Rep. Thomas Massie:

The White House legal counsel has tried to go around these things.

I'm sure they've advised the president and the vice president and even the secretary of defense not to use the word "war."

You see their tortured use of the English language in the early days of this. They tried not to call it a war.

But ultimately, the president calls it a war every day. He's tired of the semantics.

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Rep. Thomas Massie:

I feel somewhat sorry for the lawyers at the White House.

They come up with this tortured language so that maybe Hegseth won't get impeached.

And then the president goes out and uses all the terms the lawyers told him not to use.

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Trump on Iran:

Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and that’s a non-negotiable point. They understand that. They accept it, but they don’t admit that they accept it.

They will tell you that they don’t accept it, but they accept it 100 percent, more than 100 percent.

Trump on Iran:

The United States of America is fully locked and loaded, with the best equipment ever made.

And we don’t think there’s going to be any reason to use it, however.

It’s going very well. We haven’t lost a soldier in six months.

Trump on Iran:

The Strait is closed down... closed down to Iran.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

The military action doesn’t seem to be a very necessary thing, but we’re locked and loaded, ready to go for any reason.

We’re seeing momentum toward the end of this conflict.

I think it’s going to be ending fairly soon.

Trump on Venezuela:

We’re totally in charge. The Venezuelan people love us.

Trump on Iran:

Militarily, it’s effectively over.

We’re just keeping it at the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbors.

Trump on Iran:

Iran is talking to us, and they’re talking very politely.

Trump on Iran:

That war was started in 1979.

We didn’t start the war. They did.

Trump on Iran:

At minimum, 75,000 protesters have been killed. Iran is a nasty place.

Trump on Iran:

I don’t guarantee anything.

But if we do have to go back in, we are locked and loaded and ready to go.

Dana White takes the stage at the White House:

I’ve always wanted to do this.

Who has the first question?

I have zero political aspirations.

Dana White to reporters:

I can’t believe you actually have questions for me.

Q: Did you tell the president “no” to the press secretary job?

Dana White: I don’t tell the president “no” to anything.

Trump on Iran:

We have some great allies there, and we have to make sure they’re not hurt, and they would be hurt.

They are right now a lot safer than they were six months ago, because Iran’s been very much decapitated, but they’re still the bully of the Middle East a little bit.

We want to make sure they’re okay.

We want to take care of people that have been very good to us over the years.

Trump on Jensen Huang:

I would say that when I heard about it, first of all, I was amazed, because I view him as a very high-quality person.

He’s an amazing guy. I just hope… I hope there’s no problem.

If there is a problem, we’ll let you know about it, but I hope there’s no problem.

I believe he’s suffering greatly.

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Trump on Iran:

We just had, just in case, another aircraft carrier. We have many. Sailing over and just arriving in the Middle East, so we have three.

And they’re all locked and loaded, and hopefully we don’t have to use them.

Reporter: Are you going to bring up the case of Jensen Huang with President Xi when you visit with him next week?

Trump: No, I don’t think so. I mean, maybe. I’m sure President Xi will ask me about it.

I just know Jensen very well. I just think he’s a very… he’s a very honorable man.

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Trump on Jensen Huang:

I asked Jensen that question: did you have any idea that she was a spy?

He said, I had no idea that she was. And I really believe him.

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