Trump: We’re in a strong negotiating position, will end up with a great deal

• We don’t have much time to make a deal
• “I think we’re in a very strong negotiating position to do what other Presidents should’ve done during a 47-year period — 47 years with these bloodthirsty people.”
• We’re dealing with them very successfully
• We’re in a strong position, we will end up with a great deal
• I don’t want to extend the ceasefire
• The blockade was successful
• We are totally loaded up, much more powerful than 4-5 weeks ago
• Hints at a weapons delivery yesterday, Trump suggests it could have been China
• I expect to be bombing because that’s a better attitude to go in with
• Infrastructure strikes could hurt Iran militarily
• We’re going to be at 50,000 on the Dow
• A drop in the Dow is peanuts compared to what would happen if Iran had a nuclear weapon
• If we left right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild
• They tried to get down to nuclear facilities, they can’t get down
• I thought the market would be down 20% on this war
• I would have won Vietnam very quickly, I would have won Iraq in the time this took
• On Iran, says “I’m not going to be rushed”
• UAE currency swap is under consideration
• No one thought Iran would hit other countries
• UAE got hit the hardest
• If I could help the UAE, I would
• Saudi Arabia wasn’t asking for anything, I spoke with them yesterday
• Europe needs to straighten themselves out on energy and immigration

On the Fed and Warsh:

• Kevin Warsh said the saddest thing was the Fed ripped down the nicest building
• We have to find out why cost overruns happened, you can’t have hundreds of projects like that

On Anthropic:

• We had some very good talks and we think they’re shaping up
• They’re smart people and I like high-IQ people

On tariffs:

• I will remember companies that don’t collect tariff refunds
• It looks like we’re going to lose birthright citizenship too
• We’re doing tariffs a different way, will get bigger numbers

Other:

• I would love somebody to buy Spirit, that’s 14,000 jobs. Maybe the government should help out

I don’t think there was anything here that was notable but he did talk about markets and said “When I hit 50,000 on the Dow” and that’s a reminder that he measures himself based on the stock market.

S&P 500 futures are up 15 points but drifted about 10 points lower during the interview.

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.