karoline leavitt, your first mini-state of the union speech to congress. what is mindset of the staff and president? >> we're so excited, it's a big day for president trump. the thij is renewal of the american dream, renewal is underway already. look at all president trump has accomplished in first month as president. he will highlight accomplishments and talk about fixing the economic mess created and left for him by joe biden's administration. talking about ending the war in ukraine. talk about plan to bring hostages out of gaza home and make an ask of congress. we need more border funding to continue with deportations that have been successful because of effort of this administration. >> brian: separate from bills they are working on in the house and senate? >> president has been engaged with both members of house and san side, too, and expressed his intention one, big beautiful bill. he wants to get the deal done and you will hear him talk about how border patrol and dhs need more funding. we need to deport illegal criminals previous administration let

reporter matt thank you, karoline.a little disturbance, but we are okay with that. can you put a dollar figure amount on how much the average american family should expect to pay as this disturbance? and why should americans be okay with that? when so many are already struggling to pay the bills? >> secretary leavitt: first of all, last night, the president told the truth, and he was realistic, and he level set with the american people. and i think, frankly, it is very refreshing, and everyone in this room should be very grateful that we have a president who tells the truth about the reality of the economic situation that we are in, unlike the previous president who lied to everybody's faces saying inflation was transitory, saying it was under control and the border was secure when none of that was true. so the president is being frank and honest, and the american people elected this president to a monumental reform and change, including rebuilding our manufacturing base in this country, standing up to foreign nations

karoline leavitt, welcome. >> thanks for having me.ie: there's no question that volodymyr zelenskyy was irritating, perhaps disrespectful but it also seemed like president trump lost his temper. >> i would disagree with that. i think what happened in the oval office, i was there, was unfortunately president zelenskyy came in with a mindset not wanting to negotiate peace. president zelenskyy was also antagonistic and frankly rude. he picked a fight with the vice president of the united states. he repeatedly interrupted president trump, and so what president trump did was stood strong for america, defended his vice president, but most importantly defended the american people who after three-years of funding this brutal war are sick and tired of footing the bill. president wants peace. it was clear pre president zeley wasn't in the mindset. howie: i don't buy the notion this was pre-planned but the president kicked him out without the expected agreement about rare minerals and president zelenskyy kept saying he needed security agreements,

and great and famous karoline leavitt. i just want to follow up and if zelenskyy won't muster an apology, there's no deal, can you bring uses up-to-date on that and what you're saying to the media? >> sure, larry. it's great to join you on your program. president trump was asked this momentings ago in the roosevelt room and reiterated he want as deal and wants to see president zelenskyy express gratitude for the united states of america and hard working american taxpayers who have been footing the bill in the nation and national security and defense and you laid it out perfectly in your riff and last friday president zelenskyy moments from signing that and instead he put the cart ahead of the horse and bit the hand that is feeding him. the united states and theed american people are tired of footing the bill for this war and president trump wants to negotiate a deal and unfortunately it appears that president zelenskyy is not willing to do that just yet. larry: well, you put it right and thank you for helping us with the r

. >> laura: joining me now karoline leavitt white house press secretary.ou were in the room where it all happened. take us inside that room for a moment, would you, and then please tell us what you believe the president will say in response to what zelenskyy said on bret baier's show. >> sure, well, thanks for having me, laura. it was incredibly tense in that room. and things turned bad and bitter very quickly because, unfortunately, president zelenskyy refuses to recognize the pragmatic reality about the war that his country is facing. this war has been going on for years. his country men are dying. and, most of all, president zelenskyy failed to recognize that he is walking into the oval office with a new sheriff in town. that sheriff is donald trump. is he a peace maker in chief. he wants this war to end. and he understands that his people, the american people are sick and tired footing this bill to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars it's very unfortunate for the ukrainian people and for president zelenskyy that he walked in with this mindset o

last year alone there was a 2000% increase -- >> it was 43 pounds, karoline. ms. leavitt: you are not the president. [indiscernible] >> if u.s. has a long-standing policy that we knew got -- we do not negotiate with terrorists, why is the u.s. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with hamas? ms. leavitt: when it comes to the negotiations you are referring to, the special envoy engaged in those negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone. israel was consulted on this matter. dialogue and talking to people around the world to do what is in the best interest of the american people is something the president has proven was a good-faith effort to do what is right for the american people. >> is it just about the hostages or are they also talking about the president's plan to take over gaza? ms. leavitt: these are ongoing talks. american lives are at stake. i would refer you to the department of state. >> we know that some officials here were miffed that zelenskyy showed up last week without a suit. what elon musk never wears a suit. so what is

karoline: i think secretary hegseth has responded to that. this morning he said that america will always be prepared to defend itself. especially under the leadership of this president in the oval office. and that certainly remains true, again, when it comes to tariffs. n china not just now but more that will hit on april 2 but look at what he did in the first term there were billions of dollars worth of tariffs he implemented on china and it is quite telling the previous administration did not rescind those tariffs because they realized the value they had and not only deterring china but raising revenues here united states. >> two quick follow-ups on tariffs. president mentioned it disturbance during his remarks the ceo of targets and consumers will likely see prices go up on literally everything. how long should americans expect to pay higher prices? are we talking a week, couple days or months? ms. leavitt: i don't have a crystal ball but what i can assure the american people is this president and administration is doing everything they ca

we will also be joined onset by white house press secretary karoline leavitt. we will get our white house briefing and the u.s. attorney general pam bondi, talk about epstein and a lot more. breaking tonight, the united states is pausing all military aid to ukraine until the country makes a commitment to good faith peace negotiations. this after the ukrainian president zelenskyy proclaimed that piece is still very far away. to keep in mind that zelenskyy has already been given many opportunities to team up with the u.s. on a peace deal. and according to my numerous sources, he's now asking to come back to the white house and he would now finally sign off on what he should have signed off on last week and that is the rare earth minerals agreement. that would bind our countries together but it's not going to happen when the president of ukraine seems to want war in perpetuity, a war without the u.s. and without european money he could never even fight. on truth social, president trump called the recent comments the worst statement that could have been made and am

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karoline leavitt is calling it must-see tv.he president's speech will feature four main sections the president's accomplishments in his second term so far. the administration's actions on the economy. the need for more border security funding and the president's plans for peace around the world. >> i always say when you are on camera, try to be stoic and try not to show your cards. i'm going to have fun tomorrow because the president of the united states is he going to make a lot of good arguments. talk about a lot of the successes we have had in first 45 days. he is also going to be himself which means he's going to poke a little fun and have a good time tomorrow. i'm just going to try enjoy it. >> madeleine: elon musk is attending tonight as the president is expected to tout doge's efforts to cut costs. here are some of the other guests expected to show up. house speaker mike johnson touting illegal immigration and energy in his guest list. hayes' husband was killed in a drunken driving incident by a migrant who was in the co

later white house press secretary karoline levitz criticizing democrats for their behavior during theresident's address to congress. granting of a one-month reprieve for u.s. automakers. ♪ c-span's "washington journal" alive form writing you to discuss lease issues and in government, politics, public policy washington d.c. to across the country. coming up thursday morning, we will talk with tennessee republican congressman tim burchett about next week's federal spending deadline, ukraine and the republican strategy to enhance president trump's legislative agenda. we will continue the conversation with rhode island gave a member of the budget committee that will be discussed next week's federal spending deadline in the recent actions for it c-span at "washington journal," joint and the conversation light at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning on c-span, see spent in our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered we are funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> are you thinking this is just a community center? it is way more t

caitlin, we heard you talking to karoline leavitt about the timeline of the reprieve for carmakers. is it clear why the president changed his mind? >> well. >> a lot of this had to do, john, with the call that the white house and the president's senior advisers had with these big three automakers who were essentially arguing about just what this would do to them in terms of obviously, as the car is made here in north america, it crosses some borders multiple times during just the production of one vehicle alone. and what they were arguing is, hey, these tariffs have only been in place, put in place against canada and mexico. this is going to unfairly put us at a disadvantage with cars that are being made in europe or in asia. clearly an argument that was appealing to president trump. and that's what karoline leavitt was arguing there, saying that the reason there is a one month reprieve here is that because these reciprocal tariffs that are going in essentially on everyone in about a month from now are going to then affect all of those automakers. so they will it will more level the

. >> karoline leavitt responded to the increasing regression in president trump's tariff plan going into foreign ministry spokesperson said if more is what the u.s. wants a tarot for a trade war or any other type of war we are ready to fight until the end gates tote institute fellow and the author of plan read china's project to destroy america. was not a threat? >> it certainly was a threat and it shows the unhinged mentality of the chinese regime. by the way is not the responsible regime growing up 5% what it really says the chinese economy is around 0 that's why they make threats like this but i think it's really important to say were prepared because china's form of diplomacy has been intimidation that's true is xi jinping and we need to say were not intimidated. >> china announces decreasing by 72% totaling to a $45 billion the communist party reportedly building a nuclear powered aircraft to rival the biggest chip at america's fleet president trump announced the creation of shipbuilding to bring commercial military building back to the united states. watch this. >> to the booster d

treasury secretary scott bessent will be in studio followed by karoline leavitt will be joining me heree has a lot to do but wants to talk to you first. >> ainsley: but democrats aren't going to stand by quietly, brian. we're going to tell you how they plan to disrupt the president's speech tonight. >> steve: steve and an accused cop killer in houston heads to court today. even the democrat mayor is heated about it. >> it is unheard of that is a capital murder defendant charged of murder charged gets a low bond out on the streets. >> lawrence: unbelievable kills a cop and back on the street. dumb. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: all right. let's start right here. president trump's tariffs on canada, mexico and china going into effect at midnight and we're already seeing some economic retaliation. >> lawrence: look who is at the white house. alexandria hoff is at the white house with the latest. good morning, alexandria. >> good morning to you. beijing is accusing the united states of violating tree trade laws, filing a lawsuit over thak to turn around with

>> dana: last night i had a chance to have a moment and dinner with karoline leavitt. lovely with her assistance keying an and mine. d.c.'s restaurants were packed. i don't know about office buildings and government office buildings yet. there is an energy and you can tell there is stuff happening in town. >> bill: california must be a good place to live. stand by. we'll get to this ten minutes past the hour. roll it. >> be grateful that he gave you everything you were asking the american people for a week before you went to the white house. he brought that to you and you found a way to screw it up. go back and fix it. >> bill: a big deal. new fallout from zelenskyy's disastrous oval office meeting friday. president trump pausing aid to ukraine before the big address tonight. what will it take to get it back? have a look at that and this as well. [shouting] >> dana: it was a long time coming but after ten months columbia university finally takes disciplinary action against anti-israel agitators. we have what the punishment is next. >> bill: senate democrats block a rep

white house press secretary karoline leavitt was asked about the reports in the last couple of hours.it comes to the negotiations that you're referring to. first of all, the special envoy who's engaged in those negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone. israel was consulted on this matter. and look, dialogue and talking to people around the world to do what's in the best interest of the american people is something that the president has proven is what he believes is a good faith effort to do what's right for the american people. the comments from the white house come as the foreign ministers of the uk, france and germany have called on israel and hamas to immediately engage in the next steps of the ceasefire. they said aid should not be used as a political weapon, after israel stopped allowing aid into gaza, accusing hamas of taking control of supplies. earlier earlier, the us and israel rejected a plan for a post war gaza, which was approved by arab leaders. under the eygpt led proposal, gaza would be temporarily governed by a committee of independent experts, and the m

press secretary karoline leavitt argues the american people agree with the trump agenda and says democratic opposition demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the american public that democratic leaders disagree. we were told that this version of the president >> would bring down prices on day one. instead, prices are going up. the economy is in a freefall and they're promising to fight as the trump administration slashes federal government programs and dismisseo employees. we're going to push back aggressively. senator mark warner says president trump is also going after typically bipartisan areas like with cuts to veterans affairs or by withholding aid from ukraine. we need to ask our republican friends. how much is loyalty to musk trump? more important? then only to your community, your state and your country in washington. i'm hannah brandt. a new bill in the legislature looks to keep in place statewide safeguards protecting certain waterways, like streams and wetlands. >> from pollutants and the other contaminants. those safeguards could be rolled back as a result of the 2

also, we know that white house press secretary karoline leavitt is soon going to be delivering a press briefing. i'm sure she is going to be asked about this. but look, this is really important timing because we did hear the commerce secretary howard lutnick say this morning, perhaps the president would make a new tariff announcement today that could include some sort of exemptions on these tariffs, particularly as it relates to the auto industry. now, i've been digging a little bit on this behind the scenes. i'm told that this would not be a pause of the tariffs. it would not be a reversal of that 25% blanket tariff you saw on canada and mexico. but there could be some carve outs again, for things like the auto industry. take a listen to how lutnick put it. >> my thinking is it's going to be somewhere in the middle. so not 100% of all products and not none somewhere in the middle, because i think mexico and canada are trying their best. and let's see where we end up. so i do think somewhere in the middle is a likely outcome. >> now a couple of things here to keep in mind, boris. one i

today they were a little all over the place and now they're up 300 points just on the karoline leavitt statement. so clearly the market is hanging on every development. and this is probably going to continue into the spring and summer. >> the uaw praised these tariffs yesterday. right. they have fought to keep auto jobs in the u.s. they say tariffs help undo some of the things that damaged auto workers from these trade deals that they feel certainly were not fair. do they have a point? >> they have a really interesting point. however, a lot of these cars are made because of the usmca, the new new nafta that was passed during the first trump administration. these cars are actually made in all three countries. some parts are made in mexico, some parts are made in canada, and some parts are made in the u.s. so it's it's not like you can just say, okay, we're going to put a plant in indiana or ohio and make the whole car there. that's not how it works. it would take years for that to happen. that is what trump wants, though. he wants companies to invest billions of dollars in these plants.

plus, white house press secretary karoline leavitt previews everything else going down tonight includingpeech as well as some special guests. she will unveil to us and to our wonderful audience. a lot of news today. i hope everyone on the couch -- i forgot their names is ready to produce their a-game. back to you in the studio. >> todd: we will have cue cards for you, brian so you know who is on the couch. thank you very much. senate democrats have just blocked a bill to officially ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports. here is the reaction from house speaker mike johnson. >> it's shocking. i cannot believe that the democrats will not go along with common sense on this. and the protection of women and girls. i suppose we will have to go process again. the republican party is going to protect girls and women from athletics. >> carley: florida cincinnati ashley moody. needed 60 votes to advance. failed because of lack of democrat support. we have the executive order. it can be overturned in the next administration. so far isn't going to be signed into law. what's yo

. >> karoline: behavior of democrats last night was disgraceful and demonstrates how out of touch they are with the american public. it was the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses in that beautiful chamber. democrats exposed themselves as party of insanity and hate, party that wants to put america last. >> todd: the rnc could not have paid for the damage democrats did to themselves during the joint address. what were you thinking as you watched your former party implode before our eyes? >> it is one thing to do political damage to yourself, and they did. it looked terrible, it was horrible on the world stage. what i just don't understand, when you are honoring children or families or heroes, good americans, that is something we should all be able to agree on as much as i disagreed with joe biden and many of my colleagues on the left, if they were honoring somebody who was a true american hero or young kid who went through surgery, i'd stand up and clap. forget about republican, democrat, right and left, that is huknow ma, humane and american and they did not d

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when asked about the protests, karoline leavitt said trump is not concerned. martha? >> madison alworth, thanks very much. a big night on capitol hill. we'll be here to cover it for you. that is the story for tuesday. i'll see you back here at 9:00 eastern for our special coverage of president trump's joint address the congress. "the will cain show" gets started next. we'll see you later. >> will: live from the heartland, this is "the will cain show." in five hours, president trump is set to address congress for the first time in his second term. the focus, renewing the american dream. it's set to start at 9:00 eastern. you can catch it all right here on the fox news channel. meanwhile, democrats are slated to give their formal rebuttal by democratic senator elise slotkin of michigan. all together now, they began to give their rebuttal. >> when i win, i will immediately bring prices down. >> that ain't true. that's what we heard from day one of trump's presidency. prices are not done. inflation is getting worse. groceries, gas, cost of eggs, housing. >> will: they rea

. >> top of the hour karoline leavitt with a briefing white house with trump's speech last night.we will speak to him shortly and michigan auto worker at the joint session. he is here to join us and reacted the democrats and their antics last night. coming up on "america reports" at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ spam and i'll write, we are chair dancing now, lisa. trying to lose weight. how the experts weigh in on a pressing topic. how many push-ups should an average person do or be able to do. according to the mayo clinic, there is not one simple answer, women aged 25 and older should manage 20 shan to floor push-ups. men at the same age shed to get 28th. at 45, women should manage 14 and may and 16th. at 65, both men and women should be able to get to ten. maybe i'm biologically older than i am. just tell that to hhs secretary, robert f. kennedy jr. he was knocking out push-ups and genes at 70! and recently we saw defense secretary working out with green berets to germany. today put us to shame. lisa, what is your work out like? i work out is fine but there is a woman inside of me th

when asked about the protests, karoline leavitt said trump is not concerned. martha?ight on capitol hill. we'll be here to cover it for you. that is the story for tuesday. i'll see you back here at 9:00 eastern for our special coverage of president trump's joint address the congress. "the will cain show" gets started next. we'll see you later. >> will: live fr

but there is no formal prep like that happening and karoline leavitt told me that she thinks presidentsomething the columns team has according to a post i just went out, at least 20 may doubles. they've got a huge order of mcdonald's inside. there it is. three boxes of 20 chicken mcnuggets. 16 fries. i will go and check after we are done chatting to see if that is all but we can here the motorcycles from the motor pool revving their engines as the roads around here close and president trump gets ready to take the very quick trip to capitol hill. you will see him soon. laura. >> laura: all right, nice job on fox and friends, i watched you over the weekend. >> thank you. >> laura: excellent job. >> usually we get about a minute to say what we know about a story. eight hours over two days, i don't know how you guys do it. it took a lot of time. >> laura: you sounded just like your dad when you said that by the way. nice job. you are fabulous. thank you peter. joining me now, florida congressman cory mills. also molly had -- mollie hemingway, townhall.com editor, both fox news contributor'

. >> peter: we just checked in, again, with the press secretary karoline leavitt, she is telling us president trump was deeply involved with the crafting and the editing of tonight's remarks but that unlike what we saw with the previous president, there's no formal prep happening tonight where advisers stand off to the side of a set-up podium and tell you how to say things or how to move your hands. she says president trump could give this speech in his sleep. bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. some congressional democrats are boycotting tonight's speech. others are bringing along fired federal workers as guests. we will see what the other response may be. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie that part of the story from capitol hill. democrats. coordinated attack on president trump's first joint address to congress. [bleep] that ain't true. >> in the senate more than 20 democrats pushed out videos with similar dog points bashing trump's unfulfilled campaign promises like lowering the cost of food. then democrats rallied outside the capitol. >> what is the

karoline leavitt made those comments yesterday.e job of the special envoy for hostage affairs. and adam is doing that adam is very, very talented to do that. we just want to get the american back. edan alexander. he is the last one there bring him home. that's what we're going to do. nobody can question, you know, our efforts with israel in supporting israel against hamas and hezbollah as well and also iran. this is just another step forward. i don't think people should get worried about the technicalities this is us trying to finish the job. >> idf will be the hammer if they do not produce the hostages. thank you so much general kellogg a lot on your soldiers too. a california dad said he was penalized for having insurance. calling for serious reform to healthcare in america. >> i want to pay less for medical care. i should cancel my insurance if my daughter needs life-saving medical care? >> i don't know, sir. join thousands of advertisers who have built their businesses, reaching america's most influential audience. need creativ

white house press secretary karoline leavitt. >> the renewal of the american dream underway already. look at all that president trump has accomplished in his first month as president. he will highlight some of those accomplishment and also going to talk about his plans to fix the economic mess re created and left for him by joe biden and his administration and make an ask of congress. we need more border funding to continue with the deportations that have been successful because of the efforts of this administration but we need more resources. >> harris: vice president jd vance gave sean hannity this preview. >> he will talk a lot of the successes we've had in these first 45 days and also going to be himself. poke a little fun and we'll have a good time. >> harris: alexandria hoff is at the white house with more. >> the president said himself he plans to tell it like it is. we expect nothing less than that. tonight is not an official state of the union address but will function similarly. we're told tonight's speech will be broken into four main sections. the president's accomplishme

white house press secretary karoline leavitt was asked if one month is enough time to even make a difference. >> he told them that they should get on it start investing start moving shift production here to the united states of america where they will pay no tariff. that's the ultimate goal. reporter: and then, to the north. president trump had a call today with canadian prime minister justin trudeau on tariffs with no apparent breakthrough in the trade tensions. >> he said it's not good enough. he told prime minister justin trudeau that directly. the call ended in a somewhat friendly manner, as the president said, but he's not going to stop standing up for the american people. reporter: the conversations continue. trudeau's office said that both countries will continue to be in contact with that deadline looming. trump himself admitted last night things might get worse before they get better in regard to tariffs but that it is a necessary pain the country has to face and it is a pain that continues to evolve, liz. liz: it sure does. it's a pain that's moving to a little bit of a reprieve bu

i called karoline leavitt earlier and asked her what she could tell us about the prep and she said theremal prep. as you can see, some of the motorcades are staging, that could be vance or trump. no formal prep. we know from the past administration the past couple years, for days ahead of a big speech like this they would set up a podium with the prompters and a presidential seal either here or at camp david so that president biden could be surrounded by advisors, telling him how to say certain things, how to use his hands, how not to, how to be prepared for an interruption, which he was from marjorie taylor greene last year. donald trump does not want to hear from his advisors about any of that. it will be in his voice, he was a big part of the crafting of the speech but he's not been in their doing, like, a big prep session with people telling him what he did wrong. >> jesse: you know,, the last time they bragged about not prepping was the debate with kamala where he said they were eating the cats and eating the dogs. >> now they are eating the mcdonald's. >> jesse: and now they are ea

. >> the white house press secretary karoline leavitt also leaving open the door to other exemptions that the. president might carve out. so, phil, that. really is the. central question here. how much of these. >> tariffs will. >> be imposed, how much. >> of them. >> will sort of be paused on? but in a conversation, a different phone call with the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. it was friendlier than their previous conversations, but the president did not offer any exemptions for the broader tariffs there. he has a call scheduled tomorrowh the president of mexico, phil. >> friendlier, but not good enough. we'll see about that next call. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. i want to go straight to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. manu, republicans traditionally, ideologically, not huge fans of tariffs. what are you hearing from lawmakers, house and senate on the republican side? >> yeah a lot of unease phil, you're absolutely right. this is a party that is large in large measure. >> supported free. >> trade agreements for so many years. >> but then came donald trump. >> and that ha

. >> so, governor, you just heard there what the white house press secretary karoline leavitt said about the democratic party after the speech last night. and i would note that you yourself said ahead of hearing trump's speech that we democrats need to be more aggressive. was what you saw last night what you were talking about? did they do the right thing? >> well, look, you know, i served in congress and i attended all of the joint sessions whether i agreed or not. but that was a different time. that that was an unprecedented speech that that said nothing about helping the american public. and it was it was about grievances. it was about slurs towards united states senators. and so i have to be honest on that. i'm not sure i would have said around there. but what i'm doing out here is, is i guarantee you, those folks who. >> would you have. >> walked out of that speech? >> is that what you're saying? >> i just don't think i would have probably i yeah, maybe. maybe, i don't know. not having been there. i'm out here trying to make the case of what we can do better. but look, that that did

this is if you have a question for karoline leavitt at the white house. you can send it to this email address. we will take those questions and post some of them to the press secretary at the white house. whquestions@c-span.org. well, our conversation will continue again tomorrow morning beginning at 7:00 a.m. on the washington journal. as always, three hours of your phone calls reacting to what the president and the democratic response were. right now, we will show you a re-air of the president's speech and the democratic response. here we go. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [chanting "usa"] [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. it's a great honor. thank you speaker johnson, vice president vance, the first lady of the united states. [applause] members of the united states congress, thank you very much. and to my fellow citizens, america is back. [applause] [chanting "usa"] greta: -- president trump: six weeks ago i stood beneath the dome of this cap

karoline leavitt, about the decision to hold off on these auto tariffs for one month. what did you learn? >> yeah, phil, obviously this is a huge relief for those three automakers who very much did not want to have to to deal with these tariffs because they were going to have massive consequences on them. obviously, as you know, these cars at times can go and cross borders multiple times during the production process. and so this was really going to have to change things for these automakers. and it shows you it's a relief for them. but it also reveals how capricious these tariffs really have been. whether a phone call like this one that happened with president trump and his senior aides and stellantis and gm and the other companies on this, how that can change that as they made their case to the president and to the white house and were granted this one month reprieve. the question is, why one month? and what happens when the one month is up? that's what i asked the press secretary earlier today here at the white house. and this is what she had to say. on the reprieve

. >> until until the justice department, until the white house or karoline leavitt, the president's pressecretary says the president is considering this. i think this is a nothing burger. i think we can move on. elon musk tweets a lot of things. do we debate that president trump is now considering every single tweet that elon musk puts out on x every single day? absolutely not. i think we should put that in that category and keep it moving. >> and not speak up and say, hey guys, this shouldn't happen. we don't we don't have the right or we shouldn't do that. >> this isn't considering this. the justice department isn't considering this. so as far as i'm concerned, i don't think. >> anything you say. >> and you think it's a bad idea? >> of course i think it's a bad idea. i think most people. >> would think it's a bad. >> idea in hearing from another one of the brothers. he said that prosecutors are now contacting him about the possibility of any of this. they want to discuss with the family as you do. if there is something, whether it's an appeal or whether it's a potential pardon, they're