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It's a great honor to be with you and

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Happy Easter . We had a great Easter .

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This is one of our better Easters , I

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think , in a lot of different ways . I

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can say militarily . It's been one of

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the best . So good afternoon . We have

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quite a bit to discuss . We'll go into

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pretty good detail . And we have the

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people that are most involved . We'll

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give you . Exactitude And we're

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here today to celebrate the success of

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one of the largest , most complex ,

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most harrowing combat searches . I

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guess you would call it a search and

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rescue mission . Ever attempted by the

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military , generally when planes are

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knocked down in war , especially when

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you're fighting a a strong group , an

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evil group . You can't really do this

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because you send in 200 men to pick up

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one . And it's something that's usually

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not attempted as much as you want to

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attempt . And bad things happen to that

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1 or 2 . And in this case we did too ,

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and it might not have been attempted

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before , but we did . And we got , we

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had great talent , we got a little luck

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too , I would say . And uh we were

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helped by a lot of people , a lot of

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great people . And it was an honor to

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be involved with it . It's very

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historic . This is a . A rescue that's

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very historic . It'll go down in the

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books late Thursday night . An American

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F-15 fighter jet went down deep inside

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enemy territory in Iran while

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participating in Operation Epic Fury ,

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where we're doing unbelievably well ,

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well at a level that nobody's ever seen

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before . The entire country can be

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taken out in one night , and that night

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might be tomorrow night . Both members

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of the crew ejected from the aircraft

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and landed alive on Iranian soil . I

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immediately . I was asked to

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make a decision . I ordered the US

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armed forces to do whatever was

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necessary to bring our brave warriors

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back home , a risky decision . Because

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we could have ended up with 100 dead as

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opposed to 1 or 2 . It's a hard

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decision to make . But in the United

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States military , we leave no American

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behind . We don't do it . Within hours

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our armed forces deployed 21 military

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aircraft into hostile airspace , many

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flying at very low altitude , being

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shot by bullets . You bring rifles

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into play when you're going that low ,

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but there are also certain advantages .

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And in broad daylight over Iran for 7

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hours at times facing very , very heavy

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enemy fire . We have a helicopter

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that's got a lot of bullets in it .

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It's amazing . We just realized how

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good those Those weapons are those our

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machines are nobody has , nobody has

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the equipment that we have and nobody

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has the military that we have , not

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even close . We're the most powerful

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military anywhere in the world by far .

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The flight crews and warfighters aboard

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those aircraft took extraordinary risks

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to rescue their fellow service members .

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This first wave of search and rescue

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forces successfully located the pilot

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of the F-15 . And he was extracted

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from enemy territory by an HH60 Jolly

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Green 2 helicopter , fabulous machine

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as our warriors faced gunfire at very

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close range . It's amazing that

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When you look at the machinery , what

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happened that nobody was even injured .

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Meanwhile , the second crew member , a

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weapons system officer , highly

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respected colonel , had landed a

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significant distance away from the

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pilot when you're going at those speeds ,

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even if you go out 2 or 3 seconds later ,

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it's miles , it's miles and miles away .

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Because you're going fast . He was

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injured quite badly and stranded in an

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area teeming with terrorists from the

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps RAF

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Group , as well as besieged militia

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and local . Authorities , many ,

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uh , on top of everything else , they

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told the communities actually within

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inside of Iran , the people of Iran ,

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they were given a tremendous incentive

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to find this pilot . Despite the peril ,

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the officer followed his training and

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climbed into the treacherous mountain

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terrain and . Started climbing toward a

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higher altitude , something they were

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trained to do in order to evade capture ,

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uh , they want to always go as far away

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from the site . Of the shoot down ,

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you want to go as far away because they

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all head right to that site . You want

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to be as far away as you can . And he

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was injured and he was an amazing ,

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amazing thing . He scaled cliff faces ,

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bleeding rather profusely , treated his

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own wounds , and contacted American

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forces to transmit his location . They

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have a very sophisticated beeper type .

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Apparatus that is on them at all times .

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And when they , when they go out on

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these missions , they make sure they

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have lots of battery space and they're

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in good shape . And this one worked

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really well , amazingly , saved his

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life . We immediately mobilized a

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massive operation to retrieve him from

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the mountain holdout . And he kept

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going higher and higher . The mountain

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kept getting rougher and rougher and

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really very , very hard to find . The

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second rescue mission involved 155

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aircraft including 4 bombers , 64

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fighters , 48 refueling tankers , 13

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rescue aircraft , and more . We were

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bringing them all over and a lot of it

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was subterfuge . We wanted to have them

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think he was in a different location

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because they had a vast military force

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out there . Thousands , thousands of

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people were looking . So we wanted them

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to look in different areas so we were

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scattered all over like we were right

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on top of them . We had 7 different

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locations where they thought and they

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were very confused . They said , well ,

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wait a minute , they've got groups here ,

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they've got groups there , it's amazing .

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Thing I was listening to . These great

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people , these great generals , General

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Raisin Cane , who's amazing , and Pete

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Hegseth was amazing , but I listened to

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the whole thing . It was pretty amazing .

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So they had all these different sites

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where everybody thought he was located .

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We think we have him over there because

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they have 9 planes circling a little

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area that's 25 miles down the coast .

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So in a Breathtaking show of skill and

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precision , lethality and force ,

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America's military descended on the

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area , the real area , engaged the

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enemy , rescued the stranded officer ,

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destroyed all threats , and exited

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Iranian territory while taking no

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casualties of any kind . The heroic

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F-15 weapons system officer had evaded

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capture on the ground in Iran . For

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almost 48 hours , that's a long time

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when you're in tough shape and when

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you're bleeding , it's a long time when ,

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uh , when we left , as you probably

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know , we had two large planes , old ,

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pretty old planes that carried a lot .

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We needed a lot more equipment going in

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than coming out obviously because going

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in we needed to be able to scale

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mountains . And we had a lot of

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equipment , but the sand was it was

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sandy wet sand , so we thought there

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may be a problem taking off because of

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the weight of the plane and then we

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also had all the men jumping back onto

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the planes and they got pretty well

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bogged down and we had a contingency

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plan which was unbelievable where

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lighter , faster aircraft came in . And

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they took them out . We blew up the old

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planes . We blew them up to smithereens

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because we had equipment on the planes

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that frankly we'd like to take , but I

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don't think it was worthwhile spending

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another 4 hours there taking it off ,

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so we didn't want anybody to that we

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have the best , best equipment anywhere

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in the world . We didn't want anybody

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examining our , uh , anti-aircraft and

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other equipment . So these were large

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planes that were old and pretty old ,

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and we blew them up . And we had faster ,

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lighter planes come in and they were

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able to land on the sand . We needed

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the bigger planes because we had so

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much equipment that we needed . We took

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3 helicopters over there which were

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very strongly used and couldn't have

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lived without them . They did and they

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performed unbelievably well . And if

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you'd see it , you wouldn't believe it .

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They came off the plane and these guys

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had them , the , the . The rotors were

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off . They rebuilt these helicopters in

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less than 10 minutes . And that was one

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of the more amazing things these are

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helicopters , uh , small ,

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unbelievably powerful but small hell

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very small so it can get into certain

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areas . And they got them off the plane

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and they rebuilt all three of them in a

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matter of less than I would say less

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than 10 minutes . It's pretty amazing

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what the , the genius of these people

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who would think that you'd think it

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would take 5 days to build them and in

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some companies it would take 5 days and

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they wouldn't do it well , but they

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served us well as commander in chief ,

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I never . Forget the extraordinary

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risks taken by the warriors that we

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send into battle and the genius . I

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mean , think of it , having a

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contingency of 3 planes waiting because

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we think the sand is so bad that we

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probably won't be able to take off and

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the planes really got bogged . The sand

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was , this was not much of a runway .

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This was a farm , not a runway , it's a

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farm , but uh it did the trick . But to

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have a contingency as opposed to having

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to wait two days , can you imagine

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right in the middle this was central .

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This was right , you would call it

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central casting if you were doing a

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movie for location . And probably the

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toughest area of Iran where we'd be

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sitting there , so these planes came in ,

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those pilots came in so fast and so

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quick and got out of there . Everybody

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got aboard and just got 15 minute

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intervals , one load out , one load out ,

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one load out . It happened . And we

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were watching and we said that's

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amazing . It's in many ways I was , I

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was almost more impressed by the

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contingency that we had than . The

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fact that you know we would have had a

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runway or decent soil , but it was an

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amazing thing but we thank God for

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every single one of them and the talent ,

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the genius is not even talent , it's

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genius , it's the whole ball game ,

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every one of them . If you look at what

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we did with Maduro , we went into a

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military compound , a massive with

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thousands and thousands of soldiers and

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within a matter of minutes , and he

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lived behind iron doors . There were

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steel doors , broke them down so

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quickly , and within almost minutes he

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was in the back of these planes . It

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was a similar group , incredible . We

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have incredibly talented people . And

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if the time comes , we move heaven and

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earth to bring them home safely . We're

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going to bring our people home safely .

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I want to thank every member of the US

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armed forces involved in these historic

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operations . They really were historic .

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It's just not something that's done .

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And you'd understand that not that they

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don't want to do it , but when you're

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going into areas , when you look at

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these helicopters , when you look at

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the amount of bullets and everything

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else that they took , when you go into

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these areas . You don't come out like

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we came out . God was watching us to

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tell you , well , it was the Easter we

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were . In the eastern territory I guess ,

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but God was watching us amazing because

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when you look at the machinery they

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took , they took damage tells you first

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thing I said is these are unbelievable

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machines how they flew back and not

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even much of a problem . But these two

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extraordinary rescues because it was 2 ,

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and as you probably know we didn't talk

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about the first one for An hour and

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then somebody leaked something which

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we'll hopefully find that leaker we're

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looking very hard to find that leaker

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and talked about there's somebody

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missing . They basically said that we

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have one and there's somebody missing .

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Well , they didn't know there was

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somebody missing until this leaker gave

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the information , so whoever it is , we

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think we'll be able to find it out

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because we're going to go to the .

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Media company that released it and

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we're going to say national security ,

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give it up or go to jail . And we

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know who and you know who we're talking

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about because some things you can't do

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because when they did that all of a

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sudden the entire country of Iran knew

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that there was . A pilot that was

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somewhere on their land . I was

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fighting for his life . And it also

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made it much more difficult for The

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pilots and for the people going in to

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search for him all of a sudden uh they

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know that there's somebody out there

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they see all these planes coming in it

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became a much more difficult operation

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because a leaker leaked that we have

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one we've rescued one . But there's

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another one out there that we're trying

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to get . So actually the country

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Iran put out a major notice you all saw

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it offering a very big award for

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anybody that captures the pilot . So in

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addition to a hostile , very talented ,

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very good , very evil military , we had .

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Millions of people trying to get an

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award , so When you add that to it ,

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but we have to find that leaker because

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that's a sick person . Probably didn't

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realize the extent of how bad it was .

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I can't imagine that the person did ,

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but we're going to find out . It's

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national security and The person that

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did the story . We go to jail if he

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doesn't say , and that doesn't last

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long , and I think everybody would

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understand that they put this mission

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at great risk . They put that man at

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great risk and they put the hundreds of

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people that went in looking for him

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because everyone now knows that we're

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going in . Over the past 37 days ,

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America's armed forces have carried out

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more than 10,000 combat flights over

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Iran , unheard of . Striking more than

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13,000 targets , the F-15 we lost last

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week was the first manned aircraft

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downed by the enemy in this entire

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operation with thousands and thousands

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of flights . They got lucky . It was a

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lucky hit . You know , eventually you

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get lucky . But we got lucky too

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because we got both of them back , but

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it's a record that is unparalleled in

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the history of military air operations .

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Nobody's ever seen anything like it .

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It's such an honor to be . Involved

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with it . We were up late at night .

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And then we were waiting for those .

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Contingent planes to come in and we say

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come on let's go get in because they're

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waiting out on this uh farm without

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a runway with wet .

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Crummy soil , sand , mostly sand , wet

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sand , and it eats planes alive and

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we're waiting and we're saying I hope

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that one can land and take off . And

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they came in like magic boom , boom ,

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boom , one after another . It was like

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genius . I'm so impressed by that .

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Because we were a little concerned , we

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said , boy . If they don't get in and

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get up fast , we're sitting in them and

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that's called Iran Prime , right ,

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General ? That's , that's where the

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whole bed is and here we are sitting

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there waiting for a plane , but they

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came in so fast and so hard and these

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guys knew exactly what let's go , come

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on , get in . Let's go wah . They came

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one right after another , not at the

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same time . They don't want to come at

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the same time . They had to come right

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after each other . They didn't have any

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room . There was barely any room to

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land , tiny little patch of very wet .

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Earth and sand . So I just , I'm so

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proud of the people that I have

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standing up here with me and many

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others that worked . I mean so many .

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Steve Wootkoff's over here he's doing

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fantastically . Jared Kushner . But the

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people that are here , the job they did

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is amazing , and I think I'm going to

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introduce the head of the CIA , and he

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Is a man who he's central casting , OK ,

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if we cast a movie , he's gonna play

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the head of the CIA he's one of the few .

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John Radcliffe , he , um , he did a

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phenomenal job that night . He did

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something that I don't know if you

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wanna talk about it . If you want , you

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can . I'm not sure he's supposed to .

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I'm not gonna talk about it , but , uh ,

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he really , the CIA was very

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responsible for finding this little

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speck . It's like they use an

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expression on one of the shows the

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general was talking about it's like

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finding a needle in a haystack finding

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this pilot . And the CIA was

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unbelievable and you may , if you can ,

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you'll talk it might be classified , in

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which case I'd have to put him in jail

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if he talks about it , and I don't want

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to put him in jail . He doesn't deserve

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that . So John , do you want to say a

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few words ? Thank you . Thank you , Mr .

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President . It's a privilege to be here

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with you today . To share what we can

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about this exceptional mission and to

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recognize the ingenuity and bravery of

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those who executed it , as well as the

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leadership and resolve of the president

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who ordered it . One thing that has

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been clear to me in this role is that

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the flawless military operations that

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the Department of War is known for are

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hostage to flawless intelligence . We

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saw that in the skies over Iran in

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Operation Midnight Hammer last summer .

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We witnessed it in Venezuela during

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Operation Absolute Resolve . We've seen

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it against the cartels in the Western

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Hemisphere , and we're seeing it every

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day in Operation Epic Fury , including

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this mission . To rescue an aviator

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buried deep behind enemy lines .

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Because it is the unique tradition of

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the US armed forces . that we leave no

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man or woman behind . This was a no

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fail mission . That was the spirit in

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which the president put us to work .

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And we were determined not to let him

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down or our airmen down . As an

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agency , the CIA possesses unique

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capabilities that only the president

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can deploy . Some of these capabilities

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fall under covert action authorities .

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And because covert means exactly that .

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I'm not going to be able to tell you

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everything that you want to know . At

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the president's direction , we deployed

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both human assets and exquisite

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technologies that no other intelligence

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service in the world possesses . To a

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daunting challenge comparable to

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hunting for a single grain of sand in

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the middle of a desert . This was also

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a race against the clock as it was

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critical that we locate the downed

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aviator as quickly as possible . While

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at the same time , Keeping our enemies

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misdirected . For that reason , in

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addition to the human and technical

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assets deployed by the president to

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find our airmen . The CIA executed a

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deception campaign to confuse the

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Iranians who were desperately hunting

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for our airmen . On Saturday morning ,

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We achieved our primary objective by

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finding and providing confirmation that

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one of America's best and bravest was

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alive and concealed in a mountain

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crevice . Still invisible to the enemy

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but not to the CIA . That confirmation

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was relayed by Secretary Hegeth to the

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President . And the operation quickly

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moved to the execution phase .

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Following the successful exfiltration

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on Saturday night . Our intelligence

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reflects that the Iranians were

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embarrassed and ultimately humiliated

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by the success of this audacious rescue

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mission . When the president asked me

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to lead the CIA , He made it clear ,

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get back to basics , no politics , no

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agendas , tackle the hardest problems ,

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and execute the toughest missions .

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This president is about results . And

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now that's what his CIA is about too .

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The professionals at the agency and at

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the Department of War deserve immense

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credit for their flawless execution

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during this daring mission . Their

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skill , creativity , and courage are

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unmatched . On the battlefield wherever

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they step . But none of that

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matters . And all of that is wasted .

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Without a president with the political

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courage to put them into action . Mr .

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President , I've had the privilege . Of

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seeing you act with political courage

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in the best interest of the United

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States up close on a daily basis , and

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I'm grateful that this successful

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mission has given the American people .

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A window into that as well . The

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secretary and Chairman will tell you

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that our service members' confidence is

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boosted by a commander in chief who has

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their back the same way they have yours .

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And I know that the confidence of CIA's

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officers . Is boosted by the knowledge

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that their work is informing a

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president who's not afraid to make the

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hardest decisions when the stakes are

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highest . And to the American people ,

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Your confidence should be boosted . By

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knowing that the security of the nation

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is in the hands of a president . Who's

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willing to take on problems that have

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confounded both sides of the political

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aisle for nearly half a century . It is

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an honor to serve under a leader who

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just proved . That you can believe him

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when he says , No matter what , We will

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leave no one behind . We will come for

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you . Thank you . Thank you .

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I'm sorry . Well John , thank you for

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the collaboration of the CIA as well ,

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incredible and ongoing partnership .

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Ladies and gentlemen , fellow Americans ,

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and especially the brave warriors in

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our armed forces over this Easter

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weekend , The United States military

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has once again proved why we possess

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the greatest fighting force the world

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has ever known . In two extraordinary

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combat search and rescue operations

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deep inside enemy territory in Iran .

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Our warriors executed missions of

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breathtaking skill , courage , and

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precision . When our warriors are

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unleashed , as this president has

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allowed them to be , they are

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unstoppable . When American airmen were

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down behind enemy lines , our forces

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and our president did not hesitate .

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Special operators supported by elite

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air crews and intelligence

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professionals moved swiftly and

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decisively into treacherous mountain

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terrain under the constant threat of

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Iranian forces closing in . Ultimately ,

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it was an impotent Iranian threat . And

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today , as the CIA director mentioned ,

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Iran's military , and we know this , is

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embarrassed and humiliated , and they

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should be . Now these are not routine

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operations . They were high risk , high

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stakes missions conducted in the heart

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of enemy territory . This was not just

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barely into Iran , this was deep into

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Iran , involving coordinated strikes to

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suppress threats , deception tactics to

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protect our teams , and full

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synchronization across air , ground ,

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and special operations . The Iranians

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are still asking themselves right now ,

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how did the Americans do this ?

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One downed airman evaded capture for

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more than a day , scaling rugged ridges

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while hunted by the enemy . When he was

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finally able to activate his emergency

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transponder . His first message was

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simple , and it was powerful . He sent

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a message , God is good .

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In that moment of isolation and danger ,

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his faith and fighting spirit shone

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through . You see , shot down on a

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Friday . Good Friday . Hidden in a cave .

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A crevice all of Saturday . And

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rescued On Sunday , Flown out of

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Iran as the sun was rising on Easter

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Sunday . A pilot reborn , all

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home and accounted for , a nation

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rejoicing . God is good .

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Despite incoming fire and unforgiving

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conditions , our troops brought every

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American home . No American lives were

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lost . We leave no man behind , and

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that is not luck . It's the result of

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unmatched training , superior

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technology , and unbreakable warrior

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ethos , and sheer American grit . Our

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special operators , pilots , and

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support crews performed with near

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perfection under fire , and they were

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lethal . Just ask any Iranian soldier

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who dared attempt to get anywhere near

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that pilot before or during that

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mission . Death from above .

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Our troops turned a potential tragedy

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into a resounding demonstration of

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American resolve and capability .

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That's what excellence in uniform looks

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like . But make no mistake about it ,

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None of this would have been possible

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without the courageous leadership and

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ironclad determination of President

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Donald J . Trump . From the moment our

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airmen went down , President Trump made

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it clear we will leave no one behind .

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The first mission , the first of two ,

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was an audacious daylight thunder run

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right up the middle . It was authorized

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in less than 2 hours from that pilot

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going down when we knew where he was .

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And it was authorized in the middle of

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the night , because anybody that's

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worked for this , this man knows he's

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up in the middle of the night .

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Authorized immediately , without

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hesitation , audaciously . The 2nd

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mission , as soon as we knew where that

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pilot was , and John was certainly

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helpful in that . Also executed

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immediately . You know , I looked up at

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my screen when the final mission was

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complete inside our skiff , our secure

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facility . And we have a running VTC ,

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a running coordination cell . And the

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top of it read 45 minutes and 45

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hours and 56 minutes . For

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45 hours and 56 minutes we held that

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call open for coordination . From the

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moment our pilots went down , our

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mission was unblinking . The call never

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dropped . The meeting never stopped .

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The planning never ceased . The

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president demanded rapid , decisive

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action . He backed our military with

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the full weight of his resolve ,

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refusing to let enemy propaganda or

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tactical setbacks deter us . His

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leadership . Ensured that every lethal

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and nonlethal resource was brought to

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bear , that our forces had the

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authorities and the support they needed

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to succeed . When the president says he

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has the backs of our warfighters , he

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means it , and it means a great deal ,

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and it's a big difference on the

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battlefield . President Trump

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understands that peace through strength

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is not a slogan . It is a doctrine that

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saves American lives . His unwavering

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commitment to rebuilding our military

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and restoring the warrior spirit has

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paid dividends in missions just like

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this one . Under his command , America

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projects power with confidence and

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brings our people home with victory .

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And that continues today , by the way .

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Per the president's direction , today

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will be the largest volume of strikes

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since day one of this operation .

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Tomorrow , even more than today . And

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then Iran has a choice . Choose wisely .

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Because this president does not play

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around . You can ask Soleimani . You

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can ask Maduro , you can ask Khomeini .

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To those heroes who planned and

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executed these rescues , your nation

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stands in awe . I stand in awe . The

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chairman stands in awe . We all stand

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in awe of your professionalism and

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bravery . We serve for you . You embody

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the very best of America . To the

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rescued airmen and their families .

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Welcome home . Your courage and

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endurance , the quiet declaration of

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faith amid the storm . Inspires us all .

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God is good . Every day

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And to our adversaries watching from

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Tehran , let this be a clear message .

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The United States military will go

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anywhere at any time to protect our own

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and complete the mission . We execute

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with precision . We control the skies ,

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you see , we flew for 7 hours in

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daylight over Iran to get the first

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pilot . And we flew 7 hours in the

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middle of the night to get the 2nd .

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And Iran did nothing about it .

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We fight with honor and under President

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Trump's leadership , we win . So God

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bless our troops , God bless President

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Trump , and God bless the United States

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of America . Thank you . Well ,

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good afternoon , everyone . Um , thank

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you , Mr . President . Thank you , Ms .

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Chuck Terry . A note before I start , I

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know many of you want specific details

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in these briefings . We will share what

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we can , but I will retain what I must

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in the event that we have to go do this

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again sometime . And I cannot stress

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the importance , as the president said ,

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around operational security . The

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secretary and I will do a more detailed

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briefing tomorrow morning , and we look

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forward to sharing the details that we

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can . On Thursday to April at 10:10

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p.m. Eastern Time , 4:40 in the morning

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local Iran time , the Joint Personnel

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Recovery Center , which handles the

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Central Command area of responsibility ,

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declared an isolated personnel recovery

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event for US Air Force F-15E Strike

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Eagle . Call sign Dude 44 , which was

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down in hostile Iranian territory . The

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pilot and weapons system officer had

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both safely ejected and were isolated

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behind enemy lines . Following

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confirmation of active rescue beacons

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and on the direction of the Secretary

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and by order of the president , a

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rescue operation was launched with the

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stated purpose of bringing both

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Americans home safely . As the

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Secretary said several hours later on

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the morning after positively locating

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the front seater , call sign Dude 44

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Alpha . And aware of an aggressive

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ongoing search by the enemy , a US

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Central Command plan was approved by

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the Secretary and the President .

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Shortly thereafter , a US Air Force

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combat search and rescue task force

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comprised of A-10 Warthogs in their

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Sandy role , and I'll describe what

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that is in a minute . HC-130 combat

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King IIs , HH60 Jolly Green II

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helicopters , and Air Force Special

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Warfare Airmen , a package comprised of

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combat rescue officers and para rescue

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operators audaciously penetrated enemy

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territory in broad daylight to find ,

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fix , and recover Dude 44 Alpha from

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behind enemy lines . This was an

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incredibly dangerous mission , an

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incredibly dangerous undertaking , but

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a filled promise made to every American

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warfighter that you will not be left

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behind . We will always come find you ,

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and we will always bring you home .

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Over the next hours , the search and

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rescue task force crossed the beach ,

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entered into Iranian airspace ,

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protected by a fighter strike package ,

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and moved into the objective area all

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under fire . En route , as some of you

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have seen on social media , the

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helicopters took gas off the C-130s and

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pressed onward and forward up into the

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objective area . While this was ongoing

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and out in front of them , the sandy

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flight of A-10s and other remotely

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piloted aircraft , drones and other

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tactical aircraft were violently

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suppressing and engaging the enemy in a

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close-in gunfight to keep them away

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from the front seater and allow the

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pickup force to get into the objective

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area . During this engagement , one of

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the Sandy aircraft , the one primarily

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responsible for communicating with the

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downed pilot , was hit by enemy fire .

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This pilot continued to fight ,

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continued the mission , and then upon

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exit flew his aircraft into another

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country and determined that the

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airplane was not landable . This was

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one of our A-10 Sandy aircraft . The

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pilot then made the decision to eject

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over friendly territory and was quickly

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and safely recovered and is doing fine .

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After picking up Dude 44 Alpha , the

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HH 60 Jolly Green fight was engaged by

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every single person in Iran who had a

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small arms weapon , and one of the

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aircraft , the trailing aircraft , took

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several hits . The crew sustained minor

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injury and they are going to be fine .

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A note for those of you that do not

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know what a Sandy does . Named after

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the flight call sign that did this very

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mission in Vietnam flying A1 sky

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Raiders and A-7 Corsairs , a Sandy

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has one mission get to the survivor ,

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bring the rescue force forward , and

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put themselves between that survivor on

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the ground and the enemy . They are

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committed to this . This is what they

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live for , and this is what they've

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trained for over many , many years .

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The A-10 force and the rescue force did

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fantastic , did a fantastic job

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rescuing Dude 44 Alpha . He was

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recovered Friday afternoon . As I said ,

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and the nation needs to know this ,

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this was an incredibly brave and

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courageous mission and a testament to

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the courage , skill , and tenacity of

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the joint force and our leaders , and

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especially a daylight option , having

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the guts to try means so much to so

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many . Meanwhile , the backseater , as

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the president and the secretary have

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said , had continued to work and

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survive . Through the hours of daylight ,

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dude 44 Bravo , the backseater evaded .

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Using every means available , the

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efforts of the United States military ,

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the Central Intelligence Agency , and

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others were attempting to find and

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locate with precision Dude 44 Bravo ,

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the backseater . A note on on the

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backseater and the front seater . The

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single most important contributor to

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a successful rescue operation is the

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spirit of attack inside the heart of

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that downed aviator . Their will to

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survive , their will to evade , their

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will to recover is everything . In this

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case , the backseatter's absolute

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commitment to surviving made much of

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our efforts possible . On Saturday , 4

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April , after establishing positive

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communications with the backseater , we

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learned , as the president said , that

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he was injured and actively evading

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enemy forces . And thanks to our

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interagency partners , we were able to

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get eyes on his location and positively

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ID him . Throughout this entire time ,

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the enemy force continued to search for

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44 Bravo , and the joint force

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continued to strike them over and over

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and over again . Fighting off marginal

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weather in Iran and the enemy's search

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for a 2nd time on Saturday at the

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recommendation of the CENTCOM commander

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and at the approval of the Secretary

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and the President , we launched a

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rescue task force to recover Dude 44

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Bravo . Again , this came to the

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President and the Secretary for

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approval , this time with a much larger

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force package based on the time that

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the enemy had to prepare to find 44

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Bravo . Again , this force was

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protected by A-10 Warthogs using the

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Sandy call sign , and this force had

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one single mission do everything they

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can to bring an American home . This

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meant having a plan . Being prepared to

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execute that plan and more importantly ,

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being prepared for multiple

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simultaneous contingencies and because

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of this force's professionalism , grit ,

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and determination fight off two enemies

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at the same time the enemy searching

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for 44 Bravo and contingencies , which

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anyone who has done these types of

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missions knows we run into every single

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time . The force fought off both of

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those enemies incredibly well . During

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the period of darkness on Saturday ,

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and as the secretary said , into Easter

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Sunday and into the daylight , the

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force fought its way in and rescued

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Dude 44 Bravo . They were protected

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overhead by an air armada including

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tactical drones , strike aircraft , and

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others . The force fought through

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multiple simultaneous contingencies ,

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something no other nation , no other

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military can do . And safely returned

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dude 44 Bravo , the back seater home .

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And all other Americans home as well .

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At midnight 12 local Eastern Time ,

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Easter Sunday , more than 50 hours

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after the start of this operation . The

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Joint Personnel Recovery Center

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declared Dude 44 Bravo , both the front

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and back seater , return to friendly

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territory . The courage demonstrated by

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both the pilot and the weapons system

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officer while isolated and them

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invading the enemy cannot be overstated .

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Their grit and warfighting tenacity is

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a direct result of the absolute trust

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they have in our rescue forces , their

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training , and their will to survive

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and return . They always knew that we

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would be ordered to go get them , and

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they always knew that we would be

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coming to get them . These two

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operations reflect our nation's most

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sacred obligation to our military

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service members . We leave no one

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behind . Bless you . It also perfectly

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captures the first truth of our special

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operations forces that people are more

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important than hardware . That is the

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standard we live by , and the rescue

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forces that execute these missions

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operate under a clear motto . These

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things we do that others may live .

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Their actions were a direct embodiment

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of that commitment to others , and I

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could not be more proud of each and

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every one of them today . As the

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Secretary said to our enemies , this

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operation serves as a clear reminder of

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the capability and will of America's

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joint force . The United States of

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America will recover our warfighters

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anywhere in the world under any

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conditions when we want to . We will

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always bring overwhelming skill and

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firepower to every member of the joint

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force , our interagency partners , the

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leadership at CENTCOM , and our leaders

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at the department and above . Thank you .

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I'm proud of each and every one of you

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and thankful to our deployed forces and

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their families . And lastly and most

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importantly to dude 44 , welcome home .

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Job well done . Thank you .

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Pretty amazing , pretty amazing . And

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these two gentlemen have been From day

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one they've been perfecto , you know ,

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I got to know . General Cain in

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my first term because he was able to

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take out ISIS in 4 weeks instead of the

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4 year projection that was given to me

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by other much lesser generals , and I

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said , you know , if I ever do this

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again , that's going to be the head of

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my Joint Chiefs of Staff , and we

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worked it that way , didn't we ? It's

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amazing . He took out ISIS . We

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defeated ISIS in 4 weeks . I was told

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it would take 4 years . I flew to Iraq .

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To find out with the greatest equipment

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in the world , why would it take 4

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years . And he told me , sir , it won't ,

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it'll take 4 weeks and you'll have time

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left over , and that's exactly what

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happened . So he's great and Pete , all

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I can say is that he was treated very

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unfairly . And now those same people

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that treated him unfairly , that fought

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against him , they called me up saying

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what a great choice he was . I said ,

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Well , what happened uh during his

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nomination ? What happened to you ? I'm

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telling you , people that were not for

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him , senators , friends of mine , sir ,

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I don't think you're doing the right

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thing now they're calling me up . What

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a choice . These two guys are fantastic ,

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and John Ratcliffe was incredible . It

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was actually their genius that called

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us . it was 40 miles away .

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And he said , you know , we're seeing

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something moving up in the mountain .

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This is at night . And they kept the

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camera on him for 45 minutes . He

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wasn't moving and they said , you know ,

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probably wrong , but we're seeing

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something moving . This is a vast

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mountain . Vast , thick with

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bushes , trees , he said , we see

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something moving 40 miles away . Was a

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The head of a human being , I'm telling

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you , it's moving . And then all of a

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sudden 45 minutes later he moved a lot .

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stood up and they said we have them and

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that was really . The beginning of

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something incredible . We had an idea

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where he was , but not specifically

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it's a big mountain , so uh . I want

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to thank the CIA too . I don't think

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they get enough credit for the great

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job they've done . Yes , please . Thank

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you very much , Mr . President , for

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this great opportunity . Country , it

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has a superb army . You make a

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difference , Mr . President . Thank you

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for your greatest leadership . Thank

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you . I have two quick questions , Mr .

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President . What was your reaction when

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you learned that Kurdistan region had

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resumed exporting oil to the

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international market with your support

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as the United States of America ? Well ,

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I expected that . We've gotten along

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with the Kurds for a long time , so I

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expected that . Another question , what

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would , what would be your reaction ?

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If the Iranian people raise up against

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their regime during a ceasefire , Mr .

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President . Well , they should do it ,

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but again , the consequences are great .

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I mean , they were told if you protest ,

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you will be shot immediately . You saw

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what happened to the young wrestler .

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He was a great champion , by the way ,

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he was a great wrestler , one of the

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top in the world , and he and his two

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friends were hung . And all they did

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was say a little bit about liberty .

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They wanted liberty and they were

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violently executed , but the number is

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up to probably 45,000 people were

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killed . So , you know , when somebody

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stays in a house when they know if they

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walk out of the house to protest ,

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they'll be immediately shot and killed .

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And they issued that , you know , that

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was publicly issued . It's not a secret .

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That's why so many people say , oh well ,

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why are you doing this way ? We can't

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let Iran have a nuclear weapon . You

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know , we got regime change , we do ,

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we're dealing with a much different

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regime than before . We're dealing with

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different people . They're smarter . I

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think they're sharper and far less

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radical . We have regime change , but

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we didn't do this for regime change .

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We did it for the fact , and my view is

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very simple . I saw somebody said , Oh ,

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he doesn't have a plan . I have the

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best plan of all , but I'm not going to

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tell you what my plan is , you know .

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They want me to say , Here's my plan .

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We're going to attack at 9:47 in the

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morning and then we're going to do this ,

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and then we're going to , and if you

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don't do that , they say , I have a

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plan . These people know what the plan

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is . Everybody here knows what the plan

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is , but it's very unfair to say

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because I don't mind being insulted .

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I've been insulted for many years by

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the by the fake news , but you can't .

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It's so bad for the people that are so

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pro you just saw too great and John

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Radcliffe , three unbelievable people .

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They have a plan . Every , every single

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thing has been thought out by all of us .

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But I can't reveal the plan to the

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media , so you know , but we're just

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thrilled by the success of this

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operation . Yes , please . Thank you ,

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Mr . President . You've said Iranians

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would be mad if you stopped these

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attacks , but why would they want you

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to blow up their infrastructure to cut

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off their power ? Wouldn't that be

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punishing Iranians for the actions of

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the regime ? They would be willing to ,

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they would be willing , and it's

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suffering . They would be willing to

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suffer that in order to have freedom .

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The Iranians have , and we've had .

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Numerous intercepts , please keep

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bombing bombs that are dropping near

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their homes . Please keep bombing . Do

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it . And these are people that are

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living where the bombs are exploding

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and when we leave and we're not hitting

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those areas , they're saying please

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come back , come back , come back .

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These are the people . I don't know

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what they do . All I can tell you is

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they want freedom . They have lived in

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a world that you know nothing about .

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It's a violent , horrible world where

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if you protest , you are shot .

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Remember the great woman protest where

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they had 400,000 , 500,000 women and

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they were all enthused and they were

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gonna protest and everybody said , oh ,

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the regime's going to come to an end ,

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and then all of a sudden , boom . Boom ,

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5 . 6 different areas . A woman

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would go down right between the eyes .

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They had snipers . They had 5 snipers .

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That's all it took . And those 4 or

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500,000 women said , Oh my God , what's

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that ? Oh , look over there , what's

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that ? A woman shot right between the

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eyes . And after 5 or 6 of them go

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down , then you start hearing the purr

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through the vast number of people .

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And then they said , oh my God , who

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would do that ? And they're incredible

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people , but they've lived so horribly .

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They've lived so horribly , you know ,

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Iran was a great country if you go back

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25 years ago or so . The Persian people ,

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they're incredible , smart , brilliant ,

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actually . And I know so many . I know

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coming from New York originally , I , I

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know so many people from . They're

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incredible people , incredible energy ,

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and , and , uh , very , very brilliant

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people . And , but when you're standing

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in a group and protesting and you have

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a woman , in the case of a woman ,

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remember the Great Women March ?

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Everybody was saying , oh , this is the

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end of the country . And then snipers

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selectively picked . Every single one

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was shot right between the eyes from a

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long distance . They were on top of

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buildings . Nobody even knew where they

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were , where they're coming from . This

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wasn't like a machine gun , which is

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also very bad . They've done that too .

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They did that recently . This was

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snipers sitting on the top of buildings ,

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aiming and hitting women . And when

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they see people go down and all of a

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sudden there's a riot in the reverse

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direction and they never came out again

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and a lot of the the news doesn't talk

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about they they talk about oh women's

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rights , you wanna see women's rights ?

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You're not gonna see it there . It's

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amazing when I see some of the stupid

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people like , you know , AOC + 3 , all

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that group , they talk about , oh ,

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freedom for Iran , they don't tell you

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the real facts , women . Men ,

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gays , how about gays for Iran ?

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They kill the gays . They throw them

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off buildings . So I , I wonder what ,

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what's going on . I can only say this .

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They want us to keep bombing even if it

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jeopardized because their life is in

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much greater danger . They want freedom

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for Iran , but it's very hard for them

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to protest . I actually tell them , I

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said , don't go out . I fully

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understand . Nobody in this room would

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go out . I don't think there's any

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because frankly , it's not a question

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of bravery . We're all brave , right ?

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You're brave . I'm brave . We're all

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brave , but we're also intelligent . If

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you have people shooting at you ,

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expert shots with the best rifles you

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can get and hitting you right between

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the eyes every single time and you're

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looking here and you're seeing and

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you're looking here . You're out of

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there . I don't care who it is . Mark

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Meredith , Fox News . I know that .

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Go ahead . America's watching . Uh ,

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can we go back to the weekend ? First

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off , was everyone on board with the

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operation , or were there people that

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were trying to talk you out of going

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through with the operation this weekend ?

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Not everybody was on board . Somebody

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else within . No , there was military

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people , very professional , that

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preferred not doing it . These two were

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totally on board . Which was very

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important . If they weren't , I would

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have had a little difficulty , but , uh ,

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no , there were military people that

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said you just don't do this . You don't

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go into the heart of a very powerful

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military , you know , this is , hey ,

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you have countries and countries . You

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have some countries where the military

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is not their strong suit . This whole

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thing is militarized like nobody's ever

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seen before . Half the people are

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wearing uniforms . And we had , we had

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people within the military . Usually

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it's not done . That's one of the

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reasons , you know , I was surprised .

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Somebody said it's the only time it's

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ever been done . I said that's not

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possible , but it is possible because

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you're going into hundreds of thousands

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of soldiers along the path . I mean ,

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look at some of the helicopters , how

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they got hit . So yes , there were

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people within the military that said

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it's a wise and don't forget how many

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men did you send altogether

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approximately for the operation ? I'd

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love to keep that a secret . OK , well .

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But I will tell you the number , I'll

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keep it a secret , but it was 100s and

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100s of these people , it's pretty good .

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Is he central , is he central casting ,

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but hundreds of people went into this

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journey , hundreds of people could have

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been killed . Forget about the

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equipment , a lot of equipment . Nobody

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cares . Hundreds of people could have

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been killed . So we had people that

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were within the military that said this

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is not a wise , and I understood that ,

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but I decided to do it . Was there a

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point that they were that you were

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thinking there's too much on the line

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and somebody was saying maybe we abort

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this now and wait ? I mean , given the

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resources like the general said , it

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seemed like there was so much on the

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line here . You must have been thinking ,

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well , this could have completely

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changed . So the first one . Which was

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in many ways as dangerous as the 2nd I

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guess it gets because we're flying over

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daylight , you know , we're the best at

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the world at night we have goggles that

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nobody , we have goggles . I've tried

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them and they're unbelievable . I see

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better with the goggles at night than I

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see without them during daylight . I

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mean daylight today we have a beautiful

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day . You see just as well with goggles .

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In many ways it's enhanced . So we have

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the best in the world , so it's much

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safer for us to , for us to do it at

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night , whereas other people , no other

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country has that capability . They

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don't have the they don't have that

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particular piece of equipment like we

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do . But when I was told flying and in

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daylight I think we flew 7 hours over

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Iran and that's a long time over

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unbelievably hostile territory where

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they have nothing but weapons . We took

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out their anti-aircraft , which is

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great . We took out their radar , which

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is great . We took out a lot , but they

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still have , you know what hit this one

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was a shoulder . Handheld shoulder

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missile heat seeking missile so it's

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not like you know they're totally

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whatever but but and they have probably

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a little luck because you gotta get

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lucky but they shot it and it got

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sucked in right by the engine but these

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guys were out of there they were great ,

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the timing was great . But no , I was

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told that this is a very dangerous

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mission . I understood they didn't say

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it's a foolish mission . They said ,

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you know , we're going to be

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sacrificing hundreds of people to do

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this . This is , I mean , you have

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tankers that are flying over this area

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so that they could the flight was so

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long they had to refuel . It's a very

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dangerous mission . I just felt it was

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worth it . If you would have told me

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that we would have been successful ,

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gotten both , and nobody was even

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essentially injured . I would have said

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that would be impossible . Yes , thank

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you very much . Thank you , sir . We'll

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come back to you . OK . Given that you

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are now dealing , you say , with a more

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reasonable , less extreme leadership in

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Iran , what does that mean for the

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protesters , for the human rights

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movement in that country after this

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conflict ? What's your , if they assume

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control , if we do something and they

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assume control , I think it's very

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positive , a big step . I don't think

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you'd see the radicalization that you

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have seen in the last , look what

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happened . I mean , women are being

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executed because they're not properly

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clothed , they say they're not properly

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clothed , and they execute the women .

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They absolutely , they shoot them right

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on the street . No , you have a much

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different group of people . Now , I'm

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not saying we are dealing with them .

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Uh , Essentially they have till 8

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o'clock tomorrow night Eastern time ,

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but we are dealing with them . I think

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it's going well . Mr . Witkoff is here

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and JD is involved in the dealing . Mr .

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Whitkoff is sitting right here and I

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think it's going fine , but we'll have

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to see . You have to understand we've

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been dealing with these people for 47

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years . I'm standing here with a much

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more powerful Iran . As of a

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month ago , not anymore . Right now

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they are decapitated , but I'm standing

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here a month ago with a much more

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powerful Iran than it was at any point

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during 47 years . This should have been

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handled by 7 presidents , a lot of

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presidents , and those presidents are

56:41.409 --> 56:43.631
saying now , every one of them to their

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friends , we should have done this a

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long time ago , so it's not something I

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like doing . It's very dangerous and

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we're getting them at the height of of

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their strength . If I didn't terminate

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the Barack Hussein Obama Iran nuclear

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deal , they would have had a , don't

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forget that was a path to a nuclear

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weapon . Remember this . He chose Iran

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over Israel , pure and simple . How

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how Israel can vote for a Democrat is

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if you're Jewish in New York City . Or

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anyplace else in this country and how

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you can vote for a Democrat is

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unbelievable because he chose Iran , a

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very hostile Iran . Remember when he

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filled up a 757 with cash , billions of

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dollars of cash , and he sent it over

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to them . Then they gave him tens of

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billions of dollars . He chose Iran

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over Israel and really the Arab world

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if you look , because , you know , the

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other Saudi Arabia , Qatar , UAE . I

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mean you take a look . I mean I can add

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Kuwait and I can add Bahrain and you

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can add others . He chose such an

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unlikely candidate nobody could believe

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it frankly , if you're gonna choose

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between Iraq and Iran , he should have

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chosen , he should have befriended Iraq .

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He went in the exact opposite direction

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of of all thinking and he made a

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terrible mistake , but that was a road

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to a nuclear weapon and when I

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terminated that . Everyone said , oh ,

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he terminated it . It was one of the

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best things we ever did because he had

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a road to a nuclear weapon and It was

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gonna , it was a very short term deal ,

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you know , countries don't do 10 year

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deals . Countries do hundreds of years .

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You don't do a 10 year deal for a

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country you need this isn't , you're a

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landlord , you're renting a store on ,

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on a certain street and you give

58:36.209 --> 58:38.265
somebody a 5 year or 10 year lease .

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This is a country . It was a short term

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deal . It was ready to expire . I

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terminated it before it expired , took

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a lot of heat , and it was one of the

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best things I ever did because he would

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have had a nuclear weapon , then he

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would have had another nuclear weapon .

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Had those beautiful B-2 bombers not

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gone in eight months ago and

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obliterated that it and by the way ,

58:56.419 --> 58:58.929
the word is obliteration . CNN said ,

58:59.250 --> 59:01.306
well , maybe it wasn't complete , it

59:01.306 --> 59:03.528
was so complete that they still haven't

59:03.528 --> 59:05.139
been able to get it . It was

59:05.139 --> 59:07.417
obliteration but if we didn't hit them ,

59:07.570 --> 59:09.514
that was a courageous decision too

59:09.514 --> 59:11.681
because we had all those planes flying

59:11.681 --> 59:14.040
in at night . With very little cover ,

59:14.120 --> 59:16.719
unbelievable stealth planes , and they

59:16.719 --> 59:18.840
were able to do their job . If we

59:18.840 --> 59:21.800
didn't do that , Iran would have had a

59:21.800 --> 59:24.879
nuclear weapon at a high level , either

59:24.879 --> 59:26.879
one of those two instances , and if

59:26.879 --> 59:29.520
they did , in my opinion , I told this

59:29.520 --> 59:32.620
to Bibi Netanyahu yesterday , Israel

59:33.159 --> 59:36.100
would have been extinguished . Large

59:36.100 --> 59:38.379
portions of the Middle East would have

59:38.379 --> 59:40.546
been extinguished , whether it's Saudi

59:40.546 --> 59:43.820
Arabia , Qatar , UAE , or others , and

59:43.820 --> 59:46.042
you saw that with thousands of missiles

59:46.042 --> 59:48.098
raining down upon them . They didn't

59:48.098 --> 59:50.264
think they were going to be hit . They

59:50.264 --> 59:52.376
thought they'd be watching us fight ,

59:52.376 --> 59:54.598
and all of a sudden UAE got hit by 1500

59:54.598 --> 59:56.820
missiles . He would have taken them out

59:56.820 --> 01:00:00.280
also . And they were powerful . If I

01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:02.709
didn't come along and terminate the

01:00:02.709 --> 01:00:04.820
Obama deal , which was terrible , the

01:00:04.820 --> 01:00:07.550
Iran nuclear deal was a road to a

01:00:07.550 --> 01:00:09.828
nuclear weapon , a big one , unlimited ,

01:00:09.828 --> 01:00:13.439
legally . I terminated it without even

01:00:13.439 --> 01:00:16.129
much thought . It was so easy . I

01:00:16.129 --> 01:00:18.129
terminated that and then the B-2

01:00:18.129 --> 01:00:20.449
bombers , and I did one other thing . I

01:00:20.449 --> 01:00:23.770
had killed . Qasem

01:00:24.239 --> 01:00:27.000
Soleimani , who was an evil genius .

01:00:27.780 --> 01:00:29.836
And the reason I did it , I heard he

01:00:29.836 --> 01:00:31.613
was going to knock out 5 of our

01:00:31.899 --> 01:00:35.659
military bases . And Had

01:00:35.659 --> 01:00:37.580
he lived , I believe we would be

01:00:37.580 --> 01:00:41.540
fighting perhaps a different . Iran

01:00:41.540 --> 01:00:44.139
right now because , because he's never ,

01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:46.911
he's never been replaced , you know ,

01:00:46.911 --> 01:00:49.133
and I also , I did one other , but this

01:00:49.133 --> 01:00:51.467
one was not picked up . Osama bin Laden .

01:00:52.360 --> 01:00:54.582
If you read my book , I said you got to

01:00:54.582 --> 01:00:56.804
take them out one year before the World

01:00:56.804 --> 01:00:58.749
Trade Center came down , so I wish

01:00:58.749 --> 01:01:02.479
you'd read the book , but , but you as

01:01:02.479 --> 01:01:05.340
a president . To be a good president ,

01:01:05.379 --> 01:01:07.157
I believe you have to have good

01:01:07.157 --> 01:01:08.990
instincts , and a lot of this is

01:01:08.990 --> 01:01:10.435
instinct . Yes , please .

01:01:14.020 --> 01:01:16.110
Last week , last week you suggested

01:01:16.110 --> 01:01:18.110
that Europe should take the lead on

01:01:18.110 --> 01:01:20.166
reopening the Strait of Hormuz . Has

01:01:20.166 --> 01:01:22.277
circumstances changed now that you're

01:01:22.277 --> 01:01:24.939
issuing a direct 48 hour , I mean 48

01:01:24.939 --> 01:01:27.520
hour ultimatum ? And secondly , would a

01:01:27.520 --> 01:01:29.631
new ceasefire include Israel or would

01:01:29.631 --> 01:01:31.798
it just be between Iran and can't talk

01:01:31.798 --> 01:01:33.853
about ceasefire , but I can tell you

01:01:33.853 --> 01:01:37.199
that we have . An active , willing

01:01:37.199 --> 01:01:39.255
participant on the other side . They

01:01:39.255 --> 01:01:41.421
would like to be able to make a deal .

01:01:41.421 --> 01:01:43.255
I can't say any more than that .

01:01:49.310 --> 01:01:51.366
Thank you , Mr . President . Who are

01:01:51.366 --> 01:01:53.477
you with ? Who are you ? My name is .

01:01:53.477 --> 01:01:53.280
I'm with the largest Kurdish media

01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:55.447
outlet Ruda Media Network . It's based

01:01:55.447 --> 01:01:57.558
in Iran . Go ahead , Mr . President ,

01:01:57.879 --> 01:02:00.120
you said before that you don't want the

01:02:00.120 --> 01:02:02.120
Kurdish forces to enter Iran and be

01:02:02.120 --> 01:02:04.475
harmed . Do you still want them to stay

01:02:04.475 --> 01:02:06.642
away , or what role do you expect them

01:02:06.642 --> 01:02:08.905
to play now ? I'd rather have them stay

01:02:08.905 --> 01:02:11.635
away . I'd rather have them stay away

01:02:11.635 --> 01:02:13.691
because I think they bring with them

01:02:13.691 --> 01:02:15.802
some problems and some difficulties ,

01:02:15.802 --> 01:02:17.968
and I don't think they bring death , I

01:02:17.968 --> 01:02:20.079
mean , you know , to themselves , but

01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:21.913
I'd rather have them stay away .

01:02:24.810 --> 01:02:26.866
Thank you , Mr . President , for the

01:02:26.866 --> 01:02:28.699
question . Deliberate attacks on

01:02:28.699 --> 01:02:30.699
civilian infrastructure violate the

01:02:30.699 --> 01:02:32.760
Geneva Conventions and international

01:02:32.760 --> 01:02:34.871
law . Who are you with ? I'm with The

01:02:34.871 --> 01:02:36.871
New York Times , Zolan from The New

01:02:36.871 --> 01:02:39.149
York Times . Are you failing , failing .

01:02:39.149 --> 01:02:41.371
Are you circulation way down at The New

01:02:41.371 --> 01:02:43.371
York Times . Are you concerned that

01:02:43.371 --> 01:02:43.320
your threat to bomb power plants and

01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:46.840
bridges amount to . I hope I don't have

01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:50.620
to do it . But again , I just said 47

01:02:50.620 --> 01:02:52.620
years they've been negotiating with

01:02:52.620 --> 01:02:54.231
these people . They're great

01:02:54.231 --> 01:02:56.231
negotiators and because they're not

01:02:56.231 --> 01:02:58.820
gonna have a nuclear weapon . And if

01:02:58.820 --> 01:03:01.620
somebody that takes my place someday is

01:03:01.620 --> 01:03:03.731
weak and ineffective , which possibly

01:03:03.731 --> 01:03:05.509
that will happen because we had

01:03:05.620 --> 01:03:07.676
numerous presidents that were weak ,

01:03:07.676 --> 01:03:09.620
ineffective , and afraid of Iran ,

01:03:10.219 --> 01:03:12.590
we're never going to let . Iran has a

01:03:12.590 --> 01:03:15.649
nuclear weapon and if you think it's OK

01:03:15.649 --> 01:03:18.350
for people that are sick of mind that

01:03:18.350 --> 01:03:21.810
are Tough , smart , and sick ,

01:03:22.389 --> 01:03:25.830
really sick , you know , from , from a

01:03:25.830 --> 01:03:29.469
policy standpoint , from a stand any

01:03:29.469 --> 01:03:31.525
which way you want to say mentally ,

01:03:31.525 --> 01:03:33.719
these are disturbed people . If you

01:03:33.719 --> 01:03:35.608
think I'm going to allow them and

01:03:35.608 --> 01:03:38.909
powerful and rich to have a nuclear

01:03:38.909 --> 01:03:41.020
weapon , you can tell your friends at

01:03:41.020 --> 01:03:42.909
the New York Times , not going to

01:03:42.909 --> 01:03:46.469
happen . means

01:03:46.469 --> 01:03:48.989
violating international law . You no

01:03:48.989 --> 01:03:51.211
longer have credibility at The New York

01:03:51.211 --> 01:03:53.433
Times because the New York Times said ,

01:03:53.433 --> 01:03:55.656
oh , Trump won't win the election , and

01:03:55.656 --> 01:03:57.600
I won in a landslide . I won every

01:03:57.600 --> 01:03:57.350
swing state . The New York Times said ,

01:03:57.389 --> 01:03:59.611
oh , Trump won't win the election . The

01:03:59.611 --> 01:04:01.833
New York Times has no credibility . The

01:04:01.833 --> 01:04:04.000
credibility they have is it used to be

01:04:04.219 --> 01:04:06.275
all the news that's fit to print , a

01:04:06.275 --> 01:04:08.219
great , the old gray lady , it was

01:04:08.219 --> 01:04:10.330
great , but they're , they're running

01:04:10.330 --> 01:04:12.497
on past fumes and you can't keep doing

01:04:12.497 --> 01:04:14.663
that . You have to be able to give the

01:04:14.663 --> 01:04:16.830
correct news and people like you who I

01:04:16.830 --> 01:04:18.830
know . Are fake . You're fake . Go

01:04:18.830 --> 01:04:21.719
ahead , please . Your messaging on the

01:04:21.719 --> 01:04:23.989
war has moved from the war is coming to

01:04:23.989 --> 01:04:26.120
an end to we're going to be bombing

01:04:26.120 --> 01:04:28.064
Iran to the Stone Ages , and we've

01:04:28.064 --> 01:04:30.398
heard a range of those kind of messages .

01:04:30.840 --> 01:04:32.951
So are you , so which is it ? Are you

01:04:32.951 --> 01:04:35.118
winding this down ? Are you can't tell

01:04:35.118 --> 01:04:37.340
you . I don't know . I can't tell you .

01:04:37.340 --> 01:04:39.340
It depends what they do . This is a

01:04:39.340 --> 01:04:41.673
critical period . They have a period of ,

01:04:41.673 --> 01:04:44.629
well , till tomorrow at 8 o'clock . I

01:04:44.629 --> 01:04:46.851
gave them an extension . They asked for

01:04:46.851 --> 01:04:49.185
an extension of 7 days , right ? I said ,

01:04:49.439 --> 01:04:52.250
Steve , give them 10 days .

01:04:53.379 --> 01:04:56.070
10 days is up actually today , so I

01:04:56.070 --> 01:04:58.229
gave them 11 , I guess indirectly . I

01:04:58.229 --> 01:05:00.285
thought it was inappropriate the day

01:05:00.285 --> 01:05:02.618
after Easter . I wanna be a nice person .

01:05:02.629 --> 01:05:05.790
Uh , they have till tomorrow . Now

01:05:05.790 --> 01:05:08.149
we'll see what happens . I can tell you

01:05:08.149 --> 01:05:10.316
they're negotiating , we think in good

01:05:10.316 --> 01:05:12.538
faith . We're going to find out . We're

01:05:12.538 --> 01:05:14.538
getting the help of some incredible

01:05:14.538 --> 01:05:17.679
countries that want this to be ended

01:05:17.679 --> 01:05:19.901
because it affects them also . A lot of

01:05:19.901 --> 01:05:22.123
people are affected by this . But we're

01:05:22.123 --> 01:05:24.500
giving them , uh , we're giving them

01:05:24.500 --> 01:05:27.350
till tomorrow 8 o'clock Eastern time

01:05:27.750 --> 01:05:30.030
and after that they're gonna have no

01:05:30.030 --> 01:05:32.310
bridges , they're gonna have no power

01:05:32.310 --> 01:05:35.870
plants . Stone Ages , yeah ,

01:05:36.159 --> 01:05:37.159
Stone Ages .

01:05:39.260 --> 01:05:43.179
CNN fake , are you willing

01:05:43.179 --> 01:05:45.679
to make a deal that does not include

01:05:45.840 --> 01:05:48.007
reopening the Strait of Hormuz , or is

01:05:48.007 --> 01:05:50.118
that now a top priority ? I would say

01:05:50.118 --> 01:05:53.030
it's a very big priority because See ,

01:05:53.110 --> 01:05:55.332
that's that's one thing that's a little

01:05:55.332 --> 01:05:57.388
different than other things . We can

01:05:57.388 --> 01:05:59.332
bomb the hell out of them . We can

01:05:59.332 --> 01:06:01.277
knock them out for a loop . But to

01:06:01.277 --> 01:06:03.443
close the strait , all you need is one

01:06:03.443 --> 01:06:06.090
terrorist . That somehow has a truck

01:06:06.149 --> 01:06:08.316
loaded with because you can carry them

01:06:08.316 --> 01:06:11.090
in trucks , large trucks , a water mine ,

01:06:11.629 --> 01:06:14.060
drop them in the water . And now you

01:06:14.060 --> 01:06:16.227
tell people that own ships that cost a

01:06:16.227 --> 01:06:18.282
billion dollars to don't worry about

01:06:18.282 --> 01:06:20.504
the mine . You can do that even just by

01:06:20.504 --> 01:06:22.616
saying we put mines in the water . So

01:06:22.616 --> 01:06:24.727
it's not like the rest . We can knock

01:06:24.727 --> 01:06:26.893
out their military . We already have .

01:06:26.893 --> 01:06:28.949
We've knocked out their navy . We've

01:06:28.949 --> 01:06:31.227
knocked out their air force completely .

01:06:31.227 --> 01:06:33.449
We've knocked out 158 ships in 3 days .

01:06:33.449 --> 01:06:35.338
We've knocked out even their mine

01:06:35.338 --> 01:06:37.338
droppers . They don't have any mine

01:06:37.338 --> 01:06:39.560
droppers anymore , but they put them on

01:06:39.560 --> 01:06:39.409
other boats and they could drop them .

01:06:39.489 --> 01:06:41.600
I'm not even sure they have any mines

01:06:41.600 --> 01:06:43.600
yet , by the way . I'm not sure . I

01:06:43.600 --> 01:06:45.822
don't , I'm personally , they say there

01:06:45.822 --> 01:06:47.822
might be 8 . I don't know . I don't

01:06:47.822 --> 01:06:50.156
know . I think there might be none . Uh ,

01:06:50.156 --> 01:06:52.100
because they're very good bullshit

01:06:52.100 --> 01:06:53.989
artists , that's why for 47 years

01:06:53.989 --> 01:06:53.290
they've been bullshitting other

01:06:53.290 --> 01:06:55.457
presidents , and they haven't done the

01:06:55.457 --> 01:06:58.090
job , and people are living in hell .

01:06:58.330 --> 01:07:00.274
You live in that country , they're

01:07:00.274 --> 01:07:02.608
living in hell . Uh , no , I think that ,

01:07:02.608 --> 01:07:06.489
uh , 47 years . Of this stuff is

01:07:06.489 --> 01:07:09.050
long enough . They're at the weakest

01:07:09.050 --> 01:07:11.500
point they've ever been . They have no

01:07:11.500 --> 01:07:13.556
navy . They have no air force . They

01:07:13.556 --> 01:07:16.000
have no anti-aircraft . Weaponry , they

01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:17.611
have no radar . They have no

01:07:17.611 --> 01:07:19.722
communication . In fact , the biggest

01:07:19.722 --> 01:07:21.833
problem we have in our negotiation is

01:07:21.833 --> 01:07:24.056
that they can't communicate . I said to

01:07:24.056 --> 01:07:26.111
Steve , what are they saying , Sir ?

01:07:26.111 --> 01:07:28.222
They can't communicate . They have no

01:07:28.222 --> 01:07:30.167
method of communication . So we're

01:07:30.167 --> 01:07:32.278
doing , we're communicating like they

01:07:32.278 --> 01:07:34.500
used to communicate 2000 years ago with

01:07:34.500 --> 01:07:36.833
children bringing a note back and forth .

01:07:36.833 --> 01:07:40.040
They have no communication , but all I

01:07:40.040 --> 01:07:41.984
want to see is I wanna have a safe

01:07:41.984 --> 01:07:43.984
world , and you're not gonna have a

01:07:43.984 --> 01:07:46.929
safe world . Israel will be gone . The

01:07:46.929 --> 01:07:48.969
Middle East will be gone , and then

01:07:48.969 --> 01:07:51.136
they're coming for Europe , and I have

01:07:51.136 --> 01:07:53.302
to tell you , I'm very disappointed in

01:07:53.302 --> 01:07:55.850
NATO , very , I think that NATO . I

01:07:55.850 --> 01:07:58.139
think it's a mark on NATO that will

01:07:58.139 --> 01:08:00.361
never disappear , never disappear in my

01:08:00.361 --> 01:08:02.583
mind , you know , they're coming to see

01:08:02.583 --> 01:08:02.159
me on Wednesday . They're going to say ,

01:08:02.209 --> 01:08:04.265
oh , we'll do this , we'll do that .

01:08:04.330 --> 01:08:06.441
Now they all of a sudden want to send

01:08:06.441 --> 01:08:08.497
things , you know . But they said it

01:08:08.497 --> 01:08:10.663
loud and clear at the beginning when I

01:08:10.663 --> 01:08:12.830
spoke to UK of all , I would have said

01:08:12.830 --> 01:08:12.770
they would have been the first because

01:08:12.770 --> 01:08:15.489
they've been , they're the oldest . And

01:08:15.489 --> 01:08:17.378
I say , yeah , I'd love to have a

01:08:17.378 --> 01:08:19.600
little help . He said , no , sir , we'd

01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:21.600
rather wait till you win . I said I

01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:23.600
don't need help after we win . They

01:08:23.600 --> 01:08:25.711
have two old broken aircraft carriers

01:08:25.711 --> 01:08:27.822
barely work . I said , I guess we can

01:08:27.822 --> 01:08:29.711
use them . Who the hell knows ? I

01:08:29.711 --> 01:08:31.711
called the general . He didn't even

01:08:31.711 --> 01:08:33.822
want them . He said , we don't really

01:08:33.822 --> 01:08:35.767
need them . We got , we got the SS

01:08:35.767 --> 01:08:37.878
Abraham Lincoln , sir . We don't need

01:08:37.878 --> 01:08:39.989
them . You know , we have in terms of

01:08:39.989 --> 01:08:41.979
technology , we had one day 101

01:08:41.979 --> 01:08:45.299
missiles going at 2700 miles an hour

01:08:45.299 --> 01:08:48.849
aimed at the Abraham Lincoln . 101

01:08:48.849 --> 01:08:51.539
missiles out of 101 missiles ,

01:08:52.059 --> 01:08:54.898
101 missiles were shot down .

01:08:55.569 --> 01:08:59.160
Unbelievable technology . 10 years ago ,

01:08:59.240 --> 01:09:01.184
5 years ago , I don't know if that

01:09:01.184 --> 01:09:03.407
would have been possible , but 10 years

01:09:03.407 --> 01:09:05.184
ago that would have been . That

01:09:05.184 --> 01:09:07.669
wouldn't have been possible . 101

01:09:07.669 --> 01:09:10.930
missiles heading to a ship . That's not

01:09:10.930 --> 01:09:14.709
that far off the coast . And out of the

01:09:14.709 --> 01:09:18.040
101 missiles we shot down all 101 . We

01:09:18.040 --> 01:09:20.549
have weaponry . The Patriots are

01:09:20.549 --> 01:09:22.438
unbelievable . We have weaponry .

01:09:23.089 --> 01:09:24.700
That's unbelievable , yeah .

01:09:28.479 --> 01:09:30.535
Go ahead , please . Thank you , Mr .

01:09:30.535 --> 01:09:32.757
President . Um , you said earlier today

01:09:32.757 --> 01:09:34.979
during the egg roll that you would like

01:09:34.979 --> 01:09:37.398
to take Iran's oil , but Americans want

01:09:37.398 --> 01:09:39.639
US forces home . Correct ? What's that

01:09:39.639 --> 01:09:41.750
trade-off ? If I had my choice , if I

01:09:41.750 --> 01:09:43.806
had my choice , yeah , because I'm a

01:09:43.806 --> 01:09:47.139
businessman first with Venezuela ,

01:09:47.838 --> 01:09:50.060
as you know , the war was over in about

01:09:50.060 --> 01:09:53.399
45 minutes . And we have great people

01:09:53.399 --> 01:09:55.566
running Venezuela , very good people .

01:09:55.566 --> 01:09:57.788
I mean , the relationship is good , and

01:09:57.788 --> 01:10:00.439
we are a partner with Venezuela and

01:10:00.439 --> 01:10:03.470
we've taken hundreds of millions of

01:10:03.470 --> 01:10:05.879
barrels , hundreds of millions , over

01:10:05.879 --> 01:10:09.520
100 million barrels already is in

01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:13.290
Houston refined and out . And paid for

01:10:13.290 --> 01:10:15.457
that war many , many times over , many

01:10:15.457 --> 01:10:17.623
times , you know , the old days to the

01:10:17.623 --> 01:10:21.529
victim . OK , you know that to the ,

01:10:22.189 --> 01:10:25.270
uh , to the winner belong the spoils go

01:10:25.270 --> 01:10:27.437
the spoils , and I've said , why don't

01:10:27.437 --> 01:10:30.419
we use it to the victor go the spoils ,

01:10:30.430 --> 01:10:32.652
and we don't have that , we haven't had

01:10:32.652 --> 01:10:34.708
that in this country probably in 100

01:10:34.708 --> 01:10:37.041
years because even the Second World War ,

01:10:37.041 --> 01:10:39.152
you look at the Second World War , we

01:10:39.152 --> 01:10:39.029
didn't have it with the Second World .

01:10:39.069 --> 01:10:41.291
We helped rebuild all those countries .

01:10:41.291 --> 01:10:43.458
We rebuild Germany . How about Germany

01:10:43.458 --> 01:10:45.625
telling us , Germany telling us that ,

01:10:45.625 --> 01:10:48.740
uh , well , it's not their war . We had

01:10:48.740 --> 01:10:50.907
nothing to do with it . They wanted me

01:10:50.907 --> 01:10:52.962
to go and tell them everything I was

01:10:52.962 --> 01:10:55.073
doing . We didn't know anything about

01:10:55.073 --> 01:10:57.296
it . Well , if I would have told them ,

01:10:57.296 --> 01:10:59.129
they would have leaked it and we

01:10:59.129 --> 01:11:01.462
wouldn't have been nearly as successful ,

01:11:01.462 --> 01:11:03.518
possibly , right ? But to the victor

01:11:03.518 --> 01:11:05.851
belong the spoils , so we haven't heard ,

01:11:05.851 --> 01:11:07.907
we haven't heard that in , I think ,

01:11:07.907 --> 01:11:09.950
maybe hundreds of years . Now with

01:11:09.950 --> 01:11:12.228
Venezuela , and just so you understand ,

01:11:12.228 --> 01:11:14.450
the people of Venezuela , they say if I

01:11:14.450 --> 01:11:17.660
ran for president of Venezuela , I'm

01:11:17.660 --> 01:11:19.716
polling higher than anybody has ever

01:11:19.716 --> 01:11:21.660
polled in Venezuela , so after I'm

01:11:21.660 --> 01:11:23.493
finished with this , I can go to

01:11:23.493 --> 01:11:25.327
Venezuela . I will quickly learn

01:11:25.327 --> 01:11:27.493
Spanish . It won't take too long . I'm

01:11:27.493 --> 01:11:29.493
good at language , and I will go to

01:11:29.493 --> 01:11:31.827
Venezuela . I'm gonna run for president ,

01:11:31.827 --> 01:11:31.620
but we're very happy with the

01:11:31.620 --> 01:11:33.898
president-elect that we have right now ,

01:11:33.898 --> 01:11:36.180
the , the , the people that are running

01:11:36.180 --> 01:11:39.439
it . If you remember Bush with Iraq ,

01:11:40.299 --> 01:11:42.355
they fired the generals , they fired

01:11:42.355 --> 01:11:44.577
the police , they fired the people that

01:11:44.577 --> 01:11:46.577
worked in there . Equivalent of the

01:11:46.577 --> 01:11:48.743
White House , they fired everybody and

01:11:48.743 --> 01:11:50.910
you know what they had they had a mess

01:11:50.910 --> 01:11:52.799
and you know what happened ? ISIS

01:11:52.799 --> 01:11:54.577
formed those generals and those

01:11:54.577 --> 01:11:56.632
soldiers got together the police got

01:11:56.632 --> 01:11:58.855
together , they all got together , they

01:11:58.855 --> 01:12:01.077
formed ISIS not gonna happen with us so

01:12:01.077 --> 01:12:03.188
uh Venezuela has been an incredible ,

01:12:03.188 --> 01:12:05.355
it's been an incredible situation . We

01:12:05.355 --> 01:12:07.243
went in , we were very successful

01:12:07.243 --> 01:12:09.410
military power like nobody's ever seen

01:12:09.410 --> 01:12:12.149
the general , uh , Venezuelan general

01:12:12.149 --> 01:12:14.260
said I was on that site . I said I've

01:12:14.260 --> 01:12:16.529
never seen . Ferocity like that . I've

01:12:16.529 --> 01:12:18.807
been doing this for 40 years , he said .

01:12:18.807 --> 01:12:20.918
I've never seen it . They hit us from

01:12:20.918 --> 01:12:23.251
17 different . It was they were all set .

01:12:24.089 --> 01:12:26.450
They saw that big beautiful aircraft

01:12:26.450 --> 01:12:28.970
carrier , the Ford in that case , and

01:12:28.970 --> 01:12:30.859
planes were pouring off it at one

01:12:30.859 --> 01:12:32.979
o'clock in the morning , so typically

01:12:32.979 --> 01:12:35.370
when you see that late at night you

01:12:35.370 --> 01:12:37.950
know you could be in trouble , right ?

01:12:38.290 --> 01:12:41.220
And . We were all ready . They had

01:12:41.220 --> 01:12:43.276
their equipment . It was Russian and

01:12:43.276 --> 01:12:45.498
they had Chinese equipment . It was all

01:12:45.498 --> 01:12:47.442
set . They were going to give us a

01:12:47.442 --> 01:12:49.498
fight . He said , and then they came

01:12:49.689 --> 01:12:51.633
and they came at speeds like we've

01:12:51.633 --> 01:12:53.930
never seen , and they came at 17

01:12:53.930 --> 01:12:56.520
different angles , the general and his

01:12:56.520 --> 01:12:58.520
people , that was a lot of angles .

01:12:58.609 --> 01:13:00.942
They hit him from every angle , he said ,

01:13:01.129 --> 01:13:04.680
we knew it was over in 3 minutes . We

01:13:04.680 --> 01:13:06.902
were waiting for them . Their equipment

01:13:06.902 --> 01:13:08.970
didn't work and there's a reason it

01:13:08.970 --> 01:13:10.970
didn't work . Someday we'll explain

01:13:10.970 --> 01:13:12.859
that to people . They pressed the

01:13:12.859 --> 01:13:14.692
button , nothing happened . They

01:13:14.692 --> 01:13:16.748
pressed it again and again , nothing

01:13:16.748 --> 01:13:18.748
happened . And he said we knew this

01:13:18.748 --> 01:13:20.748
whole thing was over in 3 minutes .

01:13:20.748 --> 01:13:22.970
We've never seen any , he , he used the

01:13:22.970 --> 01:13:25.410
word ferocity , the ferocity of these

01:13:25.410 --> 01:13:27.689
planes from 17 different angles , and

01:13:27.689 --> 01:13:30.049
it was over . They went inside and

01:13:30.049 --> 01:13:32.105
remember that was on a military base

01:13:32.105 --> 01:13:34.271
with thousands of soldiers , and those

01:13:34.271 --> 01:13:36.509
soldiers looked and they said . Get the

01:13:36.509 --> 01:13:38.398
hell out of here . Thousands , we

01:13:38.398 --> 01:13:40.620
didn't have thousands , we had like 200

01:13:40.620 --> 01:13:44.250
people , so we have a great military

01:13:44.589 --> 01:13:46.700
and I'll tell you what , somehow this

01:13:46.700 --> 01:13:49.350
rescue captured the world's attention

01:13:49.350 --> 01:13:51.779
more so than . Normally you're talking

01:13:51.779 --> 01:13:54.740
about two people , but this rescue

01:13:55.180 --> 01:13:57.859
captured the world's attention , but we

01:13:57.859 --> 01:14:00.279
did it in Venezuela . That was amazing ,

01:14:00.299 --> 01:14:02.240
and now we have a very bad man in

01:14:02.459 --> 01:14:04.681
prison and going to trial . I mean he .

01:14:05.040 --> 01:14:07.520
He released , aside from the drugs ,

01:14:07.560 --> 01:14:10.500
which he was terrible , Maduro released

01:14:10.879 --> 01:14:13.200
hundreds of thousands of people from

01:14:13.200 --> 01:14:16.160
jails into our country . Drug dealers ,

01:14:16.279 --> 01:14:18.560
murderers , the worst people in the

01:14:18.560 --> 01:14:20.616
world were released into our country

01:14:20.959 --> 01:14:23.640
because we had a stupid president who

01:14:23.640 --> 01:14:25.640
probably didn't know , and we had a

01:14:25.640 --> 01:14:27.529
border czar who never went to the

01:14:27.529 --> 01:14:29.473
border . And never once called our

01:14:29.473 --> 01:14:31.529
great border patrol agents , right ,

01:14:31.529 --> 01:14:33.584
not once , Kamala . She never called

01:14:33.584 --> 01:14:35.640
the Border patrol . She never said ,

01:14:35.640 --> 01:14:35.430
how are we doing ? I used to call the

01:14:35.430 --> 01:14:37.597
Border patrol guys every day . You can

01:14:37.597 --> 01:14:39.763
ask him , Paul , ask any one of them .

01:14:39.763 --> 01:14:42.129
Brandon , ask him all the time , how

01:14:42.129 --> 01:14:44.240
are we doing ? How are we doing ? And

01:14:44.240 --> 01:14:46.185
we now , I'm proud to say , have a

01:14:46.185 --> 01:14:48.129
totally sealed border . 9 months ,

01:14:48.129 --> 01:14:50.351
nobody is coming through our border and

01:14:50.351 --> 01:14:49.850
nobody even tries because they know

01:14:49.850 --> 01:14:51.961
they're not going to get through , so

01:14:51.961 --> 01:14:54.620
we don't have caravans anymore . So

01:14:54.620 --> 01:14:56.731
maybe 1 or 2 more and we'll be done .

01:14:58.700 --> 01:15:00.811
Mr . President , are you allowed to ,

01:15:00.811 --> 01:15:02.867
are you willing to end this conflict

01:15:02.867 --> 01:15:05.459
with Iran charging tolls for passage

01:15:05.459 --> 01:15:08.259
through the Strait , US charging tolls ,

01:15:08.379 --> 01:15:11.160
Iran . What about us charging tolls ?

01:15:11.540 --> 01:15:13.707
Is that something you're considering ?

01:15:13.707 --> 01:15:15.818
I'd rather do that than let them have

01:15:15.818 --> 01:15:18.040
them , right ? Why shouldn't we ? We're

01:15:18.040 --> 01:15:20.040
the winner . We won , OK . They are

01:15:20.040 --> 01:15:22.096
militarily defeated . The only thing

01:15:22.096 --> 01:15:24.207
they have is the psychology of , oh ,

01:15:24.207 --> 01:15:26.318
we're going to drop a couple of mines

01:15:26.318 --> 01:15:28.484
in the water , all right . No , we , I

01:15:28.484 --> 01:15:30.540
mean , we have a concept where we'll

01:15:30.540 --> 01:15:32.762
charge tolls , OK ? I thought you meant

01:15:32.762 --> 01:15:34.818
us . Your question , your question ,

01:15:35.700 --> 01:15:37.644
your question would have been more

01:15:37.644 --> 01:15:40.910
accurate if you said just to clarify ,

01:15:40.950 --> 01:15:43.310
in order for Iran to successfully meet

01:15:43.310 --> 01:15:45.421
your deadline tomorrow , do they have

01:15:45.421 --> 01:15:47.790
to make a deal , open the street , or

01:15:47.790 --> 01:15:50.069
both ? We have to have a deal that's

01:15:50.069 --> 01:15:52.589
acceptable to me , and part of that

01:15:52.589 --> 01:15:54.529
deal is going to be we want free

01:15:54.529 --> 01:15:56.585
traffic of oil and everything else .

01:16:00.029 --> 01:16:01.990
President , thank you very much .

01:16:02.370 --> 01:16:04.370
You've said glory be to God in this

01:16:04.370 --> 01:16:06.370
conflict . Do you believe that God

01:16:06.370 --> 01:16:08.537
supports the United States' actions in

01:16:08.537 --> 01:16:10.426
this ? I do because God is good ,

01:16:10.426 --> 01:16:12.919
because God is good and God wants to

01:16:12.919 --> 01:16:15.649
see people taken care of . God doesn't

01:16:15.649 --> 01:16:17.705
like what's happening . I don't like

01:16:17.705 --> 01:16:19.760
what's happening . Everyone says , I

01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:21.816
enjoy , I don't enjoy this . I don't

01:16:21.816 --> 01:16:23.927
enjoy it . These two guys don't enjoy

01:16:23.927 --> 01:16:23.479
it , you know . People say , oh boy ,

01:16:23.770 --> 01:16:25.826
they're so tough . They don't want ,

01:16:25.826 --> 01:16:27.937
they don't like , I don't like seeing

01:16:27.937 --> 01:16:29.937
people killed . I've ended 8 wars .

01:16:30.080 --> 01:16:32.779
Nobody's ever done it . The person who

01:16:32.779 --> 01:16:35.112
won the Nobel Prize came to me and said ,

01:16:35.112 --> 01:16:37.089
You deserve the Nobel Prize . She

01:16:37.089 --> 01:16:39.145
announced that when they announced ,

01:16:39.145 --> 01:16:41.359
they said , Goes to Maria . She's a

01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:43.470
great person , really a good person .

01:16:43.680 --> 01:16:46.000
She said , No , no , no , this is

01:16:46.000 --> 01:16:48.629
ridiculous . They gave me the Nobel

01:16:48.629 --> 01:16:50.830
Prize . President Trump ended 8 wars .

01:16:50.839 --> 01:16:52.839
I could go over every one of them ,

01:16:52.839 --> 01:16:54.895
including India and Pakistan , where

01:16:54.895 --> 01:16:56.895
the Prime Minister of Pakistan said

01:16:56.895 --> 01:17:00.120
President Trump saved from 30 to 50

01:17:00.120 --> 01:17:02.879
million lives . That makes me much

01:17:02.879 --> 01:17:05.212
happier than what we're doing right now .

01:17:05.759 --> 01:17:07.815
That makes me much happier . We have

01:17:07.815 --> 01:17:09.537
one more to end , by the way .

01:17:12.390 --> 01:17:16.339
you called yesterday in your Truth

01:17:16.339 --> 01:17:18.506
Social , you called the Iranians crazy

01:17:18.506 --> 01:17:21.819
bastards . What is your response to

01:17:21.819 --> 01:17:24.152
critics who say that I don't care about .

01:17:24.180 --> 01:17:26.236
What is your response to critics who

01:17:26.236 --> 01:17:28.402
say that it is your mental health that

01:17:28.402 --> 01:17:30.736
should perhaps be examined as this wars ?

01:17:30.736 --> 01:17:32.791
I haven't heard that , but if that's

01:17:32.791 --> 01:17:31.859
the case , you're going to have to have

01:17:31.859 --> 01:17:34.520
more people like me because our country

01:17:34.520 --> 01:17:37.700
was being ripped off on trade , on

01:17:37.700 --> 01:17:39.939
everything for many years until I came

01:17:39.939 --> 01:17:42.106
along . So if that's the case , you're

01:17:42.106 --> 01:17:45.709
going to have to have more people . You

01:17:45.709 --> 01:17:47.876
said that very little is off limits in

01:17:47.876 --> 01:17:49.931
Iran as far as targeting , including

01:17:49.931 --> 01:17:51.709
power plants , bridges , you've

01:17:51.709 --> 01:17:53.653
mentioned those very little is off

01:17:53.653 --> 01:17:55.653
limits . Are there certain kinds of

01:17:55.653 --> 01:17:57.820
civilian targets though ? I'm thinking

01:17:57.820 --> 01:17:57.479
I don't want to tell you that I don't

01:17:57.479 --> 01:18:01.220
want to tell you that we have , we have

01:18:01.240 --> 01:18:03.270
a plan because of the power of our

01:18:03.270 --> 01:18:06.939
military where every bridge in Iran

01:18:07.680 --> 01:18:10.609
will be decimated . By 12 o'clock

01:18:10.990 --> 01:18:13.029
tomorrow night , where every power

01:18:13.029 --> 01:18:16.529
plant in Iran will be out of business ,

01:18:16.790 --> 01:18:19.509
burning , exploding , and never to be

01:18:19.509 --> 01:18:22.109
used again . I mean complete demolition

01:18:22.470 --> 01:18:24.770
by 12 o'clock , and it'll happen over a

01:18:24.770 --> 01:18:27.200
period of 4 hours if we wanted to . We

01:18:27.200 --> 01:18:29.669
don't want that to happen . We may even

01:18:29.669 --> 01:18:32.029
get involved with helping them rebuild

01:18:32.029 --> 01:18:34.520
their nation . And you know what , if

01:18:34.520 --> 01:18:36.520
that's the case , the last thing we

01:18:36.520 --> 01:18:38.742
want to do is start with power plants ,

01:18:38.742 --> 01:18:40.687
which are among the most expensive

01:18:40.687 --> 01:18:42.964
thing and bridges . You saw the bridge ,

01:18:42.964 --> 01:18:45.187
the bridge went , we were very close to

01:18:45.187 --> 01:18:47.919
a deal . And then I got a call from Mr .

01:18:48.240 --> 01:18:51.680
Witkoff , Mr . Kushner , and JD .

01:18:52.689 --> 01:18:54.890
Saying I think they're breaking the

01:18:54.890 --> 01:18:57.290
deal . I said , tell them that's OK ,

01:18:57.370 --> 01:18:59.592
don't worry about it , but tell them to

01:18:59.592 --> 01:19:01.592
look out their window and watch and

01:19:01.592 --> 01:19:04.419
within . 45 minutes I gave the order to

01:19:04.419 --> 01:19:07.390
knock out the biggest bridge . I gave

01:19:07.390 --> 01:19:09.334
the order to knock out the biggest

01:19:09.334 --> 01:19:11.557
bridge in , I believe the Middle East ,

01:19:11.557 --> 01:19:13.612
but the biggest bridge in Iran , and

01:19:13.612 --> 01:19:16.299
within . 10 minutes after I gave that

01:19:16.299 --> 01:19:19.770
order , that bridge was Was over . So ,

01:19:20.089 --> 01:19:22.689
so do I want to do that ? No . Do I

01:19:22.689 --> 01:19:24.856
want to destroy their infrastructure ?

01:19:24.856 --> 01:19:27.370
No . It will take them 100 years to

01:19:27.370 --> 01:19:30.810
rebuild . Right now , if we left today ,

01:19:31.200 --> 01:19:34.009
it would take them 20 years to rebuild

01:19:34.009 --> 01:19:36.120
their country , and it would never be

01:19:36.120 --> 01:19:38.176
as good as it was . And the only way

01:19:38.176 --> 01:19:40.176
they're going to be able to rebuild

01:19:40.176 --> 01:19:42.342
their country is to utilize the genius

01:19:42.342 --> 01:19:42.250
of the United States of America .

01:19:46.200 --> 01:19:48.600
voiced your displeasure with NATO in

01:19:48.600 --> 01:19:50.959
the past . Is there a danger to the US

01:19:50.959 --> 01:19:53.319
not being the de facto of the leader of

01:19:53.319 --> 01:19:55.640
the alliance and then other powers

01:19:55.640 --> 01:19:57.696
within the alliance then getting the

01:19:57.696 --> 01:19:59.807
decision making when it comes to wars

01:19:59.807 --> 01:20:02.140
and nuclear weapons ? It's not a danger .

01:20:02.140 --> 01:20:04.470
NATO's look , we went to NATO . I

01:20:04.470 --> 01:20:06.748
didn't ask very strongly . I just said ,

01:20:06.748 --> 01:20:09.026
hey , if you want to help , great . No ,

01:20:09.026 --> 01:20:11.137
no , no , we will not help . I said ,

01:20:11.137 --> 01:20:11.000
that's all right . You don't want to

01:20:11.000 --> 01:20:13.167
help . Because I've always said NATO's

01:20:13.167 --> 01:20:16.100
a paper tiger . See , NATO's a paper

01:20:16.100 --> 01:20:18.459
tiger . Putin's not afraid of NATO .

01:20:18.790 --> 01:20:20.901
Putin's afraid of us , very afraid of

01:20:20.901 --> 01:20:23.068
us , and he's explained it to me a lot

01:20:23.068 --> 01:20:25.346
of times . I got to know him very well .

01:20:25.346 --> 01:20:27.560
I know him very well . Uh , NATO's a

01:20:27.560 --> 01:20:30.859
paper tiger . NATO is us . And when we

01:20:30.859 --> 01:20:33.081
needed them , and we didn't need them ,

01:20:33.081 --> 01:20:35.026
by the way , we didn't need them ,

01:20:35.026 --> 01:20:37.248
obviously , because they haven't helped

01:20:37.248 --> 01:20:39.303
at all . Just the opposite . They've

01:20:39.303 --> 01:20:41.415
actually gone out of their way not to

01:20:41.415 --> 01:20:41.149
help . They didn't even want to give us

01:20:41.149 --> 01:20:44.370
landing strips . Think of it , and it's

01:20:44.370 --> 01:20:46.259
not just NATO . You know who else

01:20:46.259 --> 01:20:48.259
didn't help us ? South Korea didn't

01:20:48.259 --> 01:20:50.481
help us . You know who else didn't help

01:20:50.481 --> 01:20:52.529
us ? Australia didn't help us . You

01:20:52.529 --> 01:20:54.819
know who else didn't help us ? Japan .

01:20:56.240 --> 01:20:59.750
We've got 50,000 soldiers in Japan to

01:20:59.750 --> 01:21:01.972
protect them from North Korea . We have

01:21:02.299 --> 01:21:04.790
45,000 soldiers in South Korea .

01:21:06.020 --> 01:21:08.790
To protect us from Kim Jong Un , who I

01:21:08.790 --> 01:21:11.068
get along with very well , as you know ,

01:21:11.068 --> 01:21:13.234
do you notice he said very nice things

01:21:13.234 --> 01:21:15.457
about me . He used to call uh Joe Biden

01:21:15.457 --> 01:21:17.830
a mentally person . OK , so don't tell

01:21:17.830 --> 01:21:20.709
me about your stuff . Joe Biden , he

01:21:20.709 --> 01:21:22.990
said he's a mentally person . He was so

01:21:22.990 --> 01:21:25.157
nasty to Joe Biden , it was terrible ,

01:21:25.157 --> 01:21:28.229
but to me he likes Trump and you notice

01:21:28.229 --> 01:21:30.396
how nice things are with North Korea ?

01:21:30.396 --> 01:21:32.609
It's very nice . But we have 45,000

01:21:32.609 --> 01:21:35.970
people , soldiers in harm's way and

01:21:36.209 --> 01:21:38.431
right next to Kim Jong Un with a lot of

01:21:38.431 --> 01:21:40.431
nuclear weapons , 45 , which should

01:21:40.431 --> 01:21:43.410
have never happened if a certain

01:21:43.410 --> 01:21:45.577
president , I'm not gonna mention this

01:21:45.577 --> 01:21:47.854
president because I happen to like him ,

01:21:47.854 --> 01:21:47.770
believe it or not , but if a certain

01:21:47.770 --> 01:21:50.450
president did his job , Kim Jong Un

01:21:50.450 --> 01:21:52.506
would not have nuclear weapons right

01:21:52.506 --> 01:21:54.450
now , but they're all afraid to do

01:21:54.450 --> 01:21:56.283
their job properly . But just to

01:21:56.283 --> 01:21:59.509
conclude and just to finish , Japan

01:21:59.509 --> 01:22:01.676
didn't help us . Australia didn't help

01:22:01.676 --> 01:22:03.990
us . South Korea didn't help us , and

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then you get to NATO . NATO didn't help

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us . There were some countries that did .

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Now countries that have been good , now

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you could also say they're gotta be a

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little bit more involved because

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they're in the territory , but Saudi

01:22:16.768 --> 01:22:18.768
Arabia's been excellent . Qatar has

01:22:18.768 --> 01:22:21.101
been excellent . UAE has been excellent .

01:22:21.101 --> 01:22:23.157
Bahrain , Kuwait , I mean Kuwait did

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shoot down 3 of our planes . The only

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planes really that we lost it with .

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Friendly fire , they call it . I call

01:22:29.434 --> 01:22:31.657
it unfriendly fire . They unfortunately

01:22:31.657 --> 01:22:34.660
didn't know how to use our , our great

01:22:35.080 --> 01:22:37.990
patriots . The pilot said , What kind

01:22:37.990 --> 01:22:40.157
of a missiles coming at us , Patriot ?

01:22:40.157 --> 01:22:42.750
Boom , they got out . Because they know

01:22:42.750 --> 01:22:45.120
a patriot never misses , so they had

01:22:45.120 --> 01:22:47.479
beautiful patriots . There were planes

01:22:47.479 --> 01:22:49.090
heading in their direction .

01:22:49.419 --> 01:22:51.660
Unfortunately they decided to shoot

01:22:51.660 --> 01:22:53.771
those planes . They were our planes ,

01:22:53.771 --> 01:22:57.549
so . You know , NATO is a paper tiger .

01:22:58.049 --> 01:23:00.327
Now he's coming to see me on Wednesday ,

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as you know . He's a wonderful guy .

01:23:02.580 --> 01:23:05.540
Secretary General is great . And Mark

01:23:05.540 --> 01:23:09.100
Rutte , he's a great person , but he's

01:23:09.100 --> 01:23:11.267
got , and you know it all began with ,

01:23:11.267 --> 01:23:13.600
if you wanna know the truth , Greenland .

01:23:13.669 --> 01:23:15.836
We want Greenland . They don't want to

01:23:15.836 --> 01:23:18.002
give it to us , and I said , bye-bye .

01:23:18.509 --> 01:23:20.676
OK , thank you very much , everybody .

01:23:24.500 --> 01:23:28.330
I . What about rising gas prices for

01:23:28.330 --> 01:23:29.560
Americans who are concerned ?