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"You can ask me anything you want. You can talk sex, whatever the hell you want. I'm here for you," Trump told the group of conference attendees

President Donald Trump on Friday delivered this third televised speech in as many days, in which he largely forewent talk of the Iran war, rising gas prices or the grim outlook for Republicans in November's midterm elections in place of comments about his eldest son's genes, his preference to "hang around with losers" and his openness to receiving unscreened questions about sex.

Headlining the keynote address at the Saudi-backed Future Investment Initiative (FII) Priority Summit in Miami, the 79-year-old president, who is embroiled in a 'leg brace' theory after shocking photos emerged, gave conflicting readings of the U.S.-Israeli joint assault against the Middle East nation. He assured the audience that Iran has been "decimated" and no longer poses a threat, despite in recent days reportedly mobilizing thousands of American troops and calling unsuccessfully on global allies to come to his aid.

And though the annual conference organized by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is focused on strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and Gulf partners, Trump spent ample time waxing eloquent on a number of personal grievances, lewd topics and misleading claims about his peace efforts. It comes after Trump sparked new health fears with a chilling 4-word Truth Social post.

1. Trump says hanging out with 'losers' makes him feel better

The president frequently references his predilection for winning and winners. But on Friday, Trump revealed that he actually enjoys spending time with people he finds to be "losers" because he doesn't have to endure listening to stories of their success.

"I always like to hang around with losers, actually, because it makes me feel better," Trump said. "I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success."

In a 2024 interview with The New Statesman, Trump's former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci claimed that the president does not have any friends.

"Anybody that tells you they're friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends," said Scaramucci, who worked for Trump during his 2016 campaign and into his presidency. "You might interact with him, but he's so transactional that you're actually not his friend. He'll run you over with a car."

It was not clear which "losers" Trump, a billionaire, spends time with. Trump's nominations for his second-term administration included 13 billionaires, who held a combined net worth of around $460 billion.

And as president, he is seldom outside the direct watch of his Secret Service team. Some of his only interactions with members of the American public come during his own campaign-style rallies, which are attended by his supporters.

2. Trump says his son has 'the greatest genes in history'

"He's got the best genes I think of any human being I've ever known. He's my son. Don Trump," Trump said of his eldest child. "My son's got the greatest genes in history. I'm a big believer in genes, by the way."

Though little is known about Trump Jr.'s genetics, state of health or intellect that can be traced to his family lineage, the president's eldest son has followed in his father's footsteps in other ways.

Trump Jr. has been politically active since his father's 2016 presidential campaign, cooperating with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election and meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised to provide him damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

In a 2024 interview with The New Statesman, Trump's former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci claimed that the president does not have any friends(Image: Getty Images)

He followed his father in promoting false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and engaging in attempts to overturn its results.

And while his father serves as president, Trump Jr. has overseen a trust that includes the Trump Organization's assets, enriching the family through investments, mergers and crypto ventures that government ethicists have called "a conflict of interest unprecedented in modern presidential history," according to Reuters.

3. Trump renews misleading claim he stopped eight wars

Weeks after attacking Iran alongside Israel, instigating what has since ballooned into a violent and destructive conflict spanning the Middle East and rocking the global economy, Trump on Friday reminded FII attendees that he believes he has stopped eight wars. And if they weren't already convinced, Trump said even Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated him on doing so.

"You know, when I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize. You gotta understand, I don't care. Norway has lost so credible. I stopped 8 wars," Trump claimed. "Stopping wars -- I think I do it the best. President Putin called me, he said, 'I can't believe you stopped this one and this one, which are impossible!"

This statistic, which Trump frequently cites as one of his accomplishments, is highly exaggerated. Although he has helped mediate relations among many nations, his impact isn't as clear-cut as he makes it seem. In at least two instances of peace he claims credit for achieving, there were no wars to end, The Associated Press reported.

Although he has helped mediate relations among many nations, his impact isn't as clear-cut as he makes it seem(Image: Getty Images)

The conflicts Trump counts among those he has solved are between Israel and Hamas, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Rwanda and Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Cambodia and Thailand.

Trump, during his second term, has attacked Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, Ecuador, Yemen and civilian boatmen in the Caribbean. His administration also claims to be at war with at least 24 cartels and criminal gangs, many of which it has not named, and has threatened military action against Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Cuba and Colombia.

4. Trump implores audience to ask him about sex

At the end of his remarks, the president opened up the floor to receive questions from conference attendees. Unlike other politicians who prefer to screen questions before answering them, Trump claimed, the attendees were invited to ask him anything they wanted.

"You can ask me anything you want. You can talk sex, whatever the hell you want. I'm here for you," Trump said.

Trump has pursued a well-documented series of litigation and attacks against the American media, whom he claimed have a left-wing bias and are "corrupt." Networks ABC and CBS agreed to pay Trump millions of dollars in settlements for allegedly defamatory coverage of him, and he has sought payments from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN and The Chicago Tribune.

A 2020 report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said Trump has "habitually attacked the news media in rallies, responses to reporters' questions, and many hundreds of tweets.... He has repeatedly called the press 'fake news,' 'the enemy of the people,' 'dishonest,' 'corrupt,' 'low life reporters,' 'bad people,' 'human scum' and 'some of the worst human beings you'll ever meet.'"

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's policy barring journalists from the Pentagon who did not agree to report only the news he approved of violates the U.S. Constitution, arguing it was designed to weed them out from others "willing to serve" the Trump administration.

5. Trump gives rare credence to CNN for favorable poll

Despite years of decrying CNN as an unpatriotic source of "fake news," Trump praised the network on Friday and appeared to accept the veracity of its recent poll that found 100% of core MAGA backers approve of his work as president. His speech was paused to play a clip of a CNN broadcast in which host Harry Enten discusses the poll's results.

The network had reported on the results of a recent survey by NBC News, which found that 100% of self-identified MAGA members support Trump, while zero disapprove. The allegiance from his base is drowned out by a consensus of national polling, however, which finds less than 40% of Americans approve of Trump, and just 7% support his idea to send ground troops to Iran, according to Reuters/Ipsos.

His uncharacteristic praise toward CNN follows aggressive remarks against critical media coverage of the war by Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, who on Saturday threatened the U.S. broadcasting industry over what he claimed were "hoaxes and news distortions."

Trump himself has grown more agitated with news coverage and has failed to find a way to explain why he started the war — or how he will end it — that resonates with the broader public.

It comes after Trump was kicked out of an Iran briefing after his major freak out.