Trump Holds Disaster Presser as Xi Threatens Him

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Ben Meiselas 1:00
Donald Trump just gave a disastrous press conference at the White House following China's nuclear threat. Xi Jinping just successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missiles carrying a training simulation warhead from a strategic submarine into the Pacific high seas. This triggered a massive condemnation from New Zealand, Japan, Papua New Guinea. They said this was a threat to regional stability. I'll show you what Donald Trump just said at the White House. This also follows North Korea test firing 12 long-range nuclear-capable cruise missiles in rapid succession from one of its destroyers. You can see right there. This also follows Russia escalating its attack on Kyiv. You also had Ukraine launching drone strikes 2,500 kilometers or 3,000 kilometers into Russia on one of its biggest oil facilities over there.
Ben Meiselas 2:03
Donald Trump's speech also follows tens of millions of mourners at Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral you see right here in Tehran. as Professor Morandi, who's on the negotiating team with MB Galibaf and Iraq. She says, Don't worry, Piers Morgan, we're all AI. And this is an actual image of the size and scope of the mourners who are out there showing really a show of force there in Iran. So with all of these developments happening, in the past 24 hours or so, what's Donald Trump doing, right? This is a time where we want our leaders to deliver a speech that could speak to the moment, can speak to the American people, something that's nonpartisan, something that is assuring us that everything's gonna be okay and that it's all under control.
Ben Meiselas 2:59
Donald Trump just walked out. He said that we're doing a speech right here for like our luncheon with all of his rich friends at the White House. The bankers are all there. The hedge funds, the private equity, everybody is there as he's refusing to sign the housing affordability bill. And he says, Nicki Minaj is here. She's the administrator of the Small Business Association. We gave Nicki a job. She's the head of small business. What? Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump 3:32
Person who's doing a phenomenal job at the SBA, small business, Nicki Minaj, who's so incredible. They call it small business, Nicki, but when you add it up, it's bigger than any bank probably in the world, right? I don't know.
Ben Meiselas 3:43
And then Donald Trump says, the only issue we have trouble fighting here in DC are crimes of passion. Do you know what that is? This group, referring to all of his rich oligarchs who are at this lunch, he says, you probably know about crimes of passion. Kind of disgusting thing is this sexual predator saying right now. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump 4:09
The only thing we have a hard time stopping is a crime of passion. Do you know what that is, anybody? Was anybody here? This is a group that probably knows something about crimes of passion. But these crimes of passion, we can't do much about.
Ben Meiselas 4:22
And then Donald Trump talks about ringing the NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange bell at the same time. He says it was so beautiful to do. He had Michael Dell from the company Dell behind him. The Dell stock soared after Donald Trump said all of these things about Dell today.

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