FULL REMARKS: Trump meets Netanyahu at the White House amid ceasefire push

0:02 Welcome back in here to live now, from Fox Maniac. Let's quickly get you out to the White House. President Trump meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And we're going to have a lot of great results. So it's great to have you. Thank you very much. thank you. I want to go. Express the appreciation that admiration. Not only of, all Israelis. But of the Jewish people. and, um, many, many admirers around the world for your leadership. your leadership of the Free World. Your leadership of the Just Cause uh, and the pursuit of peace and security. which you are leading. in many lives. But now, especially in the Middle East, we have great opportunities. President has an extraordinary team. and I think, our teams together

0:48 make an extraordinary combination. To meet challenges, and seize opportunities. But the president has already realized great opportunities. he fortunately, Abraham Accords. He's forging peace as we speak. And 1 country and 1 region. After the other. So I want to present to you. Uh, Mr. President The letter, I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. Uh, it's nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved and you should get it. Thank you very much. This I didn't know. Well. Thank you very much. coming from you In particular. This is a very meaningful. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. Thank you for everything you're doing. Thank you. It's

1:34 a great honor. Thank you very much. everybody. appreciate it. well, we're going to just make it as comfortable as possible for the state of Texas, they have a great Governor they have. a wonderful Senators, they have wonderful representatives, and we're going to work together with them. And we have been working really very hard. This whole table has been working. That was a terrible Event terrible event. You've saw that maybe where Texas was just absolutely so badly hurt by something that was a big surprise. late in the evening. So, we'll be working with the governor and all of the people of Texas. We'll be going on. We'll be going on Friday.

2:19 Mr. President, there was a security incident. incident more than Gaza today. right around the time that the Prime Minister was being in the of State. Does that? in a number of ideas soldiers? reportedly have been injured. Does that in any way? Put a wrinkle our negotiations with the most, uh, I don't think so They want it. Uh, they want to meet and they want to have that. ceasefire so I don't think so. Steve could you respond? to this? You know about it? I I well, I think it's terribly unfortunate. terribly unfortunate. Um, we were just talking about it. How tragic it is, but we have an opportunity to finally get a peace deal. Mr. Prime Minister, as we discussed um, and uh I'm hopeful for it very quickly. Or are

3:09 they more or less final offer? So South Korea. In Japan. Look we're always subject. to negotiate something. that's fair But we've talked to most of the countries and Pretty much. they've had their way for many many decades as you know, and it was time that we just wanted fairness, this is uh not really Equitable from our standpoint because it's just a small token. by comparison to the damage that's been done over the years. But uh we had no other president. That was willing to do this. I did it. My first term with China and others we took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs no inflation. the most successful period of time that we've ever had financially in the country. The first term, I think this term is going to be much better even much better than that. That was the best ever and this is going to be I think

3:56 substantially better and we're on the way to doing that. Uh, we've already taken in over. a hundred billion dollars worth of tariffs. and we haven't even started. And all I say to the other countries is you know, some of them wanted to make a deal and wanted to be fair others. Perhaps got a little bit spoiled. they were a little bit spoiled because for the 30 40 years, 50 years, they were. taking advantage of 50 country. So we're going to uh, I would say final. but if they call with a different offer and if I like it, We'll do it. like, I would say firm And now I would say firm but not 100%. firm if they call up and they say, Would like to do something. a different way. We're going to be open to that but essentially that's

4:42 the way it is right now, you know, Mr. President. I let you answer that question. Mr. President wait a minute. Wait, he's going to answer. I think President Trump had a brilliant vision. It's called free choice. you know, if people want to stay, they can stay. but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave. It shouldn't be a, you know, a prison should be an open place. and give people a free choice. Uh, we're working with the United States. Uh, very closely. about finding countries that will. seek to realize, what they always say that they want to give the Palestinians A better future. And those who

5:28 uh, and I think we're we're getting close to finding uh several countries. and I think this will do again. Freedom to choose. it, and, uh, I hope that we can secure it closed by and we've had great cooperation from surrounding. Meaning surrounding Israel. surrounding countries. Great cooperation from every single 1 of them. So something good will happen. Brian, did you have something? problems? in the well, I hope so. Look. We did a a job with India and Pakistan. and Serbia Kosovo. and Rwanda. And the Congo and

6:15 this was all over the list. 3 weeks or so Marco. Right? We did and others that were ready to fight. and we slept a lot of fights I think very big 1, frankly. a very, very big 1 was India and Pakistan. and we stopped that over trade. We're dealing with India and we're dealing with Pakistan and we say, we're not going to be dealing with you at all. If you're not, if you're going to fight, and they were maybe at a nuclear stage, they're both, you know, nuclear powers. and I think something that was very important. We're trying to help out with a Biden. created monster this whole thing that's happening with Russia and Ukraine. It's a horrible. it's a horrible thing and I'm not happy with President Putin at all. But uh, this is something that would have never happened. if I

7:00 were president. this is a war that was never going to happen. Go ahead, bro. I was going to say. How would you address your critics that in the Calls the next. World War 3. In fact, your solving all the problems stopping Wars. I'm stopping Wars and uh, I hate to see people killed like as an example. Ukraine and Russia. they're not Americans. they're being killed. they're not Israeli that it would be killed there. These are all Russians, and all ukrainians. And, and uh, but it's 5,000, Maybe. 7,000 last week 7. last week, mostly soldiers. but people in towns and cities that are getting hit, but mostly death is mostly soldiers. Now, So they don't come from here

7:46 but it's 7,000 last week, Souls. And if I can stop that, you know, they have parents and they have sisters and brothers and uh, getting married and who knows? that just people. but their souls. And if I can stop a war, you know, because I have an ability to do so, I'm I'm disappointed frankly that uh, President Putin hasn't stopped. I'm not happy about it either. We have scheduled Iran talks, and they want to, they want to talk. They took a big uh dubbing I think when we hit the uh, the 3 sites, really? I would say the 3 sites, not just the 1, the 1 was a big 1 and it was deep and

8:32 granite, and it was obliterated. it turned out the atomic energy. Commission. said it is obliterated. Uh, I I just want to take our hats off to those incredible Flyers that the people that flew that big machine and frankly. the mechanics and everybody else. I mean, they had zero, they flew for 37 hours. with zero problem. Mechanically I mean when you think in carrying the biggest bombs Ever. The biggest bombs that we've ever dropped on anybody? would you think non-nuclear and think want to keep it non-nuclear by the way. But they did a phenomenal job. It was a amazing job and I think that was I was talking to BB about it before that was the very beginning of the end. It ended very quickly

9:17 after that, I don't want to say what it reminded me of. But if you go back a long time ago, uh, it reminded people of a certain other event, and is, uh, Harry Truman's picture is now in the lobby in a nice location. in the Army where it should have been. But that stopped uh, a lot of fighting and this stopped a lot of fighting when that happened. It was a whole different ball game. What do you say? What might make you have the desire to do another strike on. Another, another, what another strike on Iran, I hope it would not going to have to do that. I can't imagine wanting to do that. I can't imagine. them wanting to do it. They want to meet they want to meet, They want to work something out. Now there are different, They're very different now than they were. 2 weeks ago.

10:08 Where the next round of the wrong Hospital. Well, I can tell you I'd rather not say but you'll be uh you'll be reading about it tomorrow or seeing it tomorrow. The president. entire? In which? is the fire between Israel and Moscow is currently the I don't think there is a hold up. I don't think there's a hold up, I think. I think things I think things are going. along very well. It just, you know, left each other and it was not a pleasant. period of a few days. It was a little longer than a few days but this was not a pleasant. period of time. and, you know, we were at the end, What missiles were shot. and every single missile was shot out of the air. It was pretty amazing

10:53 And that was sort of the end and they told us they were coming and where they were and what time they were coming. and they said if you'd like to have a different time, we'll do that. And that's respect when they do that. I appreciate it that they did that. There was no surprise. We got the soldiers out of The base in Qatar in this case. But they knew they were coming. 14 missiles were coming. Uh, 1:00. they said would you like to make it later? I said, no, let them come at 1:00 and at 1:00 everybody was uh, as you know, over 5,000 people left the base, and we had 3 Gunners and 3 assistants and out of the 14. that were shot. all 14 were knocked down and that was the end That was about it. and we had a, uh, We

11:40 had a rough time. but sometimes, you know, sometimes you need the rough time in order to get, I think I think things are going to be really settled down a lot. in the Middle East and uh, they respect us and they respect Israel. They respect. a lot of things that took place. nobody's ever seen. equipment Like what we sent over to knock out those sites but when those sites were knocked out, it essentially, that was that was the end. Do you think that there could be a 2 States solution I don't know. and that's maybe that question You have the greatest man in the world to answer that. Age-old Question 2 States. Go ahead. You give them your honest answer. I think. Palestinians should have all the parts to govern themselves. But none of the policies are threatening us. That means that certain

12:25 powers like overall security. will always remain in our hands. Now that is a fact. And no 1 in Israel, Will uh, uh agree to anything else because we don't commit suicide. We want life. We cherish life. for ourselves for our neighbors. and I think we can uh work out. A piece between us and the entire Middle East. With President Trump's leadership. and by working together, I think we can establish a very, very broad piece. That will include all our neighbors. Mr. President. You. that there's a complete and total Destruction. What is the basis of the talks? Going forward. It's

13:11 a Decap future. There are 50. Support. economic based opportunities. It's really a good question because if you remember when it was done, I saw sort of said, what's the purpose of talking? It's been knocked out and knocked out. completely. but they've requested a meeting and I'm going to go to a meeting and if we can put something down on paper, that will be fine. That'll be good. um, I think they've gained a lot of respect for us. I think think they'll get a lot of respect for Israel also. but uh, they would like to meet and we're going to have a meeting Steve when is that meeting going to be? Do you want to say? rather very quickly? Very quickly. in the next week quickly in the next week or so. So, we'll see what happens. I think it would be nice to memorialize it. Put it down

13:56 but um, because of the the incredible. result of that. Attack, if you want to call it an attack. I didn't think it was necessary to have it in writing, I think we spoke, I mean, that speaks much louder than writing, but I can I can also understand why they'd want it and they've been very nice. they've been very respectful. And it began by them telling us about 14. they had to do, you know what 14 represents, right? Do you know what 14 represents? right? You know that, right? the number of bombs strapped so, it was, you know, Representative. We got them all. Yeah, please. no, you so this is what the prime minister. um will allow Said he would

14:47 arrest you, if you came to New York. He was mayor because that's something to take seriously or concern about that, It was possible. No, no, I'm not concerned about that. I'll get him out. there's a, there's enough craziness in the world but I guess it never ends. I mean, you have this is a falling, Uh, and it's uh, you know, it's it's it's silly in many ways because it's it's just not serious, But what is serious, is the question I was asked before you know, after October 7th, people said the Palestinians hadesty in Gaza, and look what they did with it, they didn't Build it up, They built down into bunkers into Terror tunnels. after which they massacred our people. Raped Our women beheaded our men. invaded, our Our cities and our

15:33 towns. and, did horrendous. horrendous massacres the kind of which we didn't see since World War II in the Nazis, the Holocaust. So people, aren't likely to say, let's just give them another state and it'll be a platform to destroying Israel. We'll work out. Peace. with our Palestinian neighbors those who don't want to destroy us. And we work out a piece in which our security the Sovereign power of security. always remains. in our hands. Now people will say it's not a complete State. it's not a state it's not that we don't care. you know? we vow never again. never again is now It's not going to happen again. so we'll see you in your next experience. Oh well look I'm going to come there with the president. Trump.

16:20 And we'll see you. What do you how do you know who the mayor will be? I don't know that. do we know that he's going to be very fine, and who knows? We don't know who the mayor is going to be yet? but this is a communist. He's not a socialist. he's a communist And he said some really bad things about Jewish people. and he said some really bad things about a lot of people. and, uh, I think he's going through a little bit of a honeymoon right now,but he might make it, Through the White House, he needs the money through the White House, He needs a lot. He's going to behave. He'll behave. He better behave. by the way. He's going to have big problems, but it's a philosophy that this country is not ready for. and it never will be. by the way, We have a man with us. Thought this was going to. Number is easy. He's the

17:05 ambassador to Israel. Mike Huckabee. former Governor former everything I'd say, he's a former everything. and respected and loved by everybody. And he loves Ise.el, he loves his, the state of Israel. and nobody lives It much more. and he's not Jewish and he loves Israel. and he wanted to be there. I said, you know, Mike, it could be dangerous. No, no, no. Well I at least I was right about that. He was in every bunker, you could be in he was running around from bunker to Bunker, but he's still with us. Fortunately, and he's done a great job. Would you say a few words, man? Just want to say what an honor. It is to serve you Mr. President. and to see a historic Horizon that we are looking at in the Middle East. And when the president Made his trip to the Middle East and then he uh, really reached out

17:53 to the new Syrian government knowing they needed a partner. and knowing that they could pick the wrong partner. And what the president did, which took us all off guard But the Strategic move in that. has set up, Something that is. absolutely. historic. And Mr. President I I don't even think. you fully comprehend. The impact that you're having. On the region in a way. that is so remarkable. and it was, uh, your leadership your foresight. You did that? When the b2s went in, uh, the celebration, the sense of partnership that you gave with the Israeli people. was so dramatic. But people was so dramatic.

18:38 But the message was bigger than to Israel. It was a message to the world. America's friends can trust us. Those had better fear us. and that is a message that the president sent to everyone on the planet. and it is a message that will resonate toward a a matter of Peace. the likes of which I don't think we've ever seen. So thank you. Great job. you're doing J. They love you over. and they really respect him and love him. him. Very interesting. We had the pilots here. Yesterday, you know. and, they were incredible. and we also had the mechanics. We had a lot of people here that had to do. a lot of I think about 170 people. that had to do with that incredible journey. a

19:25 journey that could have been horrible. If you remember what happened with, Jimmy Carter, with the helicopters and all of the problems. And ultimately, hostages, We had the exact. opposite, everything was perfect. it worked perfectly but I didn't realize uh, I was saying to 1 is this something that you felt strongly about Absolutely. So I couldn't wait. I said better that you really better you than me. but uh they couldn't wait, He said sir we've been practicing for this mission for more than 20 years. from just after 2000. that they've been thinking. And practicing. to go into that area I guess. you probably know that better than anybody. people. They uh they've been looked looking at going in, but they never had a president that would allow him to do it. and, perhaps,

20:11 right? Perhaps or I don't know if that's true or not, but I didn't realize they were preparing for that Journey from just a little bit after 2,000 the year 2000. and I was, uh, pretty Amazed by that, they knew it, They knew every inch of it. and they came back and they said we got it better than we ever did in practice. but they've been practicing for more than 20 years. can you imagine? Yeah. hi. This is More weapons to Ukraine. We're going to sense. They, they have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit a very hard now. They getting hit very hard, we're going to have to send more weapons, you have defensive weapons. Primarily. uh, but they are getting hit very, very hard. So many people

20:56 are dying in that. mess. Mr. President Bill, now signed into law by you. What would you like Congressional Republicans to turn up the all they have to do now is talk about how good it is. the biggest tax cuts ever. no tax on tips, no tax on social security. know think of it, no tax on overtime. Um, for from a business standpoint. the jobs are coming in like we've never seen them before. as soon as that was signed. there were 9 factories that announced that they were building the 1-year deductibility, you know, things that from a business standpoint, you'd you'd understand. the jobs that are being created in 1 of the things that is, uh, And this is also that, but it's also because of the tariffs and tremendous success. we're taking in Hundreds of.

21:41 Billions of dollars. in tariffs. 1 of the things. number of companies, and uh, car companies, where they're building plans, uh, AI is the big thing. we have over. 15 trillion. Announced. Already. And it's been I mean really, I would say it's been during the last last 3 months. But we here for a short period of time, and uh, some administrations never had anywhere near that number for a whole term. probably for a whole 2 terms. but we're up to over. 15 trillion dollars coming into our country. There's never been anything like it anywhere in the world. there's never been Anywhere in the world. We uh, look I told this story

22:27 and I just told it to be backstage. I was talking to him and I said, you know, the king of Saudi Arabia is smart guy. and also we went to Qatar and we went to UAE Really. 3, strong leaders. Smart guys, or they all told me the same thing and then that was reiterated, at NATO just recently, where we got back where they agreed to spend a a trillion dollars a year by the way, which is about 3 times what they were spending. But they all said the same thing. we thought your country was dead. Horrible term, right? We thought the United States of America was dead. and now, you're presiding over the hottest. country anywhere in the world. with the hottest country in the world, I think maybe would admit it even hotter than Israel, though. Israel is pretty hot about a week ago. I can tell you for

23:13 the wrong for the wrong reason. But, uh, we are the hottest country in the world right now and it happened faster than anybody thought possible. but we have over 15 trillion dollars and that means jobs. And that means building. And that means things like we've never seen before. So, all we can do is keep working hard. they'll be always surprises some of the surprises are going to be bad surprises. to those talks need to happen before you can Well, I would say that. the the best Man to answer that is the prime minister. but I will tell you that in my view, I hope it's over. Yeah, I think Iran wants to meet, I think they want to make peace and I'm all for it

23:59 now, if that's not the case, we are ready, willing and able but I don't think we're going to have to be but I think Bibi would answer that question. very well. I think the partnership between the Israel and the United States, the partnership between president Trump and me. produced a historic victory. It's an incredible victory. last week. uh, it brought the greatest capabilities of the United States that are matched. With the great capabilities. Of Israel. and, uh, the army of Israel Pilots of Israel. Soldiers of Israel and the musod. And the combination of these 2. Extraordinary capacities.

24:44 produced the decisive. result. It. Uh, set back the 2. tumors. that were threatening the life of Israel. The nuclear tumor. and the ballistic missile tumor. because they were planning to build. 20,000 of these things. and launch it on a country. the size of New Jersey. and no country could we stand up So what do you do when you have 2 things that are going to kill you? You have to remove them. Without combined effort, we did it. but when you remove a tumor doesn't mean that it can't come back, you have to constantly monitor uh, the situation to make sure that there's no attempt to bring it back. So we've had a great achievement. and I think part of the effort, of consolidating this and

25:30 ensuring that we don't have. to repeat this. is to monitor this carefully. Of course, the president. and I are talking about it, our teams are talking about it. but there's no question. This is a historic victory. and I think, as was said here today, this, has already changed the face of the Middle East, but it's not But I think, I think that there is an opportunity here to create. A historic expansion. of the Abraham Accords, which were themselves. an act of History. that deserve a Nobel prize for the president. but I think the opportunities are much bigger. And I hope, uh, I'd like to believe that Iran would not uh, test our 402. uh, because it would be a mistake. it's better to go a different way. But

26:19 I think it's up to the people of Iran. Mr. Prime Minister. Speaking that on Syria, the Trump Administration was fully supportive of. the changes in Syria back in the new regime there. obviously your government more cautious in the security standpoint. Are you comfortable with the pace of change with the security situation? basically? Syria right now? I think there's, um, an opportunity to explore. Um, I think that I think that everyone understands that the Situation's changed before that. Iran was essentially running Syria, okay? directly through hizballah Has been brought to its knees. Iran. is out of the picture. So I think this presents opportunities

27:06 for stability. for security, and eventually for peace. And I think that Um, I think that's been opened up also by the fact that the president has opened up a channel So they have something there's a lot to lose by going back to conflict. and there's a lot to gain by moving towards peace. And I think that, uh, I think that opportunity has been opened by the president and by the change security situation, which We brought about with the collapse of the Assad regime. within Australia. Uh, let's let's suppose that war Would I answer? Yes, no. Right. That's my good answer much. It's your duty to ask and my duty to ask you back. So you

27:51 know the at the request of a lot of countries, in the surrounding area of the Middle East. including BB uh, we will uh, we took the sanctions off Syria. and I met the new leader. I was very impressed by him, and somebody said, well, he comes from a very tough background. I said, well, you know, I'm not that surprised. know, a tough part of the world. but I was very impressed by him but we took the sanctions off because we want to give him a chance. They would never have had a chance without the sanctions and 1 of the things we have with Iran is you know, we have very they call biting they are very biting sanctions and I would love to be able to at the right time. Take those sanctions off, give them a chance. at rebuilding because I'd like to see Iran build itself back up in a peaceful Manner and

28:36 not going around saying death to America. death to the USA debt to Israel. as they were doing, you know, they were the bully of the Middle East and now they're not the them. they have such potential, you know, they have the oil power and they have great people. smart people. energetic people. Amazing. And I know so many. Iranians Iranians from New York. I have a lot of friends and they're great people. So it's a shame when you see a thing like this happen, but I think that taking these sanctions off of Syria is going to give Syria a great shot at making it. Mr. President. Congressional question. are there any executive orders that you like to see Congress focus on? when they come back

29:21 in session You ever believe that you are prioritized to go first? Well, we've done a lot of them in the last as you know and The I always say the Great, Big Beautiful bill. I had the word Greg but uh, it was the largest bill of its kind ever passed. We were talking about it before. it was uh Beauty. But you know a lot of the things that we did executive orders have been codified. in the legislation that we just had passed. and we're going to be sending in a lot more over the next period of about 2 months separately. but a lot of it has was part of that big. that beautiful big Bill Everybody, we know everything. We it's all

30:07 done. I told you I told you We'll make some deals. but for the most part, we're going to send a letter. We're going to say welcome to the United States. if you'd like to participate. in the greatest most successful. country ever. I mean, we're doing better than ever. uh, we have I don't think and you're going to see these numbers. soon. We've never had numbers like this. We've never had investment like this. We have more than 90. We're going to have much more than 90 but most of those are going to be sent a letter, or this is exactly what I said. Now, we've made a deal with United Kingdom. We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal. we're close to making a deal with India. Others. we met with and we don't think we're going to be able to make a deal. So we just send them a letter if you want to. If you want to play ball, you have to. this is what you have to pay. So, we're

30:53 as far as I'm concerned, we're done. We're sending out letters to various countries telling them how much tariffs they have to pay. uh, some will maybe adjust a little bit depending if they have a you know. cause we're not going to be unfair about it and actually it's a small fraction. Compared to what we should be getting. We should be. We should be asking for much more but for the sake of relationships that we've had with a lot of really good countries. we're doing the way I do it. but we could be getting a lot more. We could ask for a lot more than what we're asking for. Anything else earlier? But your county needs as deals by saying, here's the territory. We're going to. I I'm saying. Here it is. Congratulations. Welcome to the United States. I hope you make a lot of money and

31:38 you're going to pay us money. There were ripping us, they were charging us tariffs. At at levels that nobody's ever seen before we have some countries that were charging 200% tariffs and making it impossible to do business. And what the tariffs are doing is, they're driving people in and companies in into the United States. That's why we're building all of the, All of the work that you see happening in this country right now. and it's at a record level. all the factories, all of the AI institutions that are being built. Uh, it's largely because well, I think it's because of November 5th. the good election, And I think it's because of The terrorists. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you.