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Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, July 25, 2025

July 25, 2025 · The White House · 0:26:17

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What happened

President Donald Trump took questions from the press before departing the White House for Scotland on July 25, 2025, carried on the White House channel. “We have great economic numbers,” he said. “The deal with Japan is amazing. Give us 550 billion and we have totally open access into Japan. Those numbers are great.”

Asked about the Justice Department’s lawsuit against New York City and Mayor Adams, the President said such filings would become routine: “we’re going against a lot of other places, too. We want to bring safety to our cities… we’ve started numerous lawsuits with other cities.” On Gaza negotiations, he said Hamas had pulled out: “Hamas didn’t really want to make a deal. I think they want to die and it’s very, very bad… it got to be to a point where you’re going to have to finish the job.” Asked about the Deputy Attorney General’s meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell, he said he did not know the details: “I know it’s taking place and he’s a fantastic man, he’s a great attorney.”

Why it matters

This departure gaggle set up the Scotland trip in the President’s own words — the Japan figures he would repeat all week, the sanctuary-city litigation posture, and his judgment that the Gaza talks had collapsed, all stated before he boarded.

Scoreboard watch

This gaggle is a scoreboard reference point: the Japan deal figures as stated by the President on July 25, 2025 ($550 billion and open access), to be checked against the published agreement.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, July 25, 2025” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the gaggle at the White House). All figures and characterizations as stated by the President.