And it's good to get along with Kim
Jong-un. And it's good to get along with
everybody, including President Lee. It's
good to get along, and I get along with
the foreign leaders. You see that with
uh the biggest group of foreign leaders
that we've ever had. Don't forget the
European Union was here also
representing a large group of countries
uh just recently. So, uh I believe that
uh we're going to get that war
straightened out. We're going to get it
done. I don't know that they'll meet.
Maybe they will, maybe they won't.
They'd like me to be at the meeting. I
said, "You are you guys ought to work it
out. It's between you. It's not us."
Now, in the meantime, we're not spending
any money on, as you know, on Ukraine.
We're selling military equipment to
NATO. NATO now is taking in, excuse me,
NATO now is taking in a large amount of
money from the countries. They're taking
in 5% of GDP versus 2%. They're paying
the 5%. They never paid the 2%, most of
them, or a lot of them. Uh NATO has a
lot of money. We are selling military
equipment to NATO at full price and
NATO's distributing that equipment to
wherever they are. I mean perhaps to
Ukraine. So NATO's working with Ukraine.
Biden was giving hundreds of billions of
dollars just willy-nilly just given
money. He had no idea where it was
going. It was terrible what was
happening. So we're not involved uh
anymore in terms of the cost. We're in
for $350 billion. As you know, I also
got the uh rare earth deal done with
Ukraine, which was worth much more than
the $350 billion dollars. But uh I'm not
interested in the money so much. Even
though we've done a great job in that
regard, I'm not interested in that. I'm
interested in stopping a war where last
week 7,19
soldiers died, both Russian and Ukraine.
Such a waste of life and humanity.
They're not from this country. They're
not from any other country other than
Ukraine for the most part other than
Ukraine and Russia. But it's a very
important thing to me to stop it. I
stopped seven wars. Wars that were
raging. One for 31 years, the Congo and
as you know, Rwanda, one for uh 35
years. I don't have to go into them. You
know the list better than I do. But we
stopped a lot of wars including uh you
think about it India and Pakistan which
was probably two weeks away from being a
nuclear war. They were shooting down
airplanes all over the place. So I was
I'm very proud of that. I thought this
would be in many ways the easiest way. I
have a very good relationship with
Putin. I thought it would be the easiest
one to stop and it's really not. It's
very complex. Uh it's very personal from
their standpoint. There's tremendous
dislike personally between the two men
and we're going to have to straighten
that out. But I would like to see them
meet first. They'd like me to be there.
I may be there. I may not. I I'll see.
But I wanted them to work out their
differences first because it is
ultimately between them. And when that
happens, I think we'll get an end.
>> Maybe they meet, maybe they don't. How
long are you willing to let this play
out? And if they don't meet, will there
be consequences? And how soon for
Russia? Yeah, there could be very big
consequences, but we'll see what
happens. There might be very big
consequences because this is something
that has to end. This war would have
never taken place. And for four years,
it didn't take place, but if I were
president, this war would have never
taken place. There has not been a war
like this since the Second World War.
This is the biggest thing that's
happened in terms of warfare, wars. It's
a whole new form of fighting. It's a
drone fighting. It's a drone war. No, a
drone war never existed before. And
we're actually studying it from the
standpoint of uh Pete Hexath and
everybody. We're studying it and
studying it very carefully. This is a
whole new form of war, but it's a
violent war and there has been nothing
like this since the Second World War. Uh
so we'll see what happens over the next
week or two and at that point I'll step
in very strongly and if I have to be
there, I'll be there and uh we'll either
have a deal or we won't.
>> But a lot of people are dying and I want
to get us Are you Mr. North?
>> Kim Jong-un wants to meet. When do you
want to meet with him?
>> The North Korean leader wants to meet.
How soon would you?
>> No, we want to have a meeting. I'd like
to have a meeting. I got along great
with him. You know, you were there. We
even had a press conference. He had his
first press conference. Kim Jong-un had
a press conference. This was a little
different press conference. I said,
"Have you done a press conference
before?" "No."
>> And you know what? He did great. He It
was a great press conference. Actually,
it was historic. I doubt he's done one
since. But I said, "Would you like to
meet the fake news?"
>> He goes, "Whatever you want to do." And
they came in and they came in like,
"You've never seen anything like it."
And then he said, "Enough." And that was
the end of the
was the end. It ended very rapidly. But
uh but he I think he had a good time. I
look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un
in the appropriate future.
South Korea.
>> Would you reduce the number of forces in
South Korea so that the United States
could have more flexibility in the reg
region?
>> Say,
>> would you consider reducing the number
of US forces in South Korea so that the
United States can have more?
>> Well, I want to say that now because
we've been friends and we're friends and
look, we have a lot of people over
there. We have over 40,000 troops in
South Korea. As you know, uh, South
Korea agreed to pay for that during my
last term. And then when Biden came in,
they complained to Biden that I wasn't a
nice person and he agreed not to pay. He
gave up billions of dollars. We were
getting paid billions of dollars. Uh but
then Biden ended that for whatever
reason. It's unbelievable that he did.
But we have a very good relationship
militarily. Uh they would say, "But we
gave you land." I said, "No, you didn't.
You lease us land." There's a big
difference between giving and leasing.
And maybe one of the things I'd like to
do is ask them to give us ownership of
the land where we have the big fort. You
know, we spent a lot of money building a
fort and there was a contribution made
by South Korea, but I would like to see
if we could get rid of the lease and uh
get ownership of the land where we have
a massive military base.
>> Would you
want to um Thank you, Mr. President. Uh
how are you planning to make I also want
to ask this question to Mr. President?
I'm Tongi. I'm from South Korea's Adidam
TV. Thank you so much. Um, so as
mentioned earlier, United States is
South Korea's most important and closest
allies. So in this point of view, I
would like to ask you and also President
E, uh, what do you think are the key
ways to make the South Korea US alliance
greater?
>> Well, I think it's great now. I mean,
I'm I feel very warmly
South Korea. I I will tell you that uh I
have a lot of people in business that I
deal with that are from South Korea.
They love Trump because they feel I've
saved I think you would have had a
nuclear war if I weren't I think you
would have had a nuclear war North Korea
and South Korea. I think it would have
been a disaster. You're only 60 miles
away from Soul. They don't even need
nuclear. They have their cannons, you
know, howitzers and they have them
buried in the mountain. You know what
I'm talking about. And uh I think you
would have had if I didn't if I didn't
win that election, if Hillary Clinton,
crooked Hillary won that election, I
think you would have had a nuclear war,
>> it would have taken place and it would
have been horrendous for everybody,
including them. It would have been very
bad for them because we would have had
to enter the picture and we are the most
powerful nuclear country in the world by
far. Russia's second, China's third,
China's going to catch eventually five
or six years. They're working to catch.
One of the things we're trying to do
with Russia and with China is uh
denuclearization
and we're it's very important. One of
the things I discussed with President
Putin the other it wasn't just that. It
was also other things and I think the
is a very uh it's a big aim but Russia's
willing to do it and I think China's
going to be willing to do it too.
>> We can't let
nuclear weapons proliferate. We have to
stop nuclear weapons. The power is too
great. Okay. Thank you.
>> Mr. President, I'd like to ask you
further question about South Korea and
US alliance. I'm I'm Anna from the Korea
Times and I'd like to ask you about the
trade deal that's on the table. Um you
mentioned about the ship building
industry and um President Lee mentioned
about the manufacturing industry and
what other areas or sectors that you
intend to focus on this trade deal
because Korea is bringing in many
investments and create jobs as well. So
I'd like to um know the opinions of both
how to get a beneficial outcomes for
both countries through this deal.
>> Well, we're going to get along great
because we you know we really um sort of
need each other.
We love what they do. We love their
product. We love their ships. We love a
lot of the things that they make and
they love what we have. We're dealing
with them on Alaska having to do with
the oil they need. You need oil and we
have it. So, we have a big advantage in
that way. We have a big We have more oil
and gas and coal and energy than any
other country in the world by far. No,
for whatever reason, God was very good
to us. He gave us the greatest. We
didn't use it. We We started to use
wind. Wind doesn't work. They started to
use solar panels that took over the land
all over the Midwest where the farmers
said, "What happened to my land?" They'd
have a 10 mile by 10 mile solar field
that they couldn't farm. The most the
most valuable land, farming land in the
world, probably the most vibrant in the
world. And they put solar plants all
over the place. It's ridiculous. Big
massive black fields of solar that all
comes out of China. All plastic all
comes out of China. But we have uh we
have the greatest amount of energy in
the world and we're dealing with South
Korea as you know in Alaska and we're
going to be making a deal a joint
venture with South Korea. Uh Japan is
involved also very strongly involved. So
we have Japan and South Korea and we're
actually the closest you know it seems
like quite far away. Alaska and but
actually it's right up right up the
little ocean right up the little Pacific
Ocean. It's actually pretty close,
relatively speaking, but we have more
oil and gas and coal than any other
nation in the world by far, and we're
going to use it. And that's the thing
that South Korea, I think, most wants
from us, I would think.
>> Mr. President, would you go back to the
DMZ to meet with the North Korean
leader?
>> Say it.
>> Would you go back to the DMZ to meet
with the North Korean leader?
>> I loved it. Remember when I walked
across the line and everyone went crazy,
especially Secret Service? I would say
they would.
>> And I looked into those windows. You
know, the windows are glass
>> that you could only see if you look
direct cuz there was all sorts of stuff.
But I looked in and I saw more rifles
pointing at me than you could. There
were a lot of rifles in that building.
The Secret Service was not happy. You
know the buildings I'm talking about,
the two blue buildings on each side. And
I walked up the middle and I looked in
the window and I saw more guns in that
room than I've ever seen in my life. I
looked at the other side and it was the
same thing.
>> And yet I felt safe. I felt safe because
I have a great relationship with Kim
Jong-un.
>> I hope it stays that way. I think it
will. I have a I have a very good
relationship. I understand them. I spent
a lot of free time with him talking
about things that we probably aren't
supposed to talk about.
>> And uh you know, I just I get along with
him really well.
>> I think he has a country of great
potential. Tremendous potential. Is it
possible you'd meet him this year or
maybe next year?
>> Well, I'm I'm meeting a lot of people. I
mean, it's hard to say that, but I'd
like to meet him this year. Uh,
President Xi would like me to come to
China. It's a very important
relationship.
>> As you know, we're uh we're taking a lot
of money in from China because of the
tariffs and different things. And uh
it's a very important relationship.
We're going to get along good with
China. I hear so many stories about
we're not going to allow their students
or we're going to allow their students
to come in. We're going to allow it's
very important 600,000 students. It's
very important. But we're going to get
along with China, but it's a different
relationship that we have now with
China. It's a much better relationship
economically
>> than it was before with Biden. Boy, what
he allowed that. I mean, they just took
him to the cleaners. You know the
expression? They took him to the
cleaners. I'm sure they have an equal
expression in South Korea, but but uh
they took that guy out for a ride like
nobody's ever been ridden before.
Terrible. But we have a very strong
relationship, Howard, I would say you
economically with China now getting much
better.
>> Uh they have to give us magnets. If they
don't give us magnets and then then we
have to charge them 200% tariff or
something, you know, but we're not going
to have a problem, I don't think, with
that. We we've I think that's perhaps
behind us. You know, China intelligently
went and they sort of took a monopoly of
the world's magnets and nobody needed
magnets until they convinced everybody
20 years ago. Let's all do magnets.
There were many other ways that the
world could have gone. But so for it'll
take us probably a year to have them. We
we're heavy into the world of magnets
now only from a national security
standpoint. But um but we have a
powerful thing. It's airplane parts.
have many Boeing jets. You know, they
had 200 jets that didn't fly. And I've
sent them all based on the his word. I
sent them all of the parts so their
planes can fly. I could have held them
back. I didn't do that because of the
relationship I have.
>> And they're fly their planes are now
flying. You know, we had uh 200 of their
planes were unable to fly because we
were not giving them Boeing parts
purposely because they weren't giving us
magnets. Therefore, we weren't giving
them. But we have a much more powerful
thing that's tariffs. If we uh if we
want to put a 100% 200% tariffs on, we
wouldn't do any business with China and
you know we'd be okay too if we had to.
But uh the magnet situation uh we have
tremendous power over them and they have
some power over us with magnets. We're
going to have a lot of magnets in a
pretty short period of time. In fact, we
have so many we won't know what to do
with them. But uh you know the story.
It's a very interesting history with
magnets. And it really is cuz presidents
not being business people, they allowed
that to happen and they shouldn't have.
But we have much more. I mean, look, in
terms of playing the cards, we have we
have much bigger and better cards than
they do.
>> But with that being said, I think we
have a great relationship. I spoke to
President Xi fairly recently and at some
point, probably during this year or
shortly thereafter, we'll go to China
and I think we're going to see a
magnificent site. It's a it's a great
country. on the national you and
presently actually are planning to go to
China. You mentioned either this year or
next year. Could you please share more
details about your plans going to China?
And also presently I think
>> maybe we'll go together. Do you want to
go together? We can share a plan. We'll
save energy. We'll save
we'll save a little you know the ozone
the ozone layer. Remember, President
Obama used to talk about the ozone layer
and then he'd fly to Hawaii to play a
round of golf in a 747
invitation. Mr.
jokingly, but if you want, you can go.
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>> I would like to go with
>> Do I Does he
If you want to go, I'm going to get
special permission. I'm sure you can go.
But, uh, we're going to have a great
relationship with China. I mean, it's
it's happening. You see it. It's
happening.
>> They have some cards. We have incredible
cards, but I don't want to play those
cards. That would
>> If I played those cards, that would
destroy China. I'm not going to play
those cards.
>> Mr. President, on the National Guard,
you've talked a lot about Democratic run
cities and states. Would you also
consider sending the National Guard into
red states and red cities that are also
seeing high crime?
>> Sure, but there aren't that many of
them. If you look at uh the top 25
cities that for crime, just about every
one of those cities is run by Democrats.
And you know, one of the bad things they
did, cashless bail, if you look back on
time, when they allowed a murderer out
that afternoon, you know, he'd kill
somebody and then couple of hours later,
he's walking the streets again.
Oftentimes killing again rapidly. Uh
cashless bail is a disaster. You saw we
had a news conference today on that.
wiping it out in DC immediately. Wiping
it out. It started in New York, I must
tell you. And uh it's it's been a
horrible thing for crime, especially
violent crime. So, we're going to end
cashless bail. Yes.
>> Thank you.
>> When will you deploy to Chicago and how
long are you keeping uh troops here in
Washington DC?
>> Discussion. Uh I really want to be
appreciated. You know, when we go into a
city and wipe out the crime, so DC, it
sounds so horrible. I'm I'm embarrassed
to say it in front of you because they
don't have anything like this.
>> Washington DC, sir, has not had a murder
in 11 days. Now, he's saying that's a
horrible thing to hear because they
don't have murders for ever. But
Washington DC, if you go back and check,
it's been many years since we went a
week without having a murder.
>> Now, we haven't had and I would say that
Washington DC right now is much safer
than Saul.
>> You know why? Because we have a friendly
neighbor. We have more friendly
neighbors. You have a different kind of
problem. We all have different problems.
But Washington DC is a very safe city
right now. People are going out to
dinner. Restaurants are opening. Uh
restaurants that were going to close are
now going to stay open. Uh friends of
mine are going out to dinner all the
time. They didn't go out to dinner for
four years. It went rampant during the
Biden years by just rampant. That's why
it Susie is very close to the mayor and
has a lot of respect for her. But I view
it maybe a little differently because
the mayor would say that it's gotten
better for 30 years. It's gotten better.
No, it's gotten worse. And the worst day
of all was when we just got to office
for the second time and it's in very bad
shape. So the mayor shouldn't be saying
that violent crime has been getting
better. It's been getting much worse.
And the day I took office, it was the
worst. And we did some minor things made
it a little bit better. But then we
said, "Look, we got to stop it because
too many people getting killed." And uh
we have not had a murder in 11 days. It
sounds crazy. I hate to say this in
front of this gentleman who I respect
because they don't have murders for
years but we have not had a murder in 11
days and that's going to go on for a
long time and there will be I guess
it'll happen a little bit but uh we have
a very safe city. This is one of the
safer cities right now in the country
and in a short period of time it'll be
like the border. Nobody came in through
our border for the last 90 days, three
months. We had zero illegal aliens from
the Congo, from South America, from all
over the world, from prisons coming in,
pouring into our country. Nobody, not
one person, and this is done by a
liberal group, a liberal think tank.
They do the work. Not one person has
come into our country. Think of that.
It's been amazing. And I didn't have to
go back to Congress and ask, "Biden
could have done this by himself." I did.
I said, "Close the borders." We had the
great Tom Hman. We had Christy, as you
know, Christy Nom, who did a fantastic
job. She's doing a fantastic job. Uh
Pete Haggath has been incredible with
the uh as I call it, the Department of
War. You know, we call it the Department
of Defense, but I between us, I think
we're going to change the name. You want
to know the truth? I think we're going
to have some information on that maybe
soon. But I think because you know,
Department of Defense, we won the World
War I, World War II. It was called the
Department of War and uh to me that's
really what it is. It's defense is a
part of that. But I have a feeling we're
going to be changing. I'm going to I'm
talking to the people. Everybody likes
that. We had an unbelievable history of
victory when it was Department of War.
Then we changed it to Department of
Defense. So that's a little thing. has
nothing to do with your country, but uh
it's something that I think you're going
to be hearing about or seeing about over
the next couple of weeks. Probably that
change is going to be made over the next
week or so.
>> Are there two Koreas, North and South,
or is there one Korea waiting to be
unified?
>> Well, I know it is two Koreas. I mean, I
just, you know, there was one Korea. It
was a very large country and a very
powerful country and it was a country
that went to war with China. President
Xi explained it went to war with China
many times over the last 2,000 years.
You had many I think he told me 51
times. So uh I remember I went to
President Xi. I said you know we're
having a problem with North Korea.
Straighten it out would you please? He
said well we have been to war with them.
And he I think he said 51 times but at
that time it was the whole of Korea. It
wasn't you know north and south.
And after he explained it, I said, "All
right, not going to be that easy." I
guess you're right. But you know, you
had one Korea and it was a very big
powerful nation. Now you have two big
powerful nations, but you have a
essentially a wall in between.
elaborate. Uh com comments uh the post
and comments uh you made on South Korea
early this morning like rais on churches
uh going into US military base purge
revolution.
How do you think about it?
Intel.
>> I heard from Intel that there was a raid
on churches. We're going to talk about
that later. I haven't spoken about it
yet, but when we meet and you know that
would be too bad if that's the case, but
I I did hear that from Intel that there
was a raid on churches, closing some
churches. So, we'll talk about that
later. I could ask you now if you want,
>> Mr. President. What convers?
if you'd like
>> because it did it didn't sound to me
like South Korea.
President Lee is speaking now uh without
live and simultaneous translation. This
is live from the Oval Office. As
President Trump brings up uh something
that he had mentioned earlier today on
social media, he referred to a purge or
a revolution underway in South Korea,
saying we cannot have that in due
business there. I'm seeing the new
president today at the White House and
of course here they are together in the
Oval Office and we want to get a better
sense of how he is answering this
question and whether it does provide uh
any any barriers to doing business with
>> Korea is has overcame. Let's keep
listening live on
>> turmoil following the self uh uh self
coup by the former president. Um
currently there is a factf finding
investigation by a special prosecutor
that was appointed by the national
assembly and this uh special prosecutor
>> is named deranged Jack Smith by the they
took him from our country. that question
deranged chef is a deranged sick
individual but go ahead go ahead
>> I'm only kidding
>> maybe I'm not
>> and that special uh prosecutor is not
under my control and so the special uh
prosecutor is conducting a factf finding
investigation and I would like to
explain about um uh the what you said
about uh US bases um they did not
conduct a search and seizure of American
bases but They looked into the control
the chain of command and the control
system of the Korean military,
>> right?
>> And I would be happy to uh explain about
this more in detail during our lunch
meeting.
>> I am sure it's a misunderstanding, but
you know there is a rumor going around
about churches raiding churches. So
we'll talk. I'm sure that worked out
fine.
>> Yeah, please go ahead.
>> Mr. President, what conversations have
you had with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu about what is going
on in Gaza? There was a UN backed report
that said there was a famine in Gaza
based on what you know and what you've
been briefed on. Do you agree with that?
>> So I I mean I deal with BB Betany
Netanyahu quite a bit and uh we had
great success obviously in Iran. We
knocked out their nuclear threat. That
would have been a horror show having
them have a nuclear weapon. They would
have used it too. We did very well
there. Uh right now they're talking
about Gaza City. There's always talking
about something. At some point it's
going to get settled. And I'm saying you
better get it settled soon. You have to
get it settled soon. And that means, you
know, nobody can forget October 7th.
People forget October 7th. That was one
of the most brut I've seen some terrible
things, some brutal things. That was
about as bad as it gets. And nobody can
forget that. With that being said, it's
got to get over with. It's got to get
over with because uh between the hunger
and all of the other problem worse than
hunger, death, pure death, people being
killed and uh you know, I'm the one that
brought back the hostages and I did it
with that gentleman right there, Steve
Whitoff, and with Marco. All of us, the
whole team, we worked together. Even the
trade people worked on it with us and we
brought back a lot of the hostages. Now
we're left with Would you say 20, Steve,
or would you say it's less than 20?
>> I hope it's 20. He hopes it's 20 because
some could be dead.
>> That's what he means, I assume.
>> So, we have 20, but there's rumors that
>> It's a terrible situation over there.
Terrible, terrible situation. Uh, but
it's coming to a head. It's coming to an
end.
>> Uh, we are sending, you know, we sent
$60 million of food over there just
recently. And, uh, I don't even know if
people know it. We distribute it
ourselves. We're giving a lot of food,
spending a lot of money on food, getting
it over there. We We have a lot of food.
We have a lot of oil and we have a lot
of We have the greatest farmers in the
world. So, we have a lot of food, but
we're sending a lot of it over to uh
Gaza
>> and we're feeding a lot of people. But
with all of that being said, it's a lot
of people to feed. And I think that we
will have I think within the next two to
three weeks, you're going to have pretty
good conclusive uh a conclusive ending.
And it's a hard thing to say because
they've been fighting for thousands of
years if you want to know. That's a
that's been a hot bed forever. But I
think we're doing a very good job, but
it does have to it does have to end. But
people can't forget October 7th.
>> Do you have do you do you plan to attend
Apex Summit to be heard in Korea?
>> Summit in South Korea?
>> Yes. Yeah, I'd love to. I'd love to.
last time I spoke in front of your
parliament and I love doing that.
Beautiful, beautiful respect they had
for our country and a beautiful room. I
remember how beautiful it was and I
enjoyed doing it. No, I could I could
see going I think I'm going for a trade
meeting to South Korea pretty soon.
You're hosting a trade meeting so I can
sneak away from that trade meeting and
we'll go and do something for the
president if he'd like me to do that.
Okay. But so we'll be going there fairly
soon.
If you can then it's good chance to meet
up Kim Jong-un again or maybe then how
about how do you think
>> you mean set them up together?
>> Yes.
>> That'd be interesting. We'll arrange a
meeting between you and Kim Jong-un.
Would you like that?
>> That's a very tough question right
there.
>> I don't know where that question is
leading.
>> Anyway, look, I I get along great with
Kim Jongun and if whatever I can do uh
having to do with South Korea and
getting people together. It should you
should get together, right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Smile.
>> Yeah. I want to ask
you turn out to be the worst one in the
room.
>> I ask about Masca Project. Masca. Masca
project.
>> She feel
Oh, yeah. Sure. We're going to do that.
>> I think we're going to do that very uh
very strongly. We're gonna have a big
within a period of, you know, it takes a
while. That's a hard one to start. Some
companies you can start easily. Ship
building is a tough one to start, but
we'll be uh we'll be doing that. Now,
with that being said, we make the best
submarines anywhere in the world. We
make submarines. We're 25 years ahead of
anybody else in submarines. So, we do
that, you know, we do that. But, we
really gave up the ship building
industry foolishly uh many years ago.
But, we're going to we're going to start
it up again. We're going to be making
our own chips again soon.
>> Okay. How about one or two more?
>> Briefed on the surge of John Bolton's
home and office from Friday. Have you
been briefed on that?
>> I have not been briefed. No, I read it
just like you did. Uh
>> I was never a fan of his. I thought he
was stupid.
>> I thought he was, you know, a guy that
only wanted to go into war. He liked
killing people.
>> I thought he was essentially a bad guy,
>> but I'm not involved in that. No, you'd
have to ask Pam Bondi about that. Are
more rates coming, sir? Are more raids
like that coming, sir?
>> Are more raids like the one on John
Bolton's house coming?
>> More raids? I don't know. You'd have to
ask the Department of Justice. They
raided my house. I can tell you that.
>> They did a big raid on my house. They
took away everything.
>> That wasn't pinned down. And they took
away some of that, too.
>> Uh, no. They raided Mara Lago. They
started that. These were bad people that
we had in our government before. They
raided Mara Lago. They went into my
wife's area. They went into my son's
area, my young son. And uh what they did
was a disgrace.
But uh how did it work out? Where? Oh, I
see. We're in the Oval Office.
>> Oh, I guess it didn't work out too well
for them, did it?
>> They are bad people. They're sick.
They're sick people.
>> And they came in with their guns into
Mara Lago and like 98 people. I wasn't
there. Fortunately, I wasn't there.
But they are they are very evil, very
sick people that group and they if they
would have won the election, this
country wouldn't exist as we know it.
This country would have been a failed
country
>> and now it's the hottest country
anywhere in the world by far. We are the
hottest country in the world by far.
Okay, another question. One more. Yes
sir. Go ahead.
>> Yeah. Uh President Lee met with the
Japanese prime minister uh people of
this summit.
>> That's good. So is there something to
discuss regarding the the cooperation
among the South Korea, US and Japan?
>> How many years?
>> I think so. I look, Japan is a great
ally of us. And I had a little bit of a
hard time getting you two together
because you're still thinking about
comfort women, right? Comfort women.
That's all they wanted to talk about was
comfort women. And uh I thought that was
settled a few times over the decades.
But there is a there is an over
overlapping problem with that. Perhaps
I'm wrong in saying it.
>> Perhaps this isn't right. But uh the
whole uh issue of
the women, comfort women very
specifically. We we talked and it was a
very it was a very big problem for
Korea, not for Japan. Japan was wanted
to go. They they want to get on and but
Korea was very stuck on that. You
understand?
>> So, uh I don't know perhaps you'd like
to answer. It's a good question. It was
hard getting Japan and Korea together
because of what took place a long time
ago.
But Japan wants to do it. I can say
Korea is a little bit more tenuous.
Please
President Lee taking another question
here as uh they talk geopolitics and
trade uh in the White House today. This
is live from the Oval Office with
President Trump and President Lee. Let's
listen to the translation.
>> US relationship as well.
because I know that President Trump that
you've put emphasis on trilateral
cooperation, right?
>> I made a visit to Japan before coming to
the US to settle the difficult issues
that we have.
Well, Japan Japan wants to get along
very well with you and I find them to be
great people, great country obviously,
and they want very much to get along
with South Korea and you have something
in common. You know, you want to solve
the North Korea problem, but uh Japan
very much wants to get along with you
and I'm sure they will. They're I find
the people that I deal with to be
wonderful people as I do with you.
So when I visited Japan and met with
Prime Minister Ishiba, I realized that
many of the obstacles that existed
between our two countries were have now
been removed.
>> True. During my term,
>> we removed them during my term.
>> There was an overlay a little bit, but
but we removed many of those obstacles
during my term.
And uh you know uh if you look at Prime
Minister Abby who who was a great man,
he was a great friend of mine and he was
assassinated
>> but he felt very warmly toward your
country. I can tell you that
>> and the current prime minister who I've
gotten to know very well is feels the
same way. So I think you're going to
have a great relationship with Japan.
Steve, go ahead.
>> Just to close a loop on Gaza. Is there a
diplomatic push underway to try to get
all this to end?
>> Oh, there's a diplomatic push.
>> No. Yes, there there has been. Yeah,
sure. Right now, Steve, I would say uh
very serious diplomatic push. Marco or
Steve, I want to Marco, do you want to
answer that first?
>> Yeah, we it's never stopped. We've
always looked to find a solution there.
Ultimately, as the president said, we
want it to end. It has to end with no no
Hamas.
>> Thank you, sir.
>> Steve, where are we? I I would say that
we wouldn't be anywhere but for the
president's truth last week which was a
statement to Hamas that um they better
get their act together and uh and and
get to the peace table. But for that it
would have been all stalled. So um as
usual he is the man who moves it.
>> Thank you sir.
>> Thank you very much everybody.
>> Head out.
Thank you. Thanks guys. Let's go. Let's
go.