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<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Bad things were happening with our country. And we've -- we've stemmed the tide. We've turned it around. But we're going to really turn it around over the next -- over the next three years, three and a half years, we're going to turn it around. And then hopefully, it will be in such great sh...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, well, there are ways to mitigate it. And there are some very strong ways. There's one way that's been used by three very highly respected presidents. But we hope we don't have to go that route. But there is one way that has been used very successfully by three presidents, all highly re...
<start_of_turn>Question Life here?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump I'm working hard.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Aide Please leave out that door.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump I like -- I like my life. I'm working hard. But I like it because we're doing a lot of good for a lot of people. Thank you v...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Thank you. Thank you, everybody.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Note [Sharyl Attkisson interviewed Donald Trump at The White House on March 13, 2025. The interview aired on Sinclair stations on March 16, 2025. The following transcript was provided by the show "Full Measure" and confirmed for accuracy. Video and transcript courtesy and copyright Full Measure.]<end_of_...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump I think it's going well. I think it's a tough situation that we're in. You know, I inherited a mess from him in so many ways. Whether it's the wall or the economy or anything you want to talk about. It's tough. This was a very tough one. Ukraine, Russia, should have never happened. It would'...
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson I'm not understating the complexity of all this, but as a candidate, you said you would have this war settled in 24 hours?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that, what I really mean is I'd like to get it settled and I think I'll...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, they're a beautiful thing, for us.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Can you explain for people who aren't really plugged into this, maybe with a specific product example, how we are supposedly getting ripped off by tariffs and how it can be fixed and when we would, when we ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump So we wanna sell milk into Canada, and they throw a 270% price increase on the milk.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Which means we don't have much of a market, in Canada?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Which means we don't sell milk in Canada, it's almost, it's called...
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Because they wanna sell their stuff to us?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump We have a lot of tariffs, that we're going to be putting on. It really hits on April 2nd. And actually we've been very consistent. I think a lot of people are loving what I'm doing. The real business peop...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, no, I think, I think immediate. Look, when you're building those plants, a lot of money comes in from those plants. You know, you're using companies, subcontractors, contractors, concrete companies and steel companies. And you're gonna see it initially, but you're gonna see it more dow...
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson And the people to be hired.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump It will. But remember, the building of the plant is a lot of money also.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Point taken, as a society. I'm positing we've largely been convinced by our political leaders in the ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump So I think our economy's gonna roar. I think our stock market's gonna do great.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson How long would you suggest people may have to wait before they say on a daily basis? "Wow."<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, look, I think they're seeing...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson I think 96% or above decrease in illegal border crossings and the mass deportations. I don't know how many of those, are you satisfied with how that's going so far?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, I think they're doing an incr...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, you don't need very many new laws, because I did it without new laws. I did it twice without new laws. I had the best border ever. And now I think we're gonna beat those numbers. I actually think these numbers might be slightly better and we're gonna get 'em better yet. And I said, dur...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, Pam Bondi's done a phenomenal job in every respect. And there could have been some holdback. I haven't heard too much about it, but they could. But the bottom line is the records are getting out. The Kennedy records are getting out. Those are the ones they really wanted to see the most...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, I would say weeks. Yeah I say weeks.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Well, let me switch gears and go to the media next. It's understandable that you would hold the media accountable for its mistakes. And I would argue that nobody has suffered that more than you have in th...
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson But as a supporter of a robust free press, do you worry sometimes that the settlements you're getting against big press organizations and so on might have a reverse effect and chill the press and make people think that you're doing something to crack down on a free press?<end_of_turn> <s...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump No, I think that, I've become more experienced in handling the media. I think the media respects me more. You know, I've done this twice. You know, when I first came in, don't forget, I had never done it. I won this incredible election and I relied on people for recommendations. And now I kn...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Nobody's ever seen anything like it.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson One quick follow up. There are some people are saying to the extent CBS 60 Minutes was considering some kind of settlement with you, that was almost like a blackmail thing, or that they were doing that because ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Ah, they didn't say that. They even, I'll tell you what, they advertised. The way they got caught was they advertised a little piece of that answer. And then when it was shown on television, that piece wasn't there anymore. So we said, 'well, wait a minute, what happened to the,' the answer ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump But, we're doing a good job.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Commercial break]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson But the hard reality, if you wanna talk about the establishment or the swamp members of Congress, and both parties are funded by some of the very interests that you'r...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump These are people that weren't showing up to work, they weren't doing their jobs, or they weren't good at their jobs. But more importantly, we want the states to handle education. If you go to Iowa, if you go to Florida, if you go to, certain states, if you go to, uh, Indiana, I could name, I...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump But basically it's gonna be shut down entirely. That's what we want. And we want education to go back to the states. They're gonna run it great. The parents are gonna be running it. The school boards are gonna be given power to run it. And these are school boards where the parents are on tho...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump I took a big risk by running a big, big risk, bigger than anyone would understand. I had false prosecutions, I had very crooked courts. I had very crooked judges and, people got it. They really understood it.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Commercial break]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sha...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump I hope we could do that very soon. Maybe even now. I'd love to be able to do it. We had big budget meetings with the Senate and I think that, there's a chance we could do it right now. We're gonna give it a shot.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Can we reform taxes to eliminate t...
<start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Is your driver's license expired?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump I'll have to check.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Okay.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump I'm not allowed to drive. If you can believe it's, a great, I love driving. I miss it.<end_of_turn> <...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump No, I miss it. I miss not driving.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson Sir, thank you for the interview.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Thank you very much.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Sharyl Attkisson I appreciate it.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Thank you ver...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Thank you very much, everybody. It's a great honor to have President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines, a great family, great family legacy and highly respected in this country. I know that because I have many friends in the Philippines and its great respect or I couldn't say it. So, ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump So, I just want to say it's an honor to have you. We're going to talk about trade today and we're very close to finishing a trade deal. Big trade deal actually, and we do a lot of business with you. It's a lot of income coming in for both groups. But I was surprised to see the kind of number...
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. We must remember that the United States is our only treaty partner in the Philippines, and that has stood us in good stead over the years, certainly through the Second World War and the cultural memory of all Filipinos down to even the schoolchildren is that our strongest,...
<start_of_turn>Question Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yes, go ahead.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Um, would you -- do you think that Fed Chair Jerome Powell should resign?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, I think...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump He keeps the rates too high, and probably doing it for political reasons. The only time I remember him cutting rates, I mean, he cut the rates just before the election to try and help Kamala or whoever he was trying to help. He probably didn't know. And he's building a building. He's -- $2.7...
<start_of_turn>Scott Bessent Yes, sir.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Do you have anything to say about it?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Scott Bessent Yes, sir. I called yesterday and this morning for the fed to do a big internal investigation to understand their -- not their monetary policy, but everything el...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And he's got it wrong. That's why I call him too late, too, too late. And it's really too bad. But it is affecting people that want to buy houses. And that shouldn't happen.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question And Mr. President -- Mr. President --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump An...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yes.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President Marcos, um, next year, the Philippines is going to be the rotating chair of ASEAN. I wonder how do you plan to balance your relationship between the United States and China? And for President Trump. Kremlin yesterday said, if you are go...
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Well, as you -- as you well, we, uh, the -- as you say, we are chairing ASEAN for 2000 -- for -- into 2026. Uh, there is no need in -- in a sense, to balance the -- as you -- as you characterize it, as to balance our relationship between the United States and China. Simply...
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Oh, well, no, it is something that we have to do in any case.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Certainly, that --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr....
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump I don't know anything about it. They're going to what, meet her?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question They're going to -- there's -- your deputy attorney general has reached out to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney asking for a new interview.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, I don't...
<start_of_turn>Question Do you have any concern that your deputy attorney general, who's your former attorney, would be conducting the interview given your relationship, your past relationship with --?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump No. He's a very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that they wer...
<start_of_turn>Question Can I ask you about that, Mr. President?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yes.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Tulsi Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. From your perspective, who should the DOJ target as part of their investigation? What specific...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump It wasn't lots of people all over the place -- it was them too, but the leader of the gang was President Obama.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press for his entire life, that's the one...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump She paid $12 million and the Democrats for that report to a wise guy named Christopher Steele. He wrote a phony report, and they wanted to get that report in before the election. And I'll tell you what I talk about all the time, the fake news, how bad it is, but in this case, they wouldn't d...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump So, you ought to take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense because this is big stuff. Never has a thing like this happened in the history of our country. And by the way, it morphed into the 2020 race and the 2020 race was rigged. It was a rigged election. And because it was rigged,...
<start_of_turn>Question -- the ammunition buildup? And how crucial is the ammunitions hub that the US plans to build in Subic and the Luzon corridor, considering that these will be built in areas that host strategic ports as well as military air bases?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump You're talking about ammun...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, it's very important. Otherwise, we wouldn't -- we need ammunition; we're going to end up in a few months, we'll have more ammunition than any country has ever had. We're going to have more missiles than any country has ever had. We're going to have all the speedy missiles. We'll have t...
<start_of_turn>Question Thank you.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, it's an honor to be with this gentleman. You know, I've known him, and I've known his family actually, but I've known him and he's -- I assume you're from the Philippines, are you from the Philippines?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question...
<start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Say it again. Yeah, Brian, go ahead.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Oh, Mr. President, I just wanted to piggyback off -- Sorry, I have a question for President Marcos. I'll let you go, yes, I'm sorry.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Ferdinand "B...
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. All of the -- what we consider part of the modernization of the Philippine military is really as a response to the circumstances that surround the situation around the South China Sea. And now the -- what we used to refer to as Asia Pacific, which we have expanded now to t...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And don't forget, don't forget just as tantamount to what you're asking, the Philippines were loaded up with ISIS and a lot of terrorists and they were at a very, very dangerous point. And during my administration, we went in, and we wiped them out working with the Philippines, but we wiped ...
<start_of_turn>Question Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President, I want to follow up on the housing question.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question You've got no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security. How important is it we have no ta...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump How did you find that out? That's very --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question I wonder why there's --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump There's a leaker. There's a leaker. [Laughter]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question I've also got a question. I find it a very interesting world tha...
<start_of_turn>Question What is holding back the investigation on Thomas Crooks?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, they've reported to me. And they've told me things. And they really say they haven't found anything that was abnormal. I would say this, the Secret Service was very brave because they -- you k...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump In fact, The New York Times did an editorial that was one of the worst editorials I've ever seen about anybody. That was about Comey. You ought to go back and get -- and Barr didn't use it because he didn't have the guts to use it, or something happened. I don't know. Too bad. He went to Mr....
<start_of_turn>Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. No, I do not.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Everybody -- who doesn't sign -- you're the president of a country. But -- but it's all that whole thing leading right up to the -- to the end of it is the autopen. And the autopen was used by people. And Biden knew no...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yes.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Director Pulte reports that Adam Schiff claims he lived in a one bedroom apartment. Now how does a family of four, and you're a developer, a very successful developer.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Questio...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And you're right, that's a lot of people to live in a one bedroom apartment, right. But he put it down. But he has a lot of other things far worse than that, so. No, Adam Schiff, they have him 100 percent on mortgage fraud. Now if it was anybody else in this room, except you, you -- [Laughte...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And generally speaking, anybody that does that it's going to -- we're going to have problems with. So we don't expect to have -- we -- we won the case yesterday. Anybody that was there that was a neutral would say we easily won the case. But a lot of the case and -- and a big part of it's go...
<start_of_turn>Question With the Philippines? Yes, sir. How far are we from --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Are you from the Philippines?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Unidentified Yes, sir, I am from the Philippines. How far are we from achieving --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, it's tough. ...
<start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? When are you talking about --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump No, no. Please.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question You talk a lot about the severe consequences that those who are involved in the Ru...
<start_of_turn>Question A follow up to that, sir. Kristi Noem is in New York City visiting an off duty CBP officer who was allegedly shot this weekend by an illegal alien who came into the country during the previous administration.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Right.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Wh...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump 21 million, probably 25 million, probably even more than that. And we're getting them out. Many were murderers as I said. They killed people. Many killed more than one person. Stone cold murderers. I don't understand why they would have allowed that. There's only two reasons. The vote becaus...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump But he was brave, and he shot the other guy, and they ended up getting him and you saw the scene where his friend took him to a hospital and dumped him down on the sidewalk. The whole thing was crazy. But why would anybody do to our country what these Democrats have done? And honestly, we ca...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and we've been working very hard, very close and we've actually known each other for a long time. We've been dealing with each other for a long time and very well and we had little negotiations spat, but that wor...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump If I were president this war would have never happened. We would have had a deal negotiated for you without having to go through what you've gone through. But you -- your soldiers have been unbelievably brave. We've given them great equipment, but they -- somebody has to use the equipment. T...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy No, thank you so much, Mr. President. Thank you for the invitation. And really I hope that this, um, document, [Inaudible] document will be the first step to real security guarantees for Ukraine. Our people, our children are really counting on it. And of course, we count that America ...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Even after the war, we need our nation to be calm. That we are secure. That's why we need this air shield. And of course, about this, I want to speak about the contingency. I think that France and the UK already spoke to you. And we know that Europe is ready, but without United States...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Please.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy One minute, one minute, one minute. I trust you to understand what the -- in what circumstances in what situation they are and what the attitude of Russia to our prisoners. They have guys -- just you -- before -- before and after. And y...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Yeah. I wanted very much to give you. And here you see it.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy This is pastor, by the way. They've stolen pastors because it's not Russian church. They've stolen pastors and moved pastors to the...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, that's very tough.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy So thank you very much.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump We want to get that ended right, yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Yeah, of course, of course we want to.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy We have to of course.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Do you have any questions, please?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President? OK. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, with the -- how much money is the US going to put into t...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And it's really going to very much satisfy our needs. So it was something that just worked out really well. We have a lot of oil. And we have a lot of gas. We have a lot, but we don't have raw earth. So this -- this has just about every component of the raw earth that we need for computers, ...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And when the deal is made, I don't think -- we talk about security. Everyone's talking about the other day, all they talked about was security. I said, let me make the deal first. I have to make the deal first. I don't worry about security right now. I have to -- we have to have a deal. Beca...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Weaponry that we're going to use in many locations, but that we need for our country.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump This allows -- this allows us to do that.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President, will you continue sending ...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy If I can just add? Yes. In the document, there is one of the very important points, if we speak about business and investment. We never had LNG terminals in Ukraine. This document will open. I mean the next documents, but anyway, here, we see in the framework, we see a really good [In...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Much less.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy No. No.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump [Inaudible]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy No.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump OK.<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy OK.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, please.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President Trump, you have repeatedly called the deal with Ukraine as a historical one, and as a president of the United States, you make his...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump I don't compare myself to anybody. I'm here to do a job. We've had a great 35 days or whatever it might be, a month, a little more than a month. We've accomplished tremendous amounts, not only this, this would be a very great achievement if we could get the war stopped and get them back to n...
<start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Will you continue sending military aid to Ukraine after the US signs this agreement with Ukraine?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah. We're going to be continuing--<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question And question for President Zelenskyy. ...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy What do you think?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump He wants to know, do you think that--sort of a stupid question. I guess we wouldn't be here if I wasn't.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy I think that the United States on our side from the very beginning of th...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump We've had very, very good talks.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question President Zelenskyy just said that there would be no compromises with Vladimir Putin. I just wanted to ask both of you. Firstly, are there compromises that you think that Presid...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump They've been very hostile. This has been a vicious war. This has been a vicious war. It's a very level battlefield and those bullets go out, and as I've said many times, we're talking about it with Pete. Many times, the only thing stopping those bullets is a human body. And in the case we're...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump It was a nice question. I hope I'll be known and recognized as a peacemaker this. This would be a great thing to solve. This is a very dangerous situation. This could lead to a third world war. This was headed in the wrong direction. If this election were lost, if we didn't win this election...
<start_of_turn>Question A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy I will wear costume after this war will finish.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question OK.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Yes. Maybe something like ...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Maybe something better. I don't know. We will see, maybe something cheaper than--yeah.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Thank you.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Thank you. Thank you for--<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Qu...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, we're going to have arms to Ukraine. Yeah, sure. Hopefully, I won't have to send very much because hopefully we're going to have it finished. We're looking forward to finishing this quickly. We're not looking forward to sending a lot of arms. We're looking forward to getting the war fi...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump We'll have workers there digging, digging, digging, taking the raw earth so that we can create a lot of great product in this country. So in that sense, you have something. But we haven't determined that yet. I will say in speaking to France and in speaking to -- and they were here, as you k...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yeah, please go ahead.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Yeah, thank you so much.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Go ahead, please.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question Mr. President, thank you. You had -- you hosted Macron and Keir Starmer at the White House this past...
<start_of_turn>Question Part of that involved though reengaging Russia in diplomatic relations, something that previous leaders lacked the conviction to do so. What gave you the moral courage and conviction to step forward and lead that?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Oh, I love this guy. [Laughter] Who are y...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump They were stone cold broke. And then under Biden, they became rich as hell. They went from no money to $ 300 billion in a period of four years. And they gave a lot of that money away. And you see what happened. And that's a real mess also that we hope to be able to solve. But no, I appreciat...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump And I do like your clothing, by the way.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Oh, really.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Even though I have to -- I think he's a great guy by the way. But I don't know if you two like each other, but you know what, I think he's dressed -- ...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy I like this guy. I don't know him.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump I think he's dressed beautifully.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy So I have more -- [Laughter] I have more serious things than two answer on such question.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Tr...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump That's a good statement.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy Yeah, so please, uh, about security guarantees and about the ceasefire. We can't just speak about ceasefire and speak and speak. It will not work. Just ceasefire will not never work. Because I'm like a president. I have...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy You are the president.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump He never broke to me.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy In 2016, you been the president, Mr. -- Mr. President. You've been the president, but he for -- he had, of course, not with you, but he had during thos...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy So he doesn't want to stop. He doesn't want to. But I hope that we will do it. Really, we'll do it. Security. When we speak about security guarantees, when the Europeans are ready for contingencies, they need USA backstop. If they will not be United States, we will not never have any ...
<start_of_turn>Question Should Russia change [Inaudible] Ukraine? Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President, under these circumstances -- Should Russia pay to rebuild Ukraine?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy This is the rule --<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Note [Crosstalk]<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>V...
<start_of_turn>Volodymyr Zelenskyy This is a rule. Putin began this war. He has to pay. All money for renovation, he has to pay. Of course, some Russian assets would be -- have now in Europe about $ 300 billion, we can use them. We can use them for renovation and buy military support from the United States also. We can...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump Wait, one second.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question I want to ask this question that you didn't like because I wanted to know if you want to position yourself in the middle between Russia and Ukraine?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump Yes, I do.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question...
<start_of_turn>Donald Trump But I want to see it get solved.<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Question May I follow up? Mr. -- One more question about US troops in Europe. After Russian invasion of Ukraine, your predecessor sent additional troops to Eastern Europe, including Poland, my country. Are you committed to keeping ...
<start_of_turn>Question What about Baltic, the Baltics?<end_of_turn> <start_of_turn>Donald Trump The Baltics, they got a lot of -- it's a tough neighborhood too. But we're committed. We're going to be very committed. And we're committed to NATO. But NATO has to step up. And the Europeans have to step up more than they ...