We don’t need the Hormuz Strait but we do it because we have to do it, because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.
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I call it a skirmish. This is with this skirmish we have with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and I call it that.
Thank you to all of the House Republicans who are supporting the first step towards getting as much of THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, as possible, in the Budget Bill, and to our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson.
Shari, he's looking down right here. He's so proud right now.
But to Shari and Stephen and David, we will carry Tyler's memory in our hearts forever.
But I just want to thank Tyler's mother, Shari; his father, Stephen; and his uncle David. Great people.
Today they were on Air Force One, and it's quite nice, I must say.
I said, 'If you want, I'll give you a ride on Air Force One.'
All I'm going to say is we love you. We love your child.
We're going to honor them. And it’s one of the hardest things to do — for me, it's one of the hardest things to do as a president. But it has to be done.
We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.
How do you replace Hezbollah? You defeat and replace them with a government that is strong enough to be the sole force of arms in the country.
But, when you let other people do your job with the United States, we let other people do the job, and sometimes it doesn't work out so well.
A missile got through. We shot down almost all the missiles. One leaked through … it's heartbreaking.
The blockade is up, and fully. I mean, nobody gets through. Nobody gets through the blockade. It's like a steel wall.
They want to make a deal, but I say they're not ready to make a deal.
Iran is clearly not ready to make a deal – at least, not one they're willing to live by.
Iran is begging us, both directly and indirectly, let's do a deal, let's talk.
The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.
We're going to Dover. Some of you are going with us, to honor our heroes, and they are indeed great heroes, actually. They said, and they — all of them said very strongly — we can't let, we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. They won't…
But we need the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act!
Obviously, the war in Ukraine, I think, has, in many ways, impeded the ability of Russia and the United States to find areas of agreement on other topics.





