In this press gaggle aboard Air Force One, President Trump provides a definitive update on the military situation in Iran, stating that the U.S. has "essentially defeated" the nation's air force, navy, and air defense. The President discusses the decimation of Iran's drone and missile manufacturing capabilities and the strategic Importance of policing the Strait of Hormuz, calling on international partners—including China—to protect their own energy interests.
Trump also addresses the rise of AI-generated disinformation, debunking reports of fake rallies and ship attacks, while justifying the use of B2 bombers to prevent nuclear escalation in the Middle East. The conversation also covers potential future deals with Cuba and the rapid expansion of American weapons manufacturing
Key Topics Covered: - The current status of the Iran conflict and leadership. - International cooperation in the Strait of Hormuz. - The threat of AI-generated fake news and media credibility. - U.S. military strength and the prevention of nuclear warfare. - Upcoming diplomatic and military focus on Cuba.
Hello, everybody.
Very strong results, militarily results, which is about policing the straits, because they
are the ones, you know, we don't get oil, very little, 1%, 2% motorstrait.
And it'd be nice to have other countries police that with us.
And as far as I'm concerned, we've essentially defeated Iran.
I guess they could have a little bit of...
We've taken out their air forces, you know.
Because the boats don't exist.
And you can almost see that when you look at them.
It looks as if they did exist, just like we had other boats all over the place.
But they don't exist.
In fact, some of the people say, where are the boats?
Well, how come nobody's seen the boats?
You know why?
Because it's AI generated.
It's fake.
And I found, I didn't realize this before, they deal with our fake news.
And I actually think it's whatsoever.
Or putting out information that they know is false.
And it's a very dangerous thing for the country.
I think it's, I think they could be in serious jeopardy.
The results that we get, look at the poll numbers.
Nobody that's ever been higher as a president than me with the military.
ABC News is maybe the most corrupt news section out there.
Fake news.
I can say it or not say it.
It doesn't matter.
The main thing is to get it done.
But the relationship with Bibi Netanyahu is, I would say, extraordinary, actually.
You're dealing with thugs.
You're dealing with horrible people.
You're dealing with people that are violent and vicious.
The leadership had the people right under them, their military or their police.
And they notified everybody.
And they put out statements that if you protest, you're going to be shot and killed.
The protesters have no guns.
And I know you're a brave person, but I don't think you'd be protesting.
And so I think it's very hard for them to protest.
I fully understand it.
They said, if you protest, you will be killed.
A week ago, they killed 32,000 protesters.
At least, we think the number is much higher than that.
They shot and killed 32,000 protesters who were greatly enthusiastic and want to see a change
because they've destroyed the country.
The people that are running it destroyed the country.
But think of it.
They shot and killed much more than 32,000 people.
Now they put out a notice two days ago that we're going to shoot and kill any protester.
And they don't have guns, meaning the protesters have no guns.
I understand why they're not doing it.
Oh, one other thing that was AI-generated.
They showed about 250,000 people in a square saying how much they love Khomeini.
Totally AI-generated.
It never took place.
The media knew it didn't take place, but they built it up like they have great support.
They don't have support.
And that whole rally that they had three days ago, four days ago that they said was fake,
it was AI-generated.
And AI can be very dangerous.
We have to be very careful with it.
But the rally, because I was actually surprised to see because I don't know how much the people
hate this leadership.
This leadership has destroyed the country.
The rally that everybody, including ABC, fake news, your network is the worst.
But everybody put that rally on.
Like, oh.
And even I was surprised.
I looked.
It turned out, I found out today, it was a totally AI-generated fake news story put out
by news organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere.
And honestly, they really shouldn't be allowed to do it.
But I don't think they're ready.
But they're getting pretty close.
But they want to make a deal badly, yes.
I'd just say they're decimated.
We've done damage to them right now.
If we left right now, it would take them 10 years and more to rebuild.
But I'm still not declaring it over.
Our military is incredible.
The job they've done is just incredible.
And the problem is, the problem is that fake story written by you people, written by and
generated by AI.
It's incredible.
And I just wonder, like, Jeff, you know that these are fake stories.
Did you know that the rally of 250,000 people, the supposed rally was fake?
Did you know that?
I saw the reporting on it.
You knew it was fake.
It was AI-generated.
No, I didn't know it was AI-generated.
You did.
You knew it.
Anybody that knew the country knew there's not 250,000 people willing to stand in a circle
and say how great Khomeini is.
Are you unhappy?
You talk about the military objective.
Yeah.
What about political?
We have people.
Some are dead.
But we have some people that we think would be good, and we will see about that.
It's something we talk about.
See what happens.
Sir, have you talked about selling oil futures?
You're a very obnoxious person.
Go ahead, what were you going to say?
I wanted to ask if you talked about selling oil futures as a way of capping prices, trying
to keep prices down at the pump.
The prices are going to come tumbling down as soon as it's over, and it's going to be
over pretty quickly.
What about the political events?
I have to do what's right.
Political, I'm sure everybody has concerns.
I have to do what's right.
I can't say that, gee, I don't want to have any impact on oil prices for three or four
weeks or two months, and we're going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon and blow up the
entire Middle East and beyond, right?
Because they were going to blow up the Middle East.
If I didn't terminate the Obama horrible deal, the Iran nuclear deal, it's called,
if I didn't terminate that in my first term, they would have already had a nuclear weapon
and they would have used it immediately upon getting it.
And if I didn't send in the B-2 bombers to bomb the hell out of it and obliterate, and
that's what it was, we obliterated that site and stopped all their potential nuclear, if
I didn't do that, you would have had Israel and the Middle East hit by nuclear weapons.
And we wouldn't be talking about this right now.
What I did in terminating the Iran nuclear deal, and what I did in sending in the B-2
bombers, it was one of the most incredible attacks anyone's ever seen.
Late at night, dark, no moon, and every single bomb went right down those chutes and blew
the whole place apart.
If I didn't do that, you would have had nuclear warfare in the Middle East.
And I think Israel would have been obliterated.
I think lots of the Middle East would have been.
And you saw that when they sent thousands of missiles to countries that didn't expect
anything.
They didn't think they were going to be involved.
And yet, you look at what happened with Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar.
You take a look at Qatar.
I mean, they sort of got along.
And all of a sudden, they're being barraged by missiles.
These people would have used nuclear on the entire Middle East.
And that was their plan, take over the whole Middle East.
And it failed with the nuclear.
And then they had thousands of missiles.
And for the most part, largely, we've now destroyed those missiles.
Thank you very much, everybody.
Thank you.
Tell us about Cuba.
You're talking to Cuba.
What do you want to hear from them?
And what is that risk today?
Well, I am holding Cuba.
Cuba is a failed nation.
Cuba also wants to make a deal.
And I think we will pretty soon either make a deal or do whatever we have to do.
We have a lot of great people that happened to vote for Trump.
Not that that matters.
But we have a lot of great people from Cuba that were violently and viciously thrown out
of the country and worse.
Their families were killed.
And so we're talking to Cuba, but we're going to do Iran before Cuba.
And what is that risk for Cuba?
You know, people have been waiting 50 years to hear this story with Cuba.
When I left Palm Beach today, there were thousands of people in the road.
I'm sure you saw them.
And they were from Cuba and from Venezuela, all friendly, all friendly, waving the flag
and waving the American flag.
They've been waiting 50 years for what's happening with Cuba.
So I think something will happen with Cuba pretty quickly.
Do you have an update on the Iran school strike?
Is it looking more likely than it was in the U.S.?
No, that's under investigation.
Mr. President, what do you want to see that differ from Israel?
I think, you know, I think we have similar objectives, really.
But it could be a little bit different.
You know, they're there and we're very far away.
But I think we probably have pretty similar with Israel.
The relationship has been very good.
The militaries are very well coordinated.
Ours is the strongest by far in the world.
And they have a real good military, you know, really good.
They have a lot of our weapons.
They have our planes.
They have our missiles.
They have our Patriots.
They have a lot of our weapons.
We have the best.
We make the best weapons in the world.
And now what we're doing, as you probably saw, we have the Raytheon and all of the Lockheed.
All of these companies are now building plants because we don't want to wait.
We make the best weapons, but we don't like to have to wait for them.
What we do have, though, is at a very high level, we have unlimited weapons at a medium to high level.
And they're really doing the trick.
And we're not using the — they call it the elite weapons because, frankly, they have it.
Outside of the original attack, they haven't been necessary.
But these companies — these companies are building facilities,
and they've already started all over the — many of them are building many buildings right now
to make so that we wait two weeks instead of two years for weapons.
I don't talk to people like you about it.
What would I tell you? I'm sending or not sending.
I don't talk about a military strategy.
Who would talk about — I mean, who would answer a question like that?
To start off with, there will be no nuclear weapons.
That's where it starts.
And then on top of that, there's plenty of things that we're going to get.
Thank you very much, everybody.