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[00:00:00]to sign and I think those countries owe it to us.

[00:00:03]>> Mr. President, >> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:00:07]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:00:09]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth? if they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. Uh UAE, great great countries, bold countries, and it's turned out to be so good, so effective. And uh so we're, you know, requesting strongly that they they join.

[00:00:33]It'll be great. It'd be great for Saudi Arabia. It' be great for Qar and Kuwait, whole group. They really like this administration. and they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contingent on more countries joining the >> I don't want to say that I'm not going to give you you know what's contingent what's not I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now but maybe not a great deal and if it's not a great deal when I'm making it so because we can make a great deal with this guy right here and uh but it's you know it's a lot nastier probably wouldn't go as quickly. We wouldn't be talking about as quickly, but it would be foolproof.

[00:01:17]Uh, but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:01:32]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon.

[00:01:40]We might not be here talking about it right now. They would have had a nuclear weapon. And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was. But he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:01:58]They've lost. And it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it because some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? You know, >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait and would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:02:48]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:02:51]>> It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have.

[00:03:00]They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and uh Oman will behave just like everybody else. So, we'll have to blow them up. They understand that. They'll be fine.

[00:03:10]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know with >> In addition to that, you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out. And at the right time, we'll release them. But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit, but it's still $445.

[00:03:30]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:03:34]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:03:37]>> We had oil we had gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:03:48]>> Does that give you more urgency? But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:04:00]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:04:05]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal. But with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:04:15]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency.

[00:04:17]And I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the prime urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon.

[00:04:24]Uh but at the same time, we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, again, it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go. And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already. It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it. Uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel, it would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:05:07]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:05:12]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable. Mr. President US would not make me comfortable.

[00:05:16]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market?

[00:05:21]>> No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money. No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. We'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:05:44]>> Mr. President, >> Mr. President, Mr. President, >> it's got a group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:06:01]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:06:03]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't then the man on my left is going to finish them off.

[00:06:11]>> Is there a time frame in your mind?

[00:06:14]>> What >> is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years. Uh Korea lasted 8 years. Afghanistan lasted many years.

[00:06:32]They were all many many years. And we're into it for a few months. And I read about you people like you. What's taking so long? But we're in it. And uh it's a very important thing. You know, we can't have people looking at the Washington monument.

[00:06:45]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:06:53]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed. And one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately. But it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:07:11]What a horrible agreement that was. It was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Wood is working on that with Jared and some others, but we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think cuz that really would be a tremendous sign. And I think those countries owe it to us.

[00:07:44]>> Mr. Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:07:48]>> Uh we're definitely pushing it. Mr. President, >> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:07:56]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be content contingent on more countries joining the >> Well, I don't want to say that. I'm not going to give you, you know, what's contingent, what's not. I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now, but maybe not a great deal. And if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here. And uh but it's, you know, it's a lot nastier. Probably wouldn't go as quickly. We wouldn't be talking about as quickly, but it would be foolproof.

[00:08:58]Uh, but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation. But we'll see >> if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:09:13]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would had a nuclear weapon.

[00:09:26]And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:09:40]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? You know, it's >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the straight. And would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:10:29]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:10:33]>> It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have.

[00:10:41]They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else. So we'll have to blow them up. They understand that they'll be fine.

[00:10:52]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know what >> in addition to that you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:11:06]>> But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit but it's still $445.

[00:11:12]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:11:16]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:11:19]>> We had all we had gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:11:29]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:11:30]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:11:41]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:11:46]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal, but with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:11:57]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, it's again it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go.

[00:12:22]And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already.

[00:12:26]It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it. Uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:12:48]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:12:54]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable.

[00:12:58]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:13:06]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. Uh we'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other. Mr. >> President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:13:43]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:13:44]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish him off.

[00:13:53]>> Is there a time frame in your mind?

[00:13:55]>> What? Is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years. Uh Korea lasted eight years. Afghanistan lasted many years.

[00:14:13]There were all many many years and we're into it for a few months. And I read about you people like you. What's taking so long? But we're in it. And uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:14:26]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:14:34]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately, but it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:14:53]What a horrible agreement that was. That was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Woodco is working on that with Jared and some others, but would like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest.

[00:15:19]I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us. Mr. President, >> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:15:29]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:15:32]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:15:37]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contingent on more countries joining the >> Well, I don't want to say that. I'm not going to give you, you know, what's contingent, what's not. I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now, but maybe not a great deal. And if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here. And uh but it's, you know, it's a lot nastier. Probably wouldn't go as quickly. Wouldn't be talking about as quickly, but it would be foolproof.

[00:16:39]Uh, but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see if it's not going to be a real deal because Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:16:55]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would had a nuclear weapon.

[00:17:07]And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:17:21]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? You know, >> it's >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the straight. And would they have to open it immediately, or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:18:10]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's a >> And who would control it?

[00:18:14]>> International waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else. So we'll have to blow them up.

[00:18:31]They understand that. They'll be fine.

[00:18:33]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know what >> in addition to that you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:18:47]>> But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit but it's still $445.

[00:18:53]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:18:57]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:19:00]>> We had all we had gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:19:10]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:19:12]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:19:23]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:19:27]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal, but with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:19:38]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time, we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, again, it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go.

[00:20:03]And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already.

[00:20:07]It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it, uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:20:30]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:20:35]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable.

[00:20:39]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:20:47]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. Uh we'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:21:07]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:21:24]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:21:25]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish him off.

[00:21:34]>> Is there a time frame in your mind?

[00:21:36]>> What? Is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years uh Korea lasted 8 years Afghanistan lasted many years. There were all many many years and we're into it for a few months and I read about you people like you. What's taking so long?

[00:22:01]But we're in it and uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:22:08]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:22:15]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately, but it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama. What a horrible agreement that was. It was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Woodco is working on that with Jared and some others, but would like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us. Mr. President, >> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:23:10]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:23:13]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:23:18]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already.

[00:23:23]uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia it' be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contend contingent on more countries joining the >> well I don't want to say that I'm not going to give you you know what's contingent what's not I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now but maybe not a great deal and if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here and uh but it's you know it's a lot nastier probably wouldn't go as quickly wouldn't be talking about as quickly but it would be foolproof uh but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:24:35]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would have had a nuclear weapon. And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:25:02]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? you know, >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait. And would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:25:51]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:25:55]>> International waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else. So we'll have to blow them up.

[00:26:12]They understand that they'll be fine.

[00:26:13]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know with the American people.

[00:26:20]>> In addition to that, you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:26:28]>> But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit, but it's still $445.

[00:26:34]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:26:38]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:26:41]>> We had oil. We had a gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:26:51]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:26:52]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:27:03]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:27:08]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal. But with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:27:18]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, and I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time, we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, it's again it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go. And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already. It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it, uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:28:10]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:28:16]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable. Mr. President, >> that would not make me comfortable.

[00:28:19]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:28:28]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. We'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:28:47]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:29:04]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:29:06]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish him off.

[00:29:15]>> Is there a time frame in your mind? What >> is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years uh Korea lasted 8 years Afghanistan lasted many years. They were all many many years and we're into it for a few months and I read about you people like you. What's taken so long?

[00:29:42]But we're in it and uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:29:48]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:29:56]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately, but it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:30:15]What a horrible agreement that was. It was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Wood is working on that with Jared and some others, but we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us.

[00:30:49]>> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:30:51]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:30:54]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:30:59]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contingent on more countries joining the >> well I don't want to say that I'm not going to give you you know what's contingent what's not I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now but maybe not a great deal and if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here and uh but it's you know it's a lot nastier probably wouldn't go as quickly wouldn't be talking about as quickly but it would be foolproof uh but I think we're doing very Well, Steve, I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see >> if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:32:17]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would have had a nuclear weapon. And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:32:43]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? You know, it's >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the straight. And would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:33:32]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:33:36]>> International waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and uh Oman will behave just like everybody else who will have to blow them up. They understand that they'll be fine.

[00:33:54]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know what >> In addition to that, you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 votes in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:34:09]>> But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit, but it's still $445.

[00:34:15]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:34:19]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:34:22]>> We had oil, we had a gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:34:32]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:34:34]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:34:44]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:34:49]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal. But with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:35:00]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, it's again it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go.

[00:35:25]And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already.

[00:35:29]It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it, uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:35:51]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:35:57]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable.

[00:36:01]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crude to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:36:09]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. Uh we'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:36:29]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a uh group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:36:46]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:36:47]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish them off.

[00:36:56]>> Is there a time frame in your mind?

[00:36:58]>> What? Is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years. Uh Korea lasted 8 years. Afghanistan lasted many years.

[00:37:16]They were all many many years and we're into it for a few months. And I read about you people like you. What's taken so long? But we're in it. And uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:37:29]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:37:37]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately. But it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:37:56]What a horrible agreement that was. It was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Wood is working on that with Jared and some others, but we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us.

[00:38:30]>> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:38:32]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:38:35]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:38:40]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contingent on more countries joining the >> well I don't want to say that I'm not going to give you you know what's contingent what's not I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now but maybe not a great deal and if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here and uh but it's you know it's a lot nastier probably wouldn't go as quickly wouldn't be talking about as quickly but it would be foolproof uh but I think we're doing very Well, Steve, I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see >> if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:39:58]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would have had a nuclear weapon. And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:40:24]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? You know, >> it's >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the straight. And would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:41:13]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's a >> And who would control it?

[00:41:17]>> It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have.

[00:41:26]They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else. So we'll have to blow them up. They understand that they'll be fine.

[00:41:36]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know what >> in addition to that you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:41:50]>> But the American people are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit but it's still $445.

[00:41:56]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:42:00]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:42:03]>> We had all we had gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:42:14]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:42:15]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:42:26]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:42:30]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal, but with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:42:41]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, it's again it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go.

[00:43:06]And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already.

[00:43:10]It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it, uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:43:33]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:43:38]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable.

[00:43:42]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:43:50]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. Uh we'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:44:10]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a group of people running it now that having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:44:27]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:44:28]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish him off.

[00:44:37]>> Is there a time frame in your mind?

[00:44:39]>> What? Is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years. Uh Korea lasted eight years. Afghanistan lasted many years.

[00:44:57]There were all many many years and we're into it for a few months. And I read about you people like you. What's taking so long? But we're in it. And uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:45:11]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:45:18]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately, but it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:45:37]What a horrible agreement that was. That was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Wood is working on that with Jared and some others, but we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us. Mr. President, >> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:46:13]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:46:16]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:46:21]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be contingent on more countries joining the >> Well, I don't want to say that. I'm not going to give you, you know, what's contingent, what's not. I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now, but maybe not a great deal. And if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here. And uh but it's, you know, it's a lot nastier. Probably wouldn't go as quickly. We wouldn't be talking about as quickly, but it would be foolproof.

[00:47:24]Uh, but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation. But we'll see if it's not going to be a real deal because Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:47:39]It It was a path for a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would had a nuclear weapon.

[00:47:51]And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:48:05]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change. But by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? you know, >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait. And would they have to open it immediately, or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:48:55]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:48:58]>> It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have.

[00:49:07]They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and uh Oman will behave just like everybody else. So we'll have to blow them up. They understand that they'll be fine.

[00:49:17]>> Mr. President, >> so they were going to spend maybe $400 million. I I don't know. You never know with American people.

[00:49:24]>> In addition to that, you have a lot of boats. You have about 14,500 boats in the straight wanting to get out and at the right time we'll release them.

[00:49:32]>> But the American peoples are are seeing higher gas prices now. It's come down a little bit, but it's still $445.

[00:49:37]>> Well, it come down a lot. It'll it'll come down to where it was before we had it.

[00:49:41]>> Predators, murderers, uh drug dealers.

[00:49:44]>> We had oil. We had a gasoline down to a very low number. Uh I think we'll be hitting that number uh shortly after that whole excursion ends.

[00:49:55]>> Does that give you more urgency?

[00:49:56]>> But regardless of anything, regardless of anything, as Marco said better than anybody can say it, you can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They would use it instantly. They wouldn't think about it.

[00:50:07]They would use it instantly. I've gotten to know them. They would use it instantly.

[00:50:11]>> Does that give you more urgency, Mr. President? You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal. But with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel. Does that give you more urgency to make a deal? Why doesn't it?

[00:50:22]>> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Uh but at the same time we have a tremendous amount of oil, tremendous amount of area. You know, again, it's Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go.

[00:50:47]And if they had a new weap nuclear weapon, it would have been used already.

[00:50:51]It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it, uh that was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago. Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel. It would have blown up the entire Middle East. It's thousands of feet long, very wide.

[00:51:14]>> Would you be comfortable with Russia or China taking their stockpile of highlyenriched uranium? And have they offered to do that?

[00:51:19]>> No, I wouldn't be comfortable. Mr. President, >> that would not make me comfortable.

[00:51:23]>> Is the US considering easing sanctions on Iran to allow Iran to sell its crew to market? No, we're not talking about any easing of sanctions or giving money.

[00:51:32]No sanctions, no money, no nothing. Uh we have control of money that they claim is theirs. We'll keep control of that money when they behave properly and when they do what's right, we'll let them have their money. But right now, we're not doing that. And it's not one thing is not contingent on the other.

[00:51:51]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. It's got a uh group of people running it now that are having a hard time, but they really >> How would you characterize the current state of the talks with Iran? I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on?

[00:52:08]>> Well, I think we're doing very well.

[00:52:10]They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us. And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish him off.

[00:52:18]>> Is there a time frame in your mind? What >> is there a time frame in your mind for >> I mean it happens quickly. The problem is every time I mention a time frame for instance uh I see you know we've been doing this for a few months. Vietnam lasted 19 years uh Korea lasted 8 years Afghanistan lasted many years. They were all many many years and we're into it for a few months and I read about you people like you. What's taken so long?

[00:52:46]But we're in it and uh it's a very important thing. you know, we can't have people looking at the Washington Monument.

[00:52:52]>> Would you accept an agreement with Iran that just calls for further talks on the uranium or is the only option?

[00:53:00]>> No, I would for some of it, you know, because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed and one of the things that will happen is the straight will open immediately. Immediately. But it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this. I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. The worst agreement ever signed was by Barack Hussein Obama.

[00:53:18]What a horrible agreement that was. That was a setback for this country, for the whole world. Uh the Middle East would have blown itself up. No. And we'd like to have the countries we were talking about with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and the others. We'd like to have them immediately join the And Steve Wood is working on that with Jared and some others, but we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It'll be historic if they do it. And we would I think they I think they owe that to us to be honest. I think because that really would be a tremendous sign and I think those countries owe it to us.

[00:53:52]>> Steve, are you going to get them to sign?

[00:53:55]>> Uh, we're definitely pushing it, Mr. President.

[00:53:57]>> I'm not sure. I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign. You want to know the truth?

[00:54:03]>> If they don't sign to join the Abraham Accords, I don't know that we, you know, we have countries in there already. uh UAE great great countries bold countries and it's turned out to be so good so effective and uh so we're you know requesting strongly that they they join it'll be great it'd be great for Saudi Arabia be great for Qar and Kuwait whole group they really like this administration they love this administration more than any administration they've ever had and they're thanking me all the time and you know I see those >> so the Iran deal might be content contingent on more countries joining the >> well I don't want to say that I'm not going to give you you know what's contingent what's not I can say that uh we can make a good deal right now but maybe not a great deal and if it's not a great deal when I'm making it because we can make a great deal with this guy right here and uh but it's you know it's a lot nastier probably wouldn't go as quickly wouldn't be talking about as quickly but it would be foolproof uh but I think we're doing very well, Steve. I think we're doing pretty well in terms of the negotiation, but we'll see >> if it's not going to be a real deal cuz Obama had that horrible JCPOA, whatever it was. It was the worst deal.

[00:55:20]It It was a path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon very quickly. Years ago, they would have had a nuclear weapon. We might not be here talking about it right now. They would have had a nuclear weapon. And frankly, Obama picked the wrong country. He should have picked another country. I won't tell you what it was, but he picked the wrong country when he picked Iran. But we have things understood now with Iran. It's been nasty. They've lost their leaders.

[00:55:46]They've lost and it really is regime change. You know, we didn't set out for regime change, but by the fact that we're dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning. And frankly, I find them to be much more reasonable. I actually find them to be smarter, but I find them to be much more reasonable. This is regime change. One regime is gone, another regime is gone. We're dealing with the third pieces of it cuz some of them are gone, too. And I find them I I think how can you have a stronger regime change than that? you know, >> a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait. And would they have to open it immediately or would you be open to that happening over a period of time?

[00:56:36]>> No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's uh >> And who would control it?

[00:56:39]>> It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have.

[00:56:48]They would like to control it. Nobody's going