President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hold an impromptu press conference before departing Bedminster, New Jersey en route to the White House.
Topics included the devastating flood in Texas, Elon Musk creating a third party, the ongoing trade negotiations and pending tariffs, President Trump’s conversations with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as the upcoming visit of Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday.
As noted by Secretary Lutnick the new tariff rates go into effect August 1st. WATCH:
President Trump held an impromptu presser aboard Air Force One traveling to New Jersey after July 4th celebrations. Interesting comments about Ukraine and Russia as President Trump took several questions.
At 07:51, “Mr President, are you confident you will be able to find a way to end the fighting in Ukraine?” President Trump responds, “That’s an interesting question”…. WATCH:
As President Trump, Secretary Noem (DHS), Secretary Rollins (Ag), Secretary Burgum (Int) and various administration officials arrive back to Joint Base Andrews from their visit to Iowa last night, the President delivers impromptu remarks to the assembled press pool.
Covering a wide range of topics and questions, President Trump and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins also explained Trump’s controversial remarks about expanded visas for illegal alien farm workers to get them into compliance. Secretary Rollins states an expedited H2A guestworker visa is currently in the works.
President Trump also notes from his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, likely focused on Iran, Trump does not think Russia is in a position to want to stop the current conflict with Ukraine and President Trump does not want to get pulled further into the conflict. WATCH:
President Trump also notes that he will begin sending letters to countries today specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States. The applied reciprocity rates will vary from 10/20 percent to 60/70 percent depending on the scale of the trade deficit and other factors.
President Trump speaks to reporters before departing Joint Base Andrews en route to Des Moines, Iowa, following the House of Representatives vote to send the Big Beautiful Bill to his Desk.
President Trump was asked about promises made to the GOP holdouts, the talk earlier today with Vladimir Putin, his thoughts and opinions of the Big Beautiful Bill overall, the ongoing issues with Iran and new trade agreements.
President Trump noted he was planning to send letters of notification to approximately 100 countries letting them know their tariff rate effective July 9th. Any nation not currently in trade negotiations with the U.S. will be given a notice of their import tariff rate; remember the baseline is 10% minimum for every nation – even those with FTAs.
President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem meet with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at the new illegal alien detention and transfer facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
All three government leaders held a brief presser on the tarmac at the transitional airport. WATCH:
Chopper pressers are the best pressers. As President Trump departs the White House for a trip to an illegal alien detention center called “alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, he pauses to talk to the assembled press pool. WATCH:
As Robert F Kennedy Jr outlines all the bad things the Health and Human Services agency is doing, terrible vaccines, dangerous food additives, horrible health effects from toxic food chemicals, along with corruption, bribery and pay-to-play schemes within the medical advisory system, someone ought to tell him he’s the Health and Human Services Secretary now.
Secretary RFK JR sits down with Tucker Carlson to outline all the deleterious impacts from the processes that flow out of the healthcare system he now controls.
Chapters:
0:00 The Organized Opposition to RFK’s Mission
6:46 Uncovering the Reason for Skyrocketing Rates of Autism
13:41 How Big Pharma Enslaves Doctors and Profits off Sickness
24:22 Is It Possible to End the Corrupt Relationship Between Big Pharma and Corporate Media?
As the Senate begins debate to amend the Big Beautiful Budget reconciliation bill, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to deliver a press briefing today at 1:00pm ET. Livestream links below.
Following the event at the State Department, President Donald Trump hosts the representatives from Congo and Rwanda following their historic peace agreement ending 30-years of bloody conflict. WATCH: