Enhance Your English with U.S. Government News – Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs 2025. 3. 17.

0:03 hello everybody good afternoon happy Monday happy St 0:08 Patrick’s Day I see a lot of us are very festive in our Green Peter Ducey I like it uh first today I want to address the 0:16 devastating tornadoes and storms that have impacted many states throughout the South and the Midwest as of this morning 0:24 more than 40 innocent lives have been lost and many communities have been totally destroyed the president has been 0:31 actively monitoring the situation and the Trump Administration is engaged with Governors and local officials to restore 0:38 affected communities and livelihoods everyone impacted is in our prayers and 0:43 president Trump is fully prepared to assist state and local officials as they recover from the horrific 0:50 damage uh the president has had a very busy weekend making our country and the 0:55 world a much safer Place president Trump ordered decisive military action against 1:01 the houthi terrorists in Yemen these houthi terrorists have engaged in piracy 1:06 violence and terrorism against American ships for years under the Biden 1:11 Administration costing billions of dollars and putting innocent lives at risk Joe Biden’s pathetic weakness 1:19 invited these unacceptable attacks but there’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Donald Trump and the world is 1:26 officially on notice America has a commander-in-chief whose peace through strength approach is unwavering and 1:33 should not be tested as the president said no terrorist force will stop 1:38 American Commercial and Naval vessels from freely sailing throughout the world houthi terrorists and their Iranian 1:45 backers should not cross president Trump again and the president has made that clear today on another important matter 1:53 president Trump signed a proclamation invoking the alien enemies act regarding the invasion of the United States by the 1:59 for foreign terrorist organization Trend de araga at the president’s Direction 2:05 the Department of Homeland Security carried out a counterterrorism operation deporting nearly 200 violent Trend 2:11 aragua terrorists which will save countless American lives thanks to the great work of the Department of State 2:18 these heinous monsters were extracted and removed to El Salvador where they will no longer be able to pose any 2:25 threats to the American public public trend araga is one of of the most 2:30 ruthless terrorist gangs gangs in the world and they are responsible for some 2:35 of the most heinous crimes that have occurred in our nation’s history in recent years including the Savage 2:41 murders of beautiful lakan Riley and Joselyn NRA president Trump promised 2:47 Laken and joselyn’s families during his campaign that he would demand Justice 2:53 for their beautiful girls and that’s exactly what he did as the president acknowledged during his inaugural 3:00 address on January 20th he pledged to invoke this act and he has no higher 3:06 responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions president Trump will continue 3:12 his historic efforts to seal the border and prevent these illegal Invaders from coming here in the first place as the 3:18 New York Times is acknowledged over the weekend president Trump’s policies are working here’s how the time summed it up 3:26 illegal Crossings at the US Mexico border are down to their lowest level in 3:32 decades once crowded migrant shelters are empty instead of heading north 3:37 people stranded in Mexico are starting to return home in bigger numbers the border is almost unrecognizable from 3:44 just a couple of years ago when hundreds of thousands of people from around the world were crossing into the United 3:49 States every month in scenes of chaos and upheaval this is the Trump effect in 3:55 action and again those are the words from the New York Times we didn’t need a border security Bill we just needed 4:01 president Trump all of these actions taken together are contributing to a wave of optimism about the direction of 4:07 our great country according to brand new polling from NBC News more registered 4:13 voters say the United States is heading in the right direction than at any point since early 4:19 2004 Americans support president Trump’s Common Sense approach that’s getting our country back on track in record time 4:26 meanwhile the president’s critics can’t say the same that same new NBC poll also found that 4:33 the Democrat Party has reached an all-time low in popularity it turns out 4:38 when you let your hatred of President Trump get in the way of doing what is best for America the people reject you 4:46 who would have thought joining us today in our new media seat is Kelly Meyer she is a White House correspondent with news 4:52 Nation news Nation started in 2021 and is one of America’s fastest growing cable news networks with a focus on news 4:59 for all of America it’s part of a large larger ecosystem nextar which is home to 5:05 news Nation the political website the hill the broadcast network the CW and local nextstar stations with that kick 5:12 us off please Kelly thank you Caroline what do you say to Americans who want 5:18 Safe Streets but are concerned due process is being violated the president 5:23 is using every lever lever of his executive Authority and his constitutional Authority within the 5:29 bounds of the immigration laws of our country to ensure that our streets are safer for law-abiding American citizens 5:36 and this Administration is focused on detaining arresting and deporting illegal criminal aliens and as you saw 5:42 this past weekend the president used his authority under the alien enemies act to deport foreign terrorists trend aragua 5:50 is now a designated Forest foreign terrorist organization uh and as I said there were nearly 200 Trend aragua 5:57 members who were sent to El Salvador this weekend countless lives will be saved because of 6:02 this action and if you talk to the families the angel families as I mentioned Lake and Riley and josn NR 6:08 they understand the grave cost of Life at the hands of these illegal terrorists 6:15 and um the president is proud to deliver on that promise for them and just to follow up on that this will be challenged later today in the courts 6:22 does the president um you know does this allow allow him to defy the court order 6:27 without having this uh the checks in balances and the separation of power uh no in fact this Administration acted 6:34 within the confines of the law again within the president’s constitutional Authority and under the authority 6:39 granted to him under the alien enemies act we are quite confident in that uh and we are wholly confident that we are 6:46 going to win this case in court Peter thank you Caroline if you guys can’t send 200 trende aragua terrorists at a 6:53 time to El Salvador where are you going to send him instead it’s a very good question uh you’d have to ask the courts 7:00 and the people on the left who are trying to fight this Administration uh for doing uh the the business that this 7:05 President sought out to do which is to deport um these foreign terrorists and we’re very grateful to president buelli 7:12 and to El Salvador for accepting these heinous Monsters uh where they will face Justice and uh if these guys are 7:18 terrorists at war with the United States is President Trump considering anything more lethal to address them than just 7:25 sticking them on a plane somewhere else well it sounded like you had a little bit of curiosity in the premise of your 7:31 question so I want to address it these are designated foreign terrorists the president signed a proclamation on 7:38 February 20th 2025 designating TDA as a foreign terrorist organization that was 7:44 in consultation with the attorney general and the Secretary of Treasury um that was pursuant to 8 us code 1189 the 7:52 president has the right to do that and I think nobody would argue that trende araga should be designated a foreign 7:58 terrorist organization if if you want to have that argument I’m happy to do it these are heinous monsters rapists 8:04 murderers kidnappers sexual assaulters predators who have no right to be in 8:09 this country and they must be held accountable and something different there is now a member of the European 8:14 Parliament from France who does not think the US represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore they want 8:21 the Statue of Liberty back so is President Trump going to send the 8:26 Statute of Liberty back to France absolutely not and uh my advice to that unnamed 8:33 low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that uh the 8:39 French are not speaking German right now so they should be very grateful uh to our great country Kelly is the 8:46 administration prepared to give the court What It Wants in terms of the time of the flights that departed that went 8:53 to El Salvador and some of those details that the judge is asking for in trying to determine the time timing clearly the 9:00 five named individuals were not deported compliance but looking more broadly 9:05 wanting to know about the timing of flights and so forth uh because the verbal order did say turn around the 9:11 flights if there’s an issue so is the administration prepared to provide that information I’m prepared to provide it 9:16 right now all of the planes that were subject to the written order the judge’s written order um took off before the 9:23 order was entered in the courtroom on Saturday and the administration will of course be happily answering all those 9:29 questions that the judge poses in court later today and for people who have due process questions about making certain 9:36 that there wasn’t anyone who was swept up who did not meet the criteria that you laid out is there a way for the 9:43 administration to provide more detail about how that was determined who the individuals were that met uh this um 9:50 deportation order yes I can assure the American people that uh Customs and Border Patrol and ice and the Department 9:57 of Homeland Security are sure of about the identities of the individuals who were on these planes uh and the threat 10:03 that they pose to our homeland they take this incredibly seriously they are putting their lives on the line um to 10:09 deport these designated terrorists from our country and they should be trusted to do that and that’s exactly what the 10:15 American people elected this president to do go ahead thanks car just to follow up on that then so you’re saying 10:20 definiely you can the administration can prove everyone that was put on those flights El Salvador was either a member 10:27 of trender AUA MS13 or some other yeah entity we’ve already provided the 10:32 breakdown in the effort of transparency about the 261 illegal aliens who were deported um 137 of those were deported 10:40 under the alien enemies act 101 of those were Venezuelans removed via title 8 10:45 which as you know are just regular immigration proceedings um and 23 of them were MS-13 Salvadorian gang members 10:52 there were also two MS13 ring leaders as part of that group of 23 who president 10:57 buelli particular expressed his gratitude for their return so he can demand Justice in his home country 11:04 Jennifer what what criteria other than say tattoos or maybe being in the wrong 11:11 place at the wrong time are you are they using to determine that someone is actually a member of one of these 11:17 organizations intelligence and the men and women on the ground in the interior of our country uh who are finally being 11:24 allowed to do their jobs their hands were tied under the previous administration and as I said they take 11:29 their jobs very seriously they should be trusted and respected by the American public um with this operation and of 11:36 course as I said to Kelly the administration will provide um all details to the questions that the court 11:42 poses Jennifer U one more follow up on that can you say how much the US is paying El Salvador to imprison these 11:49 these Venezuelans and then a different question on Russia I was wondering if you could give us an update on the 11:55 ceasefire negotiations and is there anything you can share on the list that that Putin gave passed along to 12:00 president Trump for the the things he’s requesting sure to your first question it was approximately $6 million um to El 12:07 Salvador uh for the Detention of these foreign terrorists and I would point out that is Pennies on the dollar in 12:14 comparison to uh the cost of Life uh and the cost it would impose on the American 12:19 taxpayer to house these terrorists in maximum security prisons here in the United States of America and I would uh 12:25 Echo the message of our secretary of state Marco Rubio who expressed his gratitude to president buchelli and El 12:32 Salvador’s government uh for their cooperation in this deal as for Russia as you know the president announced last 12:38 night on Air Force One on his return from his very uh busy weekend in Florida 12:43 uh that he will be speaking to President Putin tomorrow I won’t get ahead of those negotiations but I can say we are 12:49 on the 10th yard line of peace and we’ve never been closer to a peace deal than we are in this moment and the president 12:55 as you know um is determined to get one done sure Kaitlyn I have two questions for 13:01 you one on the flights but but first on the president’s post overnight uh saying that he is that the pardons that were 13:07 issued by President Biden preemptively to to members of the January 6 committee um that they’re now null and void have 13:14 attorneys here at the White House told president Trump that he has the legal authority to undo a pardon simply 13:20 because it was signed by autopen as as he said the president was begging the question that I think a lot of 13:26 journalists in this room should be asking about whether or not not the former president of the United States 13:31 who I think we can all finally agree was cognitively impaired I know it took people some time to finally admit that 13:37 but we all know that to be true as evidenced by his disastrous debate performance against President Trump 13:43 during the campaign I digress on that um but the president was raising the point that did the president even know about 13:50 these pardons uh was his legal signature used without his consent or knowledge 13:56 and that’s not just the president or me raising those questions Caitlyn according to the New York Post there are 14:01 Biden officials from the previous White House who raised those questions and wondered if the president was even 14:07 consulted about his legally binding signature being signed onto documents and so I think it’s a question that 14:13 everybody in this room should be looking into because certainly um that would propose uh perhaps criminal or illegal 14:20 Behavior if staff members were signing the president of the United States autograph without his consent is on the 14:26 record talking about issuing preemptive pardon to these people but was he aware 14:31 of the of his signature being used on every single pardon that’s a question you should ask the Biden White House is any evidence on that that he wasn’t 14:37 aware of it you’re a reporter you should find out Sean on the flight so I have I have a question on the the timeline of the flights you keep talking about the 14:43 judge’s written order which hit the docket uh Saturday night at about 7:26 p.m. but he issued a verbal order before 14:50 that at about 6:45 and 6:48 p.m. based on the court hearing a order from the 14:56 the bench does the White House feel the need to comply with a verbal order from this judge again as I said all of the 15:03 planes um subject to the written order of this judge departed us soil US 15:09 Territory before the judge’s written order but what about the verbal order which of course carries the same legal 15:14 weight as a written order and said for the planes to turn around if they were well there’s actually questions about 15:19 whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal order as a written order and our lawyers are dep are um 15:25 determined to ask and answer those questions in court Sean hey uh so on Friday the president suggested at length 15:32 that it should be illegal to criticize judges but he has repeatedly criticized judges who rule against him and Elon 15:38 Musk is calling for impeachment of Judges who have opposed the administration so how are those two 15:44 things not in Conflict I have not heard the president talk about impeaching Judges I know you mentioned Mr musk’s 15:49 tweet but I have not heard the president of the United States ask that Mary hey thanks Caroline I wanted to ask about 15:55 this video I saw this morning set to the tune of I believe closing time about deportations of illegal migrants what’s 16:03 the strategy behind the white houses videos they’ve been putting out on this and can you kind of talk us through the 16:08 thinking on these videos sure I think the white house and our entire government clearly is leaning into the 16:14 message of this President um and we are unafraid to double down and to take responsibility and ownership of the 16:21 serious decisions that are being made the president was elected with an overwhelming mandate um to launch the 16:27 largest uh Mass deportation campaign in American history and that’s exactly what he is doing and to this very day we are 16:34 now I think 56 or 7 days into the administration by my count um the 16:40 president still receives an overwhelming public support uh for the policies that he is enacting so we are unafraid um uh 16:47 uh to message effectively what the president is doing on a daily basis to make our uh Community safer in the 16:54 specific video you referenced I think it sums up our immigration policy pretty well you don’t have to go home but you 16:59 can’t stay here go ahead thanks Caroline I have two questions first will 17:04 president Trump put sanctions on Russia if the talks on Tuesday don’t go as hoped and secondly have any illegal 17:10 immigrants self-de deported through CBP home yet to your first question it’s something the president has floated and 17:16 certainly he’s willing to do if necessary I don’t have anything to read out and I would never get ahead of the president on such a serious decision to 17:23 your second question about the CBP home app I would have to check in with the Department of Homeland Homeland but it’s 17:29 a great question and we’re very proud to repurpose this app which the Biden Administration abused to facilitate the 17:36 mass illegal entry of illegal immigrants into our country it was like a FastPass at Disneyland um that’s not happening 17:42 under this Administration we are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport um to maybe save 17:49 themselves from being in one of these fun videos sure John good to see thank you uh after president Trump strafe 17:56 bombed the huies yesterday he said that if they retaliate he was 18:01 going to personally hold Iran accountable for that holding them accountable what would that look like uh 18:09 well I would defer you to what the president put out this morning John where he said very clearly I will read it let nobody be fooled the hundreds of 18:16 attacks being made by houthi the Sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen who are hated by the yemeni people 18:23 are all created by Iran any further attack or retaliation by the houthis will be with great force and there is no 18:30 guarantee that the force will stop there Iran has played the innocent victim of Rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost 18:36 control but they haven’t lost control they are dictating every move giving them the weapons supplying them with 18:43 money and highly sophisticated military equipment and even so-called intelligence every shot fired by the 18:49 houthis will be looked upon from this point forward as being a shot fired from the weapons and Leadership of Iran and 18:56 Iran will be held responsible and suffer the con consequences and those consequences will be dire that is a 19:02 statement from the president of the United States just moments ago I have nothing additional to share but our 19:07 message to Iran is you bet better take this President seriously and I think the houthis learned that the hard way this 19:13 past weekend as I said in my opening remarks there’s a new sheriff in town and this President is not just going to 19:18 sit on his hands and allow terrorists to launch attacks on Commercial vessels in 19:24 US naval ships th those actions will not be tolerated sure Edward yeah thanks uh 19:29 K on the economy so after mostly a down week last week in the economy you know 19:35 you’ve been very vocal as well as other cabinet members about how we’re in a transition and about how um you know 19:41 this economic transition and there’s a plan a long-term plan for for tariffs on this how concerned is the president that 19:47 the markets and Americans for lack of better term will freak out over these tariffs and be concerned about a 19:52 long-term plan sure I think I’ve been asked this question and answered this question respectfully Edward um I we are 19:58 in period of transition the president has made that clear he also has made his belief in tariffs and what they will do 20:04 for our great country clear restoring wealth back to our country and if you look at the president’s first-term 20:09 economic formula massive deregulation tax cuts lowering the cost of living 20:15 with an energy boom which the American people can expect soon um Wall Street and Main Street should both be assured 20:22 by what president Trump did in his first term it’s the exact same formula in fact I would argue it’s even better this time 20:27 around and if you look at some of the economic indicators in the last week the latest CPI report last week beat 20:33 expectations inflation is cooling core inflation dropped for the for first time in four months the national average of 20:39 the price of gas is down 42 cents from one year ago and there was also a new report out this morning about wholesale 20:46 egg prices they continue to fall um a dozen eggs are now $310 cheaper since January 24th 1st 20:54 that’s a 47% decrease overall so I think the American people do do have great reason to be optimistic about this 21:00 economy and as I’ve said repeatedly it continues to be true the Administration has a whole of government effort um to 21:07 fix the economic mess created by Biden so the president’s pointed to that April 2nd tariff uh deadline so to speak is 21:14 the Tariff back and forth sort of done now is we’re just all looking towards April 2nd well I think the president 21:20 would tell you that all options are always on the table um and he’s always ready to respond if he feels the United 21:26 States is being unfairly treated by our allies and also our competitors around the world but yes the April 2nd uh day 21:34 is a big day for the country as the president has said reciprocal tariffs will go into effect we’ll have more 21:40 details on that as the date nears but our entire trade team secretary lutnick secretary bessent uh the vice president 21:47 has been quite involved in these talks and discussions as well about what that will look like um and the president as 21:53 you always do you will hear from him directly on it Deborah Saunders how are you fine how are you doing good thanks 22:00 um former paron attorney Elizabeth War believes she was fired for refusing to 22:05 sign off on a move to restore gun rights to actor now Gibson doj’s Todd blanch 22:11 says no um but I’m I want to know is the administration dedicated to restoring uh 22:16 gun rights to felons who serve their times I asked this because I’ve talked to people who are pardon they felt that was important of course this isn’t 22:24 necessarily for a pardon what is the president’s thinking on this issue after you served your sentence should you have 22:30 done right it’s an important question it is one I have not spoken to the president about with on his views but I 22:36 will take it to him this afternoon I will tell him you asked and we will get you an answer you’re welcome Jonathan 22:42 thanks a lot Carolina the question for you regarding the administration complying with judges orders I want to 22:49 ask about an Administration spokesperson uh whose the borders are Tom homman he 22:55 was on Fox News we love Tom homman and he was talking about the deportations and he said the following he said we’re 23:01 not stopping I don’t care what the judges think which seems to me just 23:07 reading that uh that you don’t care what orders come from the federal bench is 23:13 that the case can you clarify that please well I think since you just quoted Tom I’ll quote Tom he said I 23:18 don’t care what the judges think uh but I can assure you that the administration is complying with the court order and as 23:24 I’ve said repeatedly from this Podium all of the flights that were subject to the judge’s written order departed 23:30 before the written order and we are prepared to make that uh case in court 23:35 later this afternoon and then if I could on Russia the president as you pointed out Caroline made some remarks on Air 23:42 Force One coming back from Florida and he seemed to indicate that the conversation tomorrow concerns 23:48 essentially dividing up assets dividing up territory associated with the war in 23:54 Ukraine has president zalinski given president Trump that Authority is that 24:00 what is going to take place tomorrow well as you know the president and his entire National Security team have been 24:06 engaged directly with president zilinski and the Ukrainian team um and that has 24:12 been part of the discussion between the president’s team and the ukrainians as for where those lines will be drawn or 24:18 any specifics I am not going to get into that from this Podium it would be um unwise for me to get ahead of the 24:24 president’s call with President Putin tomorrow but again I can assure you in the effort of transparency as this 24:30 President always does you will hear from him or one of us directly after that phone call tomorrow Reagan thank you 24:36 Carol there’s a lot of focus on the judicial Grant right now the president has about 40 judicial appointments that 24:42 he could make at this moment uh do you have an upline an update on what the timeline would look like for those 24:47 judicial appointments and does the president have a list of potential nominees that he’s voting I do not have 24:53 a update on a timeline nor do I have a list but I can certainly have our team gather that for you and provide it 24:59 you’re welcome um sure go ahead surek you Caroline so the 25:05 president is visiting the Kennedy Center this afternoon to attend a board meeting um a question about what happened a few 25:12 weeks ago the Kennedy Center got Bond threats targeting a performance by shingun Performing Arts which is an 25:17 American company showcasing China before communism this company has to been targeted unfortunately by the CCP for 25:24 years I’m wondering this Administration have hasn’t response to this and also as 25:30 the president is putting an emphasis on arts and culture what’s administration’s Miss should potentially foreign State 25:36 actors who trying to disrupt that in the US don’t disrupt it this Administration will take that very seriously and hold 25:43 you accountable we obviously condemn any violence or threats of violence against American institutions and the president 25:49 will be traveling to the Kennedy Center later this afternoon I look forward to going with him as you know he is now the 25:55 chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center where he hopes to restore um arts 26:00 and culture that Embrace American tradition don’t disparage it as we have unfortunately seen over the past several 26:06 years the president will be doing a tour of the center um in his business developer mind I’m sure he will make 26:12 some recommendations on how the center itself can be improved but also we’ll be discussing uh perhaps some future plays 26:20 and musicals and the you know theatrical programs um that the center will be hosting under the his new leadership and 26:26 the board’s new leadership Daniel will the president will the president be uh discussing uh with Putin tomorrow the 26:34 future of Vladimir zalinski sort of a followup to John’s question again I’ve been asked and answer this question now 26:39 I’m not going to get ahead of the president’s discussion tomorrow but after the phone call takes place I can certainly provide a read out Daniel 26:46 Caroline thank you so much you mentioned earlier in the briefing that you guys are at the 10 yard line of Peace given 26:51 the amount of progress that you’ve made in such a short amount of time is that an indictment of the previous 26:56 administration’s foreign policy stance and is it just more proof that you need to talk to people to get things done I 27:02 think so I think the previous administration is the reason this War began as president Trump often says this 27:08 war would have never started if he were still in office it only started because of the incompetence and the weakness of 27:14 the previous administration and president Trump is very proud of the progress that he and his team have made in such a short amount of time um and 27:21 hopefully tomorrow that progress will move forward sure thanks um there have 27:26 been some media reports just in the last few hours that the Administration has decided to withdraw from the 27:32 international center for the prosecution of the crime of aggression against Ukraine which uh is designed to hold 27:40 Putin accountable for war crimes um are you able to confirm that and if that has occurred why has that occurred I’m not 27:46 able to confirm it because I have not heard that I will caution I know there have been many uh inaccurate and 27:52 misleading reports from Reuters lately so I would caution anybody taking that seriously um but I can check in and get 27:58 back to you Caroline is it the president’s belief that the justice department should be investigating 28:03 members of the January 6 select committee is he directing the doj to do that as the president made it very clear 28:09 in his address on Friday I believe some of you were there I was there he made his vision for what he would like to see 28:15 of the Department of Justice uh very clear but he said that he has appointed great people in attorney general Pam 28:20 Bondi and also in our FBI director cash Patel um to do what they think is best for our justice system and to stop the 28:27 we ization of justice that we saw under the previous administration against not just president Trump but his supporters 28:33 as well we want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting Law and Order 28:39 and crime and putting real criminals Behind Bars not targeting Americans because of their religion or their 28:45 political speech we saw that under the previous administration and it’s unacceptable to this President and just to follow up really quickly on just 28:51 homan’s comments from earlier a few weeks ago in the noal office the president said he will always abide by the courts we heard what Tom Homan said 28:58 earlier today so I’m only asking just to be clear for the American people it is the administration’s belief that they 29:03 were that that you feel like you were bound to comply by the judge’s orders we are complying with the judge’s orders uh 29:09 question on the storms sure what role does the president see for FEMA with these storms he’s talking about getting rid of FEMA States handling their own 29:15 disasters do he plan to change of the federal government responds to these storms there hasn’t been a change yet 29:20 that doesn’t mean there couldn’t be in the future um but as of right now the president the entire Administration are 29:25 actively monitoring the storms as I said in fact before I came down here there was an email note in my inbox from the 29:31 Department of Homeland Security on what they are actually doing state byst state across the board so rest assured 29:37 secretary gome and her team is on it and I would defer you to the department employment and security for any further details one more question uh the 29:43 president referenced power plants with a conversation with Vladimir Putin what what is he referring to with power 29:48 plants what do that uh there’s a power plant that is on the border of Russia and Ukraine that was up for discussion 29:54 with the ukrainians and he will address it in his call with Putin tomorrow the nuclear plan correct too yes um Caroline 30:00 do you have a question yes okay um I wanted to ask you if you would be releasing more granular data about 30:07 the people who were sent to El El Salvador this week um particularly will you be releasing their names um I don’t 30:14 believe so because of the privacy concerns at this point in time that doesn’t mean we won’t eventually I would 30:19 defer you to the Department of Homeland Security for more details on the individuals on the flights but we have 30:24 been incredibly transparent and giving you the breakdown of the numbers and also some of the crimes committed by 30:29 these heinous criminals and individuals um kidnapping sexual abuse of a child robbery aggravated assault on a police 30:36 officer I would remind everybody in this room that trende aragua is a foreign terrorist organization operating within 30:43 the United States of America because the previous administration allowed them to invade our country these are monsters 30:49 who tortured raped and murdered a 12-year-old Joselyn NR they murdered 22-year-old nursing student lakan Riley 30:56 they led a multiex State sex trafficking operation involving smuggling women into 31:01 the United States holding them in stash houses in Louisiana Florida New Jersey Texas in Virginia and forcing them into 31:08 prostitution and they kidnapped and murdered a 33-year-old woman in Texas they sexually and physically assaulted a 31:14 woman and her daughter in Wisconsin they conducted a mass shooting in Illinois they pedal untraceable ghost guns across 31:21 New York City took over an Aurora Colorado apartment complex where they kidnapped and tortured victims and by 31:27 the way men many of you in the mainstream media said that didn’t happen it turned out that it did and because of 31:32 the effective immigration policies of this Administration those foreign terrorists were detained and they are no 31:38 longer operating on American soil and we have President Trump to thank for that we’ll see you guys later at the Kennedy Center thanks so much thanks

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