Enhance Your English with U.S. Government News – Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of Norway,  2025. 4. 24.

0:01 thank you very much we have Yonas 0:04 Garures here who is the as you know the 0:07 prime minister of Norway great gentleman 0:10 highly respected beloved in his country 0:14 and we’ve had talks on the war with 0:18 Ukraine Russia and trade doing very well 0:22 I think on both we’ve had some pretty 0:24 good movement in every respect the war 0:28 is very important that it ends with I 0:31 used to say 2,500 people a week dying 0:35 young people mostly soldiers from Russia 0:38 and Ukraine and uh we want to we want to 0:42 end that war we want to end it quickly 0:45 and I think we’ve made a long a lot of 0:47 progress and we’ll see what happens this 0:49 next few days is going to be very 0:51 important meetings are taking place 0:53 right now uh additionally we talked 0:56 about trade and uh we will definitely we 1:01 get along very well on trade we’ll do 1:03 something but uh I think the prime 1:06 minister knows that over the years 1:08 United States has been very good to a 1:10 lot of a lot of people and it’s time for 1:13 us to uh benefit also so we’re going to 1:17 have a good relationship on trade and we 1:20 discussed other things also uh but Mr 1:23 prime Minister it’s an honor to have you 1:25 with us thank you very much well thank 1:27 you Mr president this is um this year is 1:30 200 years since the first immigration 1:32 from Norway to the US uh we come here 1:35 early in your term appreciate that you 1:37 take time we have highlighted that very 1:40 close cooperation uh we are allies we 1:42 look after security in the north in the 1:44 Arctic uh a lot of confidence between 1:46 our services uh we have discussed uh in 1:50 detail uh the war in Ukraine i have uh 1:54 saluted the president for his initiative 1:55 to make progress towards something that 1:58 can be a ceasefire and an end to this 2:00 terrible conflict it is a complex 2:02 picture but it needs political will and 2:05 push and we have exchanged ideas on that 2:07 and then I think the president and his 2:09 team have been open to hear our 2:11 perspectives uh and on trade uh we have 2:15 also emphasized that uh we can benefit 2:18 both of us by trading we can be 2:21 complimentary uh and we can find good 2:24 solutions but first of all I appreciate 2:26 Mr president the spirit and the tone of 2:28 this conversation which has been uh 2:30 confirmation of a very strong 2:32 partnership thank you very much 2:34 appreciate it any 2:37 questions first Mr president uh have you 2:41 spoken about the tariffs that you want 2:42 to impose on Norway is there a chance 2:45 that you can lower we spoke about trade 2:47 and we understand each other very well i 2:50 think we’ll have no problem you think 2:51 that you will get an agreement i think 2:53 we have no problem whatsoever with 2:55 Norway mr mr possible visit to Norway 2:59 did you discuss a possible visit for 3:01 President Trump we didn’t but I would I 3:03 love it i mean I’ve been there and it is 3:06 a beautiful place uh they have but I 3:09 told the president that you know he is 3:11 receiving us early in the term he’s 3:12 welcome to visit Norway we would like to 3:14 have him and it will be another way of 3:17 emphasizing this strong 3:21 friendship Norway has been a staunch 3:24 supporter of the Ukraine since the 3:27 Russian invasion in 2022 has something 3:30 been discussed here today that have uh 3:33 may have altered your views on things no 3:36 we want to Very simply I have uh no 3:39 allegiance to anybody i have allegiance 3:41 to saving lives and I want to save a lot 3:44 of lives a lot of young people’s mostly 3:46 young people it’s the war it’s the 3:48 soldiers and if we can do that also as 3:52 you know I got started because the money 3:54 that’s been spent on this war is insane 3:56 it should have never happened and it 3:58 would have never happened if I were 4:00 president but Biden spent $350 billion 4:03 dollars on this and uh it’s a shame and 4:08 that’s what got me involved and then I 4:10 looked at and I see the results it’s 4:13 horrible it’s a killing field 5,000 4:16 soldiers a week on average uh and we 4:20 want to stop that we both want to stop 4:22 that for a lot of reasons but I would 4:24 say that is my number one reason 4:27 do you think Russia that you will get 4:30 Russia to to accept a deal that also 4:34 Ukraine and Europe is willing i think so 4:37 yeah I do i believe they will accept and 4:40 I think we’re going to get this over 4:41 with i hope so soon 4:44 you continue to lack you continue to 4:47 lack support from NATO allies in your 4:49 goal of obtaining Greenland how will you 4:52 proceed if you don’t get that support 4:54 well Greenland’s going to be interesting 4:55 but that’s for another day i think we 4:58 need that for international peace what 4:59 are you expecting on your own and if you 5:00 don’t have that I think it’s a big 5:02 threat to our our world so I think 5:04 Greenland’s very important for 5:05 international peace yeah please go ahead 5:07 mr president this morning in truth 5:09 social post you use the words Vladimir 5:12 stop that seemed like a slightly 5:15 different message a personal message uh 5:17 what is your level of frustration with 5:19 President Putin i didn’t like last night 5:21 i wasn’t happy with it and we’re in the 5:23 midst of talking peace and missiles were 5:26 fired and I was not happy with it that’s 5:29 what I meant and that’s you know 5:32 what I assume that I assume that’s what 5:35 you mean sorry if the bombs keep falling 5:38 uh will you consider additional 5:40 sanctions toward Russia or what will you 5:42 do if President Putin I’d rather answer 5:44 that question in a week i want to see if 5:46 we can have a deal no reason to answer 5:48 it now but I won’t be happy let me put 5:50 it that way mr things things will happen 5:53 mr president why are you not putting 5:54 more pressure on Russia i know a lot of 5:56 Europeans putting a lot of pressure you 5:58 don’t know what pressure I’m putting on 5:59 Russia they’re dealing you have no idea 6:02 what pressure I’m putting on Russia 6:03 we’re putting a lot of pressure can you 6:05 maybe tell us we’re putting a lot of 6:07 pressure on Russia and Russia knows that 6:10 and some people that are close to it 6:11 know or he wouldn’t be talking right now 6:14 the prime minister understands that 6:15 better than anybody he wouldn’t be 6:17 talking right now he’s talking and we’re 6:19 putting a lot of pressure i think he 6:20 wants to make a deal we’re going to find 6:22 out very soon but it takes two to tango 6:25 and you have to have Ukraine want to 6:27 make a deal too and they’re being hit 6:29 very hard and I do believe they want to 6:32 make a deal 6:34 mr 6:35 mr mr prime Minister you’ve said that 6:40 it’s that the Ukraine have to give some 6:44 territory to win peace among them Crimea 6:47 do you stand by that and I know that uh 6:51 the NATO former NATO general secretary 6:54 today has told you that he does not 6:56 agree and he believes in territorial 6:59 integrity of to Ukraine how will you 7:02 deal with that with your allies and do 7:03 you stand Ukraine have to give former 7:06 secretary general happens to be right 7:09 here you know so they can’t put words in 7:11 his mouth he’s a he’s been a great uh 7:14 he’s been a great uh general frankly it 7:17 was because that’s what you are really 7:18 you’re a general but he’s been a great 7:20 secretary general we had a tremendous 7:22 relationship very successful and uh I 7:26 think he could speak for himself he’s 7:27 right here but do you still agree that 7:30 Ukraine have to give some territory away 7:33 to win peace well it depends what 7:36 territory they’ve been fighting they’ve 7:37 lost a lot of territory and we’ll get 7:40 we’ll do the best we can working with 7:42 Ukraine we’ll do the best we can but 7:44 they lost a lot of territory when you 7:46 say Crimea that was handed over during a 7:50 president named Barack Hussein Obama 7:52 that was had nothing to do with me 7:54 Crimea that was 11 years ago with Obama 7:58 and uh they made a decision there wasn’t 8:01 a bullet fire there was no fighting 8:03 there was no anything they just handed 8:05 it over now they say “Well can you get 8:07 it back?” I think uh that’s going to be 8:10 a very difficult thing to do that was 8:12 given by uh Barack Obama when he was 8:14 president not by Donald Trump thank you 8:16 Mr mr 8:18 president this proposal that you put on 8:20 the table it’s a 30-day ceasefire 8:22 proposal your national security team 8:24 presented it to both Ukraine and Russia 8:26 two months ago Ukraine agreed to that 8:29 ceasefire proposal immediately russia 8:32 has not and my question is is Russia the 8:35 obstacle to peace based upon that just 8:37 getting to that 30-day ceasefire i don’t 8:40 think so i think that they both want 8:41 peace right now they’re ready to do 8:43 something we’ll see what happens 8:45 complicated very complicated but I think 8:48 they uh are both very much looking to 8:51 make a deal marco what would you say 8:53 well first of all the the what was put 8:54 before our partners was options to 8:56 discuss about things that it would take 8:58 to end a war this war is endable both 9:01 sides have to agree to it we’ve shown 9:02 them a pathway forward we’ve discussed 9:04 those ideas it was a good meeting 9:05 yesterday there’ll be good meetings over 9:06 the weekend we’ve shown them the finish 9:08 line we need both of them to say yes but 9:10 what happened last night with those 9:11 missile strikes should remind everybody 9:13 of why this war needs to end it’s 9:14 horrible those missiles landed what’s 9:16 even worse is there are today people 9:17 that were alive yesterday that are not 9:19 alive today because this war continues 9:21 and the president wants to stop it and 9:23 everyone should be thanking the 9:24 president for being a peacemaker and 9:26 trying to save lives that’s what we’re 9:27 trying to do here um it’s not our war we 9:29 didn’t start it as you know it’s but 9:30 we’re trying to end the dying we’re 9:32 trying to end the destruction and um 9:35 we’ve shown the path forward uh we can 9:37 see the finish line but both of them 9:38 have to get there we’re going to do 9:39 everything we can to help them get there 9:41 but they have to ultimately say yes both 9:42 and we are using a lot of pressure on 9:44 both you know if you think we’re just in 9:46 there because we’re nice people and we 9:48 are nice people but we’re using a lot of 9:49 pressure on both what concessions Mr 9:52 president and to your national security 9:54 team what concessions has Russia offered 9:57 up thus far to get to the point where 9:59 you’re closer to peace stopping the war 10:03 stopping taking the whole country pretty 10:06 big concession 10:08 mr president Mr president uh if um you 10:12 are going to take down the tariffs what 10:14 do you want Norway to buy more of from 10:17 the US to buy more uh well you don’t 10:21 need 10:22 snow you don’t need skis you don’t need 10:25 ski champions either right you have a 10:27 lot of them uh we just want to keep the 10:30 relationship the way it is we have we’ve 10:32 had a great relationship i think now 10:34 maybe closer than ever but we’ve had a 10:37 great relationship with Norway i think 10:38 just keep it the way it is kid you can’t 10:41 do better really not even by say if they 10:44 want to give us some additional 10:46 concessions that’s okay you can’t do 10:48 much better yes yes mr president you’ve 10:50 had a long meeting with Norway today uh 10:52 you said that Norway is doing a lot of 10:54 things right on the Ukraine if I can ask 10:56 both you and the prime minister did you 10:59 find common ground today on on Ukraine 11:01 and the peace plan totally it’s totally 11:03 common ground the prime minister can 11:05 speak about it but I can just say uh he 11:08 wants to see people stop dying more than 11:11 anything else and he’d like to see it 11:13 end he’s he’s going to help us end it 11:17 can can I can I can I say that um to 11:21 move towards an end of this war US 11:23 engagement is critical and President 11:25 Trump made that possible that is clear 11:28 that is obvious it’s it’s really 11:30 happening now the important thing is 11:32 that both parties have to know that they 11:34 have to deliver and they have to feel 11:35 the pressure to 11:37 deliver ukraine is under attack they are 11:40 defending themselves uh lives are being 11:43 lost uh and we believe very firmly that 11:47 uh there needs to be a ceasefire the 11:49 initiative taken by the US some time ago 11:51 it needs to be respected u and then to 11:54 move on to something which both parties 11:56 can own that is the complicated part 11:58 part in such a dramatic war and here I 12:02 believe Europeans and Americans working 12:04 together as we do much closer now and I 12:06 I I salute the team of President Trump 12:08 of being you know open in that process 12:10 we had a good discussion on this today 12:12 uh and then then we have to move on and 12:14 We cannot lose time because this is too 12:16 much drama happening one thing is people 12:18 losing their lives but it is a bad thing 12:21 for Europe and it’s a bad thing for the 12:23 world to having such a broad conflict 12:25 going on it can have ramifications far 12:28 beyond uh Ukraine mr president Mr 12:31 president follow question mr president 12:34 if um 12:35 uh if if um I forgot my question that 12:39 was um I wanted to ask about that 12:42 happens to it happens sometimes yeah um 12:45 no Mr president I wanted to ask about 12:46 the uh um well actually uh Zalinski has 12:51 said that he wants more Patriot missiles 12:53 um so far there’s no has been no 12:55 response from the United States if you 12:58 and the United States decides to pull 13:00 out of negotiating for peace trying to 13:03 broker peace does that also mean a no on 13:06 patriot missiles a no on sharing 13:08 intelligence with Ukraine 13:11 let’s see what happens i think we’re 13:12 going to make a deal and if we make a 13:14 deal that’ll be wonderful we won’t have 13:16 to worry about your question you can ask 13:18 that question in two weeks and we’ll see 13:21 but I think we’re getting very close the 13:24 prime minister feels the same way and 13:26 we’ll we’ll hopefully not have to answer 13:28 that question 13:30 mr norway is the third country to be 13:33 officially invited to the White House 13:35 after liberation day uh why did you 13:39 invite Norway so soon to the White House 13:41 because I like them and I like your 13:44 prime minister and I like the way your 13:46 government runs and I respect the 13:50 king he’s highly respected in Norway 13:52 it’s a great thing not an easy thing to 13:54 do 13:56 he’s done a great job would you like an 13:59 invitation to visit the king absolutely 14:02 you get me that invitation i just told 14:04 the president he’s welcome to visit 14:08 president you said before that you like 14:11 the Norwegian petroleum fund and I’m 14:14 wondering is that has been up for 14:16 discussion today the way that we have 14:18 structured uh our 14:22 Well uh um this fund was created in the 14:25 late 1990s to save for future 14:27 generations the income from our oil and 14:29 gas norwegian should continue to work as 14:33 hard dedicated innovate and move forward 14:36 despite having these incomes which we 14:39 happen to be in the period of history 14:40 where we can harvest and we have 14:42 transferred that into investments half 14:44 of them by the way here in the United 14:46 States so I think this is a model which 14:49 we have been able to explore if we can 14:51 share experiences and we do with our 14:54 colleagues in the US uh you never copy 14:57 this uh onetoone but there can be uh 15:00 techniques and way of working that we 15:03 have used in or organizing our fund uh 15:07 Yen Stolenberg was the finance minister 15:09 when the first uh dollar entered that 15:11 fund so he is a safe hand to have as a 15:14 finance minister today what do you say 15:16 no and as you said Mr prime Minister we 15:19 are ready to sit down with the US to 15:21 also work with them on if they want to 15:23 establish so wealth fund because we have 15:26 a good experience with our fund and uh I 15:29 think that one example of how we work 15:31 together with United States is that half 15:33 the fund uh close to 1 trillion US 15:36 dollars uh are invested in the United 15:39 States uh mainly mainly in equity but 15:41 also some in fixed income including 15:44 government bonds so this is an 15:46 expression of trust in the United States 15:48 uh expressed by the strong investment of 15:51 the so wealth fund then just briefly on 15:53 Ukraine since it was mentioned we had a 15:56 very good uh and extensive discussion 15:57 about Ukraine the path forward to peace 16:00 and as the prime minister said uh we 16:02 commend the US for for pushing forward 16:04 to try to find a negotiated solution at 16:07 the same time we need to continue to 16:09 support Ukraine and therefore I’m proud 16:11 that Norway has actually tripled the 16:14 military support to Ukraine and this 16:16 year we we will allocate close to 8 16:19 billion US dollars to Ukraine that will 16:22 strengthen them and also their hand on 16:23 the negotiating table i may add to that 16:25 you know if there’s a peace and there 16:26 will be a peace we have a common 16:28 responsibility in securing democratic 16:31 Ukraine for the future and the best 16:32 security guarantee they can have is the 16:35 ability to defend themselves and we are 16:36 investing in that mr prime Minister Mr 16:39 president as it relates to tariffs Mr 16:41 president when you unveiled your 16:43 reciprocal tariffs on April the second 16:45 the tariff rate for Norway was 15% based 16:50 upon your conversations that you’ve had 16:52 today with the prime minister do you see 16:54 that tariff rate coming down from what 16:57 you proposed just a few weeks ago well 17:00 they have a great fund of $2 trillion 17:03 it’s a big fund and they don’t have any 17:06 debt so I think they’d probably be 17:08 willing to pay us more than that i 17:11 hope agreement which Mr in 2018 your 17:15 former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 17:17 called for an end to Russian occupation 17:19 of Crimea why does this administration 17:22 why has this administration changed its 17:24 stance on territorial concessions with 17:27 Well the war started it would have never 17:29 started if I were president this is a 17:31 war that is a horrible a horrible all 17:34 wars are horrible this one is in 17:35 particular bad and uh I don’t know that 17:39 you can ever say there’s going to be a 17:40 winner to this because uh so many lives 17:43 have been lost not only soldiers a lot 17:46 of lives have been lost uh I think that 17:49 uh we want to do one very simple thing 17:53 it would have never happened if I were 17:54 president zero chance it was going to 17:56 and it didn’t you know people say “How 17:58 do you know that?” Number one it didn’t 17:59 happen we never even discussed it i 18:01 would talk to Putin about it it was the 18:03 apple of his eye you know uh Ukraine was 18:05 the apple of Putin’s eye but we never 18:08 there was never even a thought that he’d 18:10 go in and I think he understood that I 18:13 would not be happy if he did and it was 18:16 only when I got out and you know when 18:18 you mention what happened to Ukraine 18:20 years ago under President Obama and a 18:23 vice president that was also president 18:26 later unfortunately for this country 18:28 what happened is uh large chunks of lead 18:32 were given up and it was called Crimea 18:35 and that was a big that was a big thing 18:37 that was a big moment but uh this isn’t 18:40 my war this is Biden’s war this is a war 18:43 that Biden was president when this war 18:47 happened but I’m trying to put out the 18:49 fire and I think we’ll be successful and 18:51 if we do we’re going to save a lot of 18:53 lives otherwise and the prime minister 18:55 had a statement he said uh this is just 18:58 a point in time we’re very lucky because 19:00 this is a point and if this doesn’t 19:01 happen this could go on for a long time 19:04 mr president will you have will you have 19:06 meetings with other world leaders here 19:08 in Rome future Democrat 19:10 president uh I don’t think he will i 19:13 think he wants to make peace i think he 19:15 wants to end it and I feel pretty 19:18 confident of that but we’re going to 19:19 we’re going to know pretty soon mr 19:21 president Mr president will you have 19:23 other meetings with other world leaders 19:26 when you’re in Rome yes I will which 19:28 leaders do you want to meet sir well I’d 19:31 like to meet them all that would be nice 19:33 i’d like to take care of all of them but 19:35 we have many of them there and they all 19:37 want to meet they want to meet about 19:39 trade and uh we are making some great 19:42 inroads and great deals you might want 19:44 to speak about that Mr secretary we had 19:46 a very successful bilateral meeting with 19:49 the Republic of South Korea today uh we 19:52 may be uh moving faster than I thought 19:55 and we will be talking technical terms 19:58 as early as next week as we reach an 20:01 agreement on understanding as soon as 20:03 next week so South Koreans came early 20:06 they came with their agame and we will 20:09 see if they follow through on that 20:14 do you think you deserve the pebbles 20:17 prize if you manage to create do I 20:18 deserve the Nobel Peace if you manage to 20:20 create Well maybe for the Abraham 20:22 Accords I don’t want to get ahead of 20:24 myself on this one but they say for the 20:26 Abraham Accords and by the way speaking 20:29 of that we’re going to be filling it up 20:30 a lot of countries want to come into the 20:32 Abraham Accords you know we have four 20:34 and Biden did nothing on that one too 20:37 it’s the same four but they’re great 20:40 countries and they were brave doing it 20:41 and it’s worked out very well and we’re 20:43 going to be filling up the Abraham 20:45 Accords they’re going to be uh I think 20:47 filling it up very rapidly mr president 20:50 could you say something about that 20:52 there’s great enormous opportunity to uh 20:53 to grow the Abraham Accords but I would 20:55 just point to one thing of all the 20:57 leaders in the world today no leader is 20:59 working harder to prevent wars or end 21:01 them than President Trump is right now 21:03 we’re trying that’s why we’re talking to 21:04 Iran that’s why we’re engaged with 21:05 Ukraine and Russia it’s the desire to 21:08 prevent these wars from breaking out and 21:09 to end the ones that exist already and 21:11 and again I I just think it’s tremendous 21:13 for our country to be led by a president 21:15 uh who desires to bring peace and 21:17 establish peace and protect peace so um 21:20 it’s hard work mr mr 21:23 you know u Marco just mentioned uh 21:26 something that maybe we should talk 21:28 about for just a second if we could Mr 21:30 prime Minister and you’re involved in it 21:31 too because you been well involved in 21:33 the world and peace but I think we’re 21:36 doing very well with respect to Iran and 21:40 we’re having very serious 21:42 meetings and there are only two options 21:45 and the one option is not a good option 21:47 it’s not a not a good option at all and 21:52 I think we’re doing very well on a an 21:55 agreement with Iran but that one we’re 21:57 doing a lot of things I will say but 21:59 that one is uh well on its way we could 22:03 have a very very good decision and a lot 22:06 of lives will be saved mr president Mr 22:08 president 22:10 Mr mr president on the economy there was 22:12 a slowdown as it relates to home sales 22:14 in the month of March the slowest pace 22:16 since 2009 is that an economic indicator 22:20 and perhaps the Treasury Secretary can 22:22 weigh in on this as well is that an 22:23 economic indicator that concerns you 22:25 about the broader US no they have very 22:27 good numbers on housing today extremely 22:29 good numbers and that’s despite interest 22:32 rates because you know if you look at 22:34 what happened everyone said “Oh I said I 22:36 was going to get prices down i did.” 22:38 Energy just hit 22:40 $1.98 in a couple of states it’s way 22:43 down energy is down and we’re about $64 22:46 a barrel when I came in and we were 22:48 looking at 89 22:50 90$95 and by the way that helps us solve 22:52 the war too having those energy prices 22:55 is a big a big incentive for Russia to 22:59 also agree with solving the war problem 23:01 uh groceries are down when I uh was with 23:04 you two months ago you were you were 23:07 complaining about eggs i said “I just 23:09 got here i’ve been here for I was here 23:11 for about a week when the when the press 23:14 started saying about eggs have gone 23:15 through the roof.” I said “I just got 23:16 here tell me about eggs.” And they 23:18 happened they were they went through the 23:20 roof and you couldn’t get them so we 23:22 just had a big Easter egg hunt at the 23:25 White House thousands and thousands of 23:27 eggs and the price was down 23:29 87% so we did a great job uh housing is 23:33 doing very well we should lower interest 23:35 rates that’s the Fed i hope they lower 23:38 interest rates that’s the smart thing to 23:39 do be ahead a little bit although 23:41 already it’s a little bit late but uh in 23:44 the end we just have a great country we 23:46 have a very strong country and we have 23:48 every other country i can’t think of one 23:50 country that doesn’t want to negotiate a 23:52 deal and they either negotiate a deal or 23:56 we set a deal that we think is fair 23:58 because we don’t have to go through all 23:59 of these it would be physically 24:01 impossible you know you have so many 24:03 people that really understand it which 24:06 is a very small group of people here and 24:09 we are going to at some point just set 24:12 prices for deals uh some will be 24:15 tariffed some treated us very unfairly 24:18 they’ll be tariffed higher than others 24:20 but we’ve been ripped off for many many 24:22 years the United States has been ripped 24:24 off like no country probably in the 24:25 history of the world has been ripped off 24:27 for 45 50 years and countries have gone 24:31 rich by doing that with the United 24:34 States we’ve taken care of their 24:35 militaries and military is another 24:37 subject we talk about we’re not going to 24:38 make that subject to any of the deals 24:41 but you know you know the same countries 24:43 that I do where we virtually take care 24:45 of their military and then don’t get 24:47 treated fairly on trade so uh the people 24:50 and I don’t blame those countries i 24:51 blame the people that sat at that 24:53 beautiful desk right behind you because 24:55 those people didn’t do the job for this 24:58 country and they let us uh lose$4 25:02 billion dollars a day on trade we were 25:04 losing four or five billion dollars a 25:06 day on trade when I got here and now 25:08 we’re going to be much better than 25:10 breaking even and we’re going to be 25:13 making four or five billion dollars a 25:14 day on trade so uh but the I don’t blame 25:18 any country not not the worst of them i 25:20 mean we were abused by countries i 25:23 blamed the president of the United 25:25 States that happened to be sitting when 25:27 these deals were made disgraceful when I 25:30 was here we had a great four years we 25:31 had the most successful economy in the 25:33 history of our country my first term uh 25:36 and we were very tough on trade and with 25:38 China as you know they paid hundreds of 25:40 billions of dollars in tariffs but 25:42 nobody else ever did that china paid not 25:45 10 cents to any other president and uh 25:48 they but not only China virtually every 25:52 country got away with murder and we just 25:54 can’t let that happen 25:57 thank you very much everybody thank you 25:59 very much appreciate it thank you

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