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President.
Good.
Your own mother. Very difficult. I'm your own mother. I had a big fan. It's very difficult to articulate
how proud I am of you and how proud I am of what you've Done and came back to my country.
And it's the most humbling thing.
I love it.
You're all waiting for me.
I'm honored that the farmer's still alive. I appreciate
it. She's a bit in shock, but I think she's probably happy.
But anyway, what are you doing?
What are you
doing? Well,
I'm
in Total Line,
and I've got
my taxes
for you
and your administration
and these amazing people
that have brought me home.
And I just will spend the rest of my life in debt
to you and the country.
And I'm so excited.
So do I. Thank you very much. Welcome home.
Welcome home. Speaker, it's a pleasure to meet you. Welcome, Mr. President.
And you know what? I got about 10 cards and I was 1 of them. That's right. Oh wow, that's pretty nice. Yeah. My lawyer snuck it in. I know, I asked him how they got it in there. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Hello.
Marcus Smith. Mark Fogel.
Pleasure to meet you sir.
Like
this huge coat right? And it is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Squirrel Hill.
Thank you. I had a stealer hat on when I got off the board.
I don't know where it is but you know it's great to meet another Pittsburgher. Your mom came to our house. She told me that
I just talked to Vicky and I know she was there.
I'm a proud Pittsburgh.
Mark, you're a Russian.
Ah, You've been an absolute
star
for me and my family. And again,
like I said,
for me to articulate all this in this particular time after what I've been through,
And it's not the 3 and a half years, but the last 6 days
has been
like you weren't sure. I don't
know
they came and pulled me out
and
I just had a mask on I couldn't see where I was going, and they were moving me.
There was a point,
I think it was today, I can't remember what day it is, but they brought me my clothes.
That's fantastic.
Let's get you out of the cold.
I'm not 1 bit of cold. I came from Russia.
I'm not impressed with you. I'm too nice.
You know what? Of the 10 letters,
I got 1 from you as well.
And
I had that in a scrapbook I was keeping,
and they took that scrapbook from me. Today, and I want it back. I want
those journals back in that scrapbook.
Your picture was in it, and as they were giving me the shakedown,
they're looking through it, and I have the picture of you and my mom. And you should have seen these guys. Their eyes lit up like in a much like.
I said, it's my daughter.
Thank
you. Good
morning.
Good morning. I want to introduce you to someone who cares.
John Raskin.
Welcome.
He's personally negotiating.
Thank you.
The bottom of my heart.
Every ounce of my energy.
I thank you. And I will for the rest of my life.
Thank you so much.
Mr. Walter,
I felt so bad. Ow! Stop it! It's a little
cold in Russia. Yeah, yeah. A little colder.
Get warm. Get warm.
Everybody knows Mark.
He's become a very famous guy.
He's a very happy guy tonight. So it's just a real honor. An honor to have you at the White House.
I feel like the luckiest man on Earth right now.
And
I want you to know that I am not a hero in this at all.
And
President Trump
is a hero.
These men
that came from the diplomatic service
are heroes.
The senators
and representatives
that passed legislation
in my honor to get me home are
the heroes.
I am in awe of what they all did.
My family has been a force.
I think my 95-year-old
mother is probably
the most dynamic
95-year-old
on earth right now.
And
I am
so indebted
to so many people.
I think I remember
a Churchill quote that he said
when the RAF was fighting the Luftwaffe, and he said that,
never have
so many
owed so much to so few.
And I put myself fortunately and unfortunately
into that category and I said never has 1 owed so much to so many
that
this
super organism of people that came to my support and the love that I was given
sustained me for 3 and a half years
in a prison that had me in hospitals for more than 100 days.
I was given more than 400 injections
in that time.
And
knowing
I had the support
of my fellow Pennsylvanians,
my family,
my friends,
it was
so overwhelming
that
it brought me to my knees and it brought me to tears,
but it
was my energy, it was my
being
that kept me going that whole time. And
I will forever be indebted to
President Trump,
to Steve over there, what a dynamic man this guy is. That's true.
And. And. And. And. And. And.
When I met him,
the energy, the can-do attitude
just
exudes from his body. And when he smiled at me and introduced me and I got the feel for what has happened,
you know, it's not just me, it's everybody.
And Secretary Rubio, who met my son a while back,
I'm a middle-class school teacher,
who's now
in
a dream world.
The President We're going to show you the Lincoln bedroom.
It's a very special
place.
Appropriate for tonight.
Very appropriate.
And thank you all.
And
I love our country.
And I'm so happy to be back here.
And
I wish I could articulate it better. The President You've done beautifully. And he's got a great mother.
And when I saw the mother at a rally,
She
said, If you win, will you get my son out? And I promised. She's 95 years old.
And I said, We'll get him out. And we got him out pretty quickly. She told me that
exact words. I remember. She made quite an impression.
And
you also did. And
I'm in awe of what you've done and your team. It's great to have you back.
Going to have a great life.
Yes. Mr. President, could you speak directly to President Putin about what he did? Well, I don't want to say that. I just want to say that I appreciate very much what they did in
letting Mark go home.
And I appreciate Steve Witkoff's
job he did, and Marko, behind the scenes, was unbelievable.
And so many of these people were unbelievable.
They represent him. They're from his area.
And
we just wanted to get him back home. I had to get him back home because I would have big trouble with his mother.
And We're going to take him for a little tour of the Lincoln bedroom, which nobody gets to see.
And it's very special. Do you want to see it? I would love to. And I also should
make mention that President
Putin was very generous
and
statesmanlike
in granting me a pardon.
I mean —
What were the terms of this deal, Mr. President? Very fair. Very, very fair. Very reasonable. Not like deals you've seen over the
years. They were very fair.
And I think that's going to lead. And somebody else is being released tomorrow
that you will know of.
But we wanted to get this done. Very important. And Steve wanted to actually fly over and get Mark and get him home properly, because it could be a pretty tough trip. So is this the beginning of a deal, sir? Is this the start of a deal? I think there's goodwill
in terms of the war. You know, a million and a half soldiers, young people have been killed.
I've met many of them. Yeah. And
it's a terrible thing going on, so We want to get that done. I think this could be the very important element. You could be a big part of it, actually, because it could be a big, important part of getting the war over with Ukraine.
And we appreciate President Putin's — what he did. He was
able to pull it off for you, right? He was able to pull it off. And we think — and you're here. And we're here. So it was great.
We'll tell you a little bit more about it tomorrow. But I think we've made great
progress on the war also. Getting the war — I want to get the war ended.
That war should not have been. It would have never happened if I was President. It would not have happened.
And it did happen. And now you have all blown up cities and dead people.
So many dead people. Should have never, ever happened. And
you could be a big catalyst for
just this evening. It's a very important evening for ending that war. And I think they all want to see it ended. The Press.
How does it change your perspective
on Putin and your attitude? The President. Well, I don't want to get into that. I only can say this. We got a man home whose mother and family wanted him desperately, whose state wanted him. He's — he's become a big symbol.
And
it's an honor to have
played a small role in that. And I just — I want to tell you, these people,
they all played
a role.
And we got them home. And he's healthy.
It looks good, actually. To me, you look damn good. I'll tell you that. I think when expectations are low,
Maybe that helps a little bit. But,
— The Press. Can you tell us about the conditions of the President and his
President? You know, I think I need a little bit of time to sort of
digest all of that.
There were times when
it was
extremely trying,
And there were times when
I could manage it. But I think I need some more time to,
you know, process it. The President It wasn't easy, right? It wasn't easy. Mr. Sperling Every second, every minute, every day had a challenge.
But you're in good shape. I mean, compare that to what we saw 2 days ago. Come home.
They were very, very ill. Those people are very ill. They were treated really badly.
Mr. President, your predecessor left you almost $4 billion
and used
it for Ukraine, to Ukraine.
Are you going to use those money? Are you going to send weapons to Ukraine? The President is asking me. I should have had this gentleman out a long time ago.
You know, we did it in 2 and a half weeks. He had 4 years to do it. He should have had Mark out a lot earlier.
It's a shame. It's a shame.
It was very — Should have never had the war to start off with.
He should have never had — that war would have never happened if I was President. But he should have had him back 3 and a half years ago. So
it was too bad, but he didn't do it. But we did it. Thank you all very much. Thank you very much. Come on, Mom. The Press. Mr. President, are reciprocal tariffs still coming tomorrow, or are you waiting until you meet with Modi? The President. We'll see what happens. We'll see. Have you spoken with President Xi? So numb that I'm here.
Okay.