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| President Trump announced that he would announce his selection to chair the Federal Reserve during remarks ahead of the premiere screening of the Melania film at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell's term will come to an end in May. | ||
| Mr. President, on the right. | ||
| Could you please sushi Melania? | ||
| Melania. | ||
| We have Melania. | ||
| Mr. President, Mandy, looking here while they waited. | ||
| Mr. President, ready? | ||
| And just once we're here, Mr. President, thank you, sir. | ||
| Don't go too far. | ||
| We need that too sharp. | ||
| One more. | ||
| Melania, ready. | ||
| This way. | ||
| May we bring you together again? | ||
| Yes. | ||
| And together? | ||
| Right here, please. | ||
| Straight ahead here. | ||
| Mr. President, Madam First Lady, both of you right here, please. | ||
| And just once more. | ||
| And right here. | ||
| One more up top. | ||
| Thank you guys so much. | ||
| And then we would do a shower. | ||
| To your left here. | ||
| To your left. | ||
| Mrs. Trump, solo. | ||
| Thank you, ma'am. | ||
| Melania, could you turn up? | ||
| Mrs. Trump, right? | ||
| Melania. | ||
| Andrea, just come toward me. | ||
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And Mr. Trump. | |
| Ms. Trump. | ||
| Ms. Trump, just right behind Andrea. | ||
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And just once we're here, thank you, ma'am. | |
| And right here. | ||
| And just once we're here, ma'am, thank you. | ||
| One more up top here. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| Thank you, very much. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
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Thank you, ma'am. | |
| Hi, hi. | ||
| Hi, hello. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Hi, Rima Amazon Health Crew. | ||
| How are you? | ||
| Hi. | ||
| What's your favorite part of the film? | ||
| Sir, we have a few questions for you. | ||
| Would you mind sharing a quick video? | ||
| There are many scenes and people will connect. | ||
| You will see humor. | ||
| You will see grief. | ||
| You will see fashion. | ||
| So I'm very proud of film. | ||
| And it's not easy to produce. | ||
| It's not easy to ask me. | ||
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Melania, do you mind coming for a couple of questions? | |
| We're with Amazon. | ||
| With Amazon? | ||
| Yes. | ||
| Wherever we're at. | ||
| And then we're just going to have you push the light a little bit. | ||
| Come on, please. | ||
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And then we'll have a little bit of a paper. | |
| Thank you. | ||
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Why don't you tell me what inspired you to make this move? | |
| Well, my life, it's incredible, busy. | ||
| A lot is going on. | ||
| I want to show the people what it takes to go from private citizen to being a First Lady again. | ||
| They will see me all of the tasks that I need to do, from preparing to inauguration, running my business, family, and philanthropy, establishing East Wing. | ||
| So it's a lot going on. | ||
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And now I know that you're fairly private. | |
| This is allowing a lot of people to see behind the curtain. | ||
| What did you find that was either surprising or rewarding about that experience? | ||
| Well, my life. | ||
| Yes, I'm very private, but very selective as well. | ||
| So I think people will see the film and connect with. | ||
| And I'm looking forward to what they have to say. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And Ms. Trump is right here. | ||
| And First Lady once forth. | ||
| No, no. | ||
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Hi, I'm Lazon Still. | |
| We're for a different album on Amazon. | ||
| What most inspired you to make this film and give audiences this look, this very personal look into your story. | ||
| I want to show the audience my life, what it takes to be a First Lady again and transition from private citizen back to the White House, what task I need to tackle. | ||
| And they will see all from my business, philanthropy, taking care of the family, as well as establishing the East Wing. | ||
| So all in all. | ||
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Can you describe making the film in three words? | |
| I think the people will judge it for themselves. | ||
| And then it's beautiful, it's emotional, it's fashionable, it's cinematic, and I'm very proud of it. | ||
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And then one more question for the theater, for Anathon Theater, for movie theaters across the country. | |
| Why was it so important for you to release your story, this story, in theaters across the country? | ||
| As I said, I want to show the people what it takes to 20 days in my life becoming a First Lady again. | ||
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Was there any moment where you found yourself getting emotional? | |
| There are some emotional scenes, yes, and you will see it. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| Is there anything that was left on the cutting movie? | ||
| Do you know that you wish could have been this movie, but couldn't be? | ||
| Because it's space and time. | ||
| We have come out with a DAPA series. | ||
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So what we did not see in the film, you will see in the DARPA series. | |
| So we are still producing this. | ||
| And that will be the better work for the next year. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Mr. President, what's happened this month? | |
| How do you think, January 236th? | ||
| Mr. President, Amazon paid $75 million to make and market this film. | ||
| It's an exorbitant fee. | ||
| Many Americans think that this is maybe Jeff Bezos trying to get in good with you and they would call it an act of corporate corruption. | ||
| The New York Times. | ||
| Fake news in the actual case. | ||
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No, I don't know. | |
| I mean, I don't know, really. | ||
| I'm not involved in that. | ||
| That was done with my wife. | ||
| I think it's going to be, I think it's a very important movie. | ||
| I think it's really going to be very important. | ||
| It shows life in the White House. | ||
| It's a big deal, actually. | ||
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Mr. President, what was Tulsi Gabbard doing at an election center in Georgia today? | |
| She's working very hard on trying to keep the election safe. | ||
| And she's done a very good job. | ||
| As you know, they got into the votes. | ||
| You've got to sign judges' order in Georgia. | ||
| And you're going to see some interesting things happening. | ||
| They've been trying to get there for a long time. | ||
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Well, you'd be pulling back immigration enforcement agents out in Minnesota. | |
| We're trying to keep our country safe. | ||
| We'll do whatever we can to keep our country safe. | ||
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So you're not pulling back? | |
| No, no, not at all. | ||
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Sir, Mr. President, Mr. President, American News. | |
| Nice to see you, sir. | ||
| Nice to see you. | ||
| Tonight is about the First Lady. | ||
| No offense to you. | ||
| I'm not going to ask political questions. | ||
| I'm going to talk about this amazing woman and this amazing film. | ||
| We're going to see you two interact like never before, I heard from the Director of President. | ||
| I think so. | ||
| You are going to see that. | ||
| I'm not sure I'm thrilled with that. | ||
| That's all right. | ||
| Now it's very good. | ||
| I got to see it for the first time the other night. | ||
| It's really good, glamorous, very glamorous. | ||
| We need some glamour. | ||
| We do. | ||
| Well, you're bringing that back. | ||
| What do you want the country to know about your amazing wife, our amazing First Lady, that 99% of this fake news never tells the country of the world? | ||
| Well, she's a very serious person, very brilliant person, actually, and speaks many languages, but that's Elisa. | ||
| She's doing a great job. | ||
| She's very popular. | ||
| The people of the country really love her. | ||
| Brett and John told me that she's very influential, more than most folks might think, because she's so private. | ||
| And reserved. | ||
| How true is that? | ||
| How much are you talking to the First Lady when it comes to policy and things? | ||
| Not about Barron and family, but about the country. | ||
| Great influence. | ||
| She's really a historian in a true sense. | ||
| She knows a lot about the history of a lot of different countries, especially this one. | ||
| And she's very influential. | ||
| She's somebody that I count on. | ||
| You know, I speak to a lot of people, and I listen to some, and I don't listen to others, but she's very influential. | ||
| You'll see that tonight. | ||
| I think you're going to see that tonight. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. President. | ||
| Appreciate it. | ||
| No, I'm in the movie. | ||
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Mr. President, a lot has happened. | |
| That sounded like fake news, didn't it? | ||
| No, you're not in the movies. | ||
| It's probably the New York Times. | ||
| He's in the movie, guys. | ||
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I think January 26th. | |
| They got the election wrong, the New York Times, you know? | ||
| They get a lot wrong in the New York Times, Mr. President. | ||
| They get a lot wrong, but they got the election wrong. | ||
| They haven't apologized yet. | ||
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What day will you be announcing your Fed Care Pick next week? | |
| Tomorrow morning. | ||
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Tomorrow morning. | |
| Do you know? | ||
| Tomorrow morning? | ||
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I do. | |
| Other poison to go to work very quickly. | ||
| No, I'll be announcing the Fed Chair tomorrow morning. | ||
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Mr. President, a lot has happened with this month. | |
| How do you think January 2026 is going to factor into your legacy? | ||
| I think that the legacy is very strong right now. | ||
| We have the safest country. | ||
| We've had the strongest military. | ||
| We're doing better than we've ever done before. | ||
| I think it's going to be a great legacy. | ||
| I would love to talk to the First Lady. | ||
| It's her night. | ||
| Can we do that? | ||
| Guys, can we give politics a break for a second and talk to Milani since it's her night? | ||
| Great friend of ours, honey. | ||
| How are you? | ||
| Nice to see you. | ||
| Let's talk about this film. | ||
| I'll just talk about Brett Leonard and Chris Green. | ||
| Samager Mark. | ||
| Well, I'm looking at the whole thing, but you know, I have a great feeling. | ||
| Both of them very much. | ||
| You've been so private. | ||
| It looks to me like one is very much on a monopoly if they're able to do this deal. | ||
| So we'll see how it all works. | ||
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Mr. President, what do you think they will be feeling? | |
| I think they're going to see a glamour that they haven't seen before, and I think our country needs glamour. | ||
| You understand Lambert better than most people. | ||
| They can understand Lambert about the beauty and the pageantry and the power of the public. | ||
| Mr. President, most folks don't think that the president actually is. | ||
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What is next for you to be solving? | |
| A lot more than most people. | ||
| Well, we're going to see. | ||
| I think we're going to have pieces. | ||
| You weigh in on that a little bit. | ||
| We're going to get the piece done. | ||
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Mr. President, do you believe you'd be the man you are today if you hadn't met your wife? | |
| That's an interesting question. | ||
| I better be very careful. | ||
| It's a very dangerous. | ||
| He's asking me a very dangerous question. | ||
| I think she's really been a great help. | ||
| She's done a great job. | ||
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Very respected. | |
| Very smart, very measured. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Very measured. | ||
| Sometimes when I'm not so measured, she measures you, but no, she's done a great job and very, very influential in terms of the administration, yes. | ||
| And Mr. President, he's asking me very dangerous questions. | ||
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I asked your husband, if he would be the man he is today if he had never met you, what do you think? | |
| Well, we will all be in different places, I guess. | ||
| We do like the way it worked out. | ||
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Mrs. Trump, what do you want Americans to learn about your first family and yourself? | |
| It went very well. | ||
| I wanted to know a little bit more about the details of that conversation. | ||
| Well, it was not much of a conversation other than he said he'd love to see peace. | ||
| But I want to see peace scheduled. | ||
| I think maybe more than anyone. | ||
| We've done a great job. | ||
| We've closed the border. | ||
| We've stopped crime, crimes at an all-time low in the history of our country. | ||
| And that's only because we're taking criminals out. | ||
| We're taking some very bad people out of our country. | ||
| I want to see that also. | ||
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And Mr. President, what do you say to those that are critical of the fact that Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the rights of this movie? | |
| Well, I think they'd have to go and ask President Obama, who got paid a lot of money and hasn't done anything. | ||
| So I think they'd probably have to go because if you take a look at others, they've been paid a lot of money. | ||
| But this is somebody, Melania, who really produced. | ||
| She's done a great thing. | ||
| This is a very important piece of work. | ||
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What do you hope people learn about your wife feeling? | |
| She's not healthy. | ||
| Well, I think they knew she was smart, but perhaps maybe they'll get to see something that elevates above just the word smart. | ||
| She's got a lot of high quality. | ||
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And you have an interesting background yourself. | |
| Several of the shows. | ||
| Did you have any sort of creative input on this film? | ||
| Did you watch any of the greeners in advance? | ||
| I really had none. | ||
| I saw it for the first time two nights ago. | ||
| I loved it. | ||
| I thought it was really great. | ||
| But it really brings back a glamour that you just don't see anymore. | ||
| Our country can use a little bit of that, right? | ||
| You would know that either. | ||
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Will you tell me a little bit more about the split-off on the Department of Homeland Security on the shutdown? | |
| Well, I think what you're going to see is you will know by the time this movie is over what's going to happen. | ||
| And I'll be naming the Fed tomorrow morning. | ||
| I've chosen a very good person to head the Fed. | ||
| I'll be putting that out tomorrow morning. | ||
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Is there any details that you care about the existence of the future? | |
| I remember for myself. | ||
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Mr. President, what is your message to the tens of millions of Trump voters on this film about the First Lady? | |
| That she's a very smart person, very influential person, and she cares about the country, loves the country, just like Breitbart does, actually. | ||
| And she's done a great job. | ||
| Very popular. | ||
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Mr. President, and there's also been some leftist outlets already pushing negative coverage around this film before it's even come out. | |
| What do you say to that and what can they do to combat it? | ||
| Well, you know, that's standard with these people. | ||
| They like to do it. | ||
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Open Border Revisited
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| They lost an election in a landslide. | ||
| They do whatever they can. | ||
| We have a safe country. | ||
| We have a rich country. | ||
| We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariff money. | ||
| We've never been in a position like this. | ||
| We're strong. | ||
| We're financially powerful. | ||
| We're militarily powerful. | ||
| I built the military in my first term. | ||
| Now we have a group headed out to a place called Iran. | ||
| And hopefully we won't have to use them. | ||
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And lastly, Mr. President, today was your 10th cabinet meeting. | |
| Over the course of four years, Joe Biden only held nine cabinet meetings. | ||
| What does that say about the transparency of your administration versus the last one? | ||
| And I had cameras in my cabinet meetings, all of them. | ||
| Just about all of them. | ||
| So it's very transparent. | ||
| There's never been an administration so transparent as this. | ||
| We had a good cabinet meeting today. | ||
| And that's my best friend. | ||
| We talked about the economy. | ||
| The economy is through the roof. | ||
| Prices are way down. | ||
| Gasoline, $199 a gallon. | ||
| It was $4 a gallon just a year and a half ago. | ||
| So a lot of great things are happening, as you know. | ||
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Absolutely. | |
| And people are going to start seeing some relief in their tax returns. | ||
| I think so. | ||
| You know, the Great Big Beautiful bill just kicked in. | ||
| And Amazon. | ||
| And you're going to see some tremendous numbers. | ||
| We have prices are down all throughout. | ||
| You know, they like to talk about affordability, which is just a term that they made because, you know, but they're the ones that caused the problem. | ||
| We inherited a mess and the prices are way down. | ||
| We inherited an open border with millions of people covering them. | ||
| The problems that you have, the big problems of Cambodia, millions of criminals were allowed into our country through an open border. | ||
| And we're getting them out. | ||
| We're getting them out fast. | ||
| Many of them. | ||
| They just announced today crime and this country is at an all-time low. | ||
| And that was done by Democrats. | ||
| They said that the Democrats just released crime in this country is at an all-time low. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And you guys are great. | ||
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And could I ask what news? | |
| I'm doing very good. | ||
| What is this? | ||
| This is Hollywood for people. | ||
| This is like the good old days when the Academy of World used to get ratings. | ||
| They would get ratings today. | ||
| But we're angry for City again. | ||
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I don't know. | |
| It depends. | ||
| What will you pay? | ||
| That is a good man, right? | ||
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What would you say are one or two of your favorite scenes from the documentary? | |
| I just think the overall feel of it. | ||
| It's such a beautiful piece. | ||
| It's really cinematography is beautiful the whole thing. | ||
| I think you're going to like it. | ||
| I mean, people really like it. | ||
| It's very different. | ||
| I would think these are very hard times for movies, frankly. | ||
| Since COVID, since COVID, it's been very hard, but people really like it. | ||
| I can see this being very successful over a period of time. | ||
| It's also very much a history of the White House. | ||
| So it's a modern-day history of the White House. | ||
| I don't know about that. | ||
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I'll find out. | |
| How does your legacy differ from the First Leading? | ||
| Say it? | ||
| How does your legacy differ from the First Lady's or the First Lady? | ||
| Well, they're intertwined. | ||
| We've had a good life. | ||
| We've done a good job. | ||
| Crime at an all-time low. | ||
| The economy at an all-time high. | ||
| We've never taken in. | ||
| We've taken in $18 trillion, thinking $18 trillion. | ||
| Biden, as an example, last administration, less than $1 trillion in four years. | ||
| We've taken in $18 trillion in one year. | ||
| It's actually more than that. | ||
| So, I mean, it's been an amazing run. | ||
| We're having a good time. | ||
| What happened on the border, we have a closed border. | ||
| We used to have an open border. | ||
| Millions of people pouring in, a lot of criminals at the highest level, including 11,888 murderers. | ||
| We don't want to have murderers in our country. | ||
| I got a lot of them out. | ||
| We're going to get the rest of them out. | ||
| But to have a country, you have to have a safe country. | ||
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I guess in Springfield, Ohio already. | |
| Well, we're going to see what's happening. | ||
| Springfield is not a happy place with what they did. | ||
| I love Springfield, Ohio. | ||
| I won Springfield, Ohio. | ||
| But during the Biden administration, they did great damage to Springfield. | ||
| What was it like seeing the documentary for the first time? | ||
| What did you learn? | ||
| Did you learn something new about your wife? | ||
| Well, I don't think so, but I learned she's, you know, just a confirmation more than anything else. | ||
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Very smart woman. | |
| A woman with influence, a woman who understands our country, comes from another part of the world, but understands this country very well, understands the world very well. | ||
| So you're going to see somebody that maybe you didn't know, but I think most people understand this is a very smart woman with influence. | ||
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Even Democrats who might not support you, and do you expect it to be a big hit? | |
| Well, I think you'll learn about the White House, you'll learn about government, you'll learn about First Lady, a little bit about me, not so much about me. | ||
| You know me pretty much. | ||
| I'm an open book. | ||
| But you'll learn things that are very interesting. | ||
| And it's a beautifully shot movie. | ||
| You see the most beautiful scenes. | ||
| There's a great glamour to this. | ||
| I was saying when I left, because I saw it three days ago for the first time. | ||
| There's a great glamour. | ||
| Beautiful glamour. | ||
| And you learn it's about the White House, it's about our country. | ||
| And we need a little glamour. | ||
| I like glamour. | ||
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What was it like having Minaj? | |
| Nikki Minaj is fantastic. | ||
| She's a terrific person. | ||
| She was so nice. | ||
| And she understands what we're doing. | ||
| With the Trump accounts, we're helping children grow up. | ||
| When they're 18 years old, they're going to have a lot of money. | ||
| They're going to be rich. | ||
| And she got it. | ||
| She's been a supporter from the beginning. | ||
| And I think Nikki Minaj is a winner. | ||
| She's fantastic. | ||
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I'm not sure how the First Lady's been more outspoken with her, especially about like a year. | |
| I noticed that myself. | ||
| She's a little bit more outspoken. | ||
| Maybe that comes with time. | ||
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We have some. | |
| She's done a great job. | ||
| She's a very popular, very respected First Lady. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Who are you with? | ||
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And to be president of the world. | |
| Hey, I wanted to ask you, what is your family's reaction to the First Lady's film? | ||
| I think great. | ||
| I mean, Don is here tonight. | ||
| And the others are seeing it tomorrow or the next day. | ||
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It was my favorite. | |
| But very good. | ||
| It's been very good. | ||
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I've heard that Baron helped it, actually, and Tom as well. | |
| Baron saw it two nights ago. | ||
| Yes, he loved it. | ||
| Baron loved it. | ||
| He thought it was great. | ||
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I also think it's a good question. | |
| Mr. President, what makes people proud on Mediocracy for showing the story? | ||
| Well, I am proud of her. | ||
| I mean, she's done a great job. | ||
| A thing like this is not easy. | ||
| And, you know, she comes from a faraway country, a wonderful country. | ||
| Clean, beautiful, safe. | ||
| They don't have problems like others have. | ||
| But she comes from a country that's a very safe country, a very successful country in many ways. | ||
| But it's different, and she's picked it up very easily. | ||
| Speaks a lot of languages, very smart, understands what's happening, and really is a good influencer to produce a movie. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Mr. President, you have a TV in film background. | ||
| Do you have any input or any say on the creative practice? | ||
| I would say, yeah, I mean, other than the fact that I'm in it, I'm sort of in it. | ||
| But I would say that basically this was her baby, and it's her views, it's her feel, and she's done a great job. | ||
| I think you're going to really like it. | ||
| You've got to love this movie. | ||
| This is a really good movie. | ||
| It's a beautiful movie. | ||
| It's a documentary of sorts. | ||
| But it explains the White House. | ||
| You'll see the great beauty of the White House, the glamour of the White House. | ||
| Fix-up. | ||
| You know, I'm fixing the White House. | ||
| I do that instinctively. | ||
| I fix the White House. | ||
| It's in much better shape than it ever was. | ||
| It's in, I mean, Doug can tell you, wins the Pullet Surprise every week. | ||
| But Doug, that's a different building right now than it was a year ago, right? | ||
| It's a beautiful, clean building that things are being repaired. | ||
| I love doing it. | ||
| I do it second nature. | ||
| That's why I was good at real estate as well. | ||
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And you had mentioned who are you with? | |
| I'm with the Daily Mail. | ||
| Oh, good. | ||
| Yeah, and you had mentioned earlier that Monia's been a little bit more outspoken this time around. | ||
| Would you like to see her? | ||
| Well, somebody asked me the question, I think so. | ||
| I think she's, well, she's got stronger opinions now, probably. | ||
| She's seen, yeah, it's experience. | ||
| It comes with experience. | ||
| She's got stronger opinions. | ||
| Go ahead. | ||
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Yeah, your very business mindset. | |
| Business oriented. | ||
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Oriented, thank you. | |
| And I wanted to ask, how was the first lady also? | ||
| Good. | ||
| We're going to see a little bit of that. | ||
| She's unique tonight. | ||
| She's got a good business, had a great fashion hit. | ||
| She was friends with everybody. | ||
| Until I ran for office, the fashion industry loved her more than anybody. | ||
| And then I ran for office. | ||
| And she didn't care. | ||
| But the fashion industry really loved her. | ||
| And once I announced I'm running as a Republican, they didn't like it. | ||
| Now they're all coming to me and asking for help and we give them help. | ||
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Well maybe the first lady could also comment on this as well but a lot of those fashion magazines come to you during the first administration as well as now. | |
| What is your message to them and what is something you want people to take away from this film that have scheduled? | ||
| Here in Disville they will see a lot of emotion, fashion, grief, sadness, celebration, love. | ||
| So that's the message for the viewers. | ||
| Mr. President, she's been very well received in terms of this. | ||
| This is something special. | ||
| I think you're going to love it. | ||
| A lot of you aren't allowed to say what you think because your editors don't want you to do it or the owners, but a lot of people do. | ||
| I think you're going to really love it. | ||
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Movie theaters are such a beautiful place for community and connectivity. | |
| Why do you think it's important that a film like this does release in theaters all over the country? | ||
| Well it's nice that she did that because personally I think theaters are a very tough business. | ||
| Theaters sell movie tickets after COVID. | ||
| And you look at it and you say, so I think this will be unbelievable streaming and everything. | ||
| Theaters are different in a different world. | ||
| I study financial pages very closely. | ||
| I look at theaters and the theater business and everything. | ||
| It's pretty much of a different world, but she wanted to get it out so people could see it. | ||
| But I see this as in terms of streaming and everything. | ||
| I think you're going to love it. | ||
| The glamour, the beauty, the whole thing, it's going to be something that I don't want to say especially women, but I think maybe, especially women, they're going to love this movie. | ||
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Thank you so much. | |
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Can you talk a little bit about your inspiration for focusing on the 20 days before inauguration? | ||
| Well, it was my life, so people will see it, transitioning from the private citizen to being a first lady again. | ||
| The schedule was very intense. | ||
| They followed me from morning till evening, and you will see what I have to do and what I did, from planning the inauguration to running my business, philanthropy, taking care of the family, moving to the White House, meeting with security detail, establishing the East Wing, and hiring the people that they need to work for me, but also they work for the American people. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| What's up? | ||
| Who are you? | ||
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We like it. | |
| Who are you with? | ||
| That's a good place. | ||
| They treat me good most of the time. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Thank you so much for taking the time. | |
| Are you trying to choke off Cuba? | ||
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Are you trying to choke off Cuba? | |
| I don't know. | ||
| The word choke off is awfully tough. | ||
| Cuba is a failing nation. | ||
| And you have to feel badly for Cuba. | ||
| They've treated people very badly. | ||
| We have a lot of Cuban Americans who really were treated very badly and they'd probably like to go back. | ||
| And no, I'm not trying to, but it looks like it's something that's just not going to be able to survive. | ||
| I think Cuba will not be able to survive. | ||
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What about the UK getting involved in the future? | |
| Thank you for your note very much. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| As you were thinking about Fed share, what were the characteristics that you were looking for in the end? | ||
| Well, I'll be announcing that tomorrow morning. | ||
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What exactly tipped that person over the edge of the world? | |
| I'd rather say it tomorrow, but just an outstanding person and a person that won't be too surprising to people. | ||
| A lot of people think that this is somebody that could have been there a few years ago. | ||
| It's going to be somebody that is very respected, somebody that's known to everybody in the financial world, and I think it's going to be a very good choice. | ||
| I hope so. | ||
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So someone who's on your short list, sir? | |
| On my reasonably short list, yeah. | ||
| Mr. President, go ahead. | ||
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Mr. President, what do you think about the UK getting into business with China? | |
| Kirstarmer is envisioning. | ||
| Well, it's very dangerous for them to do that. | ||
| And it's even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China. | ||
| Canada's not doing well. | ||
| They're doing very poorly. | ||
| And you can't look at China as the answer. | ||
| I know China very well. | ||
| I know President Xi's a friend of mine. | ||
| I know him very well. | ||
| But that's a big hurdle to go over when you get Canada. | ||
| The first thing they're going to do is say you're not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. | ||
| That's not good. | ||
| Canada's not going to buy it. | ||
| The Fed. | ||
| Yesterday voted 10 to 2 to pause interest rates. | ||
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Do you think the problem with the Fed is more than just Jerome Powell? | |
| Well, you have other political people on the Fed. | ||
| Absolutely. | ||
| You have political people that will vote against Trump or a Republican, but in particular, Trump. | ||
| But we've done so well with the economy. | ||
| You see the numbers. | ||
| We're getting the best numbers that we've ever had as a country. | ||
| And that's despite the fighting. | ||
| We've broken the Fed wall. | ||
| I mean, they could have been much better. | ||
| It could have been much more helpful to the country. | ||
| But even despite the little bit higher interest rates, you notice that the interest rates now are falling despite the Fed. | ||
| But I'm going to be announcing, I think, a really great choice tomorrow. | ||
| Very excited about it. | ||
| And I'll be announcing it tomorrow morning. | ||
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For all those Fed governors who wanted to pause interest rates, do you think they'll have their mind changed when there's a new Fed chairman on the United States? | |
| I do. | ||
| Well, that's just the way it's been. | ||
| And if they respect the Fed chairman, they don't respect this Fed chairman. | ||
| If they respect the Fed chairman, they'll be with us all the way. | ||
| They want to see the country be great. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
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Mr. President, have you had any conversations with Iran in the last few days? | |
| And are you planning on it? | ||
| I have had, and I am planning on it. | ||
| We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now. | ||
| And it would be great if we didn't have to use them. | ||
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Can you say what the message was that you shared with Iran Anne? | |
| Well, I told him two things. | ||
| Number one, no nuclear. | ||
| And number two, stop killing protesters. | ||
| They're killing them by the thousands. | ||
| You know, I stopped 837 hangings two weeks ago. | ||
| But they're going to have to do something. | ||
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| Nobody's seen anything like this. | ||
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Mr. President, Mr. Hohman, are there hundreds of people? | |
| I'm sure you caught his remarks earlier today that he made in Minneapolis. | ||
| Are you pleased with the job that he's doing? | ||
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Do you feel that this change that you made, this personnel change, is an important one in terms of calming things down? | |
| Well, I think he's terrific. | ||
| We have to get rid of the criminals. | ||
| We have to take criminals out of our country. | ||
| So from that standpoint, nothing's going to change. | ||
| And we have to find out all of the fraud that's taken place in Minnesota. | ||
| We have to get to it. | ||
| They've stolen at least $19 billion, and we're going to find out who did it and where the money is. | ||
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C-SPAN's Washington Journal, our live forum inviting you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy from Washington and across the country. | |
| Coming up Friday morning, we'll talk about the Senate's failure to advance a government funding package and the latest on a potential government shutdown with the Hills Al Weaver. | ||
| Then, former Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, Anita McBride, discusses the accomplishments of the current First Lady, Melania Trump, since her return to the White House, the release of the new documentary, Melania, and the role of political spouses. | ||
| And Jeff Clements, co-founder and CEO of American Promise, on his group's efforts to change campaign finance laws and the role of money in politics. | ||
| C-SPAN's Washington Journal. | ||
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| Friday morning, President Trump will announce his pick for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, who will take over in May when current chair Jerome Powell's term expires. | ||
| Watch the President's remarks live on C-SPAN, C-SPAN Now, our free mobile app, and online at c-span.org. | ||
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| Well, thank you very much. | ||
| I think you probably noticed the cabinet room is getting more and more beautiful. | ||