WEBVTT - Minnesota, Root of All Evil? 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.360 My name is Charlie Kirk. I run the largest pro 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:09.960 American student organization in the country, fighting for the future 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:13.360 of our republic. My call is to fight evil and 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.520 to proclaim truth. If the most important thing for you 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:19.919 is just feeling good, you're gonna end up miserable. But 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.200 if the most important thing is doing good, you'll end 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:24.480 up purposeful. 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:26.040 College is a scam, everybody. 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:27.760 You got to stop sending your kids to college. 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:28.880 You should get married. 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:31.160 As young as possible and have as many kids as possible. 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.280 Go start at turning point you would say, college chapter. 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:35.599 Go start attning point. 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We are going to throw 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.520 right here at the top to the press conference that 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.600 Caroline Levitt is leading and the White House Press briefing room. 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:26.920 It's the first one since the deposition of Maduro in Venezuela, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:28.720 so we're actually getting a lot of information. Let's go 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:30.560 ahead and throw back to Caroline Levit. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.880 Maximum leverage over the interim authorities in Venezuela right now, 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.520 and the President has made it very clear that this 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.360 is a country within the United States, the Western hemisphere, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.120 close by the United States, that is no longer going 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.440 to be sending illegal drugs to the United States of America. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.560 It's no longer going to be sending and trafficking illegal 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.640 people in criminal cartels to kill American. 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.440 Citizens as they have in the past. And the President is. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.720 Fully deploying his piece through strength Foreign policy agenda. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:01.880 So we're continuing to be in close. 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:06.160 Coordination with the interim authorities and their decisions are going 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:07.080 to continue. 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:08.880 To be dictated by the United States of America. 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.360 Just one follow up when you talk about that leverage, there, 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:15.200 has the Venezuelan government fully committed to turning over its 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:15.720 oil to. 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.120 The United States and definitely and what happens if they 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:18.359 do not. 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.160 Well, as you saw the President announced last night, this 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.360 was a deal. This was a deal made by the 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.800 President and his team with the Venezuelan interim authorities. This 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.799 will benefit both the American people and the Venezuelan people. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.639 And Secretary Right and the Department of Energy are working 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.320 with the interim authorities and also with the private oil 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:39.360 industry to execute on this historic energy deal that's not 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.400 only good for the United States, but it's also going 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.520 to revive the prosperity, the safety, the security. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.120 Of both the United States and Venezuela as well ed. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.360 Following up on the oil part of this, thirty to 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:53.560 fifty million barrels of oil, how exactly is actually into 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.520 worker You're getting it out of Venezuela into the United States. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:58.600 Yes, then that's exactly right. 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:00.960 So as you know ed, as the President announced last night, 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.919 this was the sanctioned oil that was basically just sitting 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.320 in barrels, sitting on ships because of the effective quarantine 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.760 of the United States of America and these the interim 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.600 authorities have agreed to release dot oil to the United States, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.480 so it will be arriving here at home very soon. 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:19.120 The United States government has already begun marketing Venezuelan crude 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.679 oil and the globate marketplace for the benefit of the 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.640 United States. Engage the world's leading commodity marketers key banks 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:29.080 to execute and provide financial support for these crude oil 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.639 and crude product sales. All proceeds from the sale of 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:36.080 Venezuelan crude oil and products will first settle in US 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:40.240 control accounts at globally recognized banks to guarantee the legitimacy 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.760 and integrity of the ultimate distribution of proceeds, and those 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.200 funds will be dispersed for the benefit of the American 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.240 people and the Venezuelan people at the discretion of the 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:51.280 United States government. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.360 Sounds like it requires a lot of private sector engagement 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.080 and agreement, and the oil industry and the banking industry 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:58.640 I have that. 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.560 Yet, there's a lot of private sector engagement that's happening 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.480 right now, as you know, Secretary right our Energy secretary 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.480 who's heading up this big project, is in Florida today 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.960 meeting with some of these oil executives, and as we 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.000 confirmed earlier, they will also be at the White House 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.840 later this week. So they are absolutely eager to invest 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.880 their eager about these opportunities and Secretary right is a 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.159 very well knowledgeable guy when it comes to oil and energy, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.400 and he's the perfect man for the job. 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.320 Another quarter of the world. The real quick going to 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:27.000 go go ahead. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.040 So just to follow up on the oil thirty to 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.320 fifty million barrels is an initial trunk, if you will, 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:34.599 and then what happened to after that. 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:34.800 For. 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.480 I won't get ahead of the plans that the President 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.840 and his team are currently speaking with the Interim Authority 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:42.239 is about. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.920 But rest assured there is a long term plan here. 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.120 Secretary Rubio and the entire team are working diligently on 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.120 and this is just sort of the first action that 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.160 you all are seeing ed. 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:53.360 Thanks goh So. 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.919 In order to get these oil companies to invest billions 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.480 in Venezuela, how will the US reassure that their workers 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.000 will be safe in Venezuela to there be troops. 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.240 You will at this point in time, as you know, 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.360 there are no troops on the ground in Venezuela. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.080 The President, of course, reserves the. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.839 Right to use the United States military if necessary, it's 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.480 not something he wants to do. Diplomacy is always the 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.560 first option, as you saw he tried that with Nicholas Maduro, 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:20.440 but unfortunately he was an illegitimate dictator and an unserious person, 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:24.279 and so President Trump authorized this law enforcement operation. And 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.520 now Nicholas Maduro is sitting in a prison cell in 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.000 New York. So certainly the President is going to do 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.479 what's in the best interests of the American people, and 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.920 that includes workers from our energy and oil industry meeting tomorrow. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.080 With that meeting tomorrow, what is the message the president 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:38.719 is going to give to the oil executives and what 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:39.440 does he want to hear? 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.400 Well, the meeting is on Friday, and it's just a 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.400 meeting to discuss, obviously the immense opportunity that is before 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:47.640 these oil companies right now. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:52.719 Stephen Caroline, and congratulations again, thank you to The New 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:56.240 Yorker had a story yesterday on the Vice president and 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.760 it questioned his quote notable absence on Venezuela. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.320 The sub headline asked, was the Vice president's exclusion from 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:07.400 the operation in Venezuela and expression of this anti anti 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:11.640 interventionist ideology or political calculation. Would you be able to 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.240 discuss the Vice president's role in Venezuela policy. 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.280 I did see that report in the New Yorker and 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.240 quite frankly, I laughed out loud because it's very clear 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:22.240 it's a fake report that's trying to so distrust in 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.719 division amongst the president and his team. Let me just 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.400 be very clear, if the vice president has been involved 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.640 in all policy, he is the right hand man of 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.400 the president on all policy matters, including Venezuela policy. He 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.200 was of course read in and deeply involved in this 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.640 operation from the very beginning, and he was present on 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.680 the night of the operation via secure communication at a 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:49.960 different location as to not damage the operational secrecy of 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.599 this mission that was so incredibly important to ensure that 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.320 this mission could be carried out successfully without endangering our troops. 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:05.720 Sure, the US seized tanker recently, Russia specifically asked the 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:10.600 United States not to seize that tanker. Does this action 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.560 risk a larger conflict with Russia? 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.200 I believe you're referring to the below one tanker that 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.280 was seized this morning. The Department of Justice and the 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.120 Department of Homeland Security and coordination with the Department of 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.640 War did announce that seizure this morning for violations of 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:30.600 US sanctions. I've spoken about the enforcement of our sanctions 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:34.760 policy at the podium prior to the new year. In 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.960 this administration is going to fully enforce the sanctioned policy. 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:39.600 Of the United States. 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.120 The vessel this morning was seized in the North Atlantic 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.080 pursuant to a warrant issued by a US federal court 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.880 after being tracked, and this was a Venezuelan shadow fleet 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.240 vessel that has transported sanctioned oil in the United States 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:52.920 of America. 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.160 Under this president is not going to tolerate that. 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.600 I would also just add the vessel head a judicial 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.680 seizure order and the crew mean the crew is now 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:04.360 subject to prosecution for any applicable violation of federal law 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:06.400 and they will be brought to the United States for 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.040 such prosecution if necessary. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.640 Kelly, Caroline, happy to you, to you, Thank you too 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:12.280 much to talk to you. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:14.680 A couple of things real quickly. The first question about 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.520 the Venezuelan people. As you know, there's some eight million 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.560 of Venezuelans here, some of them celebrating in the streets. 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.600 There are Venezuelans on the ground who are concerned about 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:27.440 their safety. What does the Trump administration, what is it 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:32.000 doing to actually help people in Venezuela understand that they 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.560 will be secure throughout this transition. 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.360 I think the fact that this president actually followed through 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.600 on the long held promise of the United States of America, 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:46.439 the bipartisan promise to take down the illegitimate Maduro regime, 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.600 should give assurance to the Venezuelan people and also Venezuelan 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.000 Americans who fled this communist regime for a better life 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.200 here at home, that this is a president who is 0:08:56.240 --> 0:09:00.760 serious about taking down illegitimate regimes and who is also 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.319 serious about securing the security of the United States of America, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.720 including the Venezuelan American people. And I would just add 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.480 that this is something that not just Republicans and President 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.880 Trump have talked about for a very long time, but 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.000 it is also something that Democrats have advocated for. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.840 In twenty twenty, Chuck Schumer said that. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.640 At the time President Trump had not brought an end 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.680 to the Maduro regime. The Maduro regime is more powerful 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.800 today and more in trench today than it was when 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.600 the president began. Now you hear Chuck Schumer out there 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.600 saying this is reckless. The American people and the Venezuelan 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:35.720 people should be in fear. But this is something that 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.400 Chuck Schumer has long advocated for Senator Chris van Holland. 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.960 Same thing had said that the United States is going 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.720 to use its leverage and influence to push for negotiations 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.480 to transition to the truly elected leader. This was under 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.720 President Biden. We know Maduro and his cronies don't want 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.080 to go quietly into the night. The US needs to 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.600 work to ratchet up the pressure now. Senator Holland says 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.120 it's an illegal act of war to get rid of 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.080 of Nicholas Maduro. So the hypocrisy is really astounding here, 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.160 and thank you for giving me an opportunity to point 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:06.839 it out with Kaylea, I. 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:10.560 Mean sorry, go ahead, Yes, the reports that the administration 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.679 is demanding that Venezuela cut ties with China Russia, I 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:14.400 ran in Cuba. 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:18.479 Can you confirm I'm sorry it reports that the administration 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.959 has essentially demanded that Venezuela cut. 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.000 Ties with China Russia. I ran in Cuba. Can you 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:24.480 confirm that? 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.720 Well, those alleged demands were made in a classified briefing 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.480 by Secretary Rubio, and I know that there's a lot 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.439 of leaks coming out of these classified briefings, so I'm 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.640 not going to confirm or deny or get into what 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.000 the Secretary has set in classified settings to members of Congress. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.760 But I think that the administration has made it quite 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.400 clear to the interim authorities in Venezuela that this is 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.760 the Western Hemisphere and American dominance is going to continue 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.080 under this president. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:50.840 Aska. 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.600 There have also been reports that the US could potentially 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.320 by Greenland is as one potential option on the table. 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.560 What would such an offer look like? 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.840 Is there anything monetarily you could provide a details there. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.680 Well, that's something that's currently being actively discussed by the 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.880 President and his national security team. And I would point 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.000 out that the acquisition of Greenland by the United States 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.760 is not a new idea. This is something that presidents 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:18.040 dating back to the eighteen hundreds have said is advantageous 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.679 for America's national security. The President has been very open 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.480 and clear with all of you and with the world 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.440 that he've used it in the best interests of the 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:30.520 United States to deter Russian and Chinese aggression in the 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.360 Arctic region. And so that's why his team is currently 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.960 talking about what a potential purchase would look like. 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:38.480 Chucky here, I. 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.600 Thought about Greenland, why not rule out taking it by 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:42.560 military force? 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.920 I know that past presidents and past leaders have often 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:52.920 ruled things out. They've often been very open about ruling 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:56.520 things in and basically broadcasting their foreign policy strategy to 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.439 the rest of the world, not just to our allies, 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.760 but most egregious to our adversaries. That's not something this 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.760 president does. All options are always on the table for 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.480 President Trump as he examines what's in the best interests 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:09.400 of the United States. 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:10.400 But I will just. 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:15.160 Say that the president's first option always has been diplomacy. Again, 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:19.440 look at Venezuela. He tried ardently to strike a good 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.320 deal with Nicholas Maduro, and he told him, I will 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.319 use the United States military and you will not like 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.440 it if you don't take such a deal. 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.000 And look at what happened with respect to Iran. 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.240 The President said the same thing, right, he try to 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.720 have serious interest and then a deal with the Iranian 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.800 regime with respect to their nuclear capabilities. They were not interested, 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:43.239 and so Operation Midnight Hammer happened, which was another remarkable 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.520 military success under the leadership of this commander in chief. 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.160 So the president keeps his options open, but diplomacy is 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:50.880 always the first. 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:55.200 Quickly, just one additional call uponment does the President recognize 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.280 Denmark's ownership as part of the Kingdom because there been 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:05.280 some Republican senators questioning, you know, the claim that Denmark 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.080 has to Greenland. Is the President in that camp with them, 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:09.280 you know, questioning. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.679 The legality of I have not heard him question it personally, 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.560 but you're welcome to ask him yourself next time you 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:15.120 have the chance. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.800 Thank andans lifted for Venezuela. 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.679 We got to lift some sanctions to let the oil 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:20.040 come in. 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:21.680 Can you talk about that just very brief. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.760 Yeah, So the US is selectively rolling back sanctions to 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.800 enable the transport and the sale of Venezuelan crude and 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:29.440 oil products to the global markets. 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:35.319 Yes, everybody, This is Andrew Colvet, executive producer of the 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.679 Charlie Kirk Show. 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I know they are well aware 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:04.040 and tracking. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:04.800 Kelly. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.640 Two questions, One on the c's vestments, the villa of 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.000 the Sofia. Can you tell us where they're headed, what 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.840 happens to any existing cargo, and you reference personnel but 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:15.720 potentially facing the prosecution. 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:16.600 That's one thing I'd like. 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.400 Yes, And on the Bela yes, okay. 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.040 And on Anny's question, if I can also ask, does 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:26.480 the administration believe that the interim regime should release all 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:31.120 political dissidents and prisoners and return to tainted Americans. 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.920 That's not a question that I've personally spoken about the 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.520 to the President with so I will let him answer 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.360 that question. I don't want to make new policy at 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.480 this podium today with respect to Venezuela. With respect to 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.880 the two ships that you mentioned, I spoke with you 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.560 about the Bella one. There was another vessel this morning, 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.080 the Sofia, that, in coordination with the Department of War 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.120 the Department of Homeland Security apprehended it. This is a 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:59.640 stateless sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker and this occurred without incident. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.920 This vessel was operating in international waters and conducting illicit 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:07.120 activities in the Caribbean Sea. The US Coast Guard is 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.880 is escorting the SOFIA to the United States for final disposition. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.760 To answer your question, Kelly directly, this was through Operation 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.160 Southern Sphere. The Department of War is unwavering in its 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.840 mission to crush illicit activity in the Western Hemisphere, and 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.760 as the President has repeatedly stated, We're going to defend 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.320 our homeland and restore security and strength across the Americas. 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.640 Dasha, Sasha Caurerlin, thank you and having me here. Thanks 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:32.880 to you too. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.920 The questions one on Venezuela, one on Greenland. You repeatedly 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.760 a podium called the current leadership in Venezuela interim leadership. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.760 There are Republicans and Democrats alike that say they want 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.520 to see elections in Venezuela. The President has said it's 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.040 too soon to do that right now. But is there 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.360 a timeline for elections in Venezuela as he committed to 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.320 seeing that year for example, you. 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.000 Just said, the President has answered that question. 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.480 So I will reiterate what the President has said a 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.160 few times now to all of you, which is that 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.720 it's too prematurture and too early to dictate a timetable 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.480 for elections in Venezuela right now. 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:07.920 Carolyn Carolina, You've just talked to Jackie about diplomacy first, right, 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.600 The Days have repeatedly said they are willing to collaborate 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:12.600 on all of the concerns that the President has, whether 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:16.200 it's more truths, mineral rights, intelligence sharing. Why does the 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.280 president feel he needs to own Greenland and not and 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.920 put out the threat of military action when this could 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:24.480 be done through diplomacy. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:28.040 Well, who said diplomacy isn't taking place behind the scenes, Stash. 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.040 I mean the President is interested in diplomacy. The National 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:34.040 Security team is as well, and of course he's always 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:35.960 willing to pick up the phone for everybody and hear 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.800 out their concerns. But the president is the president of 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:40.720 the United States of America, and he's always going to 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.760 be very clear about what he's views as being in 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.800 our nation's best interest. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.879 Reagan, Thanks, Caroline, I have a quessure for you in Venezuela, 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.199 and then I'd love to ask you about Minnesota and 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:51.880 Tim Walls. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:52.280 Sure. 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.000 On Venezuela, I'm wondering does the administration hope to start 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.359 sending more Venezuelan migrants back home or have them self, 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.879 or if the situation of the country and groups. 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.520 As far as I'm concerned, the policies of the Trump 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.320 administration and the Department of Homeland Security have not changed. 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.280 All those illegally present in the country are subject to deportation. 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.600 And I would just like to add how we got here. 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.159 The President was very clear on the campaign to the 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.480 American public, and it's one of the many reasons they 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.399 resoundingly re elected him back to this office that he 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:30.159 was not only going to crush foreign drug cartels, but 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.359 that he was not going to stand by and watch 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:38.879 as the illegitimate Venezuelan regime was sending illegal criminals and 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.320 gang members and rapists and murderers to our country, which 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:46.480 happened to the tune of thousands under the previous administration. 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.560 In president and so there could be nothing more America 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:51.480 First than this operation. 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:52.399 That took place last week. 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:54.080 And I would just remind all of you in this 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.520 room that there were innocent Americans like Jocelyn Nungere who 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.720 lost their lives at the hands of dangerous Venezuelan criminals 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.199 who were sent here by the Maduro regime. And that 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:08.080 has been the President's north star and guiding principle throughout 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:12.600 his entire policy since January twentieth Minnesota. 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:16.120 Does the administration believe that Tim Walls potentially dropped out 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.120 of the governor's race because he could be under criminal investigation. 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.080 I don't know if there's a criminal investigation. 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.159