Full interview: President Trump says he’ll be a ‘two-term president,’ downplays third-term talk

Full interview: President Trump says he’ll be a ‘two-term president,’ downplays third-term talk

PRESIDENT TRUMP, WELCOME BACK TO MEET THE PRESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TO MARK YOUR 1ST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY BUSY
100 DAYS. YOU’VE SIGNED MORE THAN 140
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. YOU’VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE
BORDER, THE ECONOMY, FOREIGN POLICY. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST GOAL IN THE
NEXT 100 DAYS? WELL, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
OF RESULTS. WE’VE ALREADY SEEN THEM ON THE
BORDER. WE HAVE THE BEST BORDER IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY. IT WAS 99.999 AND UH NOBODY EVER THOUGHT THAT
WAS POSSIBLE. IN FACT, BIDEN, IF YOU REMEMBER, SAID HE HAS TO GET LEGISLATION. AND I SAID NO, YOU JUST NEED A NEW PRESIDENT
AND I GUESS I WAS RIGHT, WE HAVE THE BEST BORDER WE’VE
EVER HAD. UH, WE’RE DOING GREAT ON, UH, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. WE ARE BEING HIT HARD BY JUDGES
THAT I THINK THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY THE POWER OF THE
PRESIDENCY. I WAS ELECTED IN A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE IN A BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG VOTE. WE WON THE SWING STATES. WE WON THE POPULAR VOTE. WE WON THE DISTRICT VOTES BY TREMENDOUS
NUMBERS. WE WON EVERYTHING AND. UH, ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS I WAS
ELECTED WAS TO, UH, GET PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COUNTRY
THAT WERE ALLOWED. WE HAVE PRISONERS, WE HAVE MURDERERS, WE HAVE TERRORISTS IN OUR
COUNTRY. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM MENTAL
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE SERIOUSLY
INSANE. THEY ALL CAME IN THROUGH BIDEN’S
OPEN BORDER POLICY, AND I WAS ELECTED TO GET THEM
OUT AND UH TO SEAL THE BORDER, BUT TO GET THEM OUT AND WE’LL HAVE JUDGES OR
ACTIVIST JUDGES THEY’RE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE
OUT MURDERERS AND. AND PEOPLE THAT YOU DON’T EVEN
WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THESE ARE REALLY SOME REALLY BAD UH CRIMINAL PEOPLE AND THEY’RE
HERE ILLEGALLY. SO YOU KNOW THEY TALK ABOUT YOUR
NEXT QUESTION WILL BE DUE
PROCESS, BUT THEY TALK ABOUT DUE PROCESS, BUT DO YOU GET DUE PROCESS WHEN
YOU’RE HERE ILLEGALLY? WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF
THAT. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEPORTATION, BUT I WANT TO START ON THE
ECONOMY, SIR, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST
ISSUE FOR VOTERS. WE GOT NEW NUMBERS TODAY, BETTER THAN EXPECTED JOB
NUMBERS, MUCH BETTER AT THE SAME TIME, THE ECONOMY SHRANK IN THE FIRST
QUARTER. YOU’VE BEEN ARGUING ALL WEEK
THAT THIS IS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
ECONOMY. IS THIS NOW YOUR ECONOMY, SIR? WELL, I THINK CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT
ARE. UH, COSTS ARE I WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN
THE COSTS, BUT EVEN THAT, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THEM
DOWN, BUT WE GOT THEM DOWN GOOD. UH, WE LOST $5 TO $6 BILLION A DAY
WITH BIDEN, 5 TO $6 BILLION AND I’VE GOT THAT DOWN TO A
GREAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW IN A VERY
IN A RECORD TIME, YOU KNOW, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 100 DAYS, UH, BUT JUST THINK OF WHAT THAT IS, $5 BILLION A DAY WE’RE LOSING ON
TRADE. AND UH WE WERE VERY TOUGH WITH
CHINA, AS YOU KNOW, WE PUT A 145% TARIFF ON NOBODY’S
EVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING, AND WE’VE ESSENTIALLY CUT OFF TRADE RELATIONSHIPS BY PUTTING
THAT MUCH OF A TARIFF ON AND THAT’S OK. WE’VE GONE COLD TURKEY. THAT MEANS THAT WE’RE NOT
LOSING, YOU KNOW, WE LOST $1 TRILLION TO CHINA, $1 TRILLION. THAT MEANS WE’RE NOT LOSING $1
TRILLION WHEN WE GO COLD TURKEY BECAUSE WE’RE NOT DOING
BUSINESS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. AND THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL VERY
BADLY. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT ALL TURNS
OUT, BUT IT’S GOT TO BE A FAIR DEAL. BUT THINK OF IT. WE’RE LOSING $1 TRILLION AND THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE
$5 MILLION A DAY. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHINA, BUT JUST STAYING ON THIS IDEA OF
THE ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF YOUR
INAUGURATION, THE STOCK MARKET SPIKED. YOU CALLED IT THE TRUMP EFFECT. ARE YOU SPIKED BECAUSE I WAS
ELECTED PRESIDENT. WELL SPIKED BECAUSE OF ANYBODY
ELSE. IT SPIKED. THEY SEE WHAT I’M GOING TO DO. THEY KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO
WITH THE TARIFFS AND EVERYTHING
ELSE, AND I THINK IT’S ACTUALLY WORKING
OUT BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. DO YOU SEE OIL PRICES? DID YOU SEE GASOLINE IS NOW
BELOW IN MANY CASES IN MANY
STATES BELOW $2 A GALLON, $198 199 DOLLARS, $197? WELL, MY QUESTION, SIR, IS WHEN THE THE MARKET SPIKED. YOU SAID THIS IS THE TRUMP
EFFECT WHEN THE NUMBERS WEREN’T
SO GOOD EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU SAID IT’S THE BIDEN EFFECT. ARE YOU ONLY TAKING OWNERSHIP OF
THE GOOD NUMBERS AND NOT THE BAD
NUMBERS? I THINK HE DID A LOT OF VERY BAD
THINGS AND DESPITE SOME OF THE
BAD THINGS WE’RE OVERCOMING THEM, BUT HE WAS BAD ON THE BORDER. HE WAS BAD ON THE ECONOMY. WE HAD THE WORST INFLATION IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. LOOK, BIDEN GAVE US THE WORST
INFLATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY. PEOPLE, IT DIDN’T MATTER WHAT THEY MADE
BECAUSE THEY WERE LOSING THEIR SHIRT BECAUSE
OF COST. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED. OIL IS DOWN, GASOLINE IS DOWN, GROCERIES ARE DOWN, EGGS. YOU WERE THE ONE THAT ASKED ME. YOU ASKED ME ABOUT EGGS. IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK. I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT WHAT WERE YOU TALKING
ABOUT EGG PRICES. WERE SO HIGH YOU COULDN’T BUY
EGGS. THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY EGGS AND THEY SAID EASTER IS GOING TO BE
A DISASTER. WELL, WE HAD EASTER AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE HAD THOUSANDS OF EGGS AND
THEY WERE DOWN 87%. YEAH, A LOT OF THAT, OF COURSE, SPIKE WAS BECAUSE OF BIRD FLU, BUT WHEN DOES IT BECOME THE
TRUMP? WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? WELL, TELL ME, WHEN WE HAD THE SAME BIRD FLU AS
HE HAD. WHEN DOES IT BECOME THE TRUMP
ECONOMY? UH, IT PARTIALLY IS RIGHT NOW, AND I REALLY MEAN THIS. I THINK THE GOOD PARTS OF THE
TRUMP ECONOMY AND THE BAD PARTS OF THE BIDEN ECONOMY
BECAUSE HE’S DONE A TERRIBLE
JOB. HE DID A TERRIBLE JOB ON
EVERYTHING FROM HIS AUTO PEN, WHICH I’M SURE HE KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS HE, HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY SIGNING. TO IMMIGRATION, YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH
IMMIGRATION, HOW BAD IT WAS. THINK OF IT. WE HAVE MURDERERS, 11,888 MURDERERS, MANY OF THEM MURDERED MORE THAN
ONE PERSON. THINK OF THAT, AND THEY’RE IN OUR COUNTRY NOW. WE’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THEM OUT
AND WE, WE KNOW WHO MANY OF THEM ARE AND WE’RE ON THE HUNT, BUT WHY WOULD ANYBODY DO THAT? WHY WOULD ANYBODY WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING WOULD
THEY ALLOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AND EVEN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE
CRIMINALS AND MURDERERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, BUT SIR, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN YOU
ANNOUNCED YOUR TARIFFS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STOCK MARKET DROPPED. IT’S BEEN VOLATILE. IT HAS SINCE GONE UP. DO YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT? YEAH. DO YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN
IT DROPS ULTIMATELY, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
EVERYTHING, BUT I’VE ONLY JUST BEEN HERE FOR
A LITTLE MORE THAN 3 MONTHS. UH, BUT THE STOCK MARKET, LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE
LAST SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT DIDN’T HAVE 9 OR 10 DAYS IN A
ROW OR 11 DAYS WHERE IT’S GONE
UP, AND THE TARIFFS HAVE JUST STARTED
KICKING IN. AND WE’RE WE’RE DOING REALLY WELL PSYCHOLOGICALLY. I MEAN, THE FAKE NEWS WAS GIVING ME SUCH
PRESS ON THE TARIFFS. THE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO MAKE US
RICH. WE’RE GOING TO BE A VERY RICH
COUNTRY. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TARIFFS, AND I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING YOU SAID THIS WEEK. GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION. YOU WERE AT YOUR CABINET
MEETING. YOU SAID, QUOTE, I’M GOING TO QUOTE WHAT YOU
SAID, MAYBE THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE 2
DOLLS INSTEAD OF $30 AND MAYBE
THE TWO DOLLS WILL COST A COUPLE OF
DOLLARS MORE THAN THEY WOULD
NORMALLY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOUR TARIFFS
WILL CAUSE SOME PRICES TO GO UP? NO, I THINK THE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO
BE GREAT FOR US BECAUSE IT’S
GOING TO MAKE US RICH. BUT YOU SAID SOME DOLLS ARE
GOING TO COST MORE. ISN’T THAT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THAT SOME PRICES WILL GO UP? I DON’T THINK A BEAUTIFUL BABY
GIRL NEEDS THAT’S 11 YEARS OLD, NEEDS TO HAVE. $30. I THINK THEY CAN HAVE $3 OR 4
DOLLS BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH
CHINA WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAD A TRADE DEFICIT OF
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
WITH CHINA. WHEN YOU SAY THEY COULD HAVE $3
INSTEAD OF $30 ARE YOU SAYING YOU’RE AMERICANS
COULD SEE EMPTY STORE SHELVES? NO, NO, I’M NOT SAYING THAT. I’M JUST SAYING THEY DON’T NEED
TO HAVE $30. THEY CAN HAVE 3. THEY DON’T NEED TO HAVE 250
PENCILS. THEY CAN HAVE 5. BUT YOU’RE BASICALLY SAYING THERE
COULD BE SOME SUPPLY SHORTAGES BECAUSE OF THE
WASTE MONEY ON A TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA
FOR THINGS WE DON’T NEED FOR
JUNK THAT WE DON’T NEED. WELL, PRICES ARE ALREADY GOING UP ON
SOME POPULAR ITEMS TIRES, STROLLERS. THIS IS SUCH A DISHONEST
INTERVIEW ALREADY. PRICES ARE DOWN ON GROCERIES. PRICES ARE. DOWN FOR OIL PRICES ARE DOWN FOR
OIL ENERGY PRICES ARE DOWN AT TREMENDOUS
NUMBERS FOR GASOLINE. AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE THE BIG THING, WHAT HE DID, HE SPENT LIKE A STUPID PERSON, WHICH HE WAS, BUT HE SPENT LIKE A VERY STUPID
PERSON, AND THAT WAS BAD FOR INFLATION, BUT WHAT REALLY KILLED US WITH
INFLATION WAS THE PRICE OF
ENERGY. IT WENT UP TO $3 90S, EVEN $4 AND IN CALIFORNIA $5.06
DOLLARS, RIGHT? OK. I HAVE IT DOWN TO $1.98 IN MANY
STATES RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU GO THAT MUCH LOWER ON
ENERGY, WHICH IS UH AHEAD OF MY PREDICTION BECAUSE I REALLY
THOUGHT I COULD GET IT DOWN INTO
THE 250S, WE HAVE IT DOWN AT $1.98 IN NUMEROUS PLACES. BUT WHEN YOU SAY COSTS ARE GOING
UP, EVEN MORTGAGE RATES ARE GOING
DOWN. WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. THESE ARE, I MEAN, THESE ARE ACTUAL EXAMPLES. THEY’RE SO YOU’RE SAYING THE
PRICES THAT ARE GOING DOWN, SOME PRICES ARE GOING UP, TIRES, STROLLERS, SOME CLOTHING IN THE WAKE OF
YOUR TARIFFS. THAT’S PEANUTS COMPARED TO
ENERGY. ENERGY IS 60% OF THE COST, BUT SIR, YOU IS A BIG YOU CAMPAIGNED ON A
PROMISE TO BRING PRICES DOWN ON
DAY. I DON’T KNOW. WHEN YOU SAY STROLLERS ARE GOING
UP, WHAT KIND OF A THING? I’M SAYING THAT GASOLINE IS
GOING DOWN. GASOLINE IS THOUSANDS OF TIMES MORE
IMPORTANT THAN A STROLLER OR
SOMETHING. BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AMERICANS
WHO SAY THEY VOTED FOR YOU
BECAUSE THEY WANT AND THEY NEED RELIEF
RIGHT NOW AND THEY’RE GETTING IT
RIGHT NOW? WHAT ABOUT THOSE EVEN MORTGAGE
RATES, DIFFERENT ITEMS I JUST MORTGAGE
RATES ARE GOING DOWN DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A
STUBBORN FED. BUT YOU SAID DOLLS, EVEN DOLLS COULD COST A COUPLE
BUCKS MORE. MAYBE THEY MIGHT, BUT YOU. NEED TO HAVE, AS I SAID, $35. YOU CAN HAVE 23 $4 AND SAVE A
LOT OF MONEY. WE DON’T NEED TO FEED THE BEAST, I GUESS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS TRANSITION COST. HOW LONG SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT
THAT TRANSITION TO LAST, MR. PRESIDENT? I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE’RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. WE’RE DOING GREAT AGAIN. WE’RE LOSING MORE THAN $5
BILLION A DAY, $5 BILLION A DAY. YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT. AND RIGHT NOW, WE’RE GOING TO BE AT A POINT
VERY SOON WHERE WE’RE MAKING
MONEY EVERY DAY. LOOK, WE WERE LOSING HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH CHINA. NOW WE’RE ESSENTIALLY NOT DOING
BUSINESS WITH CHINA. THEREFORE, WE’RE SAVING HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. VERY SIMPLE. YOU TAKE ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS ABOUT CHINA. THEY’VE BEEN MAKING A NUMBER OF PUBLIC
STATEMENTS, VERY POSITIVE STATEMENTS, THE LAST 24 HOURS. WELL, AND MOST RECENTLY THEY SAID BEFORE TALKS COULD HAPPEN, THE US WOULD NEED TO REMOVE
UNILATERAL TARIFFS. WOULD YOU CONSIDER DROPPING THE
TARIFFS TO GET CHINA TO THE
NEGOTIATING TEAM? NO, FIRST OF ALL, YOU’RE GIVING ME A STATEMENT
THAT WAS SAID A WEEK AGO. YOU’RE NOT GIVING THE STATEMENT
THAT WAS SAID TODAY. I HAVE MAY 2ND CHINESE COMMERCE
MINISTRY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID
TODAY? THE US WANTS TO NEGOTIATE. IT SHOULD SHOW SINCERITY BY
PREPARING TO TAKE ACTIONS IN CORRECTING ITS MISTAKES AND
CANCELING THE UNILATERAL
TARIFFS. THEY MADE NO. FIRST OF ALL, THEY MADE NUMEROUS STATEMENTS. YES, THEY’VE MADE MANY PEOPLE SPEAK
FOR CHINA. 15 NUMEROUS. I CAN GIVE YOU A STATEMENT FOR
ANY OCCASION, YES, BUT THEY SAID TODAY THEY WANT TO
TALK. LOOK, CHINA, AND I DON’T LIKE THIS. I’M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. CHINA IS GETTING KILLED RIGHT
NOW. THEY’RE GETTING ABSOLUTELY
DESTROYED. THEIR FACTORIES ARE CLOSING. THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOING
THROUGH THE ROOF. I’M NOT LOOKING TO DO THAT TO
CHINA. NOW AT THE SAME TIME, I’M NOT LOOKING TO HAVE CHINA
MAKE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND BUILD MORE SHIPS AND MORE ARMY TANKS AND
MORE AIRPLANES. SO YOU’RE NOT JUST TO BE VERY
CLEAR, YOU’RE NOT DROPPING THE TARIFFS
AGAINST CHINA TO GET THEM TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE. THOSE TARIFFS ARE STAYING ON. WOULD YOU LOWER THEM? AT SOME POINT I’M GOING TO LOWER
THEM BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU COULD
NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM AND THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS
VERY MUCH. LOOK, THEIR ECONOMY IS REALLY DOING BADLY. THEIR ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING. SO SMALL BUSINESSES SAY THEY ARE
BEING HURT BY THE CHINESE
TARIFFS, AND SOME COULD BE FORCED TO SHUT
DOWN AND MANY BUSINESSES ARE
BEING HELPED. ARE YOU TARIFF RELIEF FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES. WHY DO YOU ALWAYS MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PICK UP A COUPLE OF LITTLE
BUSINESSES. WHAT ABOUT THE CAR BUSINESS? THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A FORTUNE BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS. DO YOU KNOW THAT THE UNION, THE HEAD OF THE UNION, WHO WAS NO FAN OF MINE, FAIN, SEAN FAIN I GUESS HIS NAME IS, RIGHT? HE DIDN’T ENDORSE ME. THE TEAMSTERS DID. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID. A LOT OF UNIONS DID. BUT HE DIDN’T, HE COULDN’T STAND ME. NOW HE’S SAYING, WOW, WHAT’S TRUMP’S DONE FOR THE
AUTOMOBILE, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. I ASSUME HE’S GONNA PROBABLY NOW
SAY THE NEXT THING HE CAN SAY IS I ENDORSE THIS GUY. HE’S THE GREATEST I’VE EVER
SEEN. HE CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S HAPPENED. HE SAID, WE’VE BEEN WAITING 40 YEARS FOR
SOMEBODY TO DO WHAT TRUMP IS
DOING. SO WHY DON’T YOU MENTION THE BIG
CAR INDUSTRY INSTEAD OF
MENTIONING. SOMEBODY THAT’S DOING STROLLERS. WELL, I’M JUST ASKING YOU ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
GIVING ANY RELIEF TO SMALL
BUSINESSES? THEY’RE NOT GONNA NEED IT. THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE SO MUCH
MONEY IF YOU BUILD YOUR PRODUCT
HERE. REMEMBER THERE ARE NO TARIFFS IF YOU
BUILD YOUR PRODUCT HERE. IT’S VERY EASY. IT’S VERY SIMPLE. ARE THESE TARIFFS PERMANENT, MR. PRESIDENT? DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING
TO BRING AND HAS BROUGHT, SO I THINK, UH, WE PROBABLY HAVE CLOSE TO $9
TRILLION OF INVESTMENTS COMING
INTO THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER PRESIDENTS, THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. THIS IS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO
MONTHS. YOU GOTTA GIVE ME A LITTLE BREAK
ON THE 1 MONTH BECAUSE WE’RE 3
MONTHS, BUT YOU KNOW, LET’S SAY WE HAD TO GET STARTED. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF FAKE NEWS AT THE
BEGINNING, SO WE HAD TO BEAT THAT DOWN, BUT, UH, SO LET’S SAY IN 2 MONTHS, SO. IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER EVER
IN HISTORY INVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AND COMMITTED. WE HAVE, UH, BETWEEN GUARANTEED, SPOKEN FOR, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
MAKE A DECISION AND ANNOUNCE IT
PRETTY SOON, CLOSE TO $9 TRILLION. WE’VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING CLOSE. NOW THAT’S APPLE BUILDING $500
BILLION WORTH OF PLANTS. THEY ALWAYS BUILT THEIR PLANTS
IN CHINA. NOW THEY’RE BUILDING THEIR
PLANTS OVER HERE. AND THAT’S THE BIGGEST COMPUTER
COMPANY, THE BIGGEST CHIP COMPANY IN THE
WORLD, YOU KNOW, THE CHIP COMPANY FROM TAIWAN, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST IN THE
WORLD, IS COMMITTED FOR $500 BILLION. ANOTHER ONE’S COMMITTED FOR $300
BILLION. WE HAVE COMPANIES, NOBODY’S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT. LET ME TELL YOU THE OTHER THING, VERY IMPORTANTLY, AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES PLANT AFTER
PLANT AFTER PLANT, TOYOTA, HONDA, FORD, GENERAL MOTORS. STALANTI, I MEAN, NOBODY’S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT, AND I DON’T LIKE THIS, BUT IT HAPPENS TO BE THEY’RE STOPPING WORK IN MEXICO
AND THEY’RE STOPPING WORK IN CANADA AND THEY’RE ALL
MOVING HERE. THIS IS IMPORTANT THOUGH. YOU’RE NOT TAKING THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THESE TARIFFS COULD BE
PERMANENT OFF THE TABLE. SOME OF THEM. OH, I WOULDN’T DO THAT BECAUSE IF
SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING
TO COME OFF THE TABLE, WHY WOULD THEY BUILD IN THE
UNITED STATES? AS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? YEAH, NO, I MEAN, BUT THAT’S WHY I’M ASKING
BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF, I THINK, UNCERTAINTY FOR CEOS, FOR BUSINESS OWNERS. THEY WANT TO KNOW, ARE THESE TARIFFS PERMANENT? I THINK THERE’S ONLY UNCERTAINTY
IN THE FAKE NEWS. I DON’T THINK THERE’S
UNCERTAINTY. I MEAN, I’VE BEEN VERY RIGID, VERY STRONG. ON IT, BUT I WILL SAY I’M FLEXIBLE WITH RESPECT TO PARTS MADE
OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. I GAVE THE AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES
A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT 15% AND
THEN 10% OF THE PARTS MADE PUT
IN A CAR. I GAVE THEM A LITTLE EXTRA TIME
WITHOUT PENALIZING THEM. AND I DID THAT ONLY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES. WE’RE LOOKING TO HELP COMPANIES. WE WANT THEM TO THRIVE AND TO
HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF
WHAT WALL STREET HAS SAID. SOME PEOPLE ON WALL STREET HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF A
RECESSION IS INCREASING. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE
COUNTRY POTENTIALLY DIPPING INTO
A RECESSION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IF YOU ARE ABLE
TO ACHIEVE YOUR LONG TERM GOALS? WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY SOME PEOPLE ON WALL
STREET SAY, WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
ELSE. SOME PEOPLE ON WALL STREET SAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THE
GREATEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY. WHY DON’T YOU TALK ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ON WALL
STREET SAY THIS IS WHAT I’M
GETTING AT. THAT’S WHAT I’M GETTING AT
THOUGH. THERE ARE MANY, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ON WALL
STREET SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
WINDFALL EVER HAPPENED, AND THAT’S MY QUESTION LONG
TERM, IS IT OK IN THE SHORT TERM TO
HAVE A RECESSION? LOOK, UH, YEAH, EVERYTHING’S OK. WHAT WE ARE, I SAID THIS IS A TRANSITION
PERIOD. I THINK WE’RE GONNA DO
FANTASTICALLY. UH, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ON
ANOTHER, UH, FAKE NEWS STATION, ABC, SAID, DO YOU GUARANTEE 100% THAT A CERTAIN PERSON IS GOING
TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AS LET’S SAY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, OK, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE QUESTION I
SAID WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS
THAT? DO I GUARANTEE 100%? NOBODY GUARANTEES 100%, BUT I WILL SAY THIS I THINK WE’RE GONNA HAVE AN ECONOMY THE LIKES OF WHICH
WE’VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, YOU KNOW, MY 4 YEARS WERE PHENOMENAL, AS YOU KNOW, THE STOCK MARKET. IN FACT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO GO THROUGH
THE COVID THING, THAT HORRIBLE SITUATION WITH
COVID. UH, WE DID NUMBERS AND WHEN I GAVE
IT OVER WHEN I HANDED IT OVER, THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED, AND I HANDED AND BECAUSE OF THAT
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, BY THE WAY, BUT WHEN I HANDED IT OVER, WHAT HAPPENED? THE MARKET WAS HIGHER THAN IT
WAS PREVIOUS TO JUST PREVIOUS TO
COVID COMING IN. NOBODY COULD BELIEVE IT. THE STOCK MARKET I’M TALKING
ABOUT. I DON’T WANT TO LOOK BACK, BUT YOU, YOU DID TAKE YOUR CASE TO COURT
ABOUT THAT. YOU, YOU TOOK YOUR CASE TO COURT
ABOUT YOUR ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
THE THE ELECTION. LET ME ASK YOU, THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THE
ELECTION WAS RIGGED. THE FACTS ARE IN AND IT’S STILL
BEING LITIGATED. LET’S GO. YOU DID TAKE YOUR CASE TO COURT
MORE THAN 60 TIMES AND DIDN’T WIN THOSE CASES A LOT OF
BUTTON THAT UP THOUGH, SIR, JUST TO BUTTON THAT UP. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? LET’S TALK ABOUT HERE AND NOW. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION OF
2020. LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT. LET’S TALK ABOUT HERE AND NOW. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT A
RECESSION? NO. OK, NO, NO, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THE
GREATEST. I MEAN, ARE YOU WORRIED IT COULD HAPPEN? DO YOU THINK IT COULD HAPPEN? ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THE
GREATEST ECONOMIC BOOM IN
HISTORY. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS CALL
TO AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS
THIS WEEK IN RESPONSE TO A REPORT THAT AMAZON WAS
GOING TO DISPLAY TARIFF COSTS
NEXT TO PRODUCT PRICES. ARE YOU GOING TO PUNISH CEOS WHO
INCREASE THEIR PRICES BECAUSE OF
TARIFFS? I THINK WHAT I THINK WHAT IS A
GREAT MISNOMER IS THE WORD TARIFF IN MANY CASES, IT’S NOT TO ME. I DON’T VIEW IT AS A TAX. I VIEW IT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR
PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE UNITED
STATES AND BUILD PLANTS, FACTORIES, OFFICES, A LOT OF THINGS. UH, I THINK IT’S AN INCENTIVE, BUT THE, THE THING THAT’S NOT KNOWN IS IF
YOU LOOK BACK AND SEE OFTENTIMES
LIKE CHINA OR VIETNAM OR OTHER COUNTRIES, NOT JUST CHINA, BECAUSE CHINA’S AN ABUSER, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ABUSERS, MANY OF THEM ARE FRIENDS OF THE
SO-CALLED, I SAY FRIEND AND FOE, AND FRIEND IS OFTENTIMES WORSE
THAN FOE, BUT WHAT PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND
IS, AND THIS IS A LOT, THE COUNTRY EATS THE TARIFF, THE COMPANY EATS THE TARIFF. AND IT’S NOT PASSED ALONG AT
ALL. WELL, SOME CEOS ARE SAYING THEY’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO PASS IT ON. SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE
CEOS? HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE CEO? CHINA IS EATING THE TARIFFS
RIGHT NOW. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE CEOS
WHO ARE SAYING WE MIGHT HAVE TO PASS THIS ON TO
THE CONSUMERS? WELL, THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE MAYBE IT’S
TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO SAY IT. MAYBE THEY PUNISH THEM. NO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT THEM TO BUILD PLANTS IN
THE UNITED STATES THAT WAY THEY
DON’T HAVE ANY TARIFFS. SEE, TARIFFS WILL. AND NOT ONLY WILL, LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENED IN 2
MONTHS. WE’RE CLOSE TO $9 TRILLION OF
INVESTMENT. WE’VE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR
THAT. WHAT DID YOU SAY TO JEFF BEZOS? HE’S JUST A VERY NICE GUY. WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. HE SAID, WELL, I DON’T WANT TO DO THAT, AND HE TOOK IT OFF IMMEDIATELY. SO HE CHANGED COURSE AND WILL
YOU TAKE THAT SAME TACTIC WITH OTHER CEOS IF YOU FOLLOW PEOPLE
WHO I DISAGREE WITH THAT. IF I IF I THINK THAT SOMEBODY’S
DOING SOMETHING THAT’S
INCORRECT, WRONG, OR MAY BE HURTFUL TO THE
COUNTRY, I’LL CALL. WOULDN’T YOU WANT ME TO CALL? BIDEN WOULDN’T CALL BECAUSE THEY
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT I DO. TAKES ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. TODAY’S STRONG JOBS REPORT
LIKELY MEANS, NOT CLEAR, BUT LIKELY MEANS THE FED IS LESS
LIKELY TO LOWER INTEREST RATES. WELL, HE SHOULD LOWER THEM, AND AT SOME POINT HE WILL. HE’D RATHER NOT BECAUSE HE’S NOT
A FAN OF MINE, NOT, YOU KNOW, HE JUST DOESN’T LIKE ME BECAUSE
I THINK HE’S A TOTAL STIFF AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. HE SHOULD LOWER THEM, AND I WISH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
ON THAT BOARD WOULD GET HIM TO LOWER BECAUSE WE ARE AT A PERFECT TIME. IT’S ALREADY LATE, BUT HE SHOULD LOWER INTEREST
RATES. DO YOU RULE OUT. REMOVING FED CHAIR JEROME
POWELL, I’M NOT, YOU KNOW, I GET TO CHANGE HIM VERY QUICKLY
ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
IN 2026. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE, YOU DON’T HAVE PLANS TO REMOVE
HIM BEFORE 2026 WHEN HIS TIME’S
UP. THAT WAS A TOTAL. WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I GET TO REPLACE THE PERSON IN
ANOTHER. PERIOD OF TIME. OK, THIS WEEK YOU RESHUFFLED YOUR
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. YOU MOVED NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER MIKE WALTZ TO UN AMBASSADOR. JUST TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS, WALTZ, OF COURSE, STARTED THAT UNSECURED TEXT
CHAIN WHERE SENSITIVE
INFORMATION WAS SHARED. MR. PRESIDENT, WAS THAT MOVE A PUNISHMENT? NO, I JUST THINK HE’LL DO A NICE JOB IN THE NEW POSITION. MARCO’S DOING AN OUTSTANDING
JOB. NO, MARCO WON’T KEEP MARCO’S VERY
BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS, SO HE’S NOT GOING TO KEEP IT
LONG TERM. WE’RE GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE
IN, BUT I THINK MIKE, AS YOU KNOW, HE’S A FINE GUY AND I THINK
HE’LL DO A VERY GOOD JOB, KNOWS THE COUNTRIES, KNOWS LEADERSHIP, AND I THINK HE’LL DO A VERY GOOD
JOB AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND IN THE MEANTIME, MARCO IS REALLY DOING SOMETHING
SPECIAL, AND IT’S GOING TO WORK OUT VERY
WELL. WE’RE HEARING SOME POTENTIAL
NAMES STEPHEN MILLER’S NAME, ONE OF YOUR LONG TIME MOST LOYAL AIDES, HIS NAME HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS A
POTENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY. ADVISER IS HE SOMEONE YOU’RE
LOOKING FOR? WELL, I’D LOVE TO HAVE STEPHEN THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A DOWNGRADE. STEPHEN’S VERY STEPHEN IS MUCH HIGHER IN THE
TOTEM POLE THAN THAT IN MY
OPINION. CAN YOU TELL US WHO THE FRONT
RUNNER IS RIGHT NOW? I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT
IT. I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE EVERYBODY
CALLING. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A PART OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION. SO AT SOME POINT WE’LL, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A THEORY. HENRY KISSINGER DID BOTH. THERE’S A THEORY THAT YOU DON’T
NEED TWO PEOPLE, BUT I THINK I HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT
PEOPLE THAT COULD DO A GOOD JOB. SO SECRETARY RUBIO COULD
CONTINUE TO HAVE BOTH JOBS
INDEFINITELY, YEAH, HE COULD, BUT I THINK HE EVEN WOULD LIKE
TO PROBABLY SEE BECAUSE IT IS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME HE’LL HANDLE
IT AND I THINK MIKE, IF THAT GOES FORWARD, YOU KNOW, HE, HE STILL HAS TO GET APPROVED, BUT I THINK MIKE WILL DO A VERY
GOOD JOB AT THE UNITED NATIONS. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH
OBVIOUSLY ALSO ON THAT UNSECURED TEXT CHAIN HE WAS
SHARING. SENSITIVE INFORMATION. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? NO, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. NO. PETE’S GOING TO BE GREAT. HIS JOB IS SAFE RIGHT NOW A
FANTASTIC JOB AGAINST THE
HOUTHIS WHO LIKE BLOWING SHIPS UP AND WATCHING THEM SINK IN THE OCEAN. WE’RE HITTING HIM VERY HARD. NO, HE’S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. HIS JOB IS SAFE RIGHT NOW. TOTALLY SAFE. OK, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BORDER. LET’S TALK ABOUT DEPORTATIONS. BORDER CROSSINGS ARE AT THEIR
LOWEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED. IS THE BORDER IS THE BORDER NOW
SECURE? YEAH, IT’S REALLY SECURE. IT’S WHEN YOU SAY THAT, DOESN’T THAT JUST SOUND GOOD AFTER BEING ABUSED FOR YEARS BY
AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO POUR
THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER, CRIMINALS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD, MURDERS AND INSANE PEOPLE FROM MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSANE
ASYLUMS, ISN’T IT? ISN’T IT A BEAUTIFUL THING WHEN
YOU SAY IT’S THE MOST SECURE IT’S EVER
BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY? ISN’T THAT A NICE STATEMENT? WELL, I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS. YOU DECLARED A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY ON THE SOUTHERN
BORDER. THE ORDER IS STILL IN PLACE EVEN
THOUGH YOU’RE SAYING WE HAVE THE MOST SECURE BORDER
WE’VE EVER HAD, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION BECOMES
WHEN WILL YOU KNOW THAT THE
EMERGENCY IS OVER? ARE YOU PLANNING TO LIFT IT AT SOME POINT. IS IT NECESSARY BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY THE MILITARY IS
INVOLVED. WILL YOU LIFT THAT THAT EMERGENCY? WELL, THE BIGGEST EMERGENCY IS THE
COURTS AREN’T ALLOWING US TO TAKE REALLY WE’RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT TALK TO ME FIRST ABOUT THE
EMERGENCY. TALK TO ME FIRST ABOUT THIS. THE BORDER IS NOT THE EMERGENCY. THE BORDER IS ALL PART OF THE SAME THING
THOUGH. THE BIG EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW IS
THAT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT
TO TAKE OUT AND WE HAVE SOME JUDGES THAT
WANT EVERYBODY TO GO TO SOME OF
THEM YOU APPOINTED, SIR, INCLUDING 3 ON THE SUPREME
COURT. THEY CHANGE. I MEAN, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE HOW THAT
HAPPENS, BUT THEY DO CHANGE. JUST TO BUTTON THIS UP THOUGH, ARE YOU PLANNING TO LIFT THAT
EMERGENCY ORDER ANYTIME SOON NOW
THAT THE BORDER? WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. WE HAVE A MASSIVE EMERGENCY OVERALL. IT’S AN OVERALL EMERGENCY ON
IMMIGRATION, AND IF THE COURTS DON’T ALLOW US TO
TAKE PEOPLE OUT. IF WE HAD TO HAVE A COURT CASE, EVERY SINGLE, THINK OF IT, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF COURT CASES, FIGURE 2 WEEKS OF COURT CASE, IT WOULD BE 300 YEARS. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY YOU’VE HAD A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
SUPREME COURT IN A 9 TO 0 DECISION, THE SUPREME COURT DIRECTED YOUR
ADMINISTRATION TO FACILITATE THE
RETURN. YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE
PAST OF KILMAR BREGO GARCIA. FROM A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR
WHOSE DEPORTATION YOUR ADMINISTRATION CALLED IT AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR, YOU SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW
YOU COULD BRING HIM BACK, BUT YOU WON’T. ARE YOU DEFYING THE SUPREME
COURT? NO, I’M RELYING ON THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. PAM BONDI, WHO’S VERY CAPABLE OF DOING A
GREAT JOB BECAUSE I’M NOT INVOLVED IN THE
LEGALITY OR THE ILLEGALITY. I HAVE LAWYERS TO DO THAT, AND THAT’S WHY I HAVE A GREAT DOJ. WE HAVE A GREAT ONE. WE HAD A VERY CORRUPT ONE
BEFORE. NOW WE HAVE A GREAT ONE, AND THEY’RE NOT VIEWING THE DECISION THE WAY
YOU SAID IT. THEY DON’T VIEW IT THAT WAY AT
ALL. THEY THINK IT’S A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT DECISION. WELL, YOU SAY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO
BRING HIM BACK THOUGH. YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS, QUOTE, THAT’S UP TO EL SALVADOR. JUST TO PUT A FINE POINT ON
THIS, DO YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BRING
ABREGO GARCIA BACK AS THE
SUPREME? WELL, I HAVE THE POWER TO ASK FOR. HIM TO COME BACK IF I’M
INSTRUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT IT’S LEGAL TO DO
SO, BUT THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT HE SHOULD COME BACK WILL
BE THE HEAD OF EL SALVADOR. HE’S A VERY CAPABLE MAN. WELL, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
SAID THE ISSUES WITH THAT WORD
FACILITATE. WILL YOU SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM
THE SUPREME COURT? DO YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE
SUPREME COURT? WE MAY DO. I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT. WE MAY DO THAT. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, BRING THEM BACK, PUT HIM IN TRIAL, AND YOU GET THEM OUT RIGHT AWAY
BECAUSE YOU TAKE, YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED JUST THIS
MORNING. TAPES CAME OUT, HORRIBLE TAPES FROM HIS WIFE. YOU DON’T GET MUCH WORSE THAN
THAT. YOU DON’T GET, I MEAN, HE SEEMS CERTAINLY LIKE A VERY
DANGEROUS, VERY BAD PERSON, BUT EVEN THE WIFE WHO WAS SO AFRAID SHE WAS AFRAID TO
TALK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TAPES GOT RELEASED THIS
MORNING THAT WERE DEVASTATING TO
HIM. AND THIS IS THE POINT, SIR, ABOUT DUE PROCESS. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS EVERY
PERSON, CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS
DESERVE DUE PROCESS. WHY NOT PUSH TO HAVE HIM COME BACK, PRESENT ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE IN
COURT, LET A JUDGE DECIDE. WELL, I’LL LEAVE THAT TO THE LAWYERS
AND I’LL LEAVE THAT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY’RE
IN. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. I’M DEALING WITH RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE. I’M DEALING WITH THAT. I’M DEALING WITH IRAN. I’M DEALING WITH RWANDA AND
CONGO WHO ARE FIGHTING AND WE’RE TRYING TO GET THAT ONE
STRAIGHTENED OUT, AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT, DID A GREAT JOB. NOBODY EVEN TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK WE’RE CLOSE TO DOING
THAT. UH, THEY’RE LOOKING LIKE THEY’RE
GOING TO MAYBE MAKE A PEACE
DEAL, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD, BUT I’M DEALING WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. UH, I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS
GENTLEMAN OTHER THAN I HEAR HE’S
AN ABSOLUTE NOT GOOD PERSON AND I HAVE VERY CAPABLE LEGAL
PEOPLE, JOHN SO, AS YOU KNOW, AND ALL THE TOP PEOPLE, AND I HAVE TO RELY ON THAT TO
INTERPRET WHATEVER IS SAID BY
THE SUPREME COURT. NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT. FOR THE SUPREME COURT, LOOK, 3 OF THE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE I
APPOINTED, AND I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE
SUPREME COURT, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BE DOING
THE RIGHT THING. YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS
EVERYONE WHO’S HERE, CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS, DESERVE DUE PROCESS. DO YOU AGREE, MR. PRESIDENT? I DON’T KNOW. I’M NOT, I’M NOT A LAWYER. I DON’T KNOW. WELL, THE FIFTH AMENDMENT SAYS, I DON’T KNOW. IT SEEMS IT’S. SEEMS IT MIGHT SAY THAT, BUT IF YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, THEN WE’D HAVE TO HAVE A MILLION
OR 2 MILLION OR 3 MILLION
TRIALS. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE SOME MURDERERS AND SOME DRUG DEALERS AND SOME OF THE
WORST PEOPLE ON EARTH, SOME OF THE WORST, MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE ON EARTH, AND I WAS ELECTED TO GET HIM THE
HELL OUT OF HERE AND THE COURTS ARE HOLDING ME
FROM DOING IT, BUT EVEN GIVEN THOSE NUMBERS THAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, DON’T YOU NEED TO UPHOLD THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AS PRESIDENT? I DON’T KNOW. I HAVE TO RESPOND BY SAYING
AGAIN, I HAVE BRILLIANT LAWYERS THAT
WORK FOR ME, AND THEY ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY
FOLLOW WHAT THE SUPREME COURT
SAID. WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT WHAT I
HEARD. THE SUPREME COURT SAID THEY HAVE
A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION. IS ANYONE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION
RIGHT NOW? IN CONTACT WITH EL SALVADOR
ABOUT RETURNING ABREGO GARCIA. I DON’T KNOW. YOU’D HAVE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT QUESTION. OK. AT LEAST 2 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
MISTAKENLY DETAINED AND RELEASED
BY YOUR ADMINISTRATION, IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. MR. PRESIDENT, SHOULD LAWFUL RESIDENTS OF THIS
COUNTRY START CARRYING PAPERWORK WITH THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR HOMES? I DON’T THINK THAT WILL BE
NECESSARY, BUT WHAT YOU’RE NOT SAYING IS THAT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, MAIMED, BADLY HURT BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
THAT CAME OVER THAT ARE FROM PRISONS AND FROM JAILS AND
FROM, UH, MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THEY’RE HURTING OUR PEOPLE. AND IF WE DON’T GET THEM OUT, WE’RE NOT GONNA HAVE A COUNTRY
FOR LONG. WE NEED HONEST WE NEED HONEST MEDIA. AND WE NEED WALLS. WE NEED TO HAVE BORDERS. AND BY THE WAY, I BUILT A LOT OF WALLS, AND IF WE DIDN’T DO THAT, WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO HAVE
THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
KIND OF NUMBERS IF I WASN’T
SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING HUNDREDS OF MILES OF WALL. VERY QUICKLY, SIR, THE LAST TIME YOU AND I SPOKE IN
DECEMBER. YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER
WORKING ON GETTING DREAMERS LEGAL STATUS. DREAMERS, OF COURSE, THOSE WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE
ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN. WHERE DO THOSE EFFORTS STAND? IS THAT A PRIORITY FOR YOU? WELL, IT’S NOT A PRIORITY FOR THE
DEMOCRATS BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE
TALK ABOUT IT, THEY DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
BECAUSE I GUESS THEY LIKE IT AS
A POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOOD AT
POLITICAL ISSUES BECAUSE THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE MEN PLAYING
WOMEN’S SPORTS. WELL, REPUBLICANS DO CONTROL. CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, THE DREAMERS A PRIORITY. WELL, YOU’D NEED FOR THAT. YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT
FROM DEMOCRATS, AND WE HAVE NO SUPPORT FROM THE
DEMOCRATS. HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT? YES, WE’VE HAD DISCUSSIONS. WE WOULD DO SOMETHING. I’D LOVE TO PUT IN BEAUTIFUL
IMMIGRATION FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THE DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO
APPROVE OF ANYTHING. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS KNOCK OUT
A TAX BILL. WE’RE TRYING TO GET APPROVED
RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST TAX CUT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IF IT DOESN’T GET APPROVED, IT’S A 68% TAX INCREASE, AND THAT’S WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
WANT. THEY WANT A 68% TAX INCREASE. IT’S RATHER INCREDIBLE, AND I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR LEGISLATION, BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT DOGE VERY
QUICKLY. DOGE HAS FIRED AND THEN REHIRED THOUSANDS OF
FEDERAL WORKERS, INCLUDING FAA EMPLOYEES IN
CHARGE OF AVIATION SAFETY, SPECIALISTS WORKING ON NUCLEAR
WEAPON SAFETY. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
BELIEVE ELON MUSK’S CHAINSAW APPROACH HAS
JEOPARDIZED THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF AMERICANS? WELL, THEY FOUND $160 BILLION WORTH OF
FRAUD. WASTE AND ABUSE. I MEAN, SHE’S, I THINK SHE’S DONE AN AMAZING
JOB. I THINK HIS PEOPLE HAVE DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB. THEY’RE BRILLIANT PEOPLE. THEY KNOW THE COMPUTER. I ACTUALLY ASKED THEM, WHAT’S THEIR BIG TRAIT? HE SAID THEY’RE UNBELIEVABLE AT
COMPUTERS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN’T FAKE THEM OUT BECAUSE
THESE PEOPLE WERE IN MANY CASES
CROOKS, BUT IT WAS FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. THEY FOUND UH YOUR QUESTION
SHOULD BE ASKED A DIFFERENT WAY. WERE CERTAIN THINGS FOUND? YES. HOW MUCH? $160 BILLION. THINK OF WHAT $160 BILLION IS. HE FOUND 160. HE SAID HE’D FIND $2 TRILLION. WELL, WE’RE NOT FINISHED YET. WE’RE NOT FINISHED. DO YOU THINK THE WORK CONTINUES
EVEN THOUGH HE’S LEAVING? SURE, HE’S LEAVING BEHIND SOME VERY
BRILLIANT PEOPLE. THEY WERE ON TELEVISION LAST
NIGHT. THEY’RE SUPER HIGH IQ PEOPLE. I LIKE HIGH IQ PEOPLE. THE DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE MANY OF
THEM. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOME NEWS THAT BROKE. YOU ARE THREATENING TO RESCIND
HARVARD’S TAX EXEMPT STATUS, AND YET DIRECTING THE IRS TO
INVESTIGATE AND RESCIND A
UNIVERSITY’S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS IS CONTRARY TO
WHAT’S IN THE FEDERAL LAW. THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN’T DO THIS. DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOLLOWING
THE LAW? WELL, I TELL YOU, I’M GOING TO JUST FOLLOW WHAT
THE LAWYERS SAY. THEY SAY THAT WE’RE ALLOWED TO
DO THAT. AND I’M ALL FOR IT, BUT EVERYTHING I SAY IS SUBJECT
TO THE LAWS BEING 100% ADHERED TO. ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THIS TO
COURT IF IT BECOMES A COURT
FIGHT? YOU’RE, YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE IT THAT FAR
A LOT OF CASES. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER ACTIONS YOU’VE TAKEN OVER
THE PAST 100 DAYS. LAST MONTH YOU DIRECTED YOUR
ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI TO
REVIEW TWO PEOPLE WHO YOU PERCEIVED TO
BE YOUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES. AND YET YOU TOLD ME IN DECEMBER
THAT YOU WOULD NOT DIRECT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE YOUR
POLITICAL FOES. WHAT CHANGED? WELL, NO, I JUST LOOK AT PEOPLE AND I’M NOT
DIRECTING ANYBODY. THEY LOOKED AT THESE TWO PEOPLE. THEY MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT OR THEY
MIGHT HAVE HEARD IT FROM. TWO YEARS AGO ONE PERSON SAID HE KNEW ME SO WELL. HE WAS, I THINK, ON CNN OR MSDN BUT THEY’RE BOTH
FAILING NETWORKS. YOU’RE HAPPY TO KNOW EVEN THOUGH
ONE OF THEM I GUESS IS RELATED TO YOU IN ONE
FORM OR ANOTHER, ALTHOUGH THEY’RE TRYING TO CUT HIM LOOSE
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. BUT, UH, THE, IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT THIS ONE PERSON, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE WAS MY BROTHER. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS. MAYBE HE WAS THERE. MAYBE HE WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE
A FEW TIMES AS A SURROGATE FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN SOME FORM OF
GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH 25 OTHER
PEOPLE THAT SAT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM OR STOOD IN
THE BACK OF THE ROOM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS GUY IS, AND HE’S OUT THERE AND THEN HE DID A BOOK CALLED
ANONYMOUS, DID A BOOK CALLED ANONYMOUS. I THINK THAT’S REALLY SUBVERSION. I THINK IT’S, I THINK IT’S SPYING. IT’S SOMETHING, IT’S SOMETHING REALLY BAD. BUT YOU PASSED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER CALLING FOR I THINK HE’S BEEN LOOKED AT FOR A
LONG TIME, AND THE OTHER ONE SAID THAT THE
ELECTION WAS SO WONDERFUL. IT WAS SUCH A, WELL, IT TURNED OUT IT WASN’T A
WONDERFUL ELECTION. IT WAS A CORRUPT ELECTION. LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY, SIR, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED IN
DECEMBER, I ASKED YOU WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE
TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T VOTE FOR
YOU. LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU
SAID. YOU SAID, I LOVE YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO ALL WORK
TOGETHER. HOW DOES PURSUING YOUR POLITICAL
FOES HELP TO YOU? YOU REALLY DID. THAT’S A DIRECT QUOTE. I’M SURE YOU’RE RIGHT, BUT I’D LIKE TO SAY I PROMISE
I’LL SHOW IT TO YOU. I’LL SHOW YOU THE TAPE. LOOK, HOW DOES THAT HELP TO YOU? I WANT THE PEOPLE FAIRLY, WHETHER THEY VOTED FOR ME OR
NOT. I WANT TO HAVE A UNIFIED
COUNTRY. IT’S VERY HARD BECAUSE THE MEDIA
IS SO FAKE, INCLUDING LIKE EVEN THE WAY YOU
ASK QUESTIONS. EVERY QUESTION IS ASKED IN A
NEGATIVE VEIN. THERE’S A TOY COMPANY THAT TOOK
A TODDLER’S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT GASOLINE IS DOWN AT NUMBERS THAT NOBODY
BELIEVES POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW WHY THEY’RE DOWN, BY THE WAY, DRILL, BABY, DRILL. WE’RE DRILLING LIKE CRAZY RIGHT
NOW. WE TRY TO. SURE EVERY QUESTION IS FAIR, MR. PRESIDENT. LOOK, EVERY QUESTION YOU ASK SAYS A
VERY NEGATIVE SLANT. NO, BUT I’M I’M FINE FOR RESPONDING
TO YOU. I DON’T THINK YOU’RE VERY
DIFFICULT AT ALL TO RESPOND TO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU SHOULD ASK SOME POSITIVE
THINGS LIKE, SIR, IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU’VE DONE
WITH GASOLINE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT, GASOLINE IS BIG BUSINESS. A STROLLER IS NOT BIG BUSINESS. TO THIS QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO UNIFY THE
COUNTRY. DOES GOING AFTER POLITICAL FOES UNDERCUT THAT GOAL? NO, NOT AT ALL. NO, WE WANT HONEST PEOPLE. OK, I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. WE WANT HONEST PEOPLE IN THIS. LET ME ASK YOU, BIG PICTURE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN
COUNTRIES LIKE THE PHILIPPINES, HUNGARY, RUSSIA, THEY LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR
ACTIONS GOING AFTER CIVIL
SERVICE, GOING AFTER UNIVERSITIES, LAW FIRMS, THE MEDIA. THEY SAY IT’S OUT OF AN
AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
BELIEVE YOU ARE TAKING THE COUNTRY DOWN AN
AUTHORITARIAN PATH? WELL, THERE YOU GO AGAIN. WHY DON’T YOU ASK IT A DIFFERENT
WAY? MANY PEOPLE WANT TO COME INTO
OUR COUNTRY. MANY PEOPLE LOVE TRUMP. I WON THE ELECTION. THEY DIDN’T WIN THE ELECTION. I GOT A LOT MORE VOTES THAN THEY
DID. I GOT, I WON THE POPULAR VOTE. I WON ALL 7 SWING STATES BY A
LOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED. I SAID, I THINK YOU COULD WIN 4, MAYBE 5. NO, I WON ALL 7. AND I WON BY A LOT, AND I WON ACTUALLY I THINK THERE
WAS A LOT OF HANKY PANKY GOING
ON, BUT IT WAS TOO BIG TO RIG. THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. IT’S TOO BIG TO RIG. BUT LET ME JUST SAY, SO WHEN YOU MAKE THESE STATEMENTS
ABOUT PEOPLE SAY THIS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE AT THE
ELECTION AND THEY LOST BIG. SO YOU SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION
DIFFERENTLY. YOU SHOULD SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE
THIS COUNTRY? WHAT DO YOU SAY? I’M ASKING IT ON BEHALF OF THOSE
PEOPLE. TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND
TO THEM. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE, SIR? THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
VERY HAPPY. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE
SOME RESULTS, AND I THINK WE HAD A GREAT 100
DAYS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
SAY IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY
UNPRECEDENTED 100 DAYS, AND I HOPE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE
RIGHT. DO YOU SEE DISSENT AS AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF DEMOCRACY? IT’S A PART OF DEMOCRACY. IT IS. YOU’RE ALWAYS PART OF DEMOCRACY. YOU’RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
CHRISTEN. YOU’RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
DISSENT. UH, THERE’S NOTHING YOU’RE GOING TO
DO ABOUT THAT. IT’S AM I GOING TO GET 100%
UNIFIED? IT WOULD BE A STRANGE PLACE. I DON’T, I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE IT WHERE 100% LOOK. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOOD PEOPLE, THEY’RE VERY SMART PEOPLE, AND THEY HONESTLY BELIEVE WE
SHOULD HAVE OPEN BORDERS AND THE ENTIRE WORLD SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY. I THINK IT’S A 95/5 ISSUE, BUT THEY, THEY BELIEVE IT. THEY’RE NOT EVEN BAD PEOPLE. SOME OF THEM ARE BAD. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HONESTLY
BELIEVE THAT MEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN
WOMEN’S SPORTS. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. I REALLY ACTUALLY I DON’T KNOW
ANY. I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY, BUT THEY EXIST. THEY SAY IT’S AN 80/20 ISSUE. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT. I THINK IT’S A 97 TO 3 ISSUE. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE YOU
WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL? ABSOLUTELY, YES, I DO. AND HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT THAT
HAPPENS? HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT WITH THE
FACT THAT YOU HAVE PASSED THESE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS ASKING THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WHO’VE CRITICIZED YOU WHO’VE
BEEN HARSHEST? I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED. MORE THAN ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, I’VE BEEN INVESTIGATED MORE THAN
THE LATE GREAT, AS I SAY AT MY RALLIES, ALFONSE CAPONE. ALFONSE CAPONE WAS A NASTY MAN. HE WAS A, THE HIGHEST LEVEL GANGSTER, AND I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED
MORE THAN AL CAPONE, MORE THAN ANYBODY. UH, THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL PEOPLE. AND I WON AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, ALL I WANT TO HAPPEN IS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE
FBI. PAM IS GREAT AND CASH IS GOOD. I THINK THEY’RE TWO GREAT
PEOPLE, BUT THEY’RE THEIR OWN PEOPLE. THEY WANT TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND ALL I WANT TO DO AND ALL I WANT
TO ASK FOR IS THAT THEY BE
ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOB. I’M NOT TELLING THEM TO DO
ANYTHING, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DO IT. I’M IN THEORY, THE TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
AS THE PRESIDENT. WE WENT OVER THIS ONCE BEFORE
AND IT TURNED OUT I WAS RIGHT, BUT I’M NOT LOOKING TO USE THAT. WE HAVE TWO GREAT PEOPLE AND WE
HAVE MANY, MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE UNDER
THEM. AND I JUST WANT THEM TO DO THEIR
JOB AND DO IT WELL. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I
DON’T THINK YOU’VE BEEN ASKED
MUCH ABOUT, WHICH IS, UH, YOU’VE BRANDED YOUR OWN UH
CRYPTO CRYPTOCURRENCY. THE COIN’S VALUES ACTUALLY
SURGED RECENTLY AFTER YOU
ANNOUNCED THAT TOP HOLDERS WOULD BE
INVITED TO HAVE DINNER. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DID IT
SURGE. WHAT DID IT SURGE TO? YEAH, WHAT’S IT WORTH? YOU MIGHT AS WELL TELL ME
BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA. WELL, IT, IT SURGED. IT SURGED. I WILL FIND IT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 5.2 OR 58%. SO 58% TO WHAT NUMBER? THAT’S NOT BAD. 14.32%. WHAT? NO DOLLARS PER CRYPTOCURRENCY
BILLION DOLLARS. NO. WHAT’S THE NUMBER? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT? THE MEME COIN’S VALUE HIT A PEAK
OF 75 TO 35 ON JANUARY 19TH. THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT’S BEFORE
YOUR INAUGURATION AND THEN IT
SURGED. LOOK, I’M IN FAVOR OF CRYPTO. OK, LET ME JUST ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
ARGUE THAT WHEN THEY HEAR THAT THEY
WORRY YOU’RE PROFITING FROM THE
PRESIDENCY? I’M NOT PROFITING FROM ANYTHING. I’M JUST ALL I’M DOING IS, YOU KNOW, THIS, I STARTED THIS LONG BEFORE THE
ELECTION. UH, I WANT CRYPTO. I THINK CRYPTO IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IF WE DON’T DO IT, CHINA IS GOING TO, AND IT’S NEW. IT’S VERY POPULAR. IT’S VERY HOT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET WHEN
THE MARKET WENT DOWN, THAT STAYED MUCH STRONGER THAN
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MARKET. BUT I WANT CRYPTO BECAUSE A LOT
OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WANT IT. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT BIDEN WENT AFTER IT VIOLENTLY
AND THEN BEFORE THE ELECTION HE CHANGED HIS TUNE
ENTIRELY. HIS HEAD OF THE SEC, EVERYBODY CHANGED THEIR TUNE, YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN
CRYPTO, AND THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR
VOTES. BUT YOU’RE NOT, YOU’RE NOT PROFITING OFF OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY. I HAVEN’T EVEN LOOKED. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, LOOK. IF I OWN STOCK IN SOMETHING AND
I DO A GOOD JOB AND THE STOCK MARKET GOES UP, I GUESS I’M PROFITING. BUT WHO REALLY PROFITS IS
SOMEBODY LIKE NANCY PELOSI WHO
USES INSIDE INFORMATION. SHE, SHE WORKED FOR $175,000 A YEAR
AND THAT’S AT THE HIGH END AND SHE’S WORTH $150 TO $200 MILLION. OK? YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT NANCY
PELOSI AND YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
POLITICIANS THAT ARE STONE COLD
CROOKS. I WAS VERY WEALTHY WHEN I CAME
IN. UH, BEING PRESIDENT, I PROBABLY COST ME MONEY IF YOU
REALLY LOOK. IN FACT, I DO SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER
PRESIDENT HAS DONE. THEY THINK MAYBE GEORGE
WASHINGTON HAS DONE. I CONTRIBUTE MY ENTIRE SALARY TO
THE GOVERNMENT, BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT, AND YOU CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING YOU
EARN FROM CRYPTO BACK TO THE
GOVERNMENT? IF THAT HAPPENED, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. I MEAN, SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OF MY REAL
ESTATE THAT I’VE OWNED FOR MANY
YEARS IF IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
I’M PRESIDENT AND DOING A GOOD
JOB? I DON’T THINK SO, BUT I’VE, I’VE DONE SOMETHING THAT
SURPRISINGLY THEY SAY NOBODY ELSE HAS DONE, NO OTHER PRESIDENT HAS DONE. I’VE GIVE AND IT’S A SUBSTANTIAL
SALARY. IT’S LIKE. A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
OR $550,000 A YEAR, 4 YEARS, A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS, UH. I GAVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT LAST TIME. I NEVER GOT A STORY SAYING I
GAVE IT. NOBODY CARED IF I GAVE IT. I GUARANTEE IF I DIDN’T GIVE IT, IT’D BE A BIG STORY. BUT NO OTHER PRESIDENT, THEY SAY, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO
FIND THOSE RECORDS, AND WE’VE HAD WEALTHY PRESIDENTS
BEFORE, BUT NO OTHER PRESIDENT HAS
CONTRIBUTED THE SALARY AND THEY TOLD ME BEFORE THIS THAT
YOU WILL PROBABLY BE ASKING ME WHETHER OR NOT I’M GOING TO
CONTRIBUTE MY SALARY AGAIN, BUT YOU HAVEN’T ASKED THAT. ARE YOU GOING TO? YES, YOU ARE. OK. YES, I AM. OK. UM, WELL, I APPRECIATE WE JUST MADE NEWS
THERE. LET’S TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, SIR. YOU JUST SIGNED A MINERALS DEAL
WITH UKRAINE. IT’S A SIGN, IT SEEMS THAT THE UNITED STATES
IS INVESTED IN UKRAINE’S FUTURE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE TOLD ME
THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL WEEK. ARE YOU ANY CLOSER TO REACHING A
PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UKRAINE
AND RUSSIA? I HOPE SO. I I DO BELIEVE WE’RE CLOSER WITH ONE PARTY AND MAYBE
NOT AS CLOSE WITH THE OTHER, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO SAY. I’D LIKE TO NOT SAY WHICH ONE
WE’RE CLOSER TO, BUT WE DID DO A DEAL FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WAS GOOD. WE WERE ABLE TO GET RARE EARTH, YOU KNOW, THE EUROPEANS ARE GETTING PAID BACK. THEY HAVE A LOAN. WE DIDN’T BIDEN JUST GAVE HIM
$350 BILLION. HE HAS NO IDEA WHERE THE MONEY
IS, WHAT HAPPENED. AND AT LEAST WE’LL IN ONE FORM
OR ANOTHER GET OUR, YEAH, I DON’T FEEL SO FOOLISH AND REMEMBER THIS, THIS IS BIDEN’S WAR. THIS WAS A WAR THAT WAS NEVER
GONNA HAPPEN IF I WERE
PRESIDENT. THIS IS A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WAR, AND I GET TO SEE SHOTS OF
SOLDIERS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SATELLITE. THAT ARE SO JUST SO TERRIBLE. 5000 SOLDIERS ARE BEING, 5000 SOLDIERS A WEEK ON AVERAGE
ARE DYING. THEY’RE NOT AMERICAN SOLDIERS, BUT I WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY’RE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND
THEY’RE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS, AND IF I CAN SAVE 5000 SOULS, I JUST LOVE DOING IT. HOW LONG DO YOU GIVE BOTH
COUNTRIES BEFORE YOU’RE GOING TO
WALK AWAY? WELL, THERE’LL BE A TIME WHEN I WILL
SAY, OK, KEEP GOING, KEEP BEING STUPID. WHEN DOES THAT COME? ARE YOU CLOSE TO IT? SOMETIMES I GET CLOSE TO IT AND
THEN POSITIVE THINGS HAPPEN, OK? SO I, UH, I HOPE IT GETS DONE. YOUR CLOSE ALLY, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS A
SANCTIONS BILL AGAINST RUSSIA. IF YOU GET TO THAT POINT, MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE YOU’RE PREPARED TO WALK AWAY, WILL YOU SUPPORT, WILL YOU SIGN THAT SANCTIONS
BILL? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT
RUSSIA IS BEHAVING TOWARD COMING TO A PEACE. WE WANT A PEACE DEAL. WE WANT RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO
AGREE TO A DEAL. WE THINK WE’RE FAIRLY CLOSE AND WE’RE GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE FROM BEING KILLED. WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY TOO
BECAUSE WE’RE SPENDING MONEY
LIKE. YOU KNOW, EUROPE IS SPENDING A THIRD OF
THE MONEY THAT WE’RE SPENDING, AND IT’S MORE IMPORTANT FOR
EUROPE THAN IT IS FOR US. BIDEN HAD NO CONTROL. HE JUST SENT MONEY OVER THERE
WILLY-NILLY. NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, WHY THEY WERE DOING IT, WHY THEY WERE SENDING IT, AND IT WAS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
MONEY. SO YOU THINK YOU’RE CLOSE TO A
DEAL. WHAT WILL RUSSIA HAVE TO GIVE UP BECAUSE UKRAINE, THERE’S BEEN DISCUSSIONS THEY
WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF THE
LAND ALL OF UKRAINE. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT. ALL OF UKRAINE, MEANING THEY WOULDN’T KEEP ANY
OF THE LAND THAT THEY’VE
CLAIMED. RUSSIA WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP ALL OF UKRAINE BECAUSE WHAT RUSSIA WANTS IS ALL
OF UKRAINE. AND IF I DIDN’T GET INVOLVED, THEY WOULD BE FIGHTING RIGHT NOW
FOR ALL OF UKRAINE. RUSSIA DOESN’T WANT THE STRIP
THAT THEY HAVE NOW. RUSSIA WANTS ALL OF UKRAINE, AND IF IT WEREN’T ME, THEY WOULD KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION
LEADERS HAVE ASKED ME TO CALL
PUTIN. SO MANY TIMES BECAUSE HE DOESN’T RETURN THEIR PHONE
CALL. YOU, YOU POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE
MIGHT BE TAPPING YOU ALONG. DID YOU MISS YOU MIGHT BE
TAPPING ME ALONG TOO WHEN YOU TELL ME HOW NICE AN INTERVIEW
THIS IS GOING TO BE. DID YOU, DID YOU? I’M USED TO BEING TAPPED ALONG. DID YOU IN ANY WAY MISREAD
VLADIMIR PUTIN? DID I MISREAD HIM NOW THAT
YOU’RE SAYING THAT. I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN A
MONTH FROM NOW OR 2 WEEKS FROM
NOW. I HAVE NO IDEA. I CAN TELL YOU THIS. HE’S HIS AMBITION WE STOPPED TO A LARGE EXTENT WHEN HE SAW THAT IT WAS ME THAT WAS NOW LEADING THE CHARGE
BECAUSE HE WASN’T DEALING WITH
ANYBODY IN EUROPE. HE WASN’T CALLING BACK, YOU KNOW THAT I ASKED HIM, I SAID, DID BIDEN EVER CALL YOU IN 3
YEARS? DID BIDEN EVER CALL? HE SAID HE NEVER CALLED. YOU KNOW, BIDEN DIDN’T CALL HIM ONE TIME AND ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF
SOLDIERS, HUNDREDS, MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS ARE DYING, AND PEOPLE, NOT ONLY SOLDIERS, PEOPLE DYING IN THE CITIES AND
THE TOWNS AND. THE WHOLE HERITAGE OF THAT
COUNTRY IS BEING BLOWN APART. I MEAN, THE COUNTRY’S HERITAGE IS BEING
BLOWN APART, YOU KNOW, THE STEEPLES, THOSE BEAUTIFUL SPIRES THAT YOU
SEE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD. ALMOST 95% OF THEM ARE LAYING IN
SMITHEREENS, ALL BROKEN UP AND SO SAD, LAYING ALL OVER THE GROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOT. IT’S, IT’S REALLY A BAD SITUATION. AND HE DIDN’T GET ONE PHONE CALL
FROM BIDEN. THE WAR WOULD HAVE NEVER
STARTED, AND, AND BY THE WAY, FOR 4 YEARS, IT DIDN’T START. I WAS THERE FOR 4 YEARS. IT WAS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. THIS WAS THE APPLE OF PUTIN’S
EYE. THERE WAS NO CHANCE HE WOULD
HAVE GONE IN. WHAT’S THE RED LINE FOR YOU? AT WHAT POINT DO YOU SAY THAT’S
IT? WE’RE WALKING AWAY? WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE’LL BE A TIME WHEN I MAY
SAY THAT, AND IF I DO THAT THERE MAY BE
SOMETHING I CAN’T, MAYBE IT’S NOT POSSIBLE TO DO. THERE’S TREMENDOUS HATRED JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, CHRISTIAN, WE’RE TALKING TREMENDOUS HATRED
BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN AND
BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SOLDIERS, FRANKLY, BETWEEN THE GENERALS. THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR 3
YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD
CHANCE OF DOING IT. VERY QUICKLY, IF YOU DO WALK AWAY, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD
PULL MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE? I DON’T WANT TO SAY THAT NOW. IT’S TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT. I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO THAT. LET’S MOVE ON TO CANADA. YOU HAVE LONG TALKED ABOUT
MAKING CANADA THE 51ST STATE. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY A NEW PRIME
MINISTER OF CANADA, MARK CARNEY, WHO YOU SPOKE TO AFTER HIS
VICTORY. HE SAYS THAT YOU DIDN’T TALK TO
HIM IN THAT CALL ABOUT MAKING CANADA A 15. FIRST, HE CALLED ME. HE WAS VERY NICE AND I
CONGRATULATED HIM. HE HAD A VICTORY. IT’S A VERY CLOSE VICTORY. IT’S, YOU KNOW, THERE’S NO MAJORITY OR ANYTHING, SO THAT’S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR HIM TO RUN, BUT HE NEVERTHELESS HAD A VICTORY
AND HE’S A VERY NICE MAN, I THINK. DO YOU PLAN TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT
MAKING CANADA WANTS TO COME AND
SEE ME. HE’S GOING TO COME THIS WEEK OR
NEXT WEEK. SO WILL YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT
MAKING CANADA A 501ST STATE
ANNEX IN CANADA? I’LL ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW WHY? WE SUBSIDIZE CANADA TO THE TUNE
OF $200 BILLION A YEAR. WE DON’T NEED THEIR CARS. IN FACT, WE DON’T WANT THEIR CARS. WE DON’T NEED THEIR ENERGY. WE DON’T EVEN WANT THEIR ENERGY. WE HAVE MORE THAN THEY DO. WE DON’T WANT THEIR LUMBER. WE HAVE GREAT LUMBER. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FREE IT UP
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL LUNATICS. WE DON’T NEED ANYTHING THAT THEY
HAVE. WE’RE GIVING THEM. I ASKED, I ASKED. MR. TRUDEAU, WHO I CALL GOVERNOR TRUDEAU, I SAID, YOU KNOW, NOT PRIME MINISTER, GOVERNOR. I SAID, GOVERNOR TRUDEAU, COULD I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? WHY ARE WE GIVING YOU $200
BILLION? WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING CANADA? IF CANADA WAS A STATE, IT WOULDN’T COST US. IT WOULD BE GREAT. IT WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT, WE, IT WOULD BE A CHERISHED STATE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MAP, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHY, I’M A REAL ESTATE GUY AT HEART. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT THAT
WITHOUT THAT ARTIFICIAL LINE THAT WAS DRAWN WITH A RULER MANY
YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUST AN ARTIFICIAL LINE
GOES STRAIGHT ACROSS. YOU DON’T EVEN REALIZE WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I, I DON’T THINK THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC WANTS ME TO PAY $200
BILLION A YEAR TO SUBSIDIZE CANADA. AGAIN, REMEMBER THIS, WE DON’T NEED THEIR CARS, WE DON’T NEED THEIR LUMBER, WE DON’T NEED THEIR ENERGY. WE DON’T NEED ANYTHING. WE DO VERY LITTLE BUSINESS WITH
CANADA. THEY DO ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS
PRACTICALLY WITH US. YOU AND I, THEY NEED US. WE DON’T NEED THAT. YOU AND I TALKED AND I ASKED YOU
IF YOU WOULD RULE OUT MILITARY
FORCE TO TAKE GREENLAND, AND YOU SAID NO, YOU DON’T RULE OUT ANYTHING. WOULD YOU RULE OUT MILITARY
FORCE TO TAKE CANADA? WELL, I THINK WE’RE NOT GOING TO EVER
GET TO THAT POINT. IT COULD HAPPEN. SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN WITH
GREENLAND. I’LL BE HONEST, WE NEED THAT FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY. I THINK IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. I DON’T SEE IT WITH CANADA. I JUST DON’T SEE IT. I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, OK, BUT YOU DON’T RULE IT OUT FOR
GREENLAND, AND BY THE WAY, CANADA, THEY SPEND LESS MONEY ON
MILITARY THAN PRACTICALLY ANY
NATION IN THE WORLD. THEY PAY NATO LESS THAN ANY
NATION. THEY, THEY THINK WE’RE SUBSIDIZED. THEY THINK WE ARE GOING TO
PROTECT THEM. AND REALLY WE ARE, BUT THE TRUTH IS THEY DON’T CARRY THEIR FULL
SHARE, AND IT’S UNFAIR TO THE UNITED
STATES AND OUR TAXPAYER. YOU ARE NOT RULING OUT MILITARY
FORCE TO TAKE GREENLAND. I DON’T RULE IT OUT. I DON’T SAY I’M GOING TO DO IT, BUT I DON’T RULE OUT ANYTHING. NO, NOT THERE. WE NEED THAT. WE NEED GREENLAND VERY BADLY. GREENLAND IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
WHICH WE’LL TAKE CARE OF AND WE’LL CHERISH THEM AND
ALL OF THAT. BUT WE NEED THAT FOR
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RUSSIAN BOATS AND WE
HAVE CHINESE BOATS, GUNSHIPS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, GUNSHIPS GOING UP AND DOWN THE
COAST OF GREENLAND. WE NEED THAT TO BE PROTECTED INTERNATIONALLY. WE NEED IT, SO YOU ARE. WILLING TO SEND US TROOPS TO CLAIM A SOVEREIGN TERRITORY. I DIDN’T SAY THAT. YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION. WOULD YOU? IS THERE A CIRCUMSTANCE IT COULD
HAPPEN? I DOUBT IT WILL, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD HAPPEN
WITH RESPECT TO GREENLAND. OK, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT IRAN. YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH IRAN. IS THE GOAL OF THESE TALKS
LIMITING IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM OR TOTAL
DISMANTLEMENT? TOTAL DISMANTLEMENT. THAT’S ALL YOU’LL ACCEPT. THAT’S ALL I’D ACCEPT. NOW THERE’S A NEW THEORY. OUT THERE THAT IRAN WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE
CIVILIAN MEANING TO MAKE
ELECTRICITY, BUT I SAY YOU KNOW THEY HAVE SO
MUCH OIL WHAT DO THEY NEED IT
FOR? BUT YOU KNOW I’VE SEEN IT WITH OTHER
STATES WHERE THEY’RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY HAVE A
LOT OF OIL. IRAN HAS TREMENDOUS ENERGY, YOU KNOW, I PUT SANCTIONS IF YOU KNOW
THAT. I PUT PRETTY STRONG SANCTIONS ON TWO
DAYS AGO AND THE OIL. THE SAD PART IS THAT IF BIDEN DIDN’T GET INVOLVED, IF WE HAD A COMPETENT PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE
ATTACK ON ISRAEL. OCTOBER 7TH WOULD HAVE NEVER
TAKEN PLACE. HAMAS WOULD HAVE HAD NO MONEY
BECAUSE IRAN WAS BROKE. AND NOW IN A PERIOD OF FOUR
YEARS DURING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY BECAME VERY RICH. THEY HAVE OVER $300 BILLION CASH
IN THE BANK. AND THEY HAD NO MONEY. THEY WERE READY TO MAKE A DEAL
WITH ME, AND IT’S VERY SAD BECAUSE OF
THIS RIGGED ELECTION. THEY DIDN’T DO IT. JUST ANOTHER THING YOU CAN WALK
DOWN TO A BAD ELECTION. IT’S INTERESTING WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING THOUGH BECAUSE SECRETARY RUBIO HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD. ACCEPT OR THE IDEA IS THERE IS AN OPENNESS TO
ACCEPTING PEACEFUL CIVIL NUCLEAR
PROGRAMS. WELL, THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE, I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING
CONTRADICTORY. I SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S
REALLY PRETTY NEW IN THE
DIALOGUE, AND I’D HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, MY INCLINATION IS TO SAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED THAT FOR? YOU HAVE A LOT OF OIL. SO YOU WANT TOTAL DISMANTLEMENT
BOTTOM LINE, I THINK THAT I WOULD BE OPEN TO
HEARING IT, YOU KNOW, CIVILIAN ENERGY IT’S CALLED, BUT YOU KNOW, CIVILIAN ENERGY OFTEN NEEDS TO
LEADS TO MILITARY WARS, AND WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE THEM
HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. IT’S A VERY SIMPLE DEAL. I WANT IRAN TO BE REALLY
SUCCESSFUL, REALLY GREAT, REALLY FANTASTIC. THE ONLY THING THEY CAN HAVE IS
A NUCLEAR WEAPON. IF THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THAT’S OK. I WANT THEM TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL, AND YOU KNOW, THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE
INCREDIBLE. I JUST DON’T WANT THEM TO HAVE. A NUCLEAR WEAPON BECAUSE THE
WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED. JUST TO RECAP, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR DESIRE
TO CLAIM CANADA, GREENLAND. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE? YOU FORGOT THE PANAMA CANAL, PANAMA CANAL. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO
SAY THEY VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY WANTED YOU
TO END FOREIGN CONFLICTS, NOT START NEW? I DON’T SEE THAT AS CONFLICT. I THINK THAT’S GOOD FOR OUR
COUNTRY, THOSE THINGS. LOOK, THE PANAMA CANAL WAS TAKEN OVER
BY CHINA EFFECTIVELY. NOW CHINA SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT, BUT THE PANAMA CANAL, THINK OF THIS DEAL. WE BUILT THE MOST EXPENSIVE
OBJECT WE’VE EVER BUILT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THAT WAS MOUNT MCKINLEY. THEY JUST TOOK AWAY, I JUST GAVE THEM BACK THE NAME, BUT MCKINLEY MADE THE MONEY. TEDDY ROOSEVELT SPENT THE MONEY. MCKINLEY TAKES VERY LITTLE
CREDIT, YOU KNOW, BUT HE MADE, YOU KNOW HOW HE MADE THE MONEY
THROUGH TARIFFS. HE WAS THE BIG TARIFF PRESIDENT. OK, BUT FORGET THAT. WE BUILT THE PANAMA CANAL. IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING. IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT, LIKE ALMOST $2 TRILLION TODAY. WE’VE NEVER SPENT THERE, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND JIMMY CARTER GAVE IT AWAY
FOR $1. PANAMA INSISTS THIS IS A PANAMA
SAYS THEY DO CONTROL THE CANAL, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE
QUESTIONS LEFT TONIGHT. PANAMA SAID. LITTLE RAP. PANAMA PANAMA SAYS THEY STILL
CONTROL IT. I KNOW YOU’RE SAYING CHINA. PANAMA SAYS THEY STILL CONTROL
IT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD HAVE GONE THERE
ABOUT 5.2 MONTHS AGO, EVERY SINGLE SIGN ON THE PANAMA
CANAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT 15%
OF THEM WAS IN CHINESE. LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE WE’RE NEARING THE END, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS
HERE. I’M NOT COMPLAINING. YOU KEEP SAYING TO ME LIKE I’M
RUSHING. NO, YOU’RE NOT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DON’T I REALLY DON’T WANT TO
MAKE YOU NERVOUS. THANK YOU. THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS
SELLING HATS THAT SAY TRUMP
2028. YEAH. ARE YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A
THIRD TERM, MR. PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH IT’S PROHIBITED BY
THE CONSTITUTION, OR IS THIS ABOUT STAYING
POLITICALLY VIABLE? I WILL SAY THIS. SO MANY PEOPLE WANT ME TO DO IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD REQUESTS SO
STRONG AS THAT, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT TO THE
BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S
CONSTITUTIONAL, THAT THEY’RE NOT ALLOWING YOU TO
DO IT OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE SELLING
THE 2028 HAT, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I’M
LOOKING TO DO. I’M LOOKING TO HAVE FOUR GREAT
YEARS AND TURN IT OVER TO
SOMEBODY. IDEALLY A GREAT REPUBLICAN, A GREAT REPUBLICAN TO CARRY IT
FORWARD, BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
4 YEARS, AND I THINK 4 YEARS IS PLENTY OF
TIME TO DO SOMETHING REALLY
SPECTACULAR. THE CONSTITUTION DOES PROHIBIT
IT. HAVE YOU, SOME OF YOUR ALLIES ARE PRETTY
SERIOUS ABOUT THIS THOUGH, MR. PRESIDENT. I’VE SPOKEN TO THEM. THEY SAY THEY ARE COMING UP WITH POTENTIAL WAYS. OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST ONE WOULD
BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. THAT’S BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE JOB
I’M DOING AND IT’S A COMPLIMENT. IT’S REALLY A GREAT COMPLIMENT. HAS ANYONE APPROACHED YOU THOUGH
WITH AN ACTUAL PLAN AND A WAY TO ACTUALLY START
THE PROCESS? WELL, THERE ARE. THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING IT, AND YOU KNOW THE SAME THING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT UH THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL THING AND YOU HEAR
DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND DIFFERENT OTHER
PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN HAVE A
WRITE-IN VOTE. THERE’S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
THINGS. WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO BE A GREAT PRESIDENT. I WILL HAVE SERVED HOPEFULLY. UH, EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL. I FEEL VERY GOOD. I JUST DID A PHYSICAL. I TOOK, UNLIKE ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS, I TOOK COGNITIVE TESTS AND I
ACED IT. I GOT 100% CORRECT, AND THE DOCTOR, ONE DOCTOR SAID THERE WERE
NUMEROUS DOCTORS WATCHING, AND HE SAID, I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. UM, BIDEN DIDN’T TAKE A COGNITIVE. HE COULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN THE
FIRST QUESTION RIGHT, BUT I CAME OUT GREAT WITH THE
PHYSICAL BOTH PHYSICALLY AND
MENTALLY, AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO SERVE. DO A GREAT JOB. I’LL BE AN EIGHT-YEAR PRESIDENT. I’LL BE A TWO-TERM PRESIDENT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU KNOW. IF YOU LOOK AT PRESIDENT POLK, HE WAS A ONE-TERMER AND HE DID
SOME GREAT THINGS, ACTUALLY, PRETTY GOOD PRESIDENT, AND I’M NOT SAYING YOU CAN’T DO
THAT, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT BEING A
TWO TERM PRESIDENT THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME. AND JUST TO PUT A BUTTON ON IT, HAS ANYONE IN AN OFFICIAL
CAPACITY PRESENTED YOU WITH, SIR, HERE ARE SOME IDEAS BY WHICH YOU COULD
ACTUALLY GET A. CAPACITY OF BEING A BIG
SUPPORTER OF MANY PEOPLE HAVE
SAID DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I’M NOT LOOKING AT THAT. YOU HAVEN’T HAD OFFICIAL
MEETINGS ABOUT IT. NO, AND JUST SAY, 4 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. I HAVE ALMOST 4 YEARS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE’VE
DONE, WE’VE DONE MORE THAN ANY
PRESIDENT AND EVEN YOU MIGHT
ADMIT THAT NOBODY’S DONE THE EXTENT OF THE
THINGS THAT WE’VE DONE. NOBODY’S DONE THIS IN ESSENTIALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN 3 MONTHS, AS THEY SAY 100 DAYS. I’M LOOKING TO DO A GREAT JOB AS
PRESIDENT AND SET THE COUNTRY ON THE RIGHT
TRACK BECAUSE IF I DIDN’T WIN, THIS COUNTRY WOULD HAVE FAILED. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FAILED
NATION. YOU HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL
MOVEMENT THAT HAS TRANSFORMED
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT’S TRANSFORMED THE COUNTRY, QUITE FRANKLY. POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN HISTORY, MA. WHEN YOU MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE, MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK THE MAGA MOVEMENT
CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU AS ITS
LEADER? YES, I DO. WHAT GIVES YOU I THINK IT’S SO
STRONG, AND I THINK WE HAVE TREMENDOUS
PEOPLE. I THINK WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
THEM. UH, YOU LOOK AT MARCO, YOU LOOK AT JD VANCE, WHO’S FANTASTIC. YOU LOOK AT, I COULD NAME 1015, 20 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW JUST SITTING
HERE. NO, I THINK WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
PARTY AND YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN’T
NAME. I CAN’T NAME ONE DEMOCRAT. I MEAN, I LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATS, THEY’RE IN TOTAL DISARRAY. THEY HAVE A NEW PERSON NAMED
CROCKETT. I WATCHED HER SPEAK THE OTHER
DAY, SHE’S DEFINITELY A LOW IQ
PERSON, UH, AND THEY SAID SHE’S THE FUTURE
OF THE PARTY. I SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GONNA
DO AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN A TWO
PARTY SYSTEM. I BECAUSE IT’S GOOD TO BE
CHALLENGED. IT’S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A TWO
PARTY, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOOD YOU BEING CHALLENGED
IS OK. IT KEEPS YOU SHARP. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GONNA
DO. THEY HAVE NOBODY. BERNIE’S 87 YEARS OLD OR
SOMETHING, AND YOU KNOW, BIDEN IS THE WORST THING THAT
EVER HAPPENED TO OLD PEOPLE. BECAUSE HE WAS GROSSLY
INCOMPETENT AND I THINK MAYBE
FOR ARTIFICIAL REASONS, YOU KNOW, HE HAD OPERATIONS AND THINGS, SO MAYBE THAT’S AN ARTIFICIAL, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE UNBELIEVABLY SHARP AND THEY’RE
OLDER THAN 87, BUT I WATCHED BERNIE SANDERS. HE’S A NUT JOB, BUT HE’S STILL SHARP. HE’S SHARP AS HE’S THE SAME GUY
HE WAS. HE HASN’T GONE DOWN. BUT BIDEN IS REALLY, HE’S THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN
TO OLD PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONLY 100
DAYS IN, BUT AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WHO DO YOU SEE AS YOUR
SUCCESSOR, MR. PRESIDENT? WELL, IT’S FAR TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT, AND TYPICALLY AND JD IS DOING A
FANTASTIC JOB. HE WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE
LIST. IT COULD VERY WELL BE. I DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN
THAT. I THINK HE’S A FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT GUY. UH, MARCO IS GREAT. THERE’S A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE
GREAT. UH, I, I ALSO SEE TREMENDOUS UNITY, BUT CERTAINLY YOU WOULD SAY THAT
SOMEBODY’S THE VP IF THAT PERSON
IS OUTSTANDING, I GUESS THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE
AN ADVANTAGE, BUT I THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE
WOULD ALL STAY IN UNBELIEVABLY
HIGH POSITIONS. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT HE’D BE
CHALLENGED BY SOMEBODY. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN
THIS PARTY.

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