- We don’t have much time to make a deal
- “I think we’re in a very strong negotiating position to do what other Presidents should’ve done during a 47-year period — 47 years with these bloodthirsty people.”
- We’re dealing with them very successfully
- We’re in a strong position, we will end up with a great deal
- I don’t want to extend the ceasefire
- The blockade was successful
- We are totally loaded up, much more powerful than 4-5 weeks ago
- Hints at a weapons delivery yesterday, Trump suggests it could have been China
- I expect to be bombing because that’s a better attitude to go in with
- Infrastructure strikes could hurt Iran militarily
- We’re going to be at 50,000 on the Dow
- A drop in the Dow is peanuts compared to what would happen if Iran had a nuclear weapon
- If we left right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild
- They tried to get down to nuclear facilities, they can’t get down
- I thought the market would be down 20% on this war
- I would have won Vietnam very quickly, I would have won Iraq in the time this took
- On Iran, says “I’m not going to be rushed”
- UAE currency swap is under consideration
- No one thought Iran would hit other countries
- UAE got hit the hardest
- If I could help the UAE, I would
- Saudi Arabia wasn’t asking for anything, I spoke with them yesterday
- Europe needs to straighten themselves out on energy and immigration
On the Fed and Warsh:
- Kevin Warsh said the saddest thing was the Fed ripped down the nicest building
- We have to find out why cost overruns happened, you can’t have hundreds of projects like that
On Anthropic:
- We had some very good talks and we think they’re shaping up
- They’re smart people and I like high-IQ people
On tariffs:
- I will remember companies that don’t collect tariff refunds
- It looks like we’re going to lose birthright citizenship too
- We’re doing tariffs a different way, will get bigger numbers
Other:
- I would love somebody to buy Spirit, that’s 14,000 jobs
Trump: We’re in a strong negotiating position, will end up with a great deal
