President Discusses War, Strait Security and US Military Presence

A war the president claims is essentially finished.

So you're not gonna escalate the war now that the midterms are over?

Well, I'm not looking to. I don't think there's any reason to.

I don't think there's any reason to. Look- They still have nuclear material, right? They have, they have nothing.

It's buried under thousands of tons of rock.

So what's the deal in the end with them- The deal- ... that gets, that gets the strait open? The deal- 'Cause it's important, So what's the deal in the end with them- The deal- ... that gets, that gets the strait open? The deal- 'Cause it's important,

it's important to stress. No, no, the, the, the strait is open.

We have ships going through. But, but the ships that are going through are being babysat by a large US military presence.

So how do we make a deal- Not a very- ... that gets that- Not very expensive ... that gets that presence out of there? Not very expensive.

We can just leave them there indefinitely? And at the end of this whole thing, those countries that we've protected are going to pay us back any and all costs that we've had for the war, 'cause without us, they wouldn't exist.

Without us, Israel wouldn't exist. Let me tell you.

Israel. Is- Israel- Tell me, tell me about Israel