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"South Park" Skewers Trump; President Trump Answers Questions Before Leaving for Scotland. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Aired July 25, 2025 - 09:30 ET
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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, we're showing you a live look of Marine One, everyone, heading to Joint Base Andrews, where the president will be heading off to Scotland shortly.
And we're also waiting to get some of the remarks that the president made. And it sounds like quite a bit of question and answer with reporters as he was leaving the White House. So, we're waiting for that to come in.
And we're also keeping a very close eye on this, as usual, picture perfect landing of Marine One at Joint Base Andrews before the president boards Air Force One.
Stay with us for more on that.
There's also this.
After months of uncertainty and deep skepticism, the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, has now given the green light to eight point -- the $8.4 billion merger of Paramount and Skydance. The usually lengthy process for approval was drawn out even more here by allegations of political interference, amplified by President Trump's criticisms of Paramount's CBS News division. In recent days, Skydance took steps to reassure the FCC of its intentions. Among other things, Skydance said they'd avoid DE&I programs at the new company. A way to sweeten the deal, if you will, as FCC chair, Brendan Carr, cracks down on perceived media bias.
Let's bring in right now CNN's chief media analyst, Brian Stelter, who's been -- I mean been following this from absolutely day one.
And how did we get to this very big point now?
BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: This is the politicization of media mergers. I've been covering these kinds of mergers for 20 years, and I've never seen one like this. It's because President Trump has highly personal opinions, harsh criticism of CBS. And, as a result, this has taken about a year to get approved by the government.
Every kind of merger like this, whether it's media or other industries, if you have a broadcast license, you get reviewed by the government. Lots of other industries also get reviewed by the government before they're allowed to merge.
In this case, though, the deal was held up for months, and it's pretty clear that the FCC chairman, who is a Trump loyalist, really wanted these concessions from the future owners. Brendan Carr wanted this commitment about rooting out bias. He wanted commitments about making sure there's no DEI programs. And he has succeeded. So, in some ways, this is a new playbook for corporate America. If you want to merge, if you want to be acquired, you might have to face this government oversight.
And this morning, Paramount's stock is up. Now the deal will finally close. The new owners will come in. And the new owners have indicated some level at least of Trump friendliness. So, we'll find out what that means in the future.
BOLDUAN: Yes.
BERMAN: We will, especially because as this is all happening, we're seeing what it means for some of the products produced in this --
STELTER: Yes, some of the shows.
BOLDUAN: Yes.
BERMAN: Like "South Park," which may not be a fan favorite inside the White House right now based on the season premiere that aired just Wednesday night.
STELTER: Yes.
BERMAN: I think we have a clip of that.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, are you on the list or not? It's weird that whenever it comes up you just tell everyone to relax.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not telling everyone to relax. Relax, guy.
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BERMAN: Now, I will tell you that the sheet is covering stuff there. There are other parts of the show where the sheet is not covering things.
STELTER: Correct.
BERMAN: Which may be what the White House is most upset about. But what are you hearing this morning about this?
STELTER: Normally a manly measuring contest is a metaphor, but -- but in this case, the two sides are seriously -- BOLDUAN: I'm sorry, hearing you guys dance around this is one of the most spectacular things to watch, I -- all day long.
STELTER: I've been thinking about this all morning, Kate.
BOLDUAN: How you're going to -- how you're going to talk around this?
STELTER: Because in this case, the two sides are seriously talking about who's smaller. I mean "South Park" went out there on Wednesday night, ridiculing the president's genitalia. The White House came out yesterday saying, no, you're smaller. Your ratings are low. You're a fourth-rate show that nobody's cared about in 20 years. So, it is literally a measuring contest. Kate, am I explained that correctly? Do you think I'm getting it right?
BOLDUAN: Just keep the isolated camera on Brian. You're doing a great job, Brian.
STELTER: And I feel like it's a very 2025 story, right. Here we are talking about an animated cartoon ridiculing the American president, normally right in the past for this American's grand history. You know, the White House would ignore it, would pretend it's not happening. But in this case, with the Trump White House, it fires back and gets into a fight with "South Park." And you know what it does? It gives the creators of "South Park" a lot more energy for next week.
BERMAN: I will tell you, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, I'm sure this morning are saying mission accomplished.
STELTER: Exactly.
BOLDUAN: That -- for sure.
STELTER: And they were on stage at Comic Con last night saying they have no idea what they're going to do next week and they -- all they do is they read the headlines, they come up with new stories. So, as long as the new owners of Paramount are supporting "South Park," this is going to keep happening.
And by the way, Paramount just agreed to pay $1.5 billion to keep the show on streaming for years to come because it's so popular. So, I think the creators are in a pretty safe place.
BOLDUAN: All right. Great to see you, Brian.
STELTER: Thanks.
BOLDUAN: Thank you so much.
All right, so we are standing by. We're going to hear from the president right after the break. There he is take -- getting off Marine One. And he is departing for Scotland. But we're going to hear what he had to say. And it sounds like quite a bit when he was leaving the White House. We're going to bring that to you.
Also this ahead, a federal appeals court issues another blow to the president's fight to end birthright citizenship.
We'll be right back.
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BERMAN: All right, moments ago, on the South Lawn of the White House, the president departing for Scotland.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And it is a lot of winning. We -- we had the best six months ever. We're now heading to Scotland. I'm meeting with the prime minister of U.K. And some of you are going, I guess, and a lot of you aren't. Are you going? Huh? Well, you got to get moving. That's a good one. That's going to be a good one.
REPORTER: Mr. President --
TRUMP: So, we have great numbers we just announced. I don't have to go over it because you've seen it, but we have great economic numbers. The deal with Japan is amazing. They give us $550 billion and we have totally open access into Japan. Those numbers are great.
I mean the kids actually just -- very, very cute, actually. I walked over, they said, sir, there's too much winning. They picked up on a little routine, you know.
Go ahead.
REPORTER: Mr. President, can I ask you about the DOJ lawsuit that you filed yesterday against New York City and Mayor Adams. In the lawsuit they named the CBP officer, the officer who was shot. Your thoughts on that?
TRUMP: Yes. Yes. That's DOJ going against New York. But we're going against a lot of other places, too. We want to bring safety to our cities. But that's a pretty -- that's going to be a pretty routine filing with other cities too. As you know, we've started numerous lawsuits with other cities. We want to bring safety. We've got to get the criminals out. And we're doing it in record numbers.
REPORTER: Mr. President, what are you hoping Todd Blanche gets --
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) is the U.S. giving up on Gaza in negotiations?
TRUMP: Yes, Gaza, they pulled out of Gaza. They pulled out in terms of negotiating. It was too bad. Hamas -- Hamas didn't really want to make a deal. I think they want to die. And it's very, very bad.
REPORTER: Are you going (INAUDIBLE)?
TRUMP: And it got -- it got to be to a point where you're going to have to finish the job. They really -- they -- they asked for things. Don't forget, we got a lot of hostages out. So now we're down to the final hostages. And they know what happens after you get the final hostages. And basically because of that, they really didn't want to make a deal. I saw that.
So, they pulled out and they're going to have to fight and they're going to have to clean it up. You're going to have to get rid of it.
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REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) with Ghislaine Maxwell? What are you hoping Todd Blanche gets out of his meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell?
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about the meeting. I know it's taking place. And he's a fantastic man. He's a great attorney. And people should really focus on how well the country's doing, or they should focus on the fact that Brack Hussein Obama led a coup. Or they should focus on the fact that Larry Summers from Harvard, that Bill Clinton, who you know very well, and lots of other friends, really close friends of Jeffrey Summers, should be spoken about because, you know, Jeffrey Epstein should be spoken about and they should speak about them because they don't talk about them, they talk about me. I have nothing to do with the guy.
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REPORTER: Are you considering (INAUDIBLE) Ghislaine Maxwell? Are you considering --
TRUMP: Easy. Easy.
REPORTER: Will you do any business deals with the U.K.?
TRUMP: Yes, I'm going to meet with the prime minister right now. We're going to be over there in about six hours. We're meeting with the prime minister tonight. We're going to be talking about the trade deal that we made. And maybe even improve it.
REPORTER: Are you considering clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell?
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REPORTER: Are you considering clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, sir?
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REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) the White House today. I saw homeless people sleeping right outside the gates of the White House. Are you concerned about that, sir?
TRUMP: I think it's terrible. And we'll have them removed immediately. We do remove it. We've got to get the mayor to run this city properly. This city has to be run. You know I have the right to take it over, and I think it's terrible. Where are they? Where did you see them?
REPORTER: Just right out -- right out side of -- I mean on Pennsylvania Avenue.
TRUMP: By -- by the -- near the Treasury.
REPORTER: Right across here from Lafayette Park (INAUDIBLE).
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REPORTER: Mr. President, have you heard about Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell? And would you give her a pardon or a clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell?
REPORTER: Are you still disappointed in President (INAUDIBLE), sir?
TRUMP: Well, I don't want to talk about that. What I do want to say is that Todd is a great attorney. But you ought to be speaking about Larry Summers. You ought to be speaking about some of his friends that are hedge fund guys. They're all over the place. You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times. I never went to the island with (INAUDIBLE).
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REPORTER: Do you maintain you did not write a letter for Jeffrey Epstein's birthday (INAUDIBLE)?
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TRUMP: I don't even know what they're talking about. Now, somebody could have written a letter and used my name, but that's happened a lot. All you have to do is take a look at the dossier, the fake dossier. Everything's fake with that administration. Everything is fake with the Democrats. Take a look at what they just found about -- about the dossier. Everything is fake. They're a bunch of sick people.
Where did you see the people laying outside (INAUDIBLE)?
REPORTER: Right across the street from Lafayette Park, sir. (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: We'll -- we'll take care of it.
REPORTER: Can your administration end homelessness?
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REPORTER: Are you hoping to meet with President Putin?
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) for bringing hostages home. What are the alternative methods to bring hostages home from Gaza?
TRUMP: Well, we got a lot of them out. And it's always -- I've always said, those last 10 or 20 are going to be the toughest because Hamas knows what happens when they don't have any bargaining chips. And they really broke a deal. They broke a deal. And you're going to have to do what you have to do right now. It's a terrible thing.
REPORTER: What about on (INAUDIBLE)?
TRUMP: And I always knew that. And I said, when you get down to the last ones, they're not going to be able to make a deal. REPORTER: And would you consider -- would you consider a pardon or a
commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell if she's cooperating with --
TRUMP: It's something I haven't thought about. It's really something --
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) recommended it to you --
TRUMP: It's something I'm allowed to do, but it's something I have not thought about.
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) but you wouldn't rule it out, sir?
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REPORTER: Mr. President, why has the dollar -- why has the dollar fallen so much? And are you concerned about that?
TRUMP: Well, you know, I'm a person that likes a strong dollar. But a weak dollar makes you a hell of a lot more money. I hate to tell you. I don't know if you study it, but I study it. And if you look at the yen --
REPORTER: I went to (INAUDIBLE), Mr. President -- I went to -- I went to (INAUDIBLE), so I know.
TRUMP: You understand.
REPORTER: Absolutely.
TRUMP: Oh, you did go to (INAUDIBLE).
REPORTER: I went to work (ph). Yes, sir.
TRUMP: Well, that means you're a smarter guy than I even thought. And I know you're smart.
So, when we have a strong dollar, one thing happens, it sounds good, but you don't do any tourism. You can't sell tractors. You can't sell trucks. You can't sell anything. It is good for inflation. That's about it. And we have no inflation. We've -- we've wiped out inflation. But it's an interesting question.
So, I will never say I like a low currency. But you remember the battles I had with the yuan, with China and with Japan. Japan being the yen. They always wanted a weak currency. They're trying to get a weak currency now.
Now, it doesn't sound good, but you make a hell of a lot more money with a weaker dollar. Not a weak dollar, but a weaker dollar than you do with a strong dollar. And the first thing people that are going to notice it are the manufacturers of trucks and various other things.
Like look at Caterpillar, how well they're doing now. When you have a strong dollar, you can't sell anything. It's only good for inflation. And it's good psychologically. It makes you feel good. But with that being said, I love the strong dollar. But you make your
money with a currency. And I had so many different fights with President Xi, with, I mean, with -- between Japan and China, all they want to do is have a weak currency. They're always fighting for a weak currency. And that's how they really dominated over the years.
So, when I see it down there, I don't lose sleep over it, let's put it that way. In fact, sometimes I go to sleep very happy. You understand, I know.
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TRUMP: Do you agree with me?
REPORTER: I agree with a lot -- with a lot of what you said, Mr. President. Do you think it makes it any easier to impose your tariffs with that lower dollar? Because the country --
TRUMP: I think it makes it easier, even for tariffs, yes. And it makes the tariffs worth much more. And it's easier to pay off debt. And it's easier to get a low interest rate too. There are a lot of good things. It's -- it's hard to explain to people. The headline, oh, Trump wants a weak dollar. Not a weak dollar. That's -- we -- you take a look at the history of China over the last 20 years. All they do is fight for a weak currency. Look at Japan, when they were really doing well. They had a very weak currency.
So, to me, I just say, thank you very much. It is --
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REPORTER: Mr. President, what's your comment on --
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) on a Gaza ceasefire? Have you given up on a Gaza ceasefire?
TRUMP: Well, the Gaza situation -- and I said this was going to happen. When you get down to your last 10 or 20, we got a lot of hostages out. We took them out in numbers that nobody believed. A lot of them. And I said, when you get down to 10 or 20, I don't think Hamas is going to make a deal because that means they have no protection. And basically that's what happened, Hamas didn't want to make a deal.
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REPORTER: Have you seen -- have you seen that photo?
TRUMP: I -- I think -- I think what's going to happen is they're going to be hunted down.
REPORTER: Have you seen that photo?
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) secondary sanctions sooner on Russia? Are you closer today to secondary sanctions?
TRUMP: We're looking at that whole situation. It could be that we'll have to put secondary sanctions on them (ph).
REPORTER: Two hundred and fifty days?
TRUMP: Maybe, yes.
REPORTER: Do you think it's counterproductive --
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REPORTER: You think it's counterproductive --
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TRUMP: Who you -- who are you with? Who are you with?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Six News (ph).
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TRUMP: Oh, good.
REPORTER: Counterproductive to France -- for France to say that they would recognize the Palestinian state. Macron said that yesterday.
TRUMP: Look, he's a different kind of a guy. He's -- he's OK. He's a team player, pretty much. But here's the good news, what he says doesn't matter, you know.
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REPORTER: Mr. President --
TRUMP: That's not going to change it.
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REPORTER: Are you going to meet with the president of (INAUDIBLE) Turkey?
REPORTER: So, how could -- how could he --
TRUMP: Well, he made a statement. France. Macron. His statement doesn't carry any weight. He's a very good guy. I like him. But that statement doesn't carry weight.
REPORTER: So, how -- how -- (INAUDIBLE) trade deal with the E.U.?
TRUMP: I would say that we have a 50/50 chance, maybe less than that, but a 50/50 chance of making a deal with the E.U. And it will be a deal where they have to buy down their tariffs because they're right now at 30 percent. And they'll have to buy them down maybe. Or they could leave them the way they are. But they want to make a deal very badly. I would have said we have a 25 percent chance with Japan, and they kept coming back, and we made a deal. And the deal is -- don't forget, Japan's putting up $550 billion.
REPORTER: Yes, sir.
TRUMP: That's a lot of money. And also paying tariffs. The biggest part of the Japan deal, and maybe we get this with the E.U., maybe we don't, is that we have the right to go in and trade. We have the right. They've totally opened Japan to the -- just to the U.S. That's, to me, the biggest part of the deal.
REPORTER: What level tariff (INAUDIBLE).
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) nuclear disarmament. You said repeatedly you would like to see a further nuclear arms reductions between the United States and Russia.
TRUMP: I would like to see that.
REPORTER: But you've said previously we're spiraling (ph) in about six months and it cannot legally extended it.
TRUMP: That's a problem. That's a problem for the world.
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: It's a problem for the world. You know, we have restrictions and they have restrictions, as you know, on nuclear. That's not an agreement you want expiring. We're starting to work on that.
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TRUMP: But that is a -- that is a big problem for the world. When you take off nuclear restrictions, that's a big problem for the world.
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REPORTER: Mr. President, (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: I think that Jerome Powell -- I think we had a very good meeting. Forgetting about the building. That's out of control and all that. But I think we had a very good meeting on interest rates. And he said to me, now, I don't know if he's going to say this on Thursday or everything (ph), but he said to me very strongly, the country is doing well. He said, congratulations. The country is doing really well. And I got that to mean that I think he's going to start recommending lower rates.
REPORTER: Because of that conversation?
REPORTER: Mr. President, how do you think that the Supreme Court --
TRUMP: The country really is doing well too.
REPORTER: Mr. President --
REPORTER: Mr. President, how do you think that --
TRUMP: Record business.
REPORTER: Did you speak to Netanyahu?
REPORTER: Mr. President --
TRUMP: (INAUDIBLE).
REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President.
How do you think that the Supreme Court's ruling that benefited you on presidential immunity would apply to former President Barack Obama and what you're accusing him of doing?
TRUMP: It probably helped him a lot. Probably helps a lot, the immunity ruling. But it doesn't help the people around him at all. But it probably helps him a lot. You know, he's -- he's done criminal acts. There's no question about it. But he has immunity. And it probably helped him a lot.
REPORTER: Mr. President --
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REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) trade agreement (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: He owes me big. Obama owes me big.
REPORTER: What are the -- the details in the U.K. trade agreement you're hoping to fine tune with the prime minister?
TRUMP: Here's what -- we want to talk about certain aspects, which are going to be good for both countries. More fine tuning. And also we're going to do a little celebrating together because, you know, we got along very well. The U.K. has been trying to make a deal with us for like 12 years and haven't been able to do it. We got it done. He's doing a very good job. Good prime minister. Good guy. We really get along very well.
So, we're going to see. We're going to meet at Turnberry. And we're going to meet at Aberdeen. So, two beautiful places.
REPORTER: Is there wiggle room on steel and aluminum if they were to budge on digital services tax?
TRUMP: Say it?
REPORTER: Is there any wiggle room on steel and aluminum in exchange for any budge on digital services tax?
TRUMP: Not a lot, because if I do it for one, I have to do it for all. So, on that, steel and aluminum, not a lot.
REPORTER: Mr. President, can you speak to Netanyahu about aid drops.
TRUMP: Sorry, Michelle, go ahead.
REPORTER: Mr. President, do you speak to Netanyahu about allowing aid drops in Gaza from Arab countries? TRUMP: Yes, I'd speak to him but I can't tell you what I spoke to him about. But it was sort of disappointing. Although I told you, I mean, I told you, I told you, when you get down to those last 20 hostages, you get down to that last 10 or 20, it's going to be very hard for Hamas to make a deal because they lose their shield, they lose their cover. We got a lot of them out. A lot of them. We took a lot of bodies out, too. You know, so many of the parents said, please, get my son's body back. And we were able to do that. We got a lot of people out live and people that are not alive. But it was very important to the parents to get their son back, even though they knew their son was dead.
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REPORTER: Are you going to be able to get the open championship back to Turnberry?
TRUMP: I think they will do that, yes. They want -- Turnberry -- Turnberry is rated the number one course in the world. I think they'll do that, yes.
REPORTER: And -- and are you going to talk to anybody about that (INAUDIBLE)?
TRUMP: No, I'm not going to -- it's not about that. I'm going to see it for the first time in years.
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: You were there the last time we went. That's pretty good, right?
No, it's -- it's -- it's the best resort in the world, I think, Turnberry. And it's one of the greatest courses in the world.
We're going to see it. We're going to have, I believe, dinner at Turnberry with the prime minister. Then we're going to go to the oil capital of Europe, which is Aberdeen, and we're going to have lunches there. We're going to have a good time. I think the prime minister and I get along very well.
REPORTER: And are you -- you're going to see the Scottish leader too, right, Swinney, John Swinney?
TRUMP: I am. I am.
REPORTER: What's that about?
TRUMP: Well, we have a lot of things in Scotland. I have a lot of love. My mother was born in Scotland.
REPORTER: Yes, sir.
TRUMP: And he's a good man. The Scottish leader is a good man. So, I look forward to meeting him. That's all set up, right?
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REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE) is exactly one week from today, August the 1st. What do you expect between now and next Friday as it relates to your deadline?
TRUMP: So, when you say -- you say tariff, not tariffs.
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE).
TRUMP: Tariff. I thought you said -- I thought you said tariffs day. OK.
REPORTER: No, (INAUDIBLE) day.
TRUMP: Well, most of the deals are finished right now. They're finished because we're just going to charge a certain tariff. A lower tariff than I could get. I don't want a hurt country. But we're going to send a letter out sometime during the week and it's basically going to say, you're going to pay 10 percent, you're going to pay 15 percent, you're going to pay maybe less, I don't know, but -- Australia was great. They opened up beef yesterday for the first time ever. And they did it. We didn't know about it. We asked them to do it, and all of a sudden we got a word that they wanted -- so, obviously, they are looking to do something. But Australia.
So, August 1st is going to come. And we will have most of our deals finished, if not all. We haven't really had a lot of luck with Canada. I think Canada could be one where they'll just pay tariffs. Not really a negotiation.
We're working very diligently with Europe, the E.U., which covers a lot of tariff, you know, a lot of territory, a lot of countries. And that's the big one right now.
We have the confines of a deal with China.
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TRUMP: But we -- we haven't -- we haven't really -- we don't have a deal with Canada. We haven't been focused on it.
REPORTER: When you -- Mr. President -- Mr. President, when you send out those letters, do you believe that will bring some certainty to the financial markets?
TRUMP: Oh, yes.
REPORTER: Because then they will know (INAUDIBLE) paying.
TRUMP: No, no, when those letters, when those letters go out, they're a page and a half, that means they have a deal. It's done. They pay that tariff. And that is a contract essentially. And they can come into the country. They're going to pay a tariff. I'm going to keep it minimal. I'm going to keep it -- you know, I'm not looking to hurt countries. I could -- I could do that too, but I'm not looking to do that. But when that letter goes out, that's the deal. And we'll be sending maybe close to 200 of those letters out. Don't
forget we have a lot of countries. So we're going to be sending out almost 200 of those letters.
But once those letters go out, there -- we have a deal.
Now, we sent some to -- we sent one to Japan. We sent one to E.U. And they came back and negotiated a deal. I think E.U. has got a pretty good chance of making a deal.
REPORTER: With all of that revenue coming in, Mr. President, do you think --
TRUMP: Got a lot of money.
REPORTER: A lot of money.
TRUMP: Our country was a dead country. It was a dead country. One year ago. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. And don't you feel it?
REPORTER: Mr. President, with -- Mr. President, with all of that revenue coming in, tens and tens of billions of dollars, do you think there is the possibility of a rebate to the American public in terms of all of that money?
TRUMP: We're thinking about that, actually. We have so much money coming in. We're thinking about a little rebate. But the big thing we want to do is pay down debt. But we're thinking about a rebate. That's a very good question.
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TRUMP: You just -- you just made a lot of news. We're thinking about a rebate because we have so much money coming in from tariffs that -- tariffs that a little rebate for people of a certain income level might be very nice.
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TRUMP: Well, (INAUDIBLE) Hamas (INAUDIBLE) by a lot of people. People don't know this, and we didn't certainly get any acknowledgement or a thank you, but we contributed $60 million to food and supplies and everything else. We hope the money gets there, because, you know, that money gets taken.
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The food gets taken. We're going to do more.
But we -- we gave lot of money. We gave a majority of the money. And the sad part is that no other country
