台灣的情況，我覺得有點像那樣。如果選對了總統，我覺得就不會發生。我覺得我們會沒事的。
Speaker 9 (01:05:29):
Mr. President, what about Taiwan? Do you expect Taiwan to come up in here?
Donald Trump (01:05:32):
Yeah, it always comes up. Yeah, it always comes up. I used to say Ukraine would. Four years, you never even heard the word Ukraine. It was never going to happen. And it was handled so badly, Ukraine. Ukraine should have never come up. They lost last month, 25,000 soldiers, both sides. 25,000. They're losing, on average, 25,000 soldiers. It's like a meat grinder. It's horrible what's happening. That would have never happened had the election not been rigged, that would have never happened. And Putin and I would talk about it, but there was never any ... He would have never done it.
(01:06:10)
Taiwan, I would equate it a little bit to that. If you have the right president, I don't think it'll happen. I think we'll be fine. I have a very good relationship with President Xi. I don't want that to happen. Very far away. Very, very far away. Just at 9,500 miles. We're 9,500 miles. He's 67 miles. It's a little bit of a difference, but there's a lot of support for Taiwan from Japan and from countries from that area.
Speaker 9 (01:06:43):
Do you think we should still be selling them weapons? United States should be selling weapons.
Donald Trump (01:06:47):
Well, I'm going to have that discussion with President Xi. President Xi would like us not to, and I'll have that discussion. That's one of the many things I'll be talking about. He and I have gotten along well. Other than with COVID, I was just not accepting of what happened with COVID. But other than that, he and I have had a ... He's a great gentleman. I find him to be an amazing man. And when I say that, the press always says, "Oh, that's terrible that he called him." He runs 1.4 billion people with a pretty iron fist. He loves his country, I can tell you that. President Xi, I look forward to being there, and if he felt anything, we wouldn't be doing it.
(01:07:34)
But a lot of good things can happen. Now we'll be talking about, he'll bring up Taiwan I think more than I will, but I think that a discussion will be a little bit about energy and about the very beautiful country of Iran.
白宮孕產婦保健活動
唐納德·川普宣布了一項新規，為員工設立一項可選的生育福利。點擊此處閱讀全文。
唐納德·川普（00:14）：
非常感謝大家。這是我的榮幸。這件事非常重要。我們國家現在有很多重要的事情正在發生，但我們整體狀況良好。大多數醫療保險計劃都不涵蓋這些福利，但今天我很高興地宣布，勞工部將發布一項新規，正式為雇主設立生育福利選項，所有員工都可以在常規醫療保險計劃之外選擇這項福利。這意義重大。他們之前沒有得到應有的照顧。凱蒂·布里特對此深有體會。
凱蒂·布里特（00:47）：
沒錯，先生。
唐納德·川普（00:47）：
誰打電話給我說…我得承認我不該承認，但我第一次真正聽說生育這件事是透過凱蒂。她說：「先生，我們必須做點什麼。」我學得很快，所以大概三、四分鐘我就把所有相關知識都學會了。然後我就成了生育之父。
凱蒂·布里特（01:05）：
沒錯。
唐納德·川普（01:06）：
不，我覺得很有道理。她解釋得很好。我希望你能把你的遭遇講出來，講講你在阿拉巴馬州如何遭受法院的惡意判決，你還記得那次判決有多糟糕嗎？
凱蒂·布里特（01:19）：
你及時出現，力挽狂瀾。你確保了我們全國範圍內都能獲得試管嬰兒服務，而且從那時起你做了很多其他的事情。我們感激不盡。
唐納德·川普（01:26）：
之後兩天內我們就通過了一項檢測。
凱蒂·布里特（01:29）：
沒錯，完全正確。
唐納德·川普（01:30）：
真是太棒了。這種情況並不常見。但這將作為一項補充福利，提供給有需要的人，就像視力保險或牙科保險一樣。所以，我們正在把它普及到主流人群中。透過提供每一步的醫療保障，生育之路變得非常有趣，也非常複雜。而我們正在讓它變得更簡單。希望這能減少最終需要進行試管嬰兒的夫婦數量，因為挑戰可以在治療早期就被發現並解決。這是一項全新的福利。很多人都打電話詢問這項福利。我的意思是，它太棒了。奧茲和鮑比，我可以告訴你，我們經常談論它。很多人打電話給我說，我們必須這麼做。他們已經期待很久了。
（02:17）
但這確實是一項新的福利或選擇，它將極大地幫助數百萬美國媽媽，讓更多漂亮的美國寶寶出生。我們樂見其成。為了進一步降低生育治療的成本，我的政府與世界上所有領先的製藥公司和國家談判達成了前所未有的最惠國待遇協議。你以為這容易嗎？一點也不容易。尤其是那些國家，我告訴你。我們不得不以關稅來挑戰他們。如果你不肯給我們想要的東西，我就對你們國家徵收關稅。 「先生，我們會立即給您。」你覺得拜登能做到嗎？我不這麼認為。他也沒嘗試過，鮑比。他們甚至都沒嘗試過。
鮑比（02:58）：
他沒有。
唐納德·川普（02:59）：
他們什麼都沒嘗試過。舉個例子，一種常用於試管嬰兒的藥物價格從966美元降到了168美元，降幅高達500%。這簡直太不可思議了。假新聞媒體對此隻字不提。這很令人難過，因為這可是發生過的最重大的事。我認為我們正在將處方藥的價格降低400%到500%。或者，根據你提問的方式，你可以說降低400%、500%、600%，甚至80%、70%等等。這完全取決於你如何提問。我比較喜歡500%這個說法。而且，自從我們幾個月前推出那個網站trumprx.gov以來，它就火爆異常。這個節省額度算對嗎？還有，鮑比，你能不能告訴我，把網站命名為「川普」是你出的主意？不是我的。
鮑比（03:53）：
總統並沒有提議這樣做，但其他人都認為這是個好主意。它運作得非常出色，在許多方面都卓有成效，以至於現在每個美國人在購買藥品時都應該先查看 trumprx.gov 網站。總統先生，我們建議，這項政策將在未來十年為我們節省 6000 億美元，其節省額度與甘迺迪部長組織的「最惠國藥品定價」政策所能達到的節省額度相當。
唐納德·川普（04:15）：
媒體對此卻避而不談。如果這是民主黨提出的，那麼它肯定會成為你餘生每天的頭版頭條。媒體就是不想報道。想想看，我們要把藥品價格降低500%、600%，或是80%、75%。總之，關鍵在於問題的措辭，而媒體卻對此視而不見。這太不可思議了，太令人悲哀了，太偏頗了。這就是為什麼媒體的支持率今天下降了12%。你們的支持率也只有12%。這就是為什麼我靠著97%的負面新聞當選的。我以壓倒性優勢獲勝，因為你們毫無信譽可言。所以，我希望媒體能報道這件事。這可能是最大的新聞。當然，如果你想想看，藥品價格降低60%、70%、80%，這絕對是醫學界最大的新聞。在德國售價 10 美元的藥片，在紐約市要賣 130 美元、140 美元。現在，這種藥片在德國要賣 20 美元，在我們這裡也要賣 20 美元。
（05:26）
所以，我們將提供全球最低的價格。但我們卻無法報道這件事。他們不肯寫。這是最大的醫療新聞，我們竟然無法報道。我想我應該向沃爾瑪尋求一些幫助，因為[聽不清楚 00:05:42] 說得很有道理。我想如果你能解釋一下其中的訣竅並告訴我，那就太好了。自從我們幾個月前推出網站以來，已有超過19,000名美國人使用了這些生育藥物和折扣，並在短短幾週內節省了超過1500萬美元。經濟顧問委員會預測，在幾年內，這個數字將上升到46億美元。
（06:14）
這種情況前所未見。我們必須先爭取到這些國家的支持。首先，我們必須爭取這些公司的支持。這些公司都很不錯，但他們知道我爭取不到這些國家的支持。所以，他們並不太在意。當我們爭取到這些國家的支持時，我想他們當時都說：「這是怎麼回事？」然而，他們的表現卻很好。他們的業務量更大，而且他們是透過…他們透過規模效應彌補了損失。正如老話所說，他們透過規模經濟彌補了損失。我們的政府也透過了許多其他方式來支持母親和女性。我們通過了美國史上規模最大的薪資家庭減稅法案。到目前為止，我們通過了規模最大的減稅法案，這不僅惠及女性，也惠及所有人。但對於女性，尤其是許多職業女性而言，我們通過了史上規模最大的減稅法案。
（07:03）
我們也對農村醫療進行了歷史性的投資，向全美50個州分配了500億美元。這將使每個州在未來五年內獲得大量資金。其中100億美元已經發放。你們可以看到，在美國農村地區，這些投資的成果隨處可見，我很自豪地說，我在那裡贏得了大約80%的選票。許多州正在投資並批准孕產婦保健計畫。國會中的每一位民主黨人都投票反對這項歷史性的撥款。說實話，民主黨人患上了「川普精神錯亂症候群」。他們根本不知道自己在看什麼。他們完全看不清形勢。但我有一個新的解決辦法。我將提出與我想要的截然相反的方案。我們將推出大量的立法。不，我只需要——
莫妮克·普魯伊特（07:51）：
這真是個絕妙的主意。
唐納德·川普（07:53）：
我們不會建牆。 [聽不清楚 00:07:55]。我要反其道而行。不管是壞事，我都會去做，他們最終會批准好的。不，他們得了嚴重的“川普精神錯亂綜合症”，這實際上是一種疾病。我聽說這其實是一種病。這是我的榮幸。今天，我們還將實施具有里程碑意義的兒童保育改革，以改善聯邦兒童保育項目，包括「啟蒙計畫」（Head Start）和撥給各州的「兒童保育發展基金」（Childcare Development Fund）。這可是大事。這些改革將賦予各州更大的彈性，降低成本，增加選擇，並賦予家長選擇最適合他們的保育方式的權力。你們將有很多選擇。根據這項計劃，我認為你們幾乎擁有最大……海蒂，我認為是最大選擇。而這正是我們所追求的，以最低的成本提供最大的選擇。
（08:49）
而且，如果你一年前或上屆政府執政時期就在這裡，你現在說的成本是我們現在做法的八到十倍。同樣的處方，同樣的藥物，同樣的護理，只需10%的費用。這也能騰出更多兒童照護資金，讓成千上萬的孩子受益，進而支持全職父母。為了支持這項旨在幫助美國母親的宏偉計劃，我們今天宣布推出一個全新的網站，現在就可以上線了。網址是moms.gov。 moms.gov。你不可能把這個加到川普的協議裡。你非得給我一個新的，這樣才有競爭。這傢伙，他想讓我這麼辛苦。所以，請解釋一下moms.gov。好嗎，S博士？
鮑比（09:43）：
好的，先生，我們稍後會詳細討論這個問題。我們想讓凱蒂談談您提到的第一個問題，不過moms.gov網站很棒。在我們討論的時候，大家可以先去看看。
凱蒂·布里特（09:54）：
是的，你真的應該去。這真是太棒了。我和盧比歐參議員也曾嘗試過這樣做，先生。但最終真正做到的人是你，還有——
唐納德·川普（10:02）：
嗯，我喜歡 trumprx.gov。我愛媽媽們。我愛媽媽們，但我喜歡 trumprx.gov。你把我放進去，我得確保。他現在給我帶來了競爭。他想讓她工作。沒關係。我們只是開玩笑。我必須說我們只是開玩笑，否則我會…川普和奧茲讓你…太糟糕了。鮑比把他們拆散了。那是一場糟糕透頂的演講。這些人。我鼓勵每位媽媽都訪問這個新頁面，在那裡她們可以找到關於臨床護理、孕期資源、營養建議、川普處方藥和川普帳戶的有用資訊。川普帳戶對孩子們來說太棒了。這是麥可和蘇珊戴爾夫婦的。他們投入了600萬美元，也就是2.5億美元，啟動了這個計畫。這是另一個透過川普帳戶獲得資助的孩子，他們到了18歲、20歲或21歲，感覺自己像個億萬富翁。以前說百萬富翁，現在說億萬富翁。
（11:03）
但她們肯定覺得自己很富有，而不是一無所有。這項活動非常受歡迎。很多人……甚至有人完全接管了整個俄亥俄州。它為俄亥俄州的每個孩子提供資金。支持美國母親在人生各個階段的旅程對我們國家的成功至關重要。現在我想問凱蒂·布里特參議員。是她把我帶入這個領域的。我必須說，我希望她永遠忠於我，這樣我才能繼續支持她。我不想與她作對。
凱蒂·布里特（11:36）：
知道了。
唐納德·川普（11:37）：
凱蒂，那永遠不會發生，對吧？
凱蒂·布里特（11:39）：
沒錯，先生。
唐納德·川普（11:39）：
不過，我只想簡單說幾句。她真是一位了不起的女性。她是一位優秀的參議員，我真是太幸運了。我之前支持的是另一個人，後來我發現那個人不太行。我就問：「我之前遇到的那個給我留下深刻印象的年輕女士是誰？」 據說她叫凱蒂·布里特。我說：「讓我跟她談談。」 我跟她談了。我支持她。她以壓倒性優勢獲勝，而且從那以後，你一直都以壓倒性優勢獲勝。凱蒂，你做得非常出色。非常感謝。我覺得我應該要解釋一下。
凱蒂·布里特（12:08）：
謝謝。
唐納德·川普（12:10）：
凱蒂先說幾句。然後是莫妮克·普魯伊特，接著是奧利維亞·沃爾頓，然後是奧茲醫生、多蘿西·芬克醫生和亞歷克斯·亞當斯醫生。你們發言時間不會太長，因為有一大群將軍在等著我，而且這件事也很重要，跟美麗的伊朗有關。他們就是這麼發音的。
凱蒂·布里特（12:41）：
好的，那我們開始吧。總統先生，感謝您所做的工作。我們到了。這又是一個承諾兌現的例子。想想川普總統在阿拉巴馬州處理這個問題時的做法。他立即挺身而出，確保全國都能獲得試管嬰兒服務，確保提供全面的生育治療，讓渴望孩子的夫婦能夠繼續擁有希望，並最終實現這個願望。今天，他再次加倍努力。我們看到了全國各地節省下來的費用。越來越多的人走過來告訴我，試管嬰兒為他們省了多少錢。但我們也知道，這項服務還有持續發展的空間。川普總統看到了這一點，並採取了行動。現在，更多的人將可以透過雇主獲得試管嬰兒服務，就像他們獲得牙科或視力保險一樣。
（13:30）
現在有些人因為經濟原因無法享受這些福利，而川普總統正在努力讓更多人受益。看看我們今天以及即將到來的母親節所採取的全面舉措，我們非常高興能夠支持世界各地的母親。無論是初為人母，或是忙於照顧蹣跚學步的孩子、管教青少年，亦或是成年子女需要建議時，母親都是我們家庭、社區和國家的心臟。川普總統深知這一點，並確保我們建立了一個全面的生命文化。這就是您現在在 moms.gov 網站上看到的。
（14:09）
Moms.gov 是我和當時的參議員魯比奧以及克雷默參議員、現在的參議員施密特討論過的。當然，最終是川普總統把它付諸實施的。它為母親在懷孕、產後和幼兒早期發展階段提供支持。此外，當我們著手解決農村醫療保健問題時……聽著，我今天站在這裡，不僅是作為兩個孩子的母親，也是作為阿拉巴馬州的居民，在這個州，大約有 28% 的女性生活在目前缺乏孕產婦保健服務的地區。我們為勞工家庭減稅所做的工作，正是直擊要害。現在我們有機會幫助那些尚未獲得醫療服務的人。
（14:46）
當我們審視孕產婦死亡率時，我們會繼續投資於相關研究，以幫助我們解決這個問題。同時，我們也希望為那些在懷孕期間面臨許多挑戰的女性提供支持。此外，還有兒童照顧問題。我們知道，光是去年，就有約45.5萬名女性因托兒費用和托兒服務不便而離開職場。我們經常強調，總統和我都討論過這個問題：如果您希望留在家中，我們非常支持。但如果您希望或需要重返職場，並像川普總統一樣參與到重建美國的進程中，我們不希望托兒費用或託兒服務不便成為阻礙。因此，不僅在他的指示下，而且我很榮幸能夠領導減稅工作，使稅法現代化，確保兒童保育問題自羅納德·雷根以來首次成為重中之重。先生，您是第一個做到這一點的人。
（15:41）
但如今，無論您是待在家中，還是將孩子送到宗教機構或託兒中心，您都可以安心地將孩子送到那裡，以便您安心工作養家糊口。如今，這一切都變得更加便捷，我們為此感到自豪，因為這對經濟意義重大。我們知道，24%的年輕家庭將年收入的約24%用於托兒服務。所以，總統先生，感謝您為建構包容性的生活文化所做的一切。這真是意義非凡。
唐納德·川普（16:12）：
所以，現在你明白我為什麼支持你的同事們，而且以後也會一直支持他們了吧？不然我恐怕就不懂了。她還嫁給了個塊頭最大的人。
凱蒂·布里特（16:21）：
他就在那裡。
唐納德·川普（16:23）：
她丈夫很棒。他曾在NFL打了11年球，是全明星球員。他是大學橄欖球史上最偉大的球員之一。而且他為人也非常好。他們倆都是非常優秀的人。莫妮克·普魯伊特談到了川普共和黨。
莫妮克·普魯伊特（16:41）：
是的，先生。非常感謝總統先生和布里特參議員以及為此付出巨大努力的團隊。這是一個非常重要的主題，所以我很高興能來到這裡。我個人使用TrumpRX，已經省下了數千美元的藥費。正如川普總統所提到的，很多保險公司之前都不承保這些藥物。現在看來他們應該會承保了，這真是太好了。謝謝。即便如此，有些保險公司仍不承保藥物部分。這部分可能需要額外支付藥費。所以，TrumpRX確實降低了許多藥物的價格。就我個人而言，果納芬（Gonal-f）是人們在取卵手術中使用的主要藥物之一。我在其他任何網站上都找不到它，也找不到更便宜的。所以，非常感謝你們所做的一切。試管嬰兒社群對此深表感激。
唐納德·川普（17:29）：
成本的差異真是驚人，不是嗎？簡直難以置信。我的意思是，價格下降了五六、七倍。我常常講這個故事。我當時非常自豪。在我第一任內，藥品價格下降了0.25%，而到了第三年，價格下降了0.25%。僅僅0.25%。這是28年來價格首次下降。我為此感到無比自豪。 [聽不清楚 00:17:57] 還記得嗎？
凱蒂·布里特（17:58）：
是的，我當時也在場。
唐納德·川普（18:00）：
我想說的是，藥品價格下降了0.25%，這是28年來處方藥和其他藥品價格首次下降。我為此感到非常自豪。現在，我又把價格降低了500%。也許這就是經驗吧。我一直都知道我們正遭受重創，但我卻成了獵物。我就是獵物。當時我就是獵物，我必須投入大量時間，否則就無法取得成效。如果我不在位，我就不會……所以，我被一些非常邪惡的人追捕。現在我成了獵物。當你是獵物時，感覺要好得多。但這些人是壞人，無論你做得多出色，他們都不會給你任何支持。我的意思是，舉個例子，我不知道具體數字是多少，但如果我們去國會申請批准某項法案（我們確實能獲得批准），但你可以說我們要將藥品價格降低 80%，而我們卻得不到任何民主黨人的支持。
（19:02）
我真不知道他們是怎麼逃過懲罰的。這就是我們稱他們為民主黨的原因。他們是民主黨，因為他們愚蠢。他們是一群蠢人。然後他們就什麼都做不了。我一直等著他們改變，但他們卻一直失敗。而且他們的政策只會讓他們繼續失敗。但是我們把價格降低了70%到80%，這可是件大事。我想請奧利維亞·沃爾頓女士發言，她和她英俊的丈夫湯姆一起來的。湯姆，謝謝你來。非常感謝。你接下來要談談孕產婦保健。
鮑比（19:40）：
主席先生，我來介紹一下奧莉維亞。在您結束上一個議題之前，我想說的是，EMD Serrano公司的負責人也在這裡，該公司生產一種非常重要的生育藥物。我只是想提醒您一下，因為您之前一直在使用不同的百分比。莫妮克現在購買這種產品的價格是以前的十分之一。所以，十分之一，不用考慮百分比，這是一個容易記住的數字。而且事實是…
鮑比（20:00）：
……我們在美國購買同一種藥物的價格是其他國家的十倍，這令人尷尬。這種情況在總統任期內發生了改變。歷任總統都心知肚明，但要對抗強大的遊說團體並促成此事，需要勇氣——
唐納德·川普（20:11）：
那麼，他們為什麼沒能完成這件事呢？
鮑比（20:13）：
主要原因是他們受到了恐嚇，他們害怕了。
唐納德·川普（20:15）：
或能力不足。
鮑比（20:17）：
或能力不足。但我已經遇過很多這樣的人了——
唐納德·川普（20:19）：
或者兩者兼有。
鮑比（20:19）：
……在與總統的對話中，他說他不在乎，他想做正確的事，這是一個很好的例子。
凱蒂·布里特（20:23）：
絕對地。
唐納德·川普（20:24）：
不好意思，凱蒂·布里特的丈夫來了。我剛剛看到一個身材高大、長相英俊的男人。他真是個很棒的人。好的，請便。
鮑比（20:34）：
所以，我想談談三分之一美國人生育率偏低的現實。生育率偏低是什麼意思呢？這意味著要么你沒有孩子，要么你生育的孩子數量少於你通常想要的數量。正如凱蒂所說，我們正面臨一場危機，導致我們的生育率降至1.5以下。人口更替率是2.1。因此，我們遠低於維持美國人口更替所需的水平。其中一個挑戰是，美國農村地區（人口達6000萬）的孕產婦死亡率比城市地區高出約30%。總統希望解決這個問題的方法之一是在「工薪家庭減稅法案」中做出一些調整，我認為這是迄今為止最雄心勃勃、最出色的醫療保健系統改革方案。
（21:19）
總統在「工薪家庭減稅法案」中挽救了醫療補助計劃（Medicaid）。他還與國會合作，在布里特參議員及其同事以及眾議院的支持下，向農村醫療保健領域投入了500億美元。這意味著未來五年每年投入100億美元。所有資金都按時到位，並用於推動對農村地區居民健康成長極為有益的醫療進步，幫助他們安全地生育子女。你的郵遞區號不應該決定你生育子女的死亡率。這種情況即將改變。阿拉巴馬州南部有一個很棒的項目，他們稱之為「下阿拉巴馬」（Lower Alabama，簡稱LA）。
凱蒂·布里特（21:51）：
我很高興你明白這一點。
鮑比（21:52）：
是的，我去過那裡。正因如此，即使您所在的縣沒有婦產科醫生，我們現在也可以使用這些新型超音波探頭。因為在阿拉巴馬州南部（LA）的許多縣，情況就是如此。各州和所有州長都支持這項計劃，投入大量資金，培訓更多人員到美國農村工作。我們也正在使用遠距醫療工具，讓大型現代化城市中心與小型醫療機構和診所合作，幫助孕婦無論身在何處都能順利分娩。您無需跨州奔波。這一切都非常棒，50位州長都支持這項計劃，這真是太好了……總統先生，就連民主黨州長也支持。這是一個非常好的方案，也是保障民眾健康的絕佳途徑，因此每個人都欣然接受了這個計劃。
（22:37）
我們仍然無法單打獨鬥。我們必須投資美國人民。我們需要州長和私部門的合作夥伴共同努力，才能實現這一目標。我希望部長稍後能談談這一點，因為MAHA（母嬰健康法案）對這項工作至關重要。我們必須確保母親們擁有足夠的健康，才能去做宇宙中最富創造力的事──孕育生命。所以，奧莉維亞，或許你可以先談談私部門的參與，以及你和你的家人是如何參與其中並發揮領導作用的，之後你還可以談談MAHA。
奧利維亞·沃爾頓（23:04）：
當然可以。我非常樂意。首先，非常感謝總統先生。謝謝奧茲醫生。謝謝甘迺迪部長。感謝各位將孕產婦健康真正提升為國家優先事項。今天能和大家一起在這裡，我感到非常榮幸。這500億美元的農村醫療基金，確實代表著一個變革性的機會，可以投資於孕產婦保健。事實上，正是這筆資金讓我們有信心發起「健康媽媽，健康寶寶美國」運動。這是一項跨黨派運動。奧茲醫生說得對。全國各地的民主黨州長也對此非常感興趣。我們的目標很簡單：在五年內將美國的孕產婦死亡率降低一半。這聽起來或許有些大膽，但我相信我們能夠做到。我之所以有信心，是因為我們擁有聯邦政府的領導，因為川普總統希望讓美國成為最適合生育嬰兒的地方。我之所以充滿信心，是因為我們現在有了這500億美元，這筆錢已經撥付給各州，我們可以利用這筆錢來支付部分費用。而且說實話，我之所以充滿信心，是因為我們知道該如何解決這個問題。絕大多數的嬰兒和孕產婦死亡都是可以預防的。我們知道解決辦法。
（24:10）
孕產婦健康就是農村健康。你們都聽過奧茲醫師的數據。今天我以一位來自阿肯色州的母親的身份來到這裡。我有三個年幼的孩子。我住在一個非常偏遠的農村州。我很高興地告訴大家，桑德斯州長正在全力以赴地解決孕產婦健康問題，並取得了令人矚目的進展。但是，在如今的美國農村地區，生孩子仍然很困難。獲得醫療服務也很困難。有些媽媽要開車幾個小時才能去看婦產科。大多數媽媽沒有時間這樣做，很多媽媽也沒有錢這樣做。而且，她們生完孩子後，也不會去做任何產檢。對於那些了解情況、有生育經驗的人來說，你們知道現在的產後護理標準是什麼嗎？他們說：「六週後再來。」這不是一個好主意。你們都知道那寶貴的幾週有多麼危險。你需要更早的幫助。
（24:54）
順便說一句，並非所有這些護理都必須由婦產科醫生完成。社區裡的陪審員、護士、助產士等都可以提供這些服務。他們可以與醫生合作。正如奧茲醫生所說，還有遠距醫療。解決方案確實存在，現在正是認真對待並擴大規模的時候。因此，我們正在聯合商界領袖、政策制定者、醫療保健提供者和宗教領袖。我們相信，宗教領袖在產後嬰兒照護方面可以發揮更大的作用。我非常榮幸能來到這裡。我知道您正在與各位將軍會面，我們感謝您為維護國家安全所做的努力，但我相信，投資於孕產婦保健是我們為美國未來繁榮所能做的最具戰略意義的投資。謝謝您。
唐納德·川普（25:37）：
嘿，湯姆，她做得很棒。你覺得呢？我給她打10分，也許12分。我就給她12分吧。那她什麼時候競選公職呢？你知道嗎，我剛剛聽奧莉維亞說話，她這麼受人尊敬，根本不需要這些。她不需要來來回回，到處巡視醫院，做各種事。她真的完全不需要這些。她可以做任何她想做的事情，任何事。我覺得這太棒了。非常感謝。
奧利維亞·沃爾頓（26:06）：
您真是太客氣了。
唐納德·川普（26:06）：
非常感謝。
奧利維亞·沃爾頓（26:06）：
謝謝您，先生。
唐納德·川普（26:06）：
它真漂亮。
奧利維亞·沃爾頓（26:06）：
謝謝。
唐納德·川普（26:11）：
好的，我們有芬克博士。
芬克博士（26:12）：
哦，對了。就在這裡。
唐納德·川普（26:13）：
芬克醫生，您好。您好嗎？
芬克博士（26:14）：
見到你真高興。
唐納德·川普（26:15）：
很高興見到你。請便。
芬克博士（26:16）：
總統先生，感謝您一直以來對母嬰健康的支持。我們深知女性和母親的健康息息相關。正因如此，我們在川普第一任期內啟動了圍產期改善合作項目，該項目至今仍在持續推進，旨在改善母嬰的健康狀況。透過這個覆蓋全美的醫院網絡，我們利用真實數據和成熟的臨床實踐來保護母親和新生兒。在圍產期改善合作計畫醫院，我們將孕產婦死亡率降低了41.5%，這的確令人矚目。相較之下，同期基準醫院的孕產婦死亡率僅下降了5.9%。我們的目標是讓全美所有醫院都參與這項工作來，我們很高興能與「心連心」（Heartland Forward）組織合作，共同實現這一目標。我們衷心希望每位女性都能擁有健康的生產過程和健康的寶寶，並讓美國成為世界上最健康的生育之地。
唐納德·川普（27:18）：
謝謝。
芬克博士（27:19）：
是的。我還要補充一點，川普政府的各位都採取了歷史性的舉措，真正加強了對美國母親和家庭的支持。隨著 moms.gov 網站的上線，我們重點介紹了您、川普總統和甘迺迪部長為支持母親和嬰兒所推進的所有政策成就。 Moms.gov 是一個首創的資源平台，提供各種指導和訊息，以支持母親及其家庭的健康和福祉。 Moms.gov 也為正在經歷困難或意外懷孕的準父母提供了實質的支持。我們致力於在整個懷孕期間以及人生的每個階段支持女性的健康。支持女性健康不僅是一項政策，更是一項承諾。我們深知，健康的母親有助於建立健康的家庭，而健康的家庭才能建立健康的美國。因此，我要感謝總統先生、甘迺迪部長以及在座各位對女性健康的支持。
唐納德·川普（28:16）：
謝謝您，醫生。很好。
芬克博士（28:18）：
謝謝。
唐納德·川普（28:19）：
做得好。真的做得很好。亞當斯博士，請您談談兒童照顧的問題。
亞當斯博士（28:23）：
總統先生，謝謝您。值此母親節之際，我們深知數百萬美國人面臨的現實：托兒服務費用高昂、難以尋覓，且與工薪家庭的實際需求嚴重脫節。多年來，華盛頓的應對之策始終如一：增加官僚機構、推行更多強制性規定，最終導致所有人的成本上升。川普總統，您採取了不同的策略。在您的領導下，我們將推動托兒改革方案，讓父母重新掌握主動權。我們將著手三項主要工作。首先，我們將恢復父母的選擇權。這意味著讓宗教機構重新參與托兒服務。同時，我們也將認可家庭托兒服務提供者、親屬以及選擇在孩子幼年時期留在家中照顧他們的父母所發揮的重要作用。其次，我們將精簡不必要的繁文縟節，正是這些繁文縟節迫使托兒服務機構倒閉，限制了托兒服務的獲取，也讓工薪家庭更難獲得所需的幫助。我們將摒棄一刀切的聯邦強制規定，轉而賦予父母權力，讓他們更能滿足孩子獨特的托兒需求。
（29:25）
第三，我們將加強問責制，確保納稅人的錢不會被詐欺者濫用。在拜登政府時期，他們基本上是把錢運到各州，然後把保全人員都撤走了。我們認為美國人民應該得到更好的待遇。我們將確保這些資金真正用於需要幫助的家庭。我們的目標很簡單：提供更經濟實惠的選擇、更多的服務提供者、更多的父母選擇，以及對納稅人更嚴格的問責。總統先生，您支持家庭的政策體現了一個簡單的真理：強大的家庭才能建立強大的國家。最後，總統先生，我想以個人的視角感謝您和在座各位在生育問題上的領導。我美麗的女兒艾默生是透過試管嬰兒技術誕生的。我感謝您在這問題上的領導，讓更多美國家庭分享為人父母的喜悅。謝謝您，先生。
唐納德·川普（30:13）：
非常感謝醫生。很高興聽到這個消息。在本屆政府的領導下，這項工作確實非常成功。凱蒂，再次感謝你的幫忙。鮑比，你有什麼要說的嗎？
小羅伯特·F·甘迺迪（30:26）：
總統先生，我只想簡單強調一下，moms.gov網站對於MAHA運動和維護生命權運動來說是多麼巨大的勝利。它提供了一站式服務，涵蓋試管嬰兒、產前護理、產後護理、營養、嬰兒配方奶粉，當然還有川普處方藥。正如奧茲醫生指出的那樣，我們國家目前正面臨生育危機。我們剛發現，生育率已經跌破1.57%。人口更替率是2.1%。一百年前，我們的生育率是3.27%，是現在的兩倍以上。我們正逼近日本和中國目前面臨的災難性生育率，這正在威脅它們的經濟。這不僅威脅著我們的經濟和國家安全，也直接威脅著我們的社會安全信託基金和醫療保險信託基金。
（31:24）
川普總統已指示我的機構查明生育危機的根源，這也是我們計畫的一部分。我們正在研究代謝問題（直接影響生育能力）、肥胖（影響生育能力）、內分泌幹擾物和殺蟲劑，以及我們年輕女性如今所處的這種「毒湯」的影響，試圖找出原因。女性生育危機始於2007年。 1970年，男性的精子數量是如今青少年的兩倍。這對我們國家來說是一場生死攸關的危機。我們曾經有一系列總統試圖阻止生育和母性行為。而現在，我們有一位總統正在鼓勵生育。我再次感謝您的領導。
唐納德·川普（32:21）：
非常感謝你，鮑比。還有一點，自閉症，我們也非常關注。我有一些自己的想法，但奧茲、鮑比以及所有人都非常努力地投入其中。鮑比，我覺得在某種程度上，我希望你能看看付款計劃，因為我認為付款計劃本身就存在很大的問題。你明白我的意思嗎？
小羅伯特‧甘迺迪（32:45）：
是的。
鮑比（32:45）：
總統先生，我們為您帶來了一些想法。
唐納德·川普（32:48）：
我覺得這太瘋狂了。我覺得這就是正在發生的事情。不能為了這個多花錢去看醫生。我的意思是，周圍所有可能患有自閉症的人，情況就是這樣。所以我真的認為這嚴重失衡了。但更重要的是……我希望這個問題能立即解決。更重要的是，我認為在研究這種在世界各地都在發生的事情方面已經取得了一些重大進展，但在這裡，它到底是什麼？發生了什麼事？肯定有什麼原因，因為在過去的十年裡，它的發病率飆升。在過去的十五年裡，它一直在飆升，而且增長了很多很多倍。我認為這一點非常重要，必須提一提。我以前在談論其他話題時總是會提到它，然後我會把它和自閉症聯繫起來。任何與醫學相關的事情，我總是會提到自閉症。另外，我們正在非常認真地研究天然7-羥基維生素D3，並爭取獲得批准。我們會認真研究這個問題。我想奧茲和大家都在關注我們能否在這方面有所作為。很多人都在提出這個要求。非常感謝您為此所做的工作。那麼，您還有什麼問題嗎？
發言人 1（34:04）：
總統先生，您提到您與伊朗將軍們舉行了會晤。您在周末否決了伊朗提出的協議。您能否透露一下該提議的具體內容，以及是否有人試圖破壞這項協議？
唐納德·川普（34:17）：
是的，這簡直令人無法接受。很多人問：「他有計劃嗎？」 當然有。我有一個史上最好的計劃。伊朗在軍事上已經被徹底擊敗了。他們可能在這段時間裡累積了一些殘餘力量。我們一天之內就能解決掉他們。但我有一個計劃。你知道是什麼嗎？一個非常簡單的計劃。我不知道你為什麼不直說。伊朗不能擁有核武。他們非常危險，非常不穩定。那裡發生的事情太可怕了。在過去兩個月裡，他們至少殺害了42,000人，至少是42,000人，這是我們目前所知道的。過去一週他們殺害了許多人，但一個月前，一個半月前，他們殺害了42,000人。他們是手無寸鐵的抗議者，根本不是暴力抗議者，他們卻開始屠殺他們，槍殺他們。所以我們不能讓他們得逞。這就是計劃。
（35:16）
人們會問：「計畫是什麼？」計畫很簡單。首先，封鎖是軍事天才之舉，就像委內瑞拉的軍事行動一樣……我們擁有世界上最強大的軍隊，彈藥儲備充足。我們現在的裝備比兩個月前第一次發動攻擊時好得多，那次攻擊讓他們措手不及。但計劃很簡單，伊朗不能擁有核武器，絕對不能。如果他們真的擁有了核武器，中東就會不復存在，以色列也會不復存在，他們接下來很可能會攻擊歐洲。我們是在為世界服務。這項計劃已經持續了47年。其他擁有權力的國家的總統和領導人應該這樣做，但他們沒有。但計劃很簡單。伊朗不能擁有核武，他們也不會擁有核武。他們也不想走到那一步。
發言人 1（36:08）：
總統先生，[聽不清楚 00:36:09]-
唐納德·川普（36:09）：
簡直難以置信。他們怎麼這麼蠢？他們是傻子嗎？他們根本不想相信。他們覺得，唉，我總是會厭倦的，或者我會覺得無聊，或者我會感到壓力。但根本沒有壓力。一點壓力都沒有。我們將取得徹底的勝利。從軍事角度來看，我們理論上已經取得了徹底的勝利。看看他們的海軍，他們已經完蛋了。他們曾經有159艘艦艇。現在除了那些四處巡邏的小快艇，他們什麼都沒有了，而這些快艇每天都被我們擊沉八艘。他們沒有空軍。他們沒有防空武器。過去三週，他們可能剛開始使用肩扛式標槍飛彈。但本質上，他們沒有防空武器。他們沒有雷達。坦白說，他們的指揮官在第一層、第二層都陣亡了，第三層也有一半陣亡了。然後他們回來想談判，還給我們一個愚蠢的……一個愚蠢的提議，沒人會接受。雖然歐巴馬會接受，拜登也會接受。但他們最終接受的後果要嚴重得多。
（37:12）
所以我們兩次阻止了他們。第一次是當我終止了我們國家歷史上最糟糕的國防協議時，我們阻止了他們。那是巴拉克·侯賽因·歐巴馬簽署的伊朗核協議。該協議會讓伊朗在一年內擁有核武。他們本來幾年前就應該擁有了。我在第一個任期內就終止了這項協議。然後，當那架漂亮的飛機狠狠地撞擊他們時，我們確實狠狠地打擊了他們。他們告訴我，我想告訴你的是，因為他們喜歡說，「哦，也許沒那麼難打中他們。」伊朗非常強烈地告訴我，因為他們打算把核塵埃（我稱之為「核塵埃」）交給我們。用這個詞比用其他術語容易，因為每個人都知道……但他們告訴我，我們接觸到的是核塵埃，「首先，你會接觸到它，但你必須把它清除出去，因為現場被徹底摧毀了，世界上只有一兩個國家有能力清除。它埋得那麼深，撞擊力那麼大，他們根本沒有設備來清除世界上只有你和中國這兩個國家。
（38:18）
所以我們討論了一下，他們說：「你們得把它撤走，因為我們沒有能力做到。」有些人喜歡說那些偉大的飛行員和那些偉大的飛機——好吧，我們剛剛又訂購了22架，是新型改進的——說那些偉大的飛行員沒有完成他們的任務，他們完成了他們的任務。凌晨一點，沒有月光，沒有光線，什麼都沒有。每一枚炸彈都擊中了目標。然後，正如你們所知，我們發射了一些令人難以置信的武器，其他國家都沒有的。沒有哪個國家的軍隊像我們這樣強大。我們從200英里外的潛水艇上發射了戰斧飛彈，更是錦上添花。但所有這些，包括戰斧導彈，每種武器和每一次射擊都精準命中。他們告訴我，為了記錄在案，他們告訴我：“全世界只有兩個國家能夠把那些東西撤走，因為我們沒有，其他國家也沒有。”他們說：“中國和美國。”
（39:23）
所以我想告訴你們，那些飛行員做了一件不可思議的事，凌晨一點執行這項極度危險的任務。想想看，沒有月亮，什麼都沒有。我們故意沒開燈。每一枚炸彈都沿著花崗岩山體的氣槽落下並爆炸。即使他們想取回也做不到，但我們不能冒險。這就是協議的一部分。
發言人 1（39:51）：
[聽不清楚 00:39:51] 同意允許移除他們所有的濃縮鈾？
唐納德·川普（39:55）：
是啊，是啊。他們確實這麼做了。
唐納德·川普（40:00）：
兩天前，他們說：「你們必須接受。」我們本來打算同意，但他們反悔了，因為他們沒把這事寫進文件裡。所以，他們寄給我們這份文件，我們等了四天才收到，而這份文件本來十分鐘就能辦好……你看，這很簡單。我們明白。他們保證在很長一段時間內不擁有核武器，還答應了一些其他的小事，但他們就是做不到。所以他們先是同意了，然後又反悔了。
（40:27）
他們告訴我們，那裡被徹底摧毀了——他們用的詞就是“徹底摧毀”，這原本也是我用的詞，後來被一些假新聞質疑了。而質疑者根本沒有任何依據，就好像他們希望這次行動不會這麼成功似的。不，那裡被徹底摧毀了。我們擁有世界上最強大的軍隊。這支軍隊主要是在我第一個任期內建立的，我當時並不知道會在第二任期內如此頻繁地使用它。但當他們問「他有計畫嗎？」時，我的回答很簡單：有，我有計畫。這個計劃很簡單。在戰爭中，你必須改變，你必須靈活應變。你可以製定很多計劃，但你必須在不同的日子執行不同的計劃，但我有一個很棒的計劃。這個計劃的關鍵在於，他們不能擁有核武器，而他們在信中並沒有提到這一點。
發言人 2（41:18）：
總統先生[聽不清楚 00:41:20] 您談到的伊朗領導層變動，您仍然認為可以與伊朗領導層進行談判並最終達成和平協議嗎？
唐納德·川普（41:28）：
我想是這樣。嗯，有兩種人。一種是溫和派，一種是瘋子。我認為溫和派更受尊重。瘋子們想戰鬥到底。這會是一場速戰速決的戰鬥。但我稱他們為瘋子，就像我們國家一樣，我們也有瘋子。我稱他們為瘋子。我也稱他們為蠢人。但在伊朗，有渴望達成協議的溫和派，也有瘋子，我想他們有點害怕瘋子，為什麼不呢？抗議活動的激烈程度，人們都在關注。他們想走上街頭。他們沒有武器。他們沒有槍。
（42:12）
我們以為庫德人會給我們武器，但他們讓我們失望了。庫德人只會索取、索取、索取。他們在國會裡名聲很好。國會說：「哦，他們打仗真拼命。」不，他們只有在拿到報酬的時候才會拼命。所以我對庫德人非常失望，但他們給了我們……我說過這行不通。順便說一句，我必須說，我不同意他們的做法。他們給了我們，我說：「他們永遠到不了目的地。」我是對的。我喜歡自己是對的，但這次太糟糕了，我們送了一些槍枝彈藥，本來應該送到的，但他們卻扣留了。我說過他們會扣留的。但我又能知道什麼呢？我做這行的時間還不長。我能知道什麼呢？
發言人 2（42:52）：
總統先生，目前停火協議是否仍然有效？
唐納德·川普（42:55）：
什麼？
發言人 2（42:55）：
目前停火協議仍然有效？
唐納德·特朗普（42:58）：
它簡直弱爆了。我讀了他們寄來的那堆垃圾之後，覺得它現在簡直弱到家了，我都沒看完。我說：「我才懶得浪費時間讀它。」我覺得它現在就是最弱的之一，勉強能用。要知道，他們都是醫護人員。
（43:20）
奧茲醫生，維生系統並非好事。您同意嗎？
鮑比（43:23）：
預後不良。
唐納德·川普（43:24）：
我覺得停火協議就像是靠著強大的維生系統勉強維持著，醫生走進來說：「先生，您的親人只有大約1%的生存幾率。」是的。
但以理書（43:37）：
總統先生[聽不清楚 00:43:39]-
唐納德·川普（43:39）：
丹尼爾，請講。他是華盛頓最優秀的記者之一。
但以理書（43:42）：
謝謝您，先生。奧茲醫生之前也提到過這一點。如果可以的話，我想問兩個關於醫療保健的問題。經濟顧問委員會發布了一份報告，稱最惠國藥品協議將在未來十年內為美國所有市場節省約5,290億美元。這些協議究竟能帶來多大的改變？
唐納德·川普（44:01）：
而且能讓人變得更好？
但以理書（44:02）：
是的，確實如此。這些協議對數百萬美國人來說究竟有多大的改變？你是否認為最惠國待遇毒品交易是共和黨贏得中期選舉的金鑰匙？
唐納德·川普（44:13）：
我認為共和黨應該贏得中期選舉。通常情況下，無論誰當總統，他們的投票傾向都會相反。沒人知道這一點。我們團隊裡有精神科醫生嗎？沒人知道，因為我認為我們擁有了最好的總統。很多人都這麼說，甚至一些激進的左翼瘋子也這麼說，我們擁有了最好的總統任期，是歷任總統中最好的第一年。你看，我結束了八場戰爭，實現了史上最大規模的減稅，也實現了史上最大規模的監管放鬆。我們做了很多很多事情，像是我們所做的所有事情，在醫療方面我們也做了很多。
（44:45）
我第一次做這件事的時候，我們做了一個叫做「嘗試權」的專案。以前我還是個普通公民的時候，我一直不太理解這個項目，雖然那段時間也不算太久。我做這行的時間不長，但我一直很納悶，如果他們有一種很棒的藥，卻要經過FDA的審批，而FDA又嚴加看管，說「你不能用它」。如果一個病人身患絕症，而這種藥看起來很有希望，即使病人病情很重，FDA也不會給他用，因為他們不想傷害病人。我說：「我們需要在這方面有所作為。」這對我來說非常重要，我當時完全沒想到爭取到這個權利會這麼難，但我們最終還是成功了。我們完全成功了。
（45:22）
這項權利叫做“嘗試權”，如果你身患絕症，你有權嘗試一種尚未最終定型的藥物。只要它顯示出哪怕一絲希望，我們就能挽救成千上萬人的生命。這項權利的爭取非常艱難，因為保險公司不願意，醫生也不願意，因為醫生不想被指責。製藥公司也不願意，因為如果藥物無效，他們不想讓它出現在他們的記錄上。所以我們採取的措施是：「我們不會將它計入你的記錄。如果有人身患絕症，服用這種藥物後無效，我們不會將其計入你的記錄。」我們會有另一份記錄，一份規模較小、很少有人查看的記錄，但我們不會將它計入你的記錄。
（46:00）
所以，「嘗試權」計畫取得了巨大的成功。再說一遍，沒人談論……我們拯救了成千上萬人的生命，但你知道也許更重要的是什麼嗎？我們很快就發現，有些藥物有效，有些藥物無效。換句話說，有些藥物能讓末期病人——這樣的例子不勝枚舉——無需等待七年、十年……順便說一句，我們認為我們已經把等待時間縮短了一半，但確實需要一段時間。無需等待很多很多年，我們就知道這種藥物有效，因為我們救活過已經死亡的人。我們曾經讓一位病人接受臨終關懷，上帝啊，孩子們在哭泣，然後開始給他服用這種藥物，結果病人病情好轉了。有些藥物有效，有些則無效。
（46:50）
但你學得很快。我想，這叫做終極考驗，對吧？他們測試所有這些東西。他們到處用動物做實驗。他們用盡一切辦法。人會死的。所以他們不想這麼做，因為藥廠不想因為藥物無效而被起訴。國家也不想被起訴。所以我把所有人都召集到一個房間裡，我說：「我們要這麼做，但如果有人在簽署一份文件後使用它，他們必須簽署一份非常強有力的文件，保證不會起訴醫生。不會起訴國家。不會起訴製造商，不會起訴製藥公司。不會起訴任何人。但我們會嘗試一下。」「嘗試權」非常成功。它令人驚嘆。沒有人談論它，但每個人都知道它有多成功。
鮑比（47:35）：
總統先生，我們之前拜訪過一位住在洛杉磯的年輕人，他正在享受這項計劃的福利。凱蒂和他透過電話，他來自阿拉巴馬州，曾直接聯繫過您，而這項計劃也讓他受益匪淺。經濟顧問委員會估計，受益人數在5億到3000萬之間，正如您所說，節省了7000億美元。我們估計總共可以省6000億美元。總統先生，這項計畫對美國民眾的影響是，三分之一的美國人因為買不起藥而空手而歸。即使他們有醫生的處方，也知道這些藥物能改善他們的生活，但有了最惠國藥品定價政策，這種情況將不復存在。
（48:10）
我們正在向所有聯邦醫療保險（Medicare）受益人提供像…正如您所說，減肥藥——也就是所謂的「脂肪針」——這樣的藥物，從7月1日起，美國每位老年人都可以以50美元的價格獲得這些藥物。這些價格簡直好得難以置信，事實上，它們好到我們透過減少肥胖、糖尿病和高血壓等疾病的後續影響，實際上為納稅人節省了資金。總統先生，這一切都歸功於您採取的勇敢行動。再次強調，我們應該捫心自問的是，為什麼十年前沒有這麼做？
（48:37）
凱蒂，你覺得那個年輕人怎麼樣？
凱蒂·布里特（48:38）：
他重燃希望，這都是因為你。我和他的父母談過，他們說他們對我們的國家感到非常自豪，總統、奧茲醫生和甘迺迪國務卿都在竭盡全力為他們的兒子爭取一線生機。他們說以前根本沒人理會他們。但是，總統先生，您採取了行動。威爾·羅伯茨是一位非常優秀的年輕人，他激勵了許多人。我們與祂同在。
唐納德·川普（49:03）：
「嘗試權」計劃，雖然沒人談論，但它惠及成千上萬的人，就像一個令人難以置信的實驗室，裡面的人……他們已經不行了，身患絕症，活不下去了，而我們卻沒有得到……這種情況持續了好幾年。你知道，這種情況持續了好幾年，國務卿女士，您在物價和農業方面做得非常好。牛肉怎麼樣？我們得把牛肉價格降下來。
羅林斯部長（49:27）：
我們正在努力。
唐納德·川普（49:27）：
這是我們唯一能把牛肉煮熟的方法。
羅林斯部長（49:29）：
它的價格越來越實惠了。
唐納德·川普（49:31）：
但這真的太不可思議了，因為……我為此驚嘆了整整三十年。我有些朋友身患絕症。你得打他們，他們情況非常糟糕，幾乎活不下去了。他們找不到看起來有效的藥，根本無法拿到。他們求我幫忙弄到。你有人脈嗎？你能搞到嗎？你也搞不到。搞到藥就要坐牢。他們本來就要死了，三週後、四周後就過世了。而我們現在卻拯救了許多原本已經沒救的人，許多病入膏肓的人。
（50:05）
我們現在做的是幾乎立即生產……你可以幾乎立即批准這些藥物，但這非常……你看，從法律角度來看，這是一場災難，因為每個人都會被起訴。問題是，有人會死，然後會把責任歸咎於藥物，然後製藥公司、醫生、國家都會被起訴。家屬會崩潰，而你卻要支付數百萬美元的賠償金，因為你害死了一個原本兩週內就會死的人。我做了這件事，我為此感到非常自豪。還有一件事，一位醫生提到了減肥藥。想想看，同樣的藥盒，在倫敦賣87美元，在紐約賣1300美元，而藥盒是同一家公司在同一工廠生產的，我不會說出是哪家公司，倫敦賣87美元，海德堡賣87美元，巴黎賣87美元，紐約賣1370美元。
羅林斯部長（51:06）：
沒錯。
唐納德·川普（51:10）：
這件事持續很久了。我想說，他可能是一位名人。他懇求我不要透露他的名字。他非常神經質，非常胖，我甚至會形容他像一塊肥肉。但他是個聰明人。我們認識很多這樣的人。他確實很聰明，但他卻說：「總統，這到底是怎麼回事？」他並不缺錢，他富得流油，但他就是不明白為什麼在倫敦買藥要花那麼多錢。他去了倫敦，還是不懂。他說：「這太瘋狂了。」這件事在某種程度上激勵了我，因為他非常聰明。他做了一項研究，他研究了他的團隊，追溯了這種藥的來源，發現這裡的藥盒和他紐約的藥盒一模一樣。是他用同樣的植物生產的，而這裡的價格卻是倫敦的十倍。還有比這更糟糕的故事。我說：「就這麼定了，我們一定要做。」 這句話真的激勵了我。他苦苦哀求我不要公開他的名字，因為他是個名人，而我之前對他的體格描述嚴重損害了他的名聲。他只是不想……我說：“你對醫學產生了巨大的影響，因為你比常人更優秀。” 他說：“不，我不想……”
（52:28）
好的。好的，謝謝。
發言人 4（52:29）：
[聽不清楚 00:52:29] 你希望從中國高峰會中獲得什麼？伊朗戰爭在多大程度上改變了議程？
唐納德·川普（52:35）：
你看，我跟習近平主席關係很好。我們有很多合作，而且都是明智的合作。過去幾年，我們一直被前幾任總統佔便宜，現在我們和中國合作得很好。我們從中國賺了很多錢。我和習近平主席關係很好，這點從霍爾木茲海域就能看出來，他們從霍爾木茲海域進口了很大一部分石油，高達40%。沒有船隻進入，沒有那些惹是生非的船隻進入，導致我們和他們發生衝突。他希望看到事情順利解決。他不想看到……我告訴你，我很尊敬他，希望他也尊重我。他不尊重我們之前的政府。我可以告訴你，那傢伙根本不會說話。這事怎麼會發生，真是荒謬。過去四年，我們國家遭受了巨大的損失。
（53:26）
我一直都這麼說。是沙烏地阿拉伯國王說的，但大家都說，一年半前我們還是個死氣沉沉的國家，現在卻成了全世界最熱門的國家。你比誰都清楚這一點。你看到了，奧莉維亞也看到了，數據就是最好的證明。看看數據。看看股市。現在的股市比戰爭剛開始的時候還要高。我當時以為會跌20%到25%。結果還好。我願意說「替我擋子彈」這個說法，雖然這說法很糟糕。這說法確實很糟糕，尤其是我說出來的時候。
（54:03）
但我的確如此。我願意為國家擋子彈，我說：「聽著，股市會下跌，但我們面臨一群瘋子的威脅，他們是瘋子，他們想要擁有核武。」我跟他們交涉。我跟他們交涉。我告訴他們，我說：「你們這些人瘋了。」我跟他們交涉。他們的說法不一樣。我說：「你們瘋了。你們是瘋子。你們是瘋子。你們不能擁有核武。」他們以為能說服我，但他們沒成功，不過他們知道我的感受。他們不能擁有核武。他們一旦得到核武器，就會在一個小時內使用。
（54:40）
如果不是我終止了歐巴馬的協議，他們六年前就擁有了飛彈，而且會立即用在以色列以及中東其他地區。你們也看到了，他們開始發射火箭的時候，沒人想到沙烏地阿拉伯、卡達、阿聯酋、科威特和巴林會遭到攻擊。我認為這是一個巨大的戰略錯誤，他們浪費了那些導彈。我們有愛國者飛彈系統，每次都能擊落他們的飛彈。
（55:08）
我講了這個故事。我們的重要資產——一艘軍艦，一艘很棒的軍艦——遭到了攻擊。 111枚飛彈以極高的速度飛來，配備了精密的設備，而他們只會製造飛彈，成千上萬枚飛彈。除了那些尋薦滋事的人，誰會這麼做？我們的一艘軍艦在很短的時間內遭到了111枚飛彈的攻擊。 111枚導彈以每小時3000英里的速度飛行，但所有111枚導彈都在到達目標之前就被擊落到海裡。而那些最厲害的人，最厲害的人，就是那些執行這項任務的人。他們不是靠蠻力，而是靠腦子。他們說導彈發射了，你必須親眼目睹。導彈飛來。他們只有大約13秒鐘的時間來做決定。這不是那種「哎呀，我們來算算」的情況。如果他們計算錯誤，就會損失大量人員，大量人員，以及數十億美元乘以10艘軍艦的損失。
（56:17）
但那枚飛彈發射後，他們那種冷靜沉著的神態讓人印象深刻。他們瞄準目標，飛彈正以北47度、1300英尺的高度飛行，速度達到每小時3000英里。 「好了，目標在我們這邊。」發射，轟！還剩10秒。我跟你說，他們需要聰明人。這些人很聰明，而且聰明到讓人覺得很酷。對某些人來說，計算非常困難；對其他人來說，則沒那麼難。只有大約1%的人能做到。這樣的人不多。很多時候我會稱這些砲手為天才，因為他們都是非凡的天才。 「你在哪裡上學？」「我在麻省理工學院。」「你在哪裡上學？」「我上過最好的學校。」聰明。必須聰明。我們擁有世界上最強大的軍隊。好了。
發言人 5（57:15）：
總統先生，請回歸母親的角色。您的那項偉大而美好的法案—
唐納德·川普（57:19）：
我喜歡這樣。這是關於母愛的，而不是關於美麗的伊朗。繼續吧。
發言人 5（57:26）：
感謝各位的到來。你們提出的「一項偉大的法案」暫停了對計劃生育協會一年的撥款，但這項暫停將於今年7月4日到期。你們是否希望國會能透過預算協調程序來解決這個問題？
唐納德·川普（57:36）：
好吧，我們拭目以待。國會現在正在進行談判。我們一直盡力為那些想要這項法案的人，為那些到場的人爭取權益。看看結果如何吧。說得委婉點，這確實是個棘手的問題。目前一切都在談判中。
（57:54）
好的，走吧。
發言人 5（57:54）：
我們希望看到這種削減資金的趨勢持續下去。
唐納德·特朗普（57:56）：
請繼續。
發言人 3（57:57）：
謝謝您，總統先生。您對美國處理漢他病毒疫情的方式有何看法？
唐納德·川普（58:04）：
我覺得沒問題。
發言人 3（58:05）：
鑑於以下情況，你是否後悔退出世衛組織？
唐納德·川普（58:12）：
不，我很高興。我們每年要向世界衛生組織繳交5億美元。你看，這筆錢很多，但從整體來看，其實不算多，不過也是一筆巨款。我們當時並沒有得到應有的待遇，他們也做出了錯誤的診斷。是我先指出病毒來自武漢的。他們沒有這麼說。他們拒絕承認，因為他們完全受制於中國。所以我一直說病毒是來自武漢。他們不想承認。現在看來，我認為最終的結論是病毒來自武漢，但我第一天就這麼說了，因為我看到了衛星照片，武漢到處都是裹屍袋，真的是到處都是。所以我說他們要嘛是在騙我，要嘛就是根本不知道。
（58:55）
所以我們當時要為3.5億人支付費用，每年要向世界衛生組織繳納5億美元。這可是一大筆錢……他們到底要用這筆錢幹嘛？而中國每年只為14億人支付3,900萬美元。所以我說：「你們的說法完全錯誤，我們應該只支付1000萬美元左右，而不是5億美元。」他們當時願意談判，但我退出後，輿論嘩然。他們給我們的資訊全是錯的。關於新冠疫情，他們完全錯了。我今天看到，原來是同一個醫生。他是個很會搞政治的傢伙，我真不知道他是怎麼保住飯碗的，但他當時就在那裡告訴我們這些。
（59:39）
現在，關於這個病毒，有一點需要注意，那就是它很難被發現，而且我們已經感染它很久了……它已經存在很長時間了。人們非常熟悉它。所以我希望情況不會太糟。我能做的只是總統所能做的一切，實際上我的能力有限，但看起來…
唐納德·川普（01:00:00）：
它不容易傳播。事實上，在某些方面，它很難傳播。我們已經與它共存多年，我們認為我們的情況非常好。我們非常小心。內布拉斯加州做得非常出色。那裡的醫生們做得令人難以置信。真的嗎？
發言人 6（01:00:23）：
總統先生，您打算暫停徵收聯邦汽油稅嗎？
唐納德·川普（01:00:26）：
是的，我會減少投入，直到…我告訴你，伊朗問題一旦結束，一旦結束，你就會看到汽油和石油價格暴跌。會暴跌。你看，僅僅基於……事情已經發生了。
（01:00:49）
剛開始的時候，霍爾木茲油田出產的石油占全球總產量的20%，這可不少。但隨著時間的推移，石油開採的重點轉移到了德州、路易斯安那州，以及阿拉斯加，尤其是阿拉斯加的大部分地區。阿拉斯加看起來離亞洲很遠，但實際上，與其他石油開採地相比，從阿拉斯加到阿拉斯加的航程相對較短。事實上，我們面臨的最大問題是，我們需要建造更大的碼頭來補充石油。我們已經發展成為一個規模龐大的加油站。我們是一個大型加油站。現在的情況是，當人們聽說霍爾木茲油田即將關閉時，他們說：「哦，這真是個天才的想法。他們找到了其他的開採地點。」我和一些人——包括一些公司和國家——交談過，他們中的一些人表示會繼續去德克薩斯州開採石油。他們更喜歡那裡。他們說，雖然只需要多花45分鐘，但他們更喜歡那裡。這真是令人驚嘆。石油找到了新的開採方式。所以很多人都認為油價會漲到250美元、300美元。但並沒有。現在油價不到100美元。想想看。等到這波行情結束，你會看到油價像斷崖式下跌一樣暴跌。
發言人 6（01:02:11）：
那麼，你們打算暫停徵收這項稅多久？
唐納德·川普（01:02:15）：
直到時機成熟。是的。雖然比例很小，但畢竟也是錢。
發言人 7（01:02:23）：
你仍然認為與伊朗進行外交解決是可能的嗎？還是你現在只有軍事選項了？
唐納德·川普（01:02:28）：
不，我覺得很有可能。你看，我已經跟他們打過四、五次交道了。他們總是朝令夕改。領導階層的人非常不講信用。別忘了，這已經是第三層了。第一層已經不行了，他們根本不講道理。第二層還算講道理。到了第三層，沒人想當總統。他們問，誰想當總統？沒人舉手。但他們就是會改變主意。
（01:02:56）
我在生意上遇到過很多次這種情況。人的想法總是變來變去。你打電話給他們。這些人跟你談好，隔天他們發給你一份文件，本來20分鐘就能到的，結果花了五天才到。那隻是一份很簡單的文件。他們永遠不可能擁有核武。
（01:03:13）
是的。
發言人 8（01:03:14）：
謝謝您，先生。我今天早上和克萊爾·賴女士談過。她是黎智英的女兒，她告訴我她一直在祈禱，希望您能讓她的父親回家。她說，在任何一屆政府中，她認為您是最有希望做到這一點的人。您…
唐納德·川普（01:03:26）：
你說的是黎智英？
發言人 8（01:03:27）：
吉米李的女兒。
唐納德·川普（01:03:28）：
還有一位先生，一位牧師，正如您所知，就在那邊。我會把他們兩個都提到。我之前也提到過。吉米·賴，我提過。另一位是我今天早上才聽說的。我的確會提到他。我們請到了約翰·科爾，我不知道您有沒有讀過他的文章，他是一位很棒的律師。他以前是煙草律師。他真是個了不起的人。我不會說他年紀大，因為他可能會介意，但他的確年紀不小了。他年紀不小了，而且他是個智者。他靠菸草生意發了財。他提起了第一起煙草訴訟，他是一位偉大的人物，他從白俄羅斯各地救出了數百人。您讀過相關的報導。這位領導人一直都很出色，但總得有人去問他。拜登從來沒有問過他。
（01:04:19）
我們提出這個問題。我們正在解救數百名不應該被關押的人，他們被從監獄和拘留所中解救出來，其中許多人甚至不是美國公民。他們以某種形式被拘禁。牧師，以及其他真正無辜的人，他們被囚禁著。我提到了黎智英。黎智英，他造成了「大亂」。我不知道。這就像問我：「如果科米進了監獄，你會放他出來嗎？」這對我來說可能很難。這樣說你明白嗎？可能很難，因為他是個腐敗的警察。但黎智英不是那樣的人。黎智英為中國帶來了很多動盪。他試圖做正確的事，但他失敗了。他進了監獄，人們希望他出來，我也希望他出來。所以我再次提到他。我已經提到他了。
（01:05:20）
還有一位先生，一位牧師，你們也知道，他有一個漂亮的女兒和一個女婿，他們都希望他能出獄。我要提一下他的名字。
發言人 9（01:05:29）：
總統先生，台灣問題呢？您認為台灣問題會在這裡被提及嗎？
唐納德·川普（01:05:32）：
是啊，這事兒總是被提起。是啊，這事兒總是被提起。我以前就說過烏克蘭的事兒。四年了，你甚至都沒聽過「烏克蘭」這個詞。這事兒根本不可能發生。而烏克蘭的事兒處理得太糟糕了。烏克蘭根本不該被提起。上個月雙方都損失了25,000名士兵。 25000人。他們平均每天損失25,000名士兵。簡直就像絞肉機。現在發生的一切太可怕了。如果選舉沒有被操縱，這一切根本不會發生，根本不會發生。普丁和我以前也談過這件事，但從來沒有……他絕對不會這麼做。
（01:06:10）
台灣的情況，我覺得有點像那樣。如果選對了總統，我覺得就不會發生。我覺得我們會沒事的。我和習近平主席關係很好。我不希望那種事發生。距離很遠。非常非常遠。只有9500英里。我們相距9500英里。他離我們只有67英哩。雖然有點距離，但日本和周邊國家對台灣的支持度很大。
發言人 9（01:06:43）：
你認為我們應該繼續向他們出售武器嗎？美國應該繼續出售武器。
唐納德·川普（01:06:47）：
嗯，我會和習近平主席談談這件事。習近平主席希望我們不要談，但我還是會談。這是我要談的眾多議題之一。我和他相處得很好。除了新冠疫情之外，我對疫情的走向實在無法接受。除此之外，我和他一直……他是一位偉大的紳士。我覺得他非常了不起。每當我這麼說的時候，媒體總是說，「哦，他打電話給習近平主席真是太糟糕了。」他以鐵腕統治著14億人口。我可以告訴你，他熱愛他的國家。我期待著與習近平主席會面，如果他有什麼顧慮，我們就不會去了。
（01:07:34）
但很多好事都可能發生。接下來我們要談談，我想他會比我更提到台灣，但我認為討論的內容也會涉及能源以及非常美麗的伊朗。
發言人 10（01:07:53）：
總統先生
唐納德·川普（01:07:54）：
順便說一句，伊朗是個美麗的國家，但現在掌權的人或許不該在那裡。是嗎？
發言人 10（01:08:00）：
總統先生，我有幾個問題。除了雇主提供的試管嬰兒福利之外，還有很多女性要不是兼職工作，就是自費購買醫療保險。對這些女性來說，是否有更經濟實惠的試管嬰兒方案？
唐納德·川普（01:08:14）：
你想知道什麼？
發言人 10（01:08:16）：
對於試管嬰兒，要把費用降到與之相關的水平。
唐納德·川普（01:08:20）：
我不知道。奧莉維亞，你能回答這個問題嗎？
發言人 6（01:08:22）：
我們正在努力製作——
唐納德·川普（01:08:23）：
湯姆，我們正在為她做一些訓練，看看她能不能做。我相信她能。開始吧。
奧莉薇亞（01:08:29）：
總統拋出了一個軟球。正如「健康媽媽，健康寶寶美國」組織所言—
唐納德·川普（01:08:33）：
我說：“我們把這個獎頒給奧利維亞吧。”
奧莉薇亞（01:08:34）：
我們致力於讓美國成為最安全、最適合生育嬰兒的地方。至於試管嬰兒的問題，我認為您最好諮詢布里特參議員、芬克醫生以及其他相關人士。
凱蒂·布里特（01:08:45）：
是的。所以我們努力的目標顯然是確保人們更容易獲得醫療服務，並降低醫療成本。正如你們去年所看到的，總統透過兩項不同的聲明已經取得了成效。我們看到，成千上萬的人在醫療服務方面獲得了更多便利，降低了醫療成本。我認為我們已經節省了大約1500萬美元，但我們知道，隨著我們工作的推進，最終節省的金額將達到數十億美元。透過允許雇主這樣做，我們相信最終會惠及每一個人。這就是關鍵所在。
（01:09:18）
正如甘迺迪部長所說，我們希望找到問題的根源。因此，我們希望確保我們能夠全面解決問題，而不僅僅是治標不治本。我們希望所有渴望生育的人都能擁有這樣的機會。我們相信這項措施能夠實現這一目標。這需要同時兼顧藥物的可近性和可負擔性。正如他所說，有些藥物的價格比一年前下降了80%，有些藥物的價格比一年前下降了40%。這是一個令人振奮的時刻，我們相信這項措施最終將惠及所有美國人。
唐納德·川普（01:09:51）：
但很多人並不知道這些服務的存在。我和一些人聊過，他們不知道川普處方藥計畫（TrumpRx）。他們不知道這些能省下很多錢，讓他們真正負擔得起的服務。當價格降到以前的幾分之一時，這也是我不需要自己用這些服務的原因之一。我已經獲得了足夠的宣傳，但我需要讓公眾了解這些資訊。很多人，就像你問的這個問題一樣，對試管嬰兒以及其他很多可以幫助他們的療法一無所知，他們認為這些療法非常昂貴，超出了他們的承受範圍，他們根本負擔不起，甚至想都不敢想。然後他們聽到了這些數字。此外，除了這些低廉的價格之外，我們還會為他們提供一些其他的幫助。
Bobby（01:10:37）：
總統先生，只有三分之一的美國人知道TrumpRx.gov是做什麼的。這會是一項非常棒的服務。我知道他常常拿這件事開玩笑，說媒體沒有好好報道，但在美國買藥卻不去TrumpRx.gov查一下價格，確保買到最優惠的藥，這是絕對沒有藉口的。你可以把它看作是一個資訊透明的網站。先生，雖然有數千萬人在使用這個網站，但美國人口有數億。所以我們必須讓美國民眾意識到這一點。
（01:11:01）
你提到了生育。生育藥物可能佔整個過程費用的三分之一。如果這些藥物的價格下降90%，情況就會發生巨大變化。現在，那些私人公司正在利用所有能夠獲得生育藥物及其相關治療的人群牟利。隨著服務品質的提高和價格的降低，我們將看到更多「川普寶寶」。
凱蒂·布里特（01:11:23）：
我們希望這能為所有人都能獲得這些資源奠定基礎。同時請記住，所有這些資訊都可以在 moms.gov 網站上找到。我們努力的目標之一就是確保引導大家使用所有這些資源，因為當你想要孩子或發現自己已經懷孕時，有時這是一件非常令人興奮的事情，但有時也會感到不知所措。我們希望所有這些資源都集中在一個地方，以便幫助這些女性順利度過她們的母親之旅。
唐納德·川普（01:11:48）：
當人們聽到價格相對低廉時，他們簡直不敢相信。突然間，他們會說：「我買得起。」而且他們還能獲得經濟援助。即使是這麼低的價格，也有辦法獲得幫助。最後一個問題好嗎？
發言人 11（01:12:02）：
謝謝總統先生。傳染病專家們擔心，由於衛生與公眾服務部削減經費和人員編制，美國可能無法做好應對漢他病毒等疫情的準備，對此您有何回應？
唐納德·川普（01:12:16）：
嗯，我想我們會處理好的，醫生。您想回答這個問題嗎？
發言人 11（01:12:19）：
這根本不是事實。傑伊·巴塔查里亞已經承擔了這項任務。甘迺迪部長也參與其中。坦白說，你甚至可以和在場最優秀的人談談，但國家已經做好了準備，疾管中心也全力以赴。而且，疾管中心非常清楚，我們有機會真正解決這個問題，不僅要努力預防未來，還要在問題發生時及時治療。部長？
小羅伯特‧甘迺迪（01:12:39）：
是的。從一開始，疾管中心的團隊就一直在跟進。疫情爆發第二天，我就開始和內布拉斯加大學聯繫。我還和內布拉斯加州州長皮倫溝通過。疾管中心的團隊駐紮在特諾礁島。我們安排了飛機接走病人，船上的17名病人被轉移，其中兩人被送往亞特蘭大。其中一人出現了症狀。他目前在亞特蘭大的生物安全實驗室接受治療。其餘16人現在在內布拉斯加州。其中一人出現了症狀。他也在生物安全實驗室接受治療。其他病人正在接受檢測和觀察，並制定了回家的計劃。我們已經控制住了疫情，並不擔心。
發言人 11（01:13:30）：
但美國疾管中心在世衛組織發布警報四天後才發布警報。這是為什麼？為什麼美國花了四天才發布警報？
小羅伯特‧甘迺迪（01:13:41）：
這不是真的。我們一確定病毒已經傳播開來，就發布了警報。但警報本身並沒有什麼意義。他們的行動非常迅速。
唐納德·川普（01:13:50）：
我看到了警報。別開玩笑了。他們的行動非常迅速，而且看起來——我可以拿任何人的生命打賭——這似乎只是我們長期以來一直存在但規模很小的一種疾病。這種病不好感染，因為一旦感染就會非常嚴重，但它很難感染。丹尼爾，你有什麼問題嗎？
丹尼爾（01:14:12）：
最後一個問題。布里特參議員提到了moms.gov網站，其中一項政策是關於川普帳戶的。這些帳戶準備在今年夏天上線。當你和年輕的父母交談時，他們一再提到這項政策對他們的影響有多重大。您能否談談為什麼美國民眾需要了解這項政策，以及對於年輕的父母來說，讓孩子贏在起跑線上有多重要？
唐納德·川普（01:14:32）：
我們為年輕父母做了很多事。我想你可以這麼說。這說法很棒，很貼切，但我們為年輕父母所做的一切，比歷史上任何一屆政府都多，而且我們還會繼續這樣做。看看台上這些人，他們都很優秀。我也是年輕人之一，和你們年紀相仿，非常相仿。我的感受和他們一樣，甚至更強烈。真的。我不知道這是怎麼回事，我的感覺和50年前一樣。太不可思議了。總有一天，這種感覺會消失。我會告訴鮑比和奧茲的。雖然不太一樣，但我的感覺確實跟50年前一樣。我不知道為什麼。不是因為我吃的是最好的食物。也許它們就是最好的食物。誰知道什麼才是最好的食物呢？也許垃圾食物才是好的，而其他食物就不好。
（01:15:22）
我認識一些吃美食的人。他們去餐廳，點芹菜，而我不想吃，但我會點牛排和其他東西。然後我會問他們：“你好嗎？”
（01:15:32）
“唉，我年紀輕輕就結束了。”
（01:15:37）
他們整天就知道盯著這些。我認識很多人，他們整天都知道盯著體重，然後又這樣那樣，最後就撒手人寰了。而我們呢？我感覺棒極了。
（01:15:48）
謝謝你，丹尼爾。非常感謝大家。祝你們玩得開心。
發言人 12（01:15:57）：
謝謝媒體朋友。謝謝媒體朋友。謝謝媒體朋友。謝謝媒體朋友。謝謝大家。謝謝媒體朋友。
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White House Maternal Healthcare Event
Donald Trump announces a new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workers. Read the transcript here.
Donald Trump (00:14):
Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's an honor. This is very important. We have a lot of important things happening in our country right now, but we're doing very well. Most healthcare plans do not cover these benefits, but today I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Labor is issuing a new rule to formally create a fertility benefit option for employers, that can be offered to all employees outside of their normal health insurance plans. It's a big deal. They were not properly taken care of. Katie Britt knows that better than anybody.
Katie Britt (00:47):
That's right, sir.
Donald Trump (00:47):
Who called me and said... I must say I shouldn't admit this, but the first time I really heard about the fertility was through Katie. She said, "Sir, we have to do something." I'm a quick study, so I learned everything there is to learn in about three, four minutes. And I became the father of fertility.
Katie Britt (01:05):
That is true.
Donald Trump (01:06):
No. It just made a lot of sense to me. She explained it well. I hope you tell that story what happened to you, that you were virtually attacked with a bad ruling from a court, that gave a very bad ruling as you remember in Alabama.
Katie Britt (01:19):
You stepped in and saved the day. And made sure that we had nationwide access to IVF and have done so much since then. We are so grateful.
Donald Trump (01:26):
We had something passed within two days after that.
Katie Britt (01:29):
That's right. That's exactly right.
Donald Trump (01:30):
Really pretty amazing. You don't see that happen very often. But this will be supplemental option available to those who need it, much like vision or dental insurance. So, we're bringing it right down into the mainstream. By offering coverage for care at every step, the fertility journey is a very interesting one. Very complex, it was. And we're making it much simpler. This will hopefully reduce the number of couples who ultimately need to resort to IVF, because challenges can be identified and addressed very early in the process. This is a new benefit. This is a benefit that so many people have called me about. I mean, it's incredible. Oz and Bobby, I can tell you, we speak about it a lot. So, many people have called me about we have to do this. They've been waiting for it for a long time.
(02:17)
But this is a new benefit or an option that will be a major help for millions of American moms, that will result in more beautiful American babies. We like that. To further reduce the cost of fertility care, my administration has negotiated unprecedented most favored nation agreements with all of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies and nations. You think that was easy? That was not easy. The nations in particular, I'll tell you. Had to challenge them with tariffs. You don't want to give us what you want, I'm putting tariffs on your nation. "Sir, we'll give it to you immediately." Actually, you think Biden could do that? I don't think so. Nor did he try, Bobby. They didn't even try.
Bobby (02:58):
He did not.
Donald Trump (02:59):
They never tried anything. One drug commonly used in IVF has gone from, as an example, $966 to $168. A difference of 500%. This is the most incredible thing. It's not talked about by the fake news. It's sad because it's the biggest thing to happen. I think we're getting drug prices, prescription drug prices down by four, 500%. Or depending on the way you want to phrase the question, you could say four, five, 600%, Oz. And you could also say 80%, 70%, et cetera. It all depends on the way you phrase the question. I like the 500 better. And since we launched that website just a few months ago, it's called trumprx.gov. It's through the roof. Is that a correct saving as? And Bobby, will you tell that was your idea to call it Trump? It wasn't mine.
Bobby (03:53):
The president did not propose that thing, but everyone else thought it was a great idea. It is working spectacularly well, incredibly effective at so many things, that there is not an American around buying medication who should not check trumprx.gov first. We propose, Mr. President, it's going to save us $600 billion over the next decade, the kinds of savings we're going to achieve from the most favored nation drug pricing that Secretary Kennedy organized.
Donald Trump (04:15):
And the media doesn't write about it. If a Democrat proposed it, it'd be front page news every day for the rest of your life. The media, they don't want to write about it. Think of it. We're reducing drug prices by 500, 600% or 80% or 75%. Anyway, it's all about the phrasing of the question and the media doesn't write about it. It's amazing. It's so sad. It's so biased. And that's why the media, their approval rating went down just today, 12%. You're at 12%. That's why I got elected with 97% bad stories. I won in a landslide because you have no credibility. So, I wish the media would write about it. It's probably the biggest story. Certainly, it's got to be maybe the biggest story in medicine if you think, I mean, when you get drug reduction prices of 60, 70, 80%. A pill that costs $10 in Germany, in New York City costs 130, $140. Now, the pill's going to go to $20 in Germany and $20 for us.
(05:26)
So, we're going to have the lowest prices anywhere in the world. And we can't get a story about it. They won't write it. It's the biggest medical story there is that we cannot get a story about it. I think I'm going to ask Walmart for a little help, because [inaudible 00:05:42] very good points. I think if you could explain the trick and let me know. But since we launched the website just a few months ago, over 19,000 Americans have used those fertility medicines, and discounts, and saved more than $15 million just in a short period of time, matter of weeks. The Council of Economic Advisors projects that the number will rise to $4.6 billion over a fairly small number of years.
(06:14)
Nobody's ever seen anything like this. And we had to get the countries. First, we had to get the companies. And the companies were pretty good, but they knew I couldn't get the countries. So, they didn't care that much. When we got the countries, I think they said, "What's going on?" And yet they've done fine. They do more business and they do it from... They made it up in volume. They made it up in volume, as the old story went. There are many other ways our administration is supporting moms and women. We passed the largest working family tax cuts in American history. By far, we passed the largest tax cuts, not only for women, for everybody. But for women, so many working women, we passed the largest tax cuts in history.
(07:03)
We also made a historic investment in rural health with $50 billion distributed across all 50 states. And that gives each state a lot of money over the next five years. $10 billion has already been distributed. And you see the results all over the rural part of the United States, which I'm proud to say I won by about 80% of the vote. And many states are investing and approving maternal healthcare. Every Democrat in Congress voted against this historic funding. The Democrats, well, they suffer from Trump derangement syndrome, to be honest. They don't even know what they're looking at. They can't even see straight. But I have a new way out. I'm going to propose something the opposite of what I want. And we will have massive amounts of legislation. No. Just all I have to do is-
Monique Pruitt (07:51):
That's a genius idea.
Donald Trump (07:53):
We will not build the wall. [inaudible 00:07:55]. I'm going to go the opposite. Whatever is bad, I'm going to go for it and they'll approve what's good finally. No, they've got serious Trump derangement syndrome, which actually is a disease. I'm hearing it is actually a disease. It's an honor. Today, we're also enacting groundbreaking childcare reforms to improve federal childcare programs, including Head Start and Childcare Development Fund that goes to each state. It's big stuff. These reforms will give states more flexible, lower costs, increase options, and empower parents to choose what care works best for them. There's a lot of options that you're going to have. Under this plan, you have, I think, pretty much maximum... Heidi, I think maximum options. And that's what we're looking for, maximum options at the lowest cost.
(08:49)
And you've got a cost, that if you were here a year ago or if you were here like during the last administration, you're talking about a cost that would be eight to 10 times more expensive than what we're doing. Same exact prescription, same exact medicine, same care at 10%. It'll also free up childcare funding for hundreds of thousands of additional children to support stay-at-home parents. In recognition of this ambitious agenda to support American mothers, today we're announcing a new website that is online right now. It's moms.gov. Moms. gov. You couldn't have put that in the Trump deal. You had to give me a new one, competition. This guy, he wants to make me work so hard. So, explain moms.gov. Would you please, Dr. S?
Bobby (09:43):
Well, we're going to have a whole discussion about it, sir, a little bit later. We want Katie to speak a bit about the first issue you mentioned, but moms.gov is a beautiful site. Folks want to check in right now while we're talking.
Katie Britt (09:54):
Yeah, you really should. And it's pretty incredible. Something that Senator Rubio and I tried to do, sir. But you're the one who actually did it, along with-
Donald Trump (10:02):
Well, I like trumprx.gov. I love moms. I love moms, but I like trumprx.gov. You put me in there, I got to make sure. He gives me competition now. He wants her to work. That's all right. We're only kidding. I have to say we're kidding, otherwise I'll do, Trump and Oz that have made you just... It's terrible. And Bobby broke them up. It was a terrible, terrible speech. These people. I encourage every mom to visit this new page, where they will find helpful information about addressing clinical care, pregnancy resources, nutrition tips, Trump RX and Trump Accounts. Trump Accounts has been amazing for the kids. It's Michael and Susan Dell. They put in six million, $250 million, started it. And that's another one that's gone through the Trump Accounts, where young kids, they turn 18 or 20 or 21, they feel like a billionaire. Used to say a millionaire, now you say a billionaire.
(11:03)
But they certainly feel rich, as opposed to having absolutely nothing. It's so popular. So many people... We have people in one case took over the entire State of Ohio. It's putting up the money for every kid in the State of Ohio. Supporting the journey of American moms at every stage is so important to the success of our nation. I'd now like to ask Senator Katie Britt. She's the one that got me into this. I have to tell you. I hope she always remains loyal to me so I can continue to support her. I would hate to go against her.
Katie Britt (11:36):
Got it.
Donald Trump (11:37):
That will never happen, Katie, right?
Katie Britt (11:39):
That's right, sir.
Donald Trump (11:39):
But to say just a few words. She's really a fantastic woman. She's a great senator and I got lucky. I was supporting somebody else and then I realized that that somebody else wasn't very good. And I said, "Who's that young woman I met that was so impressive?" They say her name is Katie Britt. I said, "Let me talk to her." I talked to her. I endorsed her. She won in a landslide and you've been winning in land slides ever since. You've been doing a great job, Katie. Thank you very much. I thought I should explain it.
Katie Britt (12:08):
Thank you.
Donald Trump (12:10):
To say a few words, Katie's going to say. And followed by Monique Pruitt and then Olivia Walton, then Dr. Oz and Dr. Dorothy Fink and Dr. Alex Adams. And you'll speak not too long, because I am being waited on by a large group of generals and that's also important, having to do with the absolutely lovely country of Iran. That's the way they pronounce it.
Katie Britt (12:41):
Well, we will get started then. Mr. President, thank you for your work. We are here, guys. This is another example of promises made, promises kept. I mean, we look at what President Trump did when we dealt with this issue in Alabama. He stepped up to the plate immediately to make sure that we had nationwide access to IVF. To making sure that we had comprehensive fertility treatment, so that men and women who couples who were longing for their child could continue to have that hope and also have that reality. Today doubles down on that, yet again. I mean, we see the savings that have happened across the country. And I've had more and more people come up to me and tell me a story about what it has saved them. But we also know that there was opportunity for continued growth. President Trump saw that and he acted on it. So, now more people are going to have access through their employer, just like they would dental or vision insurance.
(13:30)
And there are people right now who this is out of reach because of affordability, and President Trump is bringing that back in. When you look at the comprehensive nature of what we're doing today and coming on the hills of Mother's Day, I mean, we are thrilled to support mothers everywhere. Whether it's that mom that is getting to experience growing life for the very first time or the one chasing toddlers, or wrangling teenagers, or being there when their adult child calls for advice. Moms are the heartbeats of our families, our communities and our country. President Trump knows that and he's made sure we've created a comprehensive culture of life. That's what you see right now with moms.gov.
(14:09)
Moms.gov was something that then Senator Rubio and I talked about doing with Senator Kramer and now Senator Schmidt. But of course, President Trump is actually the one who put it into action. It supports moms through the prenatal, postpartum and early childhood development stages of motherhood. Also, as we tackle rural health... Look, I stand up here in front of you not only as a mom of two, but also as someone who lives in the great state of Alabama, where about 28% of women live in a current maternal care desert. The work that we did in the working family's tax cuts, guys, that hits it head on. We have an opportunity now to reach those who haven't been reached.
(14:46)
When we look at maternal mortality rates, we continue to invest within the research that will help us resolve that issue. But also, in the women that deal with so many issues during their pregnancy, we want them to be supported. And then in addition to all of that, childcare. So, we know last year alone, you had about 455,000 women leave the workforce due to affordability and accessibility of childcare. We've often said, and the president and I have talked about this, if you ever want the opportunity to stay home, we want that for you. But if you want or need the opportunity to reenter the workforce and want to be a part of building back America, like President Trump is doing, we don't want affordability or accessibility to be an impediment to that. So, not only at his direction and I was proud to lead the effort in the working family's tax cuts to modernize the tax code to make sure that childcare is front and center for the first time since Ronald Reagan. Sir, you're the first one to do it.
(15:41)
But today, that comprehensive nature of whether you're staying home or you're in a faith-based provider, or you have a childcare center, that you lovingly send your child to during the day as you work to provide for your family. Today, that is easier as a result and we are proud of what that means for the economy. We know 24% of young families or young families spend about 24% of their annual income on childcare. So, Mr. President, thank you for all that you've done creating a comprehensive culture of life. This is really groundbreaking.
Donald Trump (16:12):
So, do you see now why I endorsed your associates and always will? I'd be afraid not to. She also is married to the largest human being.
Katie Britt (16:21):
He's right there.
Donald Trump (16:23):
Her husband is great. He's a 11 year player in the NFL, an all star. One of the greatest college football players ever at what he does. And he's a fantastic person. Both two really fantastic people. Monique Pruitt speaks about TrumpRX.
Monique Pruitt (16:41):
Yes, sir. Well, thank you Mr. President and Senator Britt for all the work and the teams that have done so much around this. This is a very important topic, so I'm glad to be here. I personally use TrumpRX and I've saved thousands of dollars on my medication. As President Trump mentioned, a lot of insurances did not cover this. Looks like they will be now, so that's wonderful. Thank you. Even so, some don't cover the medication portion. That can be a separate pharmaceutical cost. So, TrumpRX has brought a lot of the prices of medications down. For me, personally, Gonal-f has been one of the main medicines that people use for egg retrievals. And that I cannot find it anywhere on any other website or for cheaper. So, thank you so much to you guys for doing all the work. We really appreciate it from the IVF community.
Donald Trump (17:29):
It's been amazing, hasn't it, the difference in costs? It's just incredible. I mean, you're talking about something where it goes down five, six, seven times. And I tell the story often. I was so proud. My first term, one eighth of 1% I reduced drug costs during my third year. One eighth of 1%. And it's the first time in 28 years that prices went down. And I was so proud of that. [inaudible 00:17:57]. Remember that?
Katie Britt (17:58):
I was there, yes.
Donald Trump (18:00):
I'd like to just say that prices have gone down one eighth of 1%, which is the first time in 28 years that prices have gone down for prescription drug prices and others. I was so proud of that. And now I reduced them by 500%. Perhaps that's experience. I always knew that we were being just absolutely decimated, but I was hunted. I was the hunter. I was the hunter then and I had to devote a lot of time to that, otherwise I wouldn't have been too effective. If I was out of office, I wouldn't have been... So, I was hunted by some very bad people. Now I'm the hunter. It's much better when you're the hunter. But these are bad people and they'll give you no support at all, no matter how good it is. I mean, as an example, I don't know what the numbers are, but if we go to Congress to get something approved, which we get, but you can say that we're going to reduce drug prices by 80% and we won't get one Democrat vote.
(19:02)
I don't know how they get away with it. That's why we call them the Democrats. They're Democrats because they're dumb. They're dumb people. And then they just can't do it. I've been waiting so long for them to change, but they just keep losing. And they're going to keep losing with their policies. But we reduced prices by 70, 80% and it's such a big deal. I'd like to ask Olivia Walton, who's here with her very handsome husband, Tom. Thank you, Tom, for being here. Thank you very much. And you're going to speak about maternal healthcare.
Bobby (19:40):
Mr. President, I'm going to introduce Olivia. Before you leave the last topic, it's the leader of EMD Serrano, which makes one of the most important fertility drugs is here. Just to remind you, because you've been giving different percentages. Monique's price of getting a product is one tenth of what it used to be. So, one tenth, forget about percentages, that's an easy number to remember. And the fact
Bobby (20:00):
... fact that we were paying 10 times more for that same drug in America is embarrassing. It changed under the President. And presidents have known it for a long time, but it takes guts to take on important lobbies and make this-
Donald Trump (20:11):
So why didn't they get it done?
Bobby (20:13):
Well, the main reason is they were intimidated. They're scared.
Donald Trump (20:15):
Or incompetent.
Bobby (20:17):
Or incompetent. But I've had plenty of-
Donald Trump (20:19):
Or both.
Bobby (20:19):
... conversations with the President when he says he doesn't care, he wants to do the right thing, and this is a good example.
Katie Britt (20:23):
Absolutely.
Donald Trump (20:24):
Excuse me. Katie Britt's husband's here. I just spotted this very large handsome guy. That's a great guy. Okay, go ahead.
Bobby (20:34):
So let me speak a little bit about the reality that one in three Americans are underbabied. What does underbabied mean? That means that you either don't have any children or you have less children than you would normally want to have. And to Katie's point, we have a crisis that's causing our fertility rate to drop below 1.5. The replacement rate is 2.1. So we're way below what we need just to even replace the people that we have in America. And one of the challenges is that rural America, where there's 60 million people, have a mortality rate, a maternal mortality rate, when they have babies, that's about 30% higher than if you live in an urban area. One of the ways the President wanted to address this was creating something in the Working Families Tax Cut legislation, which is I think the most ambitious, fantastic program ever written to help fix the healthcare system.
(21:19)
The President saved Medicaid in the Working Families Tax Cut legislation. He also invested with Congress's help, Senator Britt and her colleagues voted for this, and of the House to put in $50 billion into rural healthcare. That's 10 billion a year for the next five years. All the money went out the door on time. And it's being used for incredibly beneficial advances to help Americans living in rural America have babies safely. Your ZIP Code should not determine your mortality rate if you're having a baby. That is going to change. There's a great program in Southern Alabama. They call it LA, Lower Alabama.
Katie Britt (21:51):
I love that you know that.
Bobby (21:52):
Yes, I've been there. And that is allowing us to use these new ultrasound probes now even if you don't have an obstetrician in your county. Because in many counties in LA, which is Lower Alabama, that is the case. We have states and all the governors are embraced on this, investing a lot of money, training more people to work in rural America. And we're also using telehealth tools so you have big sophisticated urban centers adopting smaller facilities and clinics so they can help moms deliver babies wherever they may live. You don't have to drive across state to get there. Now as great as this all is, and as fantastic as it has been to have 50 governors... In this case, Mr. President, even the Democratic governors are on board. It's such a good offer. It's such a beautiful way of keeping your people healthy that everyone's embraced this program.
(22:37)
We still can't do it by ourselves. We have to invest in the American people. We have to have governors and private sector partners that make this happen as well as, and I hope the Secretary can speak to this in a moment, because MAHA is probably vital to this effort. You have to get moms healthy enough to do the most creative thing the universe knows, which is making babies. So Olivia, maybe you can take the message around the private sector involvement and how you and your family have gotten involved in this and led the way and maybe you can talk about MAHA afterwards.
Olivia Walton (23:04):
Sure. I would love to. And first, thank you so much, Mr. President. Thank you, Dr. Oz. And thank you, Secretary Kennedy. Thank all of you for making maternal health really a national priority. It's an honor to be here today with all of you. This $50 billion in rural health funds, this really represents a transformative opportunity to invest in maternal healthcare. And in fact, it's what's given us the confidence to launch Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, which is our campaign. It is bipartisan. Dr. Oz is right. Democratic governors across the country are also very interested in doing this. We have a simple goal. We want to cut the US maternal death rate in half in five years. That sounds audacious, but I am confident we can do it. I'm confident because we have the federal leadership, because President Trump wants to make America the best place to have a baby. I'm confident because we now have this $50 billion, money that's already going out to the states, that we can actually leverage to pay for some of this. And I'm confident because honestly, we know how to fix this. The vast majority of infant and maternal death is preventable. We know the solutions.
(24:10)
Maternal health is rural health. You heard the numbers from Dr. Oz. I'm here today as a mother from Arkansas. I have three young kids. I live in a very rural state. And I'm thrilled to say Governor Sanders is taking maternal health head on and has made some incredible progress. But in rural America, it is hard to have a baby right now. It is hard to get care. We have moms driving for hours to get to the OB. Most moms don't have the time to do that and a lot of moms don't have the money to do that either. And then after they have the baby, they're not going back for any kind of checkup. For those of you who know, who've had a baby, what's the standard of care? They say, "Come back in six weeks." It's not a good idea. You all know how precarious those precious few weeks are. You need help sooner than that.
(24:54)
And by the way, not all this care has to be done by an OB. It can be done with doulas and nurses and midwives, folks in your community. They can work with a doctor. As Dr. Oz said, there is virtual care. The solutions really do exist and now is the time to get serious about this stuff and scale it. So we are uniting business leaders with policymaker, healthcare providers, faith leaders. We believe there's a great opportunity for faith leaders to play a bigger role in taking care of babies postpartum. And I'm just grateful to be here. I really believe, I know you're meeting with the generals and we appreciate you keeping our country safe, investing in maternal healthcare is the most strategic investment we can make in the future of American prosperity. So thank you.
Donald Trump (25:37):
Hey, Tom, she did very well. What do you think? I'd give her a 10, maybe a 12. I'll give her 12. So when is she running for office? You know the nice thing, I was just listening as Olivia was, she's so respected and she doesn't need this. She doesn't need to come here and go and she goes around and checks hospitals and does things. She really doesn't need it at all. She could be doing anything she wants, anything. And I think it's fantastic. And thank you very much.
Olivia Walton (26:06):
That's very kind of you saying.
Donald Trump (26:06):
Thank you very much.
Olivia Walton (26:06):
Thank you, sir.
Donald Trump (26:06):
It's really beautiful.
Olivia Walton (26:06):
Thank you.
Donald Trump (26:11):
Okay. We have Dr. Fink.
Dr. Fink (26:12):
Oh, yes. Right here.
Donald Trump (26:13):
Hi, Dr. Fink. How are you?
Dr. Fink (26:14):
So good to see you.
Donald Trump (26:15):
Nice to see you. Go ahead.
Dr. Fink (26:16):
Well, thank you, Mr. President, for your ongoing support of maternal and infant health. We recognize that the health of women and mothers are so deeply interconnected. That's why we launched the Perinatal Improvement Collaborative during the first Trump administration, an effort that has continued to this day to improve health outcomes for moms and babies. Through this nationwide network of hospitals, we are using real data and proven clinical practices to protect mothers and newborns. In the Perinatal Improvement Collaborative hospitals, we have reduced maternal mortality by 41.5%, which is truly incredible. And this is compared with the 5.9% decline in benchmark hospitals over the same period of time. Our goal is to have every hospital in America doing this, and we're thrilled to be partnering with Heartland Forward to make this happen. We really want every woman to have a healthy delivery and a healthy baby and to make the United States the healthiest place in the world to give birth.
Donald Trump (27:18):
Thank you.
Dr. Fink (27:19):
Yes. And I'll also add in that you all in the Trump administration have taken historic steps to really strengthen support for American mothers and families. With the launch of moms.gov, we're highlighting all of the policy achievements that both you, President Trump, and Secretary Kennedy have advanced to support moms and babies. Moms.gov is a first of its kind resource that offers all sorts of guidance and information to support the health and wellbeing of mothers and their families. Moms.gov also really helps support expecting parents who are navigating difficult or unexpected pregnancies. We are committed to supporting women's health throughout motherhood and at every stage of life. Supporting women's health is not just a policy, it's a promise. We know that healthy mothers help build healthy families and that healthy families build a healthy America. So I want to thank you, Mr. President, Secretary Kennedy, and everyone here for your support of women's health.
Donald Trump (28:16):
Thank you, Doctor, very much. Very well.
Dr. Fink (28:18):
Thank you.
Donald Trump (28:19):
Well done. It's well done. Dr. Adams, please, about childcare.
Dr. Adams (28:23):
Thank you, Mr. President. This Mother's Day, we recognize the reality for millions of Americans that childcare has become too expensive, too difficult to find, and too disconnected from the needs of working families. For years, Washington's answer has always been the same, more bureaucracy, more mandates, and higher costs for everyone. President Trump, you are taking a different approach. Under your leadership, we're advancing a childcare reform package that puts parents back in charge. We're going to do three primary things. First, we're restoring parental choice. That means bringing faith-based providers back to the table. And it means recognizing the vital role played by home-based providers, relatives, and parents who choose to stay home during the earliest years of their children's lives. Second, we are cutting unnecessary red tape, red tape that forced providers to close, limited access to care, and made it harder for working families to find the support they needed. We're moving away from one size fits all federal mandates and instead empowering parents to meet their child's unique needs.
(29:25)
And then third, we're strengthening accountability to ensure taxpayer dollars are protected from fraudsters. Under the Biden administration, they essentially backed the Brinks truck up to states and sent the security home. We think Americans deserve better. We will ensure that these funds go to families who truly need support. Our goal is simple, more affordable options, more providers, more choices for parents, and more accountability for taxpayers. Mr. President, your pro family agenda recognizes a simple truth, strong families build a strong nation. And if I could just end out a personal note, Mr. President, I want to thank you for your leadership and everybody up here for their leadership on fertility issues. My beautiful baby girl, Emerson, is a product of IVF. And I thank you for your leadership on that issue and sharing the joy of parenthood with many, many more American families. Thank you, sir.
Donald Trump (30:13):
Well, thank you very much, Doctor. It's great to know. It's been really successful under this administration. And again, Katie, you were so helpful. Bobby, do you have something to say?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (30:26):
Very, very briefly, Mr. President. I just wanted to stress how what a huge win for the MAHA movement and for the pro-life movement moms.gov is. It is one-stop shopping for IVF, for prenatal care, for post-natal care, for nutrition, for baby formula, and of course for Trump RX. We have, as Dr. Oz pointed out, a fertility crisis in this country right now. We just found out that we've dropped out of 1.57%. The replacement rate is 2. 1. A hundred years ago, we were at 3.27, so more than double what we are today. We are approaching the cataclysmic rates that Japan and China are now experiencing that is threatening their economy. It's a threat not only to our economy, to our national security, it's a direct threat to our Social Security trust fund, to the Medicare trust fund.
(31:24)
President Trump has directed my agency to find out the cause of the fertility crisis and that is part of this program. We're looking at the impact of metabolic challenges, which directly affect fertility, of obesity, which affects fertility, of endocrine disruptors and pesticides, of this toxic soup that our young women are walking around today to try to figure it out. The fertility crisis for women began in 2007. For men in 1970, men had twice the sperm count as our teenagers do today. This is an existential crisis for our country. We had a series of presidents that were trying to discourage childbirth and motherhood in this country. We now have a president that is trying to encourage it. And I want to thank you again for your leadership.
Donald Trump (32:21):
Thank you very much, Bobby. And there's another word, autism, that we're very much involved with. And I have my own ideas, but Oz and Bobby and everybody, they're really focused on it very hard. I think in a certain way, I would like you to look at the payment schedules, Bobby, because I think it's very skewed because of the payment schedules. You understand what I mean?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (32:45):
Yes.
Bobby (32:45):
We're bringing you some ideas, Mr. President.
Donald Trump (32:48):
I think it's crazy. I think that's what's happening. Can't pay more for that to a doctor. I mean, every person around who's going to have autism, that's what's happening. So I really believe that that's very badly skewed. But more importantly... But I would like that done immediately. But more importantly, I think that some great progress has been made as to what is this thing that's happening all over the world, but here, what is it? What's going on? And there has to be something because it spiked so much over the last 10 years. It's spiked over the last 15 years, it's gone up many, many times. And I think it's a very important thing to mention. I mentioned it all the time having to do with other subjects and then I bring in autism. Anything having to do with medical, I always bring in autism. On another topic, we're looking very seriously at natural 7-OH and getting that approved, natural 7-OH. And we'll take a look at that very strongly. I think Oz and everybody are looking to see if we can do something there. A lot of people are asking for it. And thank you very much for the work on that. And with that, do you have any questions?
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Mr. President, you mentioned that your meeting with the generals on Iran. You rejected a deal from Iran over the weekend. Can you tell us anything about that proposal and what, if any, effort was made to break this-
Donald Trump (34:17):
Yeah, it was just unacceptable. A lot of people said, "Well, does he have a plan?" Yeah, of course I do. I have the best plan ever. Iran has been defeated militarily, totally. They have a little left they probably built up during this period of time. We'll knock that out in about a day. But I have a plan. You know what it is? A very simple plan. I don't know why you don't say it like it is. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They're very dangerous. They're very volatile. It's a terrible thing that's happened over there. They've killed 42,000 people in the last two months, 42,000, at least, that's what we know of, 42,000 people. They killed numerous people over the last week, but they killed 42,000 people a month ago, month and a half ago. They were unarmed protestors, not at all violent protestors, and they started taking them out, shooting them. So we're not going to let them. That's the plan.
(35:16)
People say, "What's the plan?" The plan is very simple. The blockade, first of all, was a part of military genius, just like Venezuela was military... We have the greatest military of the world by far and we're stocked up with great ammunition. We have much better stuff than we did two months ago when we first did the attack, which knocked them for a loop. But very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, can't have it. And if they did have it, the Middle East would be gone, Israel would be gone, and they'd hit Europe probably next. We're doing a service to the world. And this has gone on for 47 years. Other presidents and leaders of other countries that have the power should have done it, but they didn't do it. But it's a very simple plan. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and they won't have a nuclear weapon. And they didn't want to go that far.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Mr. President, [inaudible 00:36:09]-
Donald Trump (36:09):
If you can believe it. How stupid? Are they stupid people? They didn't want to believe it. They think that, well, I'll get tired of this or I'll get bored or I'll have some pressure. But there's no pressure. There's no pressure at all. We're going to have a complete victory. We've already in theory had a complete victory from the military standpoint. The military, look, their navy is dead. They had 159 ships. Right now they have zero other than the little speedboats that go around that got taken out eight a day by us. They have no air force. They have no anti-aircraft. Now they probably put the shoulder Javs into service over the last three weeks probably. But essentially they have no anti-aircraft. They have no radar. And frankly, the leaders have been killed at the first level, second level, and half at the third level. And then they come back and they want to negotiate and they give us a stupid... It's a stupid proposal and nobody would take it. Although Obama would have taken it, Biden would have taken it. What they took was far worse.
(37:12)
So we stopped them twice. We stopped them when I terminated the worst deal probably ever made in the history of our country in terms of defense. That was the Iran nuclear deal by Barack, penned by Barack Hussein Obama. That would have given Iran a nuclear weapon within a year. They would have had it years ago. I terminated that in my first term. And then when that beautiful plane right there hit them hard, we really hit them hard. And they told me, I want to just tell you this because they like to say, "Oh, well, maybe it wasn't that hard to hit." Iran told me very strongly because they intend to give us the nuclear dust, as I call it. It's easier than talking about other terms because it's a term everyone... But the nuclear dust, which is what we hit, they told me, "Number one, you're getting it, but you're going to have to take it out because the site was so obliterated that there's only one or two countries in the world that could get it. It's so deep and got hit so hard that there's no way they have the equipment to move it. You and China are the only two countries in the world that could take it out."
(38:18)
So we talked about it and they said, "You'll have to take it out because we don't have the capability of doing it." So for those people that like to say that those great pilots and those great planes, well, we just ordered 22 more of them, new and improved, that those great pilots didn't do their job, they did their job. One o'clock in the morning with no moon, no light, no nothing. Every single bomb hit its targets. And then, as you know, we shot some incredible things, things that nobody else has. Nobody has a military like we have. We shot the Tomahawks from a submarine 200 miles away and that went on top of it. But every one of those, including the Tomahawks, every one of those weapons and shots hit perfectly. And they said to me, just to put it on the record, they said to me, "There are only two countries in the entire world that could ever get that stuff out of there because we don't have the equipment and nobody else." They said, "China and the United States."
(39:23)
So I just want to let you know those pilots did an unbelievable job, very dangerous job at one o'clock in the morning. Think of it, no moon, no nothing. We had no light, purposely. And every single one of those bombs went right down an air chute in a granite mountain and exploded. And they are unable to get it even if they wanted to, but we're not going to take a chance. So that's part of the deal.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
[inaudible 00:39:51] agreed to allow the removal of all their enriched uranium?
Donald Trump (39:55):
Yeah, yeah. Well, they did
Donald Trump (40:00):
And two days ago, they said, "You're going to have to take it." We were going to go with them, but they changed their mind because they didn't put it in the paper. So when they sent us this document that we waited four days for that should have taken 10 minutes to do ... Look, very simple. We get that. They guarantee no nuclear weapons for a very long period of time and a couple of other minor things, but they just can't get there. So they agree with us and then they take it back.
(40:27)
They said to us that it was so badly obliterated, was the word they actually used, that was my original word then it got challenged by some of the fake news. And it wasn't challenged with any knowledge. It was just challenged like they were hoping that this wouldn't have been so successful. No, it was obliterate. We have the greatest military in the world. I built it largely in my first term and I didn't know I'd be using it quite this much in my second term. But very simply when they say, "Does he have a plan?" Yeah, I have a plan. The plan is very simple. In war you have to change, you have to be flexible. You have a lot of plans, but you have to do different plans in different days, but I have a great plan. But the plan is that they cannot have a nuclear weapon and they didn't say that in their letter.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Mr. President [inaudible 00:41:20] leadership changes that you've talked about in Iran, is this still a leadership that you believe you can negotiate with and ultimately reach a peace deal with?
Donald Trump (41:28):
I think so. Well, you have two. You have the moderates and you have the lunatics. And I think moderates are more respected. The lunatics want to fight till the end. It'll be a very quick fight. But I call them, you have just like our country, we have lunatics too. I call them lunatics. I call them stupid people too. But in Iran they have the moderates, that are dying to make a deal and then you have the lunatics and I guess they're a little bit afraid of the lunatics, and why not? The level of ferocity for protests, the people are watching it. They want to go out on the streets. They have no weapons. They have no guns.
(42:12)
We thought the Kurds were going to give us weapons, but the Kurds disappointed us. The Kurds take, take, take. They have a great reputation in Congress. Congress says, "Oh, they fight so hard." No, they fight hard when they get paid. So I'm very disappointed in the Kurds, but they were given ... I said it wasn't going to work. By the way, I just have to say it. I disagreed with what they did. They gave it and I said, "They'll never get there." And I was right. I like to be right, in this case too bad, but we sent some guns with ammunition and they were supposed to be delivered, but they kept it. I said they're going to keep it. But what do I know? I've already been doing this a short period of time. What do I know?
Speaker 2 (42:52):
Mr. President, for the time being, the ceasefire remains in place?
Donald Trump (42:55):
What?
Speaker 2 (42:55):
For the time being, the ceasefire remains in place?
Donald Trump (42:58):
It's unbelievably weak. I would say I would call it the weakest right now after reading a piece of garbage they sent us, I didn't even finish reading it. I said, "I'm not going to waste my time reading it." I would say it's one of the weakest, right now it's on life support. You understand these are all medical people.
(43:20)
Dr. Oz, life support is not a good thing. Do you agree?
Bobby (43:23):
Bad prognostic.
Donald Trump (43:24):
I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support where the doctor walks in and says, " Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living." Yeah.
Daniel (43:37):
Mr. President [inaudible 00:43:39]-
Donald Trump (43:39):
Daniel, go ahead. One of the best reporters in Washington.
Daniel (43:42):
Thank you, sir. Dr. Oz referenced this a little early. Two questions on healthcare, if I can. The Council of Economic Advisors released a report saying that the Most Favored Nation drug deals will generate about $529 billion in domestic savings over the next 10 years across all markets. How transformative are these deals-
Donald Trump (44:01):
And makes people better?
Daniel (44:02):
Yeah, it does. How transformative are these deals for millions of Americans and do you believe that the Most Favored Nation drug deals are the Republican's golden ticket to the midterms?
Donald Trump (44:13):
I think the Republicans should walk away with the midterms. Now, typically whoever is president, they vote the other way. Nobody knows this. Do we have a psychiatrist in the group? Nobody knows what, because I think we've had the best president. A lot of people have said, even some radical left lunatics have said that we've had the best presidency, the best first year of any president. Look, I stopped eight wars, got the largest tax cuts in history, the largest regulation cuts in history. All the things we've done so many, like all of this that we've done, medically we've done so much.
(44:45)
We did a thing called Right to Try in my first, and I could never understand it when I was a civilian, which wasn't so long ago. I haven't been doing it that long, but I always used to marvel at the fact that if they had a great drug and it had to go through the FDA and the FDA guarded it and said, "You can't use it." And if a person was terminally ill and the drug was showing great promise, the person certainly ill, they wouldn't give it to the person because they didn't want to hurt the person. And I said, "Well, we need something on that." And it was very important to me and I had no idea it would be so hard to get, but we got it in total. We got it in full.
(45:22)
It's called Right to Try that if you're terminally ill, you have the Right to Try a drug that has not gone even anywhere near final. If it shows even a little promise and we've saved thousands of lives. It was very hard to get because the insurance companies didn't want it, the doctors didn't want it, because the doctors didn't want to be blamed. The drug companies didn't want it because if it didn't work, they didn't want it on their record. So what we did is we said, "We're not going to count it on your record. If somebody's terminally ill and they take the drug doesn't work, we're not going to count on your record." We'll have another record, a little smaller one that not a lot of people look at, but we're not going to count it on your record.
(46:00)
So Right to Try has been one of the great successes. Again, nobody talks about ... We've saved thousands of lives of us, but you know what is maybe even more important? We've learned very quickly that some drugs work and some drugs don't. In other words, some drugs take a person who's terminally ill and there are numerous cases and without waiting seven years, 10 years ... By the way, we think we've cut it in half, but you do need a period of time. Without waiting many, many years, we know the drug works because we've taken people that were dead. We had a person given the last rights, God, the kids are crying and started them on this drug and the person became better. It works and some don't work.
(46:50)
But you learn really fast. It's called the ultimate test, I think, right? They test all these things. They use animals all over the place. They use everything to test. The person's going to die,. So they didn't want it because the drug companies didn't want to be sued if it didn't work. The country didn't want to be sued. So I got everybody into a room and I said, "We're going to do this, but if anybody uses it after sign a document, they sign a very strong document that they're not going to sue the doctor. They're not going to sue the country. They're not going to sue the manufacturer, the pharmaceutical company. They're not going to sue anybody. But we're going to give it a shot." Right to Try has been so successful. It's been amazing. Nobody talks about it, but everyone knows how successful.
Bobby (47:35):
Mr. President, there was a young man that we visited on, actually, in Los Angeles who was taking advantage of this program. Katie actually spoke to him by phone, he's from Alabama that he reached out to you directly and this is the same program that benefited him. Just to put numbers on the Council of Economic Advisors, it's between 500 and whatever it was, 30 million that you said and $700 billion in savings. So we estimated $600 billion in total savings and the impact on the American people, Mr. President, is one in three Americans leave a drug store without their medication because they can't afford it. Even though they got a doctor's prescription and they know they can make a difference in their lives, that will no longer happen with the Most Favored Nation drug pricing.
(48:10)
And we're giving drugs like the ... As you call it, the fat shot, the weight loss drugs to all beneficiaries of Medicare, every senior in America can get them for $50 starting on July 1st. These are just inconceivably good prices and they're so good in fact that we actually saved the taxpayer money by reducing the downstream effects of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Mr. President, all possible because you took brave action. And again, the question we should be asking ourselves is why didn't this happen a decade ago?
(48:37)
Katie, what'd you think about that young man?
Katie Britt (48:38):
That he has a new lease on hope and it's because of you. I talked to his parents and they said we feel so good about our country that we literally have the President and Dr. Oz and Secretary Kennedy doing everything possible to give our son a fighting chance. They said before, no one was listening,. But you, Mr. President, took action. And Will Roberts, he is such a great young man and he's inspired so many people. And we're with him.
Donald Trump (49:03):
Well, Right to Try is, nobody talks about it, thousands of people, but it's also like this incredible laboratory of people that are ... They're finished, they're terminally ill, they're not going to live and we weren't given ... And this went on for years. You know, this went on, Madam Secretary, you're doing such a good job with prices, agriculture. How's the beef doing? We got to get the beef down.
Secretary Rollins (49:27):
We're working on it.
Donald Trump (49:27):
It's the only thing we've got to get the beef done.
Secretary Rollins (49:29):
It's becoming more affordable.
Donald Trump (49:31):
But this was so incredible because ... And I marveled at it for 30 years, I'd say. I'd have friends that were terminally ill. You'd beat people. They were really in bad shape. They weren't going to make it. And they couldn't get a drug that looked like it was going to work. They couldn't get it. They asked me to get it. Do you have contacts? Could you get it? You couldn't get it. You go to jail if you get it. And they were going to die. They'd die three weeks later, four weeks later. And we're saving a lot of people that were gone, that were terribly ill.
(50:05)
And what we're doing is producing almost immediately ... You can almost immediately approve these drugs, but it was very ... Look, legally, it was a disaster because everybody would be sued. The problem is somebody would die and then they blame the drug and then the drug company gets sued, the doctors, the country get sued. A member of the family goes crazy and you're settling for millions of dollars because you killed somebody that was going to be dead in two weeks. I did that and I'm very proud of it. The other thing, a doctor mentioned the fat drug. So think of it, $87 that would sell in London and $1,300 in New York for the exact same box made, I won't name the company, made by the same company in the same facility, $87 in London, $87 in Heidelberg, $ 87 in Paris, $1,370 in New York.
Secretary Rollins (51:06):
It's true.
Donald Trump (51:10):
And this went on for a long time. I want to say, he could be a famous guy. He's begging me not to release his name. He's a very highly neurotic, very fat, sort of a fat slab, I would call him. But he's a brilliant man. We know many of those people. He's a brilliant guy actually, but he said, "President, what the hell's going on here?" He didn't need the money, he's rich as hell, but he just couldn't understand why he had to pay so little in London. He went to London and he couldn't understand it. He said, "This is crazy." And it actually motivated me in a certain way because he was very smart. He did a study, he actually studied his people and he traced this medicine and he found out the box here is the same box as he had in New York. It was he made it the same plant and it costs 10 times more here than it did in London. There are worse stories than that. And I said, "That's it. We're going to do it." That got me really motivated. He's begging me not to release his name because he is a well known person and I so destroyed his reputation in terms of his physicality And he just doesn't want ... I said, "You've had a big impact on medicine because you got to be better than your normal person could have." He said, "No, I don't want ... "
(52:28)
Okay. Yeah, please.
Speaker 4 (52:29):
[inaudible 00:52:29] what do you hope to get out of the summit in China and how much has the war in Iran changed the agenda?
Donald Trump (52:35):
Look, I have a great relationship with President Xi. We're doing a lot of business, but it's smart business. We used to be taken advantage of for years with our previous presidents and now we're doing great with China. We make a lot of money with China. I have a great relationship with President Xi and I think you can see that with the fact that in Hormuz, they get a big percentage, 40% of their oil from Hormuz. There's been no ships coming in, no nasty ships coming in that we end up in skirmishes with. He'd like to see it get done. He doesn't want to see ... I'll tell you what, look, I respect him a lot and hopefully he respects me. He didn't respect our previous government. That I can tell you the guy couldn't talk. It was ridiculous how that ever happened. Our country was hurt so badly the last four years.
(53:26)
I say it all the time. It was the king of Saudi Arabia, but everybody says, we were a dead country a year and a half ago and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. And you know that better than anybody. You see that, Olivia sees that, you see it in the numbers. Look at the numbers. Look at the stock market. The stock market is now higher than it was when this war started. I thought that would go down 20, 25%. It was fine. I'm willing to say terrible expression, take a bullet. It's a terrible expression, especially when it's used by me.
(54:03)
But I am. I'm willing to take a bullet for the country and I said, "Look, the stock market's going to go down, but we're going to have a threat of lunatics, they're lunatics, having a nuclear weapon." I deal with them. I deal with them. I say it to them, I say, "You people are crazy." I deal with them. They talk differently. I say, "You're crazy. You're crazy people. You're nuts. You're not having a nuclear weapon." They think they can talk me into it and they don't do very well with it, but they know how I feel. They can't have a nuclear weapon. They would use it within an hour after getting it.
(54:40)
If the Obama deal wasn't terminated by me, they would have had it six years ago and they would have used it immediately on Israel and also the rest of the Middle East. You saw that when they started shooting rockets. Nobody thought Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAU were going to get hit or Kuwait, Bahrain. I think it was a tremendous strategic mistake and they wasted those missiles. We have the Patriots that knocked them down every time.
(55:08)
I told the story. We were shot at one of our great assets, happened to be a ship, great ship. 111 missiles going at very high rates of speed, sophisticated equipment and that's all they did is build missiles, thousands of missiles. Who does this except for people that are looking for trouble? We had 111 shot at one of our ships over a very short period of time. Out of 111 missiles going at 3,000 miles an hour, all 111 missiles were knocked down into the ocean, long prior to arriving at the target. And the cool guys, the coolest guys are the guys that do this. They're not brawn, their brain. They said the missile shot, you got to see it happening. Missiles coming. They got like about 13 seconds to make a decision. It's not like, gee, let's figure it out. They make a wrong calculation, you lose them a lot of men, a lot of men and a lot of billion dollars times 10 ships.
(56:17)
But there's a level of coolness that missile shot meant they'd look, and they're going heading 47 degrees north, 1,300 feet, going 3,000 miles an hour. "Okay. We have it in our side." Fire, boom. 10 seconds left. Let me tell you, they need smart people. These people are smart. And they're so smart that they're cool. The calculations, for some people, are very tough. For other people, not so tough. There's about 1%. There's not too many. There's not too many people around like that. A lot of times I'll call these gunners because they're phenomenal geniuses. "Where did you go to school?" "I went to MIT." "Where did you go to school?" "I went to the best schools." Smart. Got to be smart. We have the greatest military in the world. Okay.
Speaker 5 (57:15):
Mr. President, back to motherhood. Your One Big Beautiful Bill-
Donald Trump (57:19):
I like that. This is about motherhood, not about the beautiful country of Iran. Go ahead.
Speaker 5 (57:26):
Thank you all for being here. Your One Big Beautiful Bill defunded Planned Parenthood for one year, but that expires on this July 4th. Would you like Congress to use reconciliation-
Donald Trump (57:36):
Well, we'll see what happens. Congress is now negotiating. We've been very good for the people that want it, for the people that are here. And we'll see how that goes. It's been a very thorny, to put it mildly, it's been a very thorny issue. It's all under negotiation right now.
(57:54)
Yes. Go.
Speaker 5 (57:54):
We'd like to see that defund continue.
Donald Trump (57:56):
Go ahead, please.
Speaker 3 (57:57):
Thank you, Mr. President. What do you think about the handling of the hantavirus by the US?
Donald Trump (58:04):
I think fine.
Speaker 3 (58:05):
Do you regret withdrawing from the WHO given that-
Donald Trump (58:12):
That No, I'm glad. So we were paying the World Health Organization $500 million a year. Look, it's a lot of money, but in the overall scope, it's not that much, but it's a lot of money. And we weren't being treated well and they were making the wrong diagnoses. I was the one that said it came from Wuhan. They didn't say that. They refused to say that because they were totally owned by China. So I was saying it came from Wuhan. They didn't want to say that. Now it's turned out, I think it's been conclusive that it came from War, but I said that on the first day because I saw satellite pictures with body bags all over Wuhan, literally all over Wuhan. So I said that they lied to me or they didn't know.
(58:55)
So we were paying for let's say 350 million people, we were paying $500 million a year to the World Health Organization. That's a lot of ... What the hell are they going to do with that kind of money? And China was paying $39 million a year for 1.4 billion people. So I said, "You got your story wrong because we should be paying about $10 million, not 500 million." And they were willing to negotiate, but it was so popular when I pulled out. They gave us all the wrong information. On COVID, they were totally wrong. I looked today and I saw the same doctor that was there. He's a good politician, I don't know how the hell he kept his job, but he was there telling us about this.
(59:39)
Now the one thing with this one is that it's much harder to catch and we've had it for a long ... It's been around for a long time. People are very familiar with it. So I hope it's fine. All I can do is everything that a president can do, which is actually somewhat limited, but it seems like
Donald Trump (01:00:00):
It is not easy to spread. In fact, it's, in certain ways, very hard to spread. We've lived with it for years, many years, and we think we're in very good shape. We're very careful. Nebraska has done a fantastic job. They have a place there that those doctors are unbelievable the job they've done. Yeah, please?
Speaker 6 (01:00:23):
Mr. President, are you going to suspend the federal gas tax?
Donald Trump (01:00:26):
Yeah, I'm going to reduce until the ... Let me tell you, as soon as this is over with Iran, as soon as it's over, you're going to see gasoline and oil drop like a rock. Going to be dropping down like a rock. Already, look, just on the basis of ... Things have happened.
(01:00:49)
When it first came about, 20% of the oil came out of Hormuz, that's a lot. But with time, it's like they go into Texas, they go into Louisiana, they go into Alaska, a lot of Alaska. Alaska seems very far away from Asia, but it's actually a relatively short trip by comparison to other locations they have to go to get oil. They go into Alaska. In fact, our big problem is we're building bigger docks, docking, dock to fill up. But we have, we've become very big on the filling station. We're a big filling station. And what's happening is when people heard about losing Hormuz, they said, "Oh, it's genius. They're finding other locations." And some of those people, I spoke to them, companies and countries, some of those people are going to continue to go to Texas. They like it better. They said it's an extra 45 minutes. They like it better. And it's amazing. It found its way. So a lot of people thought oil would go to $250, $300. It's not. Today it's at less than 100. Think of that. Now, when this ends, you're going to see it drop like a rock.
Speaker 6 (01:02:11):
How long are you going to suspend that tax for then?
Donald Trump (01:02:15):
Until it's appropriate. Yeah. It's a small percentage, but it's still money.
Speaker 7 (01:02:23):
Do you still believe a diplomatic solution is possible with Iran or do you only have military options now?
Donald Trump (01:02:28):
No, I think it's very possible. Look, I've had to deal with them four or five times. They change their mind. They're very dishonorable people, the leadership. Don't forget it's the third level. The first level is gone, they were unreasonable. The second level was more reasonable. The third level, nobody wants to be president. They say, who wants to be president? There's nobody raises their hand. But they just change their mind.
(01:02:56)
I've had that in business many times. The mind changes. You call them.8 These people that you make a deal and then the next day they send you a document that takes five days to get there when it should have been there in 20 minutes. It's a pretty simple document. They will never have a nuclear weapon.
(01:03:13)
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (01:03:14):
Thank you, sir. I was speaking with Claire Lai this morning. She's the daughter of Jimmy Lai and she told me that she's been praying and hoping that you'll be the one that brings her dad home. She says of any administration, she thinks you're the one that could do it. Do you-
Donald Trump (01:03:26):
You said Jimmy Lai?
Speaker 8 (01:03:27):
Jimmy Lie's daughter.
Donald Trump (01:03:28):
And there's another gentleman, a minister, pastor, as you know, over there. I'll bring them both up. I brought it up before. Jimmy Lai, I brought up. The other one I just heard about this morning actually. And I do bring that up. We've gotten, I don't know if you've been reading John Coale, who's a great lawyer. He was a tobacco lawyer. He's a great, great guy. I won't say he's an older guy because he may be offended by that, but he is. He's a little older. He's a little older and he's a wise man, actually. Made a fortune with the tobacco. He did the first tobacco lawsuit and he's a great man and he's brought back hundreds of people out of various Belarus. You read about that. And the leader has been fantastic, but somebody has to ask him. Biden never asked.
(01:04:19)
We ask. And we're getting hundreds of people out of confinement and prisons that shouldn't be there, and hundreds, and many of them aren't even citizens of the United States. They're people that have been captured in some form. Ministers, people that are really innocent people and they're being held captive. And I bring up Jimmy Lai. Now, Jimmy Lai, he caused La Bedlam. I don't know. It's like saying to me, if Comey ever went to jail, would you let him out?" It might be a hard one for me. Does that make sense? It might be hard because he's a dirty cop. But Jimmy Lai isn't that way. But Jimmy Lai, he caused lots of turmoil for China. He tried to do the right thing. He wasn't successful. Went to jail and people would like him out and I'd like to see him get out, too. So I'll bring him up again. I have brought him up.
(01:05:20)
There's another gentleman, a pastor, as you know, with a beautiful daughter and son-in-law that would like to see him get out. I'm going to bring his name up.
Speaker 9 (01:05:29):
Mr. President, what about Taiwan? Do you expect Taiwan to come up in here?
Donald Trump (01:05:32):
Yeah, it always comes up. Yeah, it always comes up. I used to say Ukraine would. Four years, you never even heard the word Ukraine. It was never going to happen. And it was handled so badly, Ukraine. Ukraine should have never come up. They lost last month, 25,000 soldiers, both sides. 25,000. They're losing, on average, 25,000 soldiers. It's like a meat grinder. It's horrible what's happening. That would have never happened had the election not been rigged, that would have never happened. And Putin and I would talk about it, but there was never any ... He would have never done it.
(01:06:10)
Taiwan, I would equate it a little bit to that. If you have the right president, I don't think it'll happen. I think we'll be fine. I have a very good relationship with President Xi. I don't want that to happen. Very far away. Very, very far away. Just at 9,500 miles. We're 9,500 miles. He's 67 miles. It's a little bit of a difference, but there's a lot of support for Taiwan from Japan and from countries from that area.
Speaker 9 (01:06:43):
Do you think we should still be selling them weapons? United States should be selling weapons.
Donald Trump (01:06:47):
Well, I'm going to have that discussion with President Xi. President Xi would like us not to, and I'll have that discussion. That's one of the many things I'll be talking about. He and I have gotten along well. Other than with COVID, I was just not accepting of what happened with COVID. But other than that, he and I have had a ... He's a great gentleman. I find him to be an amazing man. And when I say that, the press always says, "Oh, that's terrible that he called him." He runs 1.4 billion people with a pretty iron fist. He loves his country, I can tell you that. President Xi, I look forward to being there, and if he felt anything, we wouldn't be doing it.
(01:07:34)
But a lot of good things can happen. Now we'll be talking about, he'll bring up Taiwan I think more than I will, but I think that a discussion will be a little bit about energy and about the very beautiful country of Iran.
Speaker 10 (01:07:53):
Mr. President-
Donald Trump (01:07:54):
And by the way, Iran is a beautiful country, but it's got people running it now that shouldn't be there, perhaps. Yeah?
Speaker 10 (01:08:00):
Mr. President, just a couple questions. Outside of these amazing benefits from employers for IVF, there are a lot of women out there who either they work part-time or they self-pay for health insurance. Is there an option for cheaper IVF for those women?
Donald Trump (01:08:14):
And what would you like to know?
Speaker 10 (01:08:16):
For IVF, bring it down to the cost that's associated with.
Donald Trump (01:08:20):
I don't know. Olivia, could you answer that question, please?
Speaker 6 (01:08:22):
We're trying to make-
Donald Trump (01:08:23):
We're putting her through a little training here, Tom. See whether or not she's got it. I have no doubt she does. Go ahead.
Olivia (01:08:29):
Just a softball from the President. As Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America-
Donald Trump (01:08:33):
I said, "Let's give this one to Olivia."
Olivia (01:08:34):
We are focused on making America the safest and best place to have a baby. The IVF question, I think you'd probably be better hit by Senator Britt and Dr. Fink and others.
Katie Britt (01:08:45):
Yeah. So what we're trying to do is obviously make sure that people have greater access and the affordability goes down. We did that, obviously, with what you saw from the President last year with two different announcements he made. We've seen over, gosh, thousands of people have more access with regards to affordability. I think we've saved about $15 million, but we know that this is going to go up to the tunes of billions of dollars with what we're doing here. With being able to allow employers to do this, we think it will ultimately drive down to each and every person. So that is the point.
(01:09:18)
The more that people are able ... As Secretary Kennedy said, we want to get to root causes, as well. So we want to make sure that we are treating the entire issue, not just putting a bandaid on it and moving on. We want people who want to bring life into the world to have that opportunity. We do believe that this will do that. So a combination of allowing this to be available, but then also the affordability element. I think it's down, as he said, some of these drugs down 80% from a year ago, some down 40% every year ago. So it's a really exciting time and we do think that this will ultimately be able to reach all Americans.
Donald Trump (01:09:51):
But a lot of people don't realize it's available. I spoke to people, they don't know about the TrumpRx. They don't know about any of these things where you're saving so much money where they can actually afford it. When you get prices down to just a tiny fraction of what they used to be, that's one of the reasons I don't need it for myself. I got enough publicity, but I need it to inform the public. A lot of people, like your question's a good question, but a lot of people don't know IVF and so many other things that could help them, that they assume it's so expensive, it's not within their price range, and they're not going to be able to afford it or even think about it. And then they hear about these numbers. And in addition, there's some help that we give them, beyond even the low numbers.
Bobby (01:10:37):
Mr. President, only one in three Americans know what TrumpRx.gov does. It would be a great service. I know he kids you a lot about this not getting reported on appropriately, but there is no excuse to buy drug in America and not check TrumpRx.gov, just to make sure you're getting the best price. Think of it as a transparency site. And sir, we've got tens of millions of people who are going to it, but there's hundreds of millions of Americans. So we have got to get Americans to realize.
(01:11:01)
You mentioned fertility. Fertility drugs are probably a third of the cost of the entire process. For those to drop by 90% dramatically changes the equation, they're private companies who are now taking advantage of the whole group of individuals who can get access to fertility medications and the treatments that go with them. As the services get better, we make them more affordable, we'll have more Trump babies.
Katie Britt (01:11:23):
And we hope that lays the groundwork though that anyone has an ability to receive these. And also remember, this is all on moms. gov, as well. That's one thing we're trying to do is make sure that we are pushing people to all of these resources because when you either want to have a child or you find out you have a child, sometimes that's a very exciting thing. Sometimes you're a little overwhelmed. We want all of those resources to be in one spot so that we can help these women in their journey as a mother.
Donald Trump (01:11:48):
And when people hear how inexpensive it is relative, they can't even think about it. Now all of a sudden, they say, "I can afford that." And they get help also in affording it. There are ways of getting help to afford even those low prices. How about one more last question, please?
Speaker 11 (01:12:02):
Thank you, Mr. President. What do you say to infectious diseases experts who say they're worried the country may not be prepared to deal with something like Hantavirus because of all the HHS funding and staffing cuts?
Donald Trump (01:12:16):
Well, I think we take care of that, doc. Do you want to answer that?
Speaker 11 (01:12:19):
It's just not true. Jay Bhattacharya has taken this task on. Secretary Kennedy is involved with them. You can speak to, perhaps, even better than, frankly, best in the room, but the country's prepared and the CDC is focused on it. And the agency is well aware of the opportunities to actually treat this problem, not just try to prevent it in the future, but treat if it happens now. Secretary?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (01:12:39):
Yeah. We've had CDC teams on it from day one. I was speaking with the University of Nebraska since the second day of the outbreak. I was speaking with Governor Pillen of Nebraska. We had a CDC team at Tenor Reef. We had airplanes ready to take the patients, the 17 patients off of the vessel and transport two of them went to Atlanta. One of those was symptomatic. They're in a bio containment lab in Atlanta. The other 16 are now in Nebraska. One of them is symptomatic. He is in the bio-containment lab. The other ones are being tested and supervised and given plans for going home. We have this under control and we're not worried about it.
Speaker 11 (01:13:30):
But he CDC took four days after the WHO issued its alert. Why was it? Why did it take the US four days to issue an alert?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (01:13:41):
It's not true. As soon as we determined that the virus was out there, we issued an alert. The alert means nothing. They acted very quickly.
Donald Trump (01:13:50):
I saw the alert. Give me a break. They acted very, very quickly and it looks like and can bet anybody's life on it, but it looks like it's just a disease that we've had around in a very small way for a long time. Not a good one to catch, because it's a very severe disease if you catch it, but it's very hard to catch. Daniel, did you have a question?
Daniel (01:14:12):
One last one. Senator Britt mentioned the website, moms.gov, one of the policies that's on there are the Trump accounts. They're getting ready to go live this summer. When you speak to young parents, this is one of the policies they repeatedly bring up about how impactful it will be for them. Can you just talk about why Americans need to know about this and how important it is for younger parents to give their kids a head start?
Donald Trump (01:14:32):
We've done more for young parents. I guess it's the way you could say it. It's a great, beautiful term, but we've done more for young parents than any administration ever in history and we're going to continue to do so. Look at the people up here. They're all brilliant. I'm one of the young ones. I'm a similar age to all of you. Very similar. I feel the same as them. I actually feel more. Sure. I don't know what this is. I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. It's crazy. Someday there'll be a day when that won't happen. I'll let Bobby and Oz know. It's not quite the same, but I feel literally the same. I don't know why. It's not because I eat the best foods. Maybe they are the best foods. Who knows what the best foods are? Maybe junk food is good and the other food is no good.
(01:15:22)
I know people that eat the best food. They go to a restaurant, they have celery and I don't want, and I'll have steak and everything else. And I say, "How you doing?"
(01:15:32)
"Well, it's over for me at a young age."
(01:15:37)
And all they do is watch it. I know many, many people that all they do is watch their weight, then this, then that, and they kick the bucket. And here we are. I feel great.
(01:15:48)
Thank you, Daniel. Thank you very much everybody. Have a good time.
Speaker 12 (01:15:57):
Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you, press.
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