U.S. President Donald Trump said there is a chance a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be reached, suggesting progress may come sooner than expected.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said, “There’s a chance we can get this done, maybe soon,” while referencing his past claims of mediating international conflicts. “You know, you’ve heard me say, I settled eight wars,” he added.
Trump did not provide details on what form any potential negotiations might take or what role the United States could play. The comments come as fighting continues in Ukraine and diplomatic efforts remain stalled amid deep divisions between Moscow, Kyiv and Western allies.
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Speaking to reporters, Trump said, “There’s a chance we can get this done, maybe soon,” while referencing his past claims of mediating international conflicts. “You know, you’ve heard me say, I settled eight wars,” he added.
Trump did not provide details on what form any potential negotiations might take or what role the United States could play. The comments come as fighting continues in Ukraine and diplomatic efforts remain stalled amid deep divisions between Moscow, Kyiv and Western allies.
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00:00The President is pretty amazing.
00:02Hello, everybody.
00:04How are you, President?
00:05Yeah, that's okay.
00:07That's all right.
00:09Thank you very much.
00:14Well, this is a big day, and many reasons —
00:24and really, for many reasons.
00:26And I have a very distinguished group of people behind me —
00:30mostly medical people and brilliant people.
00:34And they really know what they're doing.
00:36And I just want to thank them.
00:38They gave — truly gave their lives in terms of the time
00:42and all of the incredible work they've done over the years
00:46in arriving at the position they have now —
00:49most respected people in the country.
00:51Today, I'm pleased to announce that I will be signing an executive order
00:55to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III control substance
01:00with legitimate medical uses.
01:03We have people begging for me to do this —
01:08people that are in great pain.
01:11For decades, this action has been requested by American patients
01:14suffering from extreme pain, incurable diseases,
01:18aggressive cancers, seizure disorders, neurological problems,
01:22and more, including numerous veterans with service-related injuries
01:27and older Americans who live with chronic medical problems
01:30that severely degrade their quality of life.
01:33And it's so — really, I mean, just — I can't tell you.
01:39I think I probably have received more phone calls on this —
01:43on doing what we're doing.
01:46I don't think I've received any calls on the other side of it.
01:50But hopefully, this reclassification —
01:52which, by the way, polls at 82 percent —
01:55will help many of those patients live a far better life.
01:59We're joined today by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
02:03who's doing a fantastic job,
02:05Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
02:10Dr. Mehmet Oz, the FDA Commissioner,
02:13Dr. Marty McCary, Director of the National Institutes of Health,
02:18Dr. Jay Bhattacharya,
02:21and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
02:25Dr. Nora Valkow,
02:28as well as Dr. Ilana Braun from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
02:33Duke University's Dr. David Kassaret,
02:36the National Commander of the American Legion, Dan Wiley,
02:40and my friend Howard Kessler.
02:41Howard, how are you feeling?
02:43I'm telling you, he looks better than he did 20 years ago.
02:47But I don't want to go through what you went through to get there.
02:51But it looks like you're doing great.
02:53I'm proud of you.
02:54I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign
02:59is not the legalization or —
03:03it doesn't legalize marijuana in any way, shape, or form,
03:07and in no way sanctions its use as a recreational drug.
03:11It has nothing to do with it.
03:13Just as the prescription painkillers may have legitimate uses,
03:17but can also do irreversible damage and never —
03:21you know, if you look at some of the damage that can be caused,
03:26wreck lives and if it's abused.
03:29It's never safe to use powerful controlled substances
03:32in recreational matters.
03:34And especially in this case, if you take a look,
03:38illegal and unregulated drugs —
03:40very, very bad thing.
03:42So I've always told my children,
03:44don't take drugs, no drinking, no smoking,
03:47and just stay away from drugs.
03:49I have been — they would look at me and they said,
03:52Dad, would you stop saying that?
03:54I would say every time I looked at it, practically.
03:57Young Americans are especially at risk,
03:59so unless a drug is recommended by a doctor
04:02for medical reasons, just don't do it.
04:05At the same time, the facts compel the federal government
04:09to recognize that marijuana can be legitimate
04:13in terms of medical applications,
04:15when carefully administered in some cases.
04:18This may include the use as a substitute for addictive
04:21and potentially lethal opioid painkillers.
04:24They cause tremendous problems.
04:26This can do it in a much lesser way.
04:29It can make people feel much better
04:33that are living through tremendous pain and problems.
04:36Forty states and multiple U.S. territories
04:39have already recognized the use of medical marijuana.
04:42This reclassification order will make it far easier
04:46to conduct marijuana-related medical research,
04:49allowing us to study benefits, potential dangers,
04:52and future treatments.
04:54It's going to have a tremendously positive impact, I believe.
04:59We're also asking Congress to reconsider its classification
05:02of hemp-derived CBD to ensure seniors can access CBD products
05:09they have found beneficial for pain.
05:12And are the reasons some people are literally dying
05:15and they're dying with tremendous pain.
05:17And this can, in many cases, literally stop it.
05:22And they have their senses about them,
05:24as opposed to painkillers, which don't allow that.
05:27Don't allow them to die with dignity, frankly.
05:31I promise to be the President of Common Sense,
05:35and that is exactly what we're doing.
05:37This is really something having to do with common sense.
05:39And it's something having to do with the fact
05:41that so many people that I respect ask me to do it.
05:45People that are having problems, big problems.
05:47They are having big problems with illness,
05:49with cancer in particular.
05:52I now want to ask Dr. Oz to say a few words,
05:55followed by Dr. Braun, Dr. Cassaret, Dan Wiley,
05:59and Dr. Valkow.
06:01And we'll sign the order as soon as they're complete.
06:07And we'll take some questions.
06:09Please, go ahead.
06:10The President, thank you for always bravely pushing
06:12for common sense change, as you call it.
06:15So, President Trump, Secretary Kennedy,
06:17have been pushing for change.
06:20They are passionate and a desire to help the American people.
06:23And they have relentlessly pursued this agenda
06:25throughout this administration.
06:27This also includes a deep passion for research.
06:29Gold standard research, as Secretary Kennedy also says.
06:32But there's another side to the President that often isn't reflected
06:35in media reports, and that's the deep passion he has
06:38for the people in his life.
06:40And he has called me frequently about the people who are calling him,
06:43as he alluded to, who are saying that they've got problems
06:47and they got relief from some of the solutions we're talking about today.
06:51Howard Kessler, who's standing behind me here,
06:53who's a mutual friend of ours, was an early caller of the President.
06:56Many others have ever reached out as well.
06:58And Howard's been a passionate advocate for avoiding narcotics,
07:02especially in seniors, and particularly seniors suffering from cancer.
07:06And that's a population that is a very important one.
07:09And it's a sympathetic population that's like, that's desirous
07:12of trying new ways, besides some of the conventional approaches
07:15that have been tested by pharmaceutical companies,
07:17but have untoward side effects.
07:19At the beginning of the year, one of the first things the President told me,
07:22he doesn't actually tell you, he demanded from me,
07:25that my agency, CMS.
07:27Nobody demands from him.
07:29Nobody. You have to know him.
07:31That's right. Go ahead.
07:33Used all tools it is wherewithal to find a better way to help seniors.
07:37A passion for a population that has gotten left behind with these discussions.
07:42I promised that we would find an answer, even though it had not been done before.
07:47And today, we are delivering on that promise.
07:49Today, our Innovation Center at CMS is announcing a new model
07:53and additional actions to give seniors access to cannabinoids.
07:57These are CBDs.
07:59They're not addictive, which many are already using to manage pain.
08:02There's some clinical evidence that's showing that CBDs provide relief from common conditions
08:06that affect Americans, including cancer symptoms and chronic pain
08:11and a slew of other problems that affect disproportionately seniors and our veterans.
08:15And six in ten people who use the CBDs report that they improve their pain.
08:22I think all of those people are calling the President,
08:25judged on the number of calls in the support of what we're doing today.
08:28And sometimes these decisions are difficult, and there's a reason this hasn't happened before.
08:33And there's a reason, Mr. President, that every President before you has whiffed on this issue.
08:37It's tough.
08:38And I know there's going to be a lot of discussion about it.
08:40That's why we're so passionate about making it clear that this patchwork that we're working within now,
08:46the laws and regulations, they're leaving patients and doctors without adequate guidance on the safeguards
08:52of how to use these products, even though they're still being used.
08:54At Medicare, we cover 68 million Americans, including people under the age of 65.
09:00And they did not have a way of providing these treatments until today.
09:04With the President's insistence, that's all changes.
09:07The Innovation Center models are going to allow millions of Americans on Medicare to become eligible to receive CBD as early as April of next year.
09:15And at no charge, if their doctors recommend them.
09:19Thanks to the hard work of the entire CMS team, especially Abe Sutton and Guida Dio at the Innovation Center,
09:26the accountable care organizations in this country working in Medicare will be able to provide these products, again, at no cost to patients.
09:32Medicare Advantage insurers, and we've been calling them, are also agreeing to consider CBD to be used for the 34 million Americans that they cover.
09:40If you can hear my voice and you're over 65, you should pay attention to this executive order because it's going to touch your life.
09:45Again, this all becomes active after the first quarter of next year.
09:48These CBD products must first meet local and state quality and safety standards.
09:52They must come from legitimate sources, and they must abide by other regulations of those states.
09:57With these boxes checked, patients can be eligible for up to $500 of hemp-derived products each year.
10:04This is the first government-led testing of quality and outcomes for patients across different conditions.
10:09And it delivers on the need for more data collection and research into hemp usage.
10:14CMS is going to collect data — that's our job — on the patients that are being given these products by their physicians.
10:19And in accordance with all the privacy and security regulations, we're going to analyze that data.
10:23We're going to make it publicly available to everybody to be able to analyze with us.
10:27If it shows promise, we will expand access to these products to even more conditions amongst Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
10:34I want to thank not just the Secretary, but Marty McCary.
10:37We want a lot of companies who are doing this research that approach the FDA for formal approval.
10:41That is the right way to move forward.
10:43And Jay Bhattacharya, who's hiding in the back, he rarely hides.
10:46But Jay runs NIH, and he's agreed to support initiatives to study the data that we're collecting.
10:52Howard Castro, God bless you for being a pain in our sides.
10:55Mr. President, he's promised to stop calling you.
10:59But on this issue, he'll call you on other issues.
11:02And I thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for taking a difficult stance.
11:05The President, thank you very much.
11:07Okay.
11:08Ms. Mr. President, members of the Cabinet, thank you so much for the opportunity to be here.
11:13And for your leadership in rescheduling cannabis from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3.
11:18This decision will accelerate scientific research and expand what can responsibly be studied.
11:24I'm a cancer psychiatrist and medical cannabis researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
11:31Over the past decade, federal investment in research has helped transform cancer care.
11:36People are living longer than ever before.
11:39But cancer care is not only about treating the tumor.
11:42It's also about addressing the anxiety, the fear, the stress that can come with a diagnosis.
11:47Symptoms that can interfere with treatment and make recovery much more difficult.
11:52Many medications we use for acute anxiety carry significant risks, particularly in the older adults.
11:59That's why we're studying specific natural compounds found in cannabis, including the non-addictive cannabidiol,
12:07to understand whether they can safely and effectively help manage anxiety during cancer treatment.
12:12Rescheduling allows us to ask these questions rigorously about dosing, about safety, and who may benefit most.
12:19This research reflects the best of federal investment, helping people not only live longer, but live better.
12:26Thank you, Mr. President, for supporting careful science-based research that puts patients first.
12:33Thank you, Doug.
12:34That was beautiful.
12:36I'll add my vote of thanks, Mr. President.
12:38I never really thought this day would come.
12:41I met a patient about 20 years ago, a retired professor named Elizabeth, who came to my clinic.
12:47She was dying of pancreatic cancer.
12:49And she asked me then whether cannabis might help her.
12:53And I said no, because that's what I learned in medical school.
12:56She reached into her briefcase, took out a three-inch tall stack of articles, put them down on my desk, and said,
13:02really, doctor?
13:04You should read these.
13:05You might learn something.
13:07And I did read those articles.
13:08Every single one.
13:09I found a bunch more.
13:10And I did learn something.
13:11I learned that there actually is some medical benefit to cannabis that I had not anticipated, never heard about in medical school.
13:18Second, I learned that there was a lot we don't know.
13:20And third, I learned it's really, really, really difficult to do high-quality randomized control trials of a substance that's federally illegal.
13:28This rescheduling has the potential to change all of that and to rewrite the way that we do research related to cannabis in the United States in three ways.
13:36First of all, it'll democratize the research process so that all academic institutions can participate in research, not just elite academic medical centers.
13:45Number two, it'll give patients and researchers access to highly refined, reliable sources of cannabis rather than relying on one or two sources around the country.
13:54And last but not least, it'll let us do the sorts of large-scale randomized controlled trials that we do in oncology and cardiology.
14:00Not dozens of patients, but hundreds or thousands of patients.
14:03That's how we learn, that's how we produce valuable knowledge that's useful in guiding treatment decisions.
14:08Mr. President, without you, this never would have been possible.
14:11And my patients and I and all of our families are grateful.
14:15Thank you, Doctor, very much.
14:17Mr. President, I am Dan Wiley, National Commander of the American Legion, representing 1.5 million veterans.
14:26We are the biggest, largest veterans organization.
14:29We have 2.5 million members of our American Legion family.
14:33And I want to start by thanking you for your leadership on this issue.
14:38This issue is extremely important to the American Legion.
14:41And I want to thank you on behalf of the veterans who are going to benefit from potentially the research regarding this issue.
14:50I also want to thank you for your VA secretary, Secretary Collins, and his work on difficult veterans issues with us this past year.
15:01The VA has worked with us on our Be The One mission, which is a mission to fight the epidemic of veteran suicide.
15:09Veterans are disproportionately affected by conditions such as PTSD, TBI, depression, and chronic pain.
15:21And with this reclassification, it will allow research to be conducted with regard to cannabis.
15:30There is anecdotal evidence that cannabis benefits these conditions.
15:35And now we'll have an opportunity to see if research does prove that it is effective.
15:41And if it is so, then it'll open up a whole new method of treatment for our veterans with regard to this particular issue.
15:50And so, again, I just want to thank you for your leadership and thank you on behalf of the American Legion for this executive order.
15:57Thank you. Such great people.
15:59Thank you very much, Mr. President.
16:00That have suffered and will suffer a lot less now.
16:02You're right.
16:03Based on what I hear.
16:06Anybody else?
16:07Good afternoon.
16:08Please.
16:09I'm Nora Volkov.
16:10I'm Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
16:12And for us, the rescheduling opens the door to actually be able to accelerate the rate at which we can do research and discovery.
16:20And research is crucial in order for us to, for example, understand what may be and for whom the dangers of cannabis.
16:27Yes, cannabis can be addictive.
16:29And certainly people, adolescents and children may be the most vulnerable.
16:34But we cannot close our eyes to research and the opportunity that we are hearing from patients that for some of them cannabis can solve their problem.
16:43And so what we need to do is do research, number one, to understand what are those conditions.
16:48Number two, in order to be able to optimally learn how to use it.
16:52And to understand, number three, who is a danger.
16:55And it is knowledge that will allow us to optimally benefit, take the benefits that may be behind cannabis as research shows.
17:04But on the other hand, also enable us better to do prevention interventions to protect those that are most vulnerable.
17:11So thanks very much.
17:12Great job.
17:13Thank you very much.
17:14Thank you, Doctor.
17:15Bobby, do you have something to say?
17:17I'll just echo.
17:20Thank you, Mr. President.
17:22Thank you for your leadership and vision.
17:24And finally, getting to closure on this issue.
17:27This is a question, a scientific question, that has divided our country for many, many years.
17:36And there are valid claims on both sides.
17:38On one side, patients and physicians attest that cannabinoids and THC can have miraculous effects on chronic pain, on epilepsy, on PTSD, on chemotherapy-induced nausea.
17:56My friend, Howard Kessler, with whom we wouldn't be here today, has drove this change in the schedule.
18:08And he did it because of his own experience in mitigating the impacts of chemotherapy.
18:15There's nothing to gain from this.
18:17He just saw something that worked for him, that worked for thousands of other Americans, and he wants to make it available to them.
18:25On the other side, there are valid claims about the negative impacts, about addiction, about psychosis, about adverse public health impacts, and impacts particularly on young people.
18:39So the evidence on all of these is anecdotal and hypothetical because we have not been able to do scientific studies.
18:49There is no standardized dosing.
18:53And if you don't have standardized dosing, any study that you do is comparing apples to pears.
19:00And we don't know the difference between botanicals and synthetics.
19:05And all of these questions we're now going to be able to answer.
19:08Five administrations have promised to act on this issue.
19:12The Biden administration promised to do this, and the proposal began during the Biden administration.
19:17It got mired down in the chaos and inertia and disorganization of that.
19:23And I want to thank President Trump, who made the promise during the 2024 election that he was going to come in and solve this issue, that he was going to take decisive action.
19:34And he has kept that promise today.
19:37And so thank you, President Trump, for your vision.
19:40And because of that, we will have answers very soon.
19:44This will finally allow us to study this issue and to answer these questions for the American people.
19:50Thank you very much, Robert.
19:51Thank you very much, Robert.
19:52For just a mention, Howard Kessler, a friend of mine, one of the most successful people in the country, came to see me on more than one occasion, actually.
20:06And he had some real difficulty about three and a half, four years ago.
20:11And he went through hell.
20:13And during his going through hell, he probably sampled everything you can sample when you're going through that, Howard.
20:19through that out and he came to me said there's been nothing like this and we're gonna have to
20:24take a good strong look at it and that's what he asked me to do and others have likewise said that
20:30many others many I mean you know again it's I've never been inundated by so many people as I have
20:39about this particular reclassification and I don't know that you have anything to say out if
20:45you'd like you could say yeah whatever you want to help the people 65 and over and make a difference
20:51in their lives and we have machines and talent I could do it not in eight-year clinical trials
20:58but in a year and we're going to prove that to be may change the world really in health care
21:03thank you mr. president and I'm far younger than 65 so this does not pertain to me thank you I don't
21:11want it okay I'm not gonna be taking it but a lot of people do want a lot of people need it and thank
21:18you Howard for really opening a lot of eyes okay we'll sign it we'll take some questions from the
21:26press you can ask the doctors and questions and it's an honor to do this
21:41that's a good one thank you thank you very much everybody any questions please mr. president a health
22:07related question on your health care plan you've said you want to make direct payments to Americans
22:12but these Obamacare subsidies are expiring now in a matter of just a few days more than 20 million
22:17Americans are now bracing for their premiums to skyrocket are you going to let this happen or will
22:23you intervene yeah they will skyrocket because it was never any good I'd like to see the money that is
22:28going to the insurance companies and by the hundreds of billions of dollars you know their stocks are up
22:341,400 percent 1,800 percent and 1,624 percent stocks are up through the roof over a fairly short period
22:43of time because they're getting vast amounts of money I want that money to go to the people directly
22:48and let the people buy their own health care and they'll get much better health care than they get
22:55with the unaffordable care act as it's as it's known by a lot of people it is virtually unaffordable for
23:01people it's a bad thing we can have a great thing let the money go directly to the people and let
23:07them buy their own health care is there anything you can do now mr. president this is going to be
23:14this is going to be right now as far as I'm concerned we just got data today do we have federal
23:19exchanges where people come shopping for the ACA and the president hasn't heard this yet but we've
23:24talked to the team the percentage change from last year was down 2.7 to 2.8 percent not the massive
23:32numbers that have been predicted and there's many possible reasons for this but right now Americans
23:37are signing up for these programs despite all the things that have been going on 2.8 percent is a tiny
23:43fraction of what many had claimed would happen and I think it speaks to the fact the American people
23:48appreciate these ACA plans are already subsidized over 80 percent so it's a good deal even if you
23:54don't get the extra 15 20 percent it's a great it's a great solution to much better health care
24:02at a much lower cost yeah please do you want congress to extend these ACA subsidies well I'd like not to
24:08be able to do it I'd like to get right into this and I'd ask Oz this question in particular but I'd like
24:14to see us get right into this I don't know why we have to extend this could be done rapidly if
24:19the Democrats would come along we have a problem the insurance companies own the Democrat party they
24:26own it and the Democrats having a hard time they give a lot of money to the Democrats very little
24:32money to Republicans by the way a lot of money to Democrats and they're gonna have to decide do
24:37they want to do the right thing or do they want to be beholden to they you know insurance companies
24:43they're making a fortune I want the money to go to the people go ahead Oz how would you say that I
24:49agree with the president we have some ideas out there Congress is working through some concepts
24:54but I just want to emphasize that the ACA's are not imploding based on the data we just received from
24:59the federal marketplace this can go very quickly actually yes please can I ask you clarify something
25:05for me on the Federal Reserve how many people are you interviewing for the Fed Chairman and what did
25:10you think of Chris Waller I think he's great I mean he's been a man who's been there a long time
25:16somebody that I was very involved with sense of his career and he's a fantastic man I met him
25:24yesterday again so how many people are you looking at we're talking to three or four I think every one
25:32of them would be a good choice honestly we'll be making a decision pretty much Michelle Bowman on that
25:37list too we can interview her she's fantastic she's a fantastic person thank you mr. president
25:43some GOP lawmakers have written to you in recent days saying they're concerned this executive order
25:47could normalize drug use for youth how would you respond to that you think about this particular
25:52tonight well I think I'd let one of the doctors respond to it because they can do it a lot better
25:57than me but I can only tell you that when you see polls of 82 percent of the people want this
26:02when I have friends that are really really sick and they've gone through I guess you could say
26:08unfortunately I don't want to become too involved in it because I don't want it happening but these
26:13are people who really know what's going on very smart people this is one of the most successful people in
26:17the country and a very brilliant guy and when they go through this horrible ordeal of cancer or other
26:26things and they realize that this is something that makes them feel better without all of the
26:33side effects of some of the drugs where you're just totally knocked out and out of it but I'd like
26:38to have one of the doctors maybe respond because you people do it better than anybody I'm happy to
26:43respond I mean and my answer is we have had cannabis scheduled for how long and it hasn't
26:48protect neither the adolescents nor the adults we have 20 million people in the United States with a
26:54cannabis use disorder this is not legalizing it it's making easier to do research so that we can
27:00use it when it is indicated and optimal so it's also a big part of this is research in other words
27:09you'll now have a much larger sample and you'll be able to see if it's as good as many people say
27:14it is and then people say it is beyond good and you'll be able to find that out now on housing you
27:21talked in your address last night about housing yeah are you still considering a national emergency
27:26over housing I'm looking at it what would that look like you know I have to there's two thoughts
27:30on housing you have a lot of people have housing that because we have such a strong time and such a
27:37strong market their houses are very valuable it's a big part of their net worth their house I don't
27:45want to knock those numbers down because I want them to continue to have a big value for their house
27:51at the same time I want to make it possible for young people out there and other people
27:57to buy housing in a way they're at conflict in other words you create a lot of housing all of a
28:04sudden and it drives the housing prices down so I want to take care of the people that have houses
28:09that have a value to you know to the house that they never thought possible that have sort of made
28:14them wealthy and happy and you know especially in their later years got to be careful with that I want
28:20to keep them up at the same time I want to make it possible for people to go buy houses
28:25Daniel please
28:26Mr. President you announced the Warriors dividend last night in your primetime speech very patriotic
28:32very generous what was the rationale and the thought process how did you come up with the idea what
28:36made you want to give back to us
28:37Well the 1776 was easier to come up with because we're actually at 1775 you know the number was 1775
28:45and I said wow I think we can afford one more dollar but we actually they came up to me it was
28:52you know 1775 so I said well let's add a dollar to it I think we can find that and very simple
29:01we've had a military that in my opinion by other presidents was not treated well they're incredible
29:09they're finest people they're protecting us and because of tariffs we're taking in billions and
29:17billions of dollars more than we ever have before with no inflation by the way with no inflation you
29:23saw the inflation numbers they just came out today what great timing practically no inflation and yet
29:28we're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars and this is small potatoes by comparison but it's a
29:35way of taking care of our warriors our soldiers and and I appreciate that question Daniel it was an
29:42easy one she she just posted on x your press secretary that the board members of the Kennedy
29:48Center voted unanimously to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center what is your reaction to that well I was
29:53honored by it's a board is a very distinguished board most distinguished people in the country and I
29:59was surprised by it I was honored by it you know we've we're saving the bill that we saved the building
30:04building was in such bad shape both physically financially and every other way and now it's
30:08very solid very strong we have something going on television I guess on the 23rd December I think
30:17it's going to get very big ratings and and the Kennedy Center is really really back strongly it's a very
30:24bad shape very very bad shape physically and we're also to get get Congress to put up a lot of money and
30:32other people to put up a lot of money we had a lot of donors come in for record-setting numbers so
30:36we we saved the Kennedy Center and I was really this was brought up by one of the very distinguished
30:42board members and they voted on it and there's a lot of board members and they voted unanimously so I
30:48was very honored by thank you mr. president will you be seeking any authorization from Congress for
30:54any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela for anywhere for any land attacks on drug cartels in Venezuela I
31:01wouldn't mind telling them but you know it's not a big deal I don't have to tell them it's been proven
31:05but it wouldn't I wouldn't mind at all I just hope they wouldn't leak it you know people leak it they are
31:13politicians and they leak like a soothe but I'd have no problem doing that mr. president mr. president
31:21mr. president there's a meeting this weekend on Ukraine in Florida what are you hoping will come
31:27out of that meeting well they're getting close to something but I hope Ukraine moves quickly I hope
31:32Ukraine moves quickly because Russia is there and you know every time they take too much time then Russia
31:39changes their mind twenty seven thousand soldiers were killed last month think of that what do you
31:46think of that doctors twenty seven thousand it's like a half a football stadium were killed in one
31:52month and it's it's that way it's anywhere between twenty and thirty thousand mostly soldiers also some
31:59people from Kiev and other people places but largely it's the soldiers they're losing their lives nobody's
32:06ever say anything like it's the worst since world war you know you've heard me say I I settled eight
32:14wars some going on for 35 years one going on for 37 one going on for 32 and eight wars and I thought
32:23this would be an easier one this is because of the animosity the hatred it's a little bit more
32:29difficult than we thought but there's a chance we can get this done maybe soon remember that
32:35twenty five to thirty thousand people being killed a month young people being killed a month
32:41Steve please
32:42what do you expect to make your announcement about the new Feds here sir before the end of the year what what do you think over the next couple of weeks I mean I don't know before the end of the year but pretty soon
32:52and then Rocky Mountain North Carolina tomorrow night tell us what your message is going to be there sir say what when you go to Rocky Mountain North Carolina tomorrow night what's your message going to be well it's not going to be that
33:04much different from what I did last night I mean we've had tremendous success we're bringing prices
33:08down we inherited a mess and part of what we inherited was the worst inflation in 48 years I say history but
33:16we had the worst inflation it drove prices up and now we're bringing those prices down but I'll be talking
33:23about that I'll be talking about the fact that we secured the border where literally nobody can come
33:28into our country illegally anymore yeah they came in from prisons and mental institutions and drug dealers and
33:35you know a lot of bad people from all over the world Venezuela emptied their prisons into our country we had
33:41Trendy Aragua which supposedly the doctors don't know this it's it's the meanest gang of them all okay doctor you
33:51don't have to know about it you got other problems but they let a lot of bad people in here and
33:57so I think I'll be talking about that I think I'll be talking about the tremendous success we have
34:02by sending the National Guard into various cities and DC is the ultimate example people walk to work
34:09and they they thank me all the time people in the White House they just walk to the White House from
34:1510 blocks away before I came into office they couldn't do that they were they were getting badly hurt in
34:22many cases and beyond hurt killed so we were losing people we're losing on average a person a week can
34:29you believe it more and now what we haven't lost anybody a long time I consider the two people that
34:35got so badly hurt the National Guard that's a difference that was terrorism that was terrorism
34:40and probably terrorism maybe terrorism because they were unhappy with the tremendous success we've had
34:47because they don't want to see this country be successful but Washington DC now is a safe
34:52beautiful city where the restaurants are booming the town is booming people walk to the restaurants
34:59with their wife or their children and have a good time we were losing all the restaurants we were losing
35:06our life in this we were just the whole the whole heritage of Washington DC was was down the drain
35:13and we brought it back and now everybody's thrilled to be here it's our hottest it's it's a part of the
35:19hottest country anywhere though we've become in 10 months the hottest country anywhere in the world
35:26and we were and I say it all the time we're a dead country one and a half years ago
35:30yeah he would like to see me we haven't set it up formally but he'd like to see me we've had great
35:38success peace in the Middle East aside from everything else we now have peace in the Middle East
35:43yeah he'll probably come to see me in Florida
35:45I'd love to have him I'll see see he's a friend of mine yeah I'd love to have him thank you very much
35:52everybody
35:53thank you
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