Trump:

Venezuela is not ready for elections yet.

Delcy has been doing a fantastic job.

Trump:

I owned the Miss Universe pageant, and Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant.

So I know something about the country.

Trump on Iran:

They want to make a deal. Sometimes they say they don't want to make a deal—they want to be the tough guys.

There's two ways: we can take them apart piece by piece, or we can negotiate with them, which is what we are also doing right now.

As we speak, we are talking to them.

Reporter: Hegseth said China and Russia are enabling Iran.

Trump: Both Xi and Putin said to me that they would not partake.

I trust them. I don't think they would want me disappointed.

Trump on Iran:

We are talking to them right now. I think they are getting more and more serious as the days go by.

I consider the deal the smarter way, but doing what we are doing is the easier way.

We are locked and loaded.

Trump on Iran:

When I went into Venezuela, everyone was against it. Then, two days later, they said, "Wow, that's fantastic."

A lot of people are saying that with Iran already.

Trump on Iran:

I think they are being, by far, the most serious so far.

Trump:

Obama went after journalists, and nobody said anything about it.

When Obama does it, it's okay, but when I do it, it's not.

Trump on the Saudi nuclear deal:

If Saudi Arabia doesn't join the Abraham Accords, I am not going to do the deal.

This was always understood. Saudi Arabia knew.

Trump on Iran:

What are you supposed to do when you are winning a war? Stop fighting?

We are winning the war by a lot. We are talking to them right now, and they are willing to do things that they would have never done.

Reporter: You reposted Laura Loomer interviewing Zelensky. What do you make of growing MAGA support for the war in Ukraine?

Trump: They support what I support.

Trump:

I think LeBron—maybe he is a racist. Maybe he doesn't like Trump.

I only like people that like me.

Trump on Balogun's red card:

Gianni did a good job in making that call.

All I did was ask for a review. I thought that call was not a good call.

Reporter: You told Axios you are considering a "massive attack" on Iran. What is your tipping point?

Trump: We are talking to them. Maybe there won't be a tipping point, or maybe there will be.

Reporter: When will Iran cry uncle and actually come to the table?

Trump: Maybe they will cry uncle, or maybe they will just go into a cave and hide.

They have very deep caves where they can hide.

BREAKING: Yemen's Houthis Spokesperson:

Saudi aggression now targets the port of Hodeidah.

They have opened the gates of divine hell upon themselves.

Trump on Iran:

Iran, shockingly, started shooting at everybody all over the Middle East.

If they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used that.

Trump:

We're gonna put a major tariff on Mexico because of the lettuce, and we're gonna put a big tariff on Canada because of the smoke.

Saudi-flagged oil/chemical tanker NCC MASA was hit while sailing in the Red Sea today, sustaining minor hull damage but continuing to its destination with crew safe.

It's the second Saudi-linked tanker hit in days after the Encelia strike, part of the Houthis' declared blockade on Saudi shipping.

Reporter: You say you are talking with Iran. Who is involved? Witkoff?

Trump: Sort of everybody. JD, Marco—a lot of people are talking. It's a big deal.

Trump:

China makes windmills, but they don't use windmills.

China uses coal, oil, gas, and nuclear.