Trump Questioned on World Liberty Financial and Foreign Investors

Here's, here's what I wanna understand. So your son manages or helps manage a cryptocurrency company called World Liberty Financial.

You are a co- Which, which son are we talking about? You are a co- Which? ... owner of that company.

That's correct. Yeah. Right? That's correct, right?

This company is also partially owned by investors connected to the government of the United Arab Emirates.

I think if I told you that story, and it was about the Biden family, if I said Joe Biden is the part owner of a company, and it has all of these investments from the Middle East- Yeah ... you would say, "That sounds corrupt," right?

Well, he, he did have a lot of different things.

Sure, but, but you. But here's the difference. But, but, but why is it- Here's- ... why is it different- Well, here's- ... for you? ... I'll tell you why.

Because I know nothing about it. But why do you need- I made a lot of money before.

But then why do you need the money? Why not just divest?

Well, I, I- Walk away ... do. Look. But no, you didn't.

Most of my money, most of my money, is in g- is given to the biggest firms on Wall Street to invest.

They're index funds. Yeah. So it came out that I trade, traded, like, 40,000 stocks.

So among the stocks would be, like, they'd have a tiny little amount.

It's billions of dollars. Right. No, I, I- It's billions.

It's just the index- I, I understand that. But companies- I have no idea ... that are invested in by f- I, I would like to- ... people in foreign countries, it seems like you could just walk away from that, and then, you know, and then you- Well, I have ... would not be accused of corruption, right? I have.

But you have sons where they go around and they build buildings.

That's what they do. That's what I did long before I became president.

I did it better than anybody. I was very good at real estate.

I made a lotta money. But, but I have a company.

My sons run the company. It's hard to say to them, "Don't do anything anymore for four years because I'm president."

It's really- But, but you could divest from the company yourself, and let them do whatever they want.

Well- That's all ... but well, Harry, you got the- You're not, like, sitting in the Oval Office- Here's the thing ... thinking, "Thank God I have that 50 million-" You're right ... "in World Liberty Financial," right?

But how do you divest from cash? So I took a lotta heat because I think they traded, like, 50,000 stock, because that's what they do.

It's all computer generated. I have no idea what the hell they're buying.

They- Do you think the people, the people who are investing in the company that you co-own with your sons, who are coming from foreign countries, who want things from your government, don't you think they think that they are buying influence?

Uh, I don't know, but that's true. Look, every president has a problem.

Uh, you have people, and they work for you.

And guys like you cover them, and you do profiles on them, and they become, like, everybody thinks that Trump loves them and everything else, which in some cases is true, and some cases is not.

Right. This is true for every president. True.

Going back to George Washington. Yes. Every president- Okay ... has not owned a- But here's what happened ... cryptocurrency company, however.

Well, but, but they owned something, whatever crypto was at the time, okay?

You know, there's crypto, and before that there was oil and the...

Okay. And every president has had this problem.

So you have a guy, a trusted aide, everything's good, and then the trusted aide says, "Sir, I love you so much and I'll be leaving."

I say, "Well, good luck." No matter what they do, there's a conflict, because the president is all-encompassing, right?

And this is not me. Every president that there's ever been, they have people, many people, I watch it all the time.

Every time you have a president, their top people, sometimes they stay.

I mean, I have some that will stay right till the last day.

Other, but after they leave, they go crazy.

They go crazy. It's true for every president.

Sometimes they'll leave- I feel like there have been more people doing things like that while serving in the administration.

But listen, I, I- Well, I'm a bigger name than other presidents- I see ... whether we like it or not