Trump announces a $17 billion steel investment from Nippon in Pennsylvania and says it will create thousands of jobs. He also discusses a potential Gaza ceasefire, praises Elon Musk, and claims his trade deals with Japan, India, and Pakistan have reduced conflict risk.
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It was a great trip to a fantastic place. The Commonwealth, Pennsylvania. The steel workers are very happy. We did the tariffs. It's going to put them even, make them even more competitive. And it's turning out to be a great deal. I think it's going to be a fantastic deal. $17 million. $17 billion is being invested for new steel mills, new everything. It's going to be something special. So that was of the steelworkers of Pennsylvania and it was a fantastic time. We had a great day and it is raining quite hard, but that's okay.
How are you?
Go ahead.
Can you make Pennsylvania the steel capital of the world again?
I think that's going to happen. I think it's going to happen. Not much. We just had $17 billion given and again, we're going to have control in the US it's going to be a USA deal. The board is controlled. More importantly, the money is built, you know, spent on facilities. You can't take them and leave. And let's put them in a boat. Somebody said, well, about that. Supposing they leave. Well, the money's invested on the, you know, on brick and mortar. You can't lift it up and take it. But I think much more importantly, that's going to be a great partnership. And the company, Nippon is coming in with 17 billion plus. So it's going to be fantastic for all steel work. This is an investment. It's controlled by the United States and more importantly, they're spending the money on brick and mortar. You can't take it. What are you going to do? Pick it up and move it to Japan? That's not going to happen. And you know, I rejected this about four times now. And when they finally got it right, I liked it a lot. And you could see how happy the steel workers were. More importantly, you could see from the union standpoint, the union loves it.
These thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania, right, for the state of Pennsylvania going forward, isn't it?
I like this man. Were you aware of. No, I wasn'. I think he's fantastic. I think Elon is a fantastic guy. And are you troubled by. I'm not troubled by anything with Elon. I think he's fantastic, did a great job. And, you know, Doge continues and by the time it's finished, we'll have numbers that'll knock your socks off. It's going to be, he did a fantastic job and he didn't need it. He didn't need to do it.
How do you replace him?
He's not easily replaced. No, I Have to approve the final deal.
How will the public stay in the.
U.S. well, you'll see. I mean, but I have to approve the final deal with Nimpan and we haven't seen that final deal yet. But they've made a very big commitment and it's a very big investment. It's the largest investment in the history of the state of Pennsylvania in any deal, not just steel. And it's thousands of steel workers and not only there, all throughout the country.
Mr. President, can you support the Lindsey Graham Blumenthal that would let me sanction?
I don't know. I have to see it. I'll take a look at it.
Are you confident that your proposal for a cease firing Gaza that was just submitted this week will get approved by Hamas?
I think they want to. They want to get out of that match. They're in a big match. I think they want to get out of it.
Overall health talks in Japan.
Well, Japan very much wants to make a trade deal. I don't think this has much to do with it, but certainly it certainly won't hurt because we have a very good relationship with Japan. But as you know, Japan is in there right now negotiating as we speak, and they want to very much make a deal. I think the deal I'm most proud of is the fact that we're dealing with India, we're dealing with Pakistan, and we were able to stop potentially a nuclear war through trade, as opposed through bullets. You know, normally they do it through bullets, we do it through train. So I'm very proud of that. Nobody talks about it, but we had a very nasty potential war going on between Pakistan and India. And now if you look, they're doing fine. That was getting very bad. I was getting very nasty. They're both nuclear powers. The Pakistan representatives are coming in next week. And India, as you know, we're very close to making a deal with India. And I wouldn't have any interest in making a deal with either. If they were going to be at war with Egypt, what would I message? And I let them know you messaged.
The G7 here in two weeks going to Canada. Mark Carney up there obviously has a different view of the world than you do when it comes to energy, clearly. What's your message going to be at G7 here in a couple weeks?
Well, it's in Canada. And he's a very nice guy, by the way, Mark Carney. I think he's really a very nice person. And we've had some good talks. We'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. I've heard that. Yeah. No, she's. She's an amazing woman. She can handle it. But that they breached her phone to her. They tried to impersonate her. Nobody can impersonate Susie.
Nobody.
There's only. There's only one sue.
Mr. President, what's your message to Chinese college students in the United States that want to stay in the United States?
Well, they're going to be okay. It's going to work out fine. We just want to check out the individual students. That's true with all colleges. And I don't know why Harvard's not giving us the list. There's something going on because Harvard's not giving us the list. They ought to give us a list and get themselves out of trouble. But they don't want to give the list because they have names on there that supposedly are quite bad. We want people that can love our country and take care of our country and cherish our country. And for some reason, Harvard doesn't want to give us a list. I would suggest you all get out of the raid now. Goodbye, everybody. Have a good time. Great.
