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This content documents a White House event commemorating the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" US Olympic hockey team, featuring speeches from the team members, politicians, and the President, alongside discussions on legislative actions and current geopolitical and economic issues.
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Well, this is very exciting. This was
one of the greatest moments in the
history of US sports. I wouldn't say
maybe for other countries that weren't
so thrilled, but for US sports and uh we
have a very exciting team of champions
standing behind me. Uh Mr. Attorney,
could you read what we're doing right
now and get it done?
>> This is HR452, the Miracle on Ice Bill.
The United States Congress has
authorized three medals to be struck
commemorating the historic victory of
the United States uh men's hockey team
in 1980 at the Lake Placid Olympics
where they obviously defeated the
Russians in the the Soviet Union, excuse
me, in the famous Miracle on ice hockey
game. Uh this will serve as a fitting
commemoration of that incredible
achievement uh and will hopefully uh be
a lasting memorial of that achievement
going forward. This was an amazing
event. Pretty big. Uh I mean I don't
know there were some other upsets in the
world. I haven't noticed them getting
any of these.
That's great. We don't use auto pens here.
Okay. Wait a minute. There you go. Take care.
care.
So great, right?
>> Most of these people are too young to
remember that.
No sports fans know it.
Thank you very much. It's great honor to
have the media, too. We're delighted to
be joined today by true legends of
American sports history, the heroes for
the entire nation, the 1980 US Olympic
ice hockey team. Uh, this was one of the
biggest moments that I've ever seen in
sports and I like sports. These are the
men who gave us one of the most sword
athletic wins of all time. It's called
the miracle on ice and I guess that's
what it was.
We're with us today by players like Jim
Greg, Steve Janisk, Bill Baker, Dave
Christian, Ken Marorrow, Jack O'allahan,
Mike Ramsey, Neil Bratton, Mike Uri,
Rob Mlanahan,
Buzz Schneider,
Dave Silk,
Phil Vota,
and numerous others. And what I'd love
to you do, you know, when you have all
of these media people, it's a nice slow
afternoon. Nothing's too slow around
here. I think we just did a a very good
job with Thailand and Cambodia. We had
them stopped and I've been saying I
stopped eight wars, but they started
shooting at each other two days ago. It
wasn't good. And we got it, I think,
straightened out today. So, Thailand and
Cambodia is in good shape. So, we get a
lot done. Eight wars. Nobody's ever
stopped eight wars. We have one more to
go. The easiest one I thought would be a
country that you're somewhat familiar
with, Russia and uh Ukraine, but we're a
lot of progress is being made even
there. Could I ask you to just say your
name and if you have anything to say,
you could say that also and then we'll
get on with reading some of the stats.
>> Yeah, my name is Ryan Sudter. I'm here
representing my dad, Bob, who passed
away. Um, it's a true honor for me to be
a part of this and I thank these guys
for allowing me to be a part of their
team and thank you for having this and
hosting this.
>> Your father was some player,
>> incredible player. Do you uh did you
ever play ice hockey?
>> I did. Yeah.
>> So, let me ask you,
>> how good was he compared to his father?
Don't ask. Don't answer.
>> Mr. President, Ryan just played 21 years
in the NHL. He played 1500 games in
>> uh pretty comfortable though, right?
>> Better. You think better? >> Yes.
>> Yes.
>> You can just Dad was tough.
>> I heard you might be
>> Dad was tougher. You're right.
>> Dad was tougher.
>> But you got good genetics. You had a
great How long did you play?
>> I played 21 years.
>> Wow. Well, you look pretty good for a
guy played 21 years.
Congratulations. And great father.
>> Thank you.
>> Great father.
>> Please. Um, I'm Tia Lewis and I'm here
representing my dad, Mark Pavlich. Um,
he I'm so honored to be here. Um, I just
I I'm at a loss for words to be honest.
Like, I can't believe this is real. I
want to say to you, President Trump from
I know so many people from Duth,
Minnesota that love you and I just Yes.
Yeah. You're Thank you for having us
here. So, yeah.
>> And you had a great father.
>> Thank you so much. a great great player. >> So,
>> So,
>> Thank you very much. Thank you for being
here. Please go ahead.
>> I'm Ken Marorrow. Um,
>> an honor to meet you, Mr. President.
>> What a great win for our country and uh
if people don't remember, that's where
the USA Chance started in Lake Placid.
>> That's right. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> I tried to take credit for that.
>> You had you had to bring that up, didn't
you? Well, that's the end of that.
That's all right. Thank you very much.
>> Hi, I'm Jim Craig and uh it's an honor
to be here. I'm so proud of all my
teammates and what we able to accomplish
for our country and when you get a
chance to represent your country whether
it's in the military or a sport and you
do something really special what my team
did and then be recognized many years
later. So, Mr. President, I want to
thank you for your courage that you show
the country every single day.
>> Thank you. and for uh making our country
safe again.
>> Thank you. Yeah, we we knew that. I
appreciate that very much. I didn't know
>> Thank you for being here. He's doing a
great job.
>> Thank you, very much.
>> Uh Bud Schneider. Uh Mr. President,
thanks for having us here. Thanks,
Congressman Ster for writing legislation
with Luis Sm. Uh it's a privilege to be
here and uh we accomplished a wonderful
thing and I will say that uh I got 19
beautiful people I did it with. It was
awesome. All good solid people. Thank
you. Thanks again.
>> It's an amazing office. It's
>> it's unbelievable. Everybody that comes
here, they get the biggest people in the
world. They come into this place and
they go, "Wow, it's the Oval Office.
Most most important office anywhere in
the world. Not even close." Thank you
very much, Mr. President. Mike Rouion.
Uh on behalf of the team, we have a replica
replica
>> hat that we wore at the opening
ceremonies uh in Lake Placid. We'd like
you to have that. And more importantly,
uh, I don't think words can explain how
proud we are of what you've done for our team.
team.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Let's see. What do I do with that strap?
You remember a certain governor in
Massachusetts when they put that helmet
on? That was not good. practice.
practice.
>> Michael did practice. >> Yep.
>> Yep.
>> They put that helmet on. That was the
>> But the honor that you bestowed upon our
team something that's incredible.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Well, I feel it.
>> Thank you,
>> Mr. President. Hello, I'm Jack O'
Callahan from Charlesttown, Mass.
>> And I grew up on the battlefield of
where the Battle of Bunker Hill was
fought and that's where it all started.
and uh thank you so much for having us
here when we're a bunch of proud
Americans and uh we're thrilled to be in
your presence, sir.
>> Thank you very much. I'm thrilled to be
with you guys, winners, champions.
>> Mr. President, my name is Dave Silk and
like Jack said, I'm a proud American.
Thank you for having us here and thank
you to all that put this on for us. I'm
honored to be here.
>> Thank you, folks. It's really nice.
Thank you,
>> Mr. President. Joe Baker. I'm from
Minnesota. I know that right now that
doesn't ring very well.
Hopefully we can get that turned around.
>> Do we have Somalians in the any
>> The pride we felt in 1980 is incredible
and we are starting to feel that again
thanks to your leadership. Thank you
very much.
>> Well, you know, Minnesota is a great
place and this is a great leader right
here for Minnesota. He loves it. Not
happy with what's going on up there and
I I think you'll take care of that
situation. We're all with you. with your help.
help.
>> No, no, you have my help. What's
happening up there is is a disgrace.
It's a disgrace. Billions of dollars
have been stolen. Billions sent back to
Somalia. And uh Tom can solve that
problem better than anybody. And you
have the go-ahad, right?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Thank you very much, sir. And thank you.
What do you think of this team?
>> This is the team that set the whole tone
for this country back in 1980. It was
the beginning of the great comeback,
which by the way, Donald J. Trump was
the next beginning of the great
comeback. So, it's perfect that it's
both you and this uh great team from 1980.
1980.
>> Thank you, Tom. You're doing a fantastic
job. Really a great leader. We
appreciate it. A friend and Jackie is a
great spouse.
>> Remember, that's
true. That's what I heard.
>> And Elise, everybody knows Elise. She's
doing phenomenally well. A really
tremendous congresswoman. And she's
running for a little position called
Governor of New York. and she's got a
hell of a shot at it. That's all I can
see. I see polls that look very good and
we uh we could use you in New York.
She's got a little competition and with
a very good Republican, but uh she's a
great Republican. So, we'll see what
happens. But at least it's respected by
everybody and we appreciate it. Thank you.
you.
>> Thank you so much, Mr. President. And as
the representative for Lake Placid, this
is so meaningful to my constituents and
we are home of the Miracle on Ice and
it's wonderful to be here with these
teammates who just stood so proudly for
Team USA.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Please.
>> Please.
>> Uh my name is Dan Brooks. Uh I am the
son of Coach Brooks. Um it's an honor to
be here, Mr. President. Uh my dad uh he
believed uh he believed in the American
hockey player. Uh he believed in his
country. He loved this team. He loved
his country. I wish he was here, but
it's an honor for me to represent him.
So, thank you for having me.
>> Well, your father was a great guy. I
knew him a little bit. And uh he was an
amazing coach. What he did was just incredible.
incredible.
>> He was tough, but fair.
>> He was tough. Was he tough on you? Yeah.
>> I love him for 20 years,
>> but but good. I always say my father was
tough, too. My father was tough, but good,
good,
>> right? They were good people. Thank you.
>> It was an honor to be his son.
>> Thank you very much. He's he'd be very
proud of you right now.
>> Robert Conahan from Minnesota. Uh I'm
just echoing everybody else's words.
It's an honor to be here
>> and it's an honor to be a teammate of
this great team. We had
>> it's all about we and we're great teammates.
teammates. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> That was a per really a perfect case of it.
it. >> Yep.
>> Yep.
>> That team was a perfect case. Please um
I'm honored to be here. I'm representing
my brother Mark who died in 2024. I know
he's looking down with a big smile on
his face.
>> Great player.
>> Yeah. And I'm sure I am honored and I
know he would be too.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Thank you,
>> Mr. Trump. Dave Christian from Warwood,
Minnesota, Hockey Town, USA.
>> Is it still?
>> Is it?
>> It's It still is. But it's a privilege
and an honor to be here with the
greatest teammates anyone could have.
Thank you, Michael. Great honor. Great job,
job,
>> Mr. President. Mike Ramsey. I'm also
from Minnesota and uh Minneapolis. It's
not Hockey Town, Minnesota.
It's an honor to be here with my
teammates and you. Uh this is awesome.
>> That's great.
>> Thank you.
>> Great to have you. Thank you very much,
>> Mr. President. Steve Januzac, also from
Minnesota, White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
It's not as big as it sounds.
Uh I backed up Jimmy Craig and want to
thank all you guys for the job that you
did. Uh pleasure to be a part of this
team. Luckiest guy on this team. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Um
>> Um
>> Jimmy Craig was uh pretty good, right?
>> He knew goending and he did an awesome job.
job.
>> Yeah, pretty good.
>> It's great.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
>> What do you think, Phil?
I'm speechless of course but uh I'm Phil
Bakota originally from Duth Minnesota
and uh certainly like all the other
gentlemen here uh are we're having a
wonderful wonderful day and just seeing
the history of Washington DC and you
know the invitation and the and the
award is uh beyond beyond what I could imagine.
imagine.
>> Well, it's an honor and so many people
from Minnesota.
Good hockey. Good hockey blood, huh?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah. So many people, a lot of lot of
the team. Congratulations. And
Minnesota's going to be back, right? >> Better.
>> Better.
>> Going to be back. Going to be back.
You got a little bad governor up there.
Couple little problems, but it's going
to be back. And unbelievable people in
Minnesota. 45 years ago, this tremendous
group of collegiate players and amateurs
faced overwhelming odds against the
Soviet Union in Lake Placid Winter
Olympics. They said it was the greatest
team ever put together, the Soviet team.
They weren't saying that about you, but
you were damn good. They were saying
that team was unbeatable. The same month
the USSR's hockey team had crushed our
squad. They did a I guess an exhibition
game of some kind and it was not pretty.
10 to three. And uh people were not even
looking forward to this game, fellas. I
hate to tell you, but they liked it.
That last 10 minutes were not fun. The
Soviets had not lost an Olympic games
since 1968, and they were coming off a
four straight gold record. Gold medals
in ' 64. They won the gold 68, 72, and
76. Other than that, they weren't that
good, but they were great. And this was
supposed to be the best team that they
ever had. So it wasn't uh looking too
sharp for our great champions behind me.
As one American sports writer put it at
the time, the whole world expected the
Soviets to win. Quote, "Unless the ice
melts." So that wasn't a very good
statement, but then it began. Despite
the long odds, the team USA blazed
through the group stage, meaning other
countries went through them pretty
easily, advancing to a long awaited
rematch against the USSR.
Three times we went down by a goal. For
most of the game, they were down by a
goal. Three times. And then remarkable
players put America back on top where we
always wanted to be. Buzz Schneider, he
scored the opening goal and a slap shot
>> That's a big How the hell did that
happen? Was there a goal? I I thought
they had a good goalie.
>> They did have a good goalie. The pass
came across the ice. I caught it going
the other way.
>> Just happened, right?
>> America. They call it
>> That's a long one. How often does a 50ft
shot go in? Not do much. All right.
>> That one. You have a little extra power.
You're strong.
>> You were a strong guy. Oh, that's
something. That puck was it? We have a
puck here. Does this mean anything or is
this something they just gave us?
>> I gave the FCI hockey pucks.
>> Oh, that's good.
That's I'll put it here on top of piece
of gold.
In the second period, Jim Craig withtood
a barrage of shots on goal and kept the
dream alive. That's the guy, right? And
then after a goal from team captain Mike
Yuzioni, who's a fantastic guy who know
from outside of hockey would play golf.
We were in a golf team together and we
happened to win. Right. We did sir. We won.
won.
>> Yes, we did.
>> I liked my partner very much.
>> But he put us up four to three midway
through the third. These fighters held
on to the longest 10 minutes of their
lives. They call it the longest, most
horrendous, scariest 10 minutes. Is that
true? I mean, absolutely.
>> You couldn't believe that you were
there, right?
>> And they're leading by one and they got
10 minutes to just please. Did anybody
pray? Were you praying everything?
>> I don't know. Did you have time to pray?
>> You just had to go out and play.
>> They're religious guys, but they didn't
have a lot of time to pray. They were out.
out.
to win one of the greatest comebacks in
sports history really was amazing.
The observers in the arena noted it was
the first time in his life that he heard
the chant USA, USA, USA, which I don't
like hearing because I tell people that
that had to do with Trump in 2016
slightly slightly after your big win,
but no longer. That's the end of that,
Brad. I can't use that one anymore. But
I do remember them doing that. Exactly.
For a long time, they were doing that.
This team united us and they inspired
us. The United States was like brought
to a level that of sports that they've
never seen and they brought us Olympic
glory that we celebrate to this day.
Nobody thought it was possible. It
really shows that, you know, anything's
possible. Nobody thought that one was
possible. But I want to congratulate you
all. And now I'd like to invite Mike to
say a few words. And then Congressman
Sterber who introduced and then we're
going to speak uh from a couple of other
people. And I have to tell you, our
leader, I have to say that uh Emmer is a
very special leader and I want you to
maybe wrap it up and uh say something on
behalf of your great state in
particular, the country, but your great
state in particular. Okay.
>> So, let's go. Mike,
>> just again, Mr. President, to reiterate
what we've all talked about, this is an
absolutely credible honor. I've said
this before. When you put a USA jersey
on, uh you're playing for your country.
You're not playing for your state, your
town, or your city. And what an honor it
was for us to put that jersey on and
accomplish what we accomplished. Um I've
always said the gold medal is something
that's incredible, but this is the
frosting on the cake. Uh to receive an
award like this, an honor like this. Uh
maybe that's the this is it, guys. I
don't think any I don't think there's
anything else we can get.
>> But this is just incredible.
>> There's nothing else.
>> This is it. And and thank you for for
making this happen.
>> Great. Thank you, man.
Yeah, right.
>> Mr. President, um thank you for uh
signing this piece of legislation. Uh I
first want to say uh on behalf of uh of
uh Congress, I want to thank uh Lee
Stefanic and Tom Emmery for being
co-sponsors of this piece of
legislation. I also want to thank my
staff uh Alli Esau in my office did a
tremendous job getting this uh uh you
know to be able to pass the House and
the Senate. I want to thank my staff and
uh Mr. president. Uh it was uh 45 years
ago, Friday, fe February 22nd, 1980,
that the game of hockey changed. Uh it
was a 5:00 p.m. game. It was taped
delayed. Those of us uh that were hockey
players back then, this was a game
changer. We couldn't find that USA
jersey anywhere. Uh we it was sold out
wherever it was. And so I'm I'm I'm very
proud to have led this. And I would be
remiss if I didn't uh uh introduce uh my
younger brother Rob who was uh the the
he was a gold medal coach for the 2018
women's Olympic uh gold medal team in
Pyongqeng and Robbiey's right over
there. Hi Rob.
>> So Mr. President, I will just say that
uh I'm in awe of these u hockey heroes
and as we as we move forward they
changed the game of hockey. Um it was a
powerful dominant uh performance that
this country needed. They beat the
powerhouse Soviets and as you know
you're continuing to do that today. And
uh this was a great start of it. And and
for me I'm very uh just privileged and
proud to stand with these Olympic heroes
that literally changed a nation and gave
us the strength that we needed uh at the
time our nation needed it. and to know
these men here. They're they're humble.
They're they're the humility is is uh
through the roof. And I just want to
thank you for signing this. This means a
lot to me personally, but it means more
to the team. When I talked to him this
afternoon, it was this was a as as Mike
just said, it's the cherry on top of
what they did for this country. And
thank you for signing it and I
appreciate it.
>> Well, we love it. And he's a really
great hockey player, too. So, let me ask
you a question. Was your brother uh in
this category of hockey play or slightly less?
less?
>> You want to answer that?
>> He He was smart. He was better than I He
was better than me. Robbie was a a
goalender in the National Hockey League
as well. So,
>> wow, that's pretty good. That's much
better than me.
>> That's a lot of good genetics in this
whole thing. But you were a hell of a
player, too.
>> Thank you, Mr. President.
>> Thank you,
>> so we're gonna One, Mr. President, we
would like to do one more thing. >> Sure.
>> Sure.
>> Uh take a photo with our hats off.
>> Okay,
>> straighten it out.
>> Take a good one. You have Dan.
>> Let's go, Dan. Get with it. Get with it, Dan.
Dan.
>> Oh, there we go.
>> Good photography. You got her a little
>> It's a good photo. Good idea.
>> So, we're going to finish up with Tom
Emmer, and he's been just a fantastic uh
a fantastic congressman, leader, person
from Minnesota. Loves that state. Boy,
do you love that state, and they love
you equally as much, please.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. First, I got
to thank Pete Stalber as he's talking
about uh humility. Uh Pete Stalber
actually uh was in the the White House
uh as a national championship captain of
a national championship hockey team back
in the 1980s.
>> This is uh this runs in the blood in
Minnesota. This runs in our blood in
Minnesota, but it's not about Minnesota.
Even though I will point out most of the
guys are from Minnesota, but that's not
the point. It doesn't matter if it's
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan,
Wisconsin, wherever players came from
back then, they were all Americans.
That's what mattered. And they were an
inspiration. And you know what it means
to my state? It shows us that no matter
how bad it gets, there's always a way to
succeed if you're willing to try. And I
think Mike Rousion said it earlier. If
you think you're going to lose, you're
probably not going to win,
>> right? If you think you're going to
compete and you're going to give it
everything you've got, these men who are
standing here and their colleagues who
are not here, God bless them, those who
couldn't be here and those who uh have
departed, they reached the ultimate
peak. And when they did it, as Pete
pointed out, they lifted an entire
country out of the ditch and set us off
to an amazing
several decades that followed. And it's
not much unlike uh the uh 47th president
of the United States. So, I think it's
entirely appropriate that uh you're
doing this for these men. You're really
doing it for the country. And God bless
you because Minnesota, I think, is going
to experience a comeback because
>> No, they're going to do it. Minnesota's
going to come back. No, I'm just so I'm
so impressed that so many of these
champions come from Minnesota. It's
amazing. It's a great place. Thank you
very much.
>> We engineered it.
>> The best player for
>> it starts again.
>> Well, thank you very much. Any questions
for the president?
>> Let's go to the players first if we could.
could.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. First of all,
it's a great honor to be in the room
with all of you. I remember this game
and it made had a huge impact on me.
You're heroes of mine and it's really an
honor to be in this room. Mike Rouion, I
have to ask you a question. What did it
mean? I realize it was the semifinal
game, but what did it mean to you at the
time to beat the Soviets? To beat the
Soviet Union? Well, at the time it gave
us an opportunity to play for a gold
medal. Um, you know, people always talk
about the Soviet game and the Soviet
game, and I know how important the
Soviet game was from a political
standpoint, we didn't know it at the
time, we knew it after. But if we don't
beat Finland, we're not having this
conversation today. We're not here. As
great as the Soviet victory was, and it
was an incredible victory, but if we
lose to Finland, it would have been God,
if you only could have beat
>> uh 4 to2. We were losing two to one
going into the third period.
>> That would have been a dam. So, we're
not having this conversation. You are
not inviting us to the White House. We
are not receiving this honor if we don't
beat Finland. So, I think it it speaks
volumes of the team and the team that I
played on to come back after such a
great victory. We were ready to play
Finland on Sunday and and I think again
a tribute to the team and the type of
players that we had. So, years later, 45
years later, we realized how important
that victory was against the Soviets.
But I think a lot of us take great pride
in knowing that we closed the deal by
being if you didn't win that final game.
We're not here.
>> Nobody would.
>> We wouldn't have played here. I would
not have invited you.
>> I would have seen gold medals.
>> Yeah. What happened to Finland?
>> But you did. But he did win. What's the
lesson for Ukraine from this win from 45
years ago when you've defeated
Russian team against all odds?
>> Well, it's a similar situation, isn't
it? Let's see what happens. We're
working on seeing if we can make a deal
right now. We're going to we're going to
see. We'll soon know. I guess we're
going to we're going to see a lot of death.
death.
Last month, fellas, 25,000 soldiers were
killed in Ukraine and Russia. 45,000.
Can you imagine that?
>> We should send our team
for my resume, you know, if if I could.
Um, you guys were a team of amateurs.
What do you think about the NIL, the
deals that are being made with with
players and and they're hopping around
sports. What do you think about get your
thoughts on that? My thoughts are I
don't like it. Um, I don't like the nil.
I don't like the the portal, but that's
the state of college sports today. Um,
and we have no control over that. I
don't like it. And a lot of people that
I spoke to don't like it either, but we
we we have no say.
>> Well, I I think we maybe do have a say.
I think that it's a disaster for college
sports. I think it's a disaster for the
Olympics because, you know, we're losing
a lot of teams. The colleges are cutting
a lot of their they would call them sort
of the lesser sports and they're losing
them like at numbers nobody can believe.
And they were really training grounds.
Beautiful training grounds. Hardworking,
wonderful young people. They were
training grounds for the Olympics and a
lot of these sports that were training
so well would win gold medals because of
it. Uh those sports don't exist because
they're putting all their money into
football. And by the way, they're
putting too much money into into
football because colleges don't make
even the most successful universities
don't make that much money. And you
can't pay a quarterback $14 million to
come out of uh high school. They don't
even know he's going to be a very good
player. I mean, they've tried a couple
of times. 14 and 12 million
and a couple of deals like that and the
most successful colleges are losing
money and I think the NIL is a disaster
for sports. It's horrible for the
Olympics and it's I think it's actually
horrible for the players and you're
losing all of these great sports.
They're not college football. Even
basketball is being affected. Basketball
second, but even basketball is being
affected. They're putting all of their
money in and I know something about it.
They they will not be able to stop.
You're going to have a college
president. I'm telling you, sir, if we
give a guard $7 million, we're going to
win the national championship. And
they'll give them seven and they won't
win it. And even if they do win it,
colleges cannot afford to be paying the
kind of salaries that you're hearing
about. And frankly, if you didn't have a
very strong salary cap in in sports, and
even then in professional sports, it
would they'd all be out of business.
Everyone, you're going to have these
colleges wipe themselves out. And
something ought to be done. And I'm
willing to put the federal government
behind it. But if it's not done fast,
you're going to wipe out colleges.
They're going to get wiped out,
including ones that do well in football.
They can't pay 12 million, 14 million,
10 million, six million for players.
They won't be able to stop. There'll
always be that one player. They only
have that player. They're going to win
the national championship. And they'll
have a hundred colleges thinking the
same thing. Colleges cannot afford to
play this game. And it's a very bad
thing that's happening.
>> You talked about the Soviet Union. I
also want to ask about another country
that you're targeting, which of course
is Venezuela. Do you intend on seizing
more oil assets from Venezuela?
>> I would tell you that. I mean, would it
wouldn't be very smart for me to tell
you that. You know, we're supposed to be
a little bit secretive. You're a you're
a very big- time reporter, and I don't
think I want to tell a big time reporter
or a small time reporter that, but uh we are
are
knocking out drugs at levels that
nobody's ever seen before. We knocked
out 96% of the drugs coming in by water.
And uh nobody can figure out who the 4%.
I wouldn't want to be the 4% either, but
96% of the drugs coming in by water.
Every one of those boats you see get
shot down. You just saved 25,000
American lives. But we knocked out 96%
of the drugs coming in by water. And now
we're starting by land. And by land is a
lot easier. And that's going to start
happening. And we're not going to have
people destroying our youth, destroying
our families. Forget about youth,
everybody. You ever see a family with
the fentinol or or cocaine. Colombia has
at least three cocaine factories. That's
a different country. We're not happy
about it. But we're stopping it. And
we've stopped it now on water. You don't
even find boats on water. You don't even
see fishing boats on water. You want to
go fishing in that area?
>> Does anybody want to go fishing in that area?
area?
So, so I just want to say this. Uh, we
have now a strong border. A year and a
half ago, we had millions of people
pouring through. Now, we have nobody
coming in through our border. And we
have a strong country. We have a country
that's respecting it. We're going to
keep it that way. And we're not going to
let people kill 300,000 people a year
with drugs. >> Mr.
>> Mr.
One more followup question that you've
been pointing out talking about in
Minnesota specifically. There have been
some reports resurfacing and circulating
even by own your own administration
alleging Ian Omar's marriage to her
brother and this would be a fraudulent
situation if there in fact is found to
be fraud in a situation like that. Would
you like to see her denaturalized or
others who have similarly committed?
>> Well, I think she's very bad for our
country. All she does is complain,
complain, complain. She comes out of a
country where they have no government,
they have no military, they have no
police, they got no nothing, they don't
have a country and uh they run around
killing each other and then she comes
over here. She tells the United States
of America how it should be run. We
don't want to hear from her. I don't
want to hear from her. I don't want to
speak for Emma, but I don't think Emma
particularly wants to hear. But don't
say it because I don't want to get you
in trouble. Okay? Just be nice and easy.
All right? I'll do it for you, bud. That
part I'll do. But I just want to say
that Mr. President, there's nothing
worse than a person that comes in and
does nothing but and comes from a
place where she shouldn't be telling us
what to do. She shouldn't be telling us
and everybody agrees with me. And what's
happening in Minnesota with Somalia
where billions of dollars is being
stolen, right? Like like candy from a
baby. We're not going to let that go on.
And it's too great a state to have that
happening. And guys like Tom Emmer and
others Pete Sber guys like them they're
going to stop it and they're going to be
given the authority to stop it
>> because this country is not going to put
up with it.
You talked about land strikes happening
soon. Is there anything at this point
that can prevent that? And is the
objective if you make that decision?
>> I don't want to say that but it's not
only land strikes on Venezuela. It's
land strikes on horrible people that are
bringing in drugs and killing our
people. You know, if we were in a war
and we lost 300,000 people in a year,
because that's what the real number is.
It's not 100. You know, you keep hearing
a 100. And it's a lot worse than that
because the families are devastated when
they lose their child. If we were in a
war, we lost two or three 100,000, but I
think it's more than 300,000. And that's
a war. That's like a war that would be
unparalleled as nobody's ever seen
anything like that and that's what's
happening. So, uh it doesn't necessarily
have to be in Venezuela. It's people
that are bringing in drugs to our
>> At the end of of this year, those
extended Obamacare subsidies expire.
What's your message to those 24 million
Americans who will see their insurance
premiums go up?
>> Well, don't make it sound so bad
because, you know, obviously you're a,
you know, syncopant for Democrats.
You're obviously a a provider of bad
news for Republicans. Let me just say
something. The Republicans, I I think I
can speak for Tom and most other people.
I think what most Republicans want to
see is what I want to see. And I leave
it to them. And hopefully they're going
to put great legislation on this desk
right here. We want to see all of the
money that's been squandered and given
to insurance company because Obamacare
is horrible health insurance. It's far
too expensive and it always has been.
But what it really is is a way of making
insurance companies rich. We want the
money not to be paid at all to insurance
companies. You know, insurance companies
have gone up 1,700% over a short,
meaning the stock 1,700%
over a short period of time, and they've
taken in hundreds of billions and even
trillions of dollars. And we want the
money to go to the people. They'll go in
the form of a insurance account, health
care account, or any other form that we
can create. We have a lot of different
forms. We want to give the money to the
people and let the people buy their own
great healthcare and they'll save a lot
of money and it'll be great. Now, the
problem we have is that the Republicans
are not at all uh controlled by the
insurance companies, but you know who is
the Democrats. The Democrats have
received hundreds of millions of
dollars. They're totally controlled by
the insurance companies. So, we might
not get too many of the votes, but I
actually think we get some Democrat
votes. So, I don't know how you feel
about it, Tom, but uh everybody wants to
see this happen. Everybody, you know, I
put it out and all of a sudden, we've
taken over in a positive way. The
Republicans have taken over healthcare
in a positive way. I want to see the
billions of dollars go to the people,
not to the insurance companies. And I
want to see the people go out and buy
themselves great healthcare. much better
healthcare at very little cost. That's
>> Thank you. A follow up on that. Many
congressional Republicans have said they
won't vote for an Obamacare extension
deal if it includes funding for
abortion. Would you assure those
Republicans that you will not propose?
>> Well, we're going to look into it. We're
going to look into a lot of things.
That's one of many factors. But what we
do want to see is we want to see the
money go to the people, not to the
You have to be nice and easy. Nice and easy.
easy.
>> She's very aggressive. Okay. Please.
>> Thanks, Mr. President. Can you tell us
how this free economic zone would work
in the Donbas and R and land that the
Russians took back?
>> Well, I don't want to do that now. It's
very complex situation, but it it would
work and a lot of people want to see it
work. And we're going to all I want to
do is I want to stop the death of 25,000
people a month. Go ahead.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. There there
were new Epstein photos released today
showing you and also Bill Clinton, Steve
Bannon. What were your reaction to those
new photos that were released?
>> Well, I haven't seen them, but I mean,
everybody knew this man. He was all over
Palm Beach. He has photos with
everybody. I mean, almost there are
hundreds and hundreds of people that
have photos with him. So, that's no big
deal. I know nothing about him. How big
a role do you want to personally play in
the decision by the Fed on interest rates?
rates?
>> Well, you know, I've made a lot of
money. I've been very successful. And I
think my uh role should be at least out
of a recommending. They don't have to
follow what I say, but we're going to be
choosing a new Fed person in the pretty
near future. Uh but they went out, you
know, they went out with 71 different
people, all economists and Trump. I was
71. And of the 71 people, I got it right
and one other person I think from the
Wharton School of Finance, my elma ma
got it right. There were two people that
got it right out of but I was one of
them. So I think I certainly should have
a role in talking to whoever the head of
the Fed is or the Fed. I I don't think
you know in the old days it used to
happen. Nowadays it's sort of they think
it shouldn't happen but I've done great.
I've made a lot of money. I've been very
successful. I think my voice should be
heard, but I'm I'm not going to make the
decision based on that. I'll be making a
decision over the next few weeks. Thank
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