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	How soon do you want the Department of Education to be closed?
	Oh, I'd like it to be closed immediately.
	Look, the Department of Education's a big con job.
	The bottom line is because it's not working.
	Department of Education was set up.
	In 1980, and since that time, we have spent almost a trillion dollars, and we have watched our performance scores continue to go down.
	I do believe that it is a responsibility to make sure that our children do have equal access to excellent education.
	I think that that is best handled at the state level closest to the states, working with state administrators, teachers, parents, who should have input into their curriculum.
	NATO is a great alliance.
	The most successful defense alliance in history.
	But to endure for the future, our partners must do far more for Europe's defense.
	We must make NATO great again.
	Twenty-eight people taken to hospital.
	The suspect was driving this white Mini Cooper behind me and drove into a crowd of people who were not related to the security conference.
	They were protesting for higher wages.
	The suspect is an Afghan man.
	He's 24 years old, according to authorities.
	He was seeking asylum here in Germany.
	And that is one woman dead.
	At least 27 people injured.
	Reports of a child fighting for their life after an Afghan migrant drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany.
	This is just one of many terror attacks happening in the country right now.
	And as that Afghan migrant drove into the crowd, he was shouting Allah.
	Again, that video really shocking.
	Of course, we're waiting for updates on that.
	Welcome in.
	And I'm Michelle Backus filling in for the great Jack Posobiec, who is currently in Ukraine on a special mission with Pete Hegsteth.
	Let's also bring in Kevin Posobiec, who is helping out today.
	Kevin, thanks so much for being here.
	Yeah, it's great to be with you, Michelle, again, once again this week.
	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard to another edition of Human Events Daily.
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	And yeah, so we have a name for this 24-year-old Afghan asylum, quote, asylum seeker, Harad Nouri, a radical Islamist terrorist.
	And it's interesting to see that he has come, you know, the same week as, you know, the Munich Security Conference ahead of J.D. Vance meeting there.
	So a lot of this is a combination of simultaneous deals happening, and we also have the vote in Germany coming up at the end of the month.
	I'm interested to see what happens with Chancellor Olaf Scholz as well.
	I think the United States is really causing peace through strength here.
	What do you think about that, Michelle?
	Peace through strength is 100% the mission here.
	And you know, Kevin, to piggyback off of that, there have been five terror attacks in Germany in the past 12 months, all committed by asylum seekers.
	We've seen this happen all throughout Europe.
	I lived in Sweden where there were multiple assaults, as Sweden was notorious for taking in asylum seekers as well.
	And women would leave the club and all of a sudden they'd go into a taxi and they'd be assaulted.
	They'd be raped.
	This is the kind of thing.
	That Joe Biden wanted in this America.
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	We're going to be right back with more.
	Again, we're waiting on President Trump as well as he signed some major executive orders.
	We also checked in with Jack Sobik for a historic day over in Europe.
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	This is the POSO Eurodispatch Day 3. And, well, the cat's out of the bag.
	I have not been recording these dispatches from Germany nor from Brussels.
	I have, in fact, been recording these dispatches from the territory of Ukraine.
	I accompanied Secretary Besant as part of his delegation from the Trump White House to Kiev, Ukraine.
	Arrived there overnight.
	By train, 10 hours in on the train, 10 hours out.
	Visited with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, and yes, also visited President Zelensky there in his presidential complex.
	As you know, Secretary Besant held his meeting with President Zelensky where they discussed this situation with the rare earth minerals and the deal that Zelensky had offered to President Trump regarding the peace for U.S. This was the centerpiece of the entire situation.
	Now, obviously, we couldn't be public about this trip because of security purposes, but the entire time, we were completely secured.
	We had a traveling delegation of Secret Service, dispatched by President Trump, as well as military and motorcade escorts when we arrived on the ground.
	What people need to understand is that it's been three years.
	Three years of a terrible war.
	A horrific war that never had to happen.
	Had the Biden administration not been so aggressive with the expansion of NATO, had there been any effort for peace, had there been any effort for real negotiation, it's possible this could have been avoided.
	And that's really what it comes down to, folks.
	This was an unnecessary war.
	It was certainly a provoked war, and it's a war that takes two to tango, which means it's going to take two to get to peace.
	If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth.
	Now, three years later, Human Events Daily is on the ground yet again in Ukraine, showing you the inside story of what's happening inside these negotiations.
	Secretary Besant met with Zelensky only hours after Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, delivered a blistering statement in Brussels at the NATO conference.
	Hegseth saying that the pre-2014 borders for Ukraine were not going to happen, that NATO membership for Ukraine was not going to happen, that the United States would not send troops to the territory of Ukraine in any security post-war situation or agreement.
	These are things that led Zelensky at the meeting, potentially, to not sign the deal.
	So Secretary Besson arrived with a copy of the mineral deal with him.
	He handed it to President Zelensky.
	Zelensky looked at it, said that he wanted a security guarantee.
	The security guarantee would be a de facto NATO membership.
	This was not part of the deal.
	He also said again and again that he wanted to meet with President Trump.
	Secretary Besant urged him to sign the deal.
	President Zelensky did not, but said that he would revisit it potentially when he meets with J.D. Vance in Munich on Friday.
	This is a very critical point, ladies and gentlemen, because then, just as we were walking out of the presidential complex, The presidential palace there in Kiev.
	That's when President Trump almost to the very minute posted his truth social saying that while we had been inside and the secretary was there meeting with Zelensky and holding a press conference, that President Trump had spent the entire same hour on the phone with Vladimir Putin.
	So he gave Zelensky the opportunity to sign the deal first.
	Zelensky didn't sign the deal right away.
	That's when President Trump posted the truth social that has now been heard around the world, one that has the European leaders absolutely apoplectic that President Trump is cutting them out and saying that the neoconservatives and the European leaders, the NATO countries, are going to be cut out because he said, look, if you aren't funding this war...
	And if you aren't paying your NATO dues, then why should I include you directly in the negotiations?
	I'm going to go straight to the heart of the matter.
	And he spoke with President Putin directly for over an hour at the same time that Secretary Besant and the delegation were there in Kiev.
	Then Zelensky immediately hopped on the phone and said, let me call Trump.
	Let me call Trump.
	Let me call the president.
	Ladies and gentlemen.
	There's a lot going on in this world.
	There's a lot of moving pieces here.
	J.D. Vance, Secretary Hegseth, Secretary Besant will now be joined in Munich with the newly minted DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
	It remains to see what happens with the Vance-Zelinski summit.
	Tomorrow in Munich.
	This is Jack Posobiec reporting from Kiev, Ukraine for Human Events Daily.
	And a very special report there from Jack Posobiec in Ukraine.
	Again, he said for security reasons he was keeping it private.
	Obviously, it was a very safe area, but they wanted to ensure everyone followed protocol until that delegation arrived.
	There was actually a missile and drone strike in Kiev before they got there, so it is important to continue security precautions.
	Nonetheless, he is very happy to report that there is progress.
	And it's something that we're going to continue to keep up on.
	Very important to note here.
	Let's also bring in Kevin Posobiec if we do have him.
	Zelensky did not agree to this minerals deal.
	And this is a really interesting piece to note because the minerals is, quite frankly, Ukraine's bargaining power at this point.
	And it has been noted multiple times, Kevin, that Ukraine's not going to get everything that they want out of this deal.
	In fact, they're going to have to give up a few things.
	This is a negotiation.
	This is a bargain coming to the middle.
	And at the end of the day, People, Kevin.
	Think about the amount of people that died in this war.
	Many people died in this war on both sides, and that was part of the call between Putin and Trump yesterday.
	In fact, pretty stereotypical of Putin to draw out the conversation, bring up history for hours on end.
	But aside from that, it's good to see.
	I thought originally that we would be negotiating for farmland and resources, as you could see, Ukraine being the breadbasket of Europe, and now it's coming out.
	I haven't heard it in the narrative recently, but these rare earth minerals, they're going to be very resourceful for the United States.
	We have lithium, titanium, not much talk about uranium.
	We see that more in Iran, but...
	Moving forward, I think this will be a great bargaining tactic for the United States, and the compromise is between very stable geniuses from Trump's envoy, and it's becoming much more clear that Zelensky is not one of these.
	You saw how much Trump has him under his thumb.
	Even before inauguration, Zelensky came to New York to meet with Trump, Now he orchestrated this deal, this beginning of the deal, simultaneously between the phone call and also the meeting with Vance in Ukraine and Besson.
	And he denied it at first because Zelensky didn't even know what was happening just yet.
	But the fact that Trump and everyone is over there, it's just...
	It's genius.
	And of course, Jack.
	Shout out to Jack.
	I was with him over there three years ago, as he said, in the dispatch.
	But this isn't peace yet.
	We still have to follow through with these negotiations.
	And this is still uncharted territory.
	It's dangerous territory.
	And we have to pray for everyone involved in this.
	Yeah, and as you mentioned that, I've been seeing prayers online for Pete Hegseth as well, because this is his first day at NATO. And I believe we do have a soundbite on that we can get to.
	As he said, make NATO great again.
	I remember this clip.
	President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.
	And that's what the American people want.
	Today, you know, they talk about influences.
	These are influences.
	And they're friends of mine.
	Jack Rusovic.
	Where's Jack?
	Jack.
	He's done a great job.
	Well, guys, it is a bad day to be Big Pharma because RFK Jr. has been confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services by the Senate.
	Major news this morning.
	A lot of people really excited over that.
	We're going to get reaction in just a moment.
	Let's also bring in Kevin Posobiec as we are both filling in for the great Jack Posobiec, who is on a special mission.
	Over in Ukraine right now, doing big work over there for the MAGA peace deal.
	And Kevin, it's interesting.
	I'll never forget the day that RFK Jr. came up on stage and announced that he'd no longer be running for president.
	And then the plot twist of the century.
	Joined up with President Trump.
	And I remember when he was running.
	Is he pulling votes from Republicans or Democrats?
	And to be quite frank, he was pulling votes from both sides because his message resonated with so many Americans, especially mothers who were raising children and trying to keep them away from the chemicals and the additives and big pharma who's pushing all this money onto lawmakers to ultimately make decisions for their pockets rather than the American people.
	It's something that I know a lot of people in the health and fitness culture were very big on.
	And really seeing the convergence of the Maha and MAGA movements come together was when I knew America is changing.
	People want reform and they want change.
	And mind you, it's interesting to note as well, RFK Jr., he was getting hit from both sides.
	First, a lot of people didn't think that he would make it through.
	As we had said earlier, many Democrats, even Republicans, saying that a lot of Trump's picks were dead on arrival, and that simply wasn't the case.
	The people voted for reform, and that's exactly what happened.
	Another big hurdle is the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced Kash Patel out of the committee.
	He's now headed for a final full Senate vote, something we're going to keep an eye on as well.
	Adam Schiff, of course, was dodging questions about slow-walking Kash Patel's nomination there.
	It's also funny.
	To watch what Democrats are saying right now, I thought I saved a couple of the tweets.
	Senator Cory Booker, Kash Patel is dangerous, dishonest, and unqualified.
	I'm calling for President Trump to withdraw his nomination to be the director of the FBI, and if his nomination is brought to the Senate floor, I will vote no.
	Well, we all knew that you would vote no, so this isn't anything groundbreaking, to be quite frank, but you have to consider.
	The rhetoric that the Democrats are using.
	And keep note of this, because now they're saying Kash Patel is dangerous.
	He's dishonest.
	He's unqualified.
	Notice what they're doing.
	The Democrats are grasping at straws, and they really have no game plan.
	So that's why they're resorting to name-calling and trying to diminish somebody's character.
	They have no idea what they're doing.
	This is just the beginning.
	And I want to bring in Kevin Pasovic, if we do have him right now, to chat about this, because, Kevin, I've been warning about this.
	Big pharma is powerful and it is lining the pockets of a lot of these lawmakers.
	And a lot is going to come out between RFK Jr. having Kash Patel as the head here.
	I think that these Democrats are scared.
	I think that Adam Schiff is scared.
	And that's why they're trying to do anything they can to stop this.
	Yeah, they certainly are going to try and stop this and they have nothing.
	I'd like to see what Elizabeth Warren is up to today.
	She's probably vehemently Riling about.
	And she's probably not going to be cooking any steaks today or drinking any raw milk in celebration of RFK. I gotta say that much.
	But you are.
	You said you were.
	That's right.
	I sure am.
	I was half tempted to just take this whole setup outside next to the grill.
	It's a little cold up here in D.C., but hey, it's a big day for all of us.
	It's a celebration.
	Yeah, we gotta get cash through as well.
	Can't celebrate too early.
	Yeah, we got to go after.
	I'm looking forward to Cash personally going after Pencil Next Shift here for all his accusations.
	And it's going to be glorious.
	It's going to be so glorious.
	And I'm looking forward to RFK as well, what he plans to do with the CDC and the FDA towards any of these vaccine mandates, environmental protocols.
	Cloud seating.
	I mean, there's just so many, so many areas we could touch on here.
	It's a lot to look forward to.
	Yeah, it is.
	And we are waiting for that confirmation with RFK Jr. a little later today.
	We'll get that up once we get that.
	But, you know, it's interesting to see the rhetoric, to see what Democrats are doing at this point.
	You know, we were talking with Mark Mitchell yesterday, Rasmussen reports.
	Trump approval rating today hit 54%.
	Only 36 strongly disapproved.
	That shows.
	Promises made, promises kept.
	It has been, what did we say, 20, 24, 28 days in office?
	I wrote it down here somewhere, that President Trump has been in office.
	And just think.
	24. That's it.
	I'm hearing 24. Just think about the monumental change that has happened in that small amount of time.
	And the Democrats, quite frankly, don't know what to do.
	Again, they continue attacking Doge, Elon Musk.
	I actually saw something today just about the net worth of these politicians, right?
	You have Mitch McConnell, who, by the way, voted no for Tulsi and RFK Jr. Keep note of that as well, who's shocked.
	But Kevin, think about it.
	Mitch McConnell's annual salary, $200,000.
	His net worth, $95 million.
	Similarly, Chuck Schumer, $210,000.
	His net worth, $75 million.
	Nope.
	Nope.
	Not for long.
	Nope.
	That's what RFK has.
	He has the budgetary power.
	Kevin Posobiec, speechless.
	We're going to change a lot up.
	It's an exciting time in Washington, a new era.
	Stick with us.
	We'll be right back again.
	Jack Posobiec in Ukraine right now on a special...
	And Jack, where is Jack?
	Where is Jack?
	Where is he?
	Jack, I want to see you.
	Great job, Jack.
	Thank you.
	What a job you do.
	You know, we have an incredible thing.
	We're always talking about the fake news and the bad, but we have guys, and these are the guys who should be getting Pulisic.
	And welcome back to Human Events Daily.
	If you're wondering, where is Jack?
	Well, Jack is on a special mission over in Ukraine right now.
	Take a look.
	It's the MAGA peace deal.
	He's doing big things over there.
	Of course, very exciting.
	We've been checking in with him constantly as he's making major moves.
	Take a look at that.
	Right there.
	It's very exciting to see.
	And this is a huge deal, guys.
	This past week has been historic in terms of getting us closer to peace, stopping World War III. We're calling it the MAGA peace deal, peace through strength.
	And look, Pete Hegseth had said today that he is not going to stand for this any longer, make NATO great again.
	He outlined everything.
	We are strong yet again.
	And speaking of President Trump.
	In office, not even a month and still signing executive orders.
	We're live there now.
	Take a look at that.
	Again, these are all reciprocal tariffs that he is putting into place.
	Take a look.
	All great people.
	Yes, sir.
	America.
	Thank you.
	Do you want to read the names?
	I can't.
	First, the chairman will be Devin Gerald Nunez, and the members of the board will be Scott Glaive, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Brad Wenstrup, Katie Miller, Wayne Berman, Renz Priebus, Robert O'Brien, Joshua Lovell, Sander Gerber, Jeremy Katz, and Thomas Hicks, Jr. Okay?
	Good.
	All good.
	Next, sir, we have a presidential memorandum for your attention entitled Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs.
	This memorandum will reshape American trade policy with the guiding principle being that our tariffs and our treatment of other countries should be reciprocal based on their treatment of us.
	It charges your Secretary of Commerce, your U.S. Trade Representative, and other Cabinet Secretaries.
	To pursue that policy vigorously and to develop trade policies in accordance with it.
	That's good.
	Well, we'll sign that.
	And before we do, I think I'll mention that some numbers have come out.
	And as you know, we're looking for waste, fraud, and abuse.
	And this just came out from the Government Accountability Office.
	And they're pretty staggering numbers.
	The federal government loses as much as $521 billion in fraud.
	That's what Elon's working so hard on with his group of almost 100 geniuses.
	In 2023, there was an estimated $236 billion in improper payments made.
	And they think that number is very low.
	Should be much higher.
	$236 billion.
	This is why we're doing what we're doing.
	This is why I campaigned so hard.
	We've discussed this so much.
	And since 2003, there have been $2.7 trillion in improper payments, meaning payments that went to the wrong people or payments that shouldn't have been made.
	According to the economic policy, very respected.
	In 2024, there was an estimated $162 billion in improper payments.
	Earned income tax credit, this is Having to do with earned income tax credit, it was $15.9 billion.
	Having to do with food stamps, improper.
	$10.5 billion in improper payments.
	Restaurant revitalization fund, $8.7 billion.
	Supplemental security income, $6.5 billion.
	This is all bad stuff, bad payments.
	Fraud.
	Largely fraud.
	Unemployment insurance, $5.6 billion.
	According to House Ways and Means, in 2024, Social Security Disability Insurance and Survivors Insurance Program sent an estimated $8.3 billion in improper payments, including $6.5 billion in overpayments, where they overpaid.
	So, these are staggering numbers, and this has been going on for a long time, and we're finding a lot of it.
	And those numbers are minimal.
	They're really minimal.
	Those are numbers that have been proven.
	So you can imagine what the real number is.
	But we're going to make America rich again.
	And that's a good place to start.
	But here's really the place to start, because we're talking now about reciprocal tariffs.
	And on trade, I have decided, for purposes of fairness, That I will charge a reciprocal tariff, meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them.
	No more, no less.
	In other words, they charge us a tax or tariff, and we charge them the exact same tax or tariff.
	Very simple.
	Nobody knows what that number is unless you go by the individual country.
	You can see what it is if you go to the individual country and you look at what they're charging us.
	In almost all cases, they're charging us vastly more than we charged them, but those days are over.
	For purposes of this United States policy, which is a big one, we will consider countries that use the VAT system.
	You know, you hear about a VAT tax all the time, the VAT system, which is far more punitive, actually, than a tariff.
	Similar, but more punitive.
	To be similar so that the The way we're going to look at it, we're going to call it a tariff, because they use that as a way of getting away from the tariff and the designation of tariff, but it's essentially similar or the same thing.
	So a VAT tax will be viewed as a tariff.
	Certain areas of Europe do it, to put it mildly, they have about a 20% VAT tax.
	Sending merchandise, product, or anything by any other name through another country for purposes of unfairly harming America will not be accepted.
	In addition, we will make a provision for subsidies provided by countries in order to take economic advantage of the United States, which a lot of countries do, including our allies.
	Our allies, in many cases, are worse than our enemies in this, having to do with trade, and has been going along.
	That's why we...
	We have a $36 trillion amount of money that we owe.
	We owe $36 trillion, but that'll come down rapidly.
	Likewise, provisions will be made for non-monetary tariffs.
	And a non-monetary — that's where they charge and they do things that aren't — there's no dollar amount, but they make it impossible for you to do business.
	They do tests on cars, like dropping a bowling ball on the hood of a car, If the hood doesn't withstand it, which no hood would except for an army tank, then they say, I'm sorry, you can't sell your car into a certain country.
	That's a non-monetary tariff.
	So this is in order to take economic advantage.
	Likewise, the provisions for the non-monetary tariffs and trade barriers that some countries charge.
	In most countries, many countries have something to that effect in order to keep our product out of their domain, or if they do not even let the U.S. businesses operate.
	So, in some countries, they just won't let us even operate there.
	They charge us a lot, but they won't even let us go in.
	And we have many of them.
	And what our Secretary of Commerce, standing right behind me, Howard Loetting.
	What he's going to be doing is he's going to come up with a number that's an equivalent number to that.
	But in many countries, not too many, but quite a few, they don't let us do business.
	They effectively don't let us do business.
	So we're going to put a number on that that is a fair number.
	We're able to accurately determine the cost of these non-monetary trade barriers, and we'll be able to do that very accurately.
	It's fair to all.
	No other country can complain.
	And in some cases, if a country feels that the United States would be getting too high a tariff, all they have to do is reduce or terminate their tariff against us, in which case we're going to pay the same thing.
	There is no tariff.
	So if they have a tariff and then they complain that this is too high, all they have to do is reduce their tariff or not charge it.
	I think there'll be certain countries — it's already happened, I believe I heard — that the EU Today, or yesterday, lowered the tariff on their cars to 2.5 percent, because that's what we charge.
	And they lowered it from 10 percent, but it was really much higher than 10 percent.
	But 10 percent to 2.5, that's already happened.
	That's a big win.
	We've been after that to happen for many years, but it never happened.
	But nobody did anything about it, sitting in this lovely chair.
	So there are no tariffs if you manufacture or build your product in the United States.
	So, if you build your product in the United States, there are no tariffs.
	Nothing.
	You don't have to worry about it.
	It doesn't exist.
	A lot of companies will come back to the United States to build their product, make their product in the United States, because there will be no tariffs.
	Nothing.
	For many years, the U.S. has been treated unfairly by other countries, both friend and foe.
	This system will immediately bring fairness and prosperity back.
	Into the previously complex and unfair system of trade.
	We had a very unfair system to us.
	Everybody took advantage of the United States, and we paid a big price for it.
	America has helped many countries throughout the years at great financial cost.
	It is now time that these countries remember what we've done for them and treat us fairly.
	We want a level playing field for all American.
	Workers, we want a level playing field for the United States of America.
	I've instructed my Secretary of State, my Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Treasury, and the United States Trade Representative to do all the necessary work to deliver reciprocity.
	In other words, reciprocal reciprocity to our system of trade.
	So we're going to have a reciprocal tax.
	Whatever they charge, we charge.
	If they don't let us in, we're going to determine a value for that.
	But overall, it's going to be a very simple system.
	Whatever they charge, we charge.
	So nobody can complain.
	I don't think anybody can complain.
	And I'm going to sign this.
	And the numbers are going to be very fair, but staggering.
	They're going to be large, but very fair.
	And this should have been done years ago.
	And I did it in a different form.
	With tariffs and taxes on China, we took in hundreds of billions of dollars.
	No other president, as you know, ever took in 10 cents.
	But that was a few countries.
	That wasn't what we're doing now.
	Now we're doing it with every country.
	So this is every country.
	And essentially, when they treat us fairly, we treat them fairly.
	It's a very fair way of doing it.
	And I don't know that it's ever been done before, but that's the way.
	I'd like to ask the Secretary of Commerce to say a few words.
	Please help.
	So, reciprocal tariffs sound fair, but when you understand how brutally unfair the world's trading has been since we opened ourselves up after World War II, right?
	We tried to export the power of our economy to rebuild the world.
	And what happened since then is everyone else has taken advantage of us.
	Some countries, like the bat that the President spoke about, 20% on everything we sell, just casually.
	And when they sell to us, of course, they drop that 20 right away.
	So it's sort of an export subsidy, if you will.
	So we are going to address each country one by one.
	But here's the key.
	They'll get an invitation to trade with the greatest consumer economy in the world.
	And in exchange for trading at the greatest consumer economy in the world, you have to treat us the way we're going to treat you.
	It's going to be the same.
	No more inviting bad people to the party.
	So what the president spoke about with Mexico and Canada is we gave them the greatest invitation ever.
	Right?
	You're our neighbor.
	You're our friend.
	Trade for free with us.
	And what did they do?
	China came in.
	Right?
	Steel done by India.
	Aluminum done by Australia.
	You have Australian aluminum mines operating at 90% And U.S. aluminum mines and aluminum production, 50%.
	We're going out of business, and they're using Canada to come in.
	So the President is keenly aware, keenly focused on changing this model.
	We will be fair to each country, but no inviting any other country in.
	And Kevin, could you say a few more questions?
	Oh, sure, sir.
	Kevin Manassi.
	Yeah.
	One of the things that we noticed, sir, when you asked us to look into the numbers.
	Was that last year, US companies paid foreign governments $370 billion in tax.
	And then we in the US asked them to pay us tax for what they did, and the US gathered $57 billion.
	And so we paid them $370 billion, and they paid us $57 billion.
	And when people say, oh, you're doing this tariff thing, how could you do that?
	Why would you do that?
	It's so unfair.
	Let's think about this.
	They have three quarters of world GDP. We have one quarter of world GDP. And we're paying them $370 billion, and they're paying us $57 billion.
	It's amazing.
	Thank you, sir.
	Well, it's big numbers.
	Mr. Trade Rep, would you like to say something?
	Congratulations, by the way.
	I watched you two days ago on television, and you did fantastically.
	Thank you, sir.
	Congratulations.
	Thank you.
	You make it easy for me, Mr. President.
	We have a trillion-dollar deficit coming out of the last administration.
	We can't have that anymore.
	We've had 60,000 factories lost during the period of globalization.
	All of these things have harmed our workers, they've harmed our farmers, they've harmed our families and our communities.
	And that stops right now.
	We're going to look at everything.
	We'll certainly look at the tariffs, but we're also going to look at subsidies.
	We're going to look at taxes that are discriminatory.
	We're going to look at fake antitrust regimes in other countries that try to regulate our companies, our competitive companies.
	We're going to look at all these things, and we're going to figure out exactly what we should be charging in other countries.
	The President, thank you.
	And it won't be complicated.
	It's going to be very easy.
	Big numbers.
	The biggest you've ever seen.
	Peter, go ahead.
	Yes, sir.
	Tariffs are bad.
	Around the world, they're higher than we have.
	But tell you what, non-monetary barriers that are imposed on us are even worse.
	And President Trump has been right to single out, for example, VAT tax, the value-added tax.
	There's a reason why Germany sells eight more cars to every one we sell them.
	And it's not American craftsmanship.
	It's not American design.
	It's simply the unfair trade practices.
	And that VAT is a killer.
	It's a hidden tariff.
	It's also, as Secretary Ludnick said, it's a hidden export subsidy.
	There's about a $20,000 differential between when we try to sell them a car and they sell us a car.
	And that's going to stop with dismantling.
	Well, I want to say that, actually, tariffs, The tariffs are great, actually.
	And the problem is we didn't charge them, and everyone else did.
	They charged us, but we didn't charge them because we were generous or foolish or stupid or all of the above.
	So this is one of the biggest, I think, economic bills ever signed.
	I think it's probably the biggest in terms of what it represents.
	Now, this doesn't include what we did.
	A few days ago, with steel and aluminum, that's over and above this.
	Cars will be over and above this.
	Look at what's coming shortly.
	If you take a look at the chips and the various things in that world, that universe, that'll be over and above it.
	Also, pharmaceuticals will be over and above.
	So, those elements will be over and above.
	Otherwise, this is covering pretty much everything.
	And it's going to be...
	Great for the United States and fair for the world.
	I mean, it's the most fair you can do.
	We could charge just a flat tariff, and that would be, in many ways, easier.
	But you could make a case that that wouldn't be fair to other countries.
	This is fair.
	Remember, whatever they charge, we charge.
	Whatever they charge us, we charge them.
	And if they charge us nothing, we charge them nothing.
	And it really works out well.
	And we'd be very happy to have...
	Nothing and nothing.
	We wouldn't have any tariffs at all.
	But to me, it's something that I'm very proudly doing.
	It should have been done many, many years ago.
	And we're doing it now.
	We're doing it very late because we were very foolish.
	As a country, very foolish.
	And we're doing it now.
	That's a good one.
	Mr. President, you've won the White House in part because of high inflation.
	If your tariffs make prices go up...
	Excuse me, we haven't asked you to speak yet, please.
	Okay.
	Go ahead, please.
	You've won the White House in part...
	Mr. President, you are making time with Mr. Modi.
	Yes.
	What kind of trade and tariff would you like to have with India?
	What's the vision of India?
	Well, yeah, India traditionally is the highest, just about the highest tariff country.
	They charge more tariffs than any other country.
	And, I mean, we'll be talking about that.
	But, again, whatever they charge us, we're charging them.
	So it works out very well.
	It's a beautiful, simple system.
	And we don't have to worry about charging too much or too little.
	Traditionally, India is right at the top of the pack, pretty much.
	There are a couple of smaller countries that are actually more.
	But India is a very, very, they charge tremendous tariffs.
	I remember when Harley Davidson couldn't sell their motorbikes into India because of the fact that India, the tax was so high, the tariff was so high.
	And Harley was forced to build, I guess they built, I don't know, that was a while ago, but I think they built a factory in India in order to avoid paying the tariffs.
	People can do with us.
	They can build a factory here, a plant or whatever it may be here.
	And that includes the medical, that includes cars, that includes chips and semiconductors.
	That includes everything.
	If you build here, you have no tariffs whatsoever.
	And I think that's what's going to happen.
	I think our country is going to be flooded with jobs.
	Mr. President, what should consumers expect?
	Are prices going to go up short-term, long-term, medium-term?
	Well, not necessarily.
	I mean, not necessarily, but I'll tell you what will go up is jobs.
	The jobs will go up tremendously.
	We're going to have great jobs, jobs for everybody.
	This is something that should have been done many years ago.
	China did it.
	I mean, China did it at a level that probably nobody's ever seen before.
	Manufactured a car.
	You couldn't send it into China.
	The tariff was so high.
	So everybody went and they built in China.
	It was no big secret.
	So we're going to see.
	But it's going to mean tremendous amounts of jobs.
	And ultimately, prices will stay the same go down.
	But we're going to have a very dynamic country.
	But if prices go up, Mr. President, because of these tariffs, who do you think voters should hold responsible?
	Oh, I think what's going to go up is jobs are going to go up.
	And prices could go up somewhat short-term, but prices will also go down.
	And I think the farmers are going to be helped by this very much because product is being dumped into our country and our farmers are getting hurt very badly by the last administration.
	The last administration hated our farmers, like, at a level that I've never seen before.
	I think our farmers are going to be helped.
	Jobs are going to be helped, but our farmers are going to be helped.
	Our manufacturers are going to be helped.
	And again, if somebody wants to come in, including the car companies, if they want to come in and build car plants, they'll do it without tariffs.
	And therefore, prices won't go up.
	There could be some short-term disturbance, but long-term, it's going to make our country a fortune.
	So Americans should prepare for some short-term paying profit?
	No, you said that.
	I didn't say that.
	Well, if the prices go up and that affects...
	Let's see what happens.
	Nobody really knows what's going to happen other than...
	We know that jobs are going to be produced at levels that we haven't seen before.
	We know that we think interest rates are going to ultimately be coming down because of things that happen.
	And they go hand-in-hand with the tariffs.
	But we think that prices for some things, many things, it could be all things, will go down.
	Ultimately, will go down.
	Mr. President, the timeline here, sir.
	There's a period of time for a review, a report, 180 days.
	What's the earliest date that you think tariffs will actually be?
	Well, I would say, maybe I'll ask Howard to answer that, because he's going to be the one that's implementing.
	What do you think?
	Our studies should be all complete by April 1st, so we'll hand the President the opportunity to start on April 2nd if you want.
	So I think we'll be ready to go on April 1st, and we'll hand it to the President, and he'll make his decisions.
	But remember, if they drop their tariffs, prices for Americans are coming down.
	Our production is going up, and our costs are going down.
	Remember, it's a two-way street.
	That's why it's called reciprocal.
	Have you spoken to any American CEOs directly about this?
	Are they calling you for this?
	Many love it.
	And they say this is going to be the thing that makes our country really prosperous again.
	And this is going to be what pays down to $36 trillion in debt and all the other things.
	And this is going to be...
	This is an amazing day.
	I think this is going to be a very big day and in a very positive way for our country.
	Yes, please.
	President, you've talked about the DAT and the EU before and your concerns with how the EU reaches.
	Do you have a number in mind on the European Union?
	Do you have an idea of where that number is going to land?
	Well, what they are now is they have a 20 percent VAT tax, which we're considering to be similar or the same as the tariff.
	Plus, they charge lots of fees.
	And, you know, they're doing something else.
	The European Union has been very tough on them.
	Our companies.
	They sued Apple.
	They sued Google.
	They sued Facebook.
	They sued many other companies.
	American companies.
	And the kind of numbers are staggering.
	And the court system over there is not very good to our companies.
	If you know that Apple had to pay, I think, $16 billion in a penalty, a court case that was...
	Really shocking because most people thought they would have won that broadcast, people that watched it.
	So they've been very tough.
	Airlines have called me up and they said, could you help us with Europe because they're charging us so many different fees.
	I got a call from the head of American United and other airlines saying, every time we land a plane, we get just absolutely killed by the European Union.
	And so they haven't been treated as good.
	You know, we think the European Union is wonderful.
	We all love Europe.
	I love the countries in Europe.
	But the European Union has been absolutely brutal on trade.
	Canada has been very bad to us on trade, but now Canada is going to have to start paying up.
	And Canada has been tough on the military because they don't have a very — they have a very low military cost.
	They think we're going to, you know, protect them with our military, which is unfair.
	So Canada is going to be a very interesting situation because You know, we just don't need their product.
	And yet, they survive off the fact that, you know, we do 95 percent of what they do.
	And Canada is just absolutely, I say it, and sometimes people smile and sometimes they say, great idea, but Canada, their taxes would come down greatly.
	Their security would go up greatly.
	Amazing things happen to Canada.
	And really, Canada, in this particular, why would we?
	Pay $200 billion a year in subsidies to Canada when they're not a state.
	You do that for a state, but you don't do that for somebody else's country.
	So I think Canada is going to be a very serious contender to be our 51st state.
	Mr. President, how are the negotiations going with Canada?
	There was obviously a delay in implementing those tariffs.
	I spoke to Governor Trudeau on numerous occasions, and we'll see what happens.
	It just sets up so good for them.
	Look, the people would pay much less tax than they're paying right now, that have perfect military protection.
	They don't have any military protection because they essentially, because...
	And you take a look at what's going on out there.

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