Hi there and welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where the Trump administration is facing increased political and economic pressure to end the war against Iran amid a new stunning admission by the president

this afternoon that he's not considering the financial impact to Americans as the war drives

up prices. Right now, President Trump is on his way to Beijing, where he's set to meet with

the Chinese President Xi. While departing the White House, the president was asked about the economic impact the war is having here at home.

As energy prices soar and inflation ticks up, he was defiant in his answer and was even given an opportunity to clean up his comments, but he doubled down.

Take a look.

When you're negotiating with Iran, Mr. President, to what extent are American's financial

situation motivating you to make a deal?

Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't

have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about American's financial situation. I don't think about anybody. I think

about one thing. We could not let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all.

Did you say earlier that the only thing that matters to you when it comes to Iran is a nuclear

weapon? You're not considering the financial impact that this war on Americans?

The most important thing by far, including whether our stock market, which, by the way, is at an all-time

high, but including whether or not our stock market goes up or down a little bit, the most

important thing by far is Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Now, this all comes amid more evidence that the war is adding to voters' economic anxieties,

with a new report from the Labor Department showing that consumer prices are up 3.8% compared

to last year, and it's largely driven by rising energy prices.

President Trump was asked about that report today.

Take a look.

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