JD Vance explains the story behind Michael Waltz's job change
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[{'start': '0.960', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'Tonight we are pleased to welcome Vice'}, {'start': '3.360', 'end': '7.200', 'text': 'President JD Vance who spoke to workers'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '9.280', 'text': 'here at the new core steel plant in'}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '10.559', 'text': 'South Carolina earlier today. Mr. Vice'}, {'start': '9.280', 'end': '12.080', 'text': 'President, thanks for the time. Good to'}, {'start': '10.559', 'end': '13.920', 'text': 'see you. I want to talk to you about all'}, {'start': '12.080', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'this trip and what the purpose of it and'}, {'start': '13.920', 'end': '17.520', 'text': 'your speech, but I want to start with'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '20.080', 'text': 'the breaking news. Yeah. Why was Mike'}, {'start': '17.520', 'end': '21.840', 'text': "Wallace let go? So, he wasn't let go. He"}, {'start': '20.080', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'is being made ambassador to the United'}, {'start': '21.840', 'end': '24.400', 'text': 'Nations, which of course is a Senate'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '26.240', 'text': 'confirmed position. I think you can make'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '28.720', 'text': "a good argument that it's a promotion."}, {'start': '26.240', 'end': '30.320', 'text': 'Um, but we we brought Mike on to do some'}, {'start': '28.720', 'end': '33.040', 'text': 'serious reforms of the National Security'}, {'start': '30.320', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'Council. Uh, he has done that. Uh, I'}, {'start': '33.040', 'end': '36.239', 'text': "like Mike. I think he's a great guy."}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '38.000', 'text': "He's got the trust of both me and the"}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '40.719', 'text': "president. But we also thought that he'd"}, {'start': '38.000', 'end': '42.960', 'text': 'make a better UN ambassador as we get'}, {'start': '40.719', 'end': '44.160', 'text': 'beyond this stage of the reforms that'}, {'start': '42.960', 'end': '45.600', 'text': "we've made to the National Security"}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '47.280', 'text': 'Council. You saw the president announced'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'that Marco Rubio is going to step in as'}, {'start': '47.280', 'end': '52.000', 'text': 'interimm leader of the National Security'}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '54.399', 'text': 'Council. Uh, so I look, I I think the'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '56.160', 'text': 'media wants to frame this as a firing.'}, {'start': '54.399', 'end': '57.840', 'text': 'Donald Trump has fired a lot of people.'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '59.359', 'text': "Uh he doesn't give them Senate confirmed"}, {'start': '57.840', 'end': '60.719', 'text': 'appointments afterwards. What he thinks'}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '62.399', 'text': 'is that Mike Waltz is going to better'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'serve the administration, most'}, {'start': '62.399', 'end': '65.040', 'text': 'importantly the American people in that'}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'role. And I happen to agree with him.'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '70.080', 'text': 'But was it a direct result of the signal'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'chat? I mean, you were on that chat and'}, {'start': '70.080', 'end': '75.520', 'text': 'we saw the fallout from it. Is this a'}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '77.360', 'text': "result of that? No, it's not, Brett. I"}, {'start': '75.520', 'end': '78.960', 'text': 'mean, look what what we came into the'}, {'start': '77.360', 'end': '81.119', 'text': 'administration and of course the'}, {'start': '78.960', 'end': '82.320', 'text': 'president in his first term had some'}, {'start': '81.119', 'end': '84.159', 'text': 'serious issues with the National'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'Security Council. He said, "Mike, you'}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '88.479', 'text': 'need to go in here, fire, frankly, a lot'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '90.000', 'text': "of people, people who aren't loyal to my"}, {'start': '88.479', 'end': '92.320', 'text': "agenda, who we think aren't even loyal"}, {'start': '90.000', 'end': '94.079', 'text': 'to the American people. Uh, bring in the'}, {'start': '92.320', 'end': '95.600', 'text': 'right collection of people to actually'}, {'start': '94.079', 'end': '97.600', 'text': 'make the National Security Council'}, {'start': '95.600', 'end': '99.119', 'text': 'function." And Mike has done that. And'}, {'start': '97.600', 'end': '101.119', 'text': "now it's time for Mike to do something"}, {'start': '99.119', 'end': '102.799', 'text': "else because he's done the job that I"}, {'start': '101.119', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'think he was asked to do. If the'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '105.840', 'text': 'president wanted to fire him over the'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'signal thing, which by the way was a'}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'total nothing burger of a story, he'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '111.520', 'text': 'would have just done it. But he actually'}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.200', 'text': "decided it's better for Mike to be in"}, {'start': '111.520', 'end': '115.680', 'text': "this new role. He's given Mike the new"}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '118.240', 'text': "role. That's it. So, what is the message"}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'to allies around the world? I mean, is'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '123.200', 'text': 'Pete Hexith safe at Defense Secretary?'}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '125.600', 'text': 'Is are there other changes coming? Well,'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '127.520', 'text': 'again, I I I think certainly yes, Pete'}, {'start': '125.600', 'end': '129.280', 'text': 'Hexth is safe. And I think our cabinet'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'secretaries, you saw yesterday the'}, {'start': '129.280', 'end': '132.959', 'text': "president, they're all doing a great"}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '134.319', 'text': 'job. on Pete in particular. I think that'}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'the the thing that is most'}, {'start': '134.319', 'end': '138.400', 'text': 'underappreciated about Pete Hexth and'}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '140.640', 'text': "the great job that he's doing is we came"}, {'start': '138.400', 'end': '142.640', 'text': 'in with the military with a serious'}, {'start': '140.640', 'end': '145.040', 'text': 'morale problem. Recruitment and'}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'retention goals and most of the major'}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '149.200', 'text': 'services were way off. Pete has brought'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'a certain spree to core. I think the'}, {'start': '149.200', 'end': '152.640', 'text': 'leadership style has inspired a lot of'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '155.120', 'text': "people to join the military. We're now"}, {'start': '152.640', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'exceeding our recruitment goals. So yes,'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '158.560', 'text': "we've got total faith in Pete. But even"}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '159.840', 'text': 'the question, Brett, I think betrays a'}, {'start': '158.560', 'end': '162.720', 'text': 'certain misunderstanding of what the'}, {'start': '159.840', 'end': '165.040', 'text': 'goal here is. Mike Waltz is being moved'}, {'start': '162.720', 'end': '167.440', 'text': 'from one administration job into a'}, {'start': '165.040', 'end': '170.160', 'text': 'separate administration job where he has'}, {'start': '167.440', 'end': '172.080', 'text': "Senate confirmation. That's not I think"}, {'start': '170.160', 'end': '174.560', 'text': "what it's being framed as. That's the"}, {'start': '172.080', 'end': '176.640', 'text': "president decide deciding a guy who's a"}, {'start': '174.560', 'end': '179.040', 'text': 'very good guy and Mike Waltz could do a'}, {'start': '176.640', 'end': '180.480', 'text': "better job at a different role and he's"}, {'start': '179.040', 'end': '181.920', 'text': 'going to fight for him in the Senate. Of'}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '183.599', 'text': 'course. Yeah. Yeah. We fight for all of'}, {'start': '181.920', 'end': '185.680', 'text': 'our nominees. I think you actually got'}, {'start': '183.599', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'all of our nominees through. You did.'}, {'start': '185.680', 'end': '190.239', 'text': 'You recorded u your skepticism about'}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '192.640', 'text': 'launching a military operation against'}, {'start': '190.239', 'end': '195.200', 'text': 'the Houthis on that signal chat. You'}, {'start': '192.640', 'end': '196.720', 'text': 'were kind of overruled, if you will,'}, {'start': '195.200', 'end': '197.920', 'text': 'about those concerns from the defense'}, {'start': '196.720', 'end': '200.640', 'text': 'secretary and the national security'}, {'start': '197.920', 'end': '203.519', 'text': 'adviser. And that open-ended bombing has'}, {'start': '200.640', 'end': '206.800', 'text': 'entered its 48th day, 48 straight days'}, {'start': '203.519', 'end': '210.159', 'text': 'of US bombing. What does that say? Is'}, {'start': '206.800', 'end': '211.840', 'text': 'the US prepared to strike Iran based on'}, {'start': '210.159', 'end': '213.120', 'text': "what we're seeing with the Houthis?"}, {'start': '211.840', 'end': '214.560', 'text': 'Well, let me say a couple things, Brad.'}, {'start': '213.120', 'end': '216.560', 'text': 'First of all, if you go back to when'}, {'start': '214.560', 'end': '218.480', 'text': 'those messages were leaked, what we were'}, {'start': '216.560', 'end': '220.720', 'text': 'doing is having a private strategic'}, {'start': '218.480', 'end': '222.080', 'text': 'conversation about how to message this'}, {'start': '220.720', 'end': '223.519', 'text': "to the American people, it's always"}, {'start': '222.080', 'end': '225.920', 'text': "important to explain what you're"}, {'start': '223.519', 'end': '228.159', 'text': 'actually doing, how to ensure uh that'}, {'start': '225.920', 'end': '229.680', 'text': 'some of the frankly our allied countries'}, {'start': '228.159', 'end': '231.920', 'text': 'that are under spending on their own'}, {'start': '229.680', 'end': '233.440', 'text': 'defense are actually carrying some of'}, {'start': '231.920', 'end': '235.440', 'text': 'the burden. That was a concern that I'}, {'start': '233.440', 'end': '237.920', 'text': 'raised about this particular operation.'}, {'start': '235.440', 'end': '241.239', 'text': "Uh but I wasn't overruled. What happened"}, {'start': '237.920', 'end': '244.080', 'text': "is the president No, it's fine. But the"}, {'start': '241.239', 'end': '246.239', 'text': 'president expressed concerns that they'}, {'start': '244.080', 'end': '248.480', 'text': 'they won the day as far as the policy.'}, {'start': '246.239', 'end': '250.879', 'text': 'No, I I I I think the president had made'}, {'start': '248.480', 'end': '252.319', 'text': 'his desires clear and our job is to'}, {'start': '250.879', 'end': '254.080', 'text': 'implement it and of course part of'}, {'start': '252.319', 'end': '256.239', 'text': 'implementing it is you talk about how'}, {'start': '254.080', 'end': '257.840', 'text': 'best to do that about when to actually'}, {'start': '256.239', 'end': '259.600', 'text': "launch a strike and so forth and that's"}, {'start': '257.840', 'end': '260.720', 'text': 'what the signal chat revealed. And'}, {'start': '259.600', 'end': '262.880', 'text': 'frankly, you know, I thought it'}, {'start': '260.720', 'end': '264.720', 'text': "reflected well on me. I'm obviously"}, {'start': '262.880', 'end': '266.479', 'text': 'biased about myself, but about Mike'}, {'start': '264.720', 'end': '268.160', 'text': 'Walton, Pete Hexith, that we were'}, {'start': '266.479', 'end': '269.680', 'text': 'deliberating how to implement the'}, {'start': '268.160', 'end': '271.840', 'text': "president's agenda. I think that's what"}, {'start': '269.680', 'end': '272.960', 'text': 'a good national security team should do.'}, {'start': '271.840', 'end': '274.000', 'text': 'But you asked about the Houthie'}, {'start': '272.960', 'end': '275.520', 'text': 'campaign. I mean, I think, you know,'}, {'start': '274.000', 'end': '278.080', 'text': "we're already seeing signs that the"}, {'start': '275.520', 'end': '279.759', 'text': 'Houthies are saying, "No, Mas. They\'ve'}, {'start': '278.080', 'end': '282.400', 'text': "been bombed. They've recognized that"}, {'start': '279.759', 'end': '284.479', 'text': 'there are serious consequences to firing'}, {'start': '282.400', 'end': '285.680', 'text': 'on American and other ships. And I'}, {'start': '284.479', 'end': '289.040', 'text': "actually think we're in a good place for"}, {'start': '285.680', 'end': '291.120', 'text': 'the Houthis to stop attacking civilian'}, {'start': '289.040', 'end': '292.240', 'text': 'vessels, to go back to doing whatever it'}, {'start': '291.120', 'end': '294.000', 'text': 'is they were doing before they were'}, {'start': '292.240', 'end': '296.000', 'text': 'attacking civilian vessels. And I think'}, {'start': '294.000', 'end': '297.840', 'text': 'that if that were were happening, then'}, {'start': '296.000', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'this bombing campaign would be over the'}, {'start': '297.840', 'end': '303.280', 'text': 'next day. You hear the criticism though'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '306.160', 'text': 'from libertarians, from the left, that'}, {'start': '303.280', 'end': '307.919', 'text': 'this is the new Vietnam. This is 48 days'}, {'start': '306.160', 'end': '309.440', 'text': 'of bombing. People in the middle of the'}, {'start': '307.919', 'end': '313.039', 'text': "country may not know that we're in the"}, {'start': '309.440', 'end': '314.240', 'text': 'middle of a hot war with Yemen. Uh, what'}, {'start': '313.039', 'end': '316.560', 'text': 'do you say to that? Well, not with'}, {'start': '314.240', 'end': '318.800', 'text': 'Yemen, with a terrorist organization'}, {'start': '316.560', 'end': '320.080', 'text': 'that has been firing on American ships.'}, {'start': '318.800', 'end': '322.800', 'text': 'And I think that people, you know, we'}, {'start': '320.080', 'end': '325.280', 'text': 'want to compare this to Vietnam. Come'}, {'start': '322.800', 'end': '327.199', 'text': 'on. I I think that the president has'}, {'start': '325.280', 'end': '329.199', 'text': 'made it very clear that one of his core'}, {'start': '327.199', 'end': '331.440', 'text': 'national security priorities is that if'}, {'start': '329.199', 'end': '333.360', 'text': 'you load stuff onto a ship and you send'}, {'start': '331.440', 'end': '334.720', 'text': 'it to the United States, we want to make'}, {'start': '333.360', 'end': '337.039', 'text': 'sure that it shows up without the'}, {'start': '334.720', 'end': '339.120', 'text': 'sailors getting killed, without the ship'}, {'start': '337.039', 'end': '341.360', 'text': 'being destroyed. That is an objective'}, {'start': '339.120', 'end': '343.280', 'text': "that we're going to pursue forcefully if"}, {'start': '341.360', 'end': '345.280', 'text': 'we have to with this Mike Waltz change'}, {'start': '343.280', 'end': '348.160', 'text': "and I know you say it's ascension to the"}, {'start': '345.280', 'end': '350.560', 'text': 'UN ambassador, but is this a change in'}, {'start': '348.160', 'end': '353.120', 'text': 'policy? Is this a message in any way,'}, {'start': '350.560', 'end': '356.320', 'text': "shape, or form that it's a change? Yeah."}, {'start': '353.120', 'end': '358.800', 'text': 'I so and if I can give some background'}, {'start': '356.320', 'end': '361.280', 'text': "into that question, Brett, I've already"}, {'start': '358.800', 'end': '363.199', 'text': 'seen some folks saying that this is a'}, {'start': '361.280', 'end': '366.160', 'text': 'war between the hawks and the'}, {'start': '363.199', 'end': '368.720', 'text': 'anti-hawks, the neoconservatives versus'}, {'start': '366.160', 'end': '370.960', 'text': "MAGA or the realist. That's not what"}, {'start': '368.720', 'end': '373.600', 'text': 'this is about at all. Uh Mike is a'}, {'start': '370.960', 'end': '375.440', 'text': "person, one I think he's a good guy. He"}, {'start': '373.600', 'end': '377.199', 'text': 'has my complete trust and I know the'}, {'start': '375.440', 'end': '378.479', 'text': 'president really likes Mike Waltz. He'}, {'start': '377.199', 'end': '380.160', 'text': 'just thought that the UN ambassador'}, {'start': '378.479', 'end': '382.960', 'text': 'position would be a better place for'}, {'start': '380.160', 'end': '384.800', 'text': 'Mike Waltz to be. But the entire idea'}, {'start': '382.960', 'end': '386.800', 'text': 'that this is about a national security'}, {'start': '384.800', 'end': '388.400', 'text': 'team and and I I know I know why the'}, {'start': '386.800', 'end': '390.639', 'text': 'media wants to report this story because'}, {'start': '388.400', 'end': '392.960', 'text': "it's an exciting story. It's also a fake"}, {'start': '390.639', 'end': '395.360', 'text': "story. Let's talk about your tour here."}, {'start': '392.960', 'end': '397.360', 'text': 'I was on it. It impressive this'}, {'start': '395.360', 'end': '398.800', 'text': "facility. It What's the message you're"}, {'start': '397.360', 'end': '400.639', 'text': 'saying the tour? Thank you, brother.'}, {'start': '398.800', 'end': '402.479', 'text': "Yeah. No, no, it's very impressive. The"}, {'start': '400.639', 'end': '404.479', 'text': 'the facility here is really something.'}, {'start': '402.479', 'end': '406.560', 'text': "It is. What's the message you're sending"}, {'start': '404.479', 'end': '408.560', 'text': 'by the tour? Well, there are a couple'}, {'start': '406.560', 'end': '410.880', 'text': "things. First, you know, I didn't fully"}, {'start': '408.560', 'end': '413.199', 'text': 'appreciate how high techch this steel'}, {'start': '410.880', 'end': '415.120', 'text': "making facility was. There's a lot of"}, {'start': '413.199', 'end': '417.440', 'text': 'criticism that Donald Trump is trying to'}, {'start': '415.120', 'end': '419.520', 'text': 'bring back the jobs of the past. These'}, {'start': '417.440', 'end': '421.880', 'text': 'are the jobs of the future. Making'}, {'start': '419.520', 'end': '424.639', 'text': 'American steel, building bridges and'}, {'start': '421.880', 'end': '426.400', 'text': 'automobiles, homes for American people,'}, {'start': '424.639', 'end': '428.639', 'text': 'and doing it in an incredibly'}, {'start': '426.400', 'end': '430.319', 'text': 'sophisticated way. I just wanted to get'}, {'start': '428.639', 'end': '432.240', 'text': 'a tour of one of the most high-tech'}, {'start': '430.319', 'end': '433.440', 'text': 'steel making facilities of the world. I'}, {'start': '432.240', 'end': '435.120', 'text': 'also of course wanted to meet the'}, {'start': '433.440', 'end': '436.400', 'text': 'workers because you know what President'}, {'start': '435.120', 'end': '438.639', 'text': "Trump has said he's been clear about"}, {'start': '436.400', 'end': '440.720', 'text': 'this not just since his first term but'}, {'start': '438.639', 'end': '442.400', 'text': 'going back to the 1980s when he was'}, {'start': '440.720', 'end': '445.120', 'text': 'talking about the stuff on Oprah and'}, {'start': '442.400', 'end': '446.880', 'text': 'Phil Donahue. The president thinks that'}, {'start': '445.120', 'end': '449.360', 'text': 'we have to make more of our own stuff.'}, {'start': '446.880', 'end': '452.080', 'text': 'The economy shrank first time in 3'}, {'start': '449.360', 'end': '454.639', 'text': 'years. Um people are pointing to the'}, {'start': '452.080', 'end': '457.759', 'text': 'tariff policy. There are people looking'}, {'start': '454.639', 'end': '461.599', 'text': 'at their 401ks that are worried. What do'}, {'start': '457.759', 'end': '463.199', 'text': 'you tell them? Is this going to work? So'}, {'start': '461.599', 'end': '465.919', 'text': 'the first thing is when you talk about'}, {'start': '463.199', 'end': '469.360', 'text': "the economy, this is Joe Biden's economy"}, {'start': '465.919', 'end': '471.039', 'text': 'and we inherited $2 trillion of debt,'}, {'start': '469.360', 'end': '474.160', 'text': 'the highest peacetime deficits in'}, {'start': '471.039', 'end': '476.080', 'text': 'American history, a $1.2 trillion trade'}, {'start': '474.160', 'end': '478.319', 'text': "deficit, which fundamentally means we're"}, {'start': '476.080', 'end': '480.000', 'text': 'not making enough of our own stuff. And'}, {'start': '478.319', 'end': '481.919', 'text': 'the president came in and he said, "This'}, {'start': '480.000', 'end': '483.599', 'text': 'is not always going to be easy. It would'}, {'start': '481.919', 'end': '485.520', 'text': 'have been very easy for Donald Trump to'}, {'start': '483.599', 'end': '487.520', 'text': 'do what administrations past done, which'}, {'start': '485.520', 'end': '488.800', 'text': 'is borrow a lot of money and continue'}, {'start': '487.520', 'end': '491.120', 'text': 'fueling the national debt." He said,'}, {'start': '488.800', 'end': '492.960', 'text': '"No, we need a reset. We need American'}, {'start': '491.120', 'end': '494.400', 'text': 'workers to have better jobs. We need to'}, {'start': '492.960', 'end': '496.319', 'text': 'protect the jobs that they have right'}, {'start': '494.400', 'end': '498.319', 'text': 'now. And we need to be more self-reliant'}, {'start': '496.319', 'end': '500.160', 'text': 'as an economy, which by the way will'}, {'start': '498.319', 'end': '501.919', 'text': 'drive down those skyrocketing levels of'}, {'start': '500.160', 'end': '503.680', 'text': "debt that we've seen. That is what he"}, {'start': '501.919', 'end': '505.759', 'text': 'promised he was going to do. And he came'}, {'start': '503.680', 'end': '507.280', 'text': "in and we've started that process. Now,"}, {'start': '505.759', 'end': '509.120', 'text': "you're right, Brett. It doesn't happen"}, {'start': '507.280', 'end': '510.720', 'text': "overnight. This isn't always going to be"}, {'start': '509.120', 'end': '512.959', 'text': "easy. But if you think about what he's"}, {'start': '510.720', 'end': '515.120', 'text': "doing, he's saying for 40 years, with"}, {'start': '512.959', 'end': '516.399', 'text': 'the exception of his first term, you had'}, {'start': '515.120', 'end': '518.399', 'text': 'American leadership who were'}, {'start': '516.399', 'end': '520.159', 'text': "fundamentally offshoring America's"}, {'start': '518.399', 'end': '521.519', 'text': 'wealth and prosperity of foreign'}, {'start': '520.159', 'end': '523.279', 'text': "companies. He's saying we're going to"}, {'start': '521.519', 'end': '525.040', 'text': "reshore America's wealth and make this"}, {'start': '523.279', 'end': '526.480', 'text': 'the golden century for our country. You'}, {'start': '525.040', 'end': '528.160', 'text': 'traveled to India. Is that the first'}, {'start': '526.480', 'end': '529.360', 'text': "deal that's coming through? I don't know"}, {'start': '528.160', 'end': '531.519', 'text': "if it'll be the first deal. I think"}, {'start': '529.360', 'end': '533.600', 'text': "it'll be among the first deals for sure."}, {'start': '531.519', 'end': '535.519', 'text': 'Um, pretty soon the president, look,'}, {'start': '533.600', 'end': '537.600', 'text': "we've got negotiations with Japan, with"}, {'start': '535.519', 'end': '539.120', 'text': "Korea. We've got negotiations going on"}, {'start': '537.600', 'end': '540.959', 'text': 'with some folks in Europe and and and'}, {'start': '539.120', 'end': '542.959', 'text': "obviously we've got a good negotiation"}, {'start': '540.959', 'end': '544.800', 'text': 'going on in India. Uh what the president'}, {'start': '542.959', 'end': '546.320', 'text': 'has said is is we just want to rebalance'}, {'start': '544.800', 'end': '547.760', 'text': "trade. So some of the conversations I've"}, {'start': '546.320', 'end': '550.160', 'text': 'had in India for example, I think you'}, {'start': '547.760', 'end': '552.640', 'text': 'know most Americans may not know uh may'}, {'start': '550.160', 'end': '554.959', 'text': 'not appreciate this. We have great'}, {'start': '552.640', 'end': '557.360', 'text': 'agricultural products. Our farmers are'}, {'start': '554.959', 'end': '559.120', 'text': 'making great things but that the Indian'}, {'start': '557.360', 'end': '561.839', 'text': 'market is effectively closed off to'}, {'start': '559.120', 'end': '564.519', 'text': 'American farmers. So what that means is'}, {'start': '561.839', 'end': '566.880', 'text': 'that makes American farmers and American'}, {'start': '564.519', 'end': '568.320', 'text': 'consumers more reliant on foreign'}, {'start': '566.880', 'end': '570.640', 'text': 'competitors to grow the food that we'}, {'start': '568.320', 'end': '572.720', 'text': 'eat. What our India deal will do'}, {'start': '570.640', 'end': '574.800', 'text': 'fundamentally, I think, is open up India'}, {'start': '572.720', 'end': '576.880', 'text': "to American technology. It'll open up"}, {'start': '574.800', 'end': '579.279', 'text': "India to American farmers. It'll create"}, {'start': '576.880', 'end': '580.959', 'text': "more good American jobs. And it's the"}, {'start': '579.279', 'end': '583.680', 'text': 'kind of trade deal that Donald Trump'}, {'start': '580.959', 'end': '586.320', 'text': "loves. You know, he's not anti-rade."}, {'start': '583.680', 'end': '587.839', 'text': "He's anti- unfair trade. He's anti the"}, {'start': '586.320', 'end': '590.080', 'text': 'kind of trade where foreign competitors'}, {'start': '587.839', 'end': '592.080', 'text': "take advantage of us. The Indians, let's"}, {'start': '590.080', 'end': '594.399', 'text': "be honest, they've taken advantage of us"}, {'start': '592.080', 'end': '596.160', 'text': 'for a very long time. Modi, the prime'}, {'start': '594.399', 'end': '597.200', 'text': 'minister, is a tough negotiator, but'}, {'start': '596.160', 'end': '598.320', 'text': "we're going to rebalance that"}, {'start': '597.200', 'end': '599.680', 'text': "relationship, and that's why the"}, {'start': '598.320', 'end': '601.920', 'text': "president's doing what he's doing. You"}, {'start': '599.680', 'end': '603.839', 'text': 'worried about India and Pakistan? Well,'}, {'start': '601.920', 'end': '605.360', 'text': "sure. I'm worried about any time you see"}, {'start': '603.839', 'end': '607.360', 'text': 'a hot spot breaking out, especially'}, {'start': '605.360', 'end': '609.120', 'text': "between two nuclear powers. We've"}, {'start': '607.360', 'end': '611.440', 'text': 'obviously been in close contact with our'}, {'start': '609.120', 'end': '614.560', 'text': 'friends in India and Pakistan. uh our'}, {'start': '611.440', 'end': '617.360', 'text': 'our hope here is that India responds to'}, {'start': '614.560', 'end': '619.519', 'text': 'this terrorist attack in a way that'}, {'start': '617.360', 'end': '620.959', 'text': "doesn't lead to a broader regional"}, {'start': '619.519', 'end': '622.560', 'text': 'conflict and we hope frankly that'}, {'start': '620.959', 'end': '625.600', 'text': "Pakistan to the extent that they're"}, {'start': '622.560', 'end': '627.360', 'text': 'responsible cooperates with India to'}, {'start': '625.600', 'end': '629.440', 'text': 'make sure that the terrorists sometimes'}, {'start': '627.360', 'end': '631.519', 'text': 'operating in their territory are hunted'}, {'start': '629.440', 'end': '633.360', 'text': "down and dealt with. That's how we hope"}, {'start': '631.519', 'end': '635.440', 'text': "this unfolds. We're obviously in close"}, {'start': '633.360', 'end': '638.160', 'text': "contact. We'll see what happens."}, {'start': '635.440', 'end': '640.880', 'text': 'The president was in the Vatican, had'}, {'start': '638.160', 'end': '643.360', 'text': 'this iconic image talking to Vladimir'}, {'start': '640.880', 'end': '645.279', 'text': 'Zalinsky in those two chairs and huddled'}, {'start': '643.360', 'end': '646.800', 'text': 'down. A much different scene than when'}, {'start': '645.279', 'end': '649.440', 'text': 'he was last in the White House, as you'}, {'start': '646.800', 'end': '651.920', 'text': 'well know. Where do you see that? Is'}, {'start': '649.440', 'end': '653.120', 'text': 'that going to come to fruition? Well, I'}, {'start': '651.920', 'end': '655.760', 'text': 'think first of all, we have to give the'}, {'start': '653.120', 'end': '658.000', 'text': 'president some credit here because there'}, {'start': '655.760', 'end': '660.720', 'text': "was a really big breakthrough and hasn't"}, {'start': '658.000', 'end': '662.880', 'text': 'gotten that much coverage. But for three'}, {'start': '660.720', 'end': '665.040', 'text': 'years, these sides have fought and each'}, {'start': '662.880', 'end': '666.160', 'text': "of them has said no peace. We're going"}, {'start': '665.040', 'end': '668.480', 'text': 'to fight until the other guy is'}, {'start': '666.160', 'end': '670.240', 'text': "basically knocked out. What we've seen"}, {'start': '668.480', 'end': '672.079', 'text': 'now in the last couple of weeks is each'}, {'start': '670.240', 'end': '674.000', 'text': 'side has put down this is our peace'}, {'start': '672.079', 'end': '675.920', 'text': 'proposal. The Ukrainians did it. The'}, {'start': '674.000', 'end': '677.279', 'text': 'Russians did it. And now I think the'}, {'start': '675.920', 'end': '679.200', 'text': 'question is to see whether we can'}, {'start': '677.279', 'end': '680.959', 'text': 'actually find some middle ground here'}, {'start': '679.200', 'end': '684.000', 'text': 'for these guys to bring this conflict to'}, {'start': '680.959', 'end': '686.399', 'text': "a close. Uh I I really don't believe"}, {'start': '684.000', 'end': '687.600', 'text': 'that any person the 8 billion people in'}, {'start': '686.399', 'end': '690.959', 'text': "the world I don't think anybody could"}, {'start': '687.600', 'end': '693.279', 'text': 'have gotten this deal done um other than'}, {'start': '690.959', 'end': '694.720', 'text': 'Donald J. Trump. When I say this deal I'}, {'start': '693.279', 'end': '696.640', 'text': 'mean getting these guys to actually'}, {'start': '694.720', 'end': '698.000', 'text': "propose a peace settlement. But it's"}, {'start': '696.640', 'end': '700.480', 'text': 'going to be up to the Russians and the'}, {'start': '698.000', 'end': '702.959', 'text': 'Ukrainians now that each side knows what'}, {'start': '700.480', 'end': '704.959', 'text': "the others terms for peace are. It's"}, {'start': '702.959', 'end': '706.880', 'text': 'going to be up to them to come to an'}, {'start': '704.959', 'end': '708.640', 'text': 'agreement and stop this brutal, brutal'}, {'start': '706.880', 'end': '711.040', 'text': "conflict. It's not going anywhere,"}, {'start': '708.640', 'end': '713.120', 'text': "Brett. It's not going to end anytime"}, {'start': '711.040', 'end': '714.959', 'text': 'soon. And I think for the Ukrainians,'}, {'start': '713.120', 'end': '717.120', 'text': "yes, of course, they're angry that they"}, {'start': '714.959', 'end': '718.800', 'text': 'were invaded. But are we going to'}, {'start': '717.120', 'end': '720.720', 'text': 'continue to lose thousands and thousands'}, {'start': '718.800', 'end': '722.640', 'text': 'of soldiers over a few miles of'}, {'start': '720.720', 'end': '724.160', 'text': 'territory this or that way? I hope both'}, {'start': '722.640', 'end': '726.320', 'text': 'of them come to their senses. And if'}, {'start': '724.160', 'end': '727.839', 'text': 'they do, it will be because Donald J.'}, {'start': '726.320', 'end': '729.440', 'text': 'Trump, I think, brokered one of the'}, {'start': '727.839', 'end': '730.800', 'text': 'great peace deals of the 21st centur. I'}, {'start': '729.440', 'end': '733.680', 'text': 'mean, you got the Minerals deal. you got'}, {'start': '730.800', 'end': '736.120', 'text': "that sign. So, you're optimistic. Can I"}, {'start': '733.680', 'end': '738.880', 'text': 'say optimistic? I I look, I am'}, {'start': '736.120', 'end': '741.040', 'text': "optimistic. But it is ultimately, it's"}, {'start': '738.880', 'end': '742.800', 'text': 'hard to say confident because the'}, {'start': '741.040', 'end': '744.639', 'text': "Russians and the Ukrainians, they're the"}, {'start': '742.800', 'end': '746.399', 'text': 'ones who have to take the final step. We'}, {'start': '744.639', 'end': '748.399', 'text': 'got them talking. We got them offering'}, {'start': '746.399', 'end': '750.480', 'text': 'peace proposals. We got the Minerals'}, {'start': '748.399', 'end': '752.720', 'text': "deal done. I think we're in a place"}, {'start': '750.480', 'end': '754.399', 'text': 'where they\'ve got to say, "We\'re done'}, {'start': '752.720', 'end': '757.360', 'text': "with the fighting. We're done with"}, {'start': '754.399', 'end': '760.160', 'text': 'losing thousands and thousands of young'}, {'start': '757.360', 'end': '761.680', 'text': 'people. We\'re we\'re done with this." But'}, {'start': '760.160', 'end': '763.360', 'text': 'only Russian Ukraine can make that'}, {'start': '761.680', 'end': '765.680', 'text': "decision. That's not something even"}, {'start': '763.360', 'end': '767.200', 'text': 'President Trump can do for him. Mr. Vice'}, {'start': '765.680', 'end': '769.600', 'text': 'President, stand by. Hey, Sean Hannity'}, {'start': '767.200', 'end': '772.000', 'text': 'here. Hey, click here to subscribe to'}, {'start': '769.600', 'end': '773.920', 'text': 'Fox News YouTube page and catch our'}, {'start': '772.000', 'end': '776.639', 'text': 'hottest interviews and most compelling'}, {'start': '773.920', 'end': '779.519', 'text': 'analysis. You will not get it anywhere'}, {'start': '776.639', 'end': '779.519', 'text': 'else.'}]