.

originally the right to fight. look, ukraine i would say is very brave and they are good soldiers but without the united states and its money and its military equipment, this warrant would've been over in a very short period of time. in fact i was the one that gave the javelins under the famous javelins? that was me that was not obama there is not biden was on anyone else it was me. they wiped out a lot of tanks with those javelins. obama gave sheets and i gave javelins that was a big deal at the time. that was the beginning when people said that was something that was american equipment. without american equipment this war would be over very quickly. in american money too. a lot of money. >> ammunition and how long is it sustained question. >> to cook forward for. maybe until we have a deal with

russia. we need to have a deal with russia otherwise is going to continue. and present approves that were getting our money back in some form. but it could go on for a while or be settled quickly i think is going to settle for this book with president putin i think he wants to settle it. and he wants to get on with life. it's what's happening is horrible thousands of soldiers a week are being killed and others too. but especially on the battlefield thousands a week are being killed and we want that to end. brian? >> okay real quickly press secretary leonard earthquake the briefing room not have any control over crazy media. also on air force one as turning

on x. people are talking about it. cooks we are now going be calling their shots as you know we won the lawsuit right there most people agree ap has been terrible i think the radical left their third rate reporters i note specific young lady that works in the account is terrible. she's a radical left lunatic as far as i'm concerned they do not treat us fairly. that is number one. number two, they had no right to do that. this is the gulf of america. if you look at that shoreline, look at that shoreline from florida most of it-is called america the vast majority like big numbers. so i'm just admiring it as i look at it. i'm getting teary-eyed but i don't you to say trump broke down and started crying.

look at that shoreline, look at that. it's beautiful. hooks last week i spent time to government officials asked him how realistic can it would be we 51st state. america is first to british columbia. there is a movement in canada to join us. >> it's true. a lot of people in canada are liking becoming our beautiful cherished 51st state that have to paid much lower taxes the ultimate security they do not pay very much for security right now because they rely on us which is really unfair to us. they make cars that we could make and they send them back into the united states. they make a lot of things including we don't need their

oil we do not need their lumber in fact for going be freeing up i asked howard lutnick to get that done we are freeing up our when to take down trees were so restricted environmentally we have an emergency audit will be freeing up our forest. we have more force than almost anybody great lumber, great trees we do not need anyone's trees we don't need trees from canada or anywhere else. 50 or 68-yard area that stops the fires and frankly it california it should've been doing for years. they're going to run out of force the way they are going. what a shame. by the way the waters flowing in california will be people is seen it. but the water is a plunge of a picture of that? hold that out to get a picture of that please.

you know we had a little skirmish in california. i can't believe we had to do that the weight opened up the water in california is flowing into place called the pacific ocean. which for the pacific ocean is only a drop. but for us it was water we could use in california. i will get you some photographs but it's a beautiful sight. the water is flowing in california beautiful water from the pacific northwest and beyond. it flows down it's a big round up to the pacific ocean, this is been going on for 20 years. in order to take care of certain species of fish which was not doing very well without water, i can tell you. and so that's a big deal it's not night reported its incredible culprit is a lot of water that's going to take care of farmers is going to whiten up the land. is going to go all the way down to los angeles where they have curfews on water blocks on water

you can only do so much. until just recently they were going to put number of gallons per person living in a house in beverly hills on water but you're not going to have that problem to have a picture? let me see what that looks like but how beautiful is that? look at that beautiful water flowing. look at that. that's coming into the dikes and other means of transportation is that beautiful? who would believe that that's all where they could have had. i went to the governor during my first term and i said why did you do this? and they said environmental problems with clean water. if this water where they or you would not of had those fires that made people put sprinklers in the ceiling of their home and they had no water in them. with this they would have had a lot of water in them. if you would've had a whole

different deal than they probably would not about a fire but if it was it would've been small. it would've been put out you had the fire hydrants not working in california. it's a beautiful sight. you have canals that were built these were all built you saw for years they were empty we call them that v-shaped or half pipe. they are shaped in different forms they rush down through the farm areas where the farmers can take it and down to los angeles. they were sitting empty for years and now look at that. look at the way it looked. it wasn't easy would be very unfriendly to get into those areas. we opened it up. i essentially attacked california can you believe it? i attacked california. >> at the outset of your administration you committed to ending the weaponization of government holding those

accountable as and when listening? deranged jack smith one law firm that provided legal services under jack smith's leadership as a result of those actions we are going to be suspending and putting under review the security clearances for employees at that firm who work with jack smith's team. we are going to continue holding the people responsible for the weaponization of government who supported it accountable for what they did for quick should be doing this with other firms as time goes by it right? >> we are looking. >> the weaponization of our system by law firms even pro bono work in order to clog up government, stop government. nobody knows about it more then me and hopefully that will never

happen again. may i ask a question about europe and the long term maintain the number of u.s.? so just want to savor this one please who would like this pen? why don't you send it to jack smith's. [laughter] a deranged person hooks targeting individual firm or individuals were not jack smith. >> i've been targeted for four years, longer than that you don't tell me about targeting i was the target of corrupt politicians for four years. and then four years after that so don't talk to me about targeting. yes, go ahead. >> approximately 2 million federal employees right now. would you like that number to be

questioned hooks it will be lower but i cannot tell you but everyone knows iran on downsizing government iran on tariffs and making her country rich and that's what it's going to do. we are going to be doing something else that's going to be very good will be selling a gold card you have a green card, this is a gold card work on me putting a price on that cart about $5 million that's going to give you green card privileges plus it's citizenship wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card they will be wealthy, though be successful in spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and pulling a lot of people but we think is going to be externally successful. it's never been done before, anything like this. something will be putting out would you say the next two weeks out? do a stackable words about it? quick shift invest a certain amount of money in this country

or to qualify for the gold card? >> yes exactly. because eb five program was you lend some money it was full of nonsense, make-believe and fraught it was a way to get a green card that was low price the president said rather than have of this ridiculous eb five program were going to end it were going to replace it with the trump gold card which is a green card gold so they will be able to pay $5 million to the u.s. government. we'll make sure their wonderful world class global citizens. they can come to america. the president can give them a green card they can invest in america and we can use that money to reduce our deficit. why drink about lotteries of green cards widely given eb five green cards question with the president of the united states understands the right answers why don't we limit the deficit of the united states of america

instead? >> the gold card will bring in with it people that create jobs, very high level people. companies will pay to get people in since today it you graduate from that working school of finance or harvard, or stanford or any college. nobody knows if you can go to work for a company. so apple and all of these companies that want to get people to be working for them will be able to buy a card for the people are number one in their class at top schools i see that as one of the things. it will be people with the money and people who create jobs they won't have to pay any tax on income outside the united states. they will have to pay for create jobs they will pay full taxes

like everyone else. big tax, big job producers and will be able to sell may be a million of these cards may be more than that. if you add up the numbers there pretty good and million would be worth $5,000,000,000,000.5 trillion. if you sell 10 million that's a total of $15 trillion for 35 trillion in debt. that would be nice, we will see. it could be great, maybe it will be fantastic. we have it worked out from the legal standpoint it is totally legal to do it's been done in many different forms give them away wyche wish we give them a way we should not give them away. i think it's something very exciting. i think it is potentially something we are all very excited about. it is a gold card.

it is somewhat like a green card but a higher level of sophistication. it's a road to citizenship for people and people of great talent to people of wealth pay for this people of talent to get in. meaning companies will pay for people to get in and have long-term status in the country. i think it is something we are very, very happy about. you have anything to say about that? >> any other country do this including of course your 51st state does that. >> it may be earmarked for deficit but it could be more money than that. if you did 10 million unit $15 trillion left over. it's going be paid down. >> no we don't were not doing citizenship, we're doing the card it's a path to citizenship a very strong path to citizenship but were not doing

the citizenship for that i would have to get congress. >> it depends that countries largely, the people will be vetted very carefully. >> talks with ukraine would you provide the administration. [inaudible] quick sagan lowder? >> what you provide military support to greater future? what you mean like security question what people are going to do it think europe will largely be responsible for that european countries will be responsible. [inaudible] >> will see right now in the process of negotiating. we pretty much negotiated a deal in various other things. we'll be looking at that security you are talking general security for ukraine later on. i don't think that as going to be a problem for this a lot of people that want to do it. he spoke with a rush about it they did not seem to have a problems with their not going

back. once we do this for not going back in. >> with the u.s. provide defense? so just told you right now were not providing anything. it's about europe to europe put in 100 million we put in is not a fair thing. we would normally say and i say it now anyway but we want equalization. they should put up more money than us because they are right there we have an ocean between. but we have had very good talks with russia prove had very good talks with ukraine and maybe it will come to an end and stop killing a young people all over the battlefield. >> you plan to maintain in the long term? we will be involved, yes we will be involved. your prison for it they took

advantage of for on trade what eve does we will solve that the old-fashioned way. we will give them the same reciprocal numbers. we talk about a reciprocal tax, you know that. if they reach out they charge us much much more they have non- monetary taxes also in tariffs. we are going to change that. it's all changing. for people in this office sitting at this desk or another model of this desk they should know the other desk right now is being refurbished. [inaudible] precooked snow not that i know of the middle east has been great. saudi arabia's treatise really well, they really have. i think they've treated us very well they want to get the whole mess ended in the middle east but we do not even talk about that you guys have not asked one question about the middle east.

the middle east seems to be doing relatively well. for months even before you elected in november you spoke about your desire since october the seventh year end a half ago. just to chew a few weeks ago to give an ultimatum. there's not by noon on february 15 there will be [bleeped] to pay are they thumbing their nose? >> think the opposite. they were not going to release any more hostages. they agreed they were going to release the hostages they were going to release plus an extra one. so you can say that's a big difference. i said it from that point it's up to netanyahu and israel i may have taken a different stance. they didn't release they went back to release the hostages.

but, he remembered the said they were not going to release any date totally ended and i said in the not going to release any there will be [bleeped] to pay. but the rest is really up to him. i may have done it differently than him it's not my decision, it is his decision but they did release all of the hostages. >> did you discuss the possibility of ukrainian land i like to buy minerals on a russian land to if we can the rare earth that good rare earth i would say that oil, and gas. it's a great thing if we sell it's good for russia too. the very valuable land that's not being utilized. something like that could take place yes. quickly bringing sanctions against russia question. >> no we have not looked at any sanctions. >> i guess it will be at some point but right now we have not

agreed to lift sanctions on anybody. >> i'm fascinated by this. >> you should be your taxes will go down. >> a russian oligarch with the gold card? >> impossible i know some russian oligarchs at a very nice people, it is possible. not quite as wealthy as me -- victor not as wealthy as they used to be i think they can afford $5 million. a lot of people are going to want to be in this country they will be able to work and provide jobs and build companies and pay taxes. all of those things. it is an incredible thing. this is the group that the first to hear nobody's heard about it, nobody ever thought about it we've been thinking about very, very strongly over the last week. i was going to announce it sometime next week i thought white not without a lot of

cameras and blazing right now we might as well do it now will have karoline announce at the next time. it's a great thing the gold card remember the words a gold card so musically called the trump gold card is that if it helps use the name trumbull give it to you for free. >> launched. [inaudible] lunch. [inaudible] 2-inch l elaborates? >> is an interesting how many sores we do tell? >> it all turned out to be ultimately correct. trump was right about everything. you have one of this trump is right about everything hat i want to give it to this gentleman. [laughter] get meet one of them. everyone who comes in gets vetted. they get vetted. were going to begin in two weeks. more active role for zelenskyy?

>> we want to get the country back on its feet. right now it has been destroyed. see that? trump was right about everything. somebody said this was sent in by a fan. i think we should make some of them. he will consider it but i know him well. he will take other things. always say yes to the president. >> anyone like one? >> it easy question for us may be difficult. >> who you work for? >> i work for two news organizations second i work for iheartradio.

let me ask you the tough question mr. president. the eagles won the super bowl are they being extended an invitation? >> we will be. i thought is a great performance by them. absolutely they will be extended that imitation we do that right away by the bibles are right we were going to do it sometime today. they deserve to be down here. we hope to see you then. we have a lot to do we have a great hockey team as you know, florida come here but many of the great athletes, that when, thanks. >> we've got to get together. they've had a lot of discussion back and forth they are both meeting will the deal will ultimately happen to think all happen pretty quickly. to be nice to see the golfers the best golfers being able to play against each other. to help expedite it, tiger was

here, adam scott was here, jay monahan was here the other day. just to really help expedite it. we had yasser hear from saudi arabia, a great guy. these are all great people and they want to work out so if i can help them work it out. i don't get anything out of it. i think golf is very much of an individual sport you want to see the best players playing against each other not playing in two different locations, right? >> russia, ukraine cartons the pga deal is much more. [laughter] a question if i may what's happening in the west bank? >> there is some movement up there a lot of people are concerned about. there's a lot of israeli movement up there for a reason all of the sudden may be they are not feeling so good about

that. i hope that does not happen. but there is movement up there that nobody knew about. right? you know that, right? >> are you concerned about it? >> i am concerned about everything when i left her we had no or we had defeated isis in less than four weeks i took of it by putting him in charge the whole ball game because that is what we want we want cold winters raising cain when i heard that name i said i like that name that's the kind of general i like. we will see. he was great, he was a great soldier but not a politician, a real soldier you know that brian. >> this guy is the real deal. i think he's going to do a great job think of it we had no wars. he had no problems. we had no inflation. no problems in all this and you have october 7 in israel which

was horrible. and then you see what happened with ukraine. russia would have never gone in at the election were not rigged it was a rigged election the 2020 election was rigged. we got out of it you see what happened you see what happened to our country inflation, afghanistan the horrible withdrawal from afghanistan. i think when russia saw what happened in afghanistan it's a paper tiger with the strongest military force the world and by the way pete hegseth is doing a great job but we did not have wars. we did not have inflation but we had a strong border. we had everything going good and then biden got in and in my opinion the worst president in the history of our country praising jimmy carter it was a very happy man when he passed away two weeks ago. >> a cabinet meeting out unlike biden i will preside over my.

>> how do you compare your cabinet to your cabinet and your first term? >> i great people my second term i think this is deeper, i think it's a better because it's deeper had some people i did not like too much of my cabinet. i was a new york person i knew new york intimately but i had to rely on people. i had great people got the biggest tax cuts in history rebuilt the military. we did so much unbelievable someone was saying today they were saved by right to try. we did write to try it medically. we did transparency medically that was a big thing but biden canceled that when he did not cancel right to trial which is interesting. he did not cancel space force. he's going to cancel space force. space force is turning out to be invaluable we created space force. but think of it were rebuilt our entire military.

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