TRANSCRIPT: President Trump Speaks with Jacqui Heinrich on Fox News, 4.26.26
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Jacqui Heinrich: All right, I'm joined now live by the president of the United States, President Donald Trump. President Trump, thank you very much for joining us on "The Sunday Briefing," sir. First off, how are you after all of this? And how is the first lady doing?
President Trump: She's doing great. I'm fine. I'm fine. And it was a very sad evening in many ways. And it was also an evening where a lot of people got together. It was very -- I saw some Democrats as we were leaving. And they were generally hostile. And, last night, they were waving to me. And politicians, congressmen, senators, they were waving and saying, "Great going" and "Hello." So there was something very nice, I tell you. It was -- I mentioned it last night in my little discussion. I think it came together. The place was just coming together. It was very nice to see, actually.
Heinrich: I think you really struck the right tone, I have to say, in your remarks afterward --
Trump: Yes.
Heinrich: -- letting the world know that you're not going to let someone who had wished to do us harm snuff out our right to gather and to recognize the role of the free press in a democracy, and that your leadership in that moment, telling the world to continue and stay strong was important to hear. But I want to ask you about this news that we heard from the White House about Cole Allen, the suspected shooter, and his motive.
I'm being told that he had a manifesto, saying he wanted to target Trump administration officials. He had a lot of anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on his social media accounts and left a manifesto in his hotel room that his brother had notified New London police about prior to this incident. I know Secret Service agents have been talking to his family members, his sister at their residence and said that this individual apparently attended a No Kings protest in California at some point, and that there was some concern that he might carry something out like this. What is your reaction to being the target of so much violence and hearing these new details just as they're breaking?
Trump: Well, I heard about the London situation. And I wish they would have told us about it a little bit. But it is what it is. We had a great group of people there last night. We had both inside in terms of the people, the audience, and also because they were all -- they were strong, relatively speaking, compared to what the potential threat was.
And the Secret Service and all law enforcement was -- I thought they were outstanding. You can always -- they can nitpick and everything else, but they were outstanding. They stopped him cold. And there was no games being played. That, I can tell you. You just look at them, they were -- these were strong, solid people who've got to get paid.
This is a group that is not being paid. You think about it, the Democrats are holding up their pay. And I think maybe they will loosen up a little bit now, because they -- I thought great, great talent was displayed last night, bravery, but talent. He came in running like he was an NFL running back, frankly.
He was very fast. And they just stopped him cold. And there was no question. He never even came close to getting by the doors or getting through the doors. And if he did, there were so many people in there too, also security. And you have to go through a lot of layers. They did really a good job. I was very satisfied with it. And so was most -- so were most other people.
Heinrich: And I know that you want to get the next event later on, once the ballroom is established, to have them host events like this in the future. But, as I understand it from our conversation last night, Mr. President, that won't be ready for next year's event that I will have to host. It certainly won't be ready for the rescheduled event that you want to do in the next 30 days.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: The Washington Hilton is host to a lot of events every year that you go to. The first lady was just there on Thursday at the first lady's luncheon delivering remarks in that same room.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: And the dinner has been held there every year since 1968. Do you have any concern about holding it there to the -- the rescheduled event there and then also next year's event? How will we make that safe?
Trump: Well, it's always tough when you have 1,000 rooms. It's a large hotel right on top. And so people come down in elevators. And they're right over the top of where you're speaking, not very far away. And it's pretty tough. And, as you know, we're building a big, beautiful, very, very secure ballroom in every way with massive bulletproof glass that's almost four inches thick. It's pretty amazing stuff --
Heinrich: When do you think that will be ready?
Trump: -- and all of the different elements that you need, like drone-proof. You need drone-proofing. You need everything. But we also need a location. And the location is on the White House grounds, which is the most secure ground probably in the world, including the fencing, including everything else. The president doesn't have to leave the premises.
It's really very secure. And this is mostly for future presidents. And we're actually ahead of schedule. And we're right on budget ahead of schedule. It was always scheduled to open in '28. And probably I would have five or six months of use, but other people will have many years, hopefully hundreds of years of use.
But it's going to be a magnificent building. But it was also designed in conjunction with the military and in conjunction with Secret Service. It's got every single bell and whistle you can possibly have for security and safety. And we will have that done very much on time, even ahead of schedule. It's ahead of schedule now.
And it's really what you need. I mean, you can't have 1,000 rooms or whatever it is, a very big hotel on top of the ballroom. And people come down in the elevator and they're right next to the ballroom. And nobody's blaming them. They're good people. They're very good people. I know the people well. I have been in that room many times.
But it's a -- it's had difficulty in the past. And the new one is set not to have that kind of thing, you know, all of the traps are knocked out. And this was designed at the highest level by the top military and Secret Service people. It's really a -- it's a joint venture really. And presidents have wanted it for 150 years just because they wanted a big space. But military and Secret Service have wanted it for many years. And I'm getting it built. And the one good thing is that now everybody knows how badly needed it is.
Heinrich: Mr. President, you just credited again Secret Service for springing into action. As a person who witnessed it right alongside you on that stage, it happened within moments. But does it strike you, sir, that for 70-plus days now, the agency that they're under, DHS, has not been funded? Are you hopeful at all that this incident will force Congress to reach an agreement to fund that agency that protected your life last night?
Trump: Yes, that's right, and other agencies too, other great agencies that -- of brave patriots. They're great people. They have a rough job, not an easy job, when you have to stop murderers and get them out of our country, when you have to take people out of the country who murdered seven people or five people or one person that was released from a jail in a country someplace.
A lot of them came from Venezuela. A lot of them came from other countries. They came in from the Congo. This was under Biden's open door policy. It was terrible. I mean, we can try and make it nice and all, but there's nothing nice about it. So we have people that are doing an incredible job of removing these people and just getting them out of the country or putting them in jail, where they have to be. These are violent people.
Drug dealers, drug lords were allowed without checking, without anything, but murderers. Over 11,000, 11,888 murderers were let into our country Joe Biden's open door policy. And these are the people that are getting them out. These -- this is a tough job. These are nasty people that were let in, rough, tough people, and, by the way, in many cases, very smart.
These assassins, they're -- they seem to be high-I.Q. people, but they're crazy. And so Secret Service and all of the different groups -- you look at Border Patrol. You look at ICE. I mean, ICE is so incredible. Border Patrol is so incredible. And they have a hard time being recognized for the job they do. I'm very proud to recognize them.
I mean, I think I had 100 percent of the vote of law enforcement. But they -- it sort of showed last night when -- you were there. You were there. You did a great job last night, by the way. I watched you when I got back. And you saw what was going on. I mean, it was the strength and the power. Nobody was getting in. And if they -- even if they got into the room, they were going to be hit fast. But they -- no, they didn't even get close to getting to those doors, or he didn't.
Heinrich: I was really taken, Mr. President --
Trump: No, they took him out. They took him out so quickly. Now, it's a tough thing, though, when you have a hotel in the middle of a city with buildings all around and hotel rooms on top of you. And it's a tough -- it's a tough situation. But I thought -- I thought Secret Service and law enforcement, including -- that includes D.C. police -- law enforcement was great. I really thought they were great.
Heinrich: I was --
Trump: And I would be the first to complain if they weren't, believe me. They were looking at me probably more than anybody else. I see the administration. And the guy is a sick guy, when you read his manifesto. So, he hates Christians. That's one thing for sure. He hates Christians, a hatred. And I think his sister or his brother actually was complaining about it. They were even complaining to law enforcement. So he was a very troubled guy.
Heinrich: I was taken by your response immediately after it happened. You said, we're going to continue the night. We're not going to let this person derail our plans for the evening.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: Had you been told very quickly that there was no additional threat in the room? Is that why you felt comfortable proceeding if Secret Service allowed that to happen?
Trump: Well, I hated a guy like this, a sick, bad person, I hated somebody like that changing the course of our country, where you would have all of these people, important people, not important people, all of these people gathered, record crowd. We had a record crowd last night. And you and the people that put it on did a fantastic job really.
But that all of these people would have to leave, just for what? For one nut, for one guy that is really -- I mean, look, he's very -- he's a very disturbed person. So I really wanted to go and I really wanted to -- but the protocol was no. And once those doors were open, that room was sealed. And once the doors were open, because people were pouring in, and there were police and there were Secret Service, and they poured in, a lot of them.
But once those doors are open, it breaks the seal. And when they explained it, maybe it's possible somebody -- if it were more than one person, somebody could have come in. And -- but I really wanted to do it that night, even if it's -- even if we stayed late into the night. But we did the right thing. And we came back to the White House.
We did a news conference and explained what happened. And now we're doing it a little bit more by talking to you. But we did the right thing. Now, I hope that we can have it within a short period of time, whether it's 30 days or a little less, a little more. But I hope we can do it with that, because we can't let these criminals and these really bad people change the course of events in our country.
We have to -- it's an important event. That was going to be an important event. I mean, I was going to get up and make an entirely different speech. I was going to really rip it last night. I was talking about everybody. [Laughs] And then I said, well, my speech is going to be much different. It'll be a speech of love.
But I didn't get a chance to do that. Probably, I was better off if I didn't. I don't know. But I think it's important. And your president who headed -- chairman or president, she did really a good job. I was sad, in a way, because she works so hard, and she's a good person. CBS, as you know, was the lead. I think you're going to be the lead next year.
Heinrich: That's right.
Trump: But I think it's very -- and I look forward to, in the year '28, you're going to have some -- you're going to have a ballroom that's at the top-of-the-line security. You're not going to have problems like this.
Heinrich: What's the latest that you have learned, Mr. President, about this alleged shooter's motive? How -- do you know how long he was planning this for?
Trump: Well, they have some pretty good information. He had a lot of hatred in his heart for quite a while. And he just -- I don't know. He just -- it was a religious thing. It was strongly anti-Christian. And I don't know if you have gotten it. It just got released, the manifesto. Manifesto, can you believe it? And so he's got some big problems with the rest of his life. But it's very, very bad, very bad situation.
Heinrich: On that same --
Trump: But his family knew that he had difficulty. His family seemed to be -- I think they spent a lot of time with his family. His family said he had big difficulty. Maybe they should have reported him a little bit more strongly, probably. But it's a hard thing to do, I guess.
Heinrich: As you're trying to learn more about how this man's ideology was shaped, it makes me think about FISA, the surveillance tool that expires this coming week.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: It obviously allows the FBI to surveil potential terrorists who are overseas. And we don't know right now if this individual was radicalized by somebody like that. But do you think about the importance of having these tools to protect our country from these kinds of threats? And how will you get that message to Congress, when there's a Congress right now that's skeptical about renewing those powers?
Trump: Well, Jacqui, I know both sides of it, because FISA was used against me, and very, very viciously by a dirty cop. We had the Comey gang, Comey and his remnants, and it was used against me. And they used it very illegally. I mean, they signed court orders that were illegal. Every one of those people should be prosecuted, frankly.
They were -- it was used against me. Now, that's the bad news. The good news is that the military really needs it, and it's really needed for national security. And there's a division. But I was willing to give that up, because, again, it was used against me more than anybody else, and by bad people, by sick people also.
These are sick people. Comey was terrible. He was a horrible, sick person. He had real problems. And I use the word to describe him he was a dirty cop. It's an old-fashioned term, but he was a dirty cop, bad guy. And there were other bad guys, and they used FISA illegally. They used it for a purpose it wasn't supposed to be used for.
Okay. On the other side, you have the military. They really need it, General "Razin" Caine. Look at the success we had in Venezuela. Look at the success we're having with Iran. I mean, Iran is decimated, and we got a lot of information by using FISA. I think we would have been very successful regardless, but it made the job a lot safer and a lot easier.
So I would say -- and what I have done and I have told people, I'm willing to give up my security for the military, because, ultimately, that's, to me, the highest cause, is the safety of our nation. So I'm in favor of it. But I'm in favor of it, knowing it was used against me unsuccessfully ultimately, because I ended up winning. But it was a vicious thing that happened. However, we need it for the military, so we have to hopefully get it approved in some very strong form.
Heinrich: And I think the irony is that the section that you're referencing that was used, the Carter Page FISA warrants, that's Title I of FISA, which is permanent law.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: It does not need to be renewed.
Trump: That's right.
Heinrich: That is -- that's on the books. What expires is Section 702 that specifically pertains to suspected terrorists, foreigners living abroad outside the United States --
Trump: Yes.
Heinrich: -- that our intelligence community needs to surveil, to monitor for any threats that might come to the homeland.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: And when you're thinking about the heightened threat environment and something that you live in every day, this is now -- you have had multiple attempts on your life. You're, at the end of the day, a human being with a family. And I just want to know what the conversation was between you and your family members last night after you left the premises.
Trump: Well, they sort of said to me, you have a dangerous job. I have known that. I didn't know it was quite as dangerous when I ran very innocently for president. But I'm very happy with the job we have done. And a consequential -- really, if you're a consequential president, you're in much more danger than if you're not a consequential president.
Most presidents are not very consequential. They don't do -- they don't do the job that they're supposed to be doing. I mean, we have to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon, because the whole world would be in danger. We would.
Heinrich: Where does that stand?
Trump: The Middle East would get blown up, Israel would get blown up within minutes from the time they got it. So we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. So this should have been done by previous presidents. It should have been done for years; 47 years, it's been going on, and nobody did anything about it. We had to do that.
We -- I took the greatest economy we have ever had and I said, we're going to have to take a little detour and stop that from happening. And that's what happened. And we have done a great job. And it'll come to an end very soon. And we're going to be very victorious. But they cannot have a nuclear weapon.
So, when you do that, no other president was willing to do it. They should have done it. It would have been a lot easier because they had far fewer arms and far fewer -- far less power. If you did it 10 years ago, five years ago, 20 years ago, they had far less power. But we have taken that power away from them, and we have done a good job. But we had to do it. Otherwise, our country would have been very unsafe, as with the world. It would have been very unsafe.
Heinrich: Where do those negotiations stand right now on Iran?
Trump: Well, I called them back, our people. The flight is about 17 hours. We have great respect for the field marshal of Pakistan and for the prime minister of Pakistan. They're great people. They really are good. But it's a 17-, 18-hour flight. I said, when is this meeting taking place? And it was like it would be on Tuesday.
And it was Saturday, and they're leaving. And, by the time they get there, it's hours and hours and hours of flying. And I said, we're not doing this anymore. We have all the cards. If they want to talk, they can come to us or they can call us. There is a telephone. We have nice secure lines, although I'm not sure any telephone line is secure, frankly.
But we have secure lines. And if they want, we can talk. But we're not sending people to travel 18 hours to meet where you literally -- think of this. We had a meeting for Tuesday, and it was on Saturday that I was saying, when are we meeting? Tuesday, because it's so far. So, great respect for Pakistan.
But I will -- because they have been terrific. They have really tried. And they will stay involved. But we're going to do it by telephone. So, if they want, they can call us. But, again, they know what has to be in the agreement, very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, there's no reason to meet.
Heinrich: You have said, Mr. President, that you're in no rush to reach a deal, in part because the infighting between the moderates in the -- what's left of the government and the hard-liners further sort of fractures what's left of the regime, and that also, in a matter of days, their oil vessels, their tankers, their production system will explode.
Trump: Right.
Heinrich: And can you talk about the advantage that that gives the U.S. in terms of waiting this out and how time is on the U.S. side of this negotiation?
Trump: Well, I don't know if it's an advantage. I think the big advantage is that we have taken out their navy in its entirety. We have taken out their air force. They have no air force left. They have no navy left. Their leaders are gone, which is a good thing. They were far more radicalized than the people that we're dealing with now.
The people we're dealing with now, some of them are very reasonable people, and others are not. And they're not getting along. You know, there's a lot of infighting, as you know. But they don't have anti-aircraft equipment. They don't have radar equipment. It's all been blown up. Their factories, their missile-making factories have been damaged about 75 percent, which isn't 100 percent.
So there's danger there. And their drone-making ability has been damaged about 80 percent, 82 percent. They're in bad shape. I mean, they're really in bad shape. And, of course, we have done the blockade. And the blockade's been unbelievably effective. And that means they can't get any money -- more money.
But what you're referring to is that, when you have lines of vast amounts of oil pouring through your system, if for any reason that line is closed because you can't continue to put it into containers or ships, which has happened to them -- they have no ships because of the blockade. What happens is, that line explodes from within, both mechanically and in the earth.
It -- something happens where it just explodes. They say they only have about three days left before that happens. And when it explodes, you can never -- regardless, you can never rebuild it the way it was. In other words, it will always be, if you rebuild it -- it's hard to rebuild it all, but it would only be about 50 percent of what it is right now.
So it's a very powerful thing that takes place, sort of having to do with nature. But when that gets clogged at the end, in other words, when you have to turn it off because you have no place to store this oil, either put it on ships or storage tanks, which they are just about finished with, a very bad thing is going to happen.
So I think they're under pressure. But I don't consider it under pressure. I think the big pressure is that we have really, militarily -- our military is incredible. I built -- I rebuilt and built our military in my first term. And we also did a lot of work in this first year. You see, we're asking for $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion.
And we have the greatest military in the world, by far. And we have proven that in Venezuela. We have proven it here. And so we will see what happens. I hope they're going to be smart. And if they're not smart, we're going to win anyway.
Heinrich: So, three days from now, approximately, their oil production system could explode. Obviously, that would do great damage to the main source of revenue in Iran and have a big impact on the trajectory of things. I know you have also been expressive about your displeasure with our allies and NATO in their response to this.
And, on Monday, tomorrow, King Charles is visiting. And Buckingham Palace issued a statement on the incident last night, saying: "His Majesty is being kept fully informed of developments and is greatly relieved to hear that the president, first lady and all guests have been unharmed." So, that message from Buckingham Palace about what you went through last night.
Trump: Yes.
Heinrich: Are your plans for the king's visit remaining as they were? Will anything change as a result of what happened yesterday?
Trump: Yes, that's a big question. You've got a lot of little points in there. You're doing a weave on me, like I do all the time. [Laughs] That's a big question. First of all, King Charles is coming. And he's a great guy. And we look forward to it. He's really a fantastic person and a tremendous representative.
And he's brave. He's fought something that's very tough to fight. He's got a problem with -- as you know, that very well-documented problem with his health. And he's been amazing, actually. He's very brave, actually. And he's a friend of mine for a long time. So he's coming. And we're going to have a great time.
And he represents his nation like nobody else can do it. As far as NATO, I am very, very disappointed in NATO, because they weren't there. We spend trillions of dollars on NATO, trillions, in order to protect Europe from Russia. And we have always been there, and we would always be there, and they can't do it without us. And yet, when we wanted a little help -- and we didn't need any help.
We did it without any help. We didn't really need -- and, to be honest, I don't even think I have ever said this before, but I really sort of asked them just out of curiosity because I'd like to see if they would be there. We have wiped out, largely wiped out the opposition. If we ever had to keep going, we would wipe them out very quickly the rest of it, the remainder.
And I hope we don't have to do that, but it may be possible that we do. They have no cohesion. And their leadership is very, very strange. We -- sometimes, you don't have any idea who the hell you're dealing with. But it's just one of these things that we're going to get it. We're going to win. But NATO was not there for us. And I would ask, would you like to join us? And they said, sir, we don't want to get involved.
And, yes, they said, we don't want to get involved. And, frankly, when they said we don't want to get involved, as you know, U.K. said that, oh, no, we will send ships as soon as the war is over. And that's not good. That's not good. We just can't have that. So we are not happy. Let me put it this way, just finish it up. We are not happy with NATO. NATO did not serve us well. We have been serving them for many years, spending trillions of dollars. And when we wanted a little help, they were not there. So we have to remember that.
Heinrich: Do you expect to talk about this with King Charles? And do you believe that -- I mean, they have intelligence in their countries. Your administration has spoken at length about the fact that Iran had enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear bombs.
Trump: Yes.
Heinrich: That sounds like pretty compelling information for an intelligence agency to shape their response to something. Do you get the sense that the intelligence agencies of our allies had the same view of that threat and communicated that well enough with the U.S.?
Trump: Well, I don't know. I think people knew they had a lot of stuff because we blew it up with the B-2 bombers. If we didn't go in there seven, eight months ago with those beautiful B-2 bombers -- that's the wing, a very, very incredible stealth, incredible technology. We actually ordered 22 more of the new version.
They're unbelievable. But we went in there at 1:00 in the morning, no moon, dark. Every single bomb hit the target and blew it up. If we didn't do that, they would have had a nuclear weapon. But everybody knew they had it. I mean, pretty much every country that knew anything knew they had it. The problem was, it should have been done by other presidents, because they had it a long time.
They were developing it for a long time. And they were about two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon until we blew it up. So, part of the thing is, they have to -- we have to take that -- that -- we -- I call it the nuclear dust, right? But we have to take that nuclear dust. We're going to take it. And that's part of our negotiation with Iran.
We don't want them to have it. They -- look, we feel we will help Iran, we will do a lot of things, but they cannot have a nuclear weapon because they will use it. And we're not going to let somebody use a nuclear weapon, blow up the Middle East, blow up Israel, blow up Europe. We're the furthest away, but we're doing the world the service.
Heinrich: Do you believe China is helping Iran right now? You're supposed to meet with President Xi in a couple of weeks.
Trump: I am, yes.
Heinrich: What's the latest there? What's your communication with him?
Trump: I don't think much. I think they may be helping, but I don't think much. They could -- I can tell you this. They could help a lot more. I'm not overly disappointed. We help people too. When they would say, no, well, what about China? What about Russia? What about this, that? Well, we also help people. We help Ukraine, as an example.
And we shouldn't have done it to the extent, and we -- the war should have never started. It would have never started if I were president. And it's a bloodbath over there. It's horrible. So many soldiers are being killed. It's incredible. It's just crazy, actually. But you could make the case, well, we help Ukraine. And I don't mention that to too many people, but I mention it to you. So, no, I think China could -- could have been much worse than they have been. So I don't consider them having been very bad.
Heinrich: You reference Ukraine. Have you spoken with President Putin at all recently? Where does that negotiation stand?
Trump: I have. Well, I'm -- we're trying to get something done, but the fighting continues. And it's a very bloody war. It's a very bad -- I settled eight wars. This is one that I thought I would have had the easiest time. The hatred between President Putin and President Zelenskyy is ridiculous. It's crazy. And hate is a bad thing. Hate is a bad thing when you're trying to settle something. So -- but it'll happen. It'll happen.
Heinrich: What was the last conversation you had with Putin?
Trump: Well, I don't want to reveal that, but I do have conversations with him. And I do have conversations with President Zelenskyy, and good conversations. But I have settled all these wars, including India-Pakistan. That could have been a nuclear war. I settled it at the very beginning just before they shot down -- 11 planes were shot down already.
It was going to be a tragic -- the prime minister of Pakistan said I saved from 30 to 50 million lives. It could have been more than that. But it's my honor to do it. But we're working on the Russia situation, Russia and Ukraine. And, hopefully, we're going to get it, Jacqui. Hopefully, we're going to get it. That's the one.
I would have thought that was -- because of relationships, I would have thought that would have been the easiest one. And it really is the most difficult. And it's not as complex as some of the other ones I have settled very quickly.
Heinrich: We have talked a lot about issues overseas. I want to get your thoughts on some issues here at home. Your reaction to Virginia and redistricting. Do you think that Florida should make a go at it?
Trump: I do. But I think the Virginia case is terrible. What they have done is so unconstitutional. It's before the court. The courts accepted that case. And if you look at the referendum, and if you look at the question, it was not understandable. It was written in such a way that nobody understands what it meant, including -- nobody knows.
Heinrich: Were you surprised to see it go that way?
Trump: I was very impressed with the fact that -- because I happen to think that there's a lot of cheating on in Virginia, frankly. And we were -- they were leading all day long. We were leading, meaning the -- I guess you would call it the Republicans. And I said, wait until you see the end. All of a sudden, there was a ballot drop.
But the courts have taken it up. And the courts are looking at it and they're looking at it I think very strongly. A lot of people said it's totally unconstitutional. You can't let it -- and it wasn't understandable. In other words, when people got in, they read that question or, if they sent it in. They read the question.
And the question would -- it could have been viewed five different ways. So let's see what happens in the courts. But the courts have actually accepted it. That's a big move. So it may be ruled. It's a very bad thing for our country, very, very bad. And, Jacqui, with that, I have to go.
Heinrich: Okay. I want to thank you, Mr. President, for joining us today. And I also want to say how grateful we were last night. As a member of the board of the White House Correspondents' Association and the incoming president of that association, we were very grateful to have you there taking part in a tradition that recognizes the role of a free press in our democracy.
And we're all sad that it went the way that it did. We're all grateful that we get to come home to our loved ones and be together afterward. And thank you for your leadership in the moments afterward and for coming on and giving the country the strength to not let those who would wish to harm us stop us from our pursuit of our liberties.
Trump: Well, Jacqui, thank you very much. It's very nice, very nice. And let's do it again. Let's not people -- let's not let people like this change the course of our country. We're not going to let that happen. So, hopefully, you guys can get it on and get it together. And I will be there, I promise.
Heinrich: Thank you, Mr. President. Pleasure talking to you.
Trump: Thank you very much, Jacqui. Bye.
Heinrich: Bye-bye.