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“If you look at the stock market’s up, everything's doing really well. And the big thing we have to do, we have to make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. Because if they do, you want to talk about problems, you’d have problems.”
If he regrets clashing with the Pope- “No, no I have to do what's right.”
“I have nothing against the Pope, his brother is MAGA all the way, I like his brother.”
“The Pope made a statement, he says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
“I have a right to disagree with the pope.”
“The Pope can say what he wants, and I want him to say what he wants, but I can disagree.”
“This is the real world.”
On Israel/Lebanon ceasefire- “They’re all agreeing, it’s a very nice little package for about a week.”
On Bishops saying the Pope is preaching the Gospel- “I want him to preach the Gospel, I’m all about the Gospel. But I also know that you cannot let a certain country, which is a very mean-spirited country, have a nuclear weapon.”
“I’m all about the Gospel. I’m about it as much as anybody can be.”
You’re willing to extend the ceasefire?- “If I needed to, I would.”
On FLOTUS’ Epstein announcement/ speaking up now because- “It bothered her that the fake news was being fake news. That’s all. She just wanted to clarify.”
Are you still interested in acquiring Iranian oil? “Well, we’ll see. We have a very good relationship with Iran right now, as hard as it is to believe.”
On potential deal with Iran/ extending ceasefire- “If we’re close to a deal, would I extend? Yeah, I would do that. But we’re close to a deal.”
On China trip next month- “I have a great relationship, as you know, with President Xi and I look forward to being there. We have a very special relationship.”
Would you ever go to Pakistan to seal the deal yourself?- “I would, I would go to Pakistan, yeah. Pakistan has been great, they’ve been so great. Islamabad, I’ll be— I might go. Yeah. If the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go… I might go, they want me.”