Q So you're not totally convinced that you want to do this?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We haven't totally made up a decision. No. We haven't finalized anything, but the facility itself would be world class.
Q Would you like this facility to be named "Fort Trump?"
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, that's up to them. I have nothing to do with naming it.
Q What do you think?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Fort Trump." That's all I need,
"Fort Trump," and you people would have a field day with that, right? (Laughs.) No, that's up to them. They can name it whatever they want.
Yes, sir.
Q Thank you for allowing us to ask questions.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you.
Q Can you comment about - your speech in Poland was brilliant, so thank you very much.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you.
Q Can you comment -
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Did everybody hear that? No. (Laughter.)
Thank you.
Q Can you - a question - an open question: Can you comment about the energy cooperation? I understand that there is (inaudible).
PRESIDENT TRUMP: So, energy is a tremendous asset that we have. Since I'm President, we became the largest energy producer in the world. And we now are shipping a lot of energy offshore and to different countries. Vietnam just made a tremendous purchase of coal from West Virginia. We're a tremendous energy producer now in all forms of energy. And it's actually, within a year - especially if I get certain pipelines built - it won't even be close. We'll be double what other countries are.
It used to be Saudi Arabia and Russia; now it's United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. So we've made tremendous strides.
Poland is buying a lot of LNG. It's going to buy billions and billions of dollars' worth of LNG from us, and we appreciate that.
Q Is it the result of a common initiative, Mr. President?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That's right.
Q Mr. President, will you use sanctions to block Nord Stream II - the pipeline from Germany to Russia? From Russia to -
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're looking at it. Look, people have a right to do what they want to do. I think it's a - you know, something that I've been looking at and I'm thinking about. And I'm the one that brought up the pipeline problem where you have Russia giving a tremendous percentage of energy. You know this gas is going into Germany. I say,
"How can you do that?" So, we're protecting Germany from Russia. And Russia is getting billions and billions of dollars of money from Germany. I'm the one that brought up the problem.
With that being said, I hope they get along. But Russia is paying 1 percent, as I said. They're not paying 2 percent. They should be paying much more - Germany. That Germany is paying 1 percent; they should be paying 2 percent. They should really be paying more than that. But we'll see how that works out.
No, I think this: We have something much better. We have tremendous LNG - liquefied natural gas. And a lot of the European countries are wanting it, including yourselves. I mean, tremendous amounts are being sold to different places all over the world, but also to Europe. And I think that's really the way, if they want to spend a tremendous amount of money.
I do think this: And I would say, hopefully, nothing will happen. Nothing negative. Hopefully, we're going to have a great relationship with Russia, great relationship with China and with Germany, and everybody else. But I do think that Germany is putting themselves at a tremendous disadvantage when 50, 60, or 70 percent of their energy is being supplied by Russia. I don't know how you can do it.
Q (Inaudible) you have the power to block the pipeline. You can just put sanctions.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, Germany - no, no, let me explain it differently. Germany has the power to block it. You know how they block it? By not buying it. I mean, Germany made a decision to buy a tremendous percentage of their energy from Russia. Germany - whether they should be doing that or not, they're the ones that have the power to block it.
They shouldn't buy it. Or, if they want to, they can. But that's really a decision of Germany. I'm not saying that I would be in favor. I think the German people aren't very happy about it. Because it really makes Germany a hostage of Russia if things ever happened that were bad. Hopefully that will never be - happen.
Okay. Go ahead.
Q Your comments to - your reaction to new comments by Iran. Rouhani is saying Iran will not start a war but will defend itself if attacked.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I would think they would.
Q Your response? What do you think of that?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. I would think they would. I hope they defend themselves.
Q What do you think of that? Does that increase the chances of coming to the table?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would think they would defend themselves. Iran is not the same country. When I became President, Iran was a terror all over the world. They had just made this horrible deal for the United States - the Iran Nuclear Deal. And I became President and I terminated the deal. And Iran now is in chaos. It's got a lot of problems. I don't want them to be that way. But we're stopping their oil. We're stopping a lot of different things. We just stopped, two weeks ago, the steel, metals - all metals, all forms of metals.
And, as you know, they have tremendous inflation. They have a lot of problems. I don't want them to have problems. The problem could be solved, but you know what they have to do. And they didn't do it properly. And the deal that President Obama made was a horrible deal. It was a horrible deal - $150 billion; $1.8 billion in cash. It was a horrible deal, and I terminated the deal very nicely. I terminated the deal.
Since I terminated that deal, Iran is not the same country. But I - with all of it being said, hopefully we'll able to get along with Iran. If we can, that's great. And if we can't, that's great too.
Q Can I ask a question on Venezuela, please?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Venezuela is, obviously, in flux. It's doing unbelievably badly. This was, Mr. President, one of the richest countries. Had tremendous oil, tremendous everything. It just shows you, when you have a bad system, it became a socialistic system, or worse. And now people don't have food. They don't have water. They don't have anything. It's a very sad thing. We're watching Venezuela very closely.
Q You tweeted that Russia had told you that they were taking out a large part of their military. Russia has denied that. What is the situation right now? What do you know?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, let's just see who's right. You know what you're going to do? You're going to see in the end who's right. Okay?
Q What do you know at this point?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: You just watch it. Okay? And we'll see who's right. Ultimately, I'm always right.
Yeah. Go ahead.
Q Sir, are you any closer to making the decision on meeting with Putin at the G20?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'll be meeting with Putin at the G20. I'll be meeting with President Xi at the G20. I'll be meeting with many of the leaders at the G20.
Q Are you going to have a lot of people in the room with you - national security officials?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, it's probably easier because you people are so untrusting. So it's probably better if I - would you like to be in the room? Okay?
Q I would love to report on it.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Would you like to be? I can imagine you would be.
Q I would love - sir. Sir, I would love -
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think it's probably easier is we have people in the room because you people don't trust anything.
Go ahead.
