Trump Crashes Out in WH Press Conference over War
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1:34Donald Trump just had a complete meltdown in the Oval Office.
1:37He's with the Taoiseach of Ireland right now, and Donald Trump's been attacking NATO.
1:43He was asked a question about whether the United States should withdraw from NATO as
1:48a result of the fact that no one wants to help Donald Trump in the
1:52Strait of Hormuz after Trump lied and said he had an entire coalition helping him.
1:57And Donald Trump's like, we may do it.
1:59I may pull out. I don't need any congressional approval if I want to pull
2:03out of NATO. I'm going to show you that in a moment.
2:05But right before Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, here's what he posted.
2:09He goes, the United States has been informed by most of our NATO allies that
2:14they don't want to get involved with our military operation against the terrorist regime of
2:18Iran in the Middle East.
2:19This despite the fact that almost every country strongly agreed with what we are doing
2:24and that Iran cannot in any way, shape, or form be allowed to have a
2:27nuclear weapon. I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always consider NATO,
2:32where we spend hundreds of billions of dollars per year protecting these same countries, to
2:37be a one -way street.
2:38We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular in a
2:42time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran's military.
2:45Their Navy is gone. Their Air Force is gone.
2:47Their anti -aircraft and radar is gone.
2:49And perhaps most importantly, their leaders at virtually every level are gone, never to threaten
2:54us, our Middle Eastern allies, or the world again.
2:58Because of the fact that we have had such military success, we no longer need
3:02or desire the NATO country's assistance.
3:04We never did. Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea.
3:08In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the most
3:12powerful country anywhere in the world, we don't need the help of anyone.
3:17And he puts that in caps.
3:18Thank you for your attention to this matter, Donald J.
3:21Trump. While the Strait of Hormuz is still closed right now, Iran continues to launch
3:26ballistic missiles and Shahid drone strikes at the neighboring Arab nations where there are American
3:31military bases and American interests.
3:34And just the other day, you were begging for help of NATO nations and of
3:39other allies. And they don't want to help because you don't have a plan at
3:43all. And you started an unlawful war.
3:46Now, going to the Oval Office, Donald Trump was asked by a reporter, hey, you
3:50just posted that. So are you thinking about getting out of NATO, Donald?
3:54And he says, yeah, I can do it.
3:56I'm disappointed in NATO. I don't need Congress.
3:59I'll make that decision myself.
4:01Watch as Donald Trump threatens to have the United States leave NATO right now.
4:06Here play this clip. Are you rethinking the United States' relationship with NATO possibly getting
4:12out? Well, I'm disappointed in NATO that we spend trillions of dollars on NATO.
4:18Think of it, trillions over the years, many trillions of dollars.
4:22It's one of the reasons we have deficits and we help other countries.
4:26And when they don't help us, I mean, it's certainly something that we should think
4:32about. I don't need Congress for that decision.
4:34As you probably know, I can make that decision myself.
4:37I'd work with some very smart people.
4:40Then Donald Trump starts attacking different world leaders.
4:43He points to a bust of Winston Churchill behind him.
4:47And he goes, you know, Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the UK, he's no
4:52Churchill and just starts insulting Keir Starmer.
4:55By the way, you have the prime minister, the Taoiseach, if you will, of Ireland
4:59there, while Donald Trump is saying this.
5:01Here, play this clip. You see that man right there?
5:06You know who that is?
5:07Churchill. Winston Churchill. The late, great Winston Churchill and Barack Hussein.
5:11Obama did not want his bust in this office.
5:15Did you know that? And Barack Hussein Obama sent that bus back to England.
5:21He didn't, they didn't want it.
5:22And when I came in, I was asked if I wanted it.
5:26I said, absolutely, I want it.
5:27And I put it right there, Winston Churchill.
5:30And, you know, unfortunately, Keir is not Winston Churchill.
5:35Then Donald Trump starts insulting Emmanuel Macron.
5:39Here, play this clip. President Macron has just said in the last hour that he
5:44will never join a task force in the strait of Hormuz until hostilities finish.
5:49Yesterday, you said - Who said that?
5:51President Macron of France. What's your reaction to that, sir?
5:54Well, he'll be out of office very soon, so we'll have to see, you know,
5:58I don't know. Next, Donald Trump is asked a question by a member of the
6:02Irish press that the president of Ireland says that your war against Iran is unlawful.
6:08Donald Trump doesn't realize that the president of Ireland is a female, Catherine Connolly.
6:16She's condemned it. I think Trump thinks that the Taoiseach who's there, who's basically like
6:20the prime minister, is the president, and he confuses her.
6:23He confuses him with the president of Ireland.
6:27And then Donald Trump's like, you're, he's lucky I exist.
6:31He's lucky I exist. Here, watch for yourself.
6:34The Irish president has said that your war against Iran is illegal.
6:39It's an attack on international law.
6:41Who said that? The Irish president.
6:45Look, he's lucky I exist.
6:47That's all I can say.
6:49Because if you're going to allow countries that are sick and demented, and they are
6:54demented, to have nuclear weapons, everybody in the whole world should be very thankful.
6:59And I'm disappointed in NATO, very disappointed.
7:03I'm disappointed in a couple of other countries, too.
7:05But they should be very thankful that this group of people feels the way we
7:11do. Because if a country like Iran was allowed to have the power of a
7:16nuclear weapon, if we didn't stop them, I stopped them twice.
7:19I stopped them my first term when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal, which was
7:24Barack Obama's deal. It was one of the, maybe the worst deal I've ever seen.
7:28It gave everything to Iran, including billions of dollars in green cash.
7:33I don't mean cash. I mean, green cash flown over by airplanes.
7:37A reporter then asked Donald Trump if Iran is a bigger foreign policy priority than
7:42China. And Donald Trump's like, what are you talking about?
7:45We won this war after two to three days.
7:48Right now, we're just staying in Iran because like, whatever.
7:51That's why we're there. Here, play this clip.
7:53And on Cuba, the Cuban government.
7:55Iran is just a military operation to me.
7:58Iran is something that was essentially largely over in two or three days because the
8:06Navy was wiped out almost immediately.
8:08The Air Force came next.
8:10The anti -aircraft came next.
8:13I mean, we're flying over Iran.
8:15We could take out their electric capacity in one hour.
8:19We have all that, but there's nothing they can do right now because everything is
8:24knocked out. They have no, again, no radar, no anti -aircraft.
8:28They have nothing. And we don't, and it was a decision I made.
8:34We discussed it. Pete, Marco, JD, all of us, Chris, we discussed it.
8:40We can knock out their electricity in a matter of minutes if we wanted to.
8:45There's nothing they can do about it.
8:47We can knock out their oil in Kargisland.
8:49The only thing we didn't take down was the oil because if we knock out,
8:52I call them the pipes, very complex.
8:55Next, a reporter asked Donald Trump, like, do you have like plans for like after
9:00you leave Iran? And he's like, we have a lot and we'll leave in the
9:03near future. What are you even talking?
9:05What are the plans then?
9:06Here, play this clip. Iran is just a military operation to you.
9:11Do you not have a day after plan?
9:13And if so, what is your day after plan for Iran?
9:16Well, we have a lot.
9:17Look, if we left right now, it would take 10 years for them to rebuild.
9:23But we're not ready to leave yet.
9:25But we will be leaving in the near future.
9:28We'll be leaving in pretty much the very near future.
9:32But right now, they've been decimated from every standpoint.
9:36And again, we've had great support from countries in the Middle East, great support.
9:42But we've had no support from, essentially, no support from NATO.
9:47All right, Donald, well, what's your time frame for when cargo ships can safely go
9:52through the Strait of Hormuz?
9:53Donald Trump's like, it won't be long.
9:55It won't be long. We're being helped by the Middle Eastern countries.
9:58Here, play this clip. What's your time frame, Mr.
10:02President, for when cargo ships can safely go through the Strait of Hormuz?
10:05It won't be, I don't believe, too long.
10:07We're knocking the hell out of the coast.
10:09It's basically the coast and the water.
10:12And it won't be too long.
10:14And the Middle Eastern states, including Israel, by the way, who has been terrific, the
10:21Middle Eastern states have been helping us a lot.
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12:14Then Donald Trump is asked about Joe Kent, who just resigned as the director of
12:20the National Counterterrorism Center. Donald Trump was a big Joe Kent supporter.
12:26Donald Trump, when he nominated Joe Kent, says that he's a wonderful guy and he's
12:31going to help America stay safe.
12:33Donald Trump's been a big Joe Kent supporter, and now Donald Trump insults Joe Kent.
12:37And Joe Kent resigned from the position of director of National Counterterrorism Center early today.
12:44He was Tulsi Gabbard's number two, basically, because he objects to the war in Iran,
12:48which he believes is an unlawful war.
12:50And this guy's a combat veteran.
12:52He's ultra -MAGA. In the MAGA world, he's got a lot of kind of MAGA
12:57bona fides and watched Donald Trump attack Joe Kent and say, ah, he's not a
13:02smart guy. He's not smart.
13:03Here, play this clip. If I didn't terminate Obama's horrible deal that he made, the
13:09Iran nuclear deal, you would have had a nuclear war four years ago.
13:15You would have had nuclear holocaust, and you would have had it again if we
13:20didn't bomb the site. So when somebody is working with us that says they didn't
13:26think Iran was a threat, we don't want those people because, and there are some
13:31people, I guess I would say that, but they're not smart people or they're not
13:34savvy people. Iran was a tremendous threat.
13:38And virtually every NATO nation, and this is the thing.
13:41Next, Donald Trump starts attacking BBC and says, if you watch BBC, you'll think that
13:47this war is like a draw.
13:48We're winning this thing. BBC is like a criminal enterprise.
13:52He goes and attacks BBC.
13:53Let's play this clip. They have decimated that country.
13:56And if you watch BBC, it's almost like they're fighting us to a draw.
14:02They're fighting us to a draw.
14:04It was very inaccurate news.
14:06It was fake news. So I'm very proud of the term fake news because it
14:11was my term. I came up with it, but it's no longer accurate.
14:15It really is. It's corrupt fraudulent news.
14:18It really is. It's fraudulent.
14:19It's not just fake. It's beyond fake.
14:22It's really criminal what they do.
14:23But I watched BBC this morning and I don't know much about BBC other than
14:27what took place because people were calling me saying, that was a terrible thing you
14:31said. I said, what did I say?
14:33And I said, I never said that.
14:35And when we checked it, do you agree?
14:37They agree. It was somehow generated, I guess, by AI or something with me saying,
14:44unbelievable. So we brought a lawsuit against them.
14:47They admit they're guilty. But we'll see how it comes out.
14:52Thank you. I like that question.
14:55Then Donald Trump starts talking about windmills and how he doesn't like windmills.
14:59Like as we're in a massive, right, as we're in a massive war where our,
15:05where there's a oil shock right now and where other forms of energy would be
15:09needed. This is what Donald Trump's doing, saying that we got to get rid of
15:12windmills and solar. Here, play this clip.
15:15Let's see. Why are they buying oil from Norway?
15:17But they have windmills all over the country, destroying those gorgeous Scottish fields and those
15:21beautiful fields all over the windmill mills, which don't work.
15:26They're tremendously expensive. And the best testament to that is the windmills are made in
15:32China, but China doesn't use them.
15:35You know what? China uses coal.
15:37They're building 58 coal -fired plants right now, and that's up to them.
15:41But these foolish countries that are buying windmills and putting them out of business, I'm
15:46proudly telling you that we're going to try and have no windmills built in the
15:51United States during my... They're very bad.
15:56They're very bad environmentally. They kill the birds.
15:59They run sightly. They make a lot of noise.
16:01And for some reason, the environmentalists love windmills, okay?
16:13Then Donald Trump's like, nothing.
16:15I'm not scared of anything.
16:17I'm not afraid of anything at all.
16:19Here, play this clip. Iran, because the Iranian regime has told Sky News, if you
16:23put boots on the ground in Iran, it will be another Vietnam.
16:26Are you afraid of that?
16:27No, I'm not afraid of, I'm really not afraid of anything.
16:31Then another reporter from Ireland tried to kind of clarify Donald Trump's response and say,
16:36hey, can you clarify, what do you mean?
16:39What do you think about the fact that you're meeting with the Taoiseach right now,
16:43basically the prime minister of Ireland?
16:46The president of Ireland is saying that you're basically a war criminal, that you've engaged
16:51in a lawful conduct. Do you want to answer that question?
16:54I think Donald Trump is so confused.
16:56I think he believes he's with the president of Ireland right there is what I
17:00think. Anyway, here, play this clip right here.
17:02Hi, Mr. President. What do you think about our president's comments that is breaking international
17:09law? Say it? What do you think about our president's comments?
17:14Can you speak, you speak it right into your phone?
17:17Our president's comments. Well, there you have it, folks.
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