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Tổng thống Trump sẽ đến thăm hai tiểu bang Ohio và Kentucky, nơi ông sẽ trình bày chi tiết những thành tựu kinh tế của mình cùng các nỗ lực của toàn bộ chính quyền nhằm tiếp tục hạ thấp giá cả để đời sống hằng ngày của người lao động Hoa Kỳ trở nên dễ chịu hơn.
Tổng thống sẽ đến thăm cơ sở Thermo Fisher Scientific tại Ohio và có bài phát biểu tại Versed Logistics ở Kentucky.
Vào ngày thứ Năm, Tổng thống Trump và Đệ Nhất Phu Nhân sẽ tổ chức một sự kiện nhân Tháng Lịch sử Phụ nữ tại phòng East Room của Tòa Bạch Ốc.
Vào ngày thứ Sáu, Tổng thống sẽ ký một số sắc lệnh hành pháp, và chúng tôi sẽ cung cấp thêm chi tiết vào cuối tuần này.
Như Tổng thống Trump đã nói với người dân Hoa Kỳ tối qua, quân lực Hoa Kỳ đang đạt được những bước tiến rất lớn trong việc hoàn thành các mục tiêu quân sự của Chiến dịch Epic Fury.
Sau 10 ngày, chiến dịch này cho đến nay là một thành công rất lớn, và các chiến binh Hoa Kỳ đang chiến thắng trong cuộc chiến quan trọng này với tốc độ còn nhanh hơn cả dự kiến.
Cho đến nay đã có hơn 5000 mục tiêu của đối phương bị đánh trúng.
Các cuộc tấn công bằng hỏa tiễn đạn đạo của Iran đã giảm hơn 90%, và các cuộc tấn công bằng drone đã giảm khoảng 85% kể từ khi Chiến dịch Epic Fury bắt đầu.
Hoa Kỳ cũng đang tiêu diệt hải quân của chế độ Iran, và chúng ta đã phá hủy hơn 50 chiến hạm Iran, bao gồm một chiến hạm mang drone cỡ lớn.
Hiện nay không còn chiến hạm nào của chế độ Iran hoạt động trong các tuyến đường thủy quan trọng của khu vực, và hải quân Iran đã được đánh giá là không còn khả năng tác chiến hiệu quả.
Xu hướng hiện nay rất rõ ràng.
Năng lực chiến đấu của Hoa Kỳ đang gia tăng và ngày càng trở nên mạnh mẽ và áp đảo hơn mỗi ngày, trong khi khả năng phản ứng của chế độ khủng bố Iran đang suy giảm nhanh chóng.
Hiện nay quân lực Hoa Kỳ đang tiến hành phá hủy hạ tầng sản xuất hỏa tiễn của Iran.
Các oanh tạc cơ B2 của chúng ta gần đây đã thả hàng chục quả bom xuyên phá nặng 2000 pound xuống các cơ sở hỏa tiễn được chôn sâu dưới lòng đất.
Tối qua, Tổng thống Trump đã tái khẳng định cam kết bảo đảm dòng dầu hỏa tiếp tục lưu thông qua eo biển Hormuz, để Hoa Kỳ và các đồng minh có thể nhận được nguồn năng lượng cần thiết.
Tổng thống Trump sẽ không cho phép các phần tử khủng bố Iran ngăn chặn quyền tự do hàng hải và dòng năng lượng tự do của thế giới.
Xin nói rõ rằng việc tiêu diệt những kẻ khủng bố nhắm vào thường dân một cách bừa bãi và tìm cách bắt nền kinh tế toàn cầu làm con tin là điều đúng đắn.
Và Tổng thống Trump xứng đáng được khen ngợi vì đã làm điều đó.
Như Tổng thống đã nói rõ ràng với những phần tử còn lại của chế độ khủng bố này trong tuyên bố ngày hôm qua, nếu họ làm bất cứ điều gì nhằm ngăn chặn dòng chảy dầu hỏa hay hàng hóa qua eo biển Hormuz, họ sẽ bị quân lực mạnh nhất thế giới đánh trả mạnh gấp 20 lần so với những gì họ đã phải chịu cho đến nay.
Trong thời gian tới, các mục tiêu đã được công bố của Chiến dịch Epic Fury vẫn không thay đổi.
Phá hủy các hỏa tiễn đạn đạo của chế độ khủng bố này.
San bằng toàn bộ ngành công nghiệp hỏa tiễn của Iran.
Bảo đảm rằng các tổ chức khủng bố tay sai của họ không còn khả năng gây bất ổn trong khu vực.
Và bảo đảm rằng Iran sẽ không bao giờ có được vũ khí nguyên tử.
Tổng thống Trump vẫn tin tưởng rằng những mục tiêu này sẽ được hoàn thành một cách nhanh chóng.
Về vấn đề dầu hỏa, Tổng thống Trump đã hoàn toàn dự đoán trước rằng chế độ Iran có thể tìm cách gây xáo trộn thị trường toàn cầu. Chính vì vậy Tổng thống và nhóm năng lượng của ông đã chuẩn bị cho tình huống này từ rất lâu trước khi cuộc tấn công diễn ra, và đã hành động nhanh chóng để đối phó với những gián đoạn tạm thời.
Cho đến nay, chính quyền Trump đã cung cấp bảo hiểm rủi ro chính trị cho các tàu chở dầu hoạt động tại vùng Vịnh.
Bộ Ngân khố đã tạm thời miễn một số biện pháp trừng phạt liên quan đến dầu hỏa, và Tổng tư lệnh đã đề nghị Hải quân Hoa Kỳ hộ tống các tàu chở dầu khi cần thiết.
Tổng thống và nhóm năng lượng của ông đang theo dõi sát thị trường, trao đổi với các lãnh đạo trong ngành, và quân lực Hoa Kỳ đang chuẩn bị thêm các phương án theo chỉ thị của Tổng thống nhằm tiếp tục bảo đảm eo biển Hormuz luôn được lưu thông.
Tôi sẽ không công bố những phương án đó là gì, nhưng xin người dân Hoa Kỳ yên tâm rằng Tổng thống không ngần ngại sử dụng chúng khi cần thiết.
Người dân Hoa Kỳ có thể yên tâm rằng sự gia tăng gần đây của giá dầu và khí đốt chỉ là tạm thời, và chiến dịch này về lâu dài sẽ dẫn đến giá nhiên liệu thấp hơn.
Khi các mục tiêu an ninh quốc gia của Chiến dịch Epic Fury được hoàn thành, người dân Hoa Kỳ sẽ thấy giá dầu và khí đốt giảm nhanh chóng, thậm chí có thể thấp hơn cả mức trước khi chiến dịch bắt đầu.
Và chúng ta sẽ sống trong một thế giới nơi Iran không còn khả năng đe dọa Hoa Kỳ hay các đồng minh của chúng ta bằng bom nguyên tử.
Về một vấn đề khác trong nước, Tổng thống Trump đang thúc giục Quốc hội thông qua Đạo luật Save America, một trong những dự luật quan trọng nhất trong lịch sử quốc gia chúng ta.
Đạo luật Save America nhận được sự ủng hộ áp đảo của người dân Hoa Kỳ bởi vì mỗi điều khoản đều dựa trên lẽ thường.
Đạo luật Save America có 5 yêu cầu đơn giản theo đề nghị của Tổng thống Hợp Chúng Quốc Hoa Kỳ.
Thứ nhất, cử tri phải xuất trình giấy tờ nhận diện khi bỏ phiếu trong các cuộc bầu cử tại Hoa Kỳ.
Điều này rất đơn giản.
90% người dân Hoa Kỳ, bao gồm hơn 80% cử tri Đảng Dân Chủ, đồng ý với điều này.
Thứ hai, Đạo luật Save America sẽ yêu cầu tất cả cử tri phải chứng minh quốc tịch Hoa Kỳ khi ghi danh bỏ phiếu trong các cuộc bầu cử.
Một lần nữa, điều này rất phổ biến và hoàn toàn dựa trên lẽ thường.
Chỉ công dân Hoa Kỳ mới có quyền bỏ phiếu trong các cuộc bầu cử của Hoa Kỳ.
Nhưng sau khi Joe Biden và Đảng Dân Chủ cho phép hàng chục triệu di dân bất hợp pháp vào đất nước chúng ta, điều càng trở nên quan trọng hơn bao giờ hết là bảo đảm rằng chỉ có công dân Hoa Kỳ mới được ghi danh trong danh sách cử tri của quốc gia chúng ta.
Và Quốc hội cần phải thông qua dự luật này.
Thứ ba, Đạo luật Save America bãi bỏ việc phát phiếu bầu qua thư đại trà, một phương thức vô cùng thiếu an toàn và mở rộng cánh cửa cho gian lận.
Điều quan trọng là Đạo luật Save America vẫn duy trì các ngoại lệ để người dân Hoa Kỳ có thể bỏ phiếu qua thư trong những trường hợp chính đáng như bệnh tật, khuyết tật, quân nhân đang phục vụ, hoặc vì lý do di chuyển.
Bản báo cáo lưỡng đảng năm 2005 của Ủy ban Cải cách Bầu cử Liên bang, do chính cựu Tổng thống Jimmy Carter và cựu Ngoại trưởng James Baker chủ trì, đã kết luận rằng: “Phiếu bầu vắng mặt vẫn là nguồn tiềm tàng lớn nhất của gian lận bầu cử.” Và đã đến lúc Quốc hội phải giải quyết vấn đề này.
Thứ tư, Đạo luật Save America vĩnh viễn cấm đàn ông thi đấu trong thể thao của phụ nữ.
Tổng thống Trump đã ký một sắc lệnh hành pháp mang tính bước ngoặt nhằm bảo vệ tinh thần của Title IX và chấm dứt thực hành nguy hiểm và bất công này.
Nhưng bây giờ đã đến lúc Quốc hội phải đưa điều này thành luật.
Thứ năm, Đạo luật Save America cấm các cuộc phẫu thuật chuyển giới đối với trẻ em.
Một lần nữa, Tổng thống Trump đã ký một sắc lệnh hành pháp hợp lý để thực hiện điều này và giữ lời hứa với người dân Hoa Kỳ.
Nhưng bây giờ Quốc hội cũng cần phải hành động và đưa điều này thành luật.
Đã đến lúc các nghị sĩ Đảng Dân Chủ trong Quốc hội phải chấm dứt việc tiếp tục lan truyền quan điểm cực đoan và sai lầm rằng có thể thay đổi giới tính của một đứa trẻ.
Điều đó là không thể.
Việc thông qua Đạo luật Save America là điều quan trọng nhất mà các nghị sĩ Cộng Hòa và thẳng thắn mà nói cả các nghị sĩ Dân Chủ có thể làm để củng cố tính liêm chính của bầu cử và bảo vệ nền dân chủ của chúng ta.
Đó chính là điều mà người dân Hoa Kỳ đã bầu các nghị sĩ Cộng Hòa để thực hiện, và họ phải hoàn thành nhiệm vụ đó càng sớm càng tốt.
Tổng thống đang kêu gọi Quốc hội hoàn tất công việc và gửi ngay dự luật lịch sử này đến bàn làm việc của ông để ký ban hành.
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The White House
Afternoon everyone. Good afternoon.
Let's begin with some scheduling updates. Tomorrow, President Trump will travel to the great states of Ohio and Kentucky where he will tout his economic
victories and detail the administrationwide efforts to continuing lowering prices to make everyday life more affordable for working Americans.
The president will visit Thermoffisher Scientific in Ohio and give remarks at Vers Logistics in Kentucky. On Thursday,
President Trump and the First Lady will host a Women's History Month event in the East Room. And on Friday, the president will sign several executive
orders, and we will provide more details on those later this week. As President Trump shared with the American people last night, the United States military
is making tremendous tr strides towards achieving our military objectives for Operation Epic Fury. 10 days in, this
campaign has been a resounding success thus far, and America's warriors are winning this important fight at an even faster pace than we anticipated. More
than 5,000 enemy targets have been struck so far. Iran's ballistic missile attacks are down more than 90% and their
drone attacks are down by approximately 85% since the start of Operation Epic Fury. The United States is also annihilating the Iranian regime's navy,
and we have destroyed more than 50 Iranian naval vessels, including a major drone carrier ship. None of the regime's
vessels are operating in major regional waterways, and the Iranian Navy has been assessed as combat ineffective. The
trend is clear. US combat capabilities are increasing and growing more lethal and dominant by the day, while the Iranian terrorist regime's ability to
respond has rapidly declined. Now, the US military is moving to dismantle Iran's missile production
infrastructure. Our incredible B2 bombers recently dropped dozens of 2,000 pound penetrator bombs on deeply buried
missile sites. Last night, President Trump reiterated his commitment toward keeping oil flowing through the Strait
of Hermuz so the United States and all of our allies can receive their energy needs. President Trump will not allow
rogue Iranian terrorists to stop the freedom of navigation and the free flow of energy. Let me be clear. It is a good
thing to wipe out terrorists who indiscriminately target civilians and attempt to hold the global economy hostage. And President Trump could be
commend should be commended for doing so. As the president made unequivocally clear to the remaining elements of this terrorist regime in his statement
yesterday, if they do anything to stop the flow of oil or goods within the straight of Hermuz, they will be hit by
the world's most powerful military 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far. Moving forward, the stated
objectives for Operation Epic Fury remain the same. Destroy the terrorist regime's ballistic missiles. Raise their Iranian missile industry to the ground.
ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the re region and ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. President Trump remains
confident these goals will be accomplished in swift fashion. As for the oil, President Trump fully expected the rogue Iranian regime to try and
disrupt the global markets. That's why President Trump and his energy team have been planning for this long before the strike and have moved quickly to address these temporary disruptions. Thus far,
the Trump administration has offered political risk insurance to tankers operating in the Gulf. The Treasury temporarily waved certain oil related
sanctions. And the commander-in-chief has offered the US Navy to escort tankers when necessary. The president and his energy team are closely watching
the markets, speaking with industry leaders, and the US military is drawing up additional options following the president's directive to continue
keeping the Strait of Hermoose open. I will not broadcast what those options look like, but just know the president is not afraid to use them. Rest assured
to the American people, the recent increase in oil and gas prices is temporary, and this operation will result in lower gas prices in the long
term. Once the national objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved,
Americans will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior to the start of the
operation, and we will live in a world where Iran can no longer threaten the United States or our allies with a nuclear bomb. On another matter here at
home, President Trump is urging Congress to pass the Save America Act, one of the most critical pieces of legislation in
our nation's history. The Save America Act is overwhelmingly popular with all Americans because each provision is
rooted in common sense. The Save America Act has five simple requirements as requested by the President of the United
States. Number one, voters have to show ID to cast a ballot in an American election. Very simple. 90% of Americans,
including more than 80% of Democrat voters, agree with this. Number two, the Save America Act will require all voters
to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in American elections.
Again, this is popular and rooted in common sense. Only American citizens have the right to vote in American elections. But after Joe Biden and the
Democrats allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country, it's more important than ever to ensure that only American citizens are registering
to vote in our on our nation's voter roles, and Congress needs to pass this.
Number three, the Save America Act abolishes the incredibly unsecure practice of universal mail and ballots,
which throw the door wide open for fraud. Importantly, the Save America Act maintains exceptions for Americans to use mail and ballots like ill for
illness, disability, military, or travel reasons. The bipartisan 2005 report of the Commission on Federal Election
Reform, chaired by of all people, former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker,
concluded that quote, "Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud." And it is time for
Congress to finally address this. Number four, the Save America Act permanently bans men from competing in women's
sports. President Trump signed a landmark executive order upholding the promise of Title 9 and ending this dangerous and unfair practice. But now
it's time for co Congress to cottify this into law. Number five, the Save America Act bans transgender mutilation
surgery for children. Again, President Trump signed a common sense executive order to do this and kept his promise to the American people. But now, Congress
needs to do the same and codify it. It's well past time for Democrats in Congress to stop perpetuating the radical and
false claim that you can somehow change a child's sex. You cannot. Passing the Save America Act is the most important
thing that Republicans and frankly Democrats can do to strengthen election integrity and protect our democracy.
It's what the American people elected Republicans to do, and they must deliver on it as soon as possible. The president is calling on Congress to get the job
done and send this historic piece of legislation to his desk immediately for signature. So, with that, today I will take your questions. Benny, thank you
for being here and why don't you start us off.
Thank you, Caroline. So, my first question is actually about the Save America Act. So, one of the biggest um things that the Democrats are saying,
the claims that they're making is that the Save America Act, it would prevent married women from voting in elections
or make it harder for them. What do you have to say to those claims? Is there any validity to them? And where do you think they're they're getting this from?
There is zero validity to these claims.
And I'm glad that you brought them up because you have the Democrats who have created this myth and it has been perpetuated unfortunately by many in the mainstream media. Let me be very clear.
The Save America Act does not prohibit anyone from voting with the exception of illegal aliens. And the greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from
voting in American elections is to allow illegal aliens to vote, which is what Democrats want to do. We see it taking place in Democrat jurisdictions at the
state and local level across this country. So, the Save America Act corrects that. And as far as married women who have changed their name, if they're already registered to vote,
they're entirely unaffected by the Save Act. And for the small fraction of individuals who have changed their name or their address, they can still
register to vote. Of course, they just have to go through their state processes to update that documentation. And this is something that the American people,
married women, uh, and minorities and people all across this country who Democrats are insultingly saying cannot do this. They're already doing it every
day. Going to the Social Security office, going to the DMV, and I think it's frankly insulting that the Democrats are saying that there are certain groups of people in this country
who aren't smart enough to update their documentation to allow them to vote.Again, this is a a huge myth and thank you for giving me the opportunity to address it.
Of course. And then just one one more question about DHS. the funding issue.
It's been three plus weeks now. Um I was actually so I was at I was at the airport this morning in St. Louis,
Missouri. And it was early in the morning and one of the TSA agents, I saw her, she was kind of tearing up. She was crying. I asked her, I was like, "What?
Like what's what's wrong?" And she was like, "I can't make my phone payment. My I I can barely make my my car payment
that's coming up." I want What do you I think a lot in the beltway there's so much noise between Democrats,
Republicans. It's the Democrat's fault.
It's the Republicans's fault. But what is the White House's message to the American people that are struggling because they're not getting that paycheck. It's take away the politics.
What do you have to say to those people?
President Trump wants the Department of Homeland Security. He wants TSA. He wants FEMA. He wants the brave men and women of our United States Coast Guard
to receive their paychecks. And he wants this department to be fully funded and fully reopened. And so to any American out there uh who is struggling without a
paycheck, we know there's more than 100,000 of you across the country. To any American out there who is showing up to an airport and facing uh incredibly
long wait times and lines, call your Democrat member of Congress and tell them to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That's what President Trump
wants to do. And it's completely ridiculous that the American people are suffering as a result of these partisan games that are being played by Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Thank you, Steve. Well, I think you said the operation was going faster than anticipated. What is your current timeline for how long the war will last?
So, look, as you know, Steve, the president and the US military's uh initial timeline was about four to six weeks to achieve the full objectives of
Operation Epic Fury. Again, to destroy their missiles and their ability to make them, destroy their navy, permanently deny them nuclear weapons forever, and
to of course weaken their evil terrorist proxies in the region. Uh we know that the US military and our brave war fighters are quickly and expeditiously
executing these objectives well ahead of schedule. Uh but ultimately the operations will end when the commander-in-chief uh determines the military objectives have been met, fully
realized and that Iran is in a position of complete and unconditional surrender whether they say it or not. And does the president still want Iran's
unconditional surrender? Well, when President Trump says uh that Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender, he's
not claiming the Iranian regime is going to come out and say that themselves. Uh what the president means is that Iran's
threats will no longer be backed by a ballistic missile arsenal that protects them from building a nuclear bomb in their country. Um I could make an empty
threat, but if I have no actions to back it up, then that's it's an empty threat.
Uh and so President Trump will determine when Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender. uh when they no longer pose a credible and direct threat to the United States of America and our allies.
Adriana, thank you.
Um uh can you explain why the energy secretary uh posted and it appeared to have deleted a post on X saying that the
US Navy escorted an oil tanker uh through this?
Yes, I was made aware of this post. I haven't had a chance to talk to the energy secretary about it directly.
However, I know the post was taken down pretty quickly. And I can confirm that the US Navy has not escorted a tanker or a vessel at this time, though of course
that's an option the president has said he will absolutely utilize if and when necessary at the appropriate time.
And if this was something that was posted erroneously, uh could it be because of a staffer? What you know what I guess will there be any consequences
for this? I know you still have to consult, but generally speaking, I would defer you to the Department of Energy to answer that question. Okay. And if I could just follow up really quickly, um,
in terms of oil, uh, sanctions, uh, the president said that there would be some sanctions, what that would be lifted, would those be on Venezuela, Russia.
Could you give some specifics there and then timing for that as well?
Sure. I know it's something that the Treasury Department and the president's energy team continue to discuss and they will ultimately consult with the president before decisions are made. I don't have any announcements on new sanctions or the lifting of new sanctions for you today. Alex,
thank you. Uh Reuters has reported that about 150 US uh service members have been injured so far. Can you confirm that number and and elaborate on that?
Um I can't confirm this the exact number. I know it's within that ballpark, but I would defer you to the Pentagon um for a specific number of of
wounded or injured thus far. And and then sec secondly, if if I can, um I wanted to ask about u excuse me here
the there was a briefing on the on the on the Capitol Hill today and some senators came out and said they were more convinced that than ever that there
would be US boots on the ground. Senator Blumenthal said that. In fact, uh your reaction to that and and any update on President Trump's thinking about it.
Look, I would say that um Democrats on Capitol Hill are clearly being quite disingenuous. Uh three years ago uh not
a single Democrat voted uh for the against the resolution condemning Iran as the world's leading state sponsor of
terror. Yet now with President Trump as commander-in-chief finally taking the action that so many Democrats have called on the commander-in-chief to do
for many many years to wipe out the threat of a rogue Iranian terrorist regime. Now all of a sudden Democrats are playing politics with this
longstanding bipartisan policy of the United States. uh and they 53 of them in the house recently voted against the
resolution condemning Iran as the world's state sponsor of terror. Uh so I wouldn't take Democrats at their word.
As for boots on the ground, the president has uh talked about this repeatedly uh wisely. He does not rule options out as commander-in-chief. So
again, I would hesitate to confirm anything that a Democrat on Capitol Hill says right now about the president's thinking.
Kellen, you outlined to Steve the military components of of what would be involved in ending this war, but it seems like there's a political
component, too. The president said to Fox earlier today that he doesn't believe the new Ayatollah can live in peace. He made a variety of comments
suggesting that he should be involved in picking the new Iranian leader. Is the ending of this war also contingent on Iran selecting a leader that the president finds acceptable? And if so,
how is that not the definition of a regime change war?
Look, as President Trump has blatantly and frankly stated, it's obviously within the best interest of the United States and the West uh to no longer have
a radical uh terrorist in charge of Iran, especially as we see their reaction uh to Operation Epic Fury. They
had their missiles turned towards our Gulf and Arab partners in the region. Uh again this was a regime that chanted or still chants death to America. We look
at the way that they are holding the entire world hostage uh with the free the restricting of the free flow of energy through the strait of Hermoose.
So the president I think is making quite an obvious comment again as for the timeline of the military operations with respect to Iran. Uh we have objectives
that we have laid out that the commander-in-chief wants to see achieved. When they are achieved uh then it will ultimately be up to the president to end this operation.
Okay. So I think you're Not exactly addressing my question though. Is that political objective also necessary for the president decide to end this war?
Look, again, I just told you the objectives of Operation Epic Fury. When those objectives are met, the president will dictate the end of these
operations, when he deems that Iran no longer poses a credible threat to the United States of America. And again, it goes back to what does that
unconditional surrender look like? Uh Iran can talk all they want and their words will be very empty when we've completely annihilated their navy. as we
are doing when we've taken out the threat of their ballistic missile capability, when we can firmly finally ensure that they can no longer make a
nuclear bomb to threaten the United States and our allies and our troops in the region. And that's what President Trump is ultimately seeking to do with respect to this operation.
Jennifer,
there was a shooting outside of a synagogue in Baltimore. Do you know if the president has been briefed on that?
And do you have any more details on what happened?
I don't, but we certainly will get you more details, Jennifer. And um I don't know if the president has briefed, but I'll check on that when I get back to the Oval Office after this.
Sure.
Thanks, Caroline. Um the president said yesterday for the first time that he had to strike Iran because he believes that Iran was going to strike US targets
within 7 days and then he then bumped that down later to 3 days. Where is he getting that? Well, that's not the first time the president has said that he
chose to launch Operation Epic Fury because he felt as though Iran was going to strike the United States and our assets in the region first. Again, I addressed this in the last briefing.
This was a feeling the president had based on facts. Facts provided to him by his top negotiators who had been engaged with the Iranian regime in a good faith
effort. The Iranian regime regime was lying, deceiving the United States of America, clearly trying to uh continue
their nuclear program to create a bomb that would of course threaten the United States of America. Again, their ballistic missile arsenal. They were
rapidly and aggressively increasing that by the month uh to a place where uh they would essentially build immunity for themselves where a future president or
President Trump would not be able to launch this incredibly successful operation. And so the president again as I have reiterated and he has said was
not going to sit back and allow the Iranian regime to to uh threaten or to attack the United States of America any longer.
But there are no US leaders or Israeli leaders who are making those same claims. So is he making this up to justify his decision to go to war now?
The president is not making anything up,
Nancy. He is looking at this every single day based on intelligence, based on facts, and based on intelligence that
he himself and his negotiators have uh have consumed based on their again negotiations with the rogue Iranian
regime over the past year. And the president and his team tried in a good faith way uh to to reach a diplomatic deal through peaceful means with the
Iranian regime. And Iran chose this path to death and destruction. Iran wanted to attack the United States of America and
the president was not going to sit back and allow that to happen. He was not going to sit back and allow that to happen and everyone in this room should be grateful for it.
John,
thanks a lot, Caroline. Two questions for you. One has to do with a followup to your statement that you made at the beginning of the briefing regarding the
Save America Act. Uh yesterday, the Senate Majority Leader John Thoon uh spoke on the effort to potentially have
a filibuster um broken. the rules for the filibuster broken. He said the votes aren't there one to nuke the filibuster
and the votes aren't there for a talking filibuster. He says that's the reality.
What's your reaction to what Senator said?
Look, I think President Trump the urgency behind his need to pass the Save America Act and his desire to get this
country saving legislation passed has been made quite clear. He wants all options on the table and he wants the Senate to move as quickly as possible
through whatever means necessary. And then secondly, just regarding the president's trip tomorrow, looking ahead, why uh Ohio and why Northern Kentucky?
Well, why not? These are two great states with great Americans.
He's just wanted to know why they're chosen.
Great states with great Americans. The president will be joined by lawmakers from both states, uh, who he greatly admires and respects and supports. Uh,
and he'll be meeting with business owners in both of these places and talking about the economy, which is of course the utmost importance to him.
Thank you. Last week the energy secretary issued a waiver for India to get oil Russian oils during this energy crisis.
Have you spoken to president about it? What's the idea behind this? Have I spoken to the president about it? Yes.
Yes, I have spoken to the president about it. Uh and the president and the secretary of treasury and the whole national security team came to this decision because our allies in India as
you know leolite have been good actors and have previously stopped buying sanctioned Russian oil. So, as we work to appease this temporary gap of oil
supply around the world because of the Iranians, uh we have temporarily permitted them to accept that Russian oil. And this Russian oil was already at
sea. It was already out on the wall uh the water. So, this short-term measure,
we don't believe it will provide significant uh financial benefit to the Russian government at this time. I have one more question about Pakistan.
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You know, Pakistan is a neighbor of Iran and President Pakistan is also an ally of US. President has been praising a lot about the field marshall. Is Pakistan
providing any kind of support in this war against Iran?
Um that I will have to check on with the Pentagon and get back to you. Sure.
Thanks. The president said yesterday that President Putin told him he wanted to be helpful in the Middle East. The Kremlin put out a statement where Putin said, quote, "I would like to reaffirm
our unwavering support for Thrron and our solidarity with Iranian friends."
How does the president think that Russia could be helpful if not helping Iran?
And did the president push Putin on Russia sharing intelligence with Iran in this war?
Um the president and his special envoy Witkoff have both said that of course they've sent a message to Russia that if uh that was taking place, it's not
something they would be happy with and they hope that it is not taking place.
As for further details about the discussions between these two leaders,
I'll leave it to the president uh to divulge any more of that conversation.
but he did confirm it yesterday and provided you with a little bit of the background and his view and his perspective as he always does. Luke,
regarding the uh missile strike on the Iranian school, how long does the administration expect that investigation
to take and will uh the White House or the Department of Defense release a full report of its findings once the investigation is complete?
The Department of War will do that. The investigation continues and as the president said yesterday at his press conference, he will accept the conclusion of that investigation,
whatever it may be. We'll go to the back row for some love.
Uh, sure. In the back with the with the glasses. Caroline, regard regarding the show, Caroline.
Caroline, is there you can go, but go first. Okay. Thank you.
Is there is there an update regarding you have rough real estate back there, so I'm sorry.
Is there an update regarding Cuba and also is uh an economic deal imminent?
Sure. I don't have any updates on Cuba for you today. Obviously, this is something the administration is actively dealing with. The president's made it
quite clear. It's his belief based on fact that the Cuban regime is bound to fall. The country is obviously in a very weak place uh economically speaking. The
people are crying out for help. Uh and the president believes and knows that the Cuban regime wants a deal. So, as you know, Secretary of State Rubio has
been engaged in those conversations as directed by the president. I don't have any updates for you today, though.
Thank you, Caroline. Regarding the Shield of the Americas, the initiative by President Trump this weekend, big names, a lot of countries, but some notable absences. For instance,
Colombia, which is a key ally with the United States in terms of counter narcotics, and President Gustav Petro was here at the White House and he met
with President Trump. Why wasn't Colombia invited to the Shield of the Americas? I don't think we're seeing the level of cooperation we quite want to
see yet from the Colombian government to invite them to the Shield of America's event in PAC, but we certainly uh hope
that this uh newfound organization will expand and we can continue to invite additional member countries. But uh there was quite a few countries there. I
believe there were 17 countries represented, 12 heads of state with the president over the weekend. uh they def signed a defense agreement with all of
our militaries uh to emphasize the need to combat drug cartels through Latin America in the Western Hemisphere uh and
ultimately of course to curb uh the illegal trafficking of drugs to the United States which is the president's utmost priority in all of this. So it
was a great event on Saturday and we look forward to the coalition expanding.
Kelly in the back Caroline, thank you. Good to see you.
Uh, I want to get back to another question that was asked earlier. It talked about the political aspects, but there's also the ideological
and the spiritual aspects of what Iran has said for 47 years. Death to America,
death to Israel. And we've just finished talking about the fact that terror has been around the world. Iran has been the
nexus of that in so many ways. Has the president stated clearly to the American people why this is such an imminent
threat in order for Democrats on Capitol Hill and Republicans and the American people to understand how imminent the threat was?
I think he has, Kelly. I mean, you've heard from the president on an almost daily basis over the course of the past 10 days. You've heard it from me at this podium. You've heard it from the
secretary of war, the secretary of state, the vice president of the United States. You know, the president's top cabinet and his officials have been
repeatedly explaining to the American public uh the the threat that Iran has posed to our country in this moment, but of course over the course of the past 47
years and their words again chanting death to America speak for themselves. Go ahead. You can follow up.
Why the division uh within the American people? I I realize that we have the people are talking about the War Powers Act. They're talking about all kinds of
issues, but have people forgotten just how imminent that threat was? If they keep saying death to America and death
to Israel, they mean it. Look, I don't think the American people have forgotten, but I think Democrats on Capitol Hill, they've have not forgotten, but they are just so plagued
uh with this resistance to President Trump on everything that they do that again they can't even rally behind the
common sense, bipartisan, long-standing principle of the United States of America, uh that Iran absolutely poses a threat to the United States, that Iran
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is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. And I think that's reflected again in their voting pattern. In 2023,
uh, every single member of the House of Representatives, with the exception of one, I believe the final vote was 412
to1 in 2023 for a resolution condemning Iran as the world's state leading sponsor of terror. And now in 20 in this year, uh, under this president in 2026,
uh, 53 Democrats voted against that exact same resolution with the exact same language. I don't think that's a tr
a change in the threat that Iran has posed to the United States. I think it's a change in the Democrat party's thinking and their vicious hatred for President Trump.
Danny, what's the national threat level?
Following on, Kelly, what's the national threat level right now because of this death to America, death to Israel issue?
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I believe the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have repeatedly and continuously provided up updates on the threat level to the homeland. I don't
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want to speak on it out of turn from up here, but of course uh the federal government is continuing uh to coordinate and partner with local law
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enforcement agencies across the ground to thwart uh potential threats to the homeland. This is something the administration obviously takes very
seriously. Uh we are thwarting threat threats um that frankly most Americans don't know about because they never make headlines. But that's the great work
that the Department of Homeland Security is doing and it emphasizes and underscores the point of why Democrats need to fund and reopen fully the
Department of Homeland Security right now.
Danny on the Iranian school. Why did President Trump say yesterday that Iran may have Tomahawk missiles when there
are only three other US allies plus the US that have those missiles and therefore look again as the president said yesterday he will accept uh the
conclusion of this investigation by the Department of War. I know there's been a lot of speculation in the media about uh who may be responsible for this. We're
not going to get ahead of the Department of War and the conclusion of that investigation. The president has a right to share his opinions with the American
public, but he has said he'll accept uh the conclusion of that investigation and frankly we're not going to be harassed by the New York Times who's been putting
out a lot of articles on this uh making claims that have just not been verified by the Department of War uh to quickly wrap up this investigation because the
New York Times is calling on us to do so.
Thank you so much. Uh Caroline, with the DHS currently under a partial Democrat shutdown, uh does the administration have any specific concerns about
potential impact on homeland security or intelligence monitoring of sleeper cells inside the United States? And do you have any comment on the potent on the
bombing, the two indiv individuals that bombed New York City or tried to?
Yeah, it was absolutely despicable to see that attack in New York City. I know the FBI is investigating and the Department of Justice and SDNY have
announced they are charging those two individuals and alleged terrorists. and I know they won't rest until justice is sought in this case.
Daniel, thank you, Caroline. Appreciate it.
Millions of Americans are filing taxes for the first time since the president signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. New reports say that new IRS data says that the average federal tax
refund is around $3,800, a little bit up from the last period of last year. Does the president believe that the average
federal tax refund increasing this year could provide a little bit more economic growth, something that he's been very focused on as the year progresses?
Absolutely. And Americans are going to start benefiting from the fruits of President Trump and Republicans labor uh through the passage of the one big
beautiful bill in these historic tax cuts. We are midway through tax season.
So, just to provide an update uh from the Treasury Department that just went out moments ago, nearly 63 and a half million tax returns have been processed
thus far. Uh 45% of the anticipated total number of tax returns by April 15th. So, don't forget to file your taxes, people. Uh and the average refund this year is more than $3700.
Uh, and we know that more than 27.5 million uh, individuals who have filed their tax returns thus far have claimed
at least one of President Trump's new tax cuts. Over three and a half million returns have claimed no tax on tips.
Over 15.5 million returns have claimed no tax on overtime. Over 9.2 million returns have claimed the enhanced
deduction for seniors. and over 60 uh 690,000 returns have claimed no tax on car loan interest. And another amazing
statistic, nearly 3.5 million Trump accounts have been opened uh for children in our country thus far. So, we
look forward to I know the Treasury Department continues to look forward to seeing these checks go out the door uh and into the pockets of hardworking
Americans. And the president will be meeting with them himself tomorrow on the road in both Ohio and Kentucky. and we look forward to seeing you all there.
Thank you guys.
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