Weapons sales to Taiwan are 'a very good negotiating chip for us, frankly,' Trump told Fox News in Beijing.
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We’re going to wind up with a system that’s more efficient and even better than the previous system, and in some ways may prove to be even more beneficial than the previous system was to people from India that seek to enter the United…
Negotiations are proceeding nicely, but it will be a great deal for all or no deal at all.
What's happening there is unlawful, it's illegal, it's unsustainable for the world, it's unacceptable.
The straits have to be open. They're going to be open one way or the other, so they need to be open.
And the idea that somehow this president, given everything he's already proven he's willing to do, is going to somehow agree to a deal that ultimately winds up putting Iran in a stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions is…
Those 13 'wonderful souls' had given their lives 'to ensure that the world's number one state sponsor of terror will never have a nuclear weapon.'
His commitment to that principle that they’ll never have a nuclear weapon shouldn’t be questioned by anybody.
The Iran war will likely dominate the meeting, given the U.S. hit southern Iran with airstrikes overnight.
President Trump wanted to either "make a good deal," or no deal at all.
I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories... to direct that on Memorial Day the flag be flown at half-staff until noon.
I ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.
I do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, as a day of prayer for permanent peace.
Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!
So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about.
Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is.
If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama.
I would accept 'one or two' countries declining to sign, but said most should be willing.
I see it going down very substantially when this is over, I think very rapidly too, at levels that you’ve never seen.
I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this…
Either we will have a good deal or we will deal with this issue in another way, and we prefer to have a good deal.
This is a direct threat to the safety of every family on the road, and I won’t stand for it.
Some people said, he closed his eyes. Look, it got pretty boring. I didn’t sleep. I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell outta here.





