February 13, 2025 • 32 mins
Sean covers the latest on RFK's confirmation and how President Trump's cabinet is coming together! How refreshing is it to have a competent President in the Oval Office?
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A refreshing change from from Joe Biden, who never gave
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the We'll start at the top of this pressor in
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the Oval Office system.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
And we don't have to worry about you we're charging
too much or too little. But traditionally India is right
at the top of the pack pretty much. There are
a couple of smaller countries that are actually more, but
India's are very very They charged tremendous tariffs. I remember
when Harley Davidson couldn't sell their motorbikes into India because
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of the fact that India the tax was so high.
The tariff was so high, and Harley was forced to build.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I guess they built. I don't know that was a
while ago, but I.
Speaker 7 (02:31):
Think they built a factory in India in order to
avoid paying the tariffs and that's what people can do
with us. They can build a factory here, a plant
or whatever it might be here, and that includes the medical.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That includes cars, that includes.
Speaker 7 (02:45):
Chips and semiconductors, that includes everything. If you build here,
you have no tariffs whatsoever. And I think that's what's
going to happen. I think our country is going to
be flooded with jobs.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
What's theimeline expect or? Price is going to go.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Up short term, not necessarily, I mean not necessarily, but
I'll tell you what will go up as jobs. The
jobs will go up tremendously. We're going to have great jobs,
jobs for everybody. This is something that should have been
done many years ago.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
China did it.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
I mean China did it at a level that probably
nobody's ever seen before. If you manufactured a car, you
couldn't send it into China. The tariff was so high.
So everybody went and they built in China. It was
no big secret. So we're going to see but it's
going to mean tremendous amounts of jobs, and ultimately prices
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will stay the same, go down, but we're going to
have a very dynamic country.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So you love actor president. Because of these tariffs, who.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Do you think voters should hold responsible.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Oh, I think what's going to go up is jobs
are going to go up, and prices could go up
somewhat short term, but prices will also go down. And
I think the farmers are going to be helped by
this very much because product is being dumped into our
country and our farmers are getting hurt very badly by
the last administration. The last administration hated our farmers like
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at a level that I've never seen before. I think
our farmers are going to be helped. Jobs are going
to be helped, but our farmers are going to be help.
Our manufacturers are going to be helped. And again, if
somebody wants to come in, including the car companies, if
they want to come in and build car plants, they'll
do it with our tariffs and therefore prices won't go up.
There could be some short term disturbance, but long term,
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it's going to make our country a fortune.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Should prepare for some short term pain.
Speaker 7 (04:38):
You said that, I didn't say that the crisis go
up and let's see what happens. Nobody really knows what
is going to happen, other than we know that jobs
are going to be produced at levels that we haven't
seen before. We know that we think interest rates are
going to ultimately be coming down because of things that happen,
and they go hand in hand with the tariffs. But
we think that, we think at the prices for some things,
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many things, it could be all things will go down ultimately.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
We'll go down the timeline.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Here, sir, there's a period of time for a review
report one hundred and eighty days.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What's the earliest date do you think tariffs will actually
be implemented next?
Speaker 7 (05:16):
Well, I would say maybe I'll ask Howard to answer that,
because he's going to be the one that's implementing.
Speaker 8 (05:21):
What do you think our studies should be all complete
by April first, So we'll hand the president the opportunity
to start on April second, if you want so.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I think we'll be ready to go on April first,
and we'll hand it to the President and he'll make
his decisions.
Speaker 9 (05:38):
But remember, if they drop their tariffs, prices for Americans
are coming down. Our production's going up, and our costs
are going down. Remember it's a two way street. That's
why it's cor reciprocal.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
And you've spoken to any American CEOs directly about this
or are they calling you out and.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Asking proven many and many love.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
It and they say, this is going to be the
thing that makes our country really prosperous again. And this
is going to be what pays down to thirty six
trillion dollars in debt and all the other things, and
this is going to be This is an amazing day. This,
I think there's going to be a very big day
and in a very positive way for our country.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yes, please, President, you've.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Talked closely be a tm EU before and your concerned
with how the EU treat you.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Do you have a number in mind on.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
The European Union? Do you have an idea where that
number is going to land?
Speaker 7 (06:27):
Well, what they are now is they have a twenty
percent VATTEX, which will considering to be similar the same
as the tiff. Plus they charge lots of fees and
you know they're doing something else.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
European Union has been very tough on our companies.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
They sued Apple, they sued Google, they sued Facebook, they
sued many other companies and the American companies and the
kind of numbers are staggering, and the court system over
there is not very good to our companies. If you
know that Apple had to pay I think sixteen billion
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dollars in a penalty a court case that was really
shocking because most people thought they would have won that
court case people that watch it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
So they've been very tough. Airlines have called me.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Up and they said, could you help us with Europe
because they're charging us so many different fees. I got
a call from the head of America and United and
other airlines saying, every time we land a plane, we
get just absolutely killed by the European Union.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
And so they haven't been treated us. You know, we
think the European Union is wonderful.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
We all love Europe, love the countries in Europe, but
European Union has been absolutely.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Brutal on trade.
Speaker 7 (07:42):
Canada has been very bad to us on trade, but
now Canada is going to have to start paying up.
And Canada has been tough in the military because they
don't have they have a very low military cost. They
think we're going to, you know, protect them with our military,
which is unfair. So Canada is going to be very
interesting situation because you know, we just don't need their
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product and yet they survive.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
If the fact that you know, we do ninety five
percent of what they do.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
And Canada is just absolutely I say it, and sometimes
people smile and sometimes they say, great idea, But Canada,
their taxes would come down greatly, their security would go
up greatly. Amazing things happen to Canada, and really Canada,
and this particularly, why would we pay two hundred billion
dollars a year in subsidies to Canada when they're not
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a state. You do that for a state, but you
don't do that for somebody else's country. So I think
Canada is going to be a very serious contender to
be our fifty first state.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
Auditing with Canada, there was obviously a delay in implementing
those tariffs.
Speaker 7 (08:54):
I spoke to Governor Trudeaux on numerous occasions and we'll
see what happens. But it just sets up so good
for them. Look, the people would pay much less tax
than they're paying right now that have perfect military protection.
They don't have any military protection because they essentially because
and you take a look at what's going on out there,
you have Russian ships, you have Chinese ships, you have
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Chinese ships. You have a lot of ships out there,
and you know people are in danger. This is a
different world today, it's a different world that they need
our protection.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Yes, and the efforts that he's undertaking with your pity,
you granted a new authority this week. Will he secure
any new government contracts while he is working on DONA?
Speaker 7 (09:36):
Not if there's a conflict. If there's no conflict, I
guess what difference does it make? But we won't let
him do any of anything having to do with the conflict.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Are you personally checking to make sure there's no conflicts
in it?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Yeah? I am.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
I am sure he First of all, he wouldn't do it,
And second of all, we're not going to let him
do anything with its a conflict of interest that's.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
Resurfing your negotiations with the EU or you know, there's
it's good discussions.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
On going already.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
How quickly do you expect that you'll hear back from
them about doing any of these other Yeah.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
The has been very nasty. It's just been they haven't
treated us properly. Look were great to them on NATO. Essentially,
it's similar group of countries. When I came in my
first term, I raised their fees. I mean they were
not paying we were paying for in my opinion, almost
all of NATO.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
And now you know, I had the bad moment.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
With the press where the press said, well, does this
mean you won't protect them?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
I said, I won't protect them if they're not paying.
But because I said that, the.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
Secretary General, as you know, said it was the greatest
thing he's ever seen because the money came pouring in.
But they don't treat us right on trade. They don't
treat us right on the military either. I mean, if
you look at Ukraine, we're in for probably two hundred
billion dollars more than Europe. Why are we in for
more than Europe? We're in for more than Europe? I mean,
think of it or NATO. I mean, that's just call
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it that because Canada is. And by the way, Canada
is just about the lowest.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Payer also just you know, they shouldn't be that.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
They are just about the lowest payer in NATO in
addition everything else. So Canada's really been taking advantage of
and if they had to pay just something modestly fair,
they wouldn't be able to succeed as a country. And
that's why that's why I feel they have to become
a state president.
Speaker 10 (11:30):
Is it your expectation that partners will offer major concessions
and that you actually don't end up applying those tariffs.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
No, I think that a lot of them will stay
the same and whatever they pay, I'll pay. I mean, well,
we'll have We'll have a lot of them stay the same.
I think some I heard they as an example, EU
lowered their tax and cars down to the exact same
amount that they were much higher, they were approximately five
times higher, them down to the exact tax that we're charging.
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That took place like yesterday the day before. Is that
the correct savement?
Speaker 8 (12:06):
Except yeah, do you expect any exhibtions or waivers?
Speaker 7 (12:10):
I don't expect that now. This is a simple system
and there wouldn't be any. And in the case of Apple,
I gave them a waiver exemption in my first time
because Samsung was in South Korea and Samsung didn't have
to pay the tax because it was a tax in China,
and Apple makes a lot of their product in China.
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So I did that because it wouldn't have been fair.
But now this applies to everybody across the board. This
is a much simpler way of doing and much better.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You had that major call yesterday with President Putin and
Russia President Zelenski responded today basically saying any agreements they
won't accept unless they're made with Ukraine. Will Ukraine have
a seat at that table for those negotiations?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
They would, I mean they're part of it.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
We would have Ukraine or would have Russia, and we'll
have other people involved, to a lot of people. A
lot of forks in the a lot of forks in
this game.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
This is a very interesting situation. But the Ukraine War
has to end. The young people are being killed at
levels that nobody's seen since World War Two, and it's
a ridiculous war and it has to end. We had
a good talk with President Putin. I had a good
talk with President Zolensky, very good talk. And somebody said, oh,
I should have called Zelensky first. I don't think so.
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I mean, we have to find out whether or not
Russia wants to make a deal. I know that Zelensky
wants to make a deal because he told me that.
But I now know that Russia wants to make a deal.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Did you ask Sacretary High Spts to walk back his
comments yesterday saying Ukraine won't join NATO and won't go
back to pre twenty fourteen dollars because.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Those you could use.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
No, I didn't, somebody told me. But I thought his
comments were good yesterday, and they're probably good today.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
They're a little bit softer, perhaps, but.
Speaker 7 (13:55):
I thought his comments from yes I thought his comments
yesterday were pretty accurate.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
I don't see anyway that.
Speaker 7 (14:03):
A country in Russia's position could allow them, just in
their position, could.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Allow them to join NATO. I don't see that happening.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
And long before President Putin Russia was very strong on
the fact that. I believe that's the reason the war started.
Because Biden went out and said that they could join NATO,
and he shouldn't have said that. As soon as he
said that, I said, you know what, you're gonna have
a war now.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
And I was right about that.
Speaker 7 (14:27):
This is a war that would have never happened if
I what president. I think Biden is incompetent, and I
think when he said that they could join NATO, I thought.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
That was a very stupid thing to say.
Speaker 7 (14:40):
I thought when he said, well, it depends if it's
a minor incursion. In other words, it's okay if Russia
does a minor incursion, I thought that was a very.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Foolish thing to say.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
Right, there's a wide ranging gaggle press back and forth
with President Trump in the Oval Office talking about Canada, Europe,
the EU, India, China, Russia, the Russian and Ukraine wore
reciprocal tariffs. That he's covering a lot of ground there. Well,
we're gonna pick it up on the We'll stop it
right here, but we'll pick it up from where we
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left off on the other side. This is a short segment,
so we'll get back to President Trump and the Oval
in just a minute. I mean, one of the things
that just stands out he's been doing this now, he's
in his fourth week as president, and he must have
done this now at least eight nine times.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And how we're.
Speaker 6 (15:31):
Freshing it is put aside your political differences and just
think about what a dramatic shift and change in terms
of transparency and an ability of a president to have
a wide range of questions. I mean everything from about
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every country, reciprocal tariffs, China, India, Europe, the EU, Canada.
He's really pushing for Canada to be the fifty first state.
Taught his conversation with Putin ending the war in Europe
and the war with Ukraine and Russia, conversations that he's
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had with Putin, conversations he's had with Zelenski, And I'm
just thinking a wide range of spontaneous topics, extemporaneous answers.
You know, the reporters are not predetermined, the questions are
not predetermined, and he can go on and talk about
this all day long. And we didn't have that for
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four years. And you barely barely saw Joe running in
twenty twenty, and you barely heard from him when he
was president for four years. And Kamala Harris, if she did,
you know, give an interview, it was short, and it
was pretty well scripted, and it was nothing but a
word salad. And all the innovative ideas that he's explaining
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in specificity and detail. It's just refreshing what a different
one election can make. We'll pick it up on the
other side from the Oval Office, straight ahead, standing up
for what's right with America.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
We're back on the Sean Hannity Show, all.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
Right, twenty five to the top of the rfk's nomination
now is official on the heels of Tulsea Gabbard yesterday
and RFK getting sworn in by the President in the
Oval Office. We're going to get back to this press
briefing basically a press conference gaggle as they call it
in the Oval Office, in just a minute. I mean,
how refreshing it is that a president can utter two sentences,
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speak on a wide variety of topics, both topics of
importance here at home and abroad in every corner of
the world, and actually be coherent and not have it
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the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. All right, let's go straight
back to the White House and this impromptu press conference.
President Trump Sean.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Before we do, can I ask you for a favor.
Can we do something with our audience about President Trump.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I think it would be so cool if we could
have people call in and tell Katie what they think
about Trump's first four weeks. I think it would be
really interesting.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
We're on the we're on the heels of the first month.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Well, we'll also get some insight too, because later we
have our Polsters, Matt Towery, Robert Kahley, and he's up
nine points from where he last was. And by the way,
Gallup has him up, Reuters odds them up, CBS has
them up, and the American people are approving this. We
do have an announcement about tomorrow, we're just not ready
to make it yet. Something that's pretty cool that we'll
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be doing. Let's put it this way. I'm going back
to the DC swamp. That's all I can say right now.
All right, back to the Oval office. In the presser.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Started.
Speaker 7 (20:16):
The other thing they got had started was how badly
million of these stupid people, bad generals, how badly they
did with Afghanistan.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
I was going to pull out, but we were pulling out.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
With dignity and strength, and we were going to take
our equipment with us and everything else they are. I mean,
what they're doing is what they did with that. I
think Boutin looked at that mess and he said, Wow,
this is a great time.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I'm going to go in.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
But what the Americans said, I'm not blaming Americans, but
I will say what they said had a big influence
on his deciding to go in.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Yeah, when Elon Musch met.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
With Prime Minister Modi earlier today, did he do so
as an American CEO or did he do so as
a representative of the US company?
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Are you talking about me, Leilan?
Speaker 7 (21:03):
I don't know they met, and I assume he wants
to do business in India, but India is a very
hard place to do business, and because of the tariffs,
so they have the highest tariffs just about in the world,
and it's a hard place to do business. No, I
would imagine he met possibly because you know, he's running
a company, he's he's doing this as as something that
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he's felt strongly about for a long time because he
sees what's happening and he sees how the country is
really being hurt badly by all of the fraud, waste
and abuse.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yea whether he's meeting of the CEO or meeting with
a representative of your government.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
Well, he's meeting with me a little while, so I'm
going to ask him that question.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
All right, I'll ask him that question. Yeah, what should
be expected.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
He's obviously steal the limit of the pharpaceutical What are
you thinking about close triffs? You have to talk ab
about country.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I think owners are coming soon. I think they're all
coming more or less at the same time. And it's
not going to be a big shock to the system.
Speaker 7 (22:01):
But what it's going to do is it's going to
bring pharmaceuticals back to our country.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Much more important than the money.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
It's a lot of money, but it's going to bring
pharmaceuticals back to our country. It's going to bring chips
back to our country. It's going to bring automobile. We're
going to do a lot more automobile manufacturing in our country.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
You know when I did this, when I announced this.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
During the campaign, they were going to build the largest
car plant in the world in Mexico. It was almost
under construction, it was just starting. And when they heard
me make that statement and they thought I was going
to win the election. Actually it was a few months
before the election itself. China was building the car plant.
It was going to be the largest in the world.
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They immediately stopped construction. You can see the foundations there.
They immediately stopped when they heard I was doing this.
That would have destroyed Detroit. It would have destroyed Michigan.
This plant would have taken up more than almost the
whole state built would have been. It would have been
very destructive. When they heard me speak and they said, wow,
if he gets in, we're gonna we're gonna lose our shirt.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So they stop building. That's the impact that tariffs have. Again.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
You know, I say it, and I say it loudly.
It's the most beautiful word. But now I say religion, love,
and a couple of other things are more beautiful, because
I got a lot of problem with the fake news
when they said, oh, other things are more important. God
is more important. But these are the words. But I
would say it's number four or five. To me, it's
it's the most beautiful. And I'll tell you what I think.
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Really Reciprocal tariffs, there's two words. Reciprocal. Reciprocal makes tariffs
really fair?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
The no exceptions, right, it would be all lot of.
Speaker 7 (23:44):
Important any exemptions now because you don't need to. With
reciprocal you don't need to.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Like when you arrived in the RS, thought for you.
Do you have an update on the TikTok negotiations? Yeah,
we have a lot of people.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sure, well I have ninety days from about two weeks ago, right,
and I'm sure it can be extended.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
But let's see.
Speaker 7 (24:07):
I don't think you'll need to. We have a lot
of people interested in TikTok, and I hope to be
able to make a deal. I think it would be good.
You know, people have learned it's very popular and we'll
have to probably get approval from China to do it.
But we have a lot of people that are interested
in a lot of people. I think China will be
interesting because it's to their benefit too, So I look
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forward to that.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
But we have a lot of people that are interested
in TikTok. Quite a few.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
Those workers arrived today, Kevin Klager and others arrive today.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
At the IRS.
Speaker 8 (24:40):
Do you expect to close the IRS or what are
you expending?
Speaker 1 (24:44):
No, I don't expect it.
Speaker 7 (24:45):
Yeah, so I think that the Internal Revenue Service will
be looked at like everybody, it's just about everybody's going
to be looked at. So it's they're doing a hell
of a job. It's an amazing job they're doing. And
you know that force is building these I call it
the force of super geniuses, but it's building. And you know,
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they go up and they talk to some of the
people about certain deals and the people get all tongue tied.
They can't talk because these people get it. They're very
smart people. We need smart people. Yes, yes, Bran, yes, sir.
As President, I know that during the campaign it was
huge in Pennsylvania as far as bringing back manufacturing. We
talked to any CEOs since the tariffs were now and
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still in aluminum.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
They are in love with it.
Speaker 7 (25:31):
As you know, in Pennsylvania, US Steel is through the roof.
They're all through the roof. That's why I didn't want
US Steel to make a deal with Japan or anybody else.
I think it's going to do great. But I think
maybe more than anybody else's steel companies and a little
bit of companies. They're in love with what's happened. And
this will eventually be the car companies and chip companies.
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We have to have chips made of this country right now.
Everything's made in Taiwan, practically almost all of it. A
little bit in South Korea, but everything, almost all of
it is made in Taiwan, and we wanted to be made.
We want those companies to come to our country. In
all due respect, you know, they took the business away.
Taiwan took our chip business away. We had Intel, We
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had these great companies that did so well, and it
was taken from us. And we want that business back.
We want it back in the United States. And if
they don't bring it back, we're not going to be
very happy.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Pharmaceutical pharmaceuticals as well in China. That's national security to
bring that passes China and other places.
Speaker 7 (26:33):
We want to get the pharmaceutical and drug business back
into the United States where it should be on tariffs.
Speaker 10 (26:41):
Are you concerned that the countries that would be most affected,
like India, would just shift their trading to China.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
No, I'm not concerned about anything really. I mean, I'm
just I'm just doing what's fair. This is a very
fair thing. This should have been did a long time ago.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
I would have done it, but then covid hit I
was getting ready to do this years ago. First time
we have the most successful economy in history, and then
COVID hit and this was going to be the thing
that I was most waiting to do, but it was
awfully hard to do this with Italy and France and
Spain and these all those people were dying, and then
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we put tariffs on.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
So I have a big heart.
Speaker 10 (27:20):
Would create When Kutin says that he really wants peace,
do you believe him?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Yeah? I believe he wants peace.
Speaker 7 (27:27):
I believe that President Putin when I spoke to him yesterday,
and I know him very well. Yeah, I think he
wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn't.
I think I'd like to see peace.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Do you trust I believe that. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
I believe that he would like to see something happen.
I trust him on this subject. I think he'd like
to see something happen. I think it could have happened
a long time ago. I think Biden number one, it
shouldn't have started, but it did. And now all those
cities are knocked down like demolition sites. All those beautiful
golden towers are knocked down. There's nothing going to replace them.
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But much more importantly, you lost millions of people, a
lot of soldiers, but you lost millions of people when
they knock down those cities and they're all laying down
on the side, they're laying down just in ashes and
all crumbled up concrete. They literally look like a world
class demolition site. And many of them, almost all of them,
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but many of them. And this should have been done
by Biden years ago. This should have never been allowed
to happen. I know, he's a friend of yours, He's
a friend of CNN. That's why nobody watches CNN anymore
because they have no credibility.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Okay, who else? Yes, you can find a buyer in
the United States for TikTok. Do you think Chiji King
will authorize the sale of it or will I'm going
to make it worthwhile for China to do it, I
think so.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
I mean I got to know TikTok because during the
election I ended up with thirty six percent higher than
my opponent with youth. That never happened before. I mean,
you know, there's always been a Democrat thing youth. It
became a Trump thing, and I think TikTok. I think
Joe Rogan was a part of that. Some of the
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great people that I did interviews with were a part
of it, but I think that TikTok was a I
think it was a big part. Look, as you know,
we were up by thirty six percent with youth. The
REPUBLICA was never up with you, and I focused on
TikTok and I found it to be amazing actually and
very fair. And I think the image of TikTok is
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different than it was before the election. I think people
saw it and they view it as a positive, not
a negative. I think it'll be to Shina's advantage to
have the deal be made.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Yeah, how much.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Money do you think you'll raise from pair of on
an annual basis?
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That's the most interesting question. I think it'll be a
staggering amount. It will be the external I call it
the external Revenue Service.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
That was a name that was.
Speaker 7 (29:59):
Devised a few of us. But I think it's going
to be a staggering amount.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You've heard is the number one trillion floated in meetings
with senators? Is that a number you thought?
Speaker 7 (30:09):
I don't know, But already the Senate's saying, well, you know,
they're looking at some of the numbers and they're saying,
WHOA this is? Look, we want to I say America first,
I say, make America great again. That's what we're doing.
This is I think it's the most important thing I've signed.
I've signed some very important things. Right to Try was
so important. I mean, a lot of important things. Space
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force the biggest tax cuts in history. This could be
one of the most important things that we've ever signed.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
The Russians and President Putin to attend the summit inside.
Speaker 7 (30:39):
Of Irrabia eventually, yeah, not quite yet. It's a little early.
They're having a meeting in Munich tomorrow. Russia is going
to be there with our people. Ukraine is also invited.
By the way, I'm not sure exactly who's going to
be there from any country, but high level people from Russia,
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from Ukraine and from the United States.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
How to Russia back sevens.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
I'd love to have them back. I think it was
a mistake to throw them out. Look, it's not a
question of liking Russia or not liking Russia. It was
the G eight and you know, I said, what are
you doing?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
You guys?
Speaker 7 (31:17):
All you talk about is Russia and they should be
sitting at the table.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
I think Putin would have loved to be back.
Speaker 7 (31:24):
Obama and a couple of other people made a mistake
and they got Russia out. It's very possible that if
that was the G eight, you wouldn't have had the
problem with Ukraine. And if I was president, you definitely
wouldn't have had the problem with Ukraine. Russia would have
never attacked Ukraine. But you ask a very good question.
The G eight used to be the G eight, and
then these people threw them out. And I was arguing
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with Trudeau and with numerous of the people. Actually Prime
Minister Abbi, a great man from Japan, agreed with me
one hundred percent, and some of the others did too,
But I got there it was the G seven.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
As you know, they had already been terminated.
Speaker 7 (32:04):
I think it would have been very helpful, and it
still would be helpful to have Russia be a part
of that mix. And I think if they were, I
don't think you would have had the problem that you
have right now.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Rush out heart AE twenty.
Speaker 4 (32:15):
They kicked them out, of course, because they legally annexed CRIMEA.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
I mean, how would you.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
And it's about to wrap up, and RFK Junior has
now been sworn and officially we'll get to a lot
more of this on the other side, and we'll also
speak with the Attorney General of South Carolina all the
legal angles. By the way, they lost two major legal
angles today. We'll talk more about that as well.
Well, we have come in your city, going the way I.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Get Thomson saying you a conciousill will be desire, how
little jell and if you want a little mag in
the YNI I come alone.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
And a lot of times that you know people that
don't get what they voted for, but in this presidency,
they are going to get what they voted for.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And that's what democracy is all about.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
This isn't hyperbole to say that we are staring the
death of democracy in the eyes right now.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
And it's like there's a plant somewhere in quote progressing
unquote America that just to sees how many jackass stupid
things that they can embrace.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Freedom is back in the style, welcome to the revolution, coming.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
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you a conscious son.
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A refreshing change from from Joe Biden, who never gave
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the We'll start at the top of this pressor in
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the Oval Office system.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
And we don't have to worry about you we're charging
too much or too little. But traditionally India is right
at the top of the pack pretty much. There are
a couple of smaller countries that are actually more, but
India's are very very They charged tremendous tariffs. I remember
when Harley Davidson couldn't sell their motorbikes into India because
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of the fact that India the tax was so high.
The tariff was so high, and Harley was forced to build.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I guess they built. I don't know that was a
while ago, but I.
Speaker 7 (02:31):
Think they built a factory in India in order to
avoid paying the tariffs and that's what people can do
with us. They can build a factory here, a plant
or whatever it might be here, and that includes the medical.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That includes cars, that includes.
Speaker 7 (02:45):
Chips and semiconductors, that includes everything. If you build here,
you have no tariffs whatsoever. And I think that's what's
going to happen. I think our country is going to
be flooded with jobs.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
What's theimeline expect or? Price is going to go.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Up short term, not necessarily, I mean not necessarily, but
I'll tell you what will go up as jobs. The
jobs will go up tremendously. We're going to have great jobs,
jobs for everybody. This is something that should have been
done many years ago.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
China did it.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
I mean China did it at a level that probably
nobody's ever seen before. If you manufactured a car, you
couldn't send it into China. The tariff was so high.
So everybody went and they built in China. It was
no big secret. So we're going to see but it's
going to mean tremendous amounts of jobs, and ultimately prices
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will stay the same, go down, but we're going to
have a very dynamic country.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So you love actor president. Because of these tariffs, who.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Do you think voters should hold responsible.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Oh, I think what's going to go up is jobs
are going to go up, and prices could go up
somewhat short term, but prices will also go down. And
I think the farmers are going to be helped by
this very much because product is being dumped into our
country and our farmers are getting hurt very badly by
the last administration. The last administration hated our farmers like
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at a level that I've never seen before. I think
our farmers are going to be helped. Jobs are going
to be helped, but our farmers are going to be help.
Our manufacturers are going to be helped. And again, if
somebody wants to come in, including the car companies, if
they want to come in and build car plants, they'll
do it with our tariffs and therefore prices won't go up.
There could be some short term disturbance, but long term,
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it's going to make our country a fortune.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Should prepare for some short term pain.
Speaker 7 (04:38):
You said that, I didn't say that the crisis go
up and let's see what happens. Nobody really knows what
is going to happen, other than we know that jobs
are going to be produced at levels that we haven't
seen before. We know that we think interest rates are
going to ultimately be coming down because of things that happen,
and they go hand in hand with the tariffs. But
we think that, we think at the prices for some things,
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many things, it could be all things will go down ultimately.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
We'll go down the timeline.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Here, sir, there's a period of time for a review
report one hundred and eighty days.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What's the earliest date do you think tariffs will actually
be implemented next?
Speaker 7 (05:16):
Well, I would say maybe I'll ask Howard to answer that,
because he's going to be the one that's implementing.
Speaker 8 (05:21):
What do you think our studies should be all complete
by April first, So we'll hand the president the opportunity
to start on April second, if you want so.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I think we'll be ready to go on April first,
and we'll hand it to the President and he'll make
his decisions.
Speaker 9 (05:38):
But remember, if they drop their tariffs, prices for Americans
are coming down. Our production's going up, and our costs
are going down. Remember it's a two way street. That's
why it's cor reciprocal.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
And you've spoken to any American CEOs directly about this
or are they calling you out and.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Asking proven many and many love.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
It and they say, this is going to be the
thing that makes our country really prosperous again. And this
is going to be what pays down to thirty six
trillion dollars in debt and all the other things, and
this is going to be This is an amazing day. This,
I think there's going to be a very big day
and in a very positive way for our country.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yes, please, President, you've.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Talked closely be a tm EU before and your concerned
with how the EU treat you.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Do you have a number in mind on.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
The European Union? Do you have an idea where that
number is going to land?
Speaker 7 (06:27):
Well, what they are now is they have a twenty
percent VATTEX, which will considering to be similar the same
as the tiff. Plus they charge lots of fees and
you know they're doing something else.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
European Union has been very tough on our companies.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
They sued Apple, they sued Google, they sued Facebook, they
sued many other companies and the American companies and the
kind of numbers are staggering, and the court system over
there is not very good to our companies. If you
know that Apple had to pay I think sixteen billion
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dollars in a penalty a court case that was really
shocking because most people thought they would have won that
court case people that watch it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
So they've been very tough. Airlines have called me.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Up and they said, could you help us with Europe
because they're charging us so many different fees. I got
a call from the head of America and United and
other airlines saying, every time we land a plane, we
get just absolutely killed by the European Union.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
And so they haven't been treated us. You know, we
think the European Union is wonderful.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
We all love Europe, love the countries in Europe, but
European Union has been absolutely.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Brutal on trade.
Speaker 7 (07:42):
Canada has been very bad to us on trade, but
now Canada is going to have to start paying up.
And Canada has been tough in the military because they
don't have they have a very low military cost. They
think we're going to, you know, protect them with our military,
which is unfair. So Canada is going to be very
interesting situation because you know, we just don't need their
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product and yet they survive.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
If the fact that you know, we do ninety five
percent of what they do.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
And Canada is just absolutely I say it, and sometimes
people smile and sometimes they say, great idea, But Canada,
their taxes would come down greatly, their security would go
up greatly. Amazing things happen to Canada, and really Canada,
and this particularly, why would we pay two hundred billion
dollars a year in subsidies to Canada when they're not
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a state. You do that for a state, but you
don't do that for somebody else's country. So I think
Canada is going to be a very serious contender to
be our fifty first state.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
Auditing with Canada, there was obviously a delay in implementing
those tariffs.
Speaker 7 (08:54):
I spoke to Governor Trudeaux on numerous occasions and we'll
see what happens. But it just sets up so good
for them. Look, the people would pay much less tax
than they're paying right now that have perfect military protection.
They don't have any military protection because they essentially because
and you take a look at what's going on out there,
you have Russian ships, you have Chinese ships, you have
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Chinese ships. You have a lot of ships out there,
and you know people are in danger. This is a
different world today, it's a different world that they need
our protection.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Yes, and the efforts that he's undertaking with your pity,
you granted a new authority this week. Will he secure
any new government contracts while he is working on DONA?
Speaker 7 (09:36):
Not if there's a conflict. If there's no conflict, I
guess what difference does it make? But we won't let
him do any of anything having to do with the conflict.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Are you personally checking to make sure there's no conflicts
in it?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Yeah? I am.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
I am sure he First of all, he wouldn't do it,
And second of all, we're not going to let him
do anything with its a conflict of interest that's.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
Resurfing your negotiations with the EU or you know, there's
it's good discussions.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
On going already.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
How quickly do you expect that you'll hear back from
them about doing any of these other Yeah.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
The has been very nasty. It's just been they haven't
treated us properly. Look were great to them on NATO. Essentially,
it's similar group of countries. When I came in my
first term, I raised their fees. I mean they were
not paying we were paying for in my opinion, almost
all of NATO.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
And now you know, I had the bad moment.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
With the press where the press said, well, does this
mean you won't protect them?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
I said, I won't protect them if they're not paying.
But because I said that, the.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
Secretary General, as you know, said it was the greatest
thing he's ever seen because the money came pouring in.
But they don't treat us right on trade. They don't
treat us right on the military either. I mean, if
you look at Ukraine, we're in for probably two hundred
billion dollars more than Europe. Why are we in for
more than Europe? We're in for more than Europe? I mean,
think of it or NATO. I mean, that's just call
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it that because Canada is. And by the way, Canada
is just about the lowest.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Payer also just you know, they shouldn't be that.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
They are just about the lowest payer in NATO in
addition everything else. So Canada's really been taking advantage of
and if they had to pay just something modestly fair,
they wouldn't be able to succeed as a country. And
that's why that's why I feel they have to become
a state president.
Speaker 10 (11:30):
Is it your expectation that partners will offer major concessions
and that you actually don't end up applying those tariffs.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
No, I think that a lot of them will stay
the same and whatever they pay, I'll pay. I mean, well,
we'll have We'll have a lot of them stay the same.
I think some I heard they as an example, EU
lowered their tax and cars down to the exact same
amount that they were much higher, they were approximately five
times higher, them down to the exact tax that we're charging.
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That took place like yesterday the day before. Is that
the correct savement?
Speaker 8 (12:06):
Except yeah, do you expect any exhibtions or waivers?
Speaker 7 (12:10):
I don't expect that now. This is a simple system
and there wouldn't be any. And in the case of Apple,
I gave them a waiver exemption in my first time
because Samsung was in South Korea and Samsung didn't have
to pay the tax because it was a tax in China,
and Apple makes a lot of their product in China.
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So I did that because it wouldn't have been fair.
But now this applies to everybody across the board. This
is a much simpler way of doing and much better.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You had that major call yesterday with President Putin and
Russia President Zelenski responded today basically saying any agreements they
won't accept unless they're made with Ukraine. Will Ukraine have
a seat at that table for those negotiations?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
They would, I mean they're part of it.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
We would have Ukraine or would have Russia, and we'll
have other people involved, to a lot of people. A
lot of forks in the a lot of forks in
this game.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
This is a very interesting situation. But the Ukraine War
has to end. The young people are being killed at
levels that nobody's seen since World War Two, and it's
a ridiculous war and it has to end. We had
a good talk with President Putin. I had a good
talk with President Zolensky, very good talk. And somebody said, oh,
I should have called Zelensky first. I don't think so.
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I mean, we have to find out whether or not
Russia wants to make a deal. I know that Zelensky
wants to make a deal because he told me that.
But I now know that Russia wants to make a deal.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Did you ask Sacretary High Spts to walk back his
comments yesterday saying Ukraine won't join NATO and won't go
back to pre twenty fourteen dollars because.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Those you could use.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
No, I didn't, somebody told me. But I thought his
comments were good yesterday, and they're probably good today.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
They're a little bit softer, perhaps, but.
Speaker 7 (13:55):
I thought his comments from yes I thought his comments
yesterday were pretty accurate.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
I don't see anyway that.
Speaker 7 (14:03):
A country in Russia's position could allow them, just in
their position, could.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Allow them to join NATO. I don't see that happening.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
And long before President Putin Russia was very strong on
the fact that. I believe that's the reason the war started.
Because Biden went out and said that they could join NATO,
and he shouldn't have said that. As soon as he
said that, I said, you know what, you're gonna have
a war now.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
And I was right about that.
Speaker 7 (14:27):
This is a war that would have never happened if
I what president. I think Biden is incompetent, and I
think when he said that they could join NATO, I thought.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
That was a very stupid thing to say.
Speaker 7 (14:40):
I thought when he said, well, it depends if it's
a minor incursion. In other words, it's okay if Russia
does a minor incursion, I thought that was a very.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Foolish thing to say.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
Right, there's a wide ranging gaggle press back and forth
with President Trump in the Oval Office talking about Canada, Europe,
the EU, India, China, Russia, the Russian and Ukraine wore
reciprocal tariffs. That he's covering a lot of ground there. Well,
we're gonna pick it up on the We'll stop it
right here, but we'll pick it up from where we
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left off on the other side. This is a short segment,
so we'll get back to President Trump and the Oval
in just a minute. I mean, one of the things
that just stands out he's been doing this now, he's
in his fourth week as president, and he must have
done this now at least eight nine times.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And how we're.
Speaker 6 (15:31):
Freshing it is put aside your political differences and just
think about what a dramatic shift and change in terms
of transparency and an ability of a president to have
a wide range of questions. I mean everything from about
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every country, reciprocal tariffs, China, India, Europe, the EU, Canada.
He's really pushing for Canada to be the fifty first state.
Taught his conversation with Putin ending the war in Europe
and the war with Ukraine and Russia, conversations that he's
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had with Putin, conversations he's had with Zelenski, And I'm
just thinking a wide range of spontaneous topics, extemporaneous answers.
You know, the reporters are not predetermined, the questions are
not predetermined, and he can go on and talk about
this all day long. And we didn't have that for
(16:35):
four years. And you barely barely saw Joe running in
twenty twenty, and you barely heard from him when he
was president for four years. And Kamala Harris, if she did,
you know, give an interview, it was short, and it
was pretty well scripted, and it was nothing but a
word salad. And all the innovative ideas that he's explaining
(16:56):
in specificity and detail. It's just refreshing what a different
one election can make. We'll pick it up on the
other side from the Oval Office, straight ahead, standing up
for what's right with America.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
We're back on the Sean Hannity Show, all.
Speaker 6 (17:11):
Right, twenty five to the top of the rfk's nomination
now is official on the heels of Tulsea Gabbard yesterday
and RFK getting sworn in by the President in the
Oval Office. We're going to get back to this press
briefing basically a press conference gaggle as they call it
in the Oval Office, in just a minute. I mean,
how refreshing it is that a president can utter two sentences,
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speak on a wide variety of topics, both topics of
importance here at home and abroad in every corner of
the world, and actually be coherent and not have it
rehearsed or not having predetermined questioners, which I'm sure you
know was never spontaneous with Joe Biden. I want to
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the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. All right, let's go straight
back to the White House and this impromptu press conference.
President Trump Sean.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Before we do, can I ask you for a favor.
Can we do something with our audience about President Trump.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I think it would be so cool if we could
have people call in and tell Katie what they think
about Trump's first four weeks. I think it would be
really interesting.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
We're on the we're on the heels of the first month.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Well, we'll also get some insight too, because later we
have our Polsters, Matt Towery, Robert Kahley, and he's up
nine points from where he last was. And by the way,
Gallup has him up, Reuters odds them up, CBS has
them up, and the American people are approving this. We
do have an announcement about tomorrow, we're just not ready
to make it yet. Something that's pretty cool that we'll
(20:05):
be doing. Let's put it this way. I'm going back
to the DC swamp. That's all I can say right now.
All right, back to the Oval office. In the presser.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Started.
Speaker 7 (20:16):
The other thing they got had started was how badly
million of these stupid people, bad generals, how badly they
did with Afghanistan.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
I was going to pull out, but we were pulling out.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
With dignity and strength, and we were going to take
our equipment with us and everything else they are. I mean,
what they're doing is what they did with that. I
think Boutin looked at that mess and he said, Wow,
this is a great time.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I'm going to go in.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
But what the Americans said, I'm not blaming Americans, but
I will say what they said had a big influence
on his deciding to go in.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Yeah, when Elon Musch met.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
With Prime Minister Modi earlier today, did he do so
as an American CEO or did he do so as
a representative of the US company?
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Are you talking about me, Leilan?
Speaker 7 (21:03):
I don't know they met, and I assume he wants
to do business in India, but India is a very
hard place to do business, and because of the tariffs,
so they have the highest tariffs just about in the world,
and it's a hard place to do business. No, I
would imagine he met possibly because you know, he's running
a company, he's he's doing this as as something that
(21:27):
he's felt strongly about for a long time because he
sees what's happening and he sees how the country is
really being hurt badly by all of the fraud, waste
and abuse.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yea whether he's meeting of the CEO or meeting with
a representative of your government.
Speaker 7 (21:42):
Well, he's meeting with me a little while, so I'm
going to ask him that question.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
All right, I'll ask him that question. Yeah, what should
be expected.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
He's obviously steal the limit of the pharpaceutical What are
you thinking about close triffs? You have to talk ab
about country.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I think owners are coming soon. I think they're all
coming more or less at the same time. And it's
not going to be a big shock to the system.
Speaker 7 (22:01):
But what it's going to do is it's going to
bring pharmaceuticals back to our country.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Much more important than the money.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
It's a lot of money, but it's going to bring
pharmaceuticals back to our country. It's going to bring chips
back to our country. It's going to bring automobile. We're
going to do a lot more automobile manufacturing in our country.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
You know when I did this, when I announced this.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
During the campaign, they were going to build the largest
car plant in the world in Mexico. It was almost
under construction, it was just starting. And when they heard
me make that statement and they thought I was going
to win the election. Actually it was a few months
before the election itself. China was building the car plant.
It was going to be the largest in the world.
(22:44):
They immediately stopped construction. You can see the foundations there.
They immediately stopped when they heard I was doing this.
That would have destroyed Detroit. It would have destroyed Michigan.
This plant would have taken up more than almost the
whole state built would have been. It would have been
very destructive. When they heard me speak and they said, wow,
if he gets in, we're gonna we're gonna lose our shirt.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So they stop building. That's the impact that tariffs have. Again.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
You know, I say it, and I say it loudly.
It's the most beautiful word. But now I say religion, love,
and a couple of other things are more beautiful, because
I got a lot of problem with the fake news
when they said, oh, other things are more important. God
is more important. But these are the words. But I
would say it's number four or five. To me, it's
it's the most beautiful. And I'll tell you what I think.
(23:33):
Really Reciprocal tariffs, there's two words. Reciprocal. Reciprocal makes tariffs
really fair?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
The no exceptions, right, it would be all lot of.
Speaker 7 (23:44):
Important any exemptions now because you don't need to. With
reciprocal you don't need to.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Like when you arrived in the RS, thought for you.
Do you have an update on the TikTok negotiations? Yeah,
we have a lot of people.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sure, well I have ninety days from about two weeks ago, right,
and I'm sure it can be extended.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
But let's see.
Speaker 7 (24:07):
I don't think you'll need to. We have a lot
of people interested in TikTok, and I hope to be
able to make a deal. I think it would be good.
You know, people have learned it's very popular and we'll
have to probably get approval from China to do it.
But we have a lot of people that are interested
in a lot of people. I think China will be
interesting because it's to their benefit too, So I look
(24:30):
forward to that.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
But we have a lot of people that are interested
in TikTok. Quite a few.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
Those workers arrived today, Kevin Klager and others arrive today.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
At the IRS.
Speaker 8 (24:40):
Do you expect to close the IRS or what are
you expending?
Speaker 1 (24:44):
No, I don't expect it.
Speaker 7 (24:45):
Yeah, so I think that the Internal Revenue Service will
be looked at like everybody, it's just about everybody's going
to be looked at. So it's they're doing a hell
of a job. It's an amazing job they're doing. And
you know that force is building these I call it
the force of super geniuses, but it's building. And you know,
(25:05):
they go up and they talk to some of the
people about certain deals and the people get all tongue tied.
They can't talk because these people get it. They're very
smart people. We need smart people. Yes, yes, Bran, yes, sir.
As President, I know that during the campaign it was
huge in Pennsylvania as far as bringing back manufacturing. We
talked to any CEOs since the tariffs were now and
(25:27):
still in aluminum.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
They are in love with it.
Speaker 7 (25:31):
As you know, in Pennsylvania, US Steel is through the roof.
They're all through the roof. That's why I didn't want
US Steel to make a deal with Japan or anybody else.
I think it's going to do great. But I think
maybe more than anybody else's steel companies and a little
bit of companies. They're in love with what's happened. And
this will eventually be the car companies and chip companies.
(25:53):
We have to have chips made of this country right now.
Everything's made in Taiwan, practically almost all of it. A
little bit in South Korea, but everything, almost all of
it is made in Taiwan, and we wanted to be made.
We want those companies to come to our country. In
all due respect, you know, they took the business away.
Taiwan took our chip business away. We had Intel, We
(26:13):
had these great companies that did so well, and it
was taken from us. And we want that business back.
We want it back in the United States. And if
they don't bring it back, we're not going to be
very happy.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Pharmaceutical pharmaceuticals as well in China. That's national security to
bring that passes China and other places.
Speaker 7 (26:33):
We want to get the pharmaceutical and drug business back
into the United States where it should be on tariffs.
Speaker 10 (26:41):
Are you concerned that the countries that would be most affected,
like India, would just shift their trading to China.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
No, I'm not concerned about anything really. I mean, I'm
just I'm just doing what's fair. This is a very
fair thing. This should have been did a long time ago.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
I would have done it, but then covid hit I
was getting ready to do this years ago. First time
we have the most successful economy in history, and then
COVID hit and this was going to be the thing
that I was most waiting to do, but it was
awfully hard to do this with Italy and France and
Spain and these all those people were dying, and then
(27:16):
we put tariffs on.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
So I have a big heart.
Speaker 10 (27:20):
Would create When Kutin says that he really wants peace,
do you believe him?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Yeah? I believe he wants peace.
Speaker 7 (27:27):
I believe that President Putin when I spoke to him yesterday,
and I know him very well. Yeah, I think he
wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn't.
I think I'd like to see peace.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Do you trust I believe that. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
I believe that he would like to see something happen.
I trust him on this subject. I think he'd like
to see something happen. I think it could have happened
a long time ago. I think Biden number one, it
shouldn't have started, but it did. And now all those
cities are knocked down like demolition sites. All those beautiful
golden towers are knocked down. There's nothing going to replace them.
(28:04):
But much more importantly, you lost millions of people, a
lot of soldiers, but you lost millions of people when
they knock down those cities and they're all laying down
on the side, they're laying down just in ashes and
all crumbled up concrete. They literally look like a world
class demolition site. And many of them, almost all of them,
(28:26):
but many of them. And this should have been done
by Biden years ago. This should have never been allowed
to happen. I know, he's a friend of yours, He's
a friend of CNN. That's why nobody watches CNN anymore
because they have no credibility.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Okay, who else? Yes, you can find a buyer in
the United States for TikTok. Do you think Chiji King
will authorize the sale of it or will I'm going
to make it worthwhile for China to do it, I
think so.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
I mean I got to know TikTok because during the
election I ended up with thirty six percent higher than
my opponent with youth. That never happened before. I mean,
you know, there's always been a Democrat thing youth. It
became a Trump thing, and I think TikTok. I think
Joe Rogan was a part of that. Some of the
(29:10):
great people that I did interviews with were a part
of it, but I think that TikTok was a I
think it was a big part. Look, as you know,
we were up by thirty six percent with youth. The
REPUBLICA was never up with you, and I focused on
TikTok and I found it to be amazing actually and
very fair. And I think the image of TikTok is
(29:31):
different than it was before the election. I think people
saw it and they view it as a positive, not
a negative. I think it'll be to Shina's advantage to
have the deal be made.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Yeah, how much.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Money do you think you'll raise from pair of on
an annual basis?
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That's the most interesting question. I think it'll be a
staggering amount. It will be the external I call it
the external Revenue Service.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
That was a name that was.
Speaker 7 (29:59):
Devised a few of us. But I think it's going
to be a staggering amount.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You've heard is the number one trillion floated in meetings
with senators? Is that a number you thought?
Speaker 7 (30:09):
I don't know, But already the Senate's saying, well, you know,
they're looking at some of the numbers and they're saying,
WHOA this is? Look, we want to I say America first,
I say, make America great again. That's what we're doing.
This is I think it's the most important thing I've signed.
I've signed some very important things. Right to Try was
so important. I mean, a lot of important things. Space
(30:30):
force the biggest tax cuts in history. This could be
one of the most important things that we've ever signed.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
The Russians and President Putin to attend the summit inside.
Speaker 7 (30:39):
Of Irrabia eventually, yeah, not quite yet. It's a little early.
They're having a meeting in Munich tomorrow. Russia is going
to be there with our people. Ukraine is also invited.
By the way, I'm not sure exactly who's going to
be there from any country, but high level people from Russia,
(31:02):
from Ukraine and from the United States.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
How to Russia back sevens.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
I'd love to have them back. I think it was
a mistake to throw them out. Look, it's not a
question of liking Russia or not liking Russia. It was
the G eight and you know, I said, what are
you doing?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
You guys?
Speaker 7 (31:17):
All you talk about is Russia and they should be
sitting at the table.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
I think Putin would have loved to be back.
Speaker 7 (31:24):
Obama and a couple of other people made a mistake
and they got Russia out. It's very possible that if
that was the G eight, you wouldn't have had the
problem with Ukraine. And if I was president, you definitely
wouldn't have had the problem with Ukraine. Russia would have
never attacked Ukraine. But you ask a very good question.
The G eight used to be the G eight, and
then these people threw them out. And I was arguing
(31:47):
with Trudeau and with numerous of the people. Actually Prime
Minister Abbi, a great man from Japan, agreed with me
one hundred percent, and some of the others did too,
But I got there it was the G seven.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
As you know, they had already been terminated.
Speaker 7 (32:04):
I think it would have been very helpful, and it
still would be helpful to have Russia be a part
of that mix. And I think if they were, I
don't think you would have had the problem that you
have right now.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Rush out heart AE twenty.
Speaker 4 (32:15):
They kicked them out, of course, because they legally annexed CRIMEA.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
I mean, how would you.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
And it's about to wrap up, and RFK Junior has
now been sworn and officially we'll get to a lot
more of this on the other side, and we'll also
speak with the Attorney General of South Carolina all the
legal angles. By the way, they lost two major legal
angles today. We'll talk more about that as well.
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