A remark by U.S. President Donald Trump during a press interaction at the NATO summit quickly drew attention online after he referred to the "Islamic Republic of Japan" while discussing a military incident involving the USS Abraham Lincoln. The apparent verbal slip rapidly circulated across social media, with clips of the exchange going viral. The moment came during Trump's appearance alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as NATO leaders met to discuss key security challenges, including the war in Ukraine and broader regional tensions.
President Trump meets with President Zelensky to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing the need for a peace deal and the potential for rebuilding. The conversation also covers tensions with Iran, focusing on denuclearization and recent military strikes, while highlighting the strategic importance of Ukraine's resources and the necessity of ending the war.
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I was with a group in Poland and they have, you have a lot of people in Poland,
which is a terrific country with a really great president.
I happened to endorse him, and he's doing a very good job.
And you know the country has a lot of future.
It is such great land, such great assets, such great people.
And you have a lot of people.
I was with a group in Poland and they have, you have a lot of people in Poland,
which is a terrific country with a really great president.
I happened to endorse him, and he's doing a very good job.
And they were saying they love Poland, but they really want to go back.
You know, you're going to get a lot of people back when this is over.
They left some, and they're all, I think they're going to come back.
A big percentage are going to come back.
So have a good talk, and we're going to see how it all goes.
And, Mr. President, would you like to say something?
Thanks so much.
Mr. President, thank you very much for this meeting.
And we are very thankful, as always, to your support, American support, bipartisan support.
Thanks for the invitation to this summit.
And I think that we really, I agree with you, we have a lot to discuss, a lot to speak about.
And, of course, we are thankful for the Pearl Program.
And we want to share with you some details what we want to raise during our meeting.
Air defense is the priority.
The second point, or maybe the first, about negotiations.
I think, yes, we understand what to do.
It's our estimation what to do, how to bring this.
And I hope that you will do, I'm sure that you will do everything to stop this war.
And I'm very happy that our side began to work on a drone deal.
And it's a very good beginning.
And I hope that today I will have the possibility to also discuss with you some very important details.
Thank you so much.
We've settled a lot of wars, and this one is the one that I thought maybe would be the easiest.
But Putin's a difficult character, and this guy's a difficult character.
It's not the easiest thing, and there's a lot of commitment.
And there's a lot of love of the countries and everything else.
But I think we've made a lot of progress in the last couple of weeks.
And we'll see how it all goes.
So do you have any questions?
President Trump, sir.
President Trump.
With the Iran ceasefire possibly over, can we expect the resumption of full-scale hostilities?
They are behaving very badly, as they have for 47 years.
And, you know, we hit them hard last night after they launched.
They launched a couple of – you don't have to know about this.
You got stuff on your mind.
But they launched a couple of drones and one rocket, one missile, and – at ships,
because they were in the strait, which they have every right to be.
And so we hit them very hard last night.
Very, very – probably hit them hard again tonight.
I'll give them a little warning we're going to hit them hard tonight.
But we'll see how it all works out.
No, I'm not happy with them, you know.
It's like – for instance, we'll have a meeting and we'll talk about the denuclearization of Iran
because that's what the war is.
It's not a war.
It's really the denuclearization of Iran.
And we'll have a meeting and we'll talk about just that.
That's – because my whole thing is not about regime change.
It's not about – although I think it's regime change when you knock out the first group,
the second group, and now you're – I think that's maybe the ultimate regime change.
But that's not what it's about.
It's about – we don't want them to have nuclear weapons.
And it's denuking or denuclearization.
And I think we've made a lot of progress.
And they'll get out of the room.
We'll talk about it like we're here.
They'll agree on everything.
And then they'll go have a news conference and say we never even talked about it.
They're cuckoo.
There's something wrong with these people.
And for 47 years, they've been the bully of the Middle East.
And they're not the bully anymore.
They're not the bully anymore.
And all we want – it's very simple.
They can't have a nuclear weapon.
That's what I'm there for.
President Trump, sir.
President Trump.
If they did, they'd use it.
And we're not going to let that happen.
President Trump, sir.
Daniel.
You've made a career making deals in very challenging situations.
Speaking to President Zelensky, speaking to President Putin,
in your view, sir, what is the most pragmatic pathway forward
to finding a long-term peace deal?
I just think they're going to make a deal.
Look, it's been – this deal has been in the works for a long time.
It's got the pluses, the minuses.
They know what it is.
He knows what it is better than anybody.
And I just think it's – sometimes –
you know, I used an analogy, and it sounds simple,
but it's sort of true.
You have two kids in a park and they don't like each other
and they start fighting.
Sometimes you have to let them fight.
Let them see that it's tough.
You know, it's tough.
Fighting is tough.
And he's done an amazing job.
Look, he's been very effective.
And he's had the best equipment because he has had our equipment.
And he's had great, but somebody has to use that equipment.
And you have a lot of brave people that are using that equipment.
And Russia, you know, it's a big country, but it's a big force.
Russia has always been a big fighting force.
So, you know, it's – but I really believe it's ready.
It's very interesting because you'd almost say it's worse than ever,
and maybe it isn't.
Sometimes with war, and you study war, and I've studied it so long,
for years, long before I did this,
sometimes it's when it gets the worst.
And I don't know that it's the worst right now.
It's consistently bad.
They lost – 25,000 people were lost, kids, young people, last month.
And we had a month, 35, two months ago.
And I would say more Russians.
But it's just – they're people.
They're people.
And there's actually very little difference between the people.
I mean, you know, it's like the Russians and Ukrainian people,
and they can get along.
But it's a nasty war.
Thousands and thousands, mostly soldiers, are being killed.
The battlefields, I see pictures, and it's horrible.
He thinks it's horrible.
We all think it's horrible.
And the president wants to get it done,
and I believe that President Putin wants to get it done,
and that should be a good combination.
Thank you.
Mr. President, what is your assessment on Ukraine's strike
on Russian oil refineries and military factories?
Where are you from?
Ukraine.
Phrase the question differently, please.
Ukraine delivered long strikes on Russian military factories
and on oil refineries, and they ran out of gas.
Marko, why don't you answer that?
Because you're right in the middle of it.
Yeah, no, I think what you're discussing is the ability of Ukraine
to reach deep inside of Russia and conduct strikes.
I think that's one of the dynamics that's changed in this war
over the last few months, and that is that Russians are finding it
more difficult to defend their own airspace.
And what we hope that means is that it's going to create the space now
to negotiate the end of this war.
It's an escalation.
But it's also an escalation that can help lead to an end.
Mr. President, what makes you think that Mr. Putin
might be seeking for the settlement?
So where are you from?
Radio Free Europe's Ukrainian service.
I'm from Ukraine.
Okay, good.
Because I talked to him.
I talked to President Zelensky, and I think that's all I've done.
In my whole life, I made deals.
That's, I guess, becoming president was making a deal.
It was like a lot of little individual things.
In the end, it's making a deal.
And that's what I do.
And I do it well, and I know when people want to make a deal.
I think he wants to make a deal.
And I do feel that President Zelensky would like to get back
to rebuilding his country as opposed to, you know,
having all of this death and destruction.
Ukraine has tremendous potential.
He understands that.
We talk about that.
He talks about that more than he talks about the war.
To me, I think you might find that more exciting than the war.
This is brutal.
The other is the beauty of it.
I think he'll build a great country.
I think he's going to build it.
We have a little stake in that country now
because we have some land in that country,
but we have minerals.
It's among the wealthiest.
It's among the best land anywhere in the world for rare earth.
And we have some rare earth.
I look forward to taking advantage of it at the right time.
He's one of my favorite soldiers.
I see him.
He's central casting.
You're doing okay?
Yes, sir.
We see him at meetings.
He's good.
He's done a great job.
Great job.
Great hero, actually.
Yeah.