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Chapter 1: What happened during Trump's latest press conference?
Donald Trump just wrapped up a disastrous press conference in the Oval Office here. He says that the United States is doing very well with Russia, and he says they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine, and Ukraine doesn't have the cards, and that's why the U.S. is doing well with Russia. It's horrifying. Here, play this clip.
Russia, if I may, President Putin is bombing Ukraine.
Do you still believe him when he tells you that he wants peace?
You know, I believe him. I believe him. I think we're doing very well with Russia. But right now, they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine and Ukraine. I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don't have the cards. They don't have the cards.
Yeah, now it's just a bizarre scene in the White House as Donald Trump says that Putin is hitting Ukraine harder. He keeps on saying that, but he says that's how you know Putin wants peace. He's doing what he should be doing. He's hitting them harder, he says. Here, play this clip.
Peter, it's a lot of soldiers on both sides, I agree. Do you, Mr. President, think that Vladimir Putin is taking advantage of the U.S. pause right now on intelligence and military aid to Ukraine?
I actually think he's doing what anybody else would do. I think he wants to get it stopped and settled, and I think he's hitting them harder than he's been hitting them. And I think probably anybody in that position would be doing that right now. He wants to get it ended, and I think Ukraine wants to get it ended, but I don't see it. It's crazy. They're taking tremendous punishment.
I don't quite get it, but I suspect, Michael, he probably wants to get it ended.
He does, Mr. President. The Russians are taking incredible losses on the front. As the president has said, this is a meat grinder of people, of material, of national treasure. And no one else has any solutions except to let this war continue forever. But I'll add.
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Chapter 2: What is Trump's stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
No, I think the labor market is going to be fantastic, but it's going to have high paying manufacturing jobs as opposed to government jobs.
Donald Trump is asked how much longer Americans should expect things to cost more. And Trump says, look, there are some disturbances. There may be disturbances. That's what they're calling it here. Play this clip.
Millions of Americans watched your joint address earlier this week where you warned that there could be a little disturbance that Americans could feel as a function of these taxes, these tariffs. How much disturbance are you willing to accept in the near term as a function of that? And to set expectations, how long should Americans expect things to cost a bit more?
Well, so far, Peter, there hasn't been very much because these numbers are coming up. We're here for just a little over four weeks. And these are fantastic numbers. I was watching some of the reports this morning. They were surprised. There could be some disturbance, a little bit of disturbance.
I solved a little bit of that because I have respect for our auto companies, and I gave them a little bit of a one-month reprieve because it was unfair, although I'm sure they'll take advantage of it. I see they're driving a lot of cars into the U.S. to try and avoid the tariffs and, you know, taking advantage of it a little bit. But, yeah.
They were they called me, they asked me, they said, could they have a little bit of just so you see also earlier in the day, one of the new phrases that we're hearing from the White House and the Trump administration is a detox that we all need to experience a detox. which is kind of short term pain, but it will be for long term good.
Here is Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Besant using that term detox here. Play this clip.
Could we be seeing that this economy that we inherited starting to roll a bit? Sure. And look, There's going to be a natural adjustment as we move away from public spending to private spending. The market and the economy have just become hooked. We've become addicted to this government spending, and there's going to be a detox period. There's going to be a detox.
Just so you see also how Fox is spinning this all before Trump's disastrous Oval Office appearance. Here's Maria Bartiromo calling what's about to happen Biden's recession. Let's play it.
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Chapter 3: How does Trump respond to questions about military aid to Ukraine?
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