“I Have No Limits,” Trump Says In Stunning Claim On Presidential Power | APT

[00:00:00]Mr. President, welcome to the Axios show.

[00:00:01]>> Thank you.

[00:00:02]>> We wanted to make this more of a conversation than a typical interview where we're just going to hop around from topics. What have you learned about not just the exercise of power, but the limits on your power as a result of the conflict?

[00:00:13]>> There are no limits.

[00:00:14]>> No limits?

[00:00:14]>> No. Not I haven't learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but you know, there are no limits. We defeated them totally militarily.

[00:00:22]Uh I was asked by Pakistan because they are close to please not do anymore. I said, I like them a lot, you know.

[00:00:32]Uh I stopped.

[00:00:33]And they were going to use those nuclear weapons. And the Prime Minister of Pakistan said, >> And it certainly brought Iran to the table more than before. However, beginning of conflict, you had talked about you only wanted unconditional surrender.

[00:00:46]And well, the MOU doesn't look like unconditional surrender.

[00:00:49]>> Well, it really probably is unconditional surrender.

[00:00:53]>> It is?

[00:00:53]>> I think so. Look, they have no military.

[00:00:57]They're all at the bottom of the sea.

[00:00:58]159 ships, that's what they had.

[00:01:00]>> they could still menace. They only had these small wooden ghost team boats or ghost boats.

[00:01:06]>> call it what you want. You know, I hear the the uh JCPOA, the the Obama nuclear catastrophe, which was so bad.

[00:01:15]When Obama left, he didn't hit their military.

[00:01:18]>> Sure.

[00:01:19]>> He didn't damage their navy or or destroy their air force. I destroyed the air force.

[00:01:24]Can't you say, "Oh, forget about Excuse me. I wiped out their military.

[00:01:28]>> I don't concede that.

[00:01:29]>> I They then put a new group in there. Very good, but very nasty. I dealt with them.

[00:01:35]They're gone. They're all gone. And we're dealing with the third group, who I actually think is the smartest group.

[00:01:40]And I actually think it's regime change, if you want to know the truth.

[00:01:43]>> It seems a different people. How is it regime change if you have >> Because they're different people.

[00:01:45]>> But you have Khamenei Jr. You still have a lot of IRGC officials there.

[00:01:49]>> Uh they're different people.

[00:01:51]>> All right.

[00:01:51]>> Khamenei Jr. is different from the father.

[00:01:53]>> You have a number >> And we have people that are much less radicalized than the previous two groups of which I knew them both. But think of it.

[00:02:04]Oh, why aren't you tougher? Let me The only way I can get tougher is if I go in there for another two or three weeks and continue to bomb the hell out of them, right? But what does that get us?

[00:02:15]The Strait of Hormuz will not be open.

[00:02:18]Let's say I did that. Let's say I decided to do that. It It was a decision I had to make.

[00:02:23]So, right now our stock market is through the roof.

[00:02:27]The oil prices are tumbling. The oil prices are practically the same as they were before I started. The big difference is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon, okay? It's very clear and very simple.

[00:02:39]>> What are you going to do?

[00:02:40]>> By the way, Obama never got his plan approved, you know that, right? Now, Obama did something very different.

[00:02:46]>> I think what you're going to say >> Some guys that I used to respect, I don't respect anymore. They're hardliners, but I have the argument with them.

[00:02:53]They're unable to win the argument with me. They can't win it.

[00:02:57]And so they go, Here's the end of the All right, I don't care. I still don't like it. Okay, that's what you so should have done.

[00:03:05]If I went further, the stock market would be much lower. Now, think of this.

[00:03:14]I have one primary wish as president.

[00:03:19]In terms of people, I never want to be the late great Herbert Hoover.

[00:03:25]So, this is the kind of thing that could cause a world wide depression. Do you know that >> for two terms What's your definition of a great leader? How do you define >> Well, >> artificial intelligence?

[00:03:39]>> Just Excuse me, just one second.

[00:03:41]If it weren't for Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu worked well with me, but he will tell you we're the ones with the guns, we're the ones with the whole deal.

[00:03:50]We're the ones with the B-2 bombers, etc. If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated.

[00:03:59]>> Your relationship with Netanyahu's >> It's good, but we have to keep him a little bit uh sane.

[00:04:06]>> Are you going to be able to control Israel from attacking Lebanon?

[00:04:11]>> Yeah.

[00:04:12]I will be. I mean, I want [clears throat] to Uh they have a lot of respect for me.

[00:04:17]And they do as I say.

[00:04:20]Remember this.

[00:04:22]If I don't terminate the JCPOA, road to a Remember, that was a road to a nuclear weapon, legally. It says right there.

[00:04:34]And Obama thought he could pay them off.

[00:04:36]He gave them billions and billions of dollars, 1.7 billion in cash. Yeah.

[00:04:40]>> You mentioned the G7. You saw a number of world leaders.