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Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Outside the Oval Office - May 8, 2025

12:00 AM
Question 00:00:00-00:00:00 ( sec)

[Inaudible, about the election of Pope Leo XIV by the Papal Conclave.]

Donald Trump 00:00:00-00:00:28 (29 sec)

It's such an honor for our country. It's such a great honor for our country to have an American pope. I mean, what greater honor could there be? That we were a little bit surprised, very happy. But just a great, absolutely great honor.

Question 00:00:28-00:00:35 (7 sec)

Is this the first of many, Mr. President, the first of many trade agreements we can expect you to announce here at the White House?

Donald Trump 00:00:35-00:00:36 (1 sec)

Say it again.

Question 00:00:36-00:00:41 (5 sec)

Is this the first of many trade agreements we can expect you to announce here at the White House?

Donald Trump 00:00:41-00:01:00 (19 sec)

So we'll do others. We're working on three of them right now, trade agreements. We're doing three and we just left Tiger. You saw Tiger, who's fantastic, great champion, great guy. But we'll be doing a lot of the signings. They would like to do them in the Oval Office.

Question 00:01:00-00:01:11 (11 sec)

Mr. President, are you sure that the UK will take American chlorinated chicken? That deal has not been done yet.

Donald Trump 00:01:11-00:01:12 (1 sec)

What is that?

Question 00:01:12-00:01:16 (4 sec)

Are you sure that the UK will take American chlorinated chicken? That deal has not been done yet.

Donald Trump 00:01:16-00:01:22 (6 sec)

Well, we're changing all of that, but we have it both ways. We have it both ways.

Question 00:01:22-00:01:29 (7 sec)

Mr. President? Mr. President? Mr. President, are you going to make an earth-shattering announcement?

Donald Trump 00:01:29-00:01:43 (15 sec)

We'll have somebody great. We'll have somebody great. I really thought he was terrific, but we are doing so many different things right now that we couldn't be really focused on -- he's a wonderful guy. He's going to have a great future, maybe with us.

Question 00:01:43-00:01:50 (7 sec)

Gaza? Mr. President, [Inaudible]

Donald Trump 00:01:50-00:01:50 (1 sec)

What's next?

Question 00:01:50-00:01:55 (5 sec)

Mr. President, are you planning to meet the Pope in the near future?

Donald Trump 00:01:55-00:02:00 (5 sec)

I do. Yes. They've already called.

Question 00:02:00-00:02:02 (2 sec)

Mr. President, are you --

Donald Trump 00:02:02-00:02:04 (2 sec)

They've already called.

Question 00:02:04-00:02:09 (5 sec)

They've already called. When is that? Do you have a timeline?

Donald Trump 00:02:09-00:02:30 (21 sec)

They have already spoken to us and we'll see what happens. But again, to have the Pope from the United States of America, that's a great honor. That's a great honor. [Inaudible] they said -- I'm watching and they said, he's from America. I said, that's great.

Question 00:02:30-00:02:36 (6 sec)

Mr. President, Mr. President -- [Inaudible] meet Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia next week?

Donald Trump 00:02:36-00:02:45 (9 sec)

I don't think so, but we're having very good conversations, very, very good. Thank you, everybody.