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Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Marine One Departure - September 7, 2025

12:00 AM
Question 00:00:00-00:00:08 (8 sec)

Mr. President, are you ready to go to war with Chicago?

Question 00:00:08-00:00:11 (3 sec)

Are you declaring war on Chicago?

Donald Trump 00:00:11-00:00:11 ( sec)

[Inaudible]

Question 00:00:11-00:00:14 (3 sec)

Are you planning to -- Yeah. Are you planning to go to war with Chicago?

Donald Trump 00:00:14-00:00:16 (2 sec)

[Inaudible] fake news. When you say that, darling, that's fake news.

Question 00:00:16-00:00:18 (2 sec)

Well, why won't the Department of Defense?

Donald Trump 00:00:18-00:00:33 (15 sec)

Listen. Be quiet, listen. You don't listen. You never listen. That's why you're second rate. We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our city. We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend. That's not war, that's common sense.

Question 00:00:33-00:00:41 (8 sec)

Mr. President! Are you ready, are you ready to enter the second phase -- Are you ready to enter the second phase of sanctions against Russia or punishing Putin --

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

Yeah.

Question 00:00:41-00:00:48 (7 sec)

Mr. President! Mr. President! What do you think of all the, uh, establishment attacks on RFK Jr.?

Donald Trump 00:00:48-00:01:13 (25 sec)

Well, he's a different kind of a guy. He's got a lot of good, uh, ideas, but he's got a lot of ideas. You know, normally they don't have any ideas, and that's why we have problems with autism and so many other things, because we're coming up with the answers for autism. You watch. We're coming up with the answers for other things that normal people, regular people, easy to get along with people wouldn't be able to do. He's got a lot of ideas, and so do I. We're going to --

Question 00:01:13-00:01:17 (4 sec)

Mr. President! Why target Chicago and Boston when there are cities less safe with higher rates?

Donald Trump 00:01:17-00:01:20 (4 sec)

Why -- Let me ask you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really, higher than Chicago? Yeah?

Question 00:01:20-00:01:23 (2 sec)

There are, like Memphis and St. Louis.

Donald Trump 00:01:23-00:01:38 (16 sec)

Excuse me. Excuse me. Do you know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. Do you know how many people were killed, were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven. You know how many people were wounded? 74 people were wounded. You think there's worse than that? I don't think so.

Question 00:01:38-00:01:39 (1 sec)

But it's more --

Question 00:01:39-00:01:40 (1 sec)

Mr. President, can you talk to --

Question 00:01:40-00:01:48 (8 sec)

I have a question about Lebanon. Hezbollah refuses to hand over its weapons to the Lebanonese government.

Donald Trump 00:01:48-00:01:48 ( sec)

Who? Who does?

Question 00:01:48-00:01:51 (3 sec)

The Iran ally, Hezbollah, refuses to hand over its weapons --

Donald Trump 00:01:51-00:01:52 (1 sec)

We'll respond to that later.

Question 00:01:52-00:02:02 (10 sec)

Mr. President! Mr President, are you going [Inaudible] are you going to be directly attacking the cartels inside of Venezuela? You attack --

Donald Trump 00:02:02-00:02:08 (6 sec)

Well, you're going to find out. You're going to find.

Question 00:02:08-00:02:08 ( sec)

[Inaudible]

Donald Trump 00:02:08-00:02:09 (1 sec)

Say it.

Question 00:02:09-00:02:11 (2 sec)

[Inaudible] has announced that he's going to step down and --

Donald Trump 00:02:11-00:02:13 (3 sec)

I don't know anything about that.

Question 00:02:13-00:02:14 (1 sec)

[Inaudible] been arrested.

Question 00:02:14-00:02:18 (4 sec)

Mr. President, what do you think about Pakistan? Are you going to basically send away the --

Donald Trump 00:02:18-00:02:27 (8 sec)

I may. I had a great conversation with him. Say hello to him, he's a good man. Thank you.

Question 00:02:27-00:02:27 ( sec)

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