Episode 4435: Trump Signs EO's Accrediting Colleges

Summary

Summary of Episode 4435: Trump Signs EO's Accrediting Colleges

Released on April 23, 2025

In Episode 4435 of Bannon's War Room, host Steve Bannon facilitates a robust discussion featuring Mike Davis from Article 3 Project, addressing the Trump administration's strategies within the Justice Department, judiciary reforms, and the signing of significant executive orders by President Donald Trump aimed at overhauling the higher education and workforce landscapes in the United States.

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1. Overhauling the Justice Department

Mike Davis provides an in-depth update on the Trump administration's Justice Department, reassuring the War Room audience of ongoing and forthcoming legal actions against perceived political adversaries.

“Justice is definitely coming. Let me just assure the war room posse. Justice is coming.”
— Mike Davis [02:56]

Davis highlights Attorney General Pam Bondi as a formidable constitutionalist leading the charge. He lauds Bondi and her team for their strategic and behind-the-scenes efforts to rectify what he describes as the "unprecedented republic-ending lawfare" initiated by the Biden administration.

“This executive order charges your departments and agencies with enforcing the laws on the books with respect to foreign gifts to American universities.”
— Linda McMahon on Executive Order [17:39]

2. Judiciary Reforms and Legislative Actions

The conversation delves into concerns about the Supreme Court's overreach and the need for accountability within the federal judiciary.

“If Chief John Roberts wants to light on fire the federal judiciary's legitimacy, this is the playbook.”
— Mike Davis [09:56]

Davis advocates for significant legislative measures, including a proposed reduction of the federal judiciary's budget and initiating impeachment proceedings against figures like Judge Jeb Boasberg, whom he accuses of politicizing the Justice Department.

“We have to take care of ourselves first. Right? But we were very wealthy and proportionately the wealthiest we ever were.”
— Donald Trump on Tariffs and Wealth [43:30]

3. Addressing Human Trafficking and National Security

Bannon raises concerns about recent human trafficking cases, criticizing Democratic narratives and judicial leniency.

“They put Trump supporters in the D.C. gulag, as Julie Kelly has exposed for four years without due process by violating their constitutional rights.”
— Mike Davis [08:47]

This segment underscores the administration's commitment to cracking down on human trafficking and restoring national security measures they believe were undermined by previous administrations.

4. Executive Orders on Education and Workforce Development

Transitioning to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, signs a series of executive orders aimed at transforming higher education institutions and bolstering the workforce.

a. Enforcement of Foreign Gifts Disclosure

“Certain universities, including for example, Harvard, have routinely violated this law.”
— Linda McMahon on Executive Order [17:39]

This order mandates stricter enforcement of existing laws requiring universities to disclose significant foreign gifts, targeting institutions allegedly failing to comply.

b. University Accreditation Reform

“We have to look harder at those universities that aren't enforcing that.”
— Donald Trump [19:07]

The administration aims to remove ideological influences from the accreditation process, emphasizing merit and performance over "woke" criteria.

c. Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

“We're going to be setting up a White house initiative on HBCUs.”
— Linda McMahon [20:57]

This order focuses on enhancing support and ensuring the effective operation of HBCUs through a dedicated White House initiative.

d. Artificial Intelligence Education

“AI becomes a bigger and bigger deal, that's...”
— Linda McMahon on AI Education [21:26]

The executive order mandates integrating AI education into school curricula to prepare the future workforce for advancements in technology.

e. Workforce Development and Apprenticeships

“We're going to train people in tradecraft, bring back tradecraft to America so that people can work in these factories with great paying jobs.”
— Mike Davis on Workforce Development [22:46]

Aiming to create up to one million new apprenticeships, this order seeks to address critical job shortages and revitalize the American manufacturing sector.

f. School Discipline Policies

“The Department of education can focus on education and teachers can focus on teaching in a safe environment.”
— Linda McMahon on School Discipline [24:26]

This order revokes previous DOJ guidance that impeded school discipline, restoring authority to educators to maintain safe learning environments.

g. Rejection of Disparate Impact Theory

“We want to focus on merit, not things like disparate impact theory.”
— Linda McMahon on Disparate Impact Theory [29:19]

The final executive order eliminates reliance on disparate impact theory in policy-making, promoting merit-based approaches over diversity-driven regulations.

5. Oval Office Ceremony and Veteran Support

During the signing ceremony, President Trump engages with veterans and educators, highlighting the administration's dedication to supporting these groups.

“There's no group of people more important than the people in this room.”
— Donald Trump [46:48]

Prominent veterans share their experiences, reinforcing the administration's commitment to improving veterans' affairs and educational reforms.

6. Economic Policies and Trade Tariffs

President Trump discusses the administration's aggressive approach to trade, particularly regarding tariffs on China and Canada, aimed at protecting American industries and reducing trade deficits.

“We're not doing that anymore. What's happened is we've...”
— Donald Trump on Tariffs [43:30]

He outlines plans to sustain and potentially increase tariffs to ensure fair trade deals, emphasizing the resurgence of American manufacturing and the reduction of foreign dependency.

7. Closing Remarks and Future Initiatives

The episode concludes with President Trump's reaffirmation of the administration's goals to enhance national security, economic prosperity, and uphold constitutional values.

“We're going to make our own cars, and we're now equipped to do that in record numbers.”
— Donald Trump on American Manufacturing [59:55]

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• “Justice is definitely coming. Let me just assure the war room posse. Justice is coming.”
  — Mike Davis [02:56]

• “If Chief John Roberts wants to light on fire the federal judiciary's legitimacy, this is the playbook.”
  — Mike Davis [09:56]

• “We have to take care of ourselves first. Right? But we were very wealthy and proportionately the wealthiest we ever were.”
  — Donald Trump [43:30]

• “There's no group of people more important than the people in this room.”
  — Donald Trump [46:48]

• “We want to focus on merit, not things like disparate impact theory.”
  — Linda McMahon [29:19]

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Conclusion

Episode 4435 of Bannon's War Room provides a comprehensive overview of the Trump administration's strategic moves within the Justice Department, judiciary reforms, and transformative executive orders aimed at reshaping higher education and workforce capabilities in the United States. Through detailed discussions and notable statements, the episode underscores the administration's commitment to enforcing constitutional principles, promoting economic self-sufficiency, and prioritizing national security.

Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

Hardcore. Here's what we're going to do. The President is, I think we're setting up to go to the Oval Office. The President states is going to sign some executive orders. He's already had a couple of media veils today. One is the sticks, another one's he stepped outside to talk about Zelensky. I have just recently got a something from about Zelensky from the President's office. We're going to read the true social put up. I know he wants that out there. But before we go to all that, Mike Davis, the viceroys in the neighborhood dropped by with a message.

[Mike Davis]

I just had several meetings at the Trump Justice Department. I met with the Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, the acting number three, Chad Meisell and the incoming number three, Stanley Woodward. And I want to reassure the war room posse that they are very much on top of what's happening in our country. Right. And just because you're not seeing criminal indictments right now does not, not that does not mean they're not coming. They are very much incoming.

[Steve Bannon]

I want you to go back to that team because that's pretty impressive. This is, this is not President Trump's first term. Justice Department walk through who the players are, starting with Pam.

[Mike Davis]

So Pam Bondi is the Attorney General. She is a rock solid constitutionalist. She's bold, she's fearless. She's not being flashy about what she's doing behind the scenes. She is very much doing things behind the scenes.

[Steve Bannon]

We love Pam.

[Mike Davis]

Yes.

[Linda McMahon]

Okay.

[Steve Bannon]

Who else? She's great.

[Mike Davis]

Todd Blanche, fabulous. The Deputy Attorney General took the President.

[Steve Bannon]

On as a client when nobody else would touch it.

[Mike Davis]

Got ostracized.

[Steve Bannon]

Ostracized.

[Mike Davis]

Now these law firms are scrambling for Todd's blessing.

[Steve Bannon]

Yes.

[Mike Davis]

Let's just put it that way.

[Donald Trump]

Yes.

[Mike Davis]

Good luck to those law firms especially, especially law firms like Perkins Coy. Good luck.

[Steve Bannon]

So he's the deputy.

[Mike Davis]

He's the deputy Attorney General. He's, he runs the day to day of the department. Chad Meisel is Pam's chief of staff who's also the acting number three, the acting Associate Attorney General.

[Steve Bannon]

Is he going to stay? He's doing a great job as chief of staff. Is he going to go to be number three and give up?

[Mike Davis]

He'll stay as chief, staying as chief of staff, which is more important. It's just more important. Stanley Woodward is going to be the Associate Attorney General once he gets confirmed. This is.

[Steve Bannon]

So he's moving from the White House.

[Mike Davis]

He's, he's already there.

[Steve Bannon]

Over. Doj yeah, he's.

[Mike Davis]

He's counselor to the AG right now.

[Steve Bannon]

He was Navarro's lawyer.

[Mike Davis]

Yeah. And he was Stanley Woodwards or excuse me, Walt. Nada's was Stanley. Stanley Woodward was Walt. Not as attorney, the co defendant on the presidential records case. President Trump has a rock solid team of very good lawyers who are battle tested, who are loyal to the president, who are. And as agent in his agenda they should be.

[Steve Bannon]

And the word is from Pam in the team is that, hey, we can't, we're not going to screw any of these things up. We don't want to hurry it. Things are happening standby.

[Mike Davis]

Justice is definitely coming. Let me just assure the war room posse. Justice is coming. And there's going to be accountability for this unprecedented republic ending lawfare where the Biden Justice Department was politicized.

[Steve Bannon]

Yes.

[Mike Davis]

And weaponized. There's going to be accountability for a lot of these crimes. It takes time to build these crimes. Cash Patel is there. He's doing a hell of a good job. So is Dan Bongino, his deputy. Justice is coming. So just because we don't see it publicly does not mean it's not happening. I know what's happening.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay. The Viceroy speaks. I think it makes people feel a lot better. Right? Because we only have certain amount of time to take the deep state, only to tell you that we're burning daylight. But good, you've gone over and done a check. And they're good people. Pam and them are the best. I mean, it's just, we just, we just want to make sure they know we have their back. But the posse, the maga. MAGA is once. Action, action, action.

[Mike Davis]

Look, there's a difference. This time our attorney general actually has balls.

[Steve Bannon]

Yes.

[Mike Davis]

This time, unlike the last two, this one actually has balls. And, and that's Pam Body. It's amazing. It takes a woman to have balls.

[Steve Bannon]

Yes. So a couple other things. Number one, you mentioned Perkins and you're going to give me the heads up. As soon as the President starts the Oval, we're going to jump in there. Going to the cold, open everything later. But I got to get the Viceroy where I got him. Perkins Coy. There's some confusion today about the President and the lawsuit. And is the president suing Perkins Coie personally? Is the government going after Perkins Coie again on a different thing? What's going on?

[Mike Davis]

It sounds like the President's going to sue Perkins Coie personally. And I would say this to Perkins Coey's clients, like Boeing, you know Boeing. That still hasn't delivered Air Force One planes after President Trump ordered them in his first term. They were supposed to be delivered by now. And Perkins Coie is Boeing's lead outside law firm. I think Perkins Coey's 30% of its revenue comes from Boeing. I would say to clients like Boeing, you might want to find new law firms because Perkins Coie is not the law firm you want to use with the Trump, Trump administration. That's just my uneducated guess as, as the outsider as the viceroy.

[Steve Bannon]

Today. We're going to have hopefully Bensmith and Mike and Michael Patrick Leahy on here later about the MS.13 guy. It turns out now in Tennessee that he was caught. He was stopped by Tennessee State Police for driving a vehicle with eight guys jammed into a car. And it turns out that our vehicle and it turns out that that was now licensed to a human trafficker. He was taking these guys to a site. I mean, this thing is so egregious. What are your thoughts on it now that we have more information?

[Mike Davis]

So does Chris Van Hollen want to fly back down to El Salvador and have margaritas with this piece of garbage who beats women, who traffics women, who traffics children? These Democrats are so malicious with their PR campaigns and Republicans, particularly Republicans on the Supreme Court are so dumb that they get duped by these hoaxes every single time.

[Steve Bannon]

And you think this is pretty cut and dry because it looks like human trafficking, Right? He was taking guys to a job site. It's so obvious.

[Mike Davis]

No, he's just a Maryland father driving his friends around. I mean, how stupid are these people?

[Steve Bannon]

They doing for last, anything else on any of the new developments today on either filed Supreme Court or etc. And do you think still today that by delaying they're denying that we're losing?

[Mike Davis]

I look, I think the Supreme Court's going to start feeling the heat. And I hope the Chief Justice, Commanding General John Roberts understands that if you're going to tell the President of the United States that he cannot fulfill his constitutional duty under Article 2 as commander in Chief and get foreign terrorists out of our country, the Supreme Court is going to lose its legitimacy. It's going to lose its funding, it's going to lose its jurisdiction, it's going to lose everything. So this is not some balancing test by Commanding General John Roberts and his, his other commanders, his six other commanders on the Supreme Court. You're playing a high stakes game here and you're going to lose.

[Steve Bannon]

The House Judiciary and the rest of the House return next week. What should we want everybody to go to Article 3 and downloading and get the. But what should we be thinking about as our action item for next week in regards to this very topic?

[Mike Davis]

Well, I would say go to article3project.org and take action. And I think we need to take a whack at the federal Judiciary's budget. They have a $10 billion annual budget right now. The Supreme Court let Judge Ali, this new Biden Radical in D.C. sent $2 billion out the door. We have Boasberg, who sabotaged, exposed and sabotaged an ongoing military operation putting American allied lives in danger. So two action items. Let's take 10, $2 billion out of the $10 billion budget and let's have the House Judiciary Committee open impeachment proceedings on Judge Jeb Boasberg.

[Steve Bannon]

And now it's very evident that Boasberg inserted himself between the Commander in chief and the Commander in Chief's actions, which I don't think's ever been done before in American history, to basically get due process rights for guys like the human trafficker. I mean, what's so stunning, it's so obvious that these guys fall into the category of, you know, you've got to round these guys up and get them the hell out of the country after.

[Mike Davis]

They put Trump supporters in the D.C. gulag, as Julie Kelly has exposed for four years without due process by violating their constitutional rights. But we care about trend foreign terrorists and MS.13 gang bangers. There's something very sick about Washington D.C.

[Steve Bannon]

What about any developments out of Denver that were just filed yesterday is that I noticed he didn't try to do a nationwide tro.

[Mike Davis]

Well, I would say this, this is the Denver Judge, Colleen Sweeney or whatever the hell her name is. I forget her name. Another Biden radical who thinks that we have to give 21 days notice to these terrorists before we get them out of the country. I would say this, remember this, illegal immigrants do not have constitutional due process rights. The only time they have, the only time they have due process rights is when Congress provides them by statutes and the Alien Enemies act does not provide due process rights. And so if you're coming up with due process rights under the Alien Enemies act, you're making crap up. You are a judicial activist making things up. And that is unacceptable. You would think the Supreme Court would understand this. The Supreme Court is currently considering another case before the district court, ruled before the 5th Circuit, ruled before the Solicitor General was able to submit a brief. And you have seven generals, self appointed generals on the Supreme Court who are.

[Steve Bannon]

Trying to be military experts instead of Judges.

[Mike Davis]

Yeah. And telling the President of the United States, probably for the first time in our history, and joining the President of the United States and in adjoining the President on an ongoing military operation to deport foreign terrorists who are working with Venezuela. Look, this is a red line. This is a red line for the federal judiciary. If Chief John, if Commanding General John Roberts wants to light on fire the federal judiciary's legitimacy, this is the playbook. This is what you would do.

[Steve Bannon]

Why do you say that? Why do you say that? This decision or around this situation with his Article 2 powers as commander in Chief, why is this the issue?

[Mike Davis]

Because this is a 9010 issue for Americans. And that, and John Roberts and his six lieutenant generals think they're going to tell the President of the United States he, he is enjoined from doing anything, let alone deporting foreign terrorists. This is unacceptable. This is crossing the red line. This is lawless. This is dangerous. This is where the judiciary loses the hearts and minds of the American people. When that happens, when you lose public legitimacy as a court, you lose everything. They do not have Green berets as law clerks. They do not have an army.

[Steve Bannon]

Why Grassley heads up the Senate? Why is Grassley not going to step in? Why are we depending upon the House to do it? It seems like to me somebody up there is also going to have Trump's back in getting a formal process, even though, you know, let's say it's not impeachment. There's so many other tools they have to do this. You know, you got to cutting the budget, but you have other things. Why is Grassley, if Jim Jordan's not going to move? And people, you know, for years have said Jim Jordan's just not a guy who's going to take action or be forward leaning, a good guy, but just not going to do it. Why is Grassley not doing it?

[Mike Davis]

Grassley is a workhorse, not a show horse. And I am working with Grassley and his staff right now on a legislative fix to all of this.

[Steve Bannon]

So a legislative fix.

[Mike Davis]

Stay tuned.

[Steve Bannon]

So I was pretty good knowing there would be something happening there. And so, and he's. Grassley is not a lawyer. He's a farmer.

[Donald Trump]

Right.

[Mike Davis]

He's, he's the smartest non lawyer lawyer you're ever going to meet. He's been on the Judiciary Committee for 40 years and he manages to outmaneuver.

[Steve Bannon]

Why did he do that early on, you know, as a farmer, not a lawyer? I think because it's almost unheard of. Not they're all lawyers up there and they all fight for Judiciary because they want to be seen later in confirmation hearings, particularly on Supreme Court Justice. How did a guy that was not a lawyer, given the fact that they fall in hand grenades to get that, how did he end up on Judiciary?

[Mike Davis]

I think leadership wanted him to do it, so he did it.

[Steve Bannon]

I mean the common sense of a guy that's not a lawyer.

[Mike Davis]

And he was able to, he was very effective on the Judiciary Committee during the farm crisis, so that affected Iowa. He's.

[Steve Bannon]

Yes.

[Mike Davis]

He is the most effective Senate Judiciary chairman Republicans have ever had. You just have to look at his results in the first term, a record number.

[Steve Bannon]

And you know him so well because you worked on the confirmation, which is people should understand the confirmation of these judges. It's brutal.

[Mike Davis]

He, Grassley will outwork and outsmart anyone.

[Steve Bannon]

Last thing I know, you get to bounce to the president. Ed Martin, I just realized in doing my research, there has not been a confirmation hearing for 40 years for a U.S. attorney. They are confirmed, but it's done in a, in a paperwork process. The Democrats are demanding now a confirmation hearing for our buddy Ed Martin. Your thoughts?

[Mike Davis]

I'm going to meet Ed Martin right after this and I'm going to do everything I can to help Ed Martin get through that process. Go to article3project.org Take Action and Light up both of your home state senators.

[Steve Bannon]

To say there should be no in person confirmation hearing.

[Mike Davis]

That's not going to happen. They're not going to start that. They're not going to go down that path of having hearings for U.S. attorneys.

[Steve Bannon]

There's even with a controversial guy like.

[Mike Davis]

Ed Martin, he either has the votes or he doesn't have the vote. So let's call both of your home state senators and light them up.

[Steve Bannon]

This is huge. Article 3 Project and what they do. What's your task and purpose today?

[Mike Davis]

Well, I would say one last thing I hear I, you know, maybe, just maybe, Big James, maybe, maybe, just maybe she should lawyer up because maybe, just maybe justice is coming for lying on your Virginia mortgage defrauding.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay. Mike Davis, Article 3 Pro. You're, you're in the middle of it all today. The viceroy on Capitol Hill. Brother, thank you so much. We're cutting to the O. What? We're cutting to the Oval Office. Let's go and pick it up early. Let's do it. President, United States.

[Donald Trump]

It'S. Hello everybody. So we have a very special group of wounded veterans who are amazing. I've actually visited many of them in the hospital and they came out better than me. They came out looking good. If I had that look, I would have been president 20 years ago. I wouldn't have had to wait so long. You look great, fellas. But we have many of them. I didn't even realize it at the time, but I visited many of you in the hospital. They did an incredible job, the doctors. Absolutely unbelievable, the job they do. So we were having a little meeting, and at the same time, we're signing some very important legislation. What will become legislation. And right now it's an executive order. And having to do mostly with education, we have our Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, who's been so incredible over the last few weeks. I've been watching her on television. I'd like to tell her she could do better, but she can't. She can't do any better. So I want to thank you, Linda. Fantastic. And we also have Commerce and we have labor with us today. And you have been. Thank you, Laura, very much. And Howard, thank you very much. And we'll take some questions after we're finished. Maybe I'll ask Will to step forward and you can go through some of these. Also, Lindsey, you work with Will, two very talented lawyers, as you all know by now.

[Linda McMahon]

Thank you, Mr. President.

[Donald Trump]

And we'll go through them. And Linda, why don't you come over here? In fact, why don't the three of you come over here?

[Linda McMahon]

We also have a special guest with us today, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Oh, that's very. Annette Albright. Where is Annette? Annette Albright, Charlotte Mecklenburg School teacher. Very special one. Thank you very much. Thank you. It's a great honor to have you get all sorts of awards for talent. That's good. Thank you very much for being with us. Appreciate it. Thank you. Okay, please.

[Linda McMahon]

Sir, the first executive order we have prepared for your attention. There are currently laws on the books requiring certain disclosures of universities when they accept large foreign gifts. We believe that certain universities, including for example, Harvard, have routinely violated this law. And this. This law has not been effectively enforced. So this executive order charges your departments and agencies with enforcing the laws on the books with respect to foreign gifts to American universities.

[Donald Trump]

Okay, thank you. Thank you very much. We'll put it right here.

[Linda McMahon]

Next for you, sir. University accreditation is currently a process controlled by a number of third party organizations. That's by statute, by law, many of those third party accreditors have relied on sort of woke ideology to accredit universities. Instead of accrediting based on merit and performance, this executive order affects a number of changes to the university accreditation process. Also applies to law schools and other sort of graduate programs. But the basic idea is to force accreditation to be focused on the merit and the actual results that these universities are providing, as opposed to how woke these universities have gotten. So we're setting up new accreditation pathways. We're charging the Department of Education to really look holistically at this accreditation mess and hopefully make it much better.

[Donald Trump]

Will we look into the past people that they've taken, for instance, I hear all about certain great schools, and then we read where they're going to teach people basic math, math that we can all do very easily, but they can't do. They're, you know, going to the top school and they're going to. They come out with a program of teaching basic math to somebody that got into a Harvard or a Princeton or Yale. Is that part of this?

[Linda McMahon]

When universities are not performing appropriately, whether that's in admissions or whether that's in their actual instructional activities, that's certainly something that accreditors should be considering that right now we believe they're not doing a good enough job of. And I think Secretary McMahon could probably speak to that better than I could.

[Donald Trump]

So they're allowing people into school they can't do math, and yet kids who've worked really hard and number one in their class in a high school someplace in New Jersey or in Mississippi, they can't get into the best schools. What is that all about? Yeah, and I think that gets to your policy, sir, of meritocracy, that we should be looking at those who have real merit to get in, and we have to look harder at those universities that aren't enforcing that. Okay, thank you. And this pretty much does it, right?

[Linda McMahon]

Yes, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. Okay. Thank you, sir.

[Linda McMahon]

During your first administration, you made promoting historically black colleges and universities HBCUs a major priority. This executive order takes existing law on HBCUs and brings it into effect. We're going to be setting up a White house initiative on HBCUs. The basic idea here is making sure that every aspect of your administration is working to ensure that HBCUs are able to do their job as effectively and as efficiently as possible.

[Donald Trump]

Okay.

[Linda McMahon]

This next executive order relates to artificial intelligence education. Sir, you've obviously done a lot in the artificial intelligence space already. The basic idea of this executive order is to ensure that we properly train the workforce of the future by ensuring that school children, young Americans, are adequately trained in AI tools so that they can be competitive in the economy years from now into the future, as AI becomes a bigger and bigger deal, that's.

[Donald Trump]

A big deal because AI is where it seems to be at. We have literally trillions of dollars being invested, invested in AI and there somebody today, very smart person said that AI is the way to the future. I don't know if that's right or not, but certainly very smart people are investing in it heavily. Good.

[Linda McMahon]

Okay, next here we have an executive order on workforce development. This executive order is going to charge numerous departments and agencies within the government to reshape the way that we do workforce development. One example from the executive order, for instance, we're looking to get the total number of apprenticeships, new apprenticeships, up to a million in the country to ensure that in in critical jobs areas, in areas where we currently don't have enough trained workers, that we're recreating that pipeline to ensure that particularly as we onshore industrial jobs and new industries, that those industries have the workforce they need to be competitive globally.

[Donald Trump]

Right. Very important.

[Mike Davis]

And this is the EO that we're.

[Donald Trump]

All here working together. And in a way this is like a training center. Right. For what we're trying to do, which is jobs at great salaries. It's a great salaries too, right? It's exactly so all those factories that.

[Mike Davis]

You'Re bringing in because of your trade policy, we're going to train people in tradecraft, bring back tradecraft to America so that people can work in these factories with great paying jobs. And we're going to train them and we're going to remake the American dream.

[Donald Trump]

For all these people we're working together. That's right, Lori.

[Laura Ingraham]

Absolutely. This plays right into America at Work tour which I have kicked off work with our state partners and work with our businesses to see exactly who they need in that workforce. And we will skill and upskill these apprentices so they can get right to work and get in the field and build back this economy for exactly living the American dream.

[Linda McMahon]

Next. Sir, we have an executive order on school discipline policies. Under I believe it was the Biden administration, first Obama and then Biden, the Department of justice issued guidance that made it almost impossible for schools to enforce adequate discipline disciplinary policies. This created issues in the classroom for teachers and students alike. Basically they focused on CRT and sort of diversity ideology instead of actually just enforcing the rules in classrooms to ensure a safe learning environment. This executive order revokes that prior guidance and puts us back in a place where hopefully the Department of Education can focus on education and teachers can focus on teaching in a safe environment.

[Donald Trump]

And there's was important for you, Linda, as I understand it yeah, absolutely. Because it gives teachers the authority now to have discipline in their classroom and discipline the, the person who is being disruptive. We took, we took that away. Ok, nice.

[Linda McMahon]

Lastly sir, we have.

[Steve Bannon]

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[Linda McMahon]

An executive order on disparate impact theory. This is a theory that underlies a lot of the modern DEI and CRT driven diversity culture. The basic idea here is instructing your departments and agencies to no longer rely on disparate impact theory as they're regulating, as they're issuing guidance, as they're making rules. We want to focus on results. We want to focus on actual fairness. We want to focus on merit, not things like disparate impact theory and the whole sort of diversity, equity and inclusion cult.

[Donald Trump]

It's getting out of that, huh?

[Mike Davis]

Yes, sir.

[Donald Trump]

After being in that jungle for a long time. Thank you. Very good job. Thank you very much. Appreciate it very much. Would you like to introduce again Annette? And perhaps Annette wants to say something. Annette is right here. Yes, Annette. Yes. Please come over. Would you like to have some comments to make? I know you're a former Charlotte Mecklenburg School teacher. I'm a North Carolina girl. So.

[Annette Albright]

Yes.

[Donald Trump]

Newburn. Yes.

[Annette Albright]

Ms. Newburn, yes. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much. I am so honored to be here. This has been an eight year journey for me to raise awareness to the violence that's in public schools and the critical need to address violence in public schools. Again, been doing it eight years because most administrations like to keep the violence hidden. We have three students that should be here with us today. We have Austin McCaffrey. I'm sorry if I say his name wrong. Serenity Baker and Nyzer Taylor from Charlotte, North Carolina, who was shot in the back as he was getting off of a school bus because they thought he was a part of a big brawl that happened inside a public high school. So this is very important and critical legislation that we have to keep our educators safe, we have to keep our students safe, and public schools have to be safe environments. So I think, like I said, I've done this journey alone. I've been on it, but I have a HOPE team behind me now. I spoke at the RNC and I told millions that Donald Trump and his administration was going to make schools great again. And I feel that we're on the right path and I'm just honored to be here.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. Our great vets that are with us. And is it okay if I give her one? What do you think? Thank you.

[Annette Albright]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you.

[Annette Albright]

Thank you.

[Donald Trump]

Great job. Could I ask Sarah to speak Verardo? Yes, sir.

[Laura Ingraham]

Thank you.

[Donald Trump]

Tell us a little bit about these great gentlemen.

[Laura Ingraham]

These heroes, Mr. President, are extraordinary. This is my husband, Michael, and so many of our dear, dear friends who are here today. Many of them have met you, sir, in your first administration in the hospital many times at Walter Reed. And they've had long recoveries tomorrow for my husband marks 15 years since he was wounded in Afghanistan. And on that day, about six years ago, he had his 120th surgery post Afghanistan. And you came to see him at Walter Reed and so many others. And we saw great reform in the va Access, same day, access to prosthetics, mental health care. And we know that that is back. We're going to. These gentlemen were saying, Alex here earlier was saying in the last few years, when he's gone to get a wheelchair, the VA has asked him, this gentleman, they've asked him to prove that he, he still has his injuries, as though maybe his limbs would grow back and they unfortunately did not.

[Donald Trump]

Yes.

[Laura Ingraham]

And we've seen that many times. And so we're excited for you bringing back the VA Accountability Mission act, community care that were the hallmark of your first term. And we're so excited, sir, to be here. We're honored to be here and thank you for all you do for our nation's heroes.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. Who is that picture on there? That is Joe Biden and it says let's go, Brandon. What was that picture?

[Laura Ingraham]

I told him he wasn't allowed to ask you to sign it.

[Donald Trump]

That's very. That's very good. Well, thank you all very much. Would you like to say anything, fellas? There's a big chance you have a lot of good. A lot of good people watching that believe in you. They happen to be the media, but they believe very much in you like I do. Anybody. Mr. President. We just were very happy with the energy that this administration is bringing. And it's an administration that says does what it promises process. And so we're. We're behind you.

[Linda McMahon]

We believe in you.

[Donald Trump]

And we. I think we all love you. We got to speak for everyone. Thank you very much. And I'm going to get you a better hat. Sam.

[Laura Ingraham]

Better hats.

[Donald Trump]

That's a good one. That was the original. It was. That means he was there right before it was cool. That's right. That was. That's an early one. We'll save that one, though, right? Yes, Mr. President. Thank you. Anybody? Please.

[Linda McMahon]

I'd like to stay.

[Mike Davis]

Yeah.

[Donald Trump]

Okay.

[Linda McMahon]

I was just going to say thank you for loving America, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you.

[Mike Davis]

Thank you so much.

[Donald Trump]

Very nice. Thank you you very much. Drew. Thank you. Spoke save Michael Bar's life. And of course, he goes immediately to say thank you as he was the one that saved Michael Bardo, put him.

[Steve Bannon]

In the helicopter and got him off the combat zone.

[Donald Trump]

So selflessness of these men is unspeakable. That's great.

[Laura Ingraham]

He's alive because of that man right here.

[Donald Trump]

These are amazing people. Great heroes. So that's really great. Anybody else? Yes.

[Linda McMahon]

I'd like to say it was an honor to serve. You are worth it. This country is worth it. And it's because of what Christ paid for.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. And we have a spirit that people haven't seen in many years. At least five they haven't seen. I think even. Even then because we've been through so much for the last four years together. It was so bad. It was so bad what they've done to the borders, what they've done all over the place. And it's really an honor to be with all of you. Incredible. And I'm going to give you these coins. I think you're going to really like them. I think they're the best. These are the best coins. And you have your choice. This is gunmetal. I don't know soldiers like the black, but I think you like this one. It's okay. A lot of soldiers like the black. Here you go. What do you like? I'll go to black. See, I told you. These are choices. I'll take a black one, sir. Look at this. That rarely Happens you're different, huh? Take a watch, sir. There you go. That's good. Call the military. No, but is that. I always say the soldiers, they do like. It's gunmetal. What do we like? Yeah, that's what I heard that it was gun. Gold is. I'm giving you. I'm giving him two.

[Steve Bannon]

We have.

[Laura Ingraham]

We have three girls.

[Donald Trump]

This one right here. We'll get another one, too. Okay. This is actually fun. I'll take the gold, mister. Okay. I thought you were gonna take that gold one. Okay.

[Steve Bannon]

Gold one, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Okay. You got it. I had an opportunity to sail across the Gulf of America two days after you named it, Right? Oh, wow. Isn't that great? It's been an honor. And now people say it routinely. Yep. They don't even think about the other. They say it routinely. That's been a great honor for me. Okay. I'll take a gold one. Okay. Almost even. I think gold is an edge.

[Steve Bannon]

I would love a gold one. Thank you so much.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. It picked up at the end, right? All okay. That's good. So I want to thank you very much, and especially. That's a great story. Yeah. Sir. So what do you think of a guy like that? Pretty good. Oh, we actually. Him and him. We all served together. Wow.

[Laura Ingraham]

And Jared over there.

[Donald Trump]

Oh, I forgot. So you guys got hit, huh? Pretty good. You got hit pretty good. Amazing. Amazing. Pretty tough area in Kandahar in the Argonau River Valley, right outside their.

[Laura Ingraham]

Their unit had a more than 50% purple heart rate, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Wow.

[Laura Ingraham]

In 2010.

[Donald Trump]

You deserve it. You deserve that and more. We appreciate it so much. Brave. Really brave. Brilliant people. Thank you very much. Do you have any questions of the. Of the guys here?

[Laura Ingraham]

I want to say thank you to the veterans who are here. Thank you so much for defending us. And then I wanted to ask you, Mr. President, because you said you want to bring the tariffs on China down soon. How soon do you want to bring the tariffs on Chinese?

[Donald Trump]

Well, that depends on them. We have a situation where we have a very, very great place. It's called the United of America. And it's been ripped off for years and years. These people know it. We talked about it before you came in. We've been ripped off by every country in the world, practically, and friend and foe. And we will. We're not doing that anymore. So what's happened is we've. Howard, how many countries have we spoken to already?

[Mike Davis]

90.

[Donald Trump]

90. And they all want to make deals, and we're going to make deals, but they're Going to be fair deals, they're not going to be rip off deals. And you know, we losing almost $5 billion a year. No country can do that. And now we have it down almost even, maybe even better than even because of the tariffs on cars and aluminum and steel. We have tariffs 25% on cars, aluminum and steel. There's a rush to build new steel plants, a rush to build new aluminum plants and the biggest rush I've ever seen that we've ever seen to build car plants. We have like 11 of them or something, big ones where you guys maybe work, maybe you won't want to work, you'll do something else instead of that. But if you like cars, you'd like to work on one of these plants. The biggest plants in the world. Three of them have left Mexico before construction started, one of them during construction. And they're coming to this country, they're coming back, don't forget. And we get along great with Mexico, But Mexico took 32% of our car building business. So it's amazing what's happened. Remember this number, anywhere from 3 to 5 billion doll a day. That's not million dollars, that's billion dollars a day. Nobody can even imagine it. And that's what we were losing. And you know, hence we have $36 trillion in debt and everything else. And in the end I think what's going to happen is we're going to have great deals. And by the way, if we don't have a deal with a company or a country, we're going to set the tariff. We just set the tariff. It's something that we think that will happen, I'd say over the next couple of weeks, wouldn't you say? I think so. Over the next two, three weeks we'll be setting the number. And we're could be for China too. Could be for China. Well, we're dealing with almost all of them. Too many to fully deal with, but we're going to be fair to them. But we're dealing with a lot of countries right now and could be with China, but maybe we'll make a special, you know, a deal and we'll see what it will be. Right now it's 145%. That's very high. It got there because of the fentanyl. They're sending, you know, massive amounts of fentanyl into our country and killing a lot of people. Probably 200,000 plus a year wiping out. You probably all have friends who were killed. Somebody was killed in your family or your friends with fentanyl and somehow it's made almost exclusively in China. And as you know, we essentially taxed them 10 and then another 10. We also taxed Mexico 25 and we taxed Canada 25. And that's the kind of money that's what's pouring into our country right now. And it's gotten us down from losing 3 to 5 billion dollars a day to making money, but breaking even, let's say. But we're going to make a lot of money and that money is going to be used to reduce taxes. We're going to get big, big tax breaks. We're going to. You know, there was a time I said it this morning. I think some of you were there. There was a time from 1870 to 1913. It was a long time ago. We were an all tariff nation. Foreign nations paid taxes. They paid money to us in the form of tariffs. And that was when we were the wealthiest. We were the wealthiest proportionately that we ever were. And they formed in 1887 in particular. But they formed committees to determine what we should do with all the money. We had so much money. You guys would have loved it. We had so much money, they didn't know what to do with it. We gave it away to different causes and you haven't seen that too much anymore, although we gave plenty away. But now we shouldn't be giving it away. We have to take care of ourselves first. Right? But we were very wealthy and proportionately the wealthiest we ever were. We built the Panama Canal. Jimmy Carter gave that away for one doll, by the way, one of the most profitable things ever built, the Panama Canal. We gave it away for $1 to Panama. Why? I don't know. Nobody knows. But that's what we had. We have people like that sitting behind this desk and that shouldn't have happened. Panama Canal. We spent. It was the most expensive thing ever built by our country in history. I'm talking relative dollars. We've never built anything so expensive. I think it was the equivalent of 1.7 billion dol. We've never built anything like that. We built a lot of things, but never so expensive. Then we started building other things. We had a lot of money to do it all based on foreign countries coming in and paying US tariffs. And we're doing that again. And I think we're going to make so much that we're going to be able to reduce taxes in this country by a lot. And we're also going to treat those countries very fairly. But if we don't make a deal, which is Possible. We're going to just set the price because you remember, they have to come in, they want to come in here and they want to do business with the United States. So we want to set a fair price and we'll do that. We're going to be very fair, but we'll set a fair price and then they can make a determination as to whether or not they want to do business with the United States. And I think most of them will, and I think we're going to treat them very fairly.

[Laura Ingraham]

Were you worried about what the 145% tariffs were doing to small businesses here in the U.S. is that why you're bringing it down?

[Donald Trump]

No, no, no. I haven't brought it down. I haven't brought it. Still 145. I haven't brought it down. I said it's a high tariff. It is a high tariff, but I haven't brought. Basically means China's not doing any business with us, essentially because it's a very high number. So when you add that to the price of a product, you know, a lot of those products aren't going to sell. But China's not doing any business. They were doing, they were doing $1.1 trillion. Think of that. $1.1 trillion. You know what that is. And it was just very unfair to us. And we were doing very little, relatively very little with them. It was a one sided, very one sided. But we get along. I get with President Xi and I hope we can make a deal. Otherwise we'll set a price and, and if they don't, that's okay.

[Laura Ingraham]

Have you tripped in Rome? There's a lot of leaders attending the Pope's funeral who also said they'd like to meet with you while you're there. Do you have any meetings set up?

[Donald Trump]

Yes, I do. I have a lot of meetings set up. I don't know if I can do it. Do you want to help me out, fellas? I've had a lot of meetings. I got every leader in the world which tells you that we have a good product. It's called the United States of America. And it' and these people know about it better than anybody in this room. But we have a great, we have a great place and it should be a lot greater. And that's what we're going to do. We're going to make it greater than ever before. It's very simple.

[Laura Ingraham]

Who are you going to be meeting with?

[Steve Bannon]

President Zelensky?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I have a lot of meetings set up.

[Laura Ingraham]

Yeah, and are you bringing anyone with you in the US Delegation to the funeral, like Secretary Rubio or a former president.

[Donald Trump]

We have a couple of people coming. I will announce it probably this evening or tomorrow. The first lady is going, and some people are coming with me from staff, but we'll have a number of people going. It's going to be. I'm sure it's going to be a.

[Laura Ingraham]

Beautiful ceremony, one on Ukraine, but I wanted to ask you one about veterans, since they are here today and thank you for your service and sacrifice. I wanted to ask you about the cuts that have been made, including with the va. Can you assure that veterans like these men here, those that have been suffering from mental health issues or burn pits, for example, will be taken care of?

[Donald Trump]

Yeah, very much so. In fact, they will tell you it's been better with me than any president in history. We had a 92% approval rating, which is unheard of, up 50 points from the previous administration in my first four years, and we're doing better now. And in fact, now they have something, a call in the call and doctor stuff, where it's really become, you know, it's really become modernized and great, where you don't have to go and travel sometimes long distances to get to a clinic or get to the va. And I just heard this morning, I was listening to Doug Collins, who's the secretary. He was being interviewed, and the numbers are incredible. The approval ratings are the highest. I've never heard numbers like this. It's better than the first four years. So, no, there's nobody. There's no group of people more important than the people in this room. And I am not talking about the media. I'm talking about. I'm talking about these people right here. There's no group, and they're going to be taken really well care of. That's very important to me on the war in Ukraine.

[Laura Ingraham]

Are you going to be meeting with President Zelensky? He's asked to meet with you this weekend. Will you be meeting with him?

[Donald Trump]

I don't know. I don't know that he's going to the funeral or not, but I just hope he gets his thing solved because we're losing about. Think of this. 5,000. I was saying 2,500, and everyone was telling me that's low. 5,000 soldiers are being killed every week, approximately. Think of that. Every week, 5,000 soldiers. But let's say from 3,000 to 5,000 are being killed. They're Russian and Ukrainian. They're not Americans, but they're Russian. But they're people and they're humans. They're human beings. They have families. They wave goodbye to their son, and then they get a call that the sun's no longer there. It's a vicious war. And if I can help solve it, you know, we're not losing our soldiers, but we're losing soldiers, a lot of people. And if I can solve it because of a certain ability, that would be great. And if. If it doesn't happen, I will say that I think Russia is ready. And a lot of people said Russia wanted to go for the WHO whole thing. And they've. I think we have a deal with Russia. We have to get a deal with Zelensky. And I hope that Zelensky. I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelensky. So far it's been harder, but that's okay. It's all right. But. But I think we have a deal with both. I hope they do it because I'm looking to save and, you know, we spend a lot of money, but this is about a lot of humanity. This is the worst. I get the pictures, the satellite pictures. I' seen anything like it of the fields after these, some of these battles. It's horrible that it's going for nothing. We would have never had this problem. You would have never had that war if I were president, I guarantee you that. And for four years you didn't have it.

[Laura Ingraham]

I will be meeting in Saudi Arabia.

[Donald Trump]

It's possible, but most likely not. I think we'll meet with him shortly thereafter.

[Laura Ingraham]

What is this going to present?

[Donald Trump]

Chairman Jerome Powell. During the Biden administration. In the campaign, with inflation raging, he lowered interest rates two times. And so now, with two consecutive months of inflation being down, all economic theory you Learned in the 8th grade says it's time to cut rates when inflation is down. Right. He's not done that.

[Mike Davis]

Have you had any direct conversation with him?

[Donald Trump]

No, I haven't. I haven't called him. I might call him. I haven't called him. But I believe he's making a mistake by not lowering interest rates. And I think as well as we're doing, we do much better. He's keeping rates too high. He historically has been late, except when it came to Biden, he was recommended by a certain person that I'm not particularly happy with, but he will hopefully do the right thing. The right thing is to lower interest rates. So we'll see what happens. I think we're. We're sitting on something that's going to be very good. With all the tariff money starting to come in our country is going to be doing really well, and hopefully he'll be. We don't have inflation. Groceries are down. When I first came in, you people were there. They hit me with. The first day that I was president, somebody started screaming at me that eggs are up. I said, I've just. I just got here. And in the first week, they were going crazy. You remember that, Linda? Yes, they were going crazy. They're saying egg prices are too. I said, I'm here for one week. Just leave me alone. This is the fake news radio. And I said, you know, what can I tell you? But Brooke Rollins, our secretary of Agriculture, and a group working with her have done an amazing job. And egg prices have gone down. Energy now is down $65 a barrel. They have some energy selling, selling gasoline for less than $2 in a couple of states, Alabama, a couple of great states, but all over the country, it's way down from what it was six months ago, three months ago. And that has a lot to do with the war. You know, if, when, when Biden allowed energy to skyrocket, it just skyrocketed. It was out of control. Russia made a lot more money because they make their. And I kept saying, you know, he supposedly wants to end the war, but he lets energy go out of control. Well, I've gotten it. We are drilling like crazy right now, and we have it down to $65 a barrel. It went up to almost $100 a barrel. And at that number, Putin and Russia made a lot of money. So I think one of the reasons, look, I think he has a certain respect for me, but one of the reasons, one of the big reasons is oil prices are down. I think this is a good time to get the war settled. Thank you.

[Mike Davis]

One more question.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you for that question. For those US that live here in.

[Mike Davis]

The District, you said when you came.

[Donald Trump]

In you were going to make Washington, D.C. great again. Right.

[Mike Davis]

One of the issues we've got right now is we understand there might be an imminent deal between the owner of.

[Donald Trump]

The Washington football team, whatever you want to call them now, commanders, and locally in getting the Redskins back to DC And RFK Stadium, that's on federal property. Right. Are you going to be involved in that negotiation and with one of the stipulations, be they change their name back to their friends. Oh, I say, well, that's a little bit. Nobody's asked me that one. Look, I think when the Indian population is a great part of this country, a great heritage, and we were talking about Massapequa, Long island, the chiefs they call themselves the Chiefs or the Kansas City Chiefs. They're not changing their name. A great team, great people, great owners, great coach and quarterback. I love the quarterback, like his girlfriend, too, and his wife. His wife is. His wife is great. She's been a big. She's been a big fan as his quarterback's mother is incredible. I like that team. They're called the Chiefs, and frankly, I see nothing wrong with it. They call them the warriors, and not that team, but a lot of other teams and all of these Indian surnames and different names. And I'm saying that I think that's a positive thing. And when you go back to India, they pull this. They don't know why these names are being taken off. They're trying to. I think it's degrading to the Indian population, and it's a great population. And they like when they're, you know, called by various names now. Washington, the Redskins, perhaps that's a little different, A little bit different. But I can tell you that I spoke to people of Indian heritage that love that name and they love that team, and I think it's a much, you know, I think it's a superior name to what they have right now, and it had heritage behind it. It had something special. But a lot of the names having to do with, you know, different places, not just Indians, but I think it's. They changed the name of the Cleveland Indians. Why would you take the name Indians off the Cleveland Indians and now it's called the Cleveland something else. Right. Guardians. It just doesn't make sense to me. So. So, you know, we're about bringing common sense back to this country, and it may be popular or unpopular. What I'm saying. And I've just said to, you see, he's a nice guy. He got a lot out of me on this one. But I think most people agree with me. It's. I think it really is demeaning to Indians. But to change the name of the Cleveland Indians as an example that Cleveland Guardians is not, not the same. And I'm sure it has an impact on the team. Thank you, sir. Elon Musk said he'll be stepping back.

[Mike Davis]

From his work with Doge a little bit and only get dedicated maybe a.

[Linda McMahon]

Day or two a week to it.

[Mike Davis]

How long would you like to see.

[Donald Trump]

That continue and how involved we'd like to see him continue? Well, first of all, I can't speak more highly about any individual. He's an incredible guy. He's a brilliant guy. He's a wonderful person. I've seen him with his family. I've seen him with a lot of his children. He's got a lot of children. He treats him. Treats him good. He's. He loves his children, but he's a brilliant guy and he was a tremendous help, both in the campaign and in what he's done with Doge. And, you know, we're Talking about almost $200 billion and rising fast, because many of the things that we were looking at are now being found out to be fact. It's terrible. I mean, the fraud, the waste, the. The abuse, the. Everything that's happened is just terrible. So I also know that he was treated very unfairly by the. I guess you'd call it the public, by some of the public, not by all of it. But he makes an incredible car, makes everything he does is good. But they took it out on Tesla, and I just thought it was so unfair because he's trying to help the country, but he has helped the country. I also want him to make sure that he's going to be in great shape. And I know he is. I mean, he's going to be. He's going to do great. He loves the country. He didn't need to do this. He did it. And I told him, I said, you know, whenever you're ready, I'd like to keep him for a long time, but whenever you're ready, he's an exceptional guy. When you see those rockets go up and come back and land in the same gantry, nobody else can do that but this man. So he's just an incredible person, and he's a friend of mine. And he's a nice person, too. He's a very nice person. He really helped the country, saved us a lot of money. And I heard him say that he'll start easing, which is always. He was always at this time going to ease out. And when he goes back to Tesla, that'll be taken care of. It was just. It's artificial. These were sick people that thought they were doing something. He's. He really. He's a great patriot, and he should really. It should be. It shouldn't be the way that should never have happened to him. And I will tell you right now, he makes a great product. He makes a great product. It's a great car. It's great. Everything. Starlink is great. What he does is good. He's doing medical things that are amazing, and we have to, at some point, let him go and do that. And we expected to be doing it about this time, and. But I'll talk to. I'll talk to Elon about it. Thank you for the question.

[Mike Davis]

Canada has an election coming up. How do you have a prediction for that?

[Donald Trump]

And what do you think the results with respect to Canada with. Oh, I don't want to predict other nations elections. It's tough enough doing this one. Look, I love the Canadian people. I like Canada, but It's costing us $200 billion a year to support Canada. 200 billion. And I say, why are we doing that? You know, we can make our own cars. We have more energy than they do. We have more energy than anybody in the world. We don't need their lumber. Obviously, we have more lumber. We have a of lumber. We have a lot of everything that they sell us, but in particular cars. They took a large percentage of the car making and I want to bring it back to this country. I really don't want cars from Canada. So when I put tariffs on Canada, they're paying 25%, but that could go up in terms of cars. When we put tariffs on. All we're doing is we're saying we don't want your cars. In all due respect, we want really to make our own cars, which is what we're doing in record numbers now. You know, we're going to be at record levels in a very near future future because of all the plants, the car plants that are being built, and I'd rather see them made in Michigan and made in South Carolina and made in different states, Tennessee. We have a lot of great carmaking states and we have some that aren't carmaking yet, but they will soon be carmaking states. And that's what I want to see for our country. At the same time, I want to help Canada as to. I have spoken to the current prime minister. He was very, very nice, I will say, very nice. We had a couple of very nice conversations. Very good. But I don't think it's appropriate for me to get involved in their election.

[Laura Ingraham]

Mr. President, if I may, this deal.

[Annette Albright]

That you have with Russia, does it.

[Laura Ingraham]

Include recognizing Russia's sovereignty over Crimea?

[Donald Trump]

Well, everything is good. Look, I just want to see the war end. I don't care if they're both happy. They both sign an agreement. I have no favorites. I don't want to have any favorites. I want to have a deal done. I want to save the lives. Now, with that being said, we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars through Biden. Biden should have never let that war happen. We're spending hundreds of billions, maybe $350 billion we've given to Ukraine, and we could use that money right here. So I'd like to see that. But most importantly right now is when I see the pictures, the satellite pictures of the batt. If I can stop that because of an ability I have to do things, I want to see if I can do that.

[Laura Ingraham]

Mr. President, on tariffs, you just mentioned that 25% could go up on cars. In terms of Canada, does that mean that you're considering changes to the auto tariffs and auto parts?

[Donald Trump]

No, we're not considering it now, but at some point it could go up, yeah, because again, we don't really want Canada to make cars. For us, to put it bluntly, we want to make our own cars, and we're now equipped to do that. They took a lot of our car business Mexico ago, too, took a lot of our car business. We want to make the cars here. I'm running this country. I'm not running Canada. And that's why I asked Trudeau, who I call Governor Trudeau affectionately, but I asked him, why are we spending $200 billion to support Canada, to subsidize Canada? And he was unable to answer the question. I mean, why are we doing that? And I have to be honest, as a state, it works great as a nation, considering fact that most of the nation, you know, 95% of Canada, what they do is they buy from us and they sell to us. They sell to us. If we didn't buy their oil, if we didn't buy the. And we don't need their oil. We have more oil than anyone, but we don't need their oil. We don't need their lumber. We don't need their cars. We don't need anything. So I said, why are we doing this? Why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense. If we needed something, that would be a different subject. So I'm working, working well with Canada. We're doing very well. We're working on a deal. We'll see what happens. But again, you know, why representing this country, why are we spending $200 billion to support and subsidize another country? Because if they didn't have us, and if we didn't spend that money, as Trudeau told me, they would cease to exist. He said that to me, they would cease to exist. Which is true, certainly as a country.

[Laura Ingraham]

On tourism, on tour, there's been a steep drop off in international travel to the United States. It was down 12% last month, down even more from Western Europe. Why do you Think that there are fewer people suddenly who want to travel.

[Donald Trump]

To the United States. Well, there could be a little, you know, there's a little nationalism there. I guess perhaps it's not a big deal, but, you know, with the dollar being where it is, because, you know, China would always fight for having a low dollar. Japan would always fight for having a low dollar. Meaning, or in the case of China, the yuan they'd always want to have. China would always. I'd speak to President Xi a lot. I'd say it's unfair that you, you know, your yuan is so low. I'd call up a great man, Prime Minister Abi. Great, great man Shinzo, who was unfortunately assassinated. And I used to tell you, he's a good friend of mine. I used to say, shinzo, you got to. You can't let your yen go down. It makes it very hard for us to sell tractors. It makes it very hard to us to get our dollar is a little bit on the low side. And that means that a lot of tourism is going to come in. But I could see a little bit nationalism at work. And I could see it likewise with us not wanting to go to certain countries, but that will work out very easily.

[Laura Ingraham]

Do you think some people are scared to come here because they hear the stories of tourists who are detained for a few days or even a week or two?

[Donald Trump]

Yeah, we treat our tourists great. Where? The tourism capital of the world. There's nobody, no place like this. And there may be a little bit of nationalism, but I doubt it. I actually doubt it. Yeah.

[Laura Ingraham]

Mr. President, has there been any direct contact between the US and China trade at all?

[Donald Trump]

Yeah, of course. Every day.

[Laura Ingraham]

Every day. And then secondly, would you support a millionaire tax?

[Donald Trump]

I think it would be very difficult.

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