I’M VINDICATED IN ONE WAY BUT
IN ANOTHER WAY IT IS VERY
UNFAIR, GOT A LOT OF ANGRY
PEOPLE OUT THERE.
STUART: HOW WOULD YOU GET GAS
PRICES DOWN?
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS WE ARE IN
THIS TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL
FUELS TO A GREEN ENERGY ECONOMY
AND THIS TRANSITION WILL MAKE
US STRONGER.
HOW WOULD YOU GET GAS PRICES
DOWN?
>> IF HE’S GOING TO FORCE A
TRANSITION LIKE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE UNABLE TO COMPETE
WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD AND
WE WILL HAVE A VERY VERY
DOWNGRADED ECONOMY.
IT IS CRAZY WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
WE CAN DO EVERYTHING, WE HAVE
GREEN, WE HAVE EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THE OIL COMPANIES, IF YOU LET
THEM GO, REALLY LET THEM GO
LIKE I DID WE HAD CLEANER AIR
AND WE HAD CLEANER WATER THAN
WE HAVE IN 34 YEARS OR
SOMETHING AND I LET EVERYBODY
GO AND THEY HAD TO DO IT IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE WAY,
ENVIRONMENTALLY EXCELLENT WAY
BUT WE HAD MORE OIL, REMEMBER
WATCHING YOUR SHOW WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT OIL WAS SO LOW
THEY WOULD PAY YOU, WASN’T GOOD
FOR WALL STREET BECAUSE YOU HAD
TO TAKE THE BARREL.
THEY DIDN’T WANT IT.
THAT WAS TOO LOW BECAUSE WE
WOULD HAVE LOST OUR OIL COMPANY
SO THEY GOT IT UP BUT WE HAD
ONE DOLLAR AND 87 GASOLINE.
THE PRICE FOR OIL WAS SO
INCREDIBLE, WE HAD SO MUCH OIL,
I FILLED UP THE NATIONAL
STRATEGIC RESERVES, ALMOST
NOTHING BECAUSE I DID IT AT A
LOW POINT, ASKED THAT QUESTION.
NOW HE IS TAKING THAT WHICH IS
A TINY LITTLE BAND-AID, A SMALL
BAND-AID, TAKING THAT AND
TRYING TO GET GAS PRICES DOWN
BY GOING INTO THE STRATEGIC
RESERVES THAT I BUILT UP.
STUART: WOULD YOU --
>> I HAVE TO SAY THIS.
IT DOES.
IN THEORY IT IS NOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT
DOESN’T BUT IT REALLY DOES.
THE RUSSIA UKRAINE SITUATION
WOULD HAVE NEVER EVER HAPPENS,
0 CHANCE UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WHEN IF YOU ARE PRESIDENT
PUTIN WOULD NOT HAVE INVADED
UKRAINE?
>> NO CHANCE.
I WAS THERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND
HE DIDN’T DO IT.
THERE WAS NO CHANCE AND I
TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.
I KNOW HIS INTENTIONS, HE WOULD
HAVE LIKED TO BUT HE WOULD
NEVER HAVE DONE IT UNDER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
STUART: WHEN DID YOU LAST SPEAK
TO PUTIN?
>> A WHILE AGO.
NOTHING RECENTLY.
STUART: WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT
I TAKE IT?
>> WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT.
STUART: DO YOU WANT HIM?
>> I TOLD HIM.
I SAID -- I’M NOT GOING TO SAY
EXACTLY WHAT I SAID BUT IT WAS
MUCH ROUGHER THAN I LIKE TO SAY
IT.
BUT I TOLD HIM CAN’T DO IT, NOT
GOING TO DO IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE WOULD
NOT HAVE DONE IT.
HE DIDN’T DO IT.
FOUR YEARS HE DIDN’T.
CHINA SENDING BOMBERS OVER
TAIWAN ALL THE TIME.
STUART: WHEN YOU WERE
PRESIDENT, YOU TALKED TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND YOU TALKED
ABOUT IN INVADING UKRAINE AND
YOU TOLD HIM DON’T DO IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I TALKED ABOUT HIM NOT INVADING
UKRAINE.
I TOLD HIM DON’T DO IT.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.
LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.
100%.
STUART: LET ME TALK ABOUT
TAIWAN.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DEFEND
TAIWAN FROM AN INVASION BY
CHINA AND DEFEND TAIWAN
MILITARILY WITH US TROOPS? >> I HEARD THE STATEMENT
>> I HEARD THE STATEMENT
YESTERDAY AND IT WAS A BAD
STATEMENT, WE SHOULD BE -- WE
HAVE TO HAVE OPTIONS.
TAIWAN TAKES BIG ADVANTAGE, TO
CRAZY PRICES ETC.
.
AND THEY BUY SOME EQUIPMENT
WHICH IS VERY SMALL RELATIVELY.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DEFEND, AND
9000 MILES AWAY FROM US.
VERY SIMPLY YOU DON’T RESPOND
TO THAT, YOU NEVER KNOW.
JUST IN LIMBO.
THE ANSWER IS MAYBE YES AND MAY
BE NO.
$40 BILLION TO UKRAINE.
DOING A TINY FRACTION OF THAT, MORE GREATLY AFFECTED THAN WE
MORE GREATLY AFFECTED THAN WE
ARE BY 200.
IT IS ACTUALLY 54 BILLION
BECAUSE WE GAVE 14 OR 17.
THE UNITED STATES IS THE SUCKER
AND THE UNITED STATES IS
SPENDING 14 -- 40+17, SPENDING
ALL OF THIS MONEY AND EUROPE IS
SPENDING A TINY FRACTION OF
THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TRULY
AFFECTED.
IT IS A HORROR SHOW.
IT IS UNFAIR THE UNITED STATES
IS PAYING AS USUAL AND REMEMBER
THIS.
EUROPE RIPPED US OFF ON TRADE,
IT IS STOPPING, FULLY STOCKED
WITH ANOTHER 12 MONTHS, EUROPE
IN MANY WAYS, ALMOST AS BAD AS
CHINA, THEY DON’T TAKE OUR CARS
OR DO ANYTHING.
WITH DEFENDING THEM, THEY ARE
NOT SPENDING THE MONEY.
WE DON’T ASK.
NOBODY ASKS.
STUART: HAVE YOU TALKED ELON
MUSK RECENTLY?
>> NOT RECENTLY.
STUART: WOULD YOU GET BACK ON
THE TWITTER PLATFORM AND
REINSTATE YOUR ACCOUNT?
MUSK SAID HE’S DONE WITH THE
DEMOCRATS?
>> HE WANTS TO GO ON BADLY.
I WON’T BECAUSE I HAVE TRUTH
SOCIAL WHICH IS TRUTH AND IT IS
BETTER THAN TWITTER, IT IS
DOING WELL AS YOU KNOW.
IT IS A HOT ONE.
WE WATCH THE SPAMS WE WATCH ALL
OF THIS STUFF.
I THINK TWITTER HAS A BAD STORY
AHEAD.
IT IS NONREFUNDABLE IN THEORY.
THRESHOLD WHATEVER THE
THRESHOLD IS.
STUART: HAVE YOU LOST --
>> TWITTER IS A DYING TIGER AND
I HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE
SUCCESS OF TWITTER.
WHEN I WENT ON IT WAS A FAILED
COMPANY A LONG TIME AGO, 12
YEARS AGO.
IT GOT HOT AND ALL OF THAT,
WHEN THEY TOOK ME OFF, TOOK A
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING AND GOING TO TRUTH A
LOT OF THEM GOING TO TRUTH.
STUART: I WANT TO GET THIS IN.
WE HAVE QUITE A SHARP STOCK
MARKET DECLINE DOWN 25%, 30%,
HAVE YOU LOST ANY MONEY IN THE
MARKET AND DOES THIS SUGGEST
THIS GOES TO RECESSION?
>> I HAVEN’T LOST ANY MONEY IN
THE MARKET BECAUSE I HAVEN’T
INVESTED IN STOCKS BECAUSE I
DON’T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
MARKET.
I’VE NEVER HAD A BIG STOCK
PERSON BUT I CALLED THE MARKETS
WELL.
THE COMPANY IS VERY SUCCESSFUL,
YOU READ THE STUFF, PRIVATE
COMPANY, AND -- WHERE I’M
GETTING 1%, 2%, NOT IN THE
STOCK MARKETS.
STUART: RECESSION COMING?
STUART: I HOPE IT IS ONLY A
RECESSION.
>> OKAY.
WE ONE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR