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Chapter 1: What happened during Trump's press conference with Netanyahu?
During a day of massive market volatility, Donald Trump held a disastrous press conference in the Oval Office with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by his side. With Netanyahu sitting there, Donald Trump again talked about controlling and owning the Gaza Strip and moving Palestinians out to different places, he says. Donald Trump also says that he's not looking at pausing tariffs.
Let me show you what went down in the Oval Office. Here, Donald Trump is asked about being open to pause the tariffs. Trump says he's not looking into that. Play this clip.
Would you be open to a pause in tariffs to allow for negotiations?
Well, we're not looking at that. We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us and they're going to be fair deals. And in certain cases, they're going to be paying substantial tariffs.
They'll be fair deals. In this next clip here, Donald Trump talks about moving the Palestinians to different countries and controlling and taking over Gaza himself. Play this clip. Mr. Reverend, from the Times of Israel, the IDF is fighting to get into Gaza Strip.
I myself might be called up in a month. Do you think that's the way to pressure Hamas to get to a deal? And do you think blocking humanitarian aid is also an effective pressure? Well, you know how I feel about the Gaza Strip. I think it's an incredible piece of important real estate. And I think it's something that we would be involved in.
But, you know, having a peace force like the United States there controlling and owning the Gaza Strip would be a good thing. because right now all it is is for years and years all i hear about is killing and hamas and problems and if you take the people the palestinians and move them around to different countries and you have plenty of countries that will do that and you really have a freedom
A freedom zone. You call it the freedom zone. Trump is asked about mixed messages coming out of the White House about tariffs and about other economic policy. Then Donald Trump randomly says, we need open borders. Yes, we need open borders, says Donald Trump. Play this clip.
Two questions. Do you expect any of these deals to be made before April 9th? And secondly, there have been some mixed messages from your administration. You're talking about negotiations and yet others in your administration are saying that these tariffs are actually permanent. What is the action?
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Chapter 2: Did Trump discuss tariffs and negotiations with other countries?
I'm not worried about it. I'm not worried about it. They want to be in the hands of the U.S. They don't want to be in the hands of the Chinese. And The Chinese have turned out to be really not very good at that. People that are with us, they're with us. But we cannot be taken advantage of any longer. I used to watch these deals for years. I've been talking about it for years.
You know, I've been talking about it for 35 years, how our country is being ripped off. I mean, which it is. 30 years ago it was Japan, then it was something else, then it was another group, then it was China. China's doing the best job of it, frankly, and it's just not gonna happen, not gonna happen.
Donald Trump continues to whine about China's massive surplus, play this clip.
all of the people that say well deficits if we have a deficit with the country if the country has a big surplus with us like china has a massive surplus that they take and they spend on their military well we don't want that i don't want them to take 500 600 billion dollars a year and spend it on their military i don't want them spending money on their military and i shouldn't have to spend money we shouldn't have to spend it either because you know hopefully and i said this to president xi hopefully it's money that we're never going to use
In other words, because we're not going to use those incredible weapons that we have and that they have.
Then Donald Trump brags about the economy. He says, things are going great. He goes, this is the best. Everything is down at levels that nobody thought was possible. Yeah, what do you mean? People's 401ks? You mean people's retirement and life savings, Donald? Is that what you mean? Here, play this clip.
We have energy is down. We have interest rates are down. We have groceries, meaning food is down. We have everything is down at levels that nobody ever thought possible. Energy looks like it's going to be in the $2.50 a gallon range and maybe below that.
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Chapter 3: What are Trump's views on Gaza and Palestinian relocation?
And then Donald Trump threatens Iran. Play this clip. About this.
A lot of people think that those talks are not going to lead anywhere because the Iranians will never be. I think that's a possibility. If diplomacy fails, is the United States under your leadership ready to take military action to destroy the Iranian nuclear program and remove this threat?
I think if the talks aren't successful with Iran... I think Iran is going to be in great danger. And I hate to say it, great danger, because they can't have a nuclear weapon.
You know, it's not a complicated formula. Should also be noted while that was taking place, we saw some headlines like this. European Union proposes 25% tariffs on U.S. goods. Apple plans to source more iPhones from... India, not Indiana, from India.
I think I saw the stat from Fortune magazine that did a breakdown that if all aspects of the supply chain for Apple were brought to the United States, a single iPhone would cost $30,000 per iPhone if every part was made here in the United States versus the way things are sourced through the international supply chain.
Ken Langone, the Home Depot founder and owner, said that these tariffs are the most idiotic thing. This is Republican right-wing guys. You get Ken Langone. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. I wanted to bring you what went down in that Oval Office disaster. Thanks for watching. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 5 million subscribers.
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