Bannon's War Room - Episode 4787： Trump Speaks In Chequers

00:00:00.000 is planning to take action against left-wing groups that the president and his allies claim

00:00:06.640 have contributed to political unrest and violence. The moves are expected to include investigations

00:00:14.480 into tax-exempt status of certain liberal groups like the Open Society Foundations

00:00:21.520 and the Ford Foundation. A source tells NBC News that these actions, which come in the wake of the

00:00:28.920 assassination of Charlie Kirk, could begin as early as the end of the month. Federal law, however,

00:00:36.720 prohibits the president and vice president from ordering such tax inquiries, and there has been

00:00:43.880 no evidence linking those groups to Kirk's killing. Officials say they believe the suspect acted alone.

00:00:51.640 The Wall Street Journal reports that officials across the administration are working to

00:00:56.500 identify groups suspected of targeting conservatives or causes that conservatives support. That could

00:01:05.600 include looking at attacks on Tesla showrooms earlier this year, as well as people who have

00:01:11.940 retaliated against law enforcement carrying out Trump's deportation campaign. Meanwhile,

00:01:18.480 the president announced last night that he will label Antifa as a major terrorist organization. Although

00:01:27.580 current law only allows this designation for foreign groups. We begin. Well, one of the specific problems

00:01:35.440 here is that Antifa isn't really a group, right? I mean, it's it's the nature of anarchic or foreign group.

00:01:42.340 It's a bunch of people who organize around a set of ideas that they learn from each other and learn

00:01:48.540 from the Internet. The whole issue today is that obviously you don't need an organizational structure

00:01:54.140 to do anything. People become radicalized by reading the Web and then they become right. We've seen that

00:02:01.080 for years on the Islamist front. I'm not comparing ISIS and Al Qaeda to whatever might be happening on the

00:02:07.160 left. On the larger question of Open Society Foundation, Ford Foundation, I mean, this is just

00:02:13.000 silly. These are organizations that that argue liberal arguments in a legal law abiding way. And

00:02:21.920 they're part of the marketplace of ideas. And the idea that you would try to link whether you agree with

00:02:27.380 it or not, whether you would link the Ford Foundation's position on X, Y or Z on trans rights,

00:02:32.660 for instance, to violence. It's absurd and it's dangerous. And, you know, the issue that conservative

00:02:41.720 groups and the Trump administration need to consider is that, you know, you if you want to introduce this

00:02:47.280 way of dealing with your enemies, adversaries in American politics, you're going to reap the whirlwind

00:02:52.800 sooner or later. Right. I mean, because no, no political ideology stays on top forever in the

00:02:58.520 American tradition. And so I find it extraordinary. I find it to be an extraordinary power move that is

00:03:05.960 not well thought out and obviously not grounded in American law or even more important American

00:03:11.580 tradition. This was being treated as a single murder. It's not a single murder. This is not a

00:03:17.960 single murder of a great man. There's a vast conspiracy in back of this. Antifa needs to be designated as a

00:03:27.560 domestic terrorist organization. Hey, if you want to make it international terrorist,

00:03:31.440 there's plenty of evidence of that. In fact, he came out of Europe.

00:03:33.680 What do you think about this reporting that the president and the administration plan to go after

00:03:38.540 in some way left leaning groups before the end of the month without proving that they've actually

00:03:43.420 done anything wrong? It's it's it's more authoritarian nonsense from this administration,

00:03:48.520 which we've seen. And one thing in particular that bothers me about it is he's like, we're going to go

00:03:52.740 after Antifa. That's like saying you're going after Black Lives Matter. Like it's a general term,

00:03:57.720 right? Antifa is is not necessarily a set group. It is being an anti-fascist. So you can apply that

00:04:04.140 to almost anybody. So if you're just saying we're going to go after anybody who doesn't like fascism,

00:04:08.120 well, are you going after a group? Are you going after a group of middle aged women in the suburbs who

00:04:13.100 are like, hey, we don't like the fact that you're doing a midterm redistricting? There's lots of things

00:04:18.200 that can fall under that umbrella. But it just goes to show that this administration is about

00:04:22.300 revenge. Because if you can't define the bad guy, you can go after anybody. ABC is pulling Jimmy

00:04:27.200 Kimmel live off the air indefinitely following Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk. Kimmel raised

00:04:32.660 the possibility that the suspect in the killing might have been a pro-Trump Republican, according to

00:04:38.340 authorities. That wasn't true. That comment immediately drew the attention of FCC Commissioner

00:04:43.640 Brendan Carr, who threatened to, quote, take action, action, action against Disney's ABC. We should

00:04:50.380 note the FCC licenses stations owned by or are affiliated with ABC. It does not license the

00:04:57.580 network itself. Earlier tonight, the president celebrated the decision, saying in part, quote,

00:05:02.440 great news for America. The ratings challenge Jimmy Kimmel show is canceled. Congratulations to ABC for

00:05:08.340 finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Becoming increasingly clear, isn't it, Mike,

00:05:13.960 that people around President Trump, who are now in the White House, spent the four years that President

00:05:20.300 Trump was out of power thinking, how can we dismantle liberal with a small L institutions that

00:05:26.820 conservatives have had gripes about, sometimes fairly, sometimes not fairly, for a very long time.

00:05:32.240 And we're seeing them do that systematically. And any time there is an opportunity,

00:05:36.080 and they feel that public opinion will let them push that much further, it seems they're going

00:05:40.160 to go as far as they can. What do you see potentially down the line as next, if there is a next?

00:05:46.720 I mean, I think that you're going to, I mean, my, I think that each, you know, every time you see

00:05:51.960 one of these settlements, in whatever form it takes, the administration is saying, wow,

00:05:56.420 this is really working. Let's look for more targets.

00:05:58.700 You designate them a terrorist organization, then all kind of good things happen.

00:06:05.660 You start subpoenaing telephone records, text messages, you go, you go to the telephone companies

00:06:10.460 like they went on us, and took all our stuff. Fine, do it. What's good for the goose is good

00:06:16.420 for the gander. See the interconnection. See who's financing them. See who's contacting them.

00:06:21.880 See what politicians are working with them. See what media types are working with them. And then

00:06:28.580 we ought to round up the media types are working with them as accessories.

00:06:35.260 This is doable. And if you want to avoid a civil war, it needs to be done today. Use the powers of

00:06:43.360 the state. We happen to be in charge. This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our

00:06:54.080 enemies. Because we're going to medieval on these people. Here's one time I got a free shot at all

00:06:59.880 these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like

00:07:05.360 hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to

00:07:08.320 stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big line?

00:07:13.360 MAGA Media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.

00:07:20.240 Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country,

00:07:27.200 this country will be saved.

00:07:30.380 War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Mann.

00:07:38.420 It's Thursday, 18 September in the year of our Lord, 2025. We are momentarily going to go to

00:07:43.340 Checkers, which is the country home of the prime minister of the United Kingdom for a press

00:07:49.580 conference with the prime minister Starmer and President Trump. They announced earlier today,

00:07:55.300 you saw Real America's Voice live. I don't know. I think it's a $400 billion deal on nuclear power

00:08:00.460 plants that England's going to, you know, they finally realize nobody's got power. Since they

00:08:05.380 all bought into the climate hoax, now they're all sitting squealing. And the only reason it's a big

00:08:11.100 deal. Wait for it. Artificial intelligence. Yep. Since the tech bros need power, power you shall

00:08:16.940 have. And it ain't windmills. It's not solar farms. You're going to get good old nuclear power.

00:08:23.080 Remember how, remember how that was verboten after what the, uh, the China syndrome,

00:08:27.480 the Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda movie. Couldn't touch it. Couldn't touch it. Well, now you can touch it.

00:08:33.500 Huge deal offered. Not a lot of specifics on this issue of free speech in the United Kingdom and what

00:08:40.600 restrictions we're going to put on, all that kind of deal. I'm sure that's going to get asked at the

00:08:44.020 presser. Overnight though, a huge news, Jimmy Kimmel, the affiliates, Sinclair Broadcasting,

00:08:50.340 a conservative, uh, news, uh, conservative media company run by Dave Smith. I think he's still

00:08:56.040 chairman, CEO, but he and his parents founded it or his parents founded it. He's one of the biggest

00:09:01.040 affiliate. I think the biggest affiliate network in ABC, he said, Hey, guess what? We're not putting

00:09:05.600 on Jimmy Kimmel anymore. So Disney, you want to put it up, have it play in New York and LA, go for

00:09:10.760 it. Jimmy Kimmel's gone. Uh, even bigger news. Now, uh, the assassination of Charlie Kirk's not just

00:09:18.680 being treated as a murder case by some cops out in Utah. It is going to be designated. Uh, we're going

00:09:24.440 to have a Antifa and all of its subsets designated as a, uh, as a major terrorist network by the

00:09:32.660 president of the United States. I think that executive order will be coming here forthwith.

00:09:36.660 I know teams already be informed. This is going to be the end of days for these, this crowd. You

00:09:41.540 see how they're squealing right there. Well, Antifa's not really, it's totally disorganized.

00:09:44.500 Yeah. Okay. That's the top level of the Grundunes. You got the middle level of kind of the military

00:09:50.260 and other intelligence apparatuses that train them. And then you got the base and the bottom

00:09:55.620 and the most important, the operations, the media connections, the corporate connections,

00:09:59.440 the foundation connections, the university connections, and wait for it, the money and

00:10:03.940 what foreign operators, what foreign countries are in back of this, the color revolution. This

00:10:09.100 is going after the color revolution in the United States of America. It's going to be full bore.

00:10:14.080 This will break them. And of course, Karl Rove, uh, he of the, uh, war crimes in Iraq,

00:10:19.800 uh, we got it. Okay. We're going to go, let's go to checkers right now. Press conference,

00:10:23.980 president of the United States, prime minister of England will return immediately afterwards.

00:10:27.680 Welcome you to checkers. This historic second state visit is a moment to celebrate the unique

00:10:35.440 bond between our two countries. But today we've gone far beyond that. We've renewed the special

00:10:43.840 relationship for a new era. The United Kingdom and the United States stand together today as first

00:10:52.560 partners on defense, first partners in trade with the groundbreaking deal we struck in May,

00:11:01.100 and now with a new agreement that we've just signed this afternoon. We're confirming our status

00:11:07.420 as the first partners in science and technology, ready to define this century together, just as we did the

00:11:16.260 last. This tech partnership has the power to change lives. It's our chance to ensure that technologies

00:11:25.540 like AI, quantum and others amplify human potential, solve problems, cure diseases, make us richer and

00:11:35.740 freer, strengthen the cause of democracy, not tyranny. This is the territory on which the future will be won.

00:11:45.700 So this partnership today is a signal of our determination to win this race together and to ensure it brings

00:11:53.860 real benefits real benefits in jobs, in growth, in lower bills, to put more hard-earned cash in people's pockets

00:12:02.420 at the end of each month. That's what we're determined to deliver. And we're bringing businesses with us.

00:12:10.680 We've just come from a fantastic meeting with business leaders where we set out this vision.

00:12:16.080 They have responded with new deals and investment, breaking every record that we have.

00:12:24.640 £250 billion flowing both ways across the Atlantic. That is a record.

00:12:32.260 Expected to create 15,000 jobs here in the United Kingdom.

00:12:36.760 High-skilled jobs in cutting-edge sectors where people can build careers for the long term.

00:12:43.440 Changing lives in communities up and down our country.

00:12:49.280 And look, while we shape this bond for a new era, the fundamentals have not changed.

00:12:58.020 Security remains the cornerstone of this special relationship.

00:13:03.800 We have the deepest, most advanced defence relationship in the world.

00:13:08.920 Our warriors train together and they fight together.

00:13:13.880 Our industries build together.

00:13:16.460 Everything from fast jets to the new AUKUS-class submarines.

00:13:21.740 So now, as we drive up defence spending, we're going to sweep away the barriers

00:13:26.980 to working together on new defence technologies

00:13:30.260 so we can stay ahead of our adversaries.

00:13:34.020 We're united in defence and security.

00:13:37.600 Yes, absolutely.

00:13:40.440 But we're also united in the pursuit of peace.

00:13:45.540 We are working together to end the humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East.

00:13:51.180 get the aid in, free the hostages and ultimately bring Israel and the region

00:13:58.920 back towards a comprehensive plan

00:14:02.160 which can deliver peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

00:14:08.800 We're also working together to end the killing in Ukraine.

00:14:11.980 In recent days, Putin has shown his true face

00:14:16.140 mounting the biggest attacks since the evasion began

00:14:19.680 with yet more bloodshed, yet more innocents killed

00:14:23.860 and unprecedented violations of NATO airspace.

00:14:29.380 These are not the actions of someone who wants peace.

00:14:33.340 So we've discussed today how we can build our defences further,

00:14:38.100 support Ukraine and decisively increase the pressure on Putin

00:14:42.420 to get him to agree a peace deal that will last.

00:14:47.140 And President Trump, you have led the way here

00:14:49.320 and we will continue to stand and work together

00:14:52.580 for security and for peace.

00:14:56.880 Mr President, next year we'll celebrate

00:14:58.940 the 250th anniversary of the United States.

00:15:04.040 We've come on a long journey together since 1776.

00:15:09.680 But it's no exaggeration to say

00:15:12.400 that the partnership our two nations have built

00:15:15.720 has shaped the world from the beaches of Normandy

00:15:19.820 to the founding of NATO,

00:15:22.660 to the creation of technologies

00:15:24.120 that have revolutionised our lives.

00:15:27.980 Time and time again,

00:15:29.880 it is British and American men and women side by side,

00:15:36.220 changing the path of history

00:15:37.860 and turning it towards our values,

00:15:42.060 towards freedom, democracy and the rule of law.

00:15:46.220 In Britain, we take huge pride in that.

00:15:49.080 And let's be clear,

00:15:51.920 this relationship is not just about history,

00:15:55.420 it's about the future.

00:15:57.820 It's about the benefits it delivers now

00:15:59.960 and for decades to come

00:16:01.780 to make our people safer and better off.

00:16:06.040 We've shown today that we're delivering those benefits,

00:16:08.420 improving people's lives.

00:16:11.040 So we will go into that anniversary year

00:16:13.960 more optimistic than ever

00:16:16.000 and more confident than ever

00:16:18.080 about our two great nations

00:16:20.500 and what they can achieve side by side.

00:16:23.640 Thank you.

00:16:25.820 And it is now my pleasure

00:16:26.820 to give the floor to Mr. President.

00:16:29.980 Thank you.

00:16:30.620 Thank you.

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00:20:22.380 Prime Minister Starmer, Melania and I

00:20:25.240 are tremendously thankful for the wonderful hospitality

00:20:28.480 that you and Lady Starmer have extended today at Checkers.

00:20:33.940 Quite the place, I must say, quite the place.

00:20:36.260 And we're grateful beyond words for the spectacular honor

00:20:40.400 of the state visit yesterday at Windsor Castle,

00:20:43.360 hosted by His Majesty King Charles III

00:20:46.200 and Her Majesty Queen Camilla.

00:20:49.600 These are two fantastic people.

00:20:51.900 We will never forget it.

00:20:54.360 As I said last night,

00:20:55.580 the bond between our countries is like no other anywhere in the world.

00:21:00.460 The United States and the United Kingdom

00:21:02.620 have done more good on this planet

00:21:04.460 than any two nations in human history.

00:21:08.380 That is thanks in large part to the traditions of British liberty,

00:21:12.980 which grew up on these isles,

00:21:15.380 these beautiful, magnificent isles,

00:21:17.480 and were carried by our ancestors to the new world.

00:21:22.480 We're forever joined,

00:21:23.940 and we are forever friends and we will always be friends.

00:21:28.580 This enduring connection is why I was thrilled

00:21:30.940 that the United Kingdom was the very first country

00:21:33.980 with which we made a historic trade deal

00:21:37.080 and a very good trade deal.

00:21:39.000 He's a tough negotiator.

00:21:40.220 I think it was a better deal for you than us,

00:21:41.920 but these are minor details.

00:21:44.400 It's a very good deal for both of us.

00:21:45.600 He's a great negotiator.

00:21:47.380 We'll extend our unparalleled security alliance

00:21:50.880 into the realm of economic security for the first time,

00:21:54.380 and I look forward to finalizing it very soon.

00:21:56.920 We'll have it done very quickly.

00:21:59.000 We have also just signed

00:22:01.320 a historic technology prosperity deal,

00:22:04.920 one of a kind,

00:22:05.820 to ensure our countries lead

00:22:07.600 the next great technological revolution side by side.

00:22:12.140 In fact, we just left the business leaders,

00:22:14.120 the biggest in the world.

00:22:14.960 Some are in this room right now.

00:22:17.020 And that was quite a meeting we had

00:22:20.220 on business and trade and technology.

00:22:24.240 This trip has galvanized $350 billion

00:22:27.260 in deals across many sectors,

00:22:29.600 and we're committed to ensuring

00:22:32.160 that the UK is a secure and reliable supply

00:22:34.800 of the best AI hardware and software on Earth.

00:22:38.580 And we supply that,

00:22:40.120 and we'll make sure we supply it in quantity to the UK.

00:22:44.140 And we also are joining forces on quantum computing

00:22:48.400 and nuclear power,

00:22:50.040 a natural partnership for close allies.

00:22:52.880 The United States, as you probably have heard,

00:22:56.040 is doing better than it has ever done

00:22:58.040 in terms of business and investment.

00:23:01.080 The stock market has hit a new high,

00:23:05.780 as you know,

00:23:06.400 and that's for many, many days

00:23:08.840 out of our fairly short eight months.

00:23:12.500 And we seem to be hitting new highs,

00:23:14.940 and I think we're going to do much better,

00:23:16.900 even as time goes by.

00:23:18.460 Jobs are at a record.

00:23:20.280 And most importantly,

00:23:21.880 we have more than $17 trillion.

00:23:26.000 $17 trillion.

00:23:27.940 And this is during an eight-month period

00:23:30.260 being invested in the country,

00:23:32.500 which is not only a record,

00:23:34.660 but if you compare $17 trillion

00:23:36.720 to the last year of the Biden administration,

00:23:40.220 they did $250 billion.

00:23:42.260 They didn't do $1 trillion

00:23:45.500 for the four-year period.

00:23:49.020 We did $17 trillion

00:23:50.980 of investment coming in.

00:23:53.160 A lot of it's because of tariffs,

00:23:54.940 and a lot of it's for a lot of other reasons,

00:23:57.340 but there's never been anything like it.

00:23:59.920 It's an economic superstar.

00:24:03.600 It's what's become.

00:24:05.080 It was mismanaged

00:24:06.700 and badly handled

00:24:07.900 for a long period of time,

00:24:09.260 but it's not badly handled anymore.

00:24:11.700 So that's a record.

00:24:13.080 And remember,

00:24:14.700 that's up until eight months.

00:24:17.300 We have another few months to go,

00:24:19.600 and that number's going to get significantly higher,

00:24:21.920 especially if we win a certain case

00:24:24.700 that we're waiting to hear.

00:24:26.620 That will be something

00:24:28.580 like the world has never seen.

00:24:30.080 I want to congratulate the United Kingdom

00:24:31.960 on making the vital commitment

00:24:34.220 to spend 5% of GDP on defense

00:24:36.800 at the NATO summit this year.

00:24:39.360 We've worked together very closely

00:24:40.820 in so many ways.

00:24:42.400 I'm very honored to tell you

00:24:44.960 that we've solved seven wars,

00:24:47.560 seven wars,

00:24:49.260 wars that were unsolvable,

00:24:51.440 wars that couldn't be negotiated or done.

00:24:54.860 The U.S. has done seven of them.

00:24:58.880 The one that I thought would be easiest

00:25:00.420 would be because of my relationship

00:25:01.960 with President Putin,

00:25:03.600 but he's let me down.

00:25:05.720 He's really let me down.

00:25:07.420 It was going to be Russia and Ukraine,

00:25:09.380 but we'll see how that turns out.

00:25:12.000 But that turned out to be,

00:25:14.100 I thought it might be

00:25:14.960 among the easiest of the group,

00:25:16.900 but we settled just about every conflict.

00:25:19.600 And as you know,

00:25:20.140 we're working very hard on Israel and Gaza.

00:25:22.600 Oh, that's happening over there.

00:25:25.340 Complex, but it's going to be,

00:25:27.640 it's going to get done.

00:25:28.740 It'll all get done right.

00:25:30.660 And likewise, Russia and Ukraine will get done.

00:25:34.880 But it's, you never know in war,

00:25:36.620 you know, war is a different thing.

00:25:38.440 Things happen that are very opposite

00:25:40.280 of what you thought.

00:25:41.920 You thought you were going to have an easy time

00:25:43.720 or a hard time,

00:25:44.440 and it turns out to be the reverse.

00:25:46.880 As we saw in the unforgettable parade yesterday

00:25:50.360 at Windsor Castle,

00:25:51.360 what a place it is.

00:25:52.320 The British Armed Forces carry on.

00:25:54.500 One of the finest military traditions in the world,

00:25:57.220 one of the greatest marching bands,

00:25:59.040 one of the most magnificent sights I've seen.

00:26:01.780 I know that our service members look forward,

00:26:04.400 and we do look so forward,

00:26:06.600 to working even more closely with yours

00:26:08.980 as you push toward that 5% goal.

00:26:12.120 And I think, Mr. Prime Minister,

00:26:13.420 you're just about there.

00:26:14.380 You're going to be there very quickly,

00:26:15.960 along with a lot of other great countries.

00:26:18.420 I want to thank NATO

00:26:20.420 and our wonderful head of NATO

00:26:22.360 who's really worked very hard, Mark,

00:26:24.720 for the job they've done.

00:26:26.540 As you know,

00:26:27.320 NATO is a 2% GDP,

00:26:30.040 and they didn't pay it.

00:26:31.740 Now they're at 5%,

00:26:33.060 then they pay it.

00:26:34.580 And we appreciate that.

00:26:36.180 And we're sending a lot of weapons to NATO.

00:26:39.780 NATO is paying for those weapons in full.

00:26:42.500 But we're sending them,

00:26:43.860 and we're doing a great job

00:26:45.220 at getting them what they need.

00:26:47.080 And we appreciate the fact

00:26:49.300 that they're taking care of it,

00:26:50.680 because the United States is into that war

00:26:52.380 for $350 billion.

00:26:56.000 And just really very sad.

00:26:59.700 It just got out of control.

00:27:01.160 They didn't know what they were doing.

00:27:03.180 But over the generations,

00:27:05.440 British and American warriors

00:27:06.780 have shed their blood side by side

00:27:08.840 in defense of liberty and freedom.

00:27:11.060 And that's why it's so imperative

00:27:12.440 that the United States

00:27:13.500 and the United Kingdom

00:27:14.580 stand together

00:27:15.740 for these fundamental rights and values

00:27:17.680 of the English-speaking world.

00:27:19.220 And we've always stood together,

00:27:20.500 and we will continue to.

00:27:22.380 Just last week,

00:27:23.220 a great American, Charlie Kirk,

00:27:24.980 was heinously assassinated

00:27:26.480 for speaking his mind.

00:27:28.700 He was a great young man.

00:27:31.480 Incredible future.

00:27:32.360 Some people said

00:27:33.180 he might be president someday.

00:27:34.540 I told him.

00:27:35.180 I said, Charlie,

00:27:35.880 I think you have a good shot

00:27:37.540 someday at being president.

00:27:39.900 And he just wanted

00:27:41.340 to take care of youth.

00:27:42.460 He loved youth.

00:27:43.260 I've never seen anybody

00:27:44.460 relate to youth like Charlie.

00:27:46.620 And they related to him.

00:27:48.520 And they're devastated.

00:27:50.300 But I appreciate

00:27:51.340 the many British citizens

00:27:52.540 who have offered

00:27:53.260 their condolences.

00:27:54.720 And again, Charlie

00:27:56.240 was a great person.

00:27:57.340 We'll be going out

00:27:58.140 to a service on Sunday.

00:28:00.640 I'll be leaving

00:28:01.240 with some of the people

00:28:02.000 in this room

00:28:02.600 just to celebrate Charlie

00:28:05.600 and all that he's done.

00:28:07.360 So incredible.

00:28:08.420 Never seen anything like it.

00:28:10.260 But I hope that together

00:28:11.560 our nations can lead

00:28:12.640 a movement to defend

00:28:13.680 the glorious traditions

00:28:14.800 of freedom

00:28:15.420 on both sides

00:28:16.640 of the Atlantic.

00:28:18.340 There could be

00:28:19.140 no greater tribute

00:28:20.000 to the immortal bonds

00:28:21.380 of affection and loyalty

00:28:22.640 that unite the British

00:28:23.880 and the American people

00:28:25.180 for all of time.

00:28:27.680 We have a relationship

00:28:28.760 like no other.

00:28:30.560 It will always be that way.

00:28:32.000 We will always be united.

00:28:33.360 We'll always be together.

00:28:35.380 And I just want to thank you,

00:28:36.860 Mr. Prime Minister,

00:28:37.820 for the great job

00:28:38.760 I think you're doing.

00:28:39.520 Thank you very much.

00:28:40.780 Thank you.

00:28:41.140 Thank you very much,

00:28:48.380 Mr. President.

00:28:49.500 We're going to take

00:28:50.080 some questions.

00:28:50.780 I'll call two or three

00:28:52.180 to start with

00:28:52.820 and then I'll pass over

00:28:53.800 to the President.

00:28:55.620 I've got Chris Mason

00:28:56.940 from the BBC first.

00:28:58.800 Chris.

00:28:59.740 Thank you both.

00:29:00.660 Chris Mason, BBC News.

00:29:02.240 Mr. President,

00:29:02.960 the UK is expected

00:29:04.080 to recognise

00:29:04.760 a Palestinian state

00:29:05.900 in the coming days

00:29:07.000 as the killing

00:29:07.540 in Gaza continues.

00:29:09.140 It often seems

00:29:09.940 that you're the only person

00:29:11.100 that Israel will listen to.

00:29:13.220 What more can you say

00:29:14.160 to them

00:29:14.600 to tell them to stop?

00:29:16.340 And why is the UK's position

00:29:17.800 on a Palestinian state

00:29:19.460 in your view wrong?

00:29:20.820 And, Prime Minister,

00:29:22.000 what will the recognition

00:29:23.280 of a Palestinian state

00:29:24.660 actually achieve?

00:29:26.040 Is it not just

00:29:26.980 gesture politics

00:29:28.400 to appease people

00:29:29.240 in your own party?

00:29:30.960 Thank you both.

00:29:32.280 Well, Chris,

00:29:33.560 let me just start with that

00:29:34.980 because we discussed this

00:29:37.500 amongst other things.

00:29:38.160 we had the best part

00:29:39.600 of an hour,

00:29:40.040 I think, upstairs earlier today,

00:29:42.700 just one-to-one,

00:29:44.040 going through a number

00:29:45.400 of affairs,

00:29:46.180 world affairs,

00:29:47.320 in private.

00:29:49.140 And we absolutely agree

00:29:51.100 on the need for peace

00:29:52.900 and a road map

00:29:54.200 because the situation

00:29:55.340 in Gaza is intolerable.

00:29:58.040 The hostages have been held

00:29:59.460 for a very, very long time

00:30:01.260 and they must be freed

00:30:03.000 and we need aid

00:30:05.260 to get into Gaza

00:30:06.980 at speed.

00:30:08.080 And so it's within

00:30:08.700 that context

00:30:09.780 of a plan for peace

00:30:12.800 which we're working hard on,

00:30:14.880 which not only did we discuss

00:30:16.580 this morning,

00:30:17.820 but our two teams

00:30:18.820 have been working together on,

00:30:20.400 the question of recognition

00:30:21.520 needs to be seen.

00:30:22.860 And so it's part of that

00:30:25.000 overall package

00:30:26.120 which hopefully takes us

00:30:29.080 from the appalling situation

00:30:30.600 we're in now

00:30:31.260 to the outcome

00:30:34.060 of a safe and secure Israel,

00:30:35.580 which we do not have,

00:30:37.020 and a viable Palestinian state.

00:30:38.820 Thank you.

00:30:40.160 Well, simply,

00:30:41.200 I want the hostages released now,

00:30:43.500 right now,

00:30:44.180 not one, two,

00:30:46.060 we'll give you three more tomorrow

00:30:47.320 and, you know, like it's been,

00:30:49.420 but we're the ones

00:30:50.040 that got all the hostages released.

00:30:51.720 We got many, many,

00:30:52.820 they came,

00:30:53.240 many of them came to the Oval Office

00:30:55.720 and I've heard stories

00:30:57.500 like I've never thought even possible.

00:31:00.060 There was no humanity,

00:31:01.260 no anything.

00:31:01.880 I said to them,

00:31:02.640 I said,

00:31:03.540 was there any warmth shown

00:31:06.000 during this stay

00:31:07.200 like they offered you

00:31:08.760 a little extra meal?

00:31:09.860 They gave you a little smile

00:31:11.840 and they said,

00:31:12.360 don't worry,

00:31:12.820 you'll be okay.

00:31:13.700 And every one of them said,

00:31:15.480 not even a little bit.

00:31:16.640 Amazing, you know,

00:31:17.560 to think that

00:31:18.300 during this stay,

00:31:19.840 long stay,

00:31:20.480 in some cases,

00:31:21.160 we had a man the other day,

00:31:22.300 451 days he was there.

00:31:24.640 I always ask that question

00:31:25.900 and was there any warmth shown,

00:31:28.580 just a little word of,

00:31:29.800 you know, encouragement.

00:31:31.780 And the answer is every time,

00:31:33.900 absolutely not.

00:31:34.760 I'm shocked to hear it

00:31:35.920 because in the worst cases,

00:31:37.200 there's always somebody

00:31:37.920 that comes through.

00:31:39.980 We have to remember

00:31:41.080 October 7th,

00:31:42.160 one of the worst,

00:31:44.220 most violent days

00:31:45.680 in the history of the world,

00:31:47.180 not just there,

00:31:48.240 the history of the world.

00:31:49.060 And I got to see the tapes

00:31:50.220 and I wish I didn't see them,

00:31:51.560 actually,

00:31:52.760 but I got to see them.

00:31:54.540 And I want an end.

00:31:56.480 I want the hostages released.

00:31:58.800 And I think it's going to be okay,

00:32:01.240 but it has been

00:32:02.240 a brutal period of time.

00:32:03.780 But this has been going on

00:32:05.000 for a long time.

00:32:05.840 This is not something

00:32:07.420 that's over the last year,

00:32:09.480 two years,

00:32:10.080 but this has been for decades

00:32:11.820 and decades.

00:32:12.920 But we want it to end.

00:32:14.220 We have to have the hostages

00:32:15.240 back immediately.

00:32:16.240 That's what the people

00:32:16.940 of Israel want.

00:32:17.640 They want them back.

00:32:18.860 And we want the fighting to stop.

00:32:20.780 And it's going to stop.

00:32:22.820 But a lot of bad things.

00:32:24.560 You know,

00:32:24.700 Hamas said that they're going

00:32:26.100 to put the hostages up as bait.

00:32:28.140 They're going to put the hostages

00:32:29.440 in front of any attack.

00:32:31.840 And that's pretty brutal.

00:32:33.280 We haven't heard that one

00:32:34.080 in a long time.

00:32:35.160 So we have to remember that.

00:32:36.680 So I have a disagreement

00:32:38.380 with the prime minister

00:32:39.600 on that score.

00:32:41.060 Okay?

00:32:41.980 One of our few disagreements,

00:32:43.360 actually.

00:32:44.980 Great.

00:32:45.640 Can I take Jack from The Sun?

00:32:47.960 Jack.

00:32:48.900 Thank you both.

00:32:49.700 Jack Elson from The Sun.

00:32:50.940 Mr. President,

00:32:51.540 in the nine months

00:32:52.120 you've been in office,

00:32:53.040 you've been incredibly successful

00:32:54.560 in all but eliminating crossings

00:32:56.040 on your southern border.

00:32:57.700 Meanwhile, illegal migration

00:32:58.860 is at record levels in Britain.

00:33:00.380 The prime minister

00:33:00.860 is trying to tackle that.

00:33:02.300 What advice would you give

00:33:03.240 to the man standing next to you

00:33:04.420 on trying to stop illegal migration

00:33:06.120 in Britain?

00:33:07.160 And, prime minister,

00:33:07.920 if I can just ask,

00:33:08.760 the president is all about

00:33:09.840 drill baby drill

00:33:10.860 in terms of trying to secure

00:33:13.080 American energy

00:33:13.960 and cut bills for Americans.

00:33:15.820 Meanwhile,

00:33:16.700 you are turning Britain's back

00:33:17.900 on oil and gas

00:33:18.740 in favor of renewable energies

00:33:20.080 such as wind turbines.

00:33:21.480 Why do you think that you are right

00:33:22.760 and he is wrong?

00:33:24.880 So we had millions of people

00:33:26.960 flowing in,

00:33:27.680 totally unchecked,

00:33:30.060 totally unvetted

00:33:30.860 from the Biden administration.

00:33:33.420 25 million, in my opinion,

00:33:36.180 that would be about 25 million.

00:33:37.940 They came from prisons.

00:33:39.000 They came from mental institutions.

00:33:41.200 They were gang members.

00:33:42.780 They were drug dealers.

00:33:44.360 They came from the Congo.

00:33:46.320 They came from all parts

00:33:48.080 of South America.

00:33:49.200 They came from everywhere.

00:33:50.820 Think of it.

00:33:51.700 Prisons from the Congo

00:33:54.020 being released into the United States.

00:33:56.080 Prisons opened up in Venezuela

00:33:58.280 and many other countries

00:33:59.700 pouring into the United States.

00:34:02.180 And I couldn't believe it.

00:34:03.780 And one of the reasons

00:34:04.440 I decided to run.

00:34:06.360 I decided to run because

00:34:07.500 I don't want to be controversial.

00:34:10.960 But you see what's happened

00:34:11.960 and you see all the information

00:34:13.220 that's come out.

00:34:14.000 We won in 2020 big.

00:34:16.380 And I said, let's run.

00:34:17.820 We got to run

00:34:18.360 because I saw what was happening.

00:34:19.780 And the worst thing

00:34:20.420 that I saw was all of these people.

00:34:22.340 You know, we've already solved inflation.

00:34:24.040 We've solved prices.

00:34:25.600 Oil is way down.

00:34:26.800 Energy is way down.

00:34:27.980 The United States.

00:34:29.380 But what I saw happening

00:34:32.120 with millions of people

00:34:33.480 pouring into our country,

00:34:34.600 I couldn't stand to watch it.

00:34:37.580 And we've done a great job.

00:34:39.040 Nobody, if you've seen the last,

00:34:41.220 I appreciate your question,

00:34:42.380 by the way, nobody,

00:34:43.540 absolutely zero.

00:34:44.960 And I'm not even sure

00:34:45.660 that's possible.

00:34:46.500 But it's a very liberal group

00:34:48.300 that come out with those statistics.

00:34:50.180 The last three months,

00:34:50.960 we had zero.

00:34:52.240 From millions of people a year ago,

00:34:54.360 we had zero people

00:34:55.560 enter our country illegally.

00:34:57.500 And we do have people

00:34:58.440 coming in legally

00:34:59.360 through a legal process

00:35:00.480 and testing

00:35:01.300 and lots of other things.

00:35:02.960 I think it's very important.

00:35:04.480 And we speak about it.

00:35:05.880 And I think your situation

00:35:08.060 is very similar.

00:35:09.160 You know, you have people coming in.

00:35:11.180 And I told the prime minister

00:35:13.000 I would stop it.

00:35:14.200 And it doesn't matter

00:35:15.580 if you call out the military.

00:35:17.140 It doesn't matter

00:35:17.700 what means you use.

00:35:19.020 But it's going to destroy.

00:35:21.060 It destroys countries from within.

00:35:23.340 And we're actually now removing

00:35:24.960 a lot of the people

00:35:25.820 that came into our country.

00:35:27.180 It's a very hard chore.

00:35:28.400 It's a very...

00:35:28.920 We were given a very, very bad hand.

00:35:33.180 Millions of people came in

00:35:34.480 from prisons and mental institutions.

00:35:36.620 We have to remove them.

00:35:38.160 And we are removing them.

00:35:39.500 We have no choice.

00:35:40.400 And I feel very strongly about it.

00:35:42.320 Thank you very much.

00:35:44.040 Jack, let me just deal

00:35:46.500 with the question of returns.

00:35:48.220 Because this is obviously

00:35:51.020 an issue we're taking

00:35:52.360 incredibly seriously.

00:35:53.540 We've struck a number of deals,

00:35:54.720 both on cooperation

00:35:55.960 with other countries,

00:35:56.760 because this is a problem

00:35:58.060 right across Europe,

00:35:59.180 to tackle the problem

00:36:01.200 of actually breaking up

00:36:02.560 the gangs that are running

00:36:03.420 this trade.

00:36:04.660 We have had a record number

00:36:05.980 of returns,

00:36:06.760 over 35,000 now,

00:36:08.440 since we came into office.

00:36:09.900 That's the highest number

00:36:10.800 for the best part of 10 years.

00:36:13.200 We struck the returns arrangement

00:36:15.520 with France.

00:36:17.580 And notwithstanding

00:36:19.180 the challenges to that scheme,

00:36:20.700 which you've seen

00:36:21.280 in the last few days,

00:36:22.840 a flight went off

00:36:23.680 at 6.15 this morning,

00:36:25.640 successfully returning

00:36:27.380 someone under that scheme.

00:36:29.100 So that is an important

00:36:30.480 step forward.

00:36:31.380 Obviously, there's no

00:36:32.300 silver bullet here.

00:36:33.140 There's a range of things

00:36:34.100 that need to be done.

00:36:35.520 But given the challenges

00:36:36.880 of returning people,

00:36:39.000 it is important

00:36:40.120 that we're able to prove

00:36:41.060 it can be done.

00:36:41.960 It was done.

00:36:42.520 It was done early this morning.

00:36:44.540 So I can confirm

00:36:45.460 that that flight went.

00:36:46.460 It went successfully.

00:36:47.940 And I'm pleased about that.

00:36:49.220 Now we need to ramp that up

00:36:50.460 at scale,

00:36:51.220 which was always

00:36:52.000 a scheme.

00:36:54.000 But it's very important

00:36:54.900 that we have been able

00:36:56.020 to prove

00:36:56.700 the proof of concept,

00:36:59.240 if you like,

00:36:59.800 that this can be done

00:37:01.200 and will continue

00:37:01.880 in that way.

00:37:03.280 On the question of energy,

00:37:04.800 firstly,

00:37:05.380 let me be really clear

00:37:06.760 that I am absolutely

00:37:08.600 determined

00:37:09.100 to ensure

00:37:10.700 that the price

00:37:11.720 and cost of energy

00:37:12.680 comes down

00:37:13.540 so that bills come down

00:37:14.680 both for individuals,

00:37:16.300 for families

00:37:16.800 with their household bills,

00:37:18.900 but also for business

00:37:20.420 because this is so important.

00:37:22.580 The mix will include

00:37:23.980 oil and gas

00:37:24.420 for many years

00:37:25.180 to come

00:37:25.600 from the North Sea.

00:37:26.860 We've been clear

00:37:27.520 about that for some time.

00:37:28.800 But we also need

00:37:29.620 to mix that

00:37:30.160 with renewables.

00:37:31.520 And it's the mix

00:37:32.180 that's really important.

00:37:33.500 And the approach

00:37:33.980 I've taken on this

00:37:34.880 is the same approach

00:37:36.160 that I take

00:37:36.560 to many other things,

00:37:37.480 a pragmatic approach.

00:37:38.820 Thank you, Jack.

00:37:39.640 I would like to say

00:37:40.560 that we inherited

00:37:41.820 the worst inflation

00:37:44.200 in the history

00:37:44.920 of our country.

00:37:46.320 We had inflation

00:37:47.400 the likes of which

00:37:48.220 we've really never said.

00:37:49.140 They say 48 years.

00:37:50.420 And I'll accept that,

00:37:51.580 but I really don't.

00:37:52.680 We had the worst inflation

00:37:54.560 in the history

00:37:55.120 of our country.

00:37:55.980 And we had an expression

00:37:58.620 that I used a lot,

00:37:59.580 drill, baby, drill.

00:38:00.500 And as you know,

00:38:01.420 we brought fuel way down,

00:38:02.780 the price is way down.

00:38:04.500 And we don't do wind

00:38:06.280 because wind is a disaster.

00:38:07.760 It's a very expensive

00:38:08.560 joke, frankly.

00:38:10.860 And we got our energy

00:38:12.720 prices way down.

00:38:13.620 That brought the inflation

00:38:14.520 way down.

00:38:15.080 And now we have

00:38:15.520 very little inflation.

00:38:17.060 And we have a very,

00:38:18.140 very strong economy.

00:38:19.320 So that was very important.

00:38:21.480 Drill, baby, drill.

00:38:22.660 And you have a great asset here.

00:38:24.160 And we spoke about it.

00:38:25.360 It's called the North Sea.

00:38:26.620 The North Sea oil

00:38:27.500 is phenomenal.

00:38:28.420 And I hope,

00:38:30.360 because I love this country,

00:38:31.380 you know,

00:38:31.700 my mother was born in Scotland.

00:38:33.800 And the Hebrides,

00:38:35.700 Stornoway,

00:38:36.460 that's Syria, Scotland.

00:38:37.600 We were talking about it.

00:38:38.780 And I want this country

00:38:40.200 to do well.

00:38:41.120 And you have great assets

00:38:42.580 that you're going to start using,

00:38:44.220 I believe,

00:38:44.620 under this prime minister.

00:38:46.280 Thank you.

00:38:47.680 And I've got Matthew

00:38:48.620 from The Economist.

00:38:50.480 Matthew.

00:38:51.220 Thank you, prime minister.

00:38:52.980 Mr. President,

00:38:53.960 you say that

00:38:54.900 President Putin

00:38:56.140 has let you down.

00:38:57.940 Have negotiations

00:38:58.800 run out of road?

00:38:59.820 And what are your next steps

00:39:01.220 to compel

00:39:01.940 an end to this war?

00:39:03.320 Well, he has let me down.

00:39:04.480 I mean,

00:39:04.760 he's killing many people

00:39:05.980 and he's losing more people

00:39:07.560 than he's, you know,

00:39:08.880 than he's killing.

00:39:10.360 I mean, frankly,

00:39:11.280 the Russian soldiers

00:39:12.860 are being killed

00:39:13.520 at a higher rate

00:39:14.280 than the Ukrainian soldiers.

00:39:16.540 But, yeah,

00:39:18.520 he said,

00:39:18.820 let me down.

00:39:19.320 I don't like to see.

00:39:20.180 It's death.

00:39:20.700 You know,

00:39:21.400 it doesn't affect

00:39:22.200 the United States.

00:39:23.060 We have,

00:39:23.860 other than,

00:39:24.360 unless you end up

00:39:24.880 in a world war

00:39:25.700 over this thing,

00:39:26.500 you could.

00:39:27.820 This was a thing

00:39:28.820 that would have never happened

00:39:29.860 had I been president.

00:39:30.860 If I were president,

00:39:31.660 it would have never happened.

00:39:32.700 And it didn't happen

00:39:33.460 for four years.

00:39:34.200 People,

00:39:35.220 most people agree,

00:39:36.280 it didn't happen,

00:39:37.240 nor was it close to happening.

00:39:38.780 And I spoke to President Putin

00:39:40.180 about Ukraine.

00:39:41.020 It was the apple of his eye.

00:39:42.200 I've said that many times.

00:39:43.200 It was.

00:39:44.040 But he would have never done

00:39:45.220 what he did,

00:39:46.300 except that he didn't respect

00:39:47.500 the leadership

00:39:48.060 of the United States.

00:39:49.660 They just went through

00:39:50.600 the Afghanistan total disaster

00:39:52.720 for no reason whatsoever.

00:39:55.080 We're going to leave Afghanistan,

00:39:56.580 but we're going to leave it

00:39:57.260 with strength and dignity.

00:39:58.720 And we're going to keep Bagram,

00:40:00.800 the big air base,

00:40:01.680 that's one of the biggest

00:40:02.560 air bases in the world.

00:40:03.560 We gave it to him for nothing.

00:40:05.480 We're trying to get it back,

00:40:06.780 by the way.

00:40:07.600 Okay?

00:40:07.920 That could be a little

00:40:08.560 breaking news.

00:40:09.320 We're trying to get it back

00:40:10.380 because they need things from us.

00:40:12.800 We want that base back.

00:40:14.540 But one of the reasons

00:40:15.520 we want the base is,

00:40:16.860 as you know,

00:40:17.340 it's an hour away

00:40:18.100 from where China makes

00:40:19.040 its nuclear weapons.

00:40:20.860 So a lot of things

00:40:22.240 are happening,

00:40:22.920 but I am very disappointed

00:40:25.540 in the fact that

00:40:26.640 that one's not settled.

00:40:27.960 To think that we settled

00:40:29.280 Aber, Bajan,

00:40:33.580 and Albania,

00:40:34.860 as an example,

00:40:35.640 it was going on for years.

00:40:37.880 It was never going to be settled.

00:40:40.120 If you remember,

00:40:41.600 the prime minister

00:40:42.340 and the presidents,

00:40:43.700 they were there for many years.

00:40:45.320 They said,

00:40:45.800 when they were in my office,

00:40:46.860 we settled.

00:40:48.220 And they started off

00:40:49.260 at both sides

00:40:50.120 of the Oval Office,

00:40:50.960 so far away.

00:40:51.680 I didn't know

00:40:52.000 you could be so far away.

00:40:53.160 And as we were together

00:40:55.820 for an hour,

00:40:56.620 they kept getting

00:40:57.240 closer and closer.

00:40:58.840 And by the time we finished,

00:40:59.960 we all hugged each other.

00:41:01.680 And one said,

00:41:02.780 I've been in this position

00:41:05.440 for 22 years,

00:41:06.660 and all I've done

00:41:07.840 is kill their people.

00:41:09.680 The other was there

00:41:10.660 for seven years,

00:41:11.460 and all he did

00:41:12.160 was kill their people.

00:41:13.740 And we got it settled.

00:41:15.440 And we did others,

00:41:16.420 as you know.

00:41:17.940 Congo.

00:41:18.560 The Congo, we did.

00:41:19.740 We settled the Congo

00:41:20.640 with Rwanda.

00:41:22.260 That was going on,

00:41:23.920 and that was a machete war.

00:41:25.140 That was a gruesome war.

00:41:27.300 Many people,

00:41:28.120 close to 10 million people,

00:41:29.340 killed.

00:41:29.540 We got that settled.

00:41:31.200 My biggest disappointment,

00:41:32.700 but it's, you know,

00:41:33.800 look, we did seven,

00:41:36.520 and most of them

00:41:37.400 were not thought

00:41:37.980 to be settleable.

00:41:39.940 We did India,

00:41:41.280 and we did Pakistan.

00:41:42.440 That's two nuclear,

00:41:43.300 that was purely for trade.

00:41:44.820 You want to trade with us,

00:41:45.800 you're going to have

00:41:46.160 to get along.

00:41:47.160 And they were going

00:41:48.040 at it hot and heavy.

00:41:49.860 But the Russia situation,

00:41:51.860 I hope we're going

00:41:53.620 to have some good news

00:41:54.420 for you coming up.

00:41:55.960 But, again,

00:41:56.940 it doesn't affect

00:41:57.680 the United States.

00:41:58.840 And he, look,

00:41:59.760 it doesn't so much affect you.

00:42:01.540 Of course,

00:42:01.860 you are a lot closer

00:42:02.680 to the scene than we are.

00:42:03.840 We have a whole ocean

00:42:05.100 separating us.

00:42:06.020 But I will say this.

00:42:07.660 It's millions of people

00:42:10.280 have died in that war,

00:42:11.820 millions of souls.

00:42:13.680 And they're not American.

00:42:14.720 They're soldiers,

00:42:15.360 mostly soldiers,

00:42:16.300 as you know.

00:42:17.380 The soldiers are being killed

00:42:18.520 at levels nobody's seen

00:42:20.140 since the Second World War.

00:42:21.780 But they're being killed,

00:42:23.980 and I feel I have an obligation

00:42:25.340 to get it settled

00:42:26.100 for that reason.

00:42:26.980 Thank you.

00:42:27.580 And just to add

00:42:28.740 on that question,

00:42:29.600 because we have to put

00:42:31.480 extra pressure on Putin.

00:42:33.280 And it's only when the president

00:42:36.120 has put pressure on Putin

00:42:37.640 that he's actually shown

00:42:39.780 any inclination to move.

00:42:41.140 So we have to ramp

00:42:41.960 that pressure up.

00:42:43.000 I think it's important

00:42:43.640 to have this conversation

00:42:44.600 in the context of what's

00:42:45.580 happened in recent weeks.

00:42:46.980 We saw damage and bombing

00:42:49.380 to the British Council in Kiev.

00:42:51.540 These are targets that

00:42:52.560 it was thought until recently

00:42:54.600 were not targets

00:42:55.800 that would be hit.

00:42:56.800 The British Council,

00:42:57.940 the European Union Embassy,

00:43:00.340 the Council of Ministers,

00:43:01.840 where President Zelensky's

00:43:02.820 ministers' work was hit.

00:43:04.980 Again, these were thought

00:43:05.920 to be places

00:43:06.600 that wouldn't be hit.

00:43:08.020 And then the incursion

00:43:09.600 into Poland last week.

00:43:12.580 And if you put that together,

00:43:14.560 what you can see

00:43:15.360 is either an emboldenment

00:43:17.140 or at least an increased

00:43:18.700 recklessness on Putin's part.

00:43:21.100 And that's why I said earlier

00:43:22.000 that they're not the actions

00:43:23.320 of someone who wants peace.

00:43:25.540 So we have to ramp up.

00:43:27.020 And we discussed earlier today,

00:43:28.820 we have built the coalition

00:43:30.840 of the willing

00:43:31.760 with British leadership

00:43:33.040 and French leadership,

00:43:34.700 stepping up with military planning

00:43:36.600 in the seas,

00:43:38.780 in the sky,

00:43:39.860 on the ground,

00:43:41.920 and ramping up

00:43:42.940 what we do

00:43:43.600 with the Ukrainians themselves.

00:43:45.640 And of course,

00:43:46.500 that taken with

00:43:47.260 an American guarantee

00:43:48.600 is now an example,

00:43:50.980 I think,

00:43:51.360 of the challenge

00:43:52.620 of Europe stepping up

00:43:54.240 to the plate,

00:43:54.740 which it has done

00:43:55.460 in the last few months,

00:43:56.500 to show through

00:43:58.060 what we and the French

00:43:58.800 have done

00:43:59.200 that we're prepared

00:44:00.360 to take the lead in this

00:44:01.340 and take the necessary measures.

00:44:03.100 But that's a war

00:44:03.760 that could have been

00:44:04.380 a third world war

00:44:05.340 and I don't think

00:44:05.860 we're going to be there now.

00:44:07.600 But that was heading

00:44:08.420 to a third world war.

00:44:10.500 And what a shame it is.

00:44:12.600 What a shame it is.

00:44:13.860 Mr. President,

00:44:14.340 do you want to call

00:44:15.120 some of the...

00:44:15.820 I would love to call a few.

00:44:17.680 Bev, do you want

00:44:18.360 to have a question?

00:44:19.760 I've got to come back.

00:44:20.340 Bev Turner, GB News.

00:44:22.840 Thank you.

00:44:24.560 Having been in D.C.

00:44:25.800 for a few weeks,

00:44:26.580 it's really interesting

00:44:27.840 to see how you run

00:44:29.160 the country as a proud Christian leader.

00:44:32.240 And it really begs the question

00:44:33.280 to the prime minister,

00:44:34.800 if you don't mind,

00:44:35.340 are we still a Christian country?

00:44:37.800 But also...

00:44:38.680 When you say we,

00:44:39.580 are you talking here or...

00:44:40.620 Here.

00:44:41.520 The UK.

00:44:42.080 I'm still British.

00:44:42.900 I might live in America

00:44:43.580 and I'm still British.

00:44:44.300 I'd rather have him answer that question.

00:44:45.320 I can't give you that answer.

00:44:47.500 That's for the prime minister.

00:44:48.800 But also,

00:44:49.500 despite what we talked about

00:44:51.600 in Scotland a few weeks ago,

00:44:53.100 we still have 12,000 people a year here

00:44:55.940 being arrested for social media posts,

00:44:58.620 for free speech violations,

00:45:00.640 does that not remain an important area

00:45:03.120 that there is still

00:45:04.040 a lot of disagreement on?

00:45:05.300 I'd like to have you answer that.

00:45:06.800 Yeah, look,

00:45:07.300 I mean,

00:45:07.540 in terms of a Christian country,

00:45:09.420 I was christened,

00:45:10.260 so that is...

00:45:12.500 My church has been all my life.

00:45:15.440 And we are...

00:45:17.840 You know,

00:45:18.020 that is wired into

00:45:19.480 our informal constitution.

00:45:22.520 Of course,

00:45:22.980 we celebrate many other faiths as well,

00:45:24.540 and I'm really proud

00:45:25.320 that we're able to do so

00:45:27.020 as a country.

00:45:28.200 And on free speech,

00:45:29.700 that has long lived

00:45:31.820 in this country,

00:45:32.820 free speech.

00:45:33.500 It's one of the founding values

00:45:35.220 of the United Kingdom,

00:45:37.460 and we protect it

00:45:38.800 jealously

00:45:39.820 and fiercely

00:45:41.500 and always will.

00:45:43.580 And we will bear down

00:45:44.680 on any limits

00:45:45.980 on free speech.

00:45:47.640 I draw a limit

00:45:48.900 between free speech

00:45:50.280 and the speech

00:45:52.500 of those

00:45:52.960 that want to peddle

00:45:54.280 paedophilia

00:45:55.300 and suicide

00:45:57.460 social media

00:45:59.060 to children.

00:46:00.840 And therefore,

00:46:01.460 I'm all for free speech.

00:46:03.540 I'm also for protecting

00:46:04.580 children

00:46:05.120 from things

00:46:06.840 that will harm them,

00:46:08.460 paedophiles,

00:46:09.880 those that peddle

00:46:10.640 suicide,

00:46:11.640 which has had

00:46:11.900 a terrible consequence

00:46:12.940 for individual,

00:46:14.920 particularly teenagers.

00:46:15.740 And so,

00:46:17.560 that's the balance

00:46:18.600 we strike.

00:46:19.180 But we have had

00:46:19.980 freedom of speech

00:46:20.880 in this country

00:46:21.400 for a very long time,

00:46:22.820 and we will always protect it.

00:46:25.420 Thank you.

00:46:25.960 Thank you very much.

00:46:26.760 Brian, please.

00:46:28.140 Thank you.

00:46:28.920 Prime Minister,

00:46:29.560 it's good to see you again.

00:46:30.960 You have a beautiful country.

00:46:32.020 Thanks for having us.

00:46:33.060 Thank you.

00:46:33.340 Two questions.

00:46:34.380 One,

00:46:34.920 just recently,

00:46:35.820 President Trump

00:46:36.540 labeled Antifa

00:46:38.140 domestic terrorist.

00:46:39.980 Would you consider

00:46:40.600 doing something like that

00:46:41.600 in your country?

00:46:42.220 Well,

00:46:43.780 we obviously

00:46:44.980 will

00:46:45.880 take decisions

00:46:48.260 for ourselves.

00:46:49.220 I don't want to comment

00:46:49.900 on the decisions

00:46:51.100 of the president,

00:46:52.500 but we

00:46:53.700 take our decisions

00:46:55.060 ourselves.

00:46:56.760 And my question

00:46:57.660 to you,

00:46:57.980 President Trump,

00:46:58.600 is there any update

00:46:59.820 on the auto pin?

00:47:02.340 Yeah.

00:47:03.180 It's just gotten worse

00:47:04.200 from their standpoint.

00:47:06.020 The people

00:47:07.540 that used it,

00:47:08.980 in particular,

00:47:10.120 one person,

00:47:11.040 was never told

00:47:11.860 by Biden

00:47:12.400 to do it.

00:47:13.440 Only spoke

00:47:14.220 to Biden twice,

00:47:15.240 and that was just

00:47:15.900 talking about the weather,

00:47:17.940 not talking about

00:47:18.700 any order.

00:47:20.000 And he was taking

00:47:20.920 orders from people

00:47:22.720 other than Joe Biden.

00:47:24.380 Joe Biden

00:47:24.820 wasn't giving

00:47:25.360 those orders.

00:47:26.760 You know,

00:47:27.000 Joe Biden

00:47:27.420 didn't believe

00:47:27.920 in open borders.

00:47:29.920 He didn't.

00:47:30.340 I've known him

00:47:30.840 for a long time.

00:47:32.400 He was never

00:47:33.000 the brightest bulb

00:47:34.740 in the ceiling,

00:47:35.580 as we know.

00:47:37.380 You can go back

00:47:37.960 40 years ago

00:47:38.860 and you'll see that.

00:47:40.260 Go back

00:47:40.660 and take a look

00:47:41.260 at the hearings

00:47:41.980 on Justice Thomas

00:47:43.660 and you'll see

00:47:44.500 that very much.

00:47:47.120 But he didn't believe

00:47:49.080 in open borders

00:47:49.860 and all of this nonsense

00:47:51.020 that they're peddling now,

00:47:52.300 which is why

00:47:52.780 they're not in office

00:47:53.600 any longer.

00:47:54.920 It's a shame.

00:47:57.880 The auto pin

00:47:58.440 was illegal.

00:48:00.820 It was illegally used.

00:48:02.000 He never gave the orders.

00:48:03.000 He never told them

00:48:03.700 what to do.

00:48:05.260 And I guess

00:48:05.700 the only one he signed

00:48:06.580 or one of the few

00:48:07.280 he signed

00:48:07.720 was the pardon

00:48:08.380 for his son.

00:48:09.620 But you had

00:48:10.460 the congressman

00:48:12.760 who,

00:48:14.620 when they got

00:48:15.040 the information,

00:48:15.840 they found out

00:48:16.340 they were guilty

00:48:16.980 and they deleted

00:48:18.700 and destroyed

00:48:19.400 all information,

00:48:20.800 everything.

00:48:21.220 You couldn't get

00:48:21.660 any of it.

00:48:22.640 They found out

00:48:23.300 that Nancy Pelosi

00:48:24.320 actually was offered

00:48:25.500 the 10,000 soldiers

00:48:26.820 and she turned them down.

00:48:28.740 They found out

00:48:29.680 many things

00:48:30.300 that were very bad.

00:48:31.220 So they deleted

00:48:32.160 and destroyed

00:48:33.100 all information.

00:48:34.380 You talk about

00:48:34.920 freedom of the press

00:48:35.740 and freedom of speech.

00:48:36.740 How about that one?

00:48:38.180 And there's not a thing.

00:48:39.480 This is after a year

00:48:40.520 and a half of hearings.

00:48:42.340 They destroyed everything.

00:48:44.780 And somebody's

00:48:47.340 got to be held responsible.

00:48:48.960 So Biden,

00:48:50.540 what he did is they knew.

00:48:51.880 I don't think he knew,

00:48:52.980 but somebody knew.

00:48:53.960 I don't think Biden

00:48:54.520 had a clue about anything

00:48:56.000 if you want to know

00:48:56.640 the truth.

00:48:57.420 But they gave a pardon

00:48:59.200 to those congresspeople.

00:49:01.600 They gave a pardon.

00:49:03.200 Those people are so guilty.

00:49:04.700 They gave a pardon.

00:49:05.340 But Biden didn't know about it.

00:49:07.660 The people,

00:49:08.340 whether it's Lisa

00:49:09.740 or any of those people

00:49:11.760 in there

00:49:12.100 that really ran it,

00:49:13.660 I know them all.

00:49:16.140 And they're sick people.

00:49:17.180 They're smart people.

00:49:17.940 They're very smart.

00:49:18.560 They're probably brilliant,

00:49:19.520 but they're sick

00:49:20.140 in ideology.

00:49:22.080 And they were running

00:49:23.420 the autopilot.

00:49:24.800 And it was totally illegal

00:49:26.380 what he did.

00:49:27.140 And I hope it's going

00:49:28.060 to be so adjudged.

00:49:29.480 Do you want to take one more

00:49:30.280 and then I'll get back?

00:49:30.880 Some British.

00:49:31.800 Let's see.

00:49:33.200 Peter, go ahead.

00:49:34.000 Thank you, President Trump.

00:49:37.780 In the deal

00:49:38.540 that you're working on

00:49:39.480 for the Chinese

00:49:41.020 to sell TikTok

00:49:42.200 to an American buyer,

00:49:43.860 are the Americans

00:49:45.000 going to have to come up

00:49:45.820 with their own algorithm?

00:49:47.720 Or are they going to continue

00:49:48.840 to use the successful

00:49:50.840 but addictive

00:49:51.820 Chinese algorithm?

00:49:53.320 So what we're doing

00:49:54.360 and we're speaking

00:49:55.100 to President Xi on Friday

00:49:56.900 to see if we can finalize

00:49:58.120 something on TikTok

00:49:58.920 because there is

00:49:59.820 tremendous value

00:50:00.740 and I hate to give away value,

00:50:02.220 but I like TikTok.

00:50:03.180 I, it helped get me elected.

00:50:05.480 In fact, Charlie said,

00:50:07.460 sir, you ought to get

00:50:08.500 on TikTok.

00:50:09.140 You'd be great.

00:50:09.720 I said, really?

00:50:10.320 Tell me about TikTok.

00:50:11.140 And we, as you know,

00:50:12.840 we did unbelievably well

00:50:14.100 with youth,

00:50:15.080 like at a level

00:50:16.040 that no Republican

00:50:16.980 has ever even dreamt of.

00:50:19.120 And in, you know,

00:50:19.960 look, I think we won it

00:50:20.880 for a lot of reasons,

00:50:21.740 but that was a reason

00:50:22.640 we won the election

00:50:23.540 by such a big number.

00:50:26.720 TikTok has tremendous value.

00:50:29.980 The United States

00:50:30.880 has that value in its hand

00:50:32.380 because we're the ones

00:50:33.300 that have to approve it.

00:50:34.220 I specifically get

00:50:35.280 the right to approve it.

00:50:36.540 The people that are investing

00:50:38.060 it are among the greatest

00:50:39.640 investors in the world,

00:50:40.900 the biggest, the richest,

00:50:41.960 and they'll do a great job.

00:50:43.420 And we're doing it

00:50:44.540 in conjunction with China.

00:50:46.540 But we are getting,

00:50:47.960 the United States

00:50:48.780 is getting a tremendous fee plus.

00:50:51.440 I call it a fee plus

00:50:52.360 for just making the deal.

00:50:54.140 And I don't want to throw

00:50:54.880 that out the window.

00:50:56.120 I can say this,

00:50:57.460 that you'll have a lot

00:50:58.920 of very unhappy youth.

00:51:00.580 And I use TikTok

00:51:01.740 very legitimately,

00:51:03.420 very straight,

00:51:03.980 just statements every day.

00:51:05.680 I do little statements,

00:51:06.420 short statements.

00:51:07.340 Sir, make it short, please.

00:51:08.580 And TikTok Jack,

00:51:09.920 we call them.

00:51:10.460 It was pretty good.

00:51:11.560 Did a good job for me, I guess.

00:51:13.500 But no, I'd rather

00:51:15.100 reap the benefits.

00:51:17.300 I mean, the kind of money

00:51:18.540 we're talking about

00:51:19.260 is very substantial.

00:51:20.700 And it'll be owned

00:51:21.660 by all American investors

00:51:23.200 and, you know,

00:51:24.180 the best investors

00:51:25.160 and the, you know,

00:51:26.680 very rich people

00:51:27.800 and companies

00:51:28.480 are going to be owning it.

00:51:29.460 Very, very straight,

00:51:30.800 very legitimate countries,

00:51:32.120 companies,

00:51:32.700 and really companies

00:51:34.380 that love America.

00:51:35.500 So they're going to be owning it.

00:51:36.940 It's a big thing.

00:51:38.160 And on a much bigger scale,

00:51:40.040 and probably that's why

00:51:41.100 we were able to get that,

00:51:42.800 but on a much bigger scale,

00:51:44.060 we're pretty close to a deal.

00:51:45.140 We may do an extension

00:51:46.060 with China,

00:51:46.780 but it's an extension

00:51:47.600 based on the same terms

00:51:48.780 that we have right now,

00:51:49.800 which are pretty good terms.

00:51:51.260 And Mike,

00:51:51.880 thank you for Prime Minister Starmer.

00:51:53.640 If you feel so strongly

00:51:54.760 about officially recognizing

00:51:56.900 Palestine for statehood,

00:51:59.340 why are you waiting

00:52:00.120 for President Trump

00:52:00.820 to leave the country?

00:52:02.060 Why can't you just do it right now?

00:52:04.060 And isn't there a risk

00:52:06.460 in rewarding Hamas with that?

00:52:09.760 Well, let me be really clear

00:52:10.840 about Hamas.

00:52:12.240 They're a terrorist organization

00:52:13.580 who can have no part

00:52:15.580 in any future governance

00:52:17.260 in Palestine.

00:52:19.400 And what happened

00:52:20.760 on October the 7th

00:52:21.940 was the worst attack

00:52:23.800 since the Holocaust.

00:52:25.420 We have extended family in Israel.

00:52:27.640 I understand firsthand

00:52:29.360 the psychological impact

00:52:31.700 that that had across Israel.

00:52:35.300 So I know exactly where I stand

00:52:36.980 in relation to Hamas.

00:52:38.140 Hamas, of course,

00:52:38.800 don't want a two-state solution.

00:52:41.000 They don't want peace.

00:52:42.560 They don't want a ceasefire.

00:52:45.200 So I'm very clear

00:52:45.920 where I stand on Hamas.

00:52:47.740 On the question of recognition,

00:52:49.620 I made my position clear

00:52:51.320 at the end of July

00:52:52.040 as to the timing,

00:52:53.240 which has got nothing to do

00:52:54.320 with this state visit.

00:52:55.900 And I've discussed it

00:52:57.560 with the President,

00:52:58.500 as you would expect,

00:52:59.780 amongst two leaders

00:53:00.760 who respect each other

00:53:02.020 and like each other

00:53:03.080 and want to bring about

00:53:04.220 a better solution

00:53:05.860 in the best way that we can.

00:53:07.580 Thank you so much.

00:53:08.120 Can I go back then

00:53:09.220 to Robert at ITV?

00:53:13.360 Robert Pearsson, ITV.

00:53:15.700 Mr. President,

00:53:16.540 you uniquely,

00:53:18.440 you alone in the whole world,

00:53:20.340 have the power

00:53:21.760 to persuade Prime Minister Netanyahu

00:53:24.460 to stop the demolition

00:53:25.920 of Gaza City,

00:53:27.180 to stop the starvation

00:53:28.480 of Palestine,

00:53:30.240 and to stop the killing

00:53:31.220 of civilians.

00:53:33.880 If not now,

00:53:35.600 when will you exercise

00:53:37.000 that power

00:53:37.860 to tell him

00:53:38.440 to stop?

00:53:40.120 Sure.

00:53:40.320 And then for both of you,

00:53:42.420 on.

00:53:42.460 But you do understand

00:53:43.400 about October 7th.

00:53:44.120 I've got that.

00:53:45.380 You do understand.

00:53:46.000 Believe me, I understand about it.

00:53:46.920 One of the worst days

00:53:49.340 in the history of humanity.

00:53:51.480 What happened,

00:53:52.280 I have seen the tapes.

00:53:54.780 Babies that are four months old

00:53:56.700 and just chopped up to pieces.

00:53:58.980 And you've seen the tapes

00:54:00.240 and I've seen the tapes.

00:54:01.380 You're a professional

00:54:02.120 and so am I.

00:54:03.580 And people forget

00:54:04.620 about October 7th.

00:54:05.920 I can't forget about it.

00:54:07.220 So I want it to end.

00:54:09.100 But I want the hostages back.

00:54:10.980 I don't want the hostages

00:54:12.120 used as human shields,

00:54:13.780 which is what Hamas

00:54:14.820 is threatening to do.

00:54:15.840 But as soon as they're back,

00:54:16.820 that's the moment

00:54:17.500 you will tell Netanyahu

00:54:18.980 to stop.

00:54:19.020 Well, it would certainly help,

00:54:20.540 but I have to have

00:54:21.100 the hostages back.

00:54:22.340 And I don't want them back

00:54:23.300 piecemeal, as I said before.

00:54:24.740 I want them back.

00:54:26.520 And on a separate issue,

00:54:29.240 free speech,

00:54:30.540 your vice president,

00:54:32.860 Vance said that free speech

00:54:35.240 is under attack in the UK.

00:54:37.580 Do you agree with him

00:54:38.640 and Prime Minister?

00:54:39.740 We saw the dismissal

00:54:41.560 of a very well-known

00:54:43.280 chat show host in America

00:54:44.540 last night, Mr. Kimmel.

00:54:46.700 Is free speech more

00:54:47.900 under attack in Britain

00:54:48.860 or America?

00:54:50.160 Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired

00:54:51.260 because he had bad ratings

00:54:52.240 more than anything else.

00:54:53.340 And he said a horrible thing

00:54:54.480 about a great gentleman

00:54:55.460 known as Charlie Kirk.

00:54:57.040 And Jimmy Kimmel

00:54:58.080 is not a talented person.

00:55:00.160 He had very bad ratings

00:55:01.160 and they should have fired him

00:55:02.100 a long time ago.

00:55:03.100 So, you know,

00:55:04.060 you can call that free speech

00:55:05.260 or not.

00:55:05.960 He was fired for lack of talent.

00:55:08.480 Yeah, please, go ahead.

00:55:09.080 Yeah, I mean, firstly,

00:55:10.260 on the question of Charlie Kirk,

00:55:11.420 can I just express

00:55:13.880 how shocking that is,

00:55:15.540 I think,

00:55:16.080 to everybody who believes

00:55:17.360 in free speech

00:55:18.240 speech and in democracy

00:55:20.140 and it sent shockwaves

00:55:23.560 through the world.

00:55:26.060 And I know that he was a friend

00:55:28.060 of the president

00:55:29.000 and I reached out straight away

00:55:30.780 to the president

00:55:31.340 because I understood

00:55:32.400 how impactful it would be

00:55:33.740 on him and his family.

00:55:35.520 And we all need to

00:55:36.840 be absolutely clear about that.

00:55:38.700 Whatever our political views,

00:55:40.420 it is shocking

00:55:41.140 and is to be condemned.

00:55:43.720 On free speech,

00:55:44.620 I'll not much to add

00:55:46.280 to the answer I gave earlier.

00:55:47.940 This country's had free speech

00:55:49.340 for a very, very long time.

00:55:51.480 It is part of who we are

00:55:53.020 as a country

00:55:54.060 and it is the values

00:55:56.660 that we fought for.

00:55:57.620 We fought for it

00:55:59.140 during the Second World War

00:56:00.200 alongside each other.

00:56:01.380 So we need no reminding

00:56:03.580 of the importance

00:56:04.320 of free speech

00:56:05.000 in this country.

00:56:05.760 Thank you, Robert.

00:56:06.640 And I go to Beth

00:56:09.020 for the final question, please.

00:56:10.220 Beth.

00:56:11.860 Thank you so much.

00:56:12.900 Sky.

00:56:13.680 Thank you.

00:56:14.320 Beth Rigby, Sky News.

00:56:15.200 Thank you, Prime Minister.

00:56:16.260 If I could start with you.

00:56:18.380 Prime Minister,

00:56:19.140 President Trump has said

00:56:20.240 he's ready to impose

00:56:21.720 Moses sanctions on Russia

00:56:23.640 if NATO countries

00:56:24.880 stop purchasing Russian oil.

00:56:27.360 He's got a point, hasn't he?

00:56:29.240 Is that what you now believe

00:56:30.980 is needed to bring Putin

00:56:32.660 properly to the table

00:56:33.880 and watch your message

00:56:35.240 to the president

00:56:35.960 on U.S. sanctions?

00:56:37.540 And, Mr. President,

00:56:38.680 if I may,

00:56:39.880 the UK, the King praised

00:56:41.560 your personal commitment

00:56:42.760 last night

00:56:43.440 to finding solutions

00:56:44.880 to the world's most

00:56:46.000 intractable conflicts.

00:56:48.580 You have invested

00:56:49.640 much of your time

00:56:50.660 and effort in Ukraine.

00:56:52.200 But even as you seek

00:56:53.340 to broker a deal,

00:56:55.100 President Putin

00:56:55.780 is escalating the war.

00:56:57.120 He's firing drones

00:56:58.140 into NATO, airspace.

00:57:00.620 You say he has let you down.

00:57:03.280 Was it a mistake

00:57:04.260 to invite him to Alaska?

00:57:06.340 Do you regret it?

00:57:07.460 No.

00:57:07.840 And is it time

00:57:08.380 to squeeze him, sir,

00:57:09.880 and scare him

00:57:10.840 and impose sanctions?

00:57:12.580 And finally, if I may,

00:57:14.240 the elephant in the room,

00:57:15.780 Lord Mandelson,

00:57:17.340 he is no longer

00:57:18.300 the ambassador.

00:57:19.420 Do you have some sympathy

00:57:20.660 with him

00:57:21.600 that he lost his job

00:57:23.220 over historic links

00:57:25.120 to Jeffrey Epstein?

00:57:26.300 Thank you very much, sir.

00:57:27.180 I don't know him.

00:57:27.840 Actually, I had heard that

00:57:29.640 and I think maybe

00:57:31.420 the prime minister

00:57:32.140 would be better

00:57:32.800 speaking of that.

00:57:34.000 That was a choice

00:57:34.800 that he made.

00:57:35.440 And I don't know.

00:57:36.600 What is your answer to that?

00:57:37.860 Well, I mean,

00:57:38.400 it's very straightforward.

00:57:40.080 Some information

00:57:40.900 came to light last week

00:57:42.060 which wasn't available

00:57:42.840 when he was appointed

00:57:43.600 and I made a decision

00:57:44.520 about it

00:57:45.960 and that's very clear.

00:57:48.420 On the question

00:57:49.580 of the pressure

00:57:51.660 on Putin

00:57:52.520 and on Russia,

00:57:54.300 which is obviously

00:57:54.780 really important.

00:57:55.940 Look,

00:57:57.040 I think it is

00:57:58.360 a challenge

00:57:59.120 to Europe.

00:58:00.240 There are a number

00:58:00.720 of European countries

00:58:01.840 which are too reliant

00:58:04.080 on energy

00:58:05.760 from Russia.

00:58:07.280 The UK actually,

00:58:08.860 obviously,

00:58:09.540 has almost got nothing

00:58:10.920 at all.

00:58:11.400 But we do need

00:58:12.260 to bear down

00:58:12.720 and work with

00:58:13.100 our European counterparts

00:58:14.500 here.

00:58:15.560 There are one

00:58:16.060 or two countries,

00:58:16.800 I think,

00:58:17.180 that do need

00:58:18.340 to look again

00:58:19.160 at the question

00:58:20.320 of energy.

00:58:20.920 There's no one

00:58:21.580 silver bullet here.

00:58:22.800 We do have to have

00:58:23.600 a wider suite

00:58:24.340 of sanctions

00:58:25.480 which we've put

00:58:26.160 in place

00:58:26.620 a number of times

00:58:28.020 working across Europe

00:58:29.940 and with the United States.

00:58:32.860 And, of course,

00:58:33.580 we must

00:58:34.040 and we are

00:58:35.520 making sure

00:58:36.220 that Ukraine

00:58:37.220 is in the strongest

00:58:38.600 position now

00:58:40.780 because one

00:58:41.380 of my long

00:58:41.900 concerns here

00:58:42.960 has been that

00:58:43.400 whilst we talk

00:58:44.020 about a ceasefire

00:58:44.720 and we all

00:58:45.220 want a ceasefire

00:58:46.040 and we talk

00:58:47.880 about what might

00:58:48.440 happen after a ceasefire,

00:58:49.720 we mustn't forget

00:58:50.700 that Ukraine

00:58:51.540 needs our support

00:58:52.400 now.

00:58:52.920 We've said

00:58:53.320 we stand

00:58:53.760 with Ukraine

00:58:54.220 from the start

00:58:54.920 to the finish

00:58:55.400 and that means

00:58:55.960 we must continue

00:58:56.840 to supply them

00:58:57.840 with what they need

00:58:58.640 in order to

00:59:00.020 fight this war

00:59:01.620 which, of course,

00:59:02.880 resulted from

00:59:04.600 and is a result

00:59:05.220 of Russian aggression.

00:59:07.260 We have particularly

00:59:08.440 done the sort

00:59:10.320 of leadership role

00:59:11.020 in the coalition

00:59:11.580 of the willing

00:59:12.080 so that if there

00:59:12.940 is a ceasefire

00:59:13.640 and if there is a deal

00:59:14.440 and I do hope

00:59:15.060 there is,

00:59:15.920 that he's then lasting

00:59:16.980 and not then broken

00:59:19.100 because given

00:59:21.020 previous history,

00:59:23.120 I don't trust Putin.

00:59:24.420 Thank you.

00:59:25.100 Very simply,

00:59:25.860 if the price of oil

00:59:26.700 comes down,

00:59:27.440 Putin's going to

00:59:28.120 drop out.

00:59:29.300 He's going to have

00:59:29.680 no choice.

00:59:30.220 He's going to drop

00:59:30.820 out of that war.

00:59:32.140 And when I found out

00:59:33.320 that the European nations

00:59:34.420 were buying oil

00:59:35.220 from Russia

00:59:35.900 and as you know,

00:59:37.880 I'm very close to India.

00:59:39.920 I'm very close

00:59:40.420 to the Prime Minister

00:59:41.560 of India.

00:59:42.140 I spoke to him

00:59:42.660 the other day,

00:59:43.380 wished him a happy birthday.

00:59:44.420 We have a very good relationship.

00:59:45.700 He put out

00:59:46.080 a beautiful statement too.

00:59:47.220 We have,

00:59:48.020 but I said,

00:59:49.000 you know,

00:59:49.220 I sanctioned them.

00:59:51.400 China is paying

00:59:52.160 a very large tariff

00:59:53.280 right now

00:59:54.160 to the United States

00:59:55.260 but I'm willing

00:59:56.320 to do other things

00:59:57.180 but not when

00:59:58.100 the people

00:59:59.200 that I'm fighting for

01:00:00.200 are buying oil

01:00:01.880 from Russia.

01:00:02.820 If the oil price

01:00:04.340 comes down

01:00:04.940 very simply

01:00:05.560 Russia will settle

01:00:06.420 and the oil price

01:00:07.500 is way down.

01:00:08.240 You know,

01:00:08.420 we got it way down.

01:00:09.400 We're drilling

01:00:09.840 and we produce more oil

01:00:11.780 than anybody else

01:00:12.540 in the world.

01:00:13.120 We're doing a lot

01:00:13.820 but I was disappointed

01:00:15.400 to see that

01:00:16.200 and the Prime Minister

01:00:17.000 was disappointed

01:00:17.760 to see that

01:00:18.540 and it wasn't him.

01:00:19.640 It was other countries

01:00:21.420 and you can't do that.

01:00:23.740 You can't do that.

01:00:24.480 You can't.

01:00:24.780 That's not playing fair

01:00:26.760 with the United States

01:00:27.740 and we can't have that.

01:00:29.340 Thank you.

01:00:29.760 Thank you very much indeed.

01:00:30.980 Thank you.

01:00:31.540 Thank you.

01:00:32.120 Thank you.

01:00:32.160 Thank you.

01:00:33.220 Thank you.

01:00:33.260 Thank you.

01:00:33.280 Thank you.

01:00:33.320 Thank you.

01:00:33.720 Thank you.

01:00:34.380 From Checkers,

01:00:39.280 a almost one hour

01:00:40.180 press conference.

01:00:41.180 We've still got

01:00:41.700 Dr. Peter Navarro.

01:00:42.740 Let's go to

01:00:43.380 Dr. Navarro.

01:00:44.900 First off,

01:00:45.620 we don't have Dr. Navarro.

01:00:48.260 He left for his 11 o'clock.

01:00:51.280 Okay.

01:00:53.040 Right there,

01:00:53.720 you saw

01:00:54.160 President Trump

01:00:56.580 in a wide range

01:00:57.600 of topics.

01:00:58.440 I think one of the most

01:00:59.880 controversial,

01:01:00.600 obviously,

01:01:00.960 is this huge deal

01:01:01.940 for the power

01:01:02.880 artificial intelligence.

01:01:04.180 Does it have restrictions?

01:01:05.140 Is it tied to

01:01:06.160 any restrictions

01:01:07.480 on

01:01:08.080 free speech?

01:01:12.480 I thought

01:01:13.020 Starmer's

01:01:13.920 answers to the question

01:01:15.680 were pretty weak.

01:01:16.460 Of course,

01:01:16.940 people know

01:01:17.480 I'm not a Starmer fan.

01:01:18.680 This was,

01:01:20.480 I think,

01:01:20.900 considered,

01:01:21.480 and particularly

01:01:21.800 in the United Kingdom,

01:01:22.580 was President Trump

01:01:23.260 doing a solid

01:01:24.020 for Starmer,

01:01:25.020 this deal.

01:01:26.060 And you had

01:01:26.520 some of the top

01:01:27.200 business guys

01:01:27.900 in the world there.

01:01:28.780 The typical names,

01:01:29.720 Larry Fink,

01:01:30.640 went over for this

01:01:31.380 business meeting.

01:01:33.620 Steve Schwartzman

01:01:34.580 was there.

01:01:35.060 Larry Fink was there.

01:01:36.280 There was just a host

01:01:37.620 of folks,

01:01:39.840 of business folks there.

01:01:41.220 Tim Apple

01:01:41.900 was there.

01:01:43.780 So,

01:01:44.300 a whole host

01:01:44.840 of folks

01:01:45.320 to back this up.

01:01:46.760 You have this huge

01:01:47.300 nuclear power deal

01:01:48.020 plus other deals,

01:01:49.000 but it's driven

01:01:49.520 by artificial intelligence.

01:01:51.040 We're going to get

01:01:51.360 some experts

01:01:51.940 on AI,

01:01:54.380 really people

01:01:54.900 that are,

01:01:55.800 I think,

01:01:56.400 what you call

01:01:56.820 decelerationist,

01:01:58.580 right?

01:01:59.160 Decelerationist

01:01:59.600 will join us here

01:02:00.140 in a moment

01:02:00.560 on this new book,

01:02:03.700 If Anyone Builds It,

01:02:04.880 Everyone Will Die,

01:02:05.780 which is kind

01:02:07.640 of a gripping title.

01:02:09.200 Let's just hit a reset.

01:02:10.360 A great question

01:02:11.060 in there

01:02:11.380 about Antifa

01:02:13.580 being designated

01:02:14.500 as a terrorist organization.

01:02:16.640 Of course,

01:02:16.980 Antifa's roots

01:02:17.700 are in Germany

01:02:18.400 and in Italy.

01:02:20.000 They got French

01:02:20.900 low countries,

01:02:22.680 et cetera,

01:02:23.180 operations in England.

01:02:26.160 Starmer completely

01:02:26.900 passed on that,

01:02:27.780 but the designation

01:02:29.160 of Antifa

01:02:31.180 gets to the bottom

01:02:32.720 of all of it.

01:02:33.680 You saw today

01:02:34.340 in the cold open,

01:02:35.160 the squirming

01:02:35.920 of all of it,

01:02:37.620 et cetera.

01:02:38.300 What if he had

01:02:39.260 the brightest mind

01:02:40.200 in the war room

01:02:41.000 delivering critical

01:02:42.160 financial research

01:02:43.260 every month?

01:02:44.800 Steve Bannon here.

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01:02:49.040 He's our wise man,

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01:02:56.680 Jim predicted

01:02:57.280 Trump's Electoral

01:02:58.000 College victory

01:02:58.820 exactly 312

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Bannon's War Room - September 18, 2025

Episode 4787： Trump Speaks In Chequers

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