Q In 2004, George W. Bush said here in Normandy, "We would do it again for our friends." Would you say that, too?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah, sure. I would.
Q (Speaks French.) (No translation provided.)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would certainly recommend that, definitely. Look, this was a great, unifying situation. There's probably been - seldom in history has there been anything like it. But especially when you heard about the waves of people coming in - knowing they were going to be killed, most of them - it's just an incredible thing.
And then the result was - as many people died, the result was so important because it - we have what we have today because of things like that. And it's very sad, but I would absolutely be right there. I would be right there.
We have a very good partnership. We really have a - "partnership," I guess, maybe is the best word. They talk about "allies" and they talk about many different words you could use. But we have a great partnership - France and the U.S.
Q Mr. President, when will you decide whether to impose additional tariffs on China?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Additional tariffs on China?
Q (Inaudible) that you were looking at $300 billion.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you mean when am I going to put the extra 325 billion dollars' worth of tariffs? I will make that decision, I would say, over the next two weeks - probably right after the G20. One way or the other, I'll make that decision after the G20. I'll be meeting with President Xi, and we'll see what happens. But probably planning it sometime after G20. Okay? Thank you.
PRESIDENT MACRON: (Speaks French.) (No translation provided.)
Q Do you support Brexit? Is it a good way - do you support Brexit? Is it a good way to ensure Europe is at peace and strong?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, that's really going to be between the UK and the European Union. And they're working very hard. I know they're working very hard together. It doesn't seem to be working out, but, at some point, something will happen. One way or the other, it'll all work out.
But I'm interested to find out how it happens also. Very big will be who's going to be the new prime minister over in the UK. That's going to be a very big thing. That's happening now. So I think, before you can think in terms of Brexit for the next few weeks, you're going to have to find out what happens - who's going to be the new leader. And that's a very interesting situation taking place.
I found it to be a very - sort of an amazing period of time, especially having spent so much time with the Queen, who I think is an incredible lady. But I spent so much time, and, you know, there's a lot of question marks as to who's going to be leading. And so it was very interesting talking to her, being with her for so many hours, actually. For so many - I feel I know her so well. And she certainly knows me very well right now. But we have a very good relationship also with the United Kingdom. But it'll all work out.
Q Mr. President, you two leaders have had differences over Iran in the past. Do those differences remain? And will you be talking about them today?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I don't think we have differences over Iran. I don't think that the President wants to see nuclear weapons, and neither do I. And that's what it's all about. He doesn't want to see them having nuclear weapons, and I don't want to see them having nuclear weapons. And they won't have nuclear weapons. With that being said, you know, let's see what happens with Iran.
But when I became President - it's hard to believe two and a half years ago; now more - Iran was a true state of terror. They still are, but they were undisputed champions of terror, and that's a bad thing. And we had 14 different locations where they were fighting (inaudible), between Yemen and Syria, but many other locations and many other battle sites.
And it was all about Iran. They were behind every one of them. They're not doing that anymore. They're doing very poorly as a nation. They're failing as a nation. And I don't want them to fail as a nation. They can - we can turn that around very quickly.
But the sanctions have been extraordinary how powerful they've been, and other things. I understand they want to talk. And if they want to talk, that's fine. We'll talk. But the one thing that they can't have is they can't have nuclear weapons. And I think the President of France would agree with that very strongly. I think that he would agree that they cannot have nuclear weapons.
PRESIDENT MACRON: I think we do share the same objectives on Iran. What do we want to do? First, you want to be sure they don't get nuclear weapon. I mean, we had an instrument until 2025. We want to go further and have full certainty on the long run. Second, we want to reduce ballistic activity. And third, we want to contain the regional activity.
I mean, these three approaches - these three objectives are important. We have, as well, a fourth common objective: peace in the region. So, we have to deliver together these four objectives.
This a point. This is a point. And all the other debates are about technicalities. In order to build that, you need to start a negotiation, and I think the words pronounced by President Trump is that they are very important. We need to open a new negotiation in order to build and to get these four objectives.
Thank you.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much.
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