Does that give you more urgency, Mr President You've said that you're in no rush to make a deal, but with gas prices that are still high across the country People are paying more for travel Does that give you more urgency to make a deal Why doesn't it? >> Well, I'll tell you the primary urgency, and I said this, it wasn't covered properly, but the primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon Uh but at the same time, we have a tremendous amount of oil, gas, coal We have tremendous amounts of energy We we're blessed with something very special uh those prices are going to come down They're going to come down fast I think I think that you'll see actually Todd I think you're going to see a lower prices than we had even before we did this Now I knew there'd be an increase I said we have a choice We don't have to do anything and in two years or one year or two months because Iran would have had a if we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks from that date because they were ready to go And if they had a new weap a nuclear weapon, it would have been used already It also would have been used had I not terminated the Obama deal, the Iran nuclear deal as we call it Uh that was in my first term Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon a long time ago Uh I would say it was a guarantee that it would have been used and it would have blown up Israel It would have blown up the entire Middle East and that's never going to happen. >> So the question to Trump was with gas prices that are still high across the country, people are paying more for travel Does that give you more urgency to make a deal And Trump's response was quote, "The primary urgency is that we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon." In other words, even as Americans pay more for travel, for goods, for food, and clothing, and healthcare, and electricity, Trump's priority is not any of those things, but rather the war that he voluntarily got us into, despite swearing up and down that he would never engage in any new foreign wars Of course, the ultimate irony of all of this is that this was the exact issue that Trump himself exploited on the campaign trail in 2024 Americans were paying too much for everything, for housing, for rent, even for that old- fashioned term that nobody uses anymore, groceries But the only way to fix that problem and lower those costs, to vote for him, because he was the only one who understood your pain Cut two We are a year and a half into his second term and he unilaterally launched a trade war that sent the cost of everything surging Electricity is on average 11% higher across the board Healthc care is gutted for tens of millions of Americans How that makes things more affordable, I don't know Food assistance is cut for millions of Americans Again, how that makes things more affordable, I don't know And now gas is nearly at its highest point ever And what's Trump's priority The great populist champion, the feeler of our pain It is a war in the Middle East Surprise, surprise A war that has cost more than $30 billion so far, which we apparently have all the funding in the world for, even if we can't afford to have health care or SNAP benefits or anything else So, when Americans go to bed hungry, they can find some solace in the fact that Trump managed to cobble together enough change for a now threemonth war in the Middle East that shows no signs of ending anytime soon But Trump tries to justify all this by saying that prices are going to come down even lower than they were before, right Why stop at gas Why not just also claim that healthc care is going to be cheaper and groceries will be free and everybody gets a big house at no extra cost while we're on the topic of just making up In reality, this is what the outlook is for cheap gas So, how long is it going to be before we actually start to see some relief Look at this This is where we were before the war started This is where we are right now There's a huge amount of time that it's going to take according to the futures market before we get back down to that sub70 an oil level Look at this. 2032 So you want $3 gas again, you're going to have to wait maybe 6 years And so what does that mean for everything Look at this Produce, clothing, airfare, gas, shipping, all of these rely on high gas prices, high oil prices All of them are going to continue to be more expensive as long as this lasts. >> I'm sorry, did I hear you correctly Did you say 2032? >> Yeah So, if you look at this, this tells you what the oil market is predicting prices will be in the future We don't get back down to this level until 2032 That's the prediction We'll see if that ends up being the case. >> 2032 All because Trump decided that what we really need is a war overseas because America first or something Trump goes on to suggest that had he not terminated the Iran nuclear deal from Obama that Iran would have already had and used a nuke, which of course is nonsense considering Trump is right now attempting to strike a deal with the same provisions as the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal, except he can't even get the straight of Hormuz open And he spent already at least $30 billion in the process But I guess it's always easy to just sit there in your pit of failure and claim that it definitely totally would have been way way worse with the other guy Although I should ask this pretty simple question at this point Did Iran get a nuclear weapon while the JCPOA was intact No Huh It's almost like having a diplomatic agreement worked then Huh And it's almost like when Trump says that he quote guarantees that Iran would have had and used a nuke if he hadn't killed the JCPOA He's full of I know, hard to imagine So look, the reality is that Donald Trump will engage in his rambling screeds and pretend that he's still some genius and everybody else except him is stupid, but words are cheap All you have to do if you want to get a sense of how successful his presidency is is ask yourself the following questions Are you better off right now Is your health care cheaper or more expensive How about your grocery bill Your electricity bill How about clothing and electronics How about toys or the gas at the pump It would be bad enough that Donald Trump is presiding over surging costs everywhere But even worse, given the fact that this guy, of all people, knows better He exploited your pain over high costs to get your vote And the moment he had power, not only did he fail to fix any of the problems that he campaigned on, but he exacerbated them He made them worse And then instead of fixing it, you know where his attention went To his ballroom, which he cannot shut the up about To his repaved rose garden, his granite walkway to the Oval Office, his Qatari jet, his 1.776 billion dollar slush fund for his criminal associates And now he's hosting a UFC match on the White House lawn And that's what he's talking about this week because that is how much he cares about you He is broadcasting that he does not give a flying about your problems, your high costs, and your lives because he himself personally is fine He's being entertained They say Nero fiddled while Rome burned And if Trump wasn't so preoccupied with his vanity projects, he might have had some time to learn the lessons of the past Before you go, I'm very excited to announce that I've written a new book titled The Day After: How to Wield Power in a PostTrump World The book explores what is, in my opinion, the single most important theme that we're dealing with in politics today and moving forward Power Specifically, how Republicans abuse it and how Democrats refuse to wield it This book explains how we got here and more importantly, how we should finally wield power if we're fortunate enough to get it back It is the blueprint for progressives who want to do far more than just restore the status quo Please pre-order today by visiting the link in the episode description or go to brianttylercoen.com/book You can grab yours from any of the major retailers like Amazon or Barnes & Noble or find an independent bookstore closest to you that's also listed on that website Thanks so much for supporting Independent Media.