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Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters After Air Force One Arrival - December 17, 2025

12:00 AM
Donald Trump 00:00:00-00:00:21 (22 sec)

Uh, that was a beautiful event for three great people. And they're now looking down, and their parents and wives and all of the people that were there were, uh, I mean, devastated, but great people. Great people. So, thank you very much for being there.

Question 00:00:21-00:00:23 (2 sec)

Will Susie Wiles remain your Chief of Staff --

Donald Trump 00:00:23-00:00:25 (1 sec)

She's doing a great job.

Question 00:00:25-00:00:34 (9 sec)

Mr. President, is the goal of the, uh, the blockade with Venezuela to, uh, regime change?

Donald Trump 00:00:34-00:00:50 (17 sec)

It's a blockade. Not gonna let anybody going through that shouldn't be going through. You remember, they took all of our energy rights, they took all of our oil from not that long ago, and we want it back. But they took it. They illegally took it.

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

Did Dan Bongino tell you why he's planning to leave the FBI?

Donald Trump 00:00:55-00:00:59 (5 sec)

Oh, Dan? Dan did a great job. Uh, I think he wants to go back to his show.

Question 00:00:59-00:01:01 (2 sec)

Do you have confidence in Kash Patel?

Donald Trump 00:01:01-00:01:04 (3 sec)

Yeah, I do.

Question 00:01:04-00:01:08 (3 sec)

[Inaudible] Did he mention getting land back from Venezuela? What land did he want --

Donald Trump 00:01:08-00:01:25 (17 sec)

Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had. They took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. Uh, we want it back. They, they took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. As you know, they threw our companies out, and we want it back.

Question 00:01:25-00:01:28 (3 sec)

What's the message this evening?

Donald Trump 00:01:28-00:01:40 (12 sec)

Well, I think the message this evening is, we inherited a mess, and we've done a great job, and we continue to. And our country is gonna be stronger than ever before. Very good. Thank you very much, everybody.

Question 00:01:40-00:01:41 (2 sec)

Mr. President, uh, can you --