The people that are opposing the ballroom are people that, in my opinion, are very disloyal to our country.

Very, very disloyal to our country.

I like the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory.

We have total control over the Strait.

We are taking out—maybe that will stop, or maybe it will open up even further—we are taking out millions of barrels of oil a week.

The Strait is open, and the oil prices are coming down, and they will continue to come down unless we decide to do something far more drastic than we are doing.

Iran is in big trouble. Their country is a mess.

Their military is totally defeated.

Nothing justifies the reckless attack on PM Barzani's office. Kurdish friends should be vigilant against false-flag ploys to sow discord between neighbors.

We protected our Kurdish friends against Saddam and DAESH, and we're thankful for security they've provided on our border.

Right now, President Trump is focused on the economic pressure.

If Iran is willing to finish the deal that they've been discussing with us to give up their ability to create nuclear weapons, then obviously he is willing to make a deal that could be great for the Iranian people, but right now they are not showing any interest in doing something that makes sense for us.

The conversations between the U.S. government and all areas of the Iranian government are probably more robust than it's maybe ever been. There's been a lot of good dialogues, which I think is very, very helpful.

There's really not a lot of trust between America and Iran after all these years of not having these relations and dialogues.

They are engaging in a very strong way, and that is quite positive, but we are not there yet on understanding, and President Trump will be very patient. He doesn't want to rush to a deal.

Trump will make the right deal when the right deal is ready, but we are having very positive and active conversations.

We have a plan to rebuild Gaza, but we will not allow Gaza to be rebuilt until the demilitarization occurs.

Nobody wants to put more money into a place that's gone on for so long if it's just going to be taken over by terrorists or blown up again.

The thing that upset my son most was that he didn’t get to fight.

In the first few days, he kept saying to me, "Dad, don’t finish the job. Leave some for me."