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- Brittany Gibson
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- Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 12:26 PM
Trump continues answering questions&
Trump on DOGE:
“We’re cutting down government. We’re cutting down the size of government. We’re bloated. We’re sloppy.”
Then points to social security and said “They’re 200 years old” cashing checks
Trump on border:
“We took over a mess”
“We want people to come into our country by the way but they have come legally”
Trump on gold visa ($5 mil investment for a green card)
Companies can buy gold cards and in exchange get those visas to hire new employees
Howard Lutnick on gold visa:
“The EB5 program which has been around for many years for investment in projects & it was poorly overseen poorly executed. Then you had our border open where millions of people came through
“If we sell 200,000 of these gold green cards is $1 tril to pay down our debt and that’s why the presidents doing it
Trump on gold visa:
“That’s a path to citizenship.
“People don’t want to go to other countries. They want to come here.
Trump on Ukraine deal:
“I’m not going to make security guarantees”
“We very much need rare earth & we need a lot more to lead in every way & we need resources to double our electric capacity.”
“The deal we’re making give us great wealth and we want to be able to settle this up.”
“We’re taking what we’re entitled to take.”
Trump on cost of eggs:
“Confidence in our nation including right track wrong track& confidence in business, confidence in government has never been higher”
Trump on China taking Taiwan
“I never comment on that”
“I don’t want to put myself in that position”
“We’re going to have a good relationship with China but they won’t be able to take advantage of us& we’re going to have a good relationship with China, with Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East.”
Trump on Tariffs:
“The damage has been done” (by fentanyl)
“On April second the tariffs go on”
Hegseth on investigating Afghanistan withdrawal:
“We plan to have full accountable”
Trump on investigating Afghanistan withdrawal:
“I think they’re going to be gone”
Brittany Gibson
Politics Reporter