This is gunmetal. This is the one the military loves. So, we're gonna start. Okay. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's pretty nice. Want to compare it? Let me see. Compare it. Let me see how that looks. I don't know. That looks pretty good.
But that means something very special.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. You can do tight around your neck. It's got a nice ribbon. I think you'll like it. It's special.
We don't give them to many people.
Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Come on over here. Come here. This guy is the man. That's four. That's big. That means a lot.
Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. This general right here, General Raisin G. He's a great general. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. Haven't done this before. And the job they've done on the border, it's unthinkable. What they left us with: they would have open borders with millions of people, 25 million people probably more than that, pouring into our border totally unchecked and unvetted. Now we have the opposite, and we want people in our country but they have to come in legally and they know that. And they know they're not getting through, so now they don't even try. So all of the death that Tom Homan talked about, the rape and the death and all the problem, doesn't happen because the caravans are very small. In fact, for the most part they don't even exist anymore because they know they're not going to get through. In a little while you'll be seeing I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said. I guess they used AI or something. So we'll be bringing that lawsuit. A lot of people are asking, 'Why are you bringing that lawsuit?' Even the media can't believe that one. They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6 that I didn't say. And they're beautiful words that I said, talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said. They didn't say that, but they put terrible words. They actually have me speaking with words that I never said, and they got caught because I believe somebody at BBC said, 'This is so bad it has to be reported.' That's called fake news. So we'll be filing that suit probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. If you have any questions, I guess you could ask, but this is really a day of celebration for these people. The job they've done is really unprecedented. So go ahead.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Is it a targeted attack?
That's moving along now and we don't know. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they're going to capture this animal.
Hopefully they're going to capture.
Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job of doing it with various times this has happened. They've done it in pretty much record time, but you'd really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards, they had their own police, they had their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact, and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet. No.
Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana under the control?
We are considering that. Yeah. Are you planning?
Because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous amounts of research that can't be done unless you reclassify.
So we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President.
Is it true that the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general are true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No. Oh, Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu has been obviously a very good one. Look, we took out Iran. We wiped out with that plane right there. We wiped out the B2 bomber. We wiped out the Iran nuclear threat. And because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. No, we've had a very good relationship with Israel. We actually have a very good relationship with just about everybody in the Middle East. But was that a violation of the ceasefire, the strike in the Hamas general?
We're going to have to look into that. Yeah, we'll look into.
President, on the Syria ambush of US forces. Do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. I mean, this had nothing to do with him. This is a part of Syria that they really don't have much control over, and it was a surprise. He feels very badly about it. He's working on it. He's a strong man. And no, this had nothing to do with the Syrian government. This had to do with ISIS.
What will the US response be?
As a response, they'll be hit hard. Yeah.
American. First of all, thanks for honoring this hero.
The communists have lost Chile. The pro-Trump candidate won the elections. Do you think this right-wing wave in the Spanish world is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras, as you know. Had a great election there. I endorsed somebody that was not leading and he won the election. And we had a good one just a couple of hours ago I found out in Chile, the person I endorsed who was not leading ended up winning quite easily. So I look forward to paying my respects to him. I hear he's a very good person.
Thank you, Mr. President. This year you fired Democrats from a number of federal agencies, and now going into 2026 there are some key regulators like the SEC, the CFTC that are going to have zero Democrats. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill those empty spots, or do you think that federal agencies shouldn't have Democrat commissioners?
Well, do you think they would be appointing Republicans if it were up to them? So, you know, we'll look at it. Look, we want to be fair, but typically they're not appointing Republicans. So you're asking me whether or not I'd appoint Democrats, but there are certain areas that we do look at and there are certain areas that we do share power, and I'm open to that.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he liked me, he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite that I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. You know, it was the Russia hoax. He was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself career-wise. He became like a deranged person. Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape, or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thune doesn't seem like he wants to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences for the Senate if they don't?
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with US attorneys or having to do with judges. In other words, if you have one, not two, you don't need two, just one. If you have one Democrat senator where we have a lot of them, you have one Democrat senator in a state, it is not possible to appoint because of blue slips, a judge, it's not possible to appoint a US attorney. You see that happening, and I think it's a disgrace. I think blue slips are a disgrace. They've long since been not relevant anymore. This is a different world than it was 15, 20 years ago. That was a gentleman and gentlewoman world. This is a little bit different unfortunately.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring ACA?
Yeah, that's a good question. I'd like to see the people get the money. I'd like to see all of the money that's going to the Democrat insurance companies. You know, the insurance companies are making a fortune. They're up 1,700% and more, and they're taking in hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars, even trillions of dollars. And Obamacare gives you terrible healthcare. Just so you understand, Obamacare was set up, and I said it right from the beginning, for the benefit of the insurance companies. They're making billions and billions of dollars. Their stock is through the roof. I don't want to give them anything. I want all money going to the people, and let the people buy their own healthcare. It'll be unbelievable. They'll do a great job. They'll get much better healthcare at a much lower cost.
Would you like Republicans next year to just use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out, and they wouldn't have to worry about Democrat votes?
Well, that would knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. It's crazy. Look, we should knock out the filibuster. And if you did that, we'd get voter ID. You'd have no mail-in voting. All things that make our elections dishonest. And you'd get a lot of other things having not even to do with voting. But Republicans should knock out the filibuster, and we should approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming because you know you have the 30th of January looming, you know that right? And if we knocked out the filibuster, it would be just a simple approval, but you have some Republicans that no, they're unable to explain why. They if you ask them why, they're unable to explain it. They cannot win the debate, but they should knock out the filibuster, and frankly they should get rid of the blue slips too.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telemundo that are publishing fake news about the ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election. And you know, it's interesting, when I'm not running, we don't do as well. And I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. But we did have a big win in Tennessee as you know. Matt Van, Van Eps, had a big win in Tennessee against a very strong candidate, attractive candidate who a lot of people thought would do very well. And Matt won by a lot. And I won Tennessee by a real lot. You know, we had a great election. We won every single swing state. We won the popular vote. We won everything. And there's a thing that they have now, districts, which is a big deal. I think in a way it's the most important stat from the standpoint of looking at numbers accurately. So out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. Think of that. 2,750 versus 525. It was great. That's why the map, when you see a map of the election, it's all red other than two little narrow lines on the other side.
Sir, Jimmy Lai was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reaction?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it, and I asked to consider his release. He's not well. He's an older man and he's not well. So I did put that request out. We'll see what happens.
Please, question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zelenskyy, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is a delegation going?
Well, I think that the delegation is largely there right now. Actually, they're in Europe and they met with those people that I called out before, the various countries plus some others. They want to see it end. They all want to see it end. I actually think that President Putin wants to see it end. You know, I've had good talks. We've had good talks with Russia, and I think they'd like to get back to a more normal way of life.
Mr. President, follow up there. An Article Five-like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give any sort of territory?
Well, look, you have, well, they've already lost the territory, you know, to be honest. I mean, they've lost the territory, but in terms of security guarantee, we'll work with Europe on it. Europe would be a big part of that, and we're working on the security guarantee so the war doesn't start up again. We don't want to have a war start up again. You know, as I said, with Thailand and Cambodia, two people I get along with great. I dealt with them and I called them and I said, 'Look, fellas, you got to relax. You got to take it easy.' They lost. You know, they started the war again. I got it ended. And things like that are going to happen. War, there's nothing pretty about war. Nothing good. And there's nothing you can do to predict what's going to happen. But I think we've made a lot of progress with respect to Russia and Ukraine. I hope you know, last month it was close to 27,000 soldiers were killed, mostly soldiers, but 27,000 people, mostly soldiers, were killed last month in Russia versus Ukraine.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
Well, there's no time limit. We just the time limit is whenever we get it done. I mean, we're going to try to get it done. We're making progress. It's more difficult than anybody could have thought. I would have said that half of the wars that I got settled, some were going for over 30 years, that half of them should have been more difficult and they actually haven't been. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders. You know that? And so it probably makes it a little bit tough.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, Mr. President, on the US troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria?
Because we're trying to make sure that there's going to be peace in the Middle East, and Syria is a big part of it. The new leader is a strong person, and that's what you need. This is a rough part of the world, and it's been amazing what's taken place in Syria. We got rid of Assad. We got rid of other people that were really bad people and that were in the way of peace in the Middle East. You know, we have legitimate peace in the Middle East, first time in 3,000 years. And we have 59 countries backing it. And we'll see what happens with Hamas. We'll see what happens with Hezbollah. But regardless, we have countries that want to go in and clean that out if we want them to do it. But they said in the case of Hamas, they said that they're going to disarm, and we're going to find out whether or not that's true. Hezbollah in Lebanon has been a problem. We'll see what happens there. But there is legitimate large-scale peace in the Middle East. And if there weren't, we wouldn't have been able to make all of those deals that we've made with the various countries. They would have never been able to do that. If, for instance, if Iran, if we didn't with that B2 bomber right there on the desk, if we didn't, of which we just ordered a lot more of the newer version, totally stealth, they could not see it. They knew it was coming. They had no idea where it was. It was pretty amazing actually. Every bomb hit its mark perfectly despite CNN trying to say differently. They didn't know. They just hoped that we didn't, but turned out that they did. Atomic Energy Commission confirmed it. So did actually so did Iran confirm it. They got knocked to hell. But if we didn't knock out their nuclear capability, we would have never had peace in the Middle East because you would have had a dark cloud hanging over Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and all the other countries. And they would have never ever been able to sign an agreement.
How soon do you expect that international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
I think that it's in a form it's already running in a very strong form. It's already, but it'll get stronger and stronger and more and more countries are coming into it. They're already in, but they'll send any number of troops that I asked them to send. They want to see peace. We have more than 59 countries. We have many countries that aren't even in the Middle East, but they're fairly close to the Middle East. They want to be involved. So it's been pretty amazing.
Mr. President, this week a man named Kone Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under the Biden administration, but your DOJ kept it going and secured the conviction. A lot of people in crypto are saying that this man should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case at all?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Why you think he should be pardoned? Sounds like it. Sounds like based on your question. Rodriguez, we'll look at that. Okay, let's take a look at it. You know, you'll have to tell me. I don't know anything about it, but we'll take a look.
On Friday, please. Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Typically, that's five trading days going into Christmas in the first two trading days of January. That's a sign of market optimism. Do you anticipate along with the historical low gas prices that continuing into the first quarter?
Well, we've had the greatest stock market in history, Brian. I have a stock market that's gone up 52 times to new highs during a 10-month period. My first 10 months, we set a record. 52 days, we had the highest stock market in history, including a day ago. And I didn't look today, maybe it's up today, I don't know, but we had 52 all together. And there's never been anything like it. And the reason are the tariffs have brought vast amounts of wealth into our country. Countries that have taken our car companies, those car companies are all coming back. The AI is coming at levels that nobody's ever seen before. That's going to be a massive industry. Without the tariffs, we wouldn't have that. Chips are coming in, chip companies are coming in from Taiwan and other places, but mostly from Taiwan, which has almost 100% of the market, and we're now making chips. And we're not paying anything. It's not the CHIPS Act where they give billions of dollars to companies and then they just take the money and they run. That was under Biden. The fact that I set tariffs up and that if they don't make their chips here, they have to pay a big tariff in order to send them into the US. They have to be here. You know, tariffs really work, in my opinion, almost only in the United States. They've been used against us successfully because we had presidents that had no clue. But tariffs really work. We have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars with tariffs. And more importantly, we've taken in countries and companies where even countries have sent their car-making people into the United States in order to avoid paying tariffs. And they'll build a plant and they'll hire our people to make the cars. But we now have, as you know, Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the United States using our people. Without tariffs, none of that would have happened. Tariffs have given us great national security. There is nothing like what's happened in the last 10 months. Tariffs have given us tremendous national security and tremendous wealth. Thank you all very much. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Appreciate it. We had a very good conversation one hour ago with the European leaders, many of them involving the war with Russia and Ukraine. We had a long discussion and things are seemingly going well, but we've been saying that for a long time and it's a difficult one. We had settled eight wars, and one was having a little problem yesterday, Thailand and Cambodia. We were able to straighten that out. There was some killing going on that shouldn't have happened, and we appreciate them working to get it straightened out, and they have. The security protocols yesterday were amazing, and they have been amazing having to do with Russia and Ukraine. I had a long talk with President Zelenskyy. Also, I spoke with the heads of Germany, Italy, NATO, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. We had very long and very good talks. And again, I think things are going along pretty well. 27,000 soldiers were killed last month. Shouldn't happen. Should have never happened. Should have never started. That war should have never ever started, but it did and we're trying to get it solved. That was Biden's situation. We're trying to get it done. And I think we're closer now. And they will tell you that they're closer now. We had numerous conversations with President Putin of Russia. And I think we're closer now than we have been ever. And we'll see what we can do. We want to save a lot of lives. You know, we sell equipment to NATO. We don't spend any money, but we do want to see if we can save a lot of lives. When you're losing 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers, mostly soldiers, other people too from towns and places like Kyiv, various other places throughout Ukraine, it's pretty bad. Nobody's seen anything like it actually since World War II. But we're getting closer. We're having tremendous support from European leaders. They want to get it ended also. And at this moment, Russia wants to get it ended. The problem is they'll want to get it ended and then all of a sudden they won't. And Ukraine will want to get it ended and all of a sudden they won't. So we have to get them on the same page. But I think that's working along. Very good talk. On day one of my administration, I signed an executive order making it the core mission of the United States military to protect and defend the homeland. And today, we're here to honor our military men and women for their central role in the protection of our border. Something that I campaigned very strongly on. And they made me look really good. They're unbelievable. They made us all look good. I mean, we went from having millions of people pouring over our border to having none in the last eight months. None. In a few moments, we'll officially recognize their service by awarding them the Mexican Border Defense Medal, which is a big deal. We're joined for this occasion by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kaine, Commander of US Northern Command General Gregory Gille, Commander of the Southern Border Task Force Major General Scott Noman, Command Sergeant Major Brett Johnson of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency Terry Cole, and many other members of our administration who have done an incredible job on the border. You know, people forget now that the border has been secure for actually seven months. Think of it more. And they don't mention the border anymore. Nobody talks about the border. They talk about affordability, and we're the ones that are bringing the prices down. We were given the worst inflation in our country's history, and we're bringing the prices down. But the affordability is on the Democrats because they have made it unaffordable to be in this country. But we're bringing those prices down, and they're coming down quickly. Energy is coming way down, and if you look, gasoline prices are hitting in many locations $1.99 a gallon. Nobody thought they'd see that. They were four, five, and $6 a gallon under Biden. In the four years before I took office, our southern border was surrendered to criminals, drug cartels, human traffickers, and child smugglers. Our entire southwest border on the Mexican side is under the physical control of cartels that are among the most violent entities nobody's ever seen anywhere on the planet. The most violent people on the planet. Remember when the Democrats and others, the radical left, used to say that the people they're allowing into our country, immigrants are nice people. They're not violent like our people. Well, they make our people look like babies. These are some of the most violent criminals anywhere on earth from many countries, not just Venezuela. Venezuela emptied their jails into our country, but others have also. The Congo has, so many other countries have, and we don't put up with it. I have to say, drugs coming in by sea are down 94%. And we're trying to figure out who the other 6% are, but they're down 94%, and we're going to start hitting them on land, which is a lot easier to do, frankly. But these are a direct military threat to the United States of America. They're trying to drug out our country. And you can look throughout history. Look at China when they were loaded up with drugs. They were suffering greatly, and others were able to take them over. They're trying to drug out our country, and we're reversing it rapidly actually. But with the help of our great service members, we've stopped the invasion in its tracks, and we're dismantling the cartels very rapidly. They are being declared enemies of the United States of America. They have been so declared legally. More than 25,000 warriors have served in this historic operation. It is indeed an incredible and historic operation, and we've never done anything so effectively. They've spent night and day enduring scorching hot and bitter cold, and they've given up their holidays and their weekends working with the officers of Customs and Border Protection. Our armed forces have already conducted nearly 13,000 patrols along the border. And today we give these great warriors the recognition that they have earned, and they have really earned it. The military component of our border security efforts is just the beginning. We're also designating the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. A big deal from a legal standpoint and military standpoint. We've ended catch and release, and we ensured that anyone who sets foot across our border illegally is intercepted, arrested, and immediately deported, or if they're really bad, they're put into prison because we don't want to ever take a chance if they come back. As a result, illegal border crossings have plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded in the history of our country. Think of that. You can all be very proud. For the past seven months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States of America. We inherited the worst border in the history of our country, one of the worst borders, I would say, in the world. I can't imagine any border in the world being worse when they allowed 25 million people to come in. And again, many of these people are gang members and from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums, and some of the worst people on earth they allowed to come into our country. We're getting a lot of them out. We've made a big dent. And the self-deportation is something nobody talks about, but literally millions of people are self-deporting because they don't want to be captured. Once they're captured, they don't have the chance to self-deport. They never have the chance to come back into our country. We inherited that border from an incompetent administration and turned it into the strongest border in the history of our country. So, we took the worst border in the history of our country and in a period of two months, we turned it into the strongest border in the history of our country. During this time, we've also achieved a 50% drop in the amount of fentanyl coming across the border, and China is working with us very closely on bringing down the number and the amount of fentanyl that's being shipped. You know, fentanyl is very bad when you mix it with certain ingredients, but it also is very important for medicine, for anesthesias, various other things. I want people to understand that it's not made necessarily for bad. When it's mixed with certain things, it becomes bad. And that's what's taking place in Mexico. And we've got it down to a much lower number. Not satisfactory, but it will be satisfactory soon. In May, we executed the largest fentanyl bust in the history of the US, seizing three million fentanyl pills, all at one time. Think of that. Three million pills. Amounted to billions of dollars worth of drugs. And last month, we seized another 1.7 million fentanyl pills in the state of Colorado, the poorly run state of Colorado with a governor who is incompetent and frankly with a governor that won't allow our wonderful Tina to come out of a jail in a high-intensity jail because she caught people cheating on an election and they said she was cheating. She wasn't cheating. She went over, she looked at one of the election scams going on. And because she did that, they put her in jail for nine years. The governor of Colorado is a weak and a pathetic man who was run by Tren de Aragua, the criminals from Venezuela, took over sections of Colorado, and he was afraid to do anything. But he puts Tina in jail for nine years because she caught people cheating. And when she walked over and got involved in it, they said she was cheating. She wasn't cheating. She caught people cheating on the election in 2020 along with a lot of other people that cheated on that election. You'll see that coming out more and more. But there's no doubt that America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States in part because they want to kill Americans. If this were a war, that would be one of the worst wars. I believe they killed over the last five or six years per year 200 to 300,000 people. You hear about 100,000 which is a lot of people, but the number is much higher than that. That's been proven, and they've destroyed a lot of families because when they lose a child or even if their child is heavily addicted, you lose that family. The family will never be the same. That's why today I'm taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country with this historic executive order I will sign today. We're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to 300,000 people die every year that we know of. So, we're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. But before I sign the fentanyl order, we will pin these great service members with their medals. And here today are the first 13 warriors who will receive the Mexican Border Defense Medal, which is a big deal. First, I'd like to ask Secretary Hegseth and Chairman Kaine to say a few words. I'd like to have Tom Homan come up. Please, if you would say a few words. And I want to thank all of the people, Pam and everybody. Steven Miller, what a job he's doing, for being here. Thank you both. Appreciate it very much. We have so many great people here. But I do want to ask Tom to say a few words also. So Pete, why don't you start it off, please?
Mr. President. Thank you. I would echo what you said. This has been a team effort from the beginning. Tom Homan, Terry Cole, Steven Miller, Pam Bondi, Christy Gnome, Customs and Border Protection. It has been one team, one mission to get 100% operational control of the southern border. You want to talk about America first, peace through strength, and common sense, it all manifests in one basic phrase down there: border security is national security. And we had the task of 100% control. And because of these men and women back here, we've achieved that. Nobody is crossing the southern border. And I want to give a big shout out to our Northern Command, General Guo. From day one, this department didn't look at the border this way before you. Joe Biden allowed an invasion of this country. Tens of millions of people, drugs, gangs, violence, and the military jumped to it on day one with our partners. Ultimately, it was incredible Americans. There's 13 up here with us today. They all represent about 2,000 people who've served at the border so far. So 25,000 Americans qualify for this Mexican National Defense Border Medal that we're announcing today. And what's cool about this medal, it was actually first given out in 1918. So we're reviving an old medal that existed, was given to men and women who defended the southern border. We found out about it. We used the exact same foundry, with the exact same imagery, same color, same metal, same everything. So our men and women will be wearing that very same medal as Americans a 100 years before who were asked to defend the sovereignty of our country. President Trump was elected to do that. You have done that, Mr. President. We're proud of this mission. We're proud to defend the American people, and pinning these medals on is an example of how important it is to us. So thank you, Mr. President. Appreciate it.
Well, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I want to echo your thanks and gratitude for the joint force. I also want to highlight General Guo, General Noman, and Command Sergeant Major Johnson, but also leaders at every level that came together, not just in our joint force, but in the interagency. And I want to specifically highlight our Border Patrol teammates and our Office of Air and Marine teammates who, when I went down to the southern border and visited, were right there next to the joint force. I also want to thank not just these 13 individuals, but the joint force that was also down there and your families who poured in to make this deployment possible on the southern border. And of course, this time of the year, I'm always thinking about our currently deployed forces who are out there around the world doing our nation's business. And of course, our fallen and their families who show us what courage and tenacity really are as they move forward after the loss of a service member. So, thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
You know, it's always an honor for me to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. Yes, I said it and I meant it. You know, I just got home last night. I toured the border in California, Arizona, and Texas. I did it in a four-wheel drive. I did it on the river. I did it from the air. Hundreds upon hundreds of miles of border. I didn't see one illegal alien. Not a single one. I've done this since 1984. I worked for six different presidents. None has done more than President Trump. What he has done is gave us the most secure border in the history of this nation. Hard to stop. I went to hundreds of miles of border and didn't see one illegal alien. Incredible, considering the Biden administration we had 10,000 to 12,000 a day, most released in the United States. I'm proud to be with these patriots behind me. I'm already proud to be in the Oval Office of the president, but being with these heroes, I met some of these soldiers down on the border. And actually, shout out to Fort Drum, New York. We got some 10th Mountain Division in here. So, at least for now, Claudia Tennant, we all love Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain. So look, this is a game changer. I want to make something perfectly clear because we get attacked all the time for being inhumane. The Biden administration is much more inhumane. It's just a bunch of crap because there's been studies done that 31% of women that make that journey through the cartels get sexually assaulted. They get raped. And not just the women, children too. I've done numerous investigations on that. Sex trafficking was at historic highs with the open border. Fentanyl historic highs that could have killed a quarter million Americans. No inspector, terrorists that came across the border, record historic. What happened under Biden administration was the most inhumane thing I've seen in my lifetime. Now that the border is 96% declined, 96% less people are coming. How many women aren't being raped? How many children aren't dying making that journey? How many women and children aren't being sex trafficked into this country every day? How many known suspected terrorists aren't just walking across that border? President Trump in this administration is saving thousands of lives every month. Hard stop. That's just a stone cold fact. I'm just proud to be a part of this. I work with Steve Miller every day. Steve Miller is one of the most brilliant people I met in my entire life. President Trump brought together one hell of a team here, and the success proves. We all working together. One team, one fight. We're not done yet. We're gonna keep going. And I guarantee you, we can continue saving thousands and thousands of lives. Secure border means strong national security. Secure border saves lives. Thank you.
Thank you, J.
Okay, let's do the medals and I'll be signing this. Maybe you'll do the medals first and then I'll sign it. Okay. Great job. Great job, fellas. No auto pens. None ever. We don't like auto pens, right?
How about gathering around me and we'll hold this up. Congratulations. That's an amazing job. Come on around. Come on around. Let's take a good picture. Fantastic job, you guys. Fantastic job. Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you, Mr. President. Great job. What you've done is unprecedented. How about holding that up? You guys hold it up. Hold it up. You deserve it more than me. So, I'm going to give you another metal though that may be more beautiful. I'm not sure it means as much, but it's really good. Okay. This is gunmetal. This is the one the military loves. So, we're going to start. Okay. Thank you, Mr. President.
Here you go. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President. It's pretty nice.
Want to compare it? Let me see. Compare it. Let me see how that looks. I don't know. That looks pretty good.
Thank you, Mr. President.
But that means something very special.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. You can do tight around your neck. It's got a nice ribbon. I think you'll like it. It's special.
We don't give it to many people.
Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Come on over here. Come here. This guy. He's the man. That's four sides that big. That means a lot.
Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. This general right here, General, raise. He's a great general. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. I haven't done this before. And the job they've done on the border, it's unthinkable what they left us with. That they would have open borders with millions of people, 25 million people, probably more than that, falling into our border totally unchecked and unvetted. Now we have the opposite. And we allow, we want people in our country, but they have to come in legally. And they know that. And they know they're not getting through. So now they don't even try. So all of the death that Tom Homan talked about, the rape and the death and all the problem, doesn't happen because the caravans are very small. In fact, for the most part they don't even exist anymore because they know they're not going to get through. In a little while you'll be seeing I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something. So, we'll be bringing that lawsuit. A lot of people are asking, 'Why are you bringing that lawsuit?' Even the media can't believe that one. They would. They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6 that I didn't say. And they're beautiful words that I said, right? They're beautiful words talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said. They didn't say that, but they put terrible words. They actually have me speaking with words that I never said, and they got caught because I believe somebody at BBC said, 'This is so bad it has to be reported.' That's called fake news. So, we'll be filing that suit probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. If you have any questions, I guess you could ask, but this is really a day of celebration for these people. The job they've done is really unprecedented. So go ahead.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Is it a targeted attack?
That's moving along now and we don't know. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they're going to capture this animal.
Hopefully they're going to capture. Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job of doing it with various times this has happened. They've done it in pretty much record time, but you'd really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards, they had their own police, they had their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact, and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet. No.
Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana under the control?
We are considering that. Yeah. Are you planning?
Because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous amounts of research that can't be done unless you reclassify.
So we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President.
Is it true that the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general are true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No. Oh, Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu has been obviously a very good one. Look, we took out Iran. We wiped out with that plane right there. We wiped out the B2 bomber. We wiped out the Iran nuclear threat. And because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. No, we've had a very good relationship with Israel. We actually have a very good relationship with just about everybody in the Middle East. But was that a violation of the ceasefire, the strike in the Hamas general?
We're going to have to look into that. Yeah, we'll look into.
President, on the Syria ambush of US forces. Do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. I mean, this had nothing to do with him. This is a part of Syria that they really don't have much control over. And it was a surprise. He feels very badly about it. He's working on it. He's a strong man. And no, this had nothing to do with the Syrian government. This had to do with ISIS.
to do with the Syrian government. This had to do with ISIS.
What will the US response be?
As a response, they'll be hit hard. Yeah.
American. First of all, thanks for honoring this hero.
The communist lost Chile, the pro-Trump candidate Jose won the elections. Do you think this right-wing wave in the Spanish world is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras, as you know. Had a great election there. I endorsed somebody that was not leading and he won the election. And we had a good one just a couple of hours ago. I found out in Chile the person I endorsed who was not leading ended up winning quite easily. So I look forward to paying my respects to him. I hear he's a very good person.
Mr. President, thank you. This year you fired Democrats from a number of federal agencies and now going into 2026 there are some key regulators like the SEC, the CFTC that are going to have zero Democrats. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill those empty spots or do you think that federal agencies shouldn't have Democrat commissioners?
Well, do you think they would be appointing Republicans if it were up to them? So, you know, we'll look at it. Look, we want to be fair, but typically they're not appointing Republicans. So you're asking me whether or not I'd appoint Democrats, but there are certain areas that we do look at and there are certain areas that we do share power and I'm open to that. Please.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite that I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. You know, the Russia hoax. He was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself career-wise. He became like a deranged person, Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape, or form. I thought he was very bad for our country. Yeah.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thune doesn't seem like he wants to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences for the Senate if they...
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with US attorneys or judges. In other words, if you have one Democrat senator in a state, it is not possible to appoint a judge or a US attorney because of blue slips. I think it's a disgrace. Blue slips are a disgrace. They should not be relevant anymore. This is a different world than it was 15, 20 years ago. That was a gentleman and gentlewoman world. This is a little bit different, unfortunately. Yeah, please.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring ACA?
Yeah, that's a good question. I'd like to see the people get the money. I'd like to see all of the money that's going to the Democrat insurance companies. The insurance companies are making a fortune. They're up 1,700% and more. They're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars, even trillions. And Obamacare gives you terrible healthcare. Obamacare was set up for the benefit of the insurance companies. They're making billions. Their stock is through the roof. I don't want to give them anything. I want all money going to the people and let the people buy their own healthcare. It'll be unbelievable. They'll get much better healthcare at a much lower cost.
Would you like Republicans next year to use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out and they wouldn't have to worry about Democrat votes?
Well, that would knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. It's crazy. Look, we should knock out the filibuster. And if you did that, we'd get voter ID. You'd have no mail-in voting. All things that make our elections dishonest. And you'd get a lot of other things. Republicans should knock out the filibuster, and we should approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming. And if we knocked out the filibuster, it would be just a simple approval. But you have some Republicans that are unable to explain why. They cannot win the debate, but they should knock out the filibuster. And frankly, they should get rid of the blue slips too. Yeah.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami, where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telemundo that are publishing fake news about the ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election and you know, it's interesting. When I'm not running, we don't do as well. And I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. But we did have a big win in Tennessee. Matt Vaneps had a big win in Tennessee against a very strong candidate, attractive candidate who a lot of people thought would do very well. And Matt won by a lot. And I won Tennessee by a real lot. We had a great election. We won every single swing state. We won the popular vote. We won everything. And there's a thing they have now, districts, which is a big deal. I think it's the most important stat from the standpoint of looking at numbers accurately. So out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. Think of that. 2,750 versus 525. It was great. That's why the map, when you see a map of the election, it's all red other than two little narrow lines on the other side. Please.
Sir, Jimmy Lai was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reaction?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it and I asked him to consider his release. He's not well. He's an older man and he's not well. So I did put that request out. We'll see what happens. Okay.
Yeah, please. Question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zelenskyy, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is the delegation going?
Well, I think that the delegation is largely there right now. Actually, they're in Europe and they met with those people that I called out before, the various countries plus some others. They want to see it end, Katie. They want to see it end. I actually think that President Putin wants to see it end. I've had good talks with Russia and I think they'd like to get back to a more normal way of life.
President, follow up there. An Article 5-like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give up any sort of territory?
Well, look, they've already lost the territory, to be honest. But in terms of security guarantee, we'll work with Europe on it. Europe would be a big part of that, and we're working on the security guarantee so the war doesn't start up again. We don't want to have a war start up again. As I said, with Thailand and Cambodia, two people I get along with great. I called them and said, 'Look, fellas, you got to relax. You got to take it easy.' They started the war again. I got it ended. War, there's nothing pretty about war. Nothing good. But I think we've made a lot of progress with respect to Russia and Ukraine. Last month it was close to 27,000 soldiers killed, mostly soldiers. 27,000 people, mostly soldiers, were killed last month in Russia versus Ukraine.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
Well, there's no time limit. The time limit is whenever we get it done. We're going to try to get it done. We're making progress. It's more difficult than anybody could have thought. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders. You know that? And so it probably makes it a little bit tough.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, Mr. President, on the US troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria?
Because we're trying to make sure that there's going to be peace in the Middle East, and Syria is a big part of it. The new leader is a strong person, and that's what you need. This is a rough part of the world. It's been amazing what's taken place in Syria. We got rid of Assad. We got rid of other people that were really bad and in the way of peace. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East, first time in 3,000 years. And we have 59 countries backing it. We'll see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah. But regardless, we have countries that want to go in and clean that out if we want them to. They said Hamas is going to disarm, and we're going to find out whether that's true. Hezbollah in Lebanon has been a problem. But there is legitimate large-scale peace in the Middle East. If there weren't, we wouldn't have been able to make all those deals with the various countries. If we didn't knock out Iran's nuclear capability with the B2 bomber, we would have never had peace. Every bomb hit its mark perfectly. Iran confirmed it. They got knocked to hell. Without that, you would have had a dark cloud hanging over Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and all the other countries, and they would have never been able to sign an agreement. Yeah, please.
How soon do you expect that international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
I think it's already running in a very strong form. It'll get stronger and stronger, and more and more countries are coming into it. They'll send any number of troops that I ask them to send. They want to see peace. We have more than 59 countries. Many countries that aren't even in the Middle East but are fairly close want to be involved. So it's been pretty amazing.
Mr. President, this week a man named Kone Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under the Biden administration, but your DOJ kept it going and secured the conviction. A lot of people in crypto are saying that this man should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case at all or would you be interested?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Why do you think he should be pardoned?
Sounds like it. Sounds like based on your question.
Rodriguez, we'll look at that, Pam. Okay, let's take a look at it. You'll have to tell me. I don't know anything about it, but we'll take a look.
On Friday, please. Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Typically, the five trading days going into Christmas and the first two trading days of January. That's a sign of market optimism. Do you anticipate along with the historical low gas prices that continuing into the first quarter?
Well, we've had the greatest stock market in history, Brian. We have a stock market that's gone up 52 times to new highs during a 10-month period. My first 10 months, we set a record. 52 days we had the highest stock market in history, including a day ago. I didn't look today, maybe it's up today, I don't know, but we had 52 altogether. There's never been anything like it. The reason is the tariffs have brought vast amounts of wealth into our country. Countries that have taken our car companies, those car companies are all coming back. AI is coming at levels nobody's ever seen before. That's going to be a massive industry. Without the tariffs, we wouldn't have that. Chip companies are coming in from Taiwan and other places. We're now making chips. It's not the CHIPS Act where they give billions of dollars to companies and then they take the money and run. That was under Biden. The fact that I set tariffs up means if they don't make their chips here, they have to pay a big tariff to send them into the US. Tariffs really work, in my opinion, almost only in the United States. They've been used against us successfully because we had presidents that had no clue. But tariffs really work. We have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars with tariffs. More importantly, we've taken in countries and companies where they've sent their car-making people into the United States to avoid paying tariffs. They'll build a plant and hire our people. Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the United States using our people. Without tariffs, none of that would have happened. Tariffs have given us great national security and tremendous wealth. Thank you all very much. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. Appreciate it. We had a very good conversation one hour ago with the European leaders, many of them involving the war with Russia and Ukraine. We had a long discussion and things are seemingly going well, but we've been saying that for a long time and it's a difficult one. We had settled eight wars and one was having a little problem yesterday, Thailand and Cambodia. We were able to straighten that out. There was some killing going on that shouldn't have happened, and we appreciate them working to get it straightened out. The security protocols yesterday were amazing having to do with Russia and Ukraine. I had a long talk with President Zelenskyy. Also, I spoke with the heads of Germany, Italy, NATO, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. We had very long and very good talks. Again, I think things are going along pretty well. 27,000 soldiers were killed last month. Shouldn't happen. Should have never started. That war should have never ever started, but it did and we're trying to get it solved. That was Biden's situation. We're trying to get it done. I think we're closer now. They will tell you that we're closer now. We had numerous conversations with President Putin of Russia. I think we're closer now than we have been ever. We'll see what we can do. We want to save a lot of lives. We sell equipment to NATO. We don't spend any money, but we do want to save a lot of lives. When you're losing 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers, mostly soldiers, other people too from towns like Kyiv and various other places throughout Ukraine, it's pretty bad. Nobody's seen anything like it since World War II. But we're getting closer. We have tremendous support from European leaders. They want to get it ended also. At this moment, Russia wants to get it ended. The problem is they'll want to get it ended and then all of a sudden they won't, and Ukraine will want to get it ended and all of a sudden they won't. So we have to get them on the same page. But I think that's working along. Very good talk. On day one of my administration, I signed an executive order making it the core mission of the United States military to protect and defend the homeland. Today we're here to honor our military men and women for their central role in the protection of our border. Something I campaigned very strongly on. They made me look really good. They were unbelievable. We went from having millions of people pouring over our border to having none in the last eight months. None. In a few moments, we'll officially recognize their service by awarding them the Mexican Border Defense Medal, which is a big deal. We're joined for this occasion by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kaine, Commander of US Northern Command General Gregory Guill, Commander of the Southern Border Task Force Major General Scott Nommen, Command Sergeant Major Brett Johnson of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency Terry Cole, and many other members of our administration who have done an incredible job on the border. People forget now that the border has been secure for actually seven months. Nobody talks about the border anymore. They talk about affordability. We're the ones bringing the prices down. We were given the worst inflation in our country's history, and we're bringing the prices down. Affordability is on the Democrats because they have made it unaffordable to be in this country. But we're bringing those prices down quickly. Energy is coming way down. Gasoline prices are hitting $1.99 a gallon in many locations. Nobody thought they'd see that. They were four, five, and six dollars a gallon under Biden. In the four years before I took office, our southern border was surrendered to criminals, drug cartels, human traffickers, and child smugglers. Our entire southwest border on the Mexican side is under the physical control of cartels that are among the most violent entities on the planet. Remember when the Democrats and the radical left used to say that the people they're allowing into our country are nice people, not violent like our people. Well, they make our people look like babies. These are some of the most violent criminals anywhere on earth from many countries, not just Venezuela. Venezuela emptied their jails into our country, but others have also. The Congo has, so many other countries have. We don't put up with it. Drugs coming in by sea are down 94%. We're trying to figure out who the other 6% are, but we're going to start hitting them on land, which is a lot easier. These are a direct military threat to the United States of America. They're trying to drug out our country. Look at China when they were loaded up with drugs. They were suffering greatly and others were able to take them over. They're trying to drug out our country, and we're reversing it rapidly. With the help of our great service members, we've stopped the invasion in its tracks and we're dismantling the cartels very rapidly. They are being declared enemies of the United States of America. More than 25,000 warriors have served in this historic operation. It is indeed an incredible and historic operation. We've never done anything so effectively. They've spent night and day enduring scorching hot and bitter cold, giving up their holidays and weekends working with Customs and Border Protection. Our armed forces have already conducted nearly 13,000 patrols along the border. Today we give these great warriors the recognition they have earned. The military component of our border security efforts is just the beginning. We're also designating the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. A big deal from a legal and military standpoint. We've ended catch and release. Anyone who sets foot across our border illegally is intercepted, arrested, and immediately deported, or if they're really bad, put into prison. As a result, illegal border crossings have plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded in the history of our country. For the past seven months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States of America. We inherited the worst border in the history of our country, one of the worst in the world. They allowed 25 million people to come in. Many of these people are gang members from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums. We're getting a lot of them out. Self-deportation is something nobody talks about, but literally millions of people are self-deporting because they don't want to be captured. Once captured, they never have the chance to come back. We inherited that border from an incompetent administration and turned it into the strongest border in the history of our country. During this time, we've also achieved a 50% drop in the amount of fentanyl coming across the border. China is working with us very closely on bringing down the number. Fentanyl is very bad when mixed with certain ingredients, but it is also important for medicine and anesthesias. When mixed with certain things, it becomes bad. That's what's taking place in Mexico. We've got it down to a much lower number. Not satisfactory, but it will be satisfactory soon. In May, we executed the largest fentanyl bust in the history of the US, seizing three million fentanyl pills at one time. That amounted to billions of dollars worth of drugs. Last month, we seized another 1.7 million fentanyl pills in Colorado, a poorly run state with an incompetent governor who won't allow our wonderful Tina to come out of jail. She caught people cheating on an election and they said she was cheating. She wasn't cheating. She looked at one of the election scams going on, and because she did that, they put her in jail for nine years. The governor of Colorado is a weak and pathetic man who was run by Tren de Aragua, criminals from Venezuela who took over sections of Colorado. He was afraid to do anything, but he puts Tina in jail for nine years because she caught people cheating. She caught people cheating on the 2020 election, along with a lot of other people. You'll see that coming out more and more. America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States because they want to kill Americans. If this were a war, it would be one of the worst. I believe they killed 200 to 300,000 people per year over the last five or six years. The number is much higher than 100,000. That's been proven. They've destroyed a lot of families. That's why today I'm taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country with this historic executive order. We're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which it is. No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to 300,000 people die every year that we know of. Before I sign the fentanyl order, we will pin these great service members with their medals. Here today are the first 13 warriors who will receive the Mexican Border Defense Medal. First, I'd like to ask Secretary Hegseth and Chairman Kaine to say a few words. I'd like to have Tom Homan come up. Please, if you would say a few words. I want to thank all of the people, Pam and everybody. Steven Miller, great Steven Miller. What a job he's doing. Thank you both. We have so many great people here. Pete, why don't you start it off, please? Thank you.
Mr. President. Thank you. I would echo what you said. This has been a team effort from the beginning. Tom Homan, Terry Cole, Steven Miller, Pam Bondi, Christy Gnome, Customs and Border Protection. It has been one team, one mission to get 100% operational control of the southern border. You want to talk about America first, peace through strength and common sense, it all manifests in one basic phrase: border security is national security. We had the task of 100% control. Because of these men and women back here, we've achieved that. Nobody is crossing the southern border. I want to give a big shout out to our Northern Command, General Guill. From day one, they said our department didn't look at the border this way before. Joe Biden allowed an invasion of this country. Tens of millions of people, drugs, gangs, violence. The military jumped to it on day one with our partners. Ultimately, it was incredible Americans. There are 13 up here with us today. They all represent about 2,000 people who've served at the border so far. 25,000 Americans qualify for this Mexican Border Defense Medal that we're announcing today. What's cool about this medal is it was first given out in 1918. We're reviving an old medal that was given to men and women who defended the southern border. We used the exact same foundry with the exact same imagery, same color, same metal, same everything. Our men and women will be wearing that very same medal as Americans 100 years before who were asked to defend the sovereignty of our country. President Trump was elected to do that. You have done that, Mr. President. We're proud of this mission. We're proud to defend the American people. Pinning these medals is an example of how important it is to us. So thank you, Mr. President. Appreciate it.
Well, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I want to echo your thanks and gratitude for the joint force. I also want to highlight General Guill, General Nommen, and Command Sergeant Major Johnson, but also leaders at every level that came together, not just in our joint force, but in the interagency. I want to specifically highlight our Border Patrol teammates and our Office of Air and Marine teammates who, when I went down to the southern border, were right there next to the joint force. I also want to thank not just these 13 individuals, but the joint force that was also down there and your families who poured in to make this deployment possible on the southern border. Of course, this time of the year, I'm always thinking about our currently deployed forces who are out there around the world doing our nation's business, and our fallen and their families who show us what courage and tenacity really are. So thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
You know, it's always an honor for me to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. Yes, I said it and I meant it. I just got home last night. I toured the border in California, Arizona, and Texas. I did it in four-wheel drive, on the river, from the air. Hundreds upon hundreds of miles of border. I didn't see one illegal alien. Not a single one. I've done this since 1984. I worked for six different presidents. None has done more than President Trump. What he has done is given us the most secure border in the history of this nation. Hard stop. I went to hundreds of miles of border and didn't see one illegal alien. Incredible, considering the Biden administration had 10 to 12,000 a day, most released in the United States. I'm proud to be with these patriots behind me. I'm already proud to be in the Oval Office of the president, but being with these heroes, I met some of these soldiers down on the border. Shout out to Fort Drum, New York. We got some 10th Mountain Division in here. So Elise Stefanik, Claudia Tenney, we all love Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain. This is a game changer. I want to make something perfectly clear because we get attacked all the time for being inhumane. The Biden administration is much more humane? It's a bunch of crap. Studies show that 31% of women that make that journey through the cartels get sexually assaulted. They get raped. Not just the women, children too. I've done numerous investigations. Sex trafficking was at historic highs with that open border. Fentanyl at historic highs that could have killed a quarter million Americans. Known or suspected terrorists came across the border. Record historic. What happened under the Biden administration was the most inhumane thing I've seen in my lifetime. Now that the border is 96% declined, 96% less people are coming. How many women aren't being raped? How many children aren't dying making that journey? How many women and children aren't being sex trafficked into this country every day? How many known and suspected terrorists aren't just walking across that border? President Trump in this administration is saving thousands of lives every month. Hard stop. That's a stone cold fact. I'm proud to be a part of this. I work with Steve Miller every day. Steve Miller is one of the most brilliant people I've met in my entire life. President Trump brought together one hell of a team here, and the success proves it. One team, one fight. We're not done yet. We're going to keep going and I guarantee you we're going to continue saving thousands and thousands of lives. Secure border means strong national security. Secure border saves lives. Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, let's do the medals and I'll be signing this. Maybe you'll do the medals first and then I'll sign. Okay. Please.
Metal. It's not bad.
That's great job.
That's great. Thank you.
Great job. Great job, fellas.
No autopens. None ever. We don't like autopens, right?
We don't like autopens. How about gathering around me and we'll hold this up. Congratulations. That's an amazing job. Come on around. Let's take a good picture.
Fantastic job, you guys. Fantastic job. Thank you very much. Great job.
Thank you, Mr. President. Great job. What you've done is unprecedented.
How about holding that up? You guys holding up? You deserve it more than me.
So, I'm going to give you another medal though that may be more beautiful. I'm not sure it means as much, but it's really good. Okay. This is gunmetal. This is the one the military loves. So, we're going to start. Okay. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Here you go. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's pretty nice. Want to compare it? Let me see. Compare it. Let me see how that looks. I don't know. That looks pretty good.
Thank you, Mr. President. But that means something very special.
Thank you, Mr. President.
You can do tight around your neck. A nice ribbon.
I think you'll like it. It's special.
We don't give them to many people.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Come on over here. Come here. This guy...
That's four. That's a big deal. That means a lot.
Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. This general right here, General Raisin case. He's a great general. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. Haven't done this before. The job they've done on the border is unthinkable what they left us with. Open borders with millions of people, 25 million people, probably more, pouring into our border totally unchecked and unvetted. Now we have the opposite. We want people in our country but they have to come in legally. They know they're not getting through, so now they don't even try. All of the death that Tom Homan talked about, the rape and the death, doesn't really happen because the caravans are very small. For the most part, they don't even exist anymore because they know they're not going to get through. In a little while, you'll be seeing I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said. I guess they used AI or something. So we'll be bringing that lawsuit. A lot of people are asking, 'When are you bringing that lawsuit?' Even the media can't believe that one. They put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6 that I didn't say. The words I said were beautiful, talking about patriotism and all the good things. They didn't say that, but they put terrible words. They actually have me speaking words that I never said, and they got caught because I believe somebody at BBC said this is so bad it has to be reported. That's called fake news. So we'll be filing that suit probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. If you have any questions, I guess you could ask, but this is really a day of celebration for these people. The job they've done is really unprecedented. So, go ahead.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Was it a targeted attack?
That's moving along now. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they're going to capture this animal.
Hopefully they're going to capture...
Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job of doing it with Charlie, with the various times this has happened. They've done it in pretty much record time, but you'd really have to ask the school a little...
Bit more about that because, you know, this was a school problem. They had their own guards, their own police, their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact. The FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet. No.
Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana under control?
We are considering that. Yeah.
Because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous amounts of research that can't be done unless you reclassify. So we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President, Mr. President, is it true that the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister? Please, are the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No. Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu has obviously been a very good one. Look, we took out Iran. We wiped out with that plane right there. We wiped out the B2 bomber. We wiped out the Iran nuclear threat. And because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. We've had a very good relationship with Israel. We actually have a very good relationship with just about everybody in the Middle East.
But was that a violation of the ceasefire, the strike on the Hamas general?
We're going to have to see. We're looking into that.
On the Syria ambush of US forces. Do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. This had nothing to do with him. This is a part of Syria that they really don't have much control over. It was a surprise. He feels very badly about it. He's working on it. He's a strong man. This had nothing to do with the Syrian government. This had to do with ISIS.
As a response, they'll be hit hard. Yeah.
Javier real. First of all, thanks for honoring these heroes. The communist has lost Chile. The pro-Trump candidate won the elections. Do you think this rightwing wave in the Spanish world is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras, as you know, a great election there. I endorsed somebody that was not leading and he won the election. We had a good one just a couple of hours ago. I found out in Chile the person I endorsed who was not leading ended up winning quite easily. So I look forward to paying my respects to him. I hear he's a very good person.
Mr. President, thank you Mr. President. This year you fired Democrats from a number of federal agencies and now going into 2026 there are some key regulators like the SEC, the CFTC that are going to have zero Democrats. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill those empty spots or do you think that federal agencies shouldn't have Democrat commissioners?
Well, do you think they would be appointing Republicans if it were up to them? So, you know, we'll look at it. We want to be fair, but typically they're not appointing Republicans. So, you're asking me whether or not I'd appoint Democrats, but there are certain areas that we do look at and there are certain areas where we share power and I'm open to that. Please.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite. I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. It was the Russia hoax. He was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself career-wise. He became like a deranged person, Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country. Yeah.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thune doesn't seem like he wants to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences for the Senate if they don't?
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with US attorneys or judges. If you have one Democrat senator in a state, it is not possible to appoint a judge or a US attorney because of blue slips. I think it's a disgrace. Blue slips are a disgrace. They should not be relevant anymore. This is a different world than it was 15 or 20 years ago. That was a gentleman and gentlewoman world. This is a little bit different, unfortunately. Yeah, please.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring ACA?
Yeah, that's a good question. I'd like to see the people get the money. I'd like to see all of the money that's going to the Democrat insurance companies. The insurance companies are making a fortune. They're up 1,700% and more. They're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars, even trillions of dollars. And Obamacare gives you terrible healthcare. Obamacare was set up for the benefit of the insurance companies. They're making billions and billions. Their stock is through the roof. I don't want to give them anything. I want all money going to the people and let the people buy their own healthcare. It'll be unbelievable. They'll get much better healthcare at a much lower cost.
Would you like Republicans next year to just use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out and they wouldn't have to worry about Democrat votes?
Well, that or knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. It's crazy. We should knock out the filibuster. And if you did that, we'd get voter ID. You'd have no mail-in voting, all things that make our elections dishonest. You'd get a lot of other things not even having to do with voting. Republicans should knock out the filibuster and approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming. If we knocked out the filibuster, it would be a simple approval. But you have some Republicans that can't explain why they oppose it. They should knock out the filibuster and get rid of the blue slips too. Yeah.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telemundo that are publishing fake news about the ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election. It's interesting. When I'm not running, we don't do as well. I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. We had a big win in Tennessee. Matt Van Eps had a big win against a very strong candidate. I won Tennessee by a lot. We had a great election. We won every swing state, the popular vote, everything. Out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. That's why the map is all red except for two narrow lines on the other side. Please.
Sir, Jimmy Lai was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reaction?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it and I asked to consider his release. He's not well. He's an older man and he's not well. So I put that request out. We'll see what happens. Okay, please. Question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zelenskyy, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is a delegation going?
Well, I think the delegation is largely there right now. They're in Europe and met with the various countries plus others. They want to see it end. I think President Putin wants to see it end. I've had good talks with Russia and I think they'd like to get back to a more normal way of life.
Follow up there. An Article 5-like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give up any sort of territory?
Well, they've already lost the territory, to be honest. In terms of security guarantee, we'll work with Europe on it. Europe would be a big part of that. We're working on the security guarantee so the war doesn't start up again. I don't want a war to start again. With Thailand and Cambodia, I called them and said 'Look, fellas, you got to relax.' They started the war again, I got it ended. War is nothing pretty. We've made a lot of progress with Russia and Ukraine. Last month, 27,000 soldiers were killed. Mostly soldiers, but 27,000 people, mostly soldiers, were killed last month in Russia versus Ukraine.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
No time limit. The time limit is whenever we get it done. We're making progress. It's more difficult than anyone could have thought. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders, so that makes it a little tough.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, Mr. President. On the US troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria?
Because we're trying to make sure there is peace in the Middle East, and Syria is a big part of it. The new leader is a strong person. We got rid of Assad and other bad people. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East, first time in 3,000 years. We'll see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah. But there is large-scale peace. If we didn't knock out Iran's nuclear capability with that B2 bomber, we would never have had peace. The Atomic Energy Commission confirmed it.
How soon do you expect that international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
I think it's already running in a strong form. More countries are coming into it. They'll send any number of troops I ask. We have more than 59 countries. They want to be involved.
Mr. President. This week a man named Kion Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under the Biden administration, but your DOJ kept it going and secured the conviction. Many in crypto say he should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Sounds like you think he should be pardoned. We'll look at that. Pam, okay. Let's take a look.
Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Typically, there's five trading days going into Christmas and the first two trading days of January. That's a sign of market optimism. Do you anticipate with the historical low gas prices that continuing into the first quarter?
Well, we've had the greatest stock market in history, Brian. We have a stock market that's gone up 52 times to new highs during a 10-month period. 52 days we had the highest stock market in history. The reason is the tariffs have brought vast amounts of wealth into our country. Car companies are coming back. AI is coming at levels never seen. Chips are coming in from Taiwan and elsewhere. Tariffs really work. We have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars. Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the US. Tariffs give us national security and wealth. Thank you all very much.
Thank you very much. We had a very good conversation one hour ago with European leaders involving the war with Russia and Ukraine. Things are seemingly going well. We settled eight wars, one had a problem yesterday with Thailand and Cambodia, but we straightened it out. I had a long talk with President Zelenskyy and with the heads of Germany, Italy, NATO, Finland, France, the UK, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. We're closer now. 27,000 soldiers were killed last month. Shouldn't have happened. That war should never have started. It was Biden's situation. We're trying to get it done. On day one, I signed an executive order making it the core mission of the US military to protect the homeland. Today we honor our military for their role in border protection. We went from millions pouring over the border to none in the last eight months. We have the strongest border in history. Fentanyl is down 94%. We're designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. I'm signing an executive order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Before that, we pin medals on these great service members. I'd like to ask Secretary Hegseth and Chairman Kaine to say a few words. Tom Homan, please.
Mr. President. I echo what you said. This has been a team effort. Tom Homan, Terry Cole, Steven Miller, Pam Bondi, Christy Gnome, Customs and Border Protection. One team, one mission: 100% operational control of the southern border. Border security is national security. Because of these men and women, nobody is crossing the southern border. I want to give a shout-out to Northern Command General Guo. The military jumped to it on day one. 25,000 Americans qualify for the Mexican Border Defense Medal, which we're reviving from 1918. Same foundry, same imagery, same metal. President Trump was elected to do this. Thank you, Mr. President.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I echo your gratitude for the joint force. I highlight General Guo, General Noman, Command Sergeant Major Johnson, and leaders at every level. I thank the border patrol and air and marine teammates. I thank these 13 individuals and the joint force and their families. I'm always thinking about our deployed forces and the fallen and their families. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
It's always an honor to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. I toured the border in California, Arizona, and Texas. I didn't see one illegal alien. I've done this since 1984. I've worked for six presidents. None has done more than President Trump. The border is the most secure in history. Under Biden, we had 10,000 to 12,000 a day released. I'm proud of these patriots. The Biden administration's open border was the most inhumane thing. President Trump is saving thousands of lives every month. I work with Steve Miller, one of the most brilliant people I've met. One team, one fight. We're not done yet. Secure border saves lives. Thank you.
Okay, let's do the medals and then I'll sign. Please.
That's great job. Great job, fellas.
No autopens. We don't like autopens, right? How about gathering around me and we'll hold this up. Congratulations. Come on around. Let's take a good picture.
Fantastic job, you guys. Thank you very much. Great job.
Thank you, Mr. President. Great job. What you've done is unprecedented.
How about holding that up? You guys hold it up. You deserve it more than me. I'm going to give you another medal that may be more beautiful. This is gunmetal. The military loves it. Okay. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's pretty nice. Want to compare it? Let me see. That looks pretty good.
Thank you, Mr. President.
But that means something very special.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thanks.
You can do tight around your neck. A nice ribbon. I think you'll like it. We don't give it to many people.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Come on over here. The man being happy.
That's four. That's a big deal. That means a lot.
Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. General Raisin. He's a great general. Thanks very much. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. The job they've done on the border is unthinkable. We allow people in legally, so they don't even try. I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Beautiful words about patriotism, they put terrible words. I didn't say that. They got caught. That's fake news. We'll file that suit this afternoon or tomorrow morning. This is a day of celebration for these people. Go ahead.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Is it a targeted attack?
It's moving along now. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they capture this animal.
Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far we've done a very good job in record time. But you'd have to ask the school about that. This was a school problem. They had their own guards and police. Ask the school, not the FBI. We came in after the fact. The FBI came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet. No.
Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana under control?
We are considering that. Yeah.
Because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous research. So we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President, Mr. President, is it true that the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister? Please, are the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No. Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu has been very good. We took out Iran, wiped out the nuclear threat. Because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. We have a good relationship with Israel and with everybody in the Middle East.
But was that a violation of the ceasefire, the strike on the Hamas general?
We're going to have to see. We're looking into that. On the Syria ambush of US forces. Do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. This had nothing to do with him. He's a strong man. This had to do with ISIS.
What will response be?
As a response, they'll be hit hard. Yeah.
Real Espanol. First of all, thanks for honoring these heroes. The communist has lost Chile. The pro-Trump candidate won the elections. Do you think this rightwing wave in the Spanish world is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras. I endorsed somebody not leading and he won. A couple hours ago in Chile, the person I endorsed won easily. So I look forward to paying respects. I hear he's a very good person.
Mr. President, thank you. This year you fired Democrats from federal agencies. Going into 2026, some key regulators like SEC, CFTC will have zero Democrats. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill those spots?
Well, do you think they would appoint Republicans? So, we'll look at it. We want to be fair, but typically they don't appoint Republicans. There are areas where we share power and I'm open to that. Please.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was deranged. He was one of the people behind the Russia hoax. He hurt himself career-wise. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thune doesn't seem to want to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences for the Senate?
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I cannot put anyone in office for US attorneys or judges if one Democratic senator objects. It's a disgrace. Blue slips are a disgrace. This is a different world. Yeah, please.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring ACA?
Yeah, I'd like to see the people get the money that's going to Democrat insurance companies. They are making a fortune, up 1,700%. Obamacare gives terrible healthcare. It was set up for insurance companies. I want the money to go to people so they can buy their own healthcare.
was set up for the benefit of the health insurance companies. They're making billions. I want all money going to the people to buy their own healthcare. It'll be unbelievable.
Would you like Republicans next year to use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out and they wouldn't have to worry about Democrat votes?
Well, that or knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. We should knock out the filibuster. And if you did that, we'd get voter ID, no mail-in voting. Republicans should knock out the filibuster and approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming. And they should get rid of the blue slips, too.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami, where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telmundo that are publishing fake news about the ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election. When I'm not running, we don't do as well. I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. We had a big win in Tennessee. Matt Vaneps had a big win. I won Tennessee by a lot. We won every swing state, the popular vote. Out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. The map is all red other than two narrow lines.
sir, Jimmy L was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reactions?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it and asked to consider his release. He's not well. So I put that request out. We'll see what happens.
Question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zilinski, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is a delegation going?
Well, I think the delegation is largely there right now. They're in Europe and met with those people. They want to see it end. I think President Putin wants to see it end. We've had good talks with Russia.
Follow up there. An article five like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give up any sort of territory?
Well, they've already lost the territory. In terms of security guarantee, we're working with Europe on it so the war doesn't start up again. I got the war with Thailand and Cambodia ended. War is nothing pretty. We've made a lot of progress with Russia and Ukraine. Last month, close to 27,000 soldiers were killed.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
There's no time limit. We'll get it done. It's more difficult than anybody thought. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, Mr. President, on the US troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria?
We're trying to make sure there's peace in the Middle East. Syria is a big part of it. We got rid of Assad. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East for the first time in 3,000 years, with 59 countries backing it. We'll see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah. If we didn't knock out Iran's nuclear capability with the B2 bomber, we would never have had peace. Every bomb hit its mark. Iran confirmed it.
How soon do you expect that international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
It's already running in a strong form. More countries are coming in. They'll send any number of troops I ask. We have more than 59 countries. It's been pretty amazing.
Mr. President, this week a man named Kone Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under Biden, but your DOJ kept it going. A lot of people in crypto say he should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Why you think he should be pardoned? Sounds like it. Rodriguez, we'll look at that, Pam. I don't know anything about it, but we'll take a look.
On Friday, please. Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Do you anticipate low gas prices continuing into the first quarter?
We've had the greatest stock market in history. 52 times to new highs in 10 months. Tariffs have brought vast wealth. Car companies are coming back. AI is coming at unprecedented levels. Chips are coming in from Taiwan. Tariffs work. Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the US. Tariffs have given us great national security and wealth. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. We had a good conversation with European leaders about the war. We've settled eight wars. Thailand and Cambodia straightened out. I had a long talk with President Zalinski and heads of many countries. 27,000 soldiers killed last month. That war should never have started. We're closer now. On day one, I made it core mission to protect the homeland. Today we honor our military for border protection. We went from millions pouring over to none in eight months. We'll award the Mexican Border Defense Medal. We're joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kaine, and others. The border has been secure for seven months. Nobody talks about the border anymore; they talk about affordability. We're bringing prices down. Gasoline is hitting $1.99 a gallon. Under Biden, it was $4, $5, $6. Our southern border was surrendered to criminals. We've stopped the invasion. Drugs coming by sea are down 94%. We're dismantling the cartels. 25,000 warriors have served. We've conducted nearly 13,000 patrols. We're designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Illegal border crossings are at the lowest level ever. For the past seven months, zero illegal aliens admitted. We inherited the worst border and turned it into the strongest. Fentanyl seizures are up. We executed the largest fentanyl bust. We're classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Before I sign the order, we will pin these service members with the Mexican Border Defense Medal. I'd like to ask Secretary Hegseth and Chairman Kaine to say a few words, and Tom Homan.
Mr. President. Thank you. This has been a team effort. One team, one mission to get 100% operational control of the southern border. Border security is national security. We've achieved that. Nobody is crossing. I want to give a shout out to General Guio. Joe Biden allowed an invasion. The military jumped to it. 25,000 Americans qualify for this medal. It was first given out in 1918. We're reviving it. President Trump was elected to do this. We're proud to defend the American people.
Well, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I want to echo your thanks. I want to highlight General Guio, General Nman, and Command Sergeant Major Johnson. Also our border patrol teammates. I thank the joint force and their families. And our fallen and their families. Thank you.
It's always an honor to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. I toured the border in California, Arizona, Texas. I didn't see one illegal alien. I've done this since 1984. None has done more than President Trump. Under Biden, 10-12,000 a day. Now 96% less people are coming. How many women aren't being raped? How many children aren't dying? President Trump is saving thousands of lives every month. Secure border saves lives. Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, let's do the medals and I'll be signing this. Maybe you'll do the medals first and then I'll sign. Please fresh. It's not bad. That's great job. That's great. Thank you. Great job, fellas. No autopens. None ever. We don't like auto pens, right? How about holding that up? You guys hold it up. You deserve it more than me. So, I'm going to give you another metal though that may be more beautiful. I'm not sure it means as much, but it's really good. Okay. This is gunmetal. This is the one the military loves. So, we're going to start. Here you go. It's pretty nice. Want to compare it? Let me see. That looks pretty good. But that means something very special. Thank you. What? You can do tight around your neck. A nice ribbon. I think you'll like it. It's special. We don't give to many people. Come on over here. Come here. This guy. That's four. That's a big That means a lot. Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. This general right here, General Raisin Kane. He's a great general. Thanks very much.
We don't like auto pens. How about gathering around me and we'll hold this up. Congratulations. That's an amazing job. Come on around. Let's take a good picture. Fantastic job, you guys. Fantastic job. Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you, Mr. President. Great job. What you've done is unprecedented. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. President. Thanks, Mr. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. The man being happy.
Well, thank you very much everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment.
Haven't done this before. And the job they've done on the border, it's unthinkable what they left us with. Now we have the opposite. We allow people in legally. All the death and rape Tom Homan talked about doesn't happen anymore. The caravans are very small. In a little while, I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth using AI. We'll be filing that suit probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. This is a day of celebration for these people. The job they've done is unprecedented.
Uh so, go ahead.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Was it a targeted attack?
It's moving along now. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, they're going to capture this animal.
Has Cash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job. You'd really have to ask the school a little bit more about that. This was a school problem. They had their own guards and police. The FBI came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet. No. Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana under the control?
We are considering that. Yeah.
because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous amounts of research that can't be done unless you reclassify. So, we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President, Mr. President
is it true that the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No, Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with BB Netanyahu has been very good. We took out Iran's nuclear threat with the B2 bomber. Because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. We have a very good relationship with Israel and just about everybody in the Middle East.
But was that a violation of the ceasefire, the strike in the Hamas general?
We're going to have to see. We're looking into that.
on the Syria ambush of US forces. Do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. This had nothing to do with him. It's a part of Syria they don't have much control over. He feels badly about it. He's a strong man. This had to do with ISIS.
As a response, they'll be hit hard. Yeah.
Javier espanol. First of all, thanks for honoring these heroes. The communist has lost Chile. The pro Trump candidate Jose won the elections. Do you think this right-wing wave in the Spanish world is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras. I endorsed somebody that was not leading and he won. And in Chile, the person I endorsed who was not leading ended up winning quite easily. So I look forward to paying my respects to him.
Yeah, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. Um this year you fired Democrats from a number of federal agencies. And now going into 2026, there are some key regulators like the SEC, the CFTC that are going to have zero Democrats. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill those empty spots or do you think that federal agencies shouldn't have Democrat commissioners?
Well, do you think they would be appointing Republicans if it were up to them? So, you know, we'll look at it. We want to be fair, but typically they're not appointing Republicans. There are certain areas that we do share power and I'm open to that.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on True Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He was one of the people behind the Russia hoax. I think he hurt himself career-wise. Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan of Rob Reiner in any way.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thun doesn't seem like he wants to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences for the Senate if they
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with US attorneys or judges if there is one Democrat senator in a state. Blue slips are a disgrace. They should not be relevant anymore.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring AC?
Yeah, that's a good question. I'd like to see the people get the money. All the money going to the Democrat insurance companies. They're making a fortune. Obamacare gives terrible health care. It was set up for the benefit of the insurance companies. I want all money going to the people to buy their own healthcare. It'll be much better at a much lower cost.
Would you like Republicans next year to just use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out and they wouldn't have to worry about Democrat votes?
Well, that or knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. We should knock out the filibuster. And if you did that, we'd get voter ID, no mail-in voting. Republicans should knock out the filibuster and approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming. And they should get rid of the blue slips, too.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telmundo that are publishing fake news about the ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election. When I'm not running, we don't do as well. I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. We had a big win in Tennessee. Matt Vaneps had a big win. I won Tennessee by a lot. We won every swing state, the popular vote. Out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. The map is all red other than two narrow lines.
sir, Jimmy L was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reaction?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it and asked to consider his release. He's not well. So I put that request out. We'll see what happens.
Question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zilinski, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is a delegation going?
Well, I think the delegation is largely there right now. They're in Europe and met with those people. They want to see it end. I think President Putin wants to see it end. We've had good talks with Russia.
Mr. President, follow up there. An article five like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give up any sort of territory?
Well, they've already lost the territory. In terms of security guarantee, we're working with Europe on it so the war doesn't start up again. I got the war with Thailand and Cambodia ended. War is nothing pretty. We've made a lot of progress with Russia and Ukraine. Last month, close to 27,000 soldiers were killed.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
There's no time limit. We'll get it done. It's more difficult than anybody thought. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, Mr. President, on the US
Troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria?
Because we're trying to make sure there's peace in the Middle East. Syria is a big part of it. We got rid of Assad and other bad people. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East for the first time in 3,000 years, with 59 countries backing it. We'll see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah. But countries want to go in and clean that out if we want them to. There is legitimate large-scale peace. If we didn't knock out Iran's nuclear capability with the B2 bomber, we would never have had peace. Every bomb hit its mark perfectly.
How soon do you expect that international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
It's already running in a strong form and will get stronger. More countries are coming in. They'll send any number of troops I ask. We have more than 59 countries, including some not in the Middle East. It's been pretty amazing.
Mr. President, this week a man named Kion Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under Biden, but your DOJ kept it going. A lot of people in crypto say he should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Sounds like based on your question. Rodriguez, we'll look at that, Pam. We'll take a look.
Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Typically there are five trading days going into Christmas and the first two of January. That's a sign of market optimism. Do you anticipate that continuing into the first quarter?
We've had the greatest stock market in history, Brian. It's gone up 52 times to new highs during my first 10 months. The reason is tariffs have brought vast amounts of wealth into our country. Car companies are coming back. AI is coming at levels nobody's ever seen. Chips are coming in from Taiwan. We're making chips without the Chips Act. Tariffs work. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars. Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the US. Without tariffs, none of that would have happened. Tariffs have given us great national security and tremendous wealth.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. We had a very good conversation with European leaders about the war with Russia and Ukraine. Things are seemingly going well. We've settled eight wars. I had a long talk with President Zelensky and spoke with heads of Germany, Italy, NATO, Finland, France, the UK, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. 27,000 soldiers were killed last month. That war should have never started. It was Biden's situation. We're trying to get it solved. I think we're closer now. We've had numerous conversations with President Putin. We want to save lives. On day one, I signed an executive order making it the core mission of the military to protect the homeland. Today we honor our military for their role in border protection. We went from millions pouring over the border to none in the last eight months. We'll award the Mexican Border Defense Medal. We're joined by Secretary Hegseth, Attorney General Bondi, Chairman Kaine, and others. The border has been secure for seven months. Nobody talks about the border anymore; they talk about affordability. We're bringing prices down. Gasoline is hitting $1.99 a gallon. Under Biden, it was $4, $5, $6. We inherited the worst border in history. The cartels are the most violent entities. Drugs coming in by sea are down 94%. We're designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Illegal border crossings have plummeted to the lowest level ever. For the past seven months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted. We inherited the worst border and turned it into the strongest. Self-deportation is happening. We've achieved a 50% drop in fentanyl. China is working with us. Fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction. We'll sign an executive order classifying it as such. Before I sign, we'll pin these great service members with their medals. First 13 warriors will receive the Mexican Border Defense Medal. I'd like to ask Secretary Hegseth and Chairman Kaine to say a few words, and Tom Homan.
Mr. President, thank you. This has been a team effort. One team, one mission to get 100% operational control of the southern border. Border security is national security. We've achieved that. Nobody is crossing. I want to shout out to our northern command. Joe Biden allowed an invasion. The military jumped to it on day one. 25,000 Americans qualify for this Mexican National Defense Border Medal, which was first given out in 1918. We're reviving it. President Trump was elected to do this. You have done that, Mr. President.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I want to echo your thanks for the joint force. I highlight General Guio, General Nman, and Command Sergeant Major Johnson, and leaders at every level. I also thank our border patrol and air and marine teammates. I thank these 13 individuals and the joint force and their families. I'm always thinking about our deployed forces and our fallen.
It's always an honor to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. I just got home last night. I toured the border in California, Arizona, and Texas. I didn't see one illegal alien. I've done this since 1984. None has done more than President Trump. He gave us the most secure border in history. Under Biden, there were 10-12,000 a day. The Biden administration was inhumane. 31% of women making that journey get sexually assaulted. Sex trafficking and fentanyl were at historic highs. Now the border is 96% declined. President Trump is saving thousands of lives every month. I work with Steve Miller. President Trump brought together one hell of a team. We're not done yet.
Okay, let's do the medals and I'll be signing this. Maybe you'll do the medals first and then I'll sign it. Please.
It's not bad. That's great job. That's great. Great job, fellas. No auto pens. None ever. We don't like autopens, right?
How about gathering around me and we'll hold this up. Congratulations. That's an amazing job. Come on around. Let's take a good picture.
Fantastic job, you guys. Fantastic job. Thank you very much. Great job.
Thank you, Mr. President. Good job. What you've done is unprecedented.
How about holding that up? You guys hold it up. Hold it up. You deserve it more than me.
So, I'm going to give you another metal though that may be more beautiful. This is gunmetal. The military loves it. Okay, Mr. President.
Thank you. Here you go. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. It's pretty nice. Want to compare it? Let me see. That looks pretty good. Thank you, Mr. President. But that means something very special. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Thanks, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. What you can do tight around your neck. It's got a nice ribbon. I think you'll like it. It's special.
We don't give them to many people.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Come on over here. Come here. Oh, this guy.
The man's being happy.
That's four. That's a big means a lot.
Hey, General, come on over here. Even though you have one, I gave him one. This general right here, General Raisin case. He's a great general. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. The job they've done on the border is unthinkable what they left us with. Now we have the opposite. We want people to come in legally. The caravans are very small. I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. They used AI. We'll file that suit. I want to thank all of you. If you have any questions, you can ask, but this is a day of celebration.
On Brown University, Mr. President, do you know what the motive of the shooter was? Is it a targeted attack?
That's moving along now. We don't know. Hopefully they'll capture this animal.
Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job. You'd have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards and police. The FBI came in after the fact.
Do you know if it was targeted, Mr. President?
No, they don't know that yet.
Sir, on the issue of drugs, is it accurate that you are considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana?
We are considering that. Yeah. Because a lot of people want to see the reclassification because it leads to tremendous amounts of research. So we are looking at that very strongly.
Mr. President, are the reports that you rebuked the Israeli prime minister for the hit on the Hamas general true? And is Israel undermining your efforts to be a peacemaker?
No. Israel and I have gotten along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu has been very good. We took out Iran's nuclear threat. Because of that, we were able to make peace in the Middle East. We have a very good relationship with Israel and just about everybody in the Middle East.
But was that a violation of the ceasefire?
We're going to have to look into that.
Mr. President, on the Syria ambush of US forces, do you still have confidence in the Syrian president?
I do. This had nothing to do with him. It was a surprise. He feels badly about it. He's a strong man. This had to do with ISIS.
What will the US response be?
First of all, thanks for honoring these heroes. The communists have lost Chile. The pro-Trump candidate won. Do you think this right-wing wave is due to your influence?
Well, we just had a good one in Honduras. I endorsed somebody who was not leading and he won. And in Chile, the person I endorsed who was not leading ended up winning easily. So I look forward to paying my respects.
Mr. President, this year you fired Democrats from federal agencies. Do you plan to appoint Democrats to fill empty spots?
Well, do you think they would be appointing Republicans if it were up to them? We want to be fair, but typically they're not appointing Republicans. There are certain areas where we share power and I'm open to that.
Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He was one of the people behind the Russia hoax. I think he hurt himself. Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan of Rob Reiner.
On blue slips, Mr. President. Leader Thune doesn't seem like he wants to get rid of blue slips. Will there be consequences?
Well, I think they should get rid of blue slips because as a Republican president, I am unable to put anybody in office for US attorneys or judges if there is one Democrat senator. I think blue slips are a disgrace. They should not be relevant anymore.
Mr. President, what do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to healthcare and the expiring ACA?
I'd like to see the people get the money. I'd like to see all the money going to the Democrat insurance companies stopped. Obamacare gives terrible healthcare. It was set up for the benefit of insurance companies. I want all money going to the people to buy their own healthcare. It'll be much better at lower cost.
Would you like Republicans next year to use reconciliation to do with healthcare exactly what you laid out?
Well, that or knock out the filibuster. If you knocked out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. We should knock out the filibuster and get voter ID, no mail-in voting. Republicans should knock out the filibuster and approve a lot of things. You wouldn't have January 30th looming. And if we knocked out the filibuster, it would be simple approval. But some Republicans can't explain why they oppose it. They should knock out the filibuster and get rid of blue slips too.
Mr. President, the Democrats won Miami where you won the election one year ago. Do you think it's because of Hispanic media like Telemundo publishing fake news about ICE operations? How do you plan to win back those votes for midterms?
Yeah. Well, I won that whole election. When I'm not running, we don't do as well. I'm going to try and get that changed for the midterms. We had a big win in Tennessee with Matt Van Eps. We won every swing state, the popular vote. Out of thousands of districts, I won 2,750 versus 525. The map is all red.
Sir, Jimmy Lai was convicted today in Hong Kong. Do you have any reactions?
I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it and asked him to consider his release. He's not well. He's an older man. So I put that request out. We'll see what happens.
Question about Ukraine. Now that the meetings in Berlin have wrapped up with Zelensky, is there a timetable for going to Moscow? Is a delegation going?
Well, I think the delegation is largely there right now. They're in Europe and met with those people I called out before.
They want to see it end, Katie. They want to see it end. I think President Putin wants to see it end. We've had good talks with Russia and I think they'd like to get back to a more normal way of life.
Mr. President, follow up there. An Article Five-like deal seems to be emerging without NATO membership for Ukraine. If such a security guarantee is offered, what incentive is there for Ukraine to give up any territory?
Well, they've already lost the territory. In terms of security guarantee, we're working with Europe to ensure the war doesn't start again. I dealt with Thailand and Cambodia, got them to end their war. War is not pretty. We've made progress with Russia and Ukraine. Last month, close to 27,000 soldiers were killed.
Is there a time limit on security guarantees?
No time limit. We'll get it done. It's more difficult than thought. There's a lot of dislike between the two leaders.
Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?
On Syria, why do we have troops in Syria?
We're trying to ensure peace in the Middle East. Syria is a big part. We got rid of Assad. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East for the first time in 3,000 years, with 59 countries backing it. We'll see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah. We have countries ready to clean them out. The B2 bomber strike on Iran's nuclear capability was perfect. Without that, we wouldn't have peace.
How soon do you expect the international stabilization force to be up and running in Gaza?
It's already running in a strong form. More countries are joining. They'll send any number of troops I ask.
Mr. President, a man named Konyi Rodriguez is going to prison for creating crypto privacy software. Many in crypto say he should be pardoned. Are you familiar?
I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Why do you think he should be pardoned? Sounds like it. Rodriguez, we'll look at that, Pam. I don't know anything about it, but we'll take a look.
Mr. President, market analysts are calling for a Santa rally. Do you anticipate low gas prices continuing into the first quarter?
We've had the greatest stock market in history, 52 new highs in 10 months. Tariffs have brought wealth back. Car companies are returning. AI is coming. Chips are being made here. Tariffs work. Toyota just approved $10 billion in manufacturing plants in the US. Tariffs give us national security and wealth. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. We had a good conversation with European leaders about the Russia-Ukraine war. We've settled eight wars. Thailand and Cambodia was straightened out. I spoke with President Zelenskyy and leaders of Germany, Italy, NATO, etc. 27,000 soldiers were killed last month. That war should never have started. We're getting closer. On day one, I signed an executive order to protect the homeland. We went from millions crossing the border to none in the last eight months. We're awarding the Mexican Border Defense Medal. We have the strongest border in history. Illegal crossings are at the lowest ever. Fentanyl seizures are up. We're classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Before I sign that order, we'll pin medals on these service members.
Mr. President, thank you. This has been a team effort. We have 100% operational control of the southern border. Nobody is crossing. The military jumped to it on day one. 25,000 Americans qualify for this medal. We're reviving a medal from 1918. President Trump was elected to do this. We're proud to defend the American people.
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary, I echo your thanks. I want to highlight General Guio, General Nman, and Command Sergeant Major Johnson. The joint force and interagency came together. Thank you to the families. We're thinking of our deployed forces and fallen.
It's an honor to be in the Oval Office with the greatest president of my lifetime. I toured the border in California, Arizona, Texas. I didn't see one illegal alien. No one has done more than President Trump. The Biden administration was inhumane. Now the border is 96% declined. President Trump is saving thousands of lives every month. Secure border saves lives.
Thank you, J. Okay, let's do the medals and I'll sign this.
How about gathering around me? Congratulations. Fantastic job. What you've done is unprecedented. I'm going to give you another medal. This is gunmetal. The military loves it.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's pretty nice. Want to compare? That looks pretty good. But that means something very special. You can do tight around your neck. Special.
We don't give them to many people.
Come on over here. That's four. That means a lot. Hey, General, come on over here. Thank you very much.
Well, thank you very much everybody. This is a fantastic moment. The job they've done at the border is unthinkable. We went from open borders to the opposite. We want people to come legally. Now they don't even try. I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. They used AI to say things I never said. We'll file that suit. If you have any questions, go ahead.
On Brown University, do you know the motive of the shooter? Was it targeted?
That's moving along. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they capture this animal.
