Watch: Trump gives post-midterm press briefing, alongside Dana White

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[0:00] And also Operation Iron Gate, which was

[0:02] newly imposed, and that's land. So you

[0:05] have land and sea, total lockdown.

[0:08] I've agreed that Iran cannot have

[0:11] And everybody's agreeing. Iran will

[0:13] never have a nuclear weapon.

[0:15] And that's a non-negotiable point. They

[0:17] understand that. They accept that. They

[0:19] don't admit that they accept it.

[0:21] And they will tell you that they don't

[0:23] accept it, but they accept it 100% more

[0:27] than 100%.

[0:29] And should there be any change with

[0:31] respect to developments in the Middle

[0:32] East, the United States

[0:34] of America is fully locked and loaded

[0:38] with the

[0:39] best equipment ever made.

[0:42] And we don't think there's going to be

[0:45] any reason to use it. However,

[0:48] it's going very well. You know, we

[0:49] haven't lost a soldier in

[0:51] 6 months. If you look, you know, they

[0:53] talk about wars,

[0:56] Ukraine and Russia. And by the way,

[0:57] we're having a very good conversation

[0:59] about that in Abu Dhabi.

[1:02] Ukraine and Russia

[1:05] are losing about 25,000

[1:07] people a month, mostly soldiers.

[1:10] 2 months ago it was 32,000 people.

[1:13] And compare that with us. We haven't

[1:15] lost a soldier in

[1:17] 6 months. And

[1:20] nobody, not not even an injury.

[1:23] And yet we have

[1:25] the straits closed down.

[1:27] And more oil has come closed down to

[1:29] Iran. More oil has come out of the

[1:31] strait over the last week than at any

[1:34] point in the history of the Hormuz

[1:36] Strait.

[1:37] So we're doing very well, but at this

[1:39] point

[1:40] we it won't be necessary. Taking the

[1:43] the military action doesn't seem to be a

[1:45] very necessary thing, but we're locked

[1:47] and loaded, ready to go for any reason

[1:49] that changes. Israel a

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