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BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: President Trump changing course, now telling House Republicans to vote for the release of the full Jeffrey Epstein files. A vote in the Senate, though, and his signature, anything but certain.

Plus, President Trump leaving the door open for diplomacy with Venezuela, a source telling CNN he's not decided whether to strike inside the country as U.S. warships gather offshore.

And later, a federal judge saying that James Comey's rights may have been violated by the Department of Justice. What it means for the case against the former FBI director.

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Let's go straight to the White House right now and President Trump taking questions inside the Oval Office. This comes after his stunning reversal on support for a discharge petition that would see House Republicans potentially vote in favor of releasing the full Epstein files, despite the President's resistance to that idea. Let's go ahead and listen in to the President during an event related to FIFA.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... incredible vision that the President executed here. Within 10 months, we -- we started with really not that much. And so, this whole team here, with the President's guidance, has made this possible. It's going to be the greatest games in the history of the world.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Okay, do you have that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. No, let me -- yes, sir.

TRUMP: Not too confident. Daniel, please. Daniel?

DANIEL: Mr. President, yes, you -- you're talking about the economic impact, these billions and billions of dollars. This builds on the framework and the groundwork that you've built already up for a major year in 2026, deregulation, energy independence, tax cuts, historic amounts of private sector investments. What do you envision for the 2026 economy when this event comes to town next year, too, on top -- on top of everything else? (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: Yes, it's just a huge economic boon to this. You know, we had a little shutdown that was caused by the Democrats and this will make up for it many times over, so that's good. But I think it's the importance of the event. All over the world, the world is watching. And it really is. It's like having, you know, many Super Bowls, actually. Each game is almost a Super Bowl. Some of them are, I guess you could say, bigger than Super Bowls. I guess when you get to the finals, it's -- it's of that -- it's of that level or more.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Much more.

TRUMP: Worldwide, it's -- I think it's got to be more, so that's great. You know, when Johnny (ph) and I made the deal, I never thought I was going to be president because I was supposed to be retired by that time and I got a little lucky. So, I'm -- I'm very honored to have it. You know, we have the Olympics coming, too. That'll be great.

And the 250. The 250 is going to be right out on the lawn. You're going to have a UFC event with Dana White and his people. He's going to have the greatest card they -- they've ever assembled. I was talking to Dana White the other day, and they're going to have the greatest card they've ever assembled, Johnny. So, you'll be sitting up there with me there. We'll be watching it, so -- right opposite the front door of the White House. That's going to be on June 14th.

So, it's really going to be an amazing period of time. But this is something very, very special, World Cup. All my life, I've heard about it. Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, I have a question about Venezuela, but can I just first ask that health of the President is always news. Your voice sounds a little rough. Are you feeling all right?

TRUMP: You know, I -- I feel great. I was shouting at people because they were stupid about something having to do with trade and a country, and I straightened it out. But I blew my stack at these people. It's just so stupid.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, it sounds like there's a follow-up there. But can I ask you about Venezuela? You suggested ...

TRUMP: Sounds like there's a what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It sounds like there's a follow-up there. But can I ask you about Venezuela?

TRUMP: I thought you said there was a pile up (ph). And I said, (INAUDIBLE) I don't want to hear that. I don't want to hear that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: Go ahead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You suggested you've made a decision about what you want to do next about Venezuela. I understand you don't want to tip your hand. Is there anything you're ready to rule out at this point? Are you ruling out U.S. troops on the ground?

TRUMP: No, I don't rule out that. That I don't rule out anything. We just have to take care of Venezuela. They dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country from prisons. Nobody knows better than this young lady right here. She's done an incredible job with Tom Homan and all of your people. It's amazing.

You know, we have a tight border right now. Nobody comes in. But we had millions of people poring through -- a year ago, we had millions of people pouring through our border and many of them came from Venezuela, including Tren de Aragua, the gang.

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And I guess what I'm hearing, Kristi, is that's as bad a gang as there is anywhere in the world.

KRISTI NOEM, DHS SECRETARY: It's the worst. Absolutely, true.

TRUMP: Is that accurate?

NOEM: Absolutely, they are the worst.

TRUMP: I mean, they're worse than MS-13.

NOEM: They're killers. They massacre people. They cut them up into pieces and they bury them in their communities where they grew up. They're horrible people.

TRUMP: And we had a lot of them, and many of them, most of them, pretty soon most of them are going to be out. But they sent them in -- like we're a dumping ground. So, I'm not in love with the people running Venezuela. I love Venezuela. I love the people of Venezuela. But what they've done to this country -- and I really say this, what Biden and the Democrats have done to this country, can never, ever be forgotten.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You suggested that Maduro wants to talk? Are you prepared to speak with him directly? Would you commit to doing that before you work with the strikes?

TRUMP: Yes, I probably would talk to him. Yes. I talk to everybody.

(CROSSTALK)

TRUMP: Go ahead, please.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, can I follow up on Garrett (ph)? Was that where you were referring to?

TRUMP: Please go ahead. Was that India?

REBEKA ZELJKO, CAPITOL HILL AND POLITICS REPORTER, BLAZE NEWS: Rebeka Zeljko with Blaze News. So, in a recent interview, you had made some remarks about H-1B visas.

TRUMP: About what?

ZELJKO: You said -- about H-1B visas.

TRUMP: Yes.

ZELJKO: You said that there were certain talents that Americans needed to outsource to foreign workers. Could you clarify that ...

TRUMP: Until they learned that, yes. Like, for instance, if you're going to be making chips, we don't make chips too much here anymore, but we are going to be in a period of a year, we're going to have a big portion of the chip market. But we have to train our people how to make chips because we didn't do it. We used to do it. And then foolishly, we lost that business to Taiwan, very, very foolishly, because if -- if they had a president that thought like I did, they would not have let that happen. But it's all coming back.

I think we're going to have a -- within a -- a few years, we're going -- and not because of the CHIPS Act -- the CHIPS Act was a disaster for this country. We gave away billions of dollars to other countries and other locations and companies. And all they did was rob our money. But because of tariffs, the chips are coming back, chip makers are all coming back. And I think within a very short period of time, we're going to have maybe even the majority of the chip making in the world will be right in the United States.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President ...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President ...

TRUMP: ... where it should have been all along. But because we had people that didn't believe in tariffs, they believed in them, they didn't know how to use them. We would have had nobody leaving our country right now. And instead, you have almost a hundred percent of the chips are made in Taiwan. It's -- it's so disgraceful. The good news is it's all coming back. Yes, please. In the back ...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President ...

TRUMP: The gentleman in the back. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, Mr. President. I want to just follow up on Venezuela. In these talks with Maduro, is there anything that he could say or do that would let -- allow you to feel like he could stay with your support? Is there anything that he could say that you would be okay you can stay (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP It's hard to say that. You know, the question's a little bit tricky. I don't think it was meant to be tricky. It's just that -- look, he's done tremendous damage to our country, primarily because of drugs, but really because we have that problem with other countries, too. But more than any other country, the release of prisoners into our country has been a disaster. He's emptied his jails. Others have done that also.

He has not been good to the United States. So, we'll see what happens.

(CROSSTALK)

TRUMP: At a certain period of time, I'll be talking to him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, Mr. President ...

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I just to follow up, you mentioned your voice, and you were shouting about trade. Which country in particular ...

TRUMP: (INAUDIBLE) ...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... upset you with any of this ...

TRUMP: No, no, a country wanted to try and renegotiate the terms of their trade deal, and I wasn't happy about it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, which country was it? People want to know.

TRUMP: Why would I say that to you? Why would -- I can't believe it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, on the World Cup, if you would, Seattle and the World Cup. The new mayor-elect of Seattle is a Democratic socialist. Seattle has ...

TRUMP: Or beyond. I watched her answer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right, Seattle has ...

TRUMP: That's more than socialism.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Seattle has six World Cup games. How closely are you going to be watching that city with the crime in that city?

TRUMP: Well, if we think, and I'll have to speak to Johnny about this, but if we think that the mayor of L.A. is incompetent, everybody knows that -- you know that -- I was there, I guess, two years ago, and we got all the federal permits taken care of far more complex than the state permits and the city permits. And Lee Zeldin, who's a superstar, got everything taken care of. The toughest part, you know, having to do with the fires, that should have never happened. If they let the water come in, it wouldn't have happened, right?

Do you know that people aren't building their houses yet? I mean, can you imagine that? And if we didn't go in early on, Kristi, I think we can say it. Well, the -- the head of their police department said it. They were unable to handle it. You would have had -- not only did you have the fires, but you would have had total insurrection in Los Angeles. And if we didn't go in, and the head of, you know, the gentleman, he said it, and he said it strongly, he said we could not have done it without the federal government. We did a great job.

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If we think there's going to be the sign of any trouble, I would ask Johnny to move that to a different city. We have a lot of cities that are -- what -- would love to have it, number one, and we'll do it very safely. So, if we think there's a problem in Seattle where you have a very, very liberal, slash, communist mayor, I would say, you know, it's certainly beyond just liberal. I watched her over the weekend. Well, that's another beauty we got there.

But if we think there's going to be a problem, we'll -- Johnny, can I say we will move? I don't think you're going to have this problem, but we're going to move the event to someplace where it's going to be appreciated and safe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I think safety and security is the number one priority for a successful World Cup. We can see today that people have trust in the United States. When we see at the tickets -- ticket sales, we -- we -- we sold, I mean, record breaking figures of tickets, almost 2 million already sold out of 2 million that -- that you've been selling. This is because people, they know that they will be coming here and they will experience a safe and secure World Cup. This is the responsibility, of course, of the government, of Secretary Noem, of everyone, and -- and -- and obviously, we will -- I mean, we will discuss, we are working together, we have a task force for this, and we must ensure that all fans coming from abroad or being here, they can experience a celebration of -- of coming together, of the sport, and this goes only with -- with 100 percent safety.

NOEM: We are ...

(CROSSTALK)

TRUMP: (INAUDIBLE) ...

NOEM: We are -- we're communicating with all these mayors about what their responsibilities are. They know the safety and security of these events is their number one responsibility, and we'll be there. The President's always there to keep Americans safe, but he also makes sure the people that know their responsibilities and that they're prepared to host these events and do so in a safe manner.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a timeline ... (CROSSTALK)

TRUMP: Yes, go ahead, please.

ZELJKO: There was some -- some news this morning from an Axios report that Senator Ted Cruz was laying the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential run. Could I get your reaction to -- would you -- could you see yourself supporting Senator Cruz?

TRUMP: Well, he's a friend of mine. I mean, you know, I haven't spoken to him about it. It's a little early. It's three and a quarter years. That's a long time. But he's a very good guy. He's a very good friend of mine. You remember we had a -- quite a campaign against Ted, and it worked out quite nicely. Let's see, where are we? Oh, we're in the Oval Office. But I'm not that surprised to hear that.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, on the -- on the tariff exemptions, you had some recently on a variety of different goods. I'm wondering, are you ruling out going forward no more exemptions on -- on products? You were mentioning a -- a disagreement you had earlier. I'm wondering ...

TRUMP: We've taken in ...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... what you're thinking.

TRUMP: ... of millions of dollars in tariff money. We're going to be issuing dividends later on, somewhere prior to -- you know, probably in the middle of next year, a little bit later than that -- of thousands of dollars for individuals of moderate income, middle income. We're going to pay down debt. You know, we have a lot of money from tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, this nation would be in serious trouble. And we've taken in tremendous amounts of money.

And you know what's more important than that? We've protected our businesses from being raided like we did with the chip business. Now, we're bringing them all back. But our -- you know, we had a hundred of the chip industry, and then they left. They went mostly to Taiwan and South Korea, but mostly Taiwan. And they have almost a hundred percent. And we're going to have, within a short period of time, a big percentage of the chip companies are coming back because of tariffs, because they don't want to pay the tariffs, because the tariffs will be very steep if they don't come back. And they're all -- they've committed to come back.

As you probably heard, Apple is now up to $700 billion. We have NVIDIA at $600 billion. We have tremendous amounts of money pouring in. Our country has become amazing again and really, really rich again.

I will say this, we have a decision we're waiting for. It's a very big decision. The numbers that we've taken in, if you talk about investments, is trillions, not with a -- not with a B, not with an M, millions, but trillions of dollars. I can't imagine having to give that money back on something that we're allowed to do. And the ones that are fighting us are countries, largely, they're back in -- countries that have been ripping us off for years, using tariffs to rip us off. And now, we're able to defend ourselves.

It really is a matter of national security, because economic security is national security. So, I think you're going to see another thing happening.

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I think you'll see food prices -- they've come down very substantially since -- since -- but -- but I think you're going to see food prices coming down very substantially.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President (INAUDIBLE) Saudi Arabia, tomorrow you're hosting ...

TRUMP: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... Saudi Arabia. Are you planning to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia, you know?

TRUMP: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And also, are you looking at doing a similar security agreement like you did with -- with Qatar?

TRUMP: Yes. No, I am planning on doing that, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're going to sell the F-35s?

TRUMP: They want to buy. They've been a great ally. They've got to like us very much. Look at the Iran situation, what we did in terms of obliterating, you know, their -- we obliterated their nuclear capability. Yes, I will -- I will say that we will be doing that. We'll be selling F-35s, yes.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, I want to clarify something you posted on Truth Social last night. You urged House Republicans to vote in favor of this Epstein release bill they're going to vote on ...

TRUMP: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... tomorrow. I just want to be super clear on your position. Do you want to see that pass the Senate? Would you sign that bill if it gets to your desk?

TRUMP: I do want to -- here's what I want, we have nothing to do with Epstein, the Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, you look at Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, they went to his island all the time, and many others, they're all Democrats. All I want is I want for people to recognize the great job that I've

done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down, but they're going way lower, on energy, on ending eight wars and another one coming pretty soon, I believe. We've done a great job. And I hate to see that deflect from the great job we've done. So, I'm all for it.

You know, we've already given 50,000 pages. You do know that. Unfortunately, like with the Kennedy situation, with the Martin Luther King situation, not to put Jeffrey Epstein in the same category, but no matter what we give, it's never enough. You know, with Kennedy, we gave everything and it wasn't enough. With Martin Luther King, we gave everything and it's never enough. We've already given, I believe the number is 50,000 pages -- 50,000 pages. And it's just a Russia, Russia, Russia hoax as it pertains to the Republicans.

Now, I believe that many of the people that we -- some of the people that we mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, but they were with him all the time. I wasn't. I wasn't at all. And we'll see what happens.

What I just don't want Epstein to do is detract from the great success of the Republican Party, including the fact that the Democrats are totally blamed for the shutdown. You know, they cost our country hundreds of billions of dollars with that, and a lot of inconvenience. So, I'm for any -- I -- I don't, they can do whatever they want.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You'd sign (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: We'll give them everything. Sure, I would. Let the -- let the Senate look at it. Let anybody look at it. But don't talk about it too much because honestly, I don't want to take it away from us. It's really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein's friends, all of them. And it's a hoax. The whole thing is a hoax. And I don't want to take it away from really the greatness of what the Republican Party has accomplished over the last period of time. Yes, please.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, the shutdown is now over. And administration officials have said when the shutdown ends, they'll reevaluate the farmer relief. Now, we have the deal with China. So, is the administration still looking to dish out farmer relief now that the government is back (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: You know, we want to -- I'm -- I'm always going to help our farmers.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, are you still looking to do (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: I would do that, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When can we expect that?

TRUMP: If they need relief, we'll be there for them. We're -- we're going to always be for our farmers. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, what are you waiting for?

TRUMP: Yes, please, in the back.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President ...

TRUMP: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, just speaking of the -- the economic impacts of FIFA and possibly moving to another city, some games if you feel it's crime, is there like a timeline that you would do that? Because these cities, there's sponsorships, there's economic impact for these communities.

TRUMP: Sure.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: Well, you know, the governors are going to have to behave, the mayors are going to have to behave. You know, in the case of California, you have a problem. You have high crime and you have a place that just suffered great fires and everything else and they didn't do a very good job. And if we didn't go in from the crime standpoint, you would have had a disaster. It would have been -- it was not going to be handled properly. It wasn't able to be.

The head of the police said without -- as I said, without the federal government, they could not have done it. So, here's the story, I love Los Angeles. If they want help doing this, I would love to send in National Guard or whoever's necessary to help them. I want it to be great. I'd love it to be in Los Angeles. I love the place. It's a natural for Los Angeles.

If we think there are going to -- there's going to be crime, if we are obstructed by the governor, and maybe he won't obstruct, maybe he'll be great.

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But I'd love him for him to call and say, you know, we'd like to have some extra help. Because if there's even a hint of a problem, we want to get in there before the problem occurs. We want to make it totally safe for Johnny and FIFA and all of the great people that are going to be there. And I think that's going to happen. I would -- I would be honored to help California if they're going to have a problem.

And if they think they're going to have a problem, they should say so. We can be in there in 24 hours' notice and do a great job.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) by the -- by the end of the year, by the end of the first quarter --

TRUMP: Well, I think this -- if they would tell us -- if they would tell us now, they're not going to have a problem. Because if we go in, they don't have a problem. Look at D.C., there's no crime in D.C. anymore, and D.C. was a mess.

If they want us to go in, I'd like them to tell us right now. But if we go in, there will be no problem. There will be no crime.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's the message then to, like, local businesses who are considering sponsoring (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: Tell your governor to ask for federal help. We'd love to help them.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... also potentially launching strikes in Mexico or putting American troops or American personnel into Mexico to deal with (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's okay with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Mexico is -- look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There's -- there's some big problems over there. If we had to, would we do there what we've done to the waterways? You know, there's almost no drugs coming into our waterways anymore. Isn't that down like 85 percent?

NOEM: It is, sir.

TRUMP: I don't know who the 15 percent would be. It wouldn't be you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, that's for sure.

TRUMP: No, I -- I think it's been ...

NOEM: Tons and tons of amounts.

TRUMP: You would say that's a big signal.

NOEM: Absolutely.

TRUMP: We have almost no drugs coming into our country by the sea, by, you know, the waterways. And you know why, okay? I mean, it's pretty obvious. Would I do that on the land cars? I would absolutely -- look, every boat we knock out, we save 25,000 American lives. Not to mention the destruction of families. These families are decimated forever. The mother, the father, the children. They never recover, really, from it. You know, when you lose somebody like the way they -- any -- if you lose them, but the way they die is horrible.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is it something --

TRUMP: So, when we knock out a boat and we save 25,000 lives, that's great. Now, do I feel the same way about the corridors that they use? We know every one of them. We have every one of those corridors under major surveillance. We have nobody coming in through our southern border. But we know exactly how they get their things here, how they get the drugs here -- fentanyl, cocaine.

Columbia has -- has cocaine factories where they make cocaine. Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it, personally. I didn't say I'm doing it, but I would be proud to do it. Because we're going to save millions of lives by doing it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would you only do it with Mexico's permission, though?

TRUMP: I wouldn't answer that question. I've -- I've been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand. We're losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So, now we've stopped the waterways. But we know every route. We know every route. We know the addresses of every drug lord. We know their address. We know their front door. We know everything about every one of them. They're killing our people. That's like a war. Would I do it? I'd be proud to. I'd probably go into Congress and say, hey -- and you know what? The Democrats and the Republicans would both agree, unless they're crazy. And they are a little crazy on the Democrat side. But ...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) ...

TRUMP: ... we have -- we have lost hundreds of thousands of people a year, death. And that's not talking about family destruction. It's talking about death. And much of it comes through Mexico. So, let me just put it this way. I am not happy with Mexico, okay? Thank you very much, everybody.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you, press. Thank you, press.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, press.

TRUMP: Thank you.

(CROSSTALK)

SANCHEZ: We've been listening to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office taking questions from reporters. The President on the potential release of the full Epstein files if the House of Representatives moves forward on this discharge petition and it moves through the Senate and it arrives at his desk, the President saying, quote, "don't talk about it too much," being noncommittal as to whether or not he would sign to have the full release of these files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The President, again, referring to this whole saga as a hoax, suggesting that all his friends were Democrats. There are emails as well as witness testimony, as well as photos and video that prove otherwise.

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Notably, the President saying that he does not want that to become the central focus. He says he wants folks to recognize what a great job he's done on the economy and on foreign wars. The President there also making news on Venezuela saying that he would not rule out anything from a direct dialogue with leader Nicolas Maduro to U.S. boots on the ground. Also saying that he's okay with strikes in Mexico, anything it takes, he says to end drugs entering the United States. Lastly, the President also making news saying that he plans to sell F-

35 planes to Saudi Arabia.

A lot of news there. Of course, we're going to spend the rest of this hour dissecting it. President Trump on Venezuela in particular. We're going to have a guest on that in just moments. Stay with CNN. We'll be right back.

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