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The President:
Thank you very much.

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I just wanted to begin
by mentioning that the

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nominee for Secretary of
the Department of Labor

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will be Mr. Alex Acosta.

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He has a law degree from
Harvard Law School,

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was a great student.

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Former clerk for
Justice Samuel Alito.

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And he has had a
tremendous career.

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He's a member, and has
been a member, of the

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National Labor Relations
Board, and has been

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through Senate
confirmation three times,

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confirmed -- did
very, very well.

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And so Alex, I've
wished him the best.

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We just spoke.

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And he's going to be
-- I think he'll be a

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tremendous
Secretary of Labor.

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And also, as you probably
heard just a little while

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ago, Mick Mulvaney, former
congressman, has just been

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approved -- weeks late,
I have to say that.

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Weeks, weeks late.

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Office of Management
and Budget.

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And he will be, I think,
a fantastic addition.

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Paul Singer has just left.

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As you know, Paul was very
much involved with the

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anti-Trump, or, as they
say, "Never Trump." And

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Paul just left and he's
given us his

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total support.

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And it's all about
unification.

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We're unifying the party,
and hopefully we're going

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to be able to
unify the country.

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It's very important to me.

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I've been talking about
that for a long time, but

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it's very, very
important to me.

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So I want to thank Paul
Singer for being here and

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for coming up
to the office.

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He was a very strong
opponent, and now he's a

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very strong ally.

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And I appreciate that.

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I think I'll say a few
words, and then we'll take

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some questions.

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And I had this time --
we've been negotiating a

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lot of different
transactions to save money

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on contracts that were
terrible, including

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airplane contracts that
were out of control and

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late and terrible.

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Just absolutely
catastrophic in terms of

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what was happening.

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And we've done some
really good work.

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We're very proud of that.

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And then right after that,
you prepare yourselves and

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we'll do some questions
-- unless you

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have no questions.

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That's always
a possibility.

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I'm here today to update
the American people on the

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incredible progress that
has been made in the last

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four weeks since
my inauguration.

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We have made
incredible progress.

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I don't think there's ever
been a President elected

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who, in this short period
of time, has done

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what we've done.

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A new Rasmussen poll, in
fact -- because the people

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get it; much of the
media doesn't get it.

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They actually get it, but
they don't write it --

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let's put it that way.

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But a new Rasmussen poll
just came out just a very

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short while ago, and it
has our approval rating at

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55 percent and going up.

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The stock market has hit
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as you know.

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And there has been a
tremendous surge of

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optimism in the business
world, which is -- to me

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means something much
different than it used to.

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It used to mean,
oh, that's good.

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Now it means that's
good for jobs.

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Very different.

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Plants and factories are
already starting to move

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back into the United
States and big league --

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Ford, General Motors,
so many of them.

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I'm making this
presentation directly to

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the American people with
the media present, which

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is an honor to have you
this morning, because many

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of our nation's reporters
and folks will not tell

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you the truth and will not
treat the wonderful people

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of our country with the
respect that they deserve.

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And I hope going forward
we can be a little bit

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different, and maybe get
along a little bit better,

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if that's possible.

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Maybe it's not, and
that's okay too.

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Unfortunately, much of the
media in Washington, D.C.,

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along with New York, Los
Angeles, in particular,

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speaks not for the people
but for the special

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interests and for those
profiting off a very, very

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obviously broken system.

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The press has become so
dishonest that if we don't

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talk about it, we are
doing a tremendous

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disservice to the American
people --

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tremendous disservice.

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We have to talk about it
to find out what's going

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on, because the press

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honestly is out of control.

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The level of dishonesty
is out of control.

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I ran for President to
represent the citizens

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of our country.

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I am here to change the
broken system so it serves

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their families and
their communities well.

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I am talking, and really
talking, on this very

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entrenched power
structure, and what we're

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doing is we're talking
about the power structure,

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we're talking about
its entrenchment.

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As a result, the media is
going through what they

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have to go through to
oftentimes distort -- not

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all the time -- and some
of the media is fantastic,

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I have to say; they're
honest and fantastic.

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But much of it is not
-- the distortion.

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And we'll talk about it,
and you'll be able to ask

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me questions about it.

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But we're not going to let
it happen, because I'm

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here again to take my
message straight

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to the people.

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As you know, our
administration inherited

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many problems across
government and

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across the economy.

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To be honest, I inherited
a mess -- it's a mess --

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at home and abroad.

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A mess.

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Jobs are pouring
out of the country.

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You see what's going on
with all of the companies

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leaving our country, going
to Mexico and other places

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-- low-pay, low-wages.

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Mass instability overseas,
no matter where you look.

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The Middle East,
a disaster.

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North Korea -- we'll
take care of it, folks.

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We're going to take
care of it all.

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I just want to let you
know I inherited a mess.

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Beginning on day one, our
administration went to

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work to tackle
these challenges.

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On foreign affairs, we've
already begun enormously

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productive talks with many
foreign leaders -- much of

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it you've covered --
to move forward toward

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stability, security, and
peace in the most troubled

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regions of the world,
which there are many.

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We've had great
conversations with the

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United Kingdom -- and
meetings -- Israel,

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Mexico, Japan,
China, and Canada.

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Really, really productive
conversations.

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I would say far more
productive than you

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would understand.

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We've even developed a new
council with Canada to

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promote women's business
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It's very important to
me, very important to my

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daughter Ivanka.

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I have directed our
defense community, headed

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by our great general, now
Secretary Mattis -- he's

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over there now, working
very hard -- to submit a

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plan for the defeat
of ISIS, a group that

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celebrates the murder and
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in large sections
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It used to be a small
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large sections
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They've spread
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ISIS has spread
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Another mess I inherited.

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And we have imposed new
sanctions on the nation of

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Iran, who's totally taken
advantage of our

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previous administration.

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And they're the world's
top sponsor of terrorism.

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And we're not going to
stop until that problem is

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properly solved.

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And it's not
properly solved now.

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It's one of the worst
agreements I've ever seen

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drawn by anybody.

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I've ordered plans to
begin for the massive

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rebuilding of the
United States military.

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I've had great support
from the Senate.

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I've had great support
from Congress generally.

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We've pursued this
rebuilding in the hopes

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that we will never have
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And I will tell you that
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happy if we never
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But our country will never
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the military we're about
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We have the greatest
people on Earth in our

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military, but they don't
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And their
equipment is old.

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I used it, I talked
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Depleted -- it's depleted.

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It won't be
depleted for long.

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And I think one of the
reasons I'm standing here

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instead of other people is
that, frankly, I talked

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about we have to have
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We have to have strong
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So we do not go abroad
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We really are searching
for peace, but it's peace

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through strength.

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At home, we have begun
the monumental task of

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returning the government
back to the people on a

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scale not seen in
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In each of these actions,
I'm keeping my promises to

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the American people.

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These are campaign
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Some people are so
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having strong borders.

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Well, that's what I've
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year and a half
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They're so surprised --
"oh, you're having strong

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borders." Well, that's
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about to the press
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One promise after another
after years of politicians

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lying to you
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They lie to the American
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to get elected.

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Some of the things I'm
doing probably aren't

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popular, but they're
necessary for security and

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for other reasons.

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And then coming to
Washington and pursuing

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their own interests, which
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many politicians.

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I'm here following through
on what I pledged to do.

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That's all I'm doing.

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I put it out before
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Got 306 Electoral
College votes.

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I wasn't supposed
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They said there's no
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230 is impossible.

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Two hundred and seventy,
which you need,

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that was laughable.

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We got 306 because people
came out and voted like

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they've never seen before.

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So that's the way it goes.

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I guess it was the biggest
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since Ronald Reagan.

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In other words, the media
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administration because
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through on pledges that
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happy about it for
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But a lot of people
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In fact, I'll be in
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o'clock on Saturday, and I
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the crowds are massive
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I turn on the TV, open
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stories of chaos. Chaos!

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Yet, it is the
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This administration is
running like a fine-tuned

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machine, despite the
fact that I can't get my

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Cabinet approved, and

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they're outstanding people.

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Like Senator Dan Coates
whose there -- one of the

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most respected men of the
Senate --

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he can't get approved.

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How do you not
approve him?

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He's been a colleague,
highly respected --

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brilliant guy, great guy,
everybody knows it -- but

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waiting for approval.

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So we have a wonderful
group of people that's

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working very hard,
that's being very much

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misrepresented about, and
we can't let that happen.

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So if the Democrats, who
have -- all you have to do

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is look at where they are
right now -- the only

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thing they can do is
delay, because they've

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screwed things up
royally, believe me.

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Let me list to you some of
the things that we've done

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in just a short
period of time.

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I just got here.

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I got here with
no Cabinet.

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Again, each of these
actions is a promise I

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made to the
American people.

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So we'll go over just some
of them, and we have a lot

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happening next week and
in the weeks coming.

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We've withdrawn from the
job-killing disaster known

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as Trans-Pacific
Partnership.

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We're going to make trade
deals, but we're going to

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have one-on-one
deals -- bilateral.

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We're going to have
one-on-one deals.

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We've directed the
elimination of regulations

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that undermine
manufacturing, and called

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for expedited approval of
the permits needed for

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America and American
infrastructure, and that

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means plants, equipment,
roads, bridges, factories.

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People take 10, 15, 20
years to get disapproved

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for a factory.

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They go in for a permit
-- it's many, many years.

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And then at the end of the
process -- they spend tens

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of millions of dollars on
nonsense -- and at the end

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of the process,
they get rejected.

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Now, they may be rejected
with me, but it's going to

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be a quick rejection.

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It's not going
to take years.

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But mostly, it's going
to be an acceptance.

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We want plants built, and
we want factories built,

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and we want the jobs.

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We don't want the jobs
going to other countries.

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We've imposed a hiring
freeze on nonessential

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federal workers.

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We've imposed a temporary
moratorium on new federal

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regulations.

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We've issued a
game-changing new rule

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that says for each one
new regulation, two old

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regulations must
be eliminated.

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Makes sense.

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Nobody has ever seen
regulations like we have.

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If you go to other
countries and you look at

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industries they have, and
you say, let me see your

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regulations, and they're
a fraction, just a tiny

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fraction of what we have.

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And I want regulations
because I want safety, I

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want all environmental
situations to be taken

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properly care of.

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It's very important to me.

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But you don't need four or
five or six regulations to

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take care of
the same thing.

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We've stood up for the
men and women of law

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enforcement, directing
federal agencies to ensure

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they are protected from
crimes of violence.

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We've directed the
creation of a task force

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for reducing violent crime
in America, including the

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horrendous situation --
take a look at Chicago and

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others -- taking place

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right now in our inner cities. Horrible.

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We've ordered the
Department of Homeland

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Security and Justice to
coordinate on a plan to

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destroy criminal cartels
coming into the United

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States with drugs.

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We're becoming a
drug-infested nation.

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Drugs are becoming cheaper
than candy bars, and we're

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not going to let it
happen any longer.

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We've undertaken the
most substantial border

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security measures in a
generation to keep our

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nation and our tax dollars
safe, and are now in the

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process of beginning to
build a promised wall on

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the southern border.

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Met with General, now
Secretary, Kelly yesterday

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and we're starting
that process.

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And the wall is going to
be a great wall, and it's

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going to be a wall
negotiated by me.

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The price is going to come
down, just like it has on

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everything else I've
negotiated

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for the government.

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And we're going to
have a wall that works.

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We're not going to have a
wall like they have now,

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which is either
nonexistent or a joke.

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We've ordered a crackdown
on sanctuary cities that

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refuse to comply with
federal law and that

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harbor criminal aliens,
and we've ordered an end

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to the policy of catch and
release on the border.

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No more release, no matter
who you are -- release.

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We've begun a nationwide
effort to remove criminal

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aliens, gang members, drug
dealers, and others who

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pose a threat to
public safety.

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We are saving American
lives every single day.

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The court system has not
made it easy for us.

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And we've even created a
new office in Homeland

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Security dedicated to the
forgotten American victims

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of illegal immigrant
violence,

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of which there are many.

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We've taken decisive
action to keep radical

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Islamic terrorists
out of our country.

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Though parts of
our necessary and

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constitutional actions
were blocked by a judge's,

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in my opinion, incorrect
and unsafe ruling, our

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administration is working
night and day to keep you

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safe -- including
reporters safe -- and is

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vigorously defending
this lawful order.

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I will not back down from
defending our country.

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I got elected on
defense of our country.

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And I keep my
campaign promises.

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And our citizens will be
very happy when they see

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the result.

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They already are.

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I can tell you that.

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Extreme vetting will be
put in place, and it

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already is in place
in many places.

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In fact, we had to go
quicker than we thought

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because of the bad
decision we received from

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a circuit that has been
overturned

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at a record number.

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I've heard 80 percent -- I
find that hard to believe;

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that's just a number I
heard -- that they're

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overturned 80
percent of the time.

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I think that circuit is in
chaos and that circuit is,

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frankly, in turmoil.

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But we are appealing that
and we are going further.

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We're issuing a new
executive action next week

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that will comprehensively
protect our country, so

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we'll be going along the
one path and

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hopefully winning that.

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At the same time, we will
be issuing a new and very

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comprehensive order to
protect our people, and

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that will be done some
time next week, toward the

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beginning or middle
at the latest part.

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We've also taken steps to
begin construction of the

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Keystone Pipeline and
Dakota Access Pipelines --

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thousands and thousands of
jobs -- and put new "Buy

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American" measures in
place to require American

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steel for American
pipelines.

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In other words, they build
a pipeline in this country

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and we use the powers of
government to make that

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pipeline happen.

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We want them to use
American steel.

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And they're willing to
do that, but nobody ever

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asked before I came along.

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Even this order was drawn
and they didn't say that.

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And I'm reading the order,
I'm saying, why aren't we

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using American steel?

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And they said,
that's a good idea.

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We put it in.

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To drain the swamp of
corruption in Washington,

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D.C. I've started by
imposing a five-year

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lobbying ban on White
House officials and a

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lifetime ban on lobbying
for a foreign government.

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We've begun preparing

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to repeal and replace Obamacare.

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Obamacare is a
disaster, folks.

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It's a disaster.

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You can say, oh, Obamacare
-- I mean, they fill up

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our alleys with people
that you wonder how they

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get there, but they're not
the Republican people that

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our representatives
are representing.

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So we've begun preparing
to repeal and replace

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Obamacare and are deep in
the midst of negotiations

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on a very historic tax
reform to bring

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our jobs back.

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We're bringing our jobs
back to this

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country big league.

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It's already happening,
but big league.

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I've also worked to
install a Cabinet over the

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delays and obstruction
of Senate Democrats.

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You've seen what they've
done over the last long

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number of years.

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That will be one of the
great Cabinets ever

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assembled in
American history.

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You look at Rex Tillerson
-- he's out there

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negotiating right now.

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General Mattis I mentioned
before, General Kelly.

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We have great,
great people.

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Mick is with us now.

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We have great people.

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Among their
responsibilities will be

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ending the bleeding of
jobs from our country and

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negotiating fair trade
deals for our citizens.

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Now, look, fair trade
-- not free -- fair.

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If a country is taking
advantage of us, we're not

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going to let that
happen anymore.

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Every country takes
advantage of us, almost.

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I may be able to find
a couple that don't.

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But for the most part,
that would be a very tough

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job for me to do.

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Jobs have already
started to surge.

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Since my election, Ford
announced it will abandon

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its plans to build a new
factory in Mexico and will

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instead invest $700
million in Michigan,

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creating many, many jobs.

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Fiat-Chrysler announced it
will invest $1 billion in

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Ohio and Michigan,
creating 2,000 new

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American jobs.

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They were with
me a week ago.

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You know -- you were here.

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General Motors, likewise,
committed to invest

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billions of dollars in its
American manufacturing

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operation, keeping many
jobs here that

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were going to leave.

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And if I didn't get
elected, believe me, they

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would have left.

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And these jobs and these
things that I'm announcing

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would never
have come here.

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Intel just announced that
it will move ahead with a

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new plant in Arizona that
probably was never going

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to move ahead with.

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And that will result in

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at least 10,000 American jobs.

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Walmart announced it will
create 10,000 jobs in the

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United States just this
year because of our

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various plans
and initiatives.

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There will be
many, many more.

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Many more.

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These are a few
that we're naming.

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Other countries have been
taking advantage of us for

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decades -- decades and
decades and decades, folks.

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And we're not going to
let that happen anymore.

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Not going to
let it happen.

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And one more thing.

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I have kept my promise to
the American people by

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nominating a justice of
the United States Supreme

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Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch,
who is from my list of 20,

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and who will be a true
defender of our laws and

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our Constitution -- highly
respected, should get the

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votes from the Democrats
-- you may not see that,

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but he'll get there
one way or the other.

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But he should get there
the old-fashioned way, and

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he should get those votes.

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This last month
has represented an

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unprecedented degree of
action on behalf of the

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great citizens
of our country.

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Again, I say it --
there has never been a

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presidency that's done
so much in such a short

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period of time.

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And we haven't even
started the big work that

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starts early next week.

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Some very big things are

499
00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:36,911
going to be announced next week.

500
00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:38,015
So we're just
getting started.

501
00:23:38,016 --> 00:23:40,386
We will be giving a
speech, as I said, in

502
00:23:40,385 --> 00:23:43,525
Melbourne, Florida,
at 5:00 p.m.

503
00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:45,722
I hope to see you there.

504
00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:48,764
And with that, I'd just
say, God bless America,

505
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,400
and let's take
some questions.

506
00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:53,896
Mara. Mara, go ahead.

507
00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:55,739
You were cut off pretty
violently at our

508
00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:58,104
last news conference.

509
00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:00,573
The Press: Did you
fire Mike Flynn?

510
00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:03,012
The President: Mike Flynn
is a fine person, and I

511
00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:05,978
asked for his resignation.

512
00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:09,147
He respectfully gave it.

513
00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:12,387
He is a man who -- there
was a certain amount of

514
00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,484
information given to Vice
President Pence, who is

515
00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:16,886
with us today.

516
00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:19,188
And I was not happy with
the way that

517
00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:21,431
information was given.

518
00:24:21,426 --> 00:24:25,466
He didn't have to do that,
because what he did wasn't

519
00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,663
wrong, what he did in
terms of the

520
00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:30,336
information he saw.

521
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:33,375
What was wrong was the
way that other people,

522
00:24:33,371 --> 00:24:37,241
including yourselves in
this room, were given that

523
00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,842
information, because that
was classified information

524
00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:40,975
that was given illegally.

525
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:43,449
That's the real problem.

526
00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:46,218
And you can talk all you
want about Russia, which

527
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:50,558
was all a fake news,
fabricated deal to try and

528
00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:52,625
make up for the loss of
the Democrats, and the

529
00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:55,424
press plays right into it.

530
00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,627
In fact, I saw a couple
of the people that were

531
00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,829
supposedly involved with
all of this -- they know

532
00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:00,761
nothing about it.

533
00:25:00,765 --> 00:25:02,435
They weren't in Russia,
they never made a phone

534
00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:05,304
call to Russia, they never
received a phone call.

535
00:25:05,303 --> 00:25:06,643
It's all fake news.

536
00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:08,678
It's all fake news.

537
00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,973
The nice thing is I see it
starting to turn, where

538
00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,417
people are now looking at
the illegal, Mara -- and I

539
00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:20,523
think it's very important
-- the illegal giving out

540
00:25:20,518 --> 00:25:24,588
classified information.

541
00:25:24,589 --> 00:25:27,459
And let me just tell you,
it was given out, like,

542
00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:28,829
so much.

543
00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:30,397
I'll give you an example.

544
00:25:30,395 --> 00:25:35,465
I called, as you
know, Mexico.

545
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:38,567
It was a very
confidential, classified

546
00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:41,140
call, but I called Mexico.

547
00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:43,479
And in calling Mexico, I
figured, oh, well, that's

548
00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:44,915
-- I spoke to the
President of Mexico,

549
00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:46,580
had a good call.

550
00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:49,618
All of a sudden it's out
for the world to see.

551
00:25:49,614 --> 00:25:50,714
It's supposed
to be secret.

552
00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:53,685
It's supposed to be either
confidential or

553
00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:55,125
classified in that case.

554
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,390
Same thing with Australia.

555
00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,429
All of a sudden people are
finding out exactly

556
00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:02,165
what took place.

557
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,600
The same thing happened
with respect to

558
00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:07,496
General Flynn.

559
00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,769
Everybody saw this, and
I'm saying -- the first

560
00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:11,768
thing I thought of when
I heard about it is, how

561
00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,510
does the press get this
information

562
00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:14,675
that's classified?

563
00:26:14,673 --> 00:26:15,503
How do they do it?

564
00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:16,137
You know why?

565
00:26:16,141 --> 00:26:18,141
Because it's an illegal
process, and the press

566
00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:19,943
should be ashamed
of themselves.

567
00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:22,545
But, more importantly, the
people that gave out the

568
00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:24,487
information to the press
should be

569
00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:26,322
ashamed of themselves.

570
00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:27,288
Really ashamed.

571
00:26:27,285 --> 00:26:28,155
Yes, go ahead.

572
00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,623
The Press: Why did you
keep your Vice President

573
00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:31,021
in the dark for
almost two weeks?

574
00:26:31,022 --> 00:26:32,292
The President: Because
when I looked at the

575
00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:34,490
information, I said,
I don't think he did

576
00:26:34,492 --> 00:26:35,562
anything wrong.

577
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,060
If anything, he did
something right.

578
00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:38,562
He was coming into
office, he looked at

579
00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:40,533
the information.

580
00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:43,272
He said, huh, that's
fine, that's what they're

581
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:44,138
supposed to do.

582
00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:45,275
They're supposed to be --
and he didn't

583
00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:46,300
just call Russia.

584
00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:50,444
He called and spoke to,
both ways -- I think there

585
00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:52,742
were 30-some-odd
countries.

586
00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:53,774
He's doing the job.

587
00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,718
You know, he was
just doing his job.

588
00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:58,184
The thing is he didn't
tell our Vice President

589
00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:02,683
properly, and then he
said he didn't remember.

590
00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:06,157
So either way, it wasn't
very satisfactory to me.

591
00:27:06,157 --> 00:27:10,727
And I have somebody that I
think will be outstanding

592
00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:15,369
for the position, and that
also helps, I think, in

593
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,767
the making of my decision.

594
00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:21,808
But he didn't tell the
Vice President of the

595
00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:26,016
United States the facts,
and then he didn't

596
00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:26,781
remember.

597
00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:28,418
And that just wasn't
acceptable to me.

598
00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:29,783
Yes.

599
00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:31,081
The Press: President
Trump, since you brought

600
00:27:31,082 --> 00:27:32,852
up Russia, I'm looking for
some clarification here.

601
00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:35,921
During the campaign, did
anyone from your team

602
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,790
communicate with members
of the Russian government

603
00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,689
or Russian intelligence?

604
00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:41,061
And if so, what was
the nature of

605
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,459
those conversations?

606
00:27:42,460 --> 00:27:44,100
The President: Well, the
failing New York Times

607
00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:45,495
wrote a big, long
front-page

608
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,297
story yesterday.

609
00:27:47,298 --> 00:27:52,208
And it was very much
discredited, as you know.

610
00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:53,973
It was -- it's a joke.

611
00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:55,872
And the people mentioned
in the story -- I notice

612
00:27:55,874 --> 00:27:58,074
they were on television
today saying they never

613
00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,476
even spoke to Russia.

614
00:27:59,477 --> 00:28:01,247
They weren't even a part,
really -- I mean, they

615
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:04,386
were such a minor part --
I hadn't spoken to them.

616
00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:06,282
I think the one person,
I don't think I've ever

617
00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:07,154
spoken to him.

618
00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,592
I don't think
I've ever met him.

619
00:28:09,587 --> 00:28:11,857
And he actually said he
was a very low-level

620
00:28:11,856 --> 00:28:13,426
member of, I think, a
committee for a short

621
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,525
period of time.

622
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,557
I don't think
I ever met him.

623
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:18,361
Now, it's possible that I
walked into a room and he

624
00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:19,563
was sitting there, but I
don't think

625
00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:20,534
I ever met him.

626
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,272
I didn't talk
to him, ever.

627
00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:25,368
And he thought
it was a joke.

628
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,070
The other person said he
never spoke to Russia,

629
00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,172
never received a call.

630
00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:30,173
Look at his phone records,
et cetera, et cetera.

631
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:32,945
And the other person,
people knew that he'd

632
00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:34,514
represented various
countries, but I don't

633
00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:37,112
think he represented
Russia -- but knew that he

634
00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:38,915
represented
various countries.

635
00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:39,847
That's what he does.

636
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:41,791
I mean, people know that.

637
00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:43,556
That's Mr. Manafort,
who's, by the way --

638
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,355
who's, by the way,
a respected man.

639
00:28:45,356 --> 00:28:46,796
He's a respected man.

640
00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:50,261
But I think he represented
the Ukraine, or Ukraine

641
00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:51,431
government, or somebody.

642
00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:52,399
But everybody --
people knew that.

643
00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:53,767
Everybody knew that.

644
00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:56,305
So these people -- and
he said that he has

645
00:28:56,301 --> 00:29:00,701
absolutely nothing to do
and never has with Russia.

646
00:29:00,705 --> 00:29:01,875
And he said that
very forcefully.

647
00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:02,803
I saw his statement.

648
00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:03,907
He said it very
forcefully.

649
00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,548
Most of the papers don't
print it because that's

650
00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:07,483
not good for
their stories.

651
00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:10,649
So the three people that
they talked about all

652
00:29:10,648 --> 00:29:12,288
totally deny it.

653
00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:14,623
And I can tell you,
speaking for myself, I own

654
00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:17,219
nothing in Russia.

655
00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:19,592
I have no loans in Russia.

656
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,661
I don't have any
deals in Russia.

657
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:25,860
President Putin called
me up very nicely to

658
00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:28,804
congratulate me on the
win of the election.

659
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,770
He then called me up
extremely nicely to

660
00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:33,869
congratulate me on the
inauguration, which

661
00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:35,302
was terrific.

662
00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:37,306
But so did many other
leaders -- almost all

663
00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:39,878
other leaders from almost
all other countries.

664
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:41,978
So that's the extent.

665
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:43,480
Russia is fake news.

666
00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:46,381
Russia -- this is fake
news put out by the media.

667
00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:49,924
The real news is the fact
that people, probably from

668
00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:52,391
the Obama administration
because they're there --

669
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,260
because we have our new
people going in place

670
00:29:54,259 --> 00:29:54,889
right now.

671
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:59,933
As you know, Mike Pompeo
is now taking control

672
00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:02,931
of the CIA.

673
00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:05,004
James Comey at FBI.

674
00:30:05,003 --> 00:30:08,043
Dan Coats is waiting
to be approved.

675
00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:09,909
I mean, he is a senator,
and a highly

676
00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:11,848
respected one.

677
00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:13,713
And he's still waiting
to be approved.

678
00:30:13,711 --> 00:30:15,551
But our new people
are going in.

679
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,547
And just while you're at,
because you mentioned

680
00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:21,689
this, Wall Street Journal
did a story today that was

681
00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:24,256
almost as disgraceful as
the failing New Times's

682
00:30:24,255 --> 00:30:26,755
story yesterday.

683
00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:30,698
And it talked about --
you saw it, front page.

684
00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:34,395
So, Director of National
Intelligence just put out

685
00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:37,999
-- acting -- a statement:
"Any suggestion that the

686
00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:40,702
United States intelligence
community" -- this was

687
00:30:40,705 --> 00:30:44,045
just given to us -- "is
withholding information

688
00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:47,812
and not providing the best
possible intelligence to

689
00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:52,152
the President and his
national security team is

690
00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:54,020
not true."

691
00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:57,018
So they took this
front-page story out of

692
00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,591
The Wall Street Journal --
top -- and they just wrote

693
00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:02,392
the story is not true.

694
00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:04,933
And I'll tell you
something, I'll be honest

695
00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:06,729
-- because I sort of enjoy
this back and forth, and I

696
00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:08,771
guess I have all my life,
but I've never seen more

697
00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:10,466
dishonest media than,
frankly, the

698
00:31:10,468 --> 00:31:11,708
political media.

699
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,803
I thought the financial
media was much better,

700
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,105
much more honest.

701
00:31:15,106 --> 00:31:18,446
But I will say that I
never get phone calls from

702
00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:20,913
the media.

703
00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:22,212
How do they write a story
like that in The Wall

704
00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:23,353
Street Journal
without asking me?

705
00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,588
Or how do they write a
story in The New York

706
00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:28,153
Times, put it
on front page?

707
00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:30,222
That was like that story
they wrote about the women

708
00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:32,321
and me -- front page.

709
00:31:32,323 --> 00:31:34,523
Big massive story.

710
00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:36,565
And it was nasty.

711
00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:37,331
And then they called.

712
00:31:37,328 --> 00:31:39,468
They said, "We
never said that.

713
00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:42,564
We like Mr. Trump." They
called up my office -- we

714
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:46,137
like Mr. Trump; we
never said that.

715
00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:49,137
And it was totally -- they
totally misrepresented

716
00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:51,980
those very wonderful
women, I have to tell you

717
00:31:51,976 --> 00:31:54,276
-- totally misrepresented.

718
00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:56,449
I said, give us
a retraction.

719
00:31:56,447 --> 00:31:58,587
They never gave
us a retraction.

720
00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:01,223
And, frankly, I then
went on to other things.

721
00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:08,059
Go ahead.

722
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:08,429
The Press: Mr.
President --

723
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,156
The President: You okay?

724
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,330
The Press: I am.

725
00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:11,358
Just wanted to
get untangled.

726
00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:13,532
Very simply, you said
today that you had the

727
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:14,931
biggest electoral margins
since Ronald Reagan with

728
00:32:14,932 --> 00:32:17,502
304 or 306
electoral votes.

729
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:20,372
In fact, President
Obama got 365 in 2008.

730
00:32:20,371 --> 00:32:22,111
The President: Well, I'm
talking about Republican. Yes.

731
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:24,406
The Press: President
Obama, 332.

732
00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:25,839
George H.W. Bush,

733
00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:29,013
426 when he
won as President.

734
00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:30,283
So why should
Americans trust --

735
00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,321
The President: Well, no,
I was told -- I was given

736
00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:32,286
that information.

737
00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:33,083
I don't know.

738
00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:33,584
I was just given.

739
00:32:33,584 --> 00:32:35,054
We had a very,
very big margin.

740
00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:35,723
The Press: I guess my
question is, why should

741
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,490
Americans trust you when
you have accused the

742
00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:40,059
information they receive
of being fake when you're

743
00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:41,628
providing information
that's fake?

744
00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:42,056
The President:
Well, I don't know.

745
00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:43,660
I was given that
information.

746
00:32:43,661 --> 00:32:45,031
I was given -- actually,
I've seen that

747
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:46,869
information around.

748
00:32:46,864 --> 00:32:48,504
But it was a very
substantial victory.

749
00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:50,499
Do you agree with that?

750
00:32:50,501 --> 00:32:51,171
The Press: You're
the President.

751
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:51,699
The President:
Okay, thank you.

752
00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:53,903
That's a good answer. Yes.

753
00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:55,275
The Press: Mr. President,
thank you so much.

754
00:32:57,008 --> 00:32:58,878
Can you tell us in
determining that

755
00:32:58,876 --> 00:33:02,776
Lieutenant General Flynn
-- there was no wrongdoing

756
00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:05,750
in your mind, what
evidence was weighed?

757
00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:07,520
Did you have the
transcripts of these

758
00:33:07,518 --> 00:33:10,288
telephone intercepts
with Russian officials,

759
00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:12,358
particularly Ambassador
Kislyak, who he was

760
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,957
communicating with?

761
00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:16,759
What evidence did you
weigh to determine there

762
00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:18,361
was no wrong doing?

763
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:19,893
And further than that,
sir, you've said on a

764
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:21,768
couple of occasions this
morning that you were

765
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:23,330
going to aggressively
pursue the sources of

766
00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:24,301
these leaks.

767
00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:25,172
The President: We are.

768
00:33:25,169 --> 00:33:26,109
The Press: Can we ask
what you're doing to do?

769
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,408
And also, we've heard
about a review of the

770
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:30,106
intelligence community
headed by

771
00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:31,578
Stephen Feinberg.

772
00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:32,276
What can you tell
us about that?

773
00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:33,176
The President: Well, first
of all, about that, we now

774
00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:35,012
have Dan Coats, hopefully
soon Mike Pompeo and James

775
00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:40,289
Comey, and they're
in position.

776
00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:43,485
So I hope that we'll be
able to straighten that

777
00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,658
out without using
anybody else.

778
00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:47,256
The gentleman you
mentioned is a very

779
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:49,098
talented man, very
successful man.

780
00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:52,633
And he has offered his
services, and it's

781
00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:53,460
something we may
take advantage of.

782
00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:56,604
But I don't think we'll
need that at all because

783
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:59,041
of the fact that I think
that we're going to be

784
00:33:59,036 --> 00:34:00,576
able to straighten it out
very easily on its own.

785
00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:04,742
As far as the general is
concerned, when I first

786
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:08,346
heard about it, I said,
huh, that doesn't

787
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:09,450
sound wrong.

788
00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:12,117
My counsel came -- Don
McGahn, White House

789
00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:16,320
Counsel -- and he told me,
and I asked him, and he

790
00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:19,128
can speak very
well for himself.

791
00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:23,593
He said he doesn't think
anything is wrong.

792
00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:26,498
He really didn't think
-- it was really what

793
00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:28,068
happened after that, but
he didn't think anything

794
00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:28,829
was done wrong.

795
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,003
I didn't either, because
I waited a period of time

796
00:34:30,301 --> 00:34:31,471
and I started to
think about it.

797
00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,269
I said, well, I don't see
-- to me, he was

798
00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:34,471
doing the job.

799
00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:37,372
The information was
provided by -- who I don't

800
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:41,275
know -- Sally Yates -- and
I was a little surprised

801
00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:44,679
because I said, doesn't
sound like he did anything

802
00:34:44,682 --> 00:34:46,722
wrong there.

803
00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:49,857
But he did something wrong
with respect to the Vice

804
00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:53,394
President, and I thought
that was not acceptable.

805
00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:59,061
As far as the actual
making the call -- in

806
00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:01,803
fact, I've watched various
programs and I've read

807
00:35:01,799 --> 00:35:05,539
various articles where he
was just doing his job.

808
00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:06,736
That was very normal.

809
00:35:06,737 --> 00:35:08,577
At first, everybody got
excited because they

810
00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,073
thought he did
something wrong.

811
00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:12,644
After they thought about
it, it turned out he was

812
00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:14,613
just doing his job.

813
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:17,312
So -- and I do -- and, by
the way, with all of that

814
00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,455
being said, I do think
he's a fine man.

815
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:20,920
Yes, Jon.

816
00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:22,558
The Press: On
the leaks, sir --

817
00:35:22,553 --> 00:35:23,793
The President: Go ahead,
finish off, then I'll get

818
00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:24,988
you, Jon.

819
00:35:24,989 --> 00:35:26,329
The Press: Sorry, what
will you do on the leaks?

820
00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:27,454
You have said
twice today --

821
00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,288
The President: Yes, we're
looking at it very,

822
00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:30,032
very seriously.

823
00:35:30,027 --> 00:35:33,597
I've gone to all of the
folks in charge of the

824
00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:37,668
various agencies, and
we're -- I've actually

825
00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:39,908
called the Justice
Department to look

826
00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:40,704
into the leaks.

827
00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,705
Those are criminal leaks.

828
00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:45,877
They're put out by people
either in agencies.

829
00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:47,847
I think you'll see it
stopping because now we

830
00:35:47,845 --> 00:35:48,445
have our people in.

831
00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:50,586
You know, again, we don't
have our people in because

832
00:35:50,581 --> 00:35:52,051
we can't get them
approved by the Senate.

833
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:55,889
We just had Jeff Sessions
approved in Justice,

834
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:57,317
as an example.

835
00:35:57,321 --> 00:36:00,561
So we are looking into
that very seriously.

836
00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:02,328
It's a criminal act.

837
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:04,766
You know what I say --
when I was called out on

838
00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:06,532
Mexico, I was shocked.

839
00:36:06,531 --> 00:36:07,901
Because all this
equipment, all this

840
00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,399
incredible phone
equipment.

841
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,740
When I was called out on
Mexico, I was -- honestly,

842
00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:15,508
I was really,
really surprised.

843
00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:17,746
But I said, you know, it
doesn't make sense,

844
00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:18,942
that won't happen.

845
00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:21,083
But that wasn't that
important to call,

846
00:36:21,078 --> 00:36:22,018
it was fine.

847
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:23,443
I could show it to the
world and he could show it

848
00:36:23,447 --> 00:36:25,417
to the world -- the
President who is a very

849
00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:26,786
fine man, by the way.

850
00:36:26,784 --> 00:36:29,824
Same thing with Australia.

851
00:36:29,820 --> 00:36:31,620
I said, that's terrible
that it was leaked but it

852
00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:32,722
wasn't that important.

853
00:36:32,723 --> 00:36:34,323
But then I said, what
happens when I'm dealing

854
00:36:34,325 --> 00:36:37,295
with the problem
of North Korea?

855
00:36:37,295 --> 00:36:39,995
What happens when I'm
dealing with the problems

856
00:36:39,997 --> 00:36:41,537
in the Middle East?

857
00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:43,402
Are you folks going to
be reporting all of that

858
00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:47,071
very, very confidential
information -- very

859
00:36:47,071 --> 00:36:49,641
important, very -- I mean,
at the highest level, are

860
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,740
you going to be reporting
about that too?

861
00:36:51,742 --> 00:36:55,952
So I don't want classified
information getting out to

862
00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:56,617
the public.

863
00:36:56,614 --> 00:36:58,854
And in a way, that
was almost a test.

864
00:36:58,849 --> 00:37:01,689
So I'm dealing
with Mexico.

865
00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:04,686
I'm dealing
with Argentina.

866
00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:06,659
We were dealing on this
case with Mike Flynn.

867
00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:08,827
All this information gets
put into the Washington

868
00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:13,396
Post and gets put into
the New York Times.

869
00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:15,197
And I'm saying, what's
going to happen when I'm

870
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:16,029
dealing on the
Middle East?

871
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:18,333
What's going to happen
when I'm dealing with

872
00:37:18,336 --> 00:37:22,306
really, really important
subjects like North Korea?

873
00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:24,646
We've got to stop it.

874
00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:25,942
That's why it's a
criminal penalty.

875
00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:27,983
Yes, Jon.

876
00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:29,179
The Press: Thank
you, Mr. President.

877
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:31,920
I just want to get you
to clarify just a very

878
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:34,516
important point.

879
00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:36,158
Can you say definitively
that nobody on your

880
00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:37,453
campaign had any contacts
with the Russians during

881
00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:38,785
the campaign?

882
00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:41,429
And, on the leaks, is it
fake news or are these

883
00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:43,525
real leaks?

884
00:37:43,527 --> 00:37:44,697
The President: Well,
the leaks are real.

885
00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:45,995
You're the one that wrote

886
00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,097
about them and reported them.

887
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:48,428
I mean, the
leaks are real.

888
00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:50,332
You know what they
said -- you saw it.

889
00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:52,104
And the leaks are
absolutely real.

890
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,573
The news is fake because
so much of

891
00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:55,842
the news is fake.

892
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,610
So one thing that I felt
it was very important to

893
00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:01,079
do -- and I hope we can
correct it, because there

894
00:38:01,078 --> 00:38:02,678
is nobody I have more
respect for -- well, maybe

895
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,820
a little bit -- than reporters,

896
00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,085
than good reporters.

897
00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:08,583
It's very important to me,

898
00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:10,086
and especially in this position.

899
00:38:10,087 --> 00:38:11,487
It's very important.

900
00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:13,329
I don't mind bad stories.

901
00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:16,694
I can handle a bad story
better than anybody as

902
00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,264
long as it's true.

903
00:38:18,262 --> 00:38:20,532
And over a course of time,
I'll make mistakes and

904
00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:23,271
you'll write badly and
I'm okay with that.

905
00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:26,467
But I'm not okay
when it is fake.

906
00:38:26,470 --> 00:38:30,040
I mean, I watch CNN --
it's so much anger and

907
00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:33,041
hatred and just
the hatred.

908
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:35,544
I don't watch it anymore
because it's very good --

909
00:38:35,546 --> 00:38:36,476
he's saying no.

910
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,820
It's okay, Jim.

911
00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:38,485
It's okay, Jim.

912
00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:39,582
You'll have your chance.

913
00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:41,623
But I watch others too.

914
00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:43,719
You're not the only one,
so don't feel badly.

915
00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:45,961
But I think it
should be straight.

916
00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:47,326
I think it should be
-- I think it would be,

917
00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:48,524
frankly, more interesting.

918
00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,326
I know how good
everybody's ratings are

919
00:38:50,327 --> 00:38:51,827
right now, but I think
that actually would be --

920
00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:55,699
I think that it would
actually be better.

921
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,600
People -- I mean, you have
a lower approval

922
00:38:57,601 --> 00:38:58,601
rate than Congress.

923
00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:00,302
I think that's right.

924
00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:01,574
I don't know, Peter,
is that one right?

925
00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:03,412
Because you know, I think
they have lower -- I

926
00:39:03,407 --> 00:39:05,277
heard, lower
than Congress.

927
00:39:05,276 --> 00:39:08,916
But honestly, the public
would appreciate it.

928
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:09,843
I'd appreciate it.

929
00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:13,387
Again, I don't mind bad
stories when it's true.

930
00:39:13,384 --> 00:39:16,454
But we have an
administration where the

931
00:39:16,454 --> 00:39:19,324
Democrats are making
it very difficult.

932
00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:21,623
I think we're setting a
record, or close to a

933
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:24,465
record in the time of
approval of a Cabinet.

934
00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:25,732
I mean, the
numbers are crazy.

935
00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:27,400
When I'm looking -- some
of them had them approved

936
00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:28,298
immediately.

937
00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,669
I'm going forever, and I
still have a lot of people

938
00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:32,308
that we're waiting for.

939
00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,673
And that's all they're
doing, is delaying.

940
00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:36,642
And you look at Schumer
and the mess that he's got

941
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,740
over there, and they
have nothing going.

942
00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:42,084
The only thing they
can do is delay.

943
00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:45,249
And you know, I think
they'd be better served by

944
00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:48,319
approving and making sure
that they're happy and

945
00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:50,489
everybody is good.

946
00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:52,628
And sometimes, I mean -- I
know President Obama lost

947
00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:55,223
three or four, and you
lose them on the way.

948
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:55,956
And that's okay.

949
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,230
That's fine.

950
00:39:57,228 --> 00:40:01,228
But I think they would be
much better served, Jon,

951
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,132
if they just went through
the process quickly.

952
00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:06,775
This is pure
delay tactics.

953
00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:09,041
And they say it, and
everybody understands it.

954
00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:11,039
Yeah, go ahead, Jim.

955
00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:11,741
The Press: The first
part of my

956
00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:13,212
question on contacts.

957
00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:14,780
Do you definitively
say that nobody --

958
00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:16,309
The President: Well, I had
nothing to do with it.

959
00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:17,783
I have nothing to
do with Russia.

960
00:40:17,782 --> 00:40:20,282
I told you, I have
no deals there.

961
00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:20,984
I have no anything.

962
00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:23,925
Now, when WikiLeaks, which
I had nothing to do with,

963
00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:26,791
comes out and happens to
give -- they're not giving

964
00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,531
classified information.

965
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,966
They're giving stuff --
what was said at an office

966
00:40:30,961 --> 00:40:33,861
about Hillary cheating on
the debates -- which, by

967
00:40:33,864 --> 00:40:35,634
the way, nobody mentions.

968
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:39,173
Nobody mentions that
Hillary received the

969
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:41,910
questions to the debates.

970
00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:44,846
Can you imagine --
seriously, can you imagine

971
00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:48,082
if I received
the questions?

972
00:40:48,078 --> 00:40:52,548
It would be the
electric chair, okay?

973
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:55,090
"He should be put in
the electric chair."

974
00:40:55,085 --> 00:40:57,585
You would even call for
the reinstitution of the

975
00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:59,488
death penalty, okay?

976
00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:00,830
Maybe not you, Jon.

977
00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:02,055
Yes, we'll do
you next, Jim.

978
00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:02,989
I'll do you next. Yes?

979
00:41:02,993 --> 00:41:04,033
The Press: Thank
you, Mr. President.

980
00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:05,568
I just want to clarify
one other thing.

981
00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:06,233
The President: Sure.

982
00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:08,500
The Press: Did you direct
Mike Flynn to discuss the

983
00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:10,239
sanctions with the
Russian ambassador?

984
00:41:10,234 --> 00:41:10,664
The President:
No, I didn't.

985
00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:11,898
No, I didn't.

986
00:41:11,902 --> 00:41:12,772
The Press: (Inaudible.)
(Off mic.)

987
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:13,340
The President:
No, I didn't.

988
00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:15,637
The Press: Did you fire
him because (inaudible) --

989
00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:16,909
The President: Excuse me
-- no, I fired him because

990
00:41:16,907 --> 00:41:19,777
of what he said to Mike
Pence, very simple.

991
00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:21,847
Mike was doing his job.

992
00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:24,916
He was calling countries
and his counterparts.

993
00:41:24,915 --> 00:41:26,685
So it certainly would have
been okay with

994
00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:27,684
me if he did it.

995
00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:29,255
I would have directed him
to do it if I thought he

996
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:30,593
wasn't doing it.

997
00:41:30,588 --> 00:41:33,528
I didn't direct him but I
would have directed him

998
00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:35,694
because that's his job.

999
00:41:35,693 --> 00:41:38,033
And it came out that way
-- and, in all fairness, I

1000
00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:41,928
watched Dr. Charles
Krauthammer the other

1001
00:41:41,932 --> 00:41:46,872
night say he was
doing his job.

1002
00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:49,341
And I agreed with him.

1003
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,610
And since then I've
watched many other

1004
00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:51,408
people say that.

1005
00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:53,378
No, I didn't direct him,
but I would have directed

1006
00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:56,117
him if he didn't
do it, okay? Jim.

1007
00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:57,383
The Press: Mr. President,
thank you very much.

1008
00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:58,881
And just for the record,
we don't hate you,

1009
00:41:58,883 --> 00:41:59,953
I don't hate you.

1010
00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:00,990
If you could
pass that along.

1011
00:42:00,985 --> 00:42:01,755
The President: Okay.

1012
00:42:01,752 --> 00:42:04,192
Well, ask Jeff Zucker how
he got his job, okay?

1013
00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:07,088
The Press: If I may
follow up on some of the

1014
00:42:07,091 --> 00:42:08,221
questions that have
taken place so far, sir.

1015
00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:09,795
The President:
Well, not too many.

1016
00:42:09,793 --> 00:42:11,193
We do have other people.

1017
00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:13,395
You do have other people,
and your ratings aren't as

1018
00:42:13,397 --> 00:42:15,237
good as some of the other
people that are waiting.

1019
00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:16,062
The Press: They're pretty
good right now, actually.

1020
00:42:16,066 --> 00:42:16,696
The President: Okay.

1021
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:17,770
Go ahead, Jim.

1022
00:42:17,768 --> 00:42:20,368
The Press: If I may ask,
sir, you said earlier that

1023
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:24,371
WikiLeaks was revealing
information about the

1024
00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:27,715
Hillary Clinton campaign
during the election cycle.

1025
00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:29,311
You welcomed that
at one point.

1026
00:42:29,313 --> 00:42:30,043
The President: I
was okay with it.

1027
00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:32,217
The Press: You said
you loved WikiLeaks.

1028
00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:34,916
At another campaign press
conference you called on

1029
00:42:34,919 --> 00:42:39,259
the Russians to find the
missing 30,000 emails.

1030
00:42:39,256 --> 00:42:40,396
I'm wondering,
sir, if you --

1031
00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:41,291
The President: Well, she
was actually missing

1032
00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:44,032
33,000, and then that got
extended with a whole pile

1033
00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:44,798
after that, but
that's okay.

1034
00:42:44,795 --> 00:42:45,395
The Press: Maybe my
numbers are off a

1035
00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:45,926
little bit too.

1036
00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:46,960
The President: No, no, but
I did say 30,000, but it

1037
00:42:46,964 --> 00:42:47,764
was actually
higher than that.

1038
00:42:47,765 --> 00:42:49,095
The Press: If I may ask
you, sir, it sounds as

1039
00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:52,299
though you do not have
much credibility here when

1040
00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:55,243
it comes to leaking if
that is something that you

1041
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,339
encouraged in
the campaign.

1042
00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:57,470
The President:
Okay, fair question. Ready?

1043
00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:58,514
The Press: So if I may ask
you that -- if I may ask a

1044
00:42:58,509 --> 00:42:59,179
follow-up --

1045
00:42:59,176 --> 00:42:59,776
The President: No, no, but
are you -- let me do one

1046
00:42:59,777 --> 00:43:00,247
at a time.

1047
00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:01,014
Do you mind?

1048
00:43:01,011 --> 00:43:01,441
The Press: Yes, sir.

1049
00:43:01,445 --> 00:43:02,375
The President: All right.

1050
00:43:02,379 --> 00:43:05,079
So in one case you're
talking about highly

1051
00:43:05,082 --> 00:43:07,452
classified information.

1052
00:43:07,451 --> 00:43:10,751
In the other case you're
talking about John Podesta

1053
00:43:10,754 --> 00:43:11,554
saying bad things
about the boss.

1054
00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:14,595
I will say this: If John
Podesta said that about me

1055
00:43:14,591 --> 00:43:16,031
and he was working for me,
I would have fired him so

1056
00:43:16,026 --> 00:43:17,696
fast your head
would have spun.

1057
00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:19,665
He said terrible
things about her.

1058
00:43:19,663 --> 00:43:22,163
But it wasn't
classified information.

1059
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:23,666
But in one case you're
talking about classified.

1060
00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:27,337
Regardless, if you look
at the RNC, we had a very

1061
00:43:27,338 --> 00:43:29,778
strong -- at my suggestion
-- and I give Reince great

1062
00:43:29,773 --> 00:43:33,513
credit for this -- at my
suggestion, because I know

1063
00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:36,410
something about this
world, I said I want a

1064
00:43:36,413 --> 00:43:39,983
very strong
defensive mechanism.

1065
00:43:39,984 --> 00:43:42,284
I don't want to be hacked.

1066
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:45,126
And we did that, and you
have seen that they tried

1067
00:43:45,122 --> 00:43:47,122
to hack us and
they failed.

1068
00:43:47,124 --> 00:43:50,724
The DNC did not do that.

1069
00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:52,198
And if they did it, they
could not have

1070
00:43:52,196 --> 00:43:53,896
been hacked.

1071
00:43:53,897 --> 00:43:55,497
But they were hacked, and
terrible things came.

1072
00:43:55,499 --> 00:43:58,039
And the only thing that I
do think is unfair is some

1073
00:43:58,035 --> 00:44:00,535
of the things were so --
they were -- when I heard

1074
00:44:00,537 --> 00:44:02,237
some of those things, I
said -- I picked up the

1075
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:03,639
papers the next morning, I
said, oh, this is going

1076
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:04,780
to front page.

1077
00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:06,745
It wasn't even
in the papers.

1078
00:44:06,744 --> 00:44:10,584
Again, if I had that
happen to me, it would be

1079
00:44:10,581 --> 00:44:12,951
the biggest story in the
history of publishing or

1080
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:14,550
the head of newspapers.

1081
00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,191
I would have been the
headline

1082
00:44:16,186 --> 00:44:17,686
in every newspaper.

1083
00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:19,488
I mean, think of it.

1084
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:22,130
They gave her the
questions for the debate,

1085
00:44:22,126 --> 00:44:24,966
and she should have
reported herself.

1086
00:44:24,962 --> 00:44:27,762
Why didn't Hillary Clinton
announce that, "I'm sorry,

1087
00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:31,965
but I have been given the
questions to a debate or a

1088
00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:37,439
town hall, and I feel that
it's inappropriate, and I

1089
00:44:37,441 --> 00:44:41,011
want to turn in CNN for
not doing a good job"?

1090
00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:42,451
The Press: And if I may
follow up on that, just

1091
00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:44,146
something that Jonathan
Karl was asking you about

1092
00:44:44,148 --> 00:44:46,418
-- you said that the leaks
are real, but

1093
00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,587
the news is fake.

1094
00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:49,284
I guess I don't
understand.

1095
00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:50,786
It seems that there
is a disconnect there.

1096
00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:53,888
If the information coming
from those leaks is real,

1097
00:44:53,891 --> 00:44:55,291
then how can the
stories be fake?

1098
00:44:55,292 --> 00:44:56,292
The President: Well,
the reporting is fake.

1099
00:44:56,293 --> 00:44:57,323
Look, look --

1100
00:44:57,327 --> 00:44:58,127
The Press: And if I may
ask -- I just want to ask

1101
00:44:58,128 --> 00:44:58,858
one other question.

1102
00:44:58,862 --> 00:44:59,762
The President: Jim,
you know what it is?

1103
00:44:59,763 --> 00:45:00,803
Here's the thing.

1104
00:45:00,798 --> 00:45:02,168
The public isn't -- they
read newspapers, they see

1105
00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:04,536
television, they watch.

1106
00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:07,675
They don't know if it's
true or false because

1107
00:45:07,671 --> 00:45:09,511
they're not involved.

1108
00:45:09,506 --> 00:45:10,136
I'm involved.

1109
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,210
I've been involved with
this stuff all my life.

1110
00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:14,509
But I'm involved.

1111
00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:16,251
So I know when you're
telling the truth or when

1112
00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:17,616
you're not.

1113
00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:20,354
I just see many, many
untruthful things.

1114
00:45:20,350 --> 00:45:21,450
And I tell you
what else I see.

1115
00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:22,282
I see tone.

1116
00:45:22,286 --> 00:45:23,926
You know the word "tone."

1117
00:45:23,921 --> 00:45:27,391
The tone is such hatred.

1118
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:29,231
I'm really not a bad
person, by the way.

1119
00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:31,826
No, but the tone is such
-- I do get good ratings,

1120
00:45:31,829 --> 00:45:33,099
you have to admit that.

1121
00:45:33,097 --> 00:45:36,937
The tone is such hatred.

1122
00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:39,874
I watched this morning a
couple of the networks,

1123
00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:42,710
and I have to say "Fox &
Friends" in the morning,

1124
00:45:42,706 --> 00:45:45,276
they're very
honorable people.

1125
00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:46,915
They're very -- not
because they're good,

1126
00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:50,350
because they hit me also
when I do something wrong.

1127
00:45:50,347 --> 00:45:53,647
But they have the most
honest morning show.

1128
00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:54,490
That's all I can say.

1129
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:55,055
It's the most honest.

1130
00:45:55,052 --> 00:45:57,122
But the tone, Jim.

1131
00:45:57,121 --> 00:45:59,961
If you look -- the hatred.

1132
00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:01,257
I mean, sometimes --
sometimes somebody gets --

1133
00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:02,358
The Press: (Off mic.)

1134
00:46:02,359 --> 00:46:04,059
The President: Well, you
look at your show that

1135
00:46:04,061 --> 00:46:07,161
goes on at 10 o'clock
in the evening.

1136
00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:08,704
You just take a
look at that show.

1137
00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:10,599
That is a constant hit.

1138
00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:14,271
The panel is almost always
exclusive anti-Trump.

1139
00:46:14,271 --> 00:46:16,171
The good news is he
doesn't have good ratings.

1140
00:46:16,173 --> 00:46:20,013
But the panel is almost
exclusive anti-Trump.

1141
00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:23,580
And the hatred and venom
coming from his mouth, the

1142
00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:27,150
hatred coming from other
people on your network.

1143
00:46:27,151 --> 00:46:28,681
Now, I will say this.

1144
00:46:28,685 --> 00:46:31,055
I watch it.

1145
00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:32,494
I see it.

1146
00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:35,059
I'm amazed by it.

1147
00:46:35,058 --> 00:46:36,898
And I just think you'd
be a lot better off -- I

1148
00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:37,894
honestly do.

1149
00:46:37,895 --> 00:46:39,165
The public gets
it, you know.

1150
00:46:39,163 --> 00:46:40,663
Look, when I go to
rallies, they turn around,

1151
00:46:40,664 --> 00:46:41,964
they start
screaming at CNN.

1152
00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:43,805
They want to throw
their placards at CNN.

1153
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:49,540
I think you would do much
better by being different.

1154
00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:50,540
But you just take a look.

1155
00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:52,581
Take a look at some of
your shows in the morning

1156
00:46:52,576 --> 00:46:54,616
and the evening.

1157
00:46:54,611 --> 00:46:56,581
If a guest comes out and
says something positive

1158
00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:59,720
about me, it's brutal.

1159
00:46:59,716 --> 00:47:01,016
Now, they'll take
this news conference.

1160
00:47:01,018 --> 00:47:02,918
I'm actually having a
very good time, okay?

1161
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,820
But they'll take this news
conference -- don't forget

1162
00:47:04,821 --> 00:47:06,221
that's the way I won.

1163
00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:07,623
Remember, I used to give
you a news conference

1164
00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:08,964
every time I made a
speech, which was like

1165
00:47:08,959 --> 00:47:10,059
every day.

1166
00:47:10,060 --> 00:47:10,960
The Press: (Off mic.)

1167
00:47:10,961 --> 00:47:12,031
The President: No,
that's how I won.

1168
00:47:12,029 --> 00:47:13,259
I won with news
conferences and

1169
00:47:13,263 --> 00:47:14,163
probably speeches.

1170
00:47:14,164 --> 00:47:16,234
I certainly didn't win by
people listening to you

1171
00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:17,773
people, that's for sure.

1172
00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:19,208
But I am having
a good time.

1173
00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:22,603
Tomorrow they will say,
Donald Trump rants and

1174
00:47:22,606 --> 00:47:23,836
raves at the press.

1175
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:24,940
I'm not ranting
and raving.

1176
00:47:24,942 --> 00:47:26,912
I'm just telling you,
you're dishonest people.

1177
00:47:26,910 --> 00:47:29,350
But -- but I'm not
ranting and raving.

1178
00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:29,946
I love this.

1179
00:47:29,947 --> 00:47:31,887
I'm having a good
time doing it.

1180
00:47:31,882 --> 00:47:34,322
But tomorrow the headlines
are going to be:

1181
00:47:34,318 --> 00:47:37,288
Donald Trump Rants and Raves.

1182
00:47:37,287 --> 00:47:37,987
I'm not ranting
and raving.

1183
00:47:37,988 --> 00:47:38,688
The Press: If
I may just --

1184
00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:39,159
The President: Go ahead.

1185
00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:39,986
The Press: One more
follow-up because --

1186
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:40,620
The President: Should I
let him have

1187
00:47:40,624 --> 00:47:41,354
a little bit more?

1188
00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:42,188
What do you think, Peter?

1189
00:47:42,192 --> 00:47:43,462
The Press: Just
because of this --

1190
00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:44,290
The President: Peter,
should I have let him have

1191
00:47:44,294 --> 00:47:44,894
a little bit more?

1192
00:47:44,895 --> 00:47:45,265
Sit down.

1193
00:47:45,262 --> 00:47:46,132
Sit down.

1194
00:47:46,129 --> 00:47:47,069
The Press: Just because
of the attack --

1195
00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:47,534
The President:
We'll get it.

1196
00:47:47,531 --> 00:47:48,861
The Press: Just because of
the attack of fake news

1197
00:47:48,865 --> 00:47:51,635
and attacking our network,
I just want to ask you, sir --

1198
00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:52,605
The President: I'm
changing it from fake

1199
00:47:52,603 --> 00:47:53,503
news, though.

1200
00:47:53,503 --> 00:47:54,573
The Press: Doesn't
that undermine --

1201
00:47:54,571 --> 00:47:55,541
The President:
Very fake news now.

1202
00:47:55,539 --> 00:47:57,709
(Laughter.)

1203
00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,348
The Press: But
aren't you --

1204
00:47:59,343 --> 00:48:00,243
The President:
Yes, go ahead.

1205
00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:01,174
The Press: Real
news, Mr. President.

1206
00:48:01,178 --> 00:48:01,978
Real news.

1207
00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:03,409
The President: And you're
not related to our new --

1208
00:48:03,413 --> 00:48:05,053
The Press: I am not
related, sir, no.

1209
00:48:05,048 --> 00:48:07,918
(Laughter.) I do like the
sound of Secretary Acosta,

1210
00:48:07,918 --> 00:48:08,518
I must say.

1211
00:48:08,518 --> 00:48:09,788
The President: I looked --
you know, I looked

1212
00:48:09,786 --> 00:48:11,086
at that name.

1213
00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:11,718
I said, wait a minute, is
there any relation there?

1214
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:12,692
Alex Acosta.

1215
00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:13,859
The Press: I'm sure you
checked that out, sir.

1216
00:48:13,857 --> 00:48:14,527
The President:
No, I checked it.

1217
00:48:14,524 --> 00:48:15,664
I said -- they
said, no, sir.

1218
00:48:15,659 --> 00:48:17,399
I said, do me a favor, go
back and check

1219
00:48:17,394 --> 00:48:18,964
the family tree.

1220
00:48:18,962 --> 00:48:21,202
The Press: But aren't you
concerned, sir, that you

1221
00:48:21,198 --> 00:48:23,568
are undermining the
people's faith in the

1222
00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:26,267
First Amendment freedom of
the press, the press in

1223
00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:28,740
this country when you call
stories you don't like

1224
00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:29,939
"fake news"?

1225
00:48:29,940 --> 00:48:32,280
Why not just say it's
a story I don't like?

1226
00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:32,876
The President: I do that.

1227
00:48:32,876 --> 00:48:33,676
The Press: When you call
it fake news, you're

1228
00:48:33,677 --> 00:48:35,047
undermining confidence --

1229
00:48:35,045 --> 00:48:35,745
The President:
No, I do that.

1230
00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:36,976
No, no, I do that.

1231
00:48:36,980 --> 00:48:37,880
The Press: -- in
our news media.

1232
00:48:37,881 --> 00:48:38,381
The President:
Here's the thing.

1233
00:48:38,382 --> 00:48:38,912
The Press: Isn't
that important?

1234
00:48:38,915 --> 00:48:39,715
The President: Okay, I
understand -- and you're

1235
00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:40,586
right about that
except this.

1236
00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:42,184
See, I know when I should
get good and when I should

1237
00:48:42,185 --> 00:48:43,385
get bad.

1238
00:48:43,387 --> 00:48:45,487
And sometimes I'll say,
wow, that's going to be a

1239
00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:47,989
great story, and
I'll get killed.

1240
00:48:47,991 --> 00:48:49,191
I know what's
good and bad.

1241
00:48:49,192 --> 00:48:50,332
I'd be a pretty good
reporter -- not

1242
00:48:50,327 --> 00:48:51,667
as good as you.

1243
00:48:51,662 --> 00:48:53,192
But I know what's good.

1244
00:48:53,196 --> 00:48:54,766
I know what's bad.

1245
00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:57,835
And when they change it
and make it really bad --

1246
00:48:57,834 --> 00:48:59,274
something that
should be positive.

1247
00:48:59,269 --> 00:49:01,239
Sometimes something that
should be very positive,

1248
00:49:01,238 --> 00:49:02,938
they'll make okay.

1249
00:49:02,939 --> 00:49:04,479
They'll even
make it negative.

1250
00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:06,914
So I understand it
because I'm there.

1251
00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:07,840
I know what was said.

1252
00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:09,714
I know who is saying it.

1253
00:49:09,713 --> 00:49:10,643
I'm there.

1254
00:49:10,647 --> 00:49:11,617
So it's very
important to me.

1255
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:14,455
Look, I want to see
an honest press.

1256
00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:17,191
When I started off today
by saying that it's so

1257
00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:19,387
important to the public
to get an honest press.

1258
00:49:19,389 --> 00:49:21,159
The press -- the public
doesn't believe you

1259
00:49:21,158 --> 00:49:23,298
people anymore.

1260
00:49:23,293 --> 00:49:24,263
Now, maybe I had something
to do with

1261
00:49:24,261 --> 00:49:25,591
that, I don't know.

1262
00:49:25,595 --> 00:49:26,535
But they don't
believe you.

1263
00:49:26,530 --> 00:49:31,670
If you were straight and
really told it like it is,

1264
00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:34,568
as Howard Cosell
used to say, right?

1265
00:49:34,571 --> 00:49:36,871
Of course, he had
some questions also.

1266
00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:39,673
But if you were straight,
I would be your biggest

1267
00:49:39,676 --> 00:49:42,146
booster, I would be your
biggest fan in the world

1268
00:49:42,145 --> 00:49:44,845
-- including bad
stories about me.

1269
00:49:44,848 --> 00:49:48,018
But if you go -- as an
example, you're CNN -- I

1270
00:49:48,018 --> 00:49:52,828
mean, it's story after
story after story is bad.

1271
00:49:52,823 --> 00:49:55,723
I won. I won.

1272
00:49:55,726 --> 00:49:56,956
And the other
thing: Chaos.

1273
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,800
There's zero chaos.

1274
00:49:58,795 --> 00:50:02,195
We are running -- this
is a fine-tuned machine.

1275
00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:04,339
And Reince happens to
be doing a good job.

1276
00:50:04,334 --> 00:50:05,934
But half of his job is
putting out

1277
00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:08,206
lies by the press.

1278
00:50:08,205 --> 00:50:10,945
I said to him yesterday,
this whole Russia scam

1279
00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:13,581
that you guys are building
so that you don't talk

1280
00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:16,347
about the real subject,
which is illegal leaks.

1281
00:50:16,346 --> 00:50:20,586
But I watched him
yesterday working so hard

1282
00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:24,584
to try and get
that story proper.

1283
00:50:24,588 --> 00:50:26,788
And I'm saying, here's my
Chief of Staff, a really

1284
00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:30,060
good guy, did a
phenomenal job at RNC.

1285
00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:32,430
I mean, we won the
election, right?

1286
00:50:32,429 --> 00:50:34,129
We won the presidency.

1287
00:50:34,131 --> 00:50:35,361
We got some senators.

1288
00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:37,135
We got some -- all over
the country, you take a

1289
00:50:37,134 --> 00:50:38,834
look, he's done
a great job.

1290
00:50:38,835 --> 00:50:40,175
And I said to myself, you
know -- and I said to

1291
00:50:40,170 --> 00:50:41,740
somebody that was in the
room -- I said, you take a

1292
00:50:41,738 --> 00:50:43,908
look at Reince, he's
working so hard just

1293
00:50:43,907 --> 00:50:47,207
putting out fires
that are fake fires.

1294
00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:48,610
They're fake.

1295
00:50:48,612 --> 00:50:50,782
They're not true.

1296
00:50:50,781 --> 00:50:52,581
And isn't that a shame,
because he'd rather be

1297
00:50:52,582 --> 00:50:54,582
working on health care.

1298
00:50:54,584 --> 00:50:57,154
He'd rather be working
on tax reform, Jim.

1299
00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,284
I mean that.

1300
00:50:58,288 --> 00:50:59,788
I would be your biggest
fan in the world if you

1301
00:50:59,790 --> 00:51:00,760
treated me right.

1302
00:51:00,757 --> 00:51:02,827
I sort of understand
there's a certain bias,

1303
00:51:02,826 --> 00:51:06,596
maybe by Jeff or somebody
-- for whatever reason.

1304
00:51:06,596 --> 00:51:08,936
And I understand that.

1305
00:51:08,932 --> 00:51:11,272
But you've got to be at
least a little bit fair.

1306
00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:12,938
And that's why the public
sees it -- they see it.

1307
00:51:12,936 --> 00:51:15,006
They see it's not fair.

1308
00:51:15,005 --> 00:51:17,175
You take a look at some of
your shows and you see the

1309
00:51:17,174 --> 00:51:19,614
bias and the hatred.

1310
00:51:19,609 --> 00:51:21,049
And the public is smart.

1311
00:51:21,044 --> 00:51:22,444
They understand it.

1312
00:51:22,446 --> 00:51:25,346
Okay, yeah, go ahead.

1313
00:51:25,348 --> 00:51:26,548
The Press: We have no
doubt that your latest

1314
00:51:26,550 --> 00:51:27,950
story is (inaudible).

1315
00:51:27,951 --> 00:51:30,191
But for those who believe
that there is something to

1316
00:51:30,187 --> 00:51:33,257
it, is there anything that
you have learned over

1317
00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:35,826
these last few weeks that
you might be able to

1318
00:51:35,826 --> 00:51:38,496
reveal that might ease
their concerns that this

1319
00:51:38,495 --> 00:51:39,495
isn't fake news?

1320
00:51:39,496 --> 00:51:40,126
And secondly --

1321
00:51:40,130 --> 00:51:41,230
The President: I think
they don't believe it.

1322
00:51:41,231 --> 00:51:42,401
I don't think
the public would.

1323
00:51:42,399 --> 00:51:43,939
That's why the Rasmussen
poll just has me through

1324
00:51:43,934 --> 00:51:45,304
the roof.

1325
00:51:45,302 --> 00:51:47,802
I don't think
they believe it.

1326
00:51:47,804 --> 00:51:49,774
Well, I guess one of the
reasons I'm here today is

1327
00:51:49,773 --> 00:51:52,273
to tell you the whole
Russian thing --

1328
00:51:52,275 --> 00:51:53,345
that's a ruse.

1329
00:51:53,343 --> 00:51:54,683
That's a ruse.

1330
00:51:54,678 --> 00:51:58,718
And, by the way, it would
be great if we could get

1331
00:51:58,715 --> 00:52:00,985
along with Russia, just
so you understand that.

1332
00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:03,054
Now, tomorrow you'll say,
Donald Trump wants to get

1333
00:52:03,053 --> 00:52:05,693
along with Russia,
this is terrible.

1334
00:52:05,689 --> 00:52:07,119
It's not terrible
-- it's good.

1335
00:52:07,123 --> 00:52:10,393
We had Hillary Clinton
try and do a reset.

1336
00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:14,603
We had Hillary Clinton
give Russia 20 percent of

1337
00:52:14,598 --> 00:52:18,038
the uranium in
our country.

1338
00:52:18,034 --> 00:52:19,504
You know what
uranium is, right?

1339
00:52:19,503 --> 00:52:20,773
It's this thing called
nuclear weapons

1340
00:52:20,770 --> 00:52:21,870
and other things.

1341
00:52:21,872 --> 00:52:24,742
Like, lots of things
are done with uranium,

1342
00:52:24,741 --> 00:52:26,441
including some bad things.

1343
00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:29,883
Nobody talks about that.

1344
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,310
I didn't do
anything for Russia.

1345
00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:33,354
I've done nothing
for Russia.

1346
00:52:33,350 --> 00:52:36,090
Hillary Clinton gave them
20 percent of our uranium.

1347
00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:37,986
Hillary Clinton did a
reset, remember, with the

1348
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:40,558
stupid plastic button that
made us all look like a

1349
00:52:40,557 --> 00:52:41,627
bunch of jerks?

1350
00:52:41,625 --> 00:52:42,725
Here, take a look.

1351
00:52:42,726 --> 00:52:46,166
He looked at her like,
what the hell is she doing

1352
00:52:46,162 --> 00:52:49,032
with that cheap
plastic button?

1353
00:52:49,032 --> 00:52:51,032
Hillary Clinton --
that was a reset. Remember?

1354
00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:52,974
It said "reset."

1355
00:52:52,969 --> 00:52:54,839
Now, if I do that,
oh, I'm a bad guy.

1356
00:52:54,838 --> 00:52:56,978
If we could get along with
Russia, that's

1357
00:52:56,973 --> 00:52:58,043
a positive thing.

1358
00:52:58,041 --> 00:53:00,941
We have a very talented
man, Rex Tillerson, who is

1359
00:53:00,944 --> 00:53:03,514
going to be meeting
with them shortly.

1360
00:53:03,513 --> 00:53:06,213
And I told him, I said,
I know politically it's

1361
00:53:06,216 --> 00:53:07,716
probably not good for me.

1362
00:53:07,717 --> 00:53:10,187
Hey, the greatest thing
I could do is shoot

1363
00:53:10,186 --> 00:53:12,226
that ship that's 30 miles
offshore right out

1364
00:53:12,222 --> 00:53:13,452
of the water.

1365
00:53:13,456 --> 00:53:14,626
Everyone in this country
is going to say, oh, it's

1366
00:53:14,624 --> 00:53:17,124
so great.

1367
00:53:17,127 --> 00:53:18,927
That's not great.

1368
00:53:18,929 --> 00:53:20,029
That's not great.

1369
00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:21,800
I would love to be able
to get along with Russia.

1370
00:53:21,798 --> 00:53:25,338
Now, you've had a lot of
Presidents that haven't

1371
00:53:25,335 --> 00:53:26,535
taken that tact.

1372
00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:27,936
Look where we are now.

1373
00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:29,038
Look where we are now.

1374
00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:34,109
So, if I can -- now, I
love to negotiate things.

1375
00:53:34,110 --> 00:53:36,780
I do it really well and
all that stuff, but it's

1376
00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:39,480
possible I won't be able
to get along with Putin.

1377
00:53:39,482 --> 00:53:40,522
Maybe it is.

1378
00:53:40,517 --> 00:53:44,317
But I want to just tell
you, the false reporting

1379
00:53:44,321 --> 00:53:46,291
by the media, by you
people -- the false,

1380
00:53:46,289 --> 00:53:49,559
horrible, fake reporting
makes it much harder to

1381
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:52,799
make a deal with Russia.

1382
00:53:52,796 --> 00:53:56,336
And probably Putin said,
you know -- he's sitting

1383
00:53:56,333 --> 00:53:59,403
behind his desk and he's
saying, you know, I see

1384
00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:01,442
what's going on in the
United States, I follow it

1385
00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:04,108
closely; it's got to be
impossible for President

1386
00:54:04,107 --> 00:54:07,677
Trump to ever get along
with Russia because of all

1387
00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:12,587
the pressure he's got
with this fake story. Okay?

1388
00:54:12,582 --> 00:54:14,082
And that's a shame.

1389
00:54:14,084 --> 00:54:15,684
Because if we could get
along with Russia -- and,

1390
00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:19,685
by the way, China and
Japan and everyone -- if

1391
00:54:19,689 --> 00:54:22,089
we could get along, it
would be a positive thing,

1392
00:54:22,092 --> 00:54:23,362
not a negative thing.

1393
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:24,730
The Press: Tax reform --

1394
00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:25,998
The Press: Mr.
President, since you --

1395
00:54:25,996 --> 00:54:27,166
The President: Tax reform
is going to happen

1396
00:54:27,163 --> 00:54:28,233
fairly quickly.

1397
00:54:28,231 --> 00:54:30,201
We're doing Obamacare --
we're in final stages.

1398
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,370
We should be submitting
the initial plan in March,

1399
00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:35,970
early March, I would say.

1400
00:54:35,972 --> 00:54:38,772
And we have to, as you
know, statutorily and for

1401
00:54:38,775 --> 00:54:41,075
reasons of budget,
we have to go first.

1402
00:54:41,077 --> 00:54:44,877
It's not like -- frankly,
the tax would be easier,

1403
00:54:44,881 --> 00:54:47,181
in my opinion, but for
statutory reasons and for

1404
00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:48,783
budgetary reasons, we have
to submit the

1405
00:54:48,785 --> 00:54:50,925
health care sooner.

1406
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,720
So we'll be submitting
health care sometime in

1407
00:54:53,723 --> 00:54:54,593
early March, mid-March.

1408
00:54:54,591 --> 00:54:56,461
And after that, we're
going to come up -- and

1409
00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,529
we're doing very
well on tax reform. Yes.

1410
00:54:58,528 --> 00:54:59,968
The Press: Mr. President,
you mentioned Russia.

1411
00:54:59,963 --> 00:55:01,633
Let's talk about some
serious issues that have

1412
00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:03,501
come up in the last week
that you have had to deal

1413
00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:04,630
with as President of
the United States.

1414
00:55:04,634 --> 00:55:05,134
The President: Okay.

1415
00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:06,435
The Press: You mentioned
the vessel, the spy

1416
00:55:06,436 --> 00:55:07,706
vessel, off the coast
of the United States.

1417
00:55:07,704 --> 00:55:08,404
The President: Not good.

1418
00:55:08,405 --> 00:55:09,505
The Press: There was a
ballistic missile test

1419
00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:10,636
that many interpreted
as a violation --

1420
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:11,240
The President: Not good.

1421
00:55:11,241 --> 00:55:12,611
The Press: -- of the
agreement between

1422
00:55:12,609 --> 00:55:13,339
the two countries.

1423
00:55:13,343 --> 00:55:15,243
And a Russian
plane buzzed a

1424
00:55:15,245 --> 00:55:15,975
U.S. destroyer.

1425
00:55:15,979 --> 00:55:16,849
The President: Not good.

1426
00:55:16,846 --> 00:55:18,216
The Press: I listened to
you during the campaign --

1427
00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:18,744
The President: Excuse me,
excuse me,

1428
00:55:18,748 --> 00:55:20,288
when did it happen?

1429
00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:24,693
It happened when -- if you
were Putin right now, you

1430
00:55:24,688 --> 00:55:27,788
would say, hey, we're back
to the old games with the

1431
00:55:27,791 --> 00:55:29,161
United States.

1432
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,859
There's no way Trump can
ever do a deal with us

1433
00:55:31,861 --> 00:55:34,901
because the -- you have to
understand, if I was just

1434
00:55:34,898 --> 00:55:37,698
brutal on Russia right
now, just brutal, people

1435
00:55:37,701 --> 00:55:39,541
would say, you would say,
oh, isn't that wonderful.

1436
00:55:39,536 --> 00:55:41,236
But I know you
well enough.

1437
00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:43,777
Then you would say, oh,
he was too tough, he

1438
00:55:43,773 --> 00:55:44,543
shouldn't have done that.

1439
00:55:44,541 --> 00:55:45,711
Look, of all --

1440
00:55:45,709 --> 00:55:46,379
The Press: I'm just
trying to find out your

1441
00:55:46,376 --> 00:55:47,206
orientation to those --

1442
00:55:47,210 --> 00:55:47,680
The President:
Wait a minute.

1443
00:55:47,677 --> 00:55:48,047
Wait, wait.

1444
00:55:48,044 --> 00:55:48,474
Excuse me just one second.

1445
00:55:48,478 --> 00:55:49,048
The Press: I'm just trying
to find out what you're

1446
00:55:49,045 --> 00:55:50,185
doing to do about
them, Mr. President.

1447
00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:52,420
The President: All of
those things that you

1448
00:55:52,415 --> 00:55:53,385
mentioned are very recent,
because probably Putin

1449
00:55:53,383 --> 00:55:54,783
assumes that he's not
going to be able to make a

1450
00:55:54,784 --> 00:55:57,154
deal with me because it's
politically not popular

1451
00:55:57,153 --> 00:55:58,523
for me to make a deal.

1452
00:55:58,521 --> 00:56:00,921
So Hillary Clinton tries
to reset, it failed.

1453
00:56:00,924 --> 00:56:02,094
They all tried.

1454
00:56:02,092 --> 00:56:03,422
But I'm different
than those people.

1455
00:56:03,426 --> 00:56:03,956
Go ahead.

1456
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:05,100
The Press: How are you
interpreting those moves?

1457
00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:06,495
And what do you intend
to do about them?

1458
00:56:06,496 --> 00:56:07,326
The President: Just
the way I said it.

1459
00:56:07,330 --> 00:56:08,430
The Press: Have you given
Rex Tillerson any advice

1460
00:56:08,431 --> 00:56:09,431
or counsel on how to deal?

1461
00:56:09,432 --> 00:56:10,062
The President: I have.

1462
00:56:10,066 --> 00:56:10,466
I have.

1463
00:56:10,467 --> 00:56:12,467
And I'm so beautifully
represented.

1464
00:56:12,469 --> 00:56:14,439
I'm so honored that the
Senate approved him.

1465
00:56:14,437 --> 00:56:16,307
He's going to
be fantastic.

1466
00:56:16,306 --> 00:56:19,006
Yes, I think that
I've already --

1467
00:56:19,008 --> 00:56:19,878
The Press: Is Putin
testing you, do you

1468
00:56:19,876 --> 00:56:20,876
believe, sir?

1469
00:56:20,877 --> 00:56:21,947
The President: No,
I don't think so.

1470
00:56:21,945 --> 00:56:24,515
I think Putin probably
assumes that he can't make

1471
00:56:24,514 --> 00:56:26,314
a deal with me anymore
because politically it

1472
00:56:26,316 --> 00:56:29,556
would be unpopular for a
politician to make a deal.

1473
00:56:29,552 --> 00:56:31,022
I can't believe I'm saying
I'm a politician, but I

1474
00:56:31,020 --> 00:56:32,020
guess that's
what I am now.

1475
00:56:32,021 --> 00:56:34,891
Because, look, it would be
much easier for me to be

1476
00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:36,231
tough on Russia, but then
we're not going

1477
00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:36,756
to make a deal.

1478
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:38,030
Now, I don't know that
we're going to

1479
00:56:38,027 --> 00:56:38,797
make a deal.

1480
00:56:38,795 --> 00:56:39,725
I don't know.

1481
00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,569
We might, we might not.

1482
00:56:41,564 --> 00:56:43,604
But it would be much
easier for me to be so

1483
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,100
tough -- the tougher I am
on Russia, the better.

1484
00:56:46,102 --> 00:56:49,072
But you know what, I want
to do the right thing for

1485
00:56:49,072 --> 00:56:50,772
the American people.

1486
00:56:50,774 --> 00:56:52,814
And to be honest,
secondarily, I want to do

1487
00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:54,449
the right thing
for the world.

1488
00:56:54,444 --> 00:56:58,184
If Russia and the United
States actually got

1489
00:56:58,181 --> 00:57:02,251
together and got along --
and don't forget, we're a

1490
00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:05,122
very powerful nuclear
country and so are they.

1491
00:57:05,121 --> 00:57:06,691
There's no upside.

1492
00:57:06,689 --> 00:57:09,289
We're a very powerful
nuclear country

1493
00:57:09,292 --> 00:57:10,292
and so are they.

1494
00:57:10,293 --> 00:57:11,123
I've been briefed.

1495
00:57:11,127 --> 00:57:12,797
And I can tell you, one
thing about a briefing

1496
00:57:12,796 --> 00:57:15,796
that we're allowed to say
because anybody that ever

1497
00:57:15,799 --> 00:57:19,169
read the most basic book
can say it: Nuclear

1498
00:57:19,169 --> 00:57:22,469
holocaust would
be like no other.

1499
00:57:22,472 --> 00:57:24,442
They're a very powerful
nuclear country

1500
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:25,740
and so are we.

1501
00:57:25,742 --> 00:57:28,242
If we have a good
relationship with Russia,

1502
00:57:28,244 --> 00:57:30,784
believe me, that's a good
thing, not a bad thing.

1503
00:57:30,780 --> 00:57:32,620
The Press: So when you say
they're not good, do you

1504
00:57:32,615 --> 00:57:33,485
mean that they are --

1505
00:57:33,483 --> 00:57:34,413
The President: Who
did I say is not good?

1506
00:57:34,417 --> 00:57:35,917
The Press: No, when I read
off the three things that

1507
00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:36,889
have recently happened and
each one of them you said

1508
00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:37,516
they're not good.

1509
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:38,020
The President: No, it's
not good,

1510
00:57:38,021 --> 00:57:38,491
but they happened.

1511
00:57:38,488 --> 00:57:39,258
The Press: But do they
damage the relationship?

1512
00:57:39,255 --> 00:57:40,695
Do they undermine this
country's ability to work

1513
00:57:40,690 --> 00:57:42,630
with Russia?

1514
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:44,325
The President: They all
happened recently, and I

1515
00:57:44,327 --> 00:57:45,697
understand what they're
doing, because they're

1516
00:57:45,695 --> 00:57:46,995
doing the same thing.

1517
00:57:46,996 --> 00:57:49,536
Now, again, maybe I'm not
going to be able to do a

1518
00:57:49,532 --> 00:57:51,972
deal with Russia, but at
least I will have tried.

1519
00:57:51,968 --> 00:57:55,468
And if I don't, does
anybody really think that

1520
00:57:55,471 --> 00:57:58,971
Hillary Clinton would be
tougher on Russia than

1521
00:57:58,975 --> 00:57:59,875
Donald Trump?

1522
00:57:59,876 --> 00:58:03,176
Does anybody in this room
really believe that? Okay.

1523
00:58:03,179 --> 00:58:05,549
But I tell you one thing:
She tried to make a deal.

1524
00:58:05,548 --> 00:58:07,148
She had the reset.

1525
00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:09,290
She gave all the
valuable uranium away.

1526
00:58:09,285 --> 00:58:10,385
She did other things.

1527
00:58:10,386 --> 00:58:12,186
You know, they say
I'm close to Russia.

1528
00:58:12,188 --> 00:58:14,188
Hillary Clinton gave away
20 percent of the uranium

1529
00:58:14,190 --> 00:58:15,590
in the United States.

1530
00:58:15,592 --> 00:58:17,332
She's close to Russia.

1531
00:58:17,327 --> 00:58:19,667
I gave -- you know
what I gave to Russia?

1532
00:58:19,662 --> 00:58:20,432
You know what I gave?

1533
00:58:20,430 --> 00:58:21,200
Nothing.

1534
00:58:21,197 --> 00:58:22,337
The Press: Can we conclude
there will be no response

1535
00:58:22,332 --> 00:58:25,032
to these particular
provocations?

1536
00:58:25,034 --> 00:58:26,104
The President: I'm not
going to tell you anything

1537
00:58:26,102 --> 00:58:27,472
about what response I do.

1538
00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:28,970
I don't talk about
military response.

1539
00:58:28,972 --> 00:58:31,712
I don't say I'm going into
Mosul in four months.

1540
00:58:31,708 --> 00:58:34,548
"We are going to attack
Mosul in four months."

1541
00:58:34,544 --> 00:58:36,284
Then three months later:
"We are going to attack

1542
00:58:36,279 --> 00:58:38,979
Mosul in one month." "Next
week, we are going to

1543
00:58:38,982 --> 00:58:40,952
attack Mosul." In the
meantime, Mosul is very,

1544
00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:42,390
very difficult.

1545
00:58:42,385 --> 00:58:42,985
Do you know why?

1546
00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:47,486
Because I don't talk about
military, and I don't talk

1547
00:58:47,490 --> 00:58:48,590
about certain
other things.

1548
00:58:48,591 --> 00:58:49,891
You're going to be
surprised to hear that.

1549
00:58:49,893 --> 00:58:52,363
And, by the way, my whole
campaign, I'd say that.

1550
00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:53,462
So I don't have
to tell you --

1551
00:58:53,463 --> 00:58:54,903
The Press: There
will be a response?

1552
00:58:54,898 --> 00:58:56,268
The President: I don't
want to be one of these

1553
00:58:56,266 --> 00:58:57,236
guys that say, "Yes,
here's what

1554
00:58:57,233 --> 00:58:58,633
we're going to do."

1555
00:58:58,635 --> 00:59:00,035
I don't have to do that.

1556
00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:00,836
The Press: There will be a
-- in other words, there

1557
00:59:00,837 --> 00:59:01,537
will be a response,
Mr. President?

1558
00:59:01,537 --> 00:59:01,967
The President: I don't
have to tell you what I'm

1559
00:59:01,971 --> 00:59:02,341
going to do in
North Korea.

1560
00:59:02,338 --> 00:59:03,008
Wait a minute.

1561
00:59:03,006 --> 00:59:04,436
I don't have to tell you
what I'm going to do in

1562
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,040
North Korea.

1563
00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:09,113
And I don't have to tell
you what I'm going

1564
00:59:09,112 --> 00:59:11,912
to do with Iran.

1565
00:59:11,915 --> 00:59:12,785
You know why?

1566
00:59:12,782 --> 00:59:14,682
Because they
shouldn't know.

1567
00:59:14,684 --> 00:59:16,684
And eventually you guys
are going to get tired of

1568
00:59:16,686 --> 00:59:18,156
asking that question.

1569
00:59:18,154 --> 00:59:19,954
So when you ask me, what
am I going to do with the

1570
00:59:19,956 --> 00:59:23,426
ship -- the Russian ship,
as an example -- I'm not

1571
00:59:23,426 --> 00:59:24,766
going to tell you.

1572
00:59:24,761 --> 00:59:26,631
But hopefully, I won't
have to do anything.

1573
00:59:26,629 --> 00:59:27,969
But I'm not going
to tell you. Okay.

1574
00:59:27,964 --> 00:59:29,764
The Press: Thanks.

1575
00:59:29,766 --> 00:59:32,366
The Press: Can I just ask
you -- thank you very

1576
00:59:32,368 --> 00:59:35,068
much, Mr. President
-- the Trump --

1577
00:59:35,071 --> 00:59:36,541
The President:
Where are you from?

1578
00:59:36,539 --> 00:59:37,509
The Press: BBC.

1579
00:59:37,507 --> 00:59:38,277
The President: Okay.

1580
00:59:38,274 --> 00:59:40,114
Here's another beauty.

1581
00:59:40,109 --> 00:59:41,879
The Press: That's
a good line.

1582
00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:43,348
Impartial, free, and fair.

1583
00:59:43,346 --> 00:59:45,086
The President: Yeah, sure.

1584
00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:45,581
The Press: Mr.
President --

1585
00:59:45,581 --> 00:59:46,821
The President: Just
like CNN, right?

1586
00:59:46,816 --> 00:59:49,156
The Press: Mr. President,
on the travel ban -- we

1587
00:59:49,152 --> 00:59:50,152
could banter
back and forth.

1588
00:59:50,153 --> 00:59:53,393
On the travel ban, would
you accept that that was a

1589
00:59:53,389 --> 00:59:56,729
good example of the smooth
running of government,

1590
00:59:56,726 --> 00:59:57,296
that fine-tuned --

1591
00:59:57,293 --> 00:59:57,623
The President: Yeah, I do.

1592
00:59:57,627 --> 00:59:57,927
I do.

1593
00:59:57,927 --> 00:59:58,257
And let me tell you
about the travel --

1594
00:59:58,261 --> 00:59:59,131
The Press: Were there
any mistakes in that?

1595
00:59:59,128 --> 01:00:00,398
The President:
Wait, wait, wait.

1596
01:00:00,396 --> 01:00:00,966
I know who you are.

1597
01:00:00,964 --> 01:00:02,034
Just wait.

1598
01:00:02,031 --> 01:00:04,031
Let me tell you
about the travel ban.

1599
01:00:04,033 --> 01:00:08,573
We had a very smooth
rollout of the travel ban,

1600
01:00:08,571 --> 01:00:10,541
but we had a bad court.

1601
01:00:10,540 --> 01:00:11,540
We got a bad decision.

1602
01:00:11,541 --> 01:00:13,641
We had a court that's been
overturned -- again, maybe

1603
01:00:13,643 --> 01:00:15,983
wrong, but I think it's
80 percent of the time.

1604
01:00:15,979 --> 01:00:17,009
A lot.

1605
01:00:17,013 --> 01:00:18,283
We had a bad decision.

1606
01:00:18,281 --> 01:00:19,611
We're going to keep going
with that decision.

1607
01:00:19,615 --> 01:00:22,785
We're going to put in a
new executive order next

1608
01:00:22,785 --> 01:00:24,325
week sometime.

1609
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:26,490
But we had a bad decision.

1610
01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:27,489
That's the only thing that
was wrong

1611
01:00:27,490 --> 01:00:28,290
with the travel ban.

1612
01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:31,391
You had Delta with a
massive problem with their

1613
01:00:31,394 --> 01:00:33,394
computer system
at the airports.

1614
01:00:33,396 --> 01:00:35,736
You had some people that
were put out there,

1615
01:00:35,732 --> 01:00:37,532
brought by very nice
buses, and they were put

1616
01:00:37,533 --> 01:00:39,673
out at various locations.

1617
01:00:39,669 --> 01:00:41,469
Despite that, the only
problem that we had is we

1618
01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:42,501
had a bad court.

1619
01:00:42,505 --> 01:00:45,775
We had a court that gave
us what I consider to be,

1620
01:00:45,775 --> 01:00:48,215
with great respect,
a very bad decision.

1621
01:00:48,211 --> 01:00:49,781
Very bad for the safety
and security

1622
01:00:49,779 --> 01:00:50,879
of our country.

1623
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,380
The rollout was perfect.

1624
01:00:52,382 --> 01:00:55,582
Now, what I wanted to do
was do the exact same

1625
01:00:55,585 --> 01:00:57,685
executive order but said
one thing -- and I said

1626
01:00:57,687 --> 01:00:59,327
this to my people: Give
them a

1627
01:00:59,322 --> 01:01:01,162
one-month period of time.

1628
01:01:01,157 --> 01:01:04,727
But General Kelly, now
Secretary Kelly, said, if

1629
01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:08,967
you do that, all these
people will come in, in

1630
01:01:08,965 --> 01:01:10,405
the month -- the bad ones.

1631
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:12,340
You do agree, there are
bad people out there, right?

1632
01:01:12,335 --> 01:01:14,235
They're not everybody
that's like you.

1633
01:01:14,237 --> 01:01:15,907
You have some bad
people out there.

1634
01:01:15,905 --> 01:01:19,775
So Kelly said,
you can't do that.

1635
01:01:19,776 --> 01:01:20,806
And he was right.

1636
01:01:20,810 --> 01:01:21,640
As soon as he said it, I
said, wow,

1637
01:01:21,644 --> 01:01:22,444
never thought of it.

1638
01:01:22,445 --> 01:01:23,445
I said, how
about one week?

1639
01:01:23,446 --> 01:01:24,646
He said, no good.

1640
01:01:24,647 --> 01:01:25,717
You got to do it
immediately, because if

1641
01:01:25,715 --> 01:01:27,515
you do it immediately,
they don't have

1642
01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:29,757
time to come in.

1643
01:01:29,752 --> 01:01:31,792
Now, nobody ever reports
that, but that's why we

1644
01:01:31,788 --> 01:01:32,988
did it quickly.

1645
01:01:32,989 --> 01:01:34,629
Now, if would have done it
a month, everything would

1646
01:01:34,624 --> 01:01:35,354
have been perfect.

1647
01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:39,098
The problems is we would
have wasted a lot of time,

1648
01:01:39,095 --> 01:01:40,225
and maybe a lot of lives,
because a lot of bad

1649
01:01:40,229 --> 01:01:42,399
people would have come
into our country.

1650
01:01:42,398 --> 01:01:44,668
Now, in the meantime,
we've vetting very,

1651
01:01:44,667 --> 01:01:48,407
very strongly.

1652
01:01:48,404 --> 01:01:49,704
Very, very strongly.

1653
01:01:49,705 --> 01:01:53,205
But we need help, and we
need help by getting that

1654
01:01:53,209 --> 01:01:54,179
executive order passed.

1655
01:01:54,177 --> 01:01:54,847
The Press: Just a
brief follow-up.

1656
01:01:54,844 --> 01:01:56,444
And if it's so urgent,
why not introduce --

1657
01:01:56,446 --> 01:01:57,416
The President:
Yes, go ahead.

1658
01:01:57,413 --> 01:01:58,213
The Press: Thank you.

1659
01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,814
I just was hoping that we
could get a yes- or-no

1660
01:02:00,817 --> 01:02:01,747
answer on one of these
questions

1661
01:02:01,751 --> 01:02:03,291
involving Russia.

1662
01:02:03,286 --> 01:02:05,586
Can you say whether you
are aware that anyone who

1663
01:02:05,588 --> 01:02:06,788
advised your campaign
had contacts with Russia

1664
01:02:06,789 --> 01:02:10,289
during the course
of the election?

1665
01:02:10,293 --> 01:02:11,463
The President: Well, I
told you, General Flynn

1666
01:02:11,461 --> 01:02:12,591
obviously was dealing.

1667
01:02:12,595 --> 01:02:13,625
So that's one person.

1668
01:02:13,629 --> 01:02:15,399
But he was dealing -- as
he should have been --

1669
01:02:15,398 --> 01:02:16,298
The Press: During
the election?

1670
01:02:16,299 --> 01:02:18,399
The President: No, no,
nobody that I know of.

1671
01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:19,531
The Press: So you're not
aware of any contacts

1672
01:02:19,535 --> 01:02:20,435
during the course
of the election?

1673
01:02:20,436 --> 01:02:21,576
The President: Look, look,
how many times do I have

1674
01:02:21,571 --> 01:02:22,801
to answer this question?

1675
01:02:22,805 --> 01:02:23,945
The Press: Can you just
say yes or no on it?

1676
01:02:23,940 --> 01:02:24,810
The President:
Russia is a ruse.

1677
01:02:24,807 --> 01:02:26,277
Yeah, I know you have to
get up and ask a question,

1678
01:02:26,275 --> 01:02:26,905
so important.

1679
01:02:26,909 --> 01:02:27,909
Russia is a ruse.

1680
01:02:27,910 --> 01:02:31,450
I have nothing to do with
Russia, haven't made a

1681
01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:33,887
phone call to
Russia in years.

1682
01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:35,423
Don't speak to
people from Russia.

1683
01:02:35,418 --> 01:02:36,788
Not that I wouldn't, I
just have

1684
01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:38,686
nobody to speak to.

1685
01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:39,958
I spoke to Putin twice.

1686
01:02:39,956 --> 01:02:41,856
He called me on the
election -- I told you

1687
01:02:41,858 --> 01:02:44,558
this -- and he called me
on the inauguration, and a

1688
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:45,630
few days ago.

1689
01:02:45,628 --> 01:02:50,738
We had a very good talk,
especially the second one

1690
01:02:50,733 --> 01:02:53,333
-- lasted for a pretty
long period of time.

1691
01:02:53,336 --> 01:02:55,236
I'm sure you probably
get it because it was

1692
01:02:55,238 --> 01:02:57,138
classified, so I'm sure
everybody in this room

1693
01:02:57,140 --> 01:02:58,510
perhaps has it.

1694
01:02:58,508 --> 01:03:00,848
But we had a very,
very good talk.

1695
01:03:00,843 --> 01:03:02,483
I have nothing to
do with Russia.

1696
01:03:02,478 --> 01:03:04,748
To the best of my
knowledge, no person that

1697
01:03:04,747 --> 01:03:06,217
I deal with does.

1698
01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:07,885
Now, Manafort has
totally denied it.

1699
01:03:07,884 --> 01:03:08,814
He denied it.

1700
01:03:08,818 --> 01:03:11,018
Now, people knew that he
was a consultant over in

1701
01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:12,590
that part of the world
for a while, but

1702
01:03:12,588 --> 01:03:13,828
not for Russia.

1703
01:03:13,823 --> 01:03:15,593
I think he represented
Ukraine or people having

1704
01:03:15,591 --> 01:03:18,991
to do with Ukraine, or
people that -- whoever.

1705
01:03:18,995 --> 01:03:19,765
But people knew that.

1706
01:03:19,762 --> 01:03:20,932
Everybody knew that.

1707
01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:22,930
The Press: But in his
capacity as your campaign

1708
01:03:22,932 --> 01:03:25,172
manager, was he in touch
with Russian officials

1709
01:03:25,168 --> 01:03:26,138
during the election?

1710
01:03:26,135 --> 01:03:28,005
The President: I have --
you know what, he said no.

1711
01:03:28,004 --> 01:03:30,574
I can only tell you what
he -- now, he was replaced

1712
01:03:30,573 --> 01:03:31,973
long before the election.

1713
01:03:31,974 --> 01:03:33,314
You know that, right?

1714
01:03:33,309 --> 01:03:36,009
He was replaced long
before the election.

1715
01:03:36,012 --> 01:03:37,552
When all of this stuff
started coming out, it

1716
01:03:37,547 --> 01:03:38,947
came out during
the election.

1717
01:03:38,948 --> 01:03:41,948
But Paul Manafort, who's a
good man also, by the way

1718
01:03:41,951 --> 01:03:45,151
-- Paul Manafort was
replaced long before the

1719
01:03:45,154 --> 01:03:46,624
election took place.

1720
01:03:46,622 --> 01:03:48,062
He was only there for a
short period of time.

1721
01:03:48,057 --> 01:03:56,197
How much longer should
we stay here, folks?

1722
01:03:56,199 --> 01:03:58,699
Five more minutes,
is that okay? Five?

1723
01:03:58,701 --> 01:04:00,041
The Press: Mr. President,
on national security --

1724
01:04:00,036 --> 01:04:01,406
The President: Wait, let's
see, who's -- I want to

1725
01:04:01,404 --> 01:04:03,144
find a friendly reporter.

1726
01:04:03,139 --> 01:04:07,039
Are you a friendly
reporter?

1727
01:04:07,043 --> 01:04:08,473
Watch how friendly he is.

1728
01:04:08,477 --> 01:04:10,547
Wait, wait -- watch
how friendly he is.

1729
01:04:10,546 --> 01:04:10,876
Go ahead.

1730
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,720
Go ahead.

1731
01:04:13,716 --> 01:04:15,086
The Press: So, first
of all, my name is

1732
01:04:15,084 --> 01:04:16,984
(inaudible) from
(inaudible) Magazine.

1733
01:04:16,986 --> 01:04:21,086
And (inaudible).

1734
01:04:21,090 --> 01:04:24,360
I haven't seen anybody in
my community accuse either

1735
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:28,000
yourself or any of the --
anyone on your staff of

1736
01:04:27,997 --> 01:04:29,567
being anti-Semitic.

1737
01:04:29,565 --> 01:04:33,035
We have an understanding
of (inaudible).

1738
01:04:33,035 --> 01:04:33,565
The President: Thank you.

1739
01:04:33,569 --> 01:04:36,509
The Press: However, what
we are concerned about,

1740
01:04:36,505 --> 01:04:39,605
and what we haven't really
heard be addressed is an

1741
01:04:39,609 --> 01:04:42,149
uptick in anti-Semitism
and how the government is

1742
01:04:42,144 --> 01:04:43,714
planning to
take care of it.

1743
01:04:43,713 --> 01:04:48,253
There have been reports
out that 48 bomb threats

1744
01:04:48,251 --> 01:04:49,781
have been made against
Jewish centers all across

1745
01:04:49,785 --> 01:04:52,155
the country in the
last couple of weeks.

1746
01:04:52,154 --> 01:04:54,294
There are people who are
committing anti-Semitic

1747
01:04:54,290 --> 01:04:55,630
acts or threatening to --

1748
01:04:55,625 --> 01:04:57,195
The President: You see, he
said he was going to ask a

1749
01:04:57,193 --> 01:04:59,763
very simple,
easy question.

1750
01:04:59,762 --> 01:05:00,792
And it's not.

1751
01:05:00,796 --> 01:05:01,596
It's not.

1752
01:05:01,597 --> 01:05:03,267
Not a simple question,
not a fair question.

1753
01:05:03,266 --> 01:05:04,336
Okay, sit down.

1754
01:05:04,333 --> 01:05:06,373
I understand the rest
of your question.

1755
01:05:06,369 --> 01:05:08,039
So here's the
story, folks.

1756
01:05:08,037 --> 01:05:13,407
Number one, I am the least
anti-Semitic person that

1757
01:05:13,409 --> 01:05:16,349
you've ever seen in
your entire life.

1758
01:05:16,345 --> 01:05:20,585
Number two, racism --
the least racist person.

1759
01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:22,853
In fact, we did very well
relative to other people

1760
01:05:22,852 --> 01:05:24,082
running as a Republican.

1761
01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:24,986
The Press: (Inaudible.)

1762
01:05:24,987 --> 01:05:26,427
The President:
Quiet, quiet, quiet.

1763
01:05:26,422 --> 01:05:28,392
See, he lied about -- he
was going to get up and

1764
01:05:28,391 --> 01:05:30,531
ask a very straight,
simple question.

1765
01:05:30,526 --> 01:05:33,966
So you know, welcome to
the world of the media.

1766
01:05:33,963 --> 01:05:38,233
But let me just tell you
something -- that I

1767
01:05:38,234 --> 01:05:40,104
hate the charge.

1768
01:05:40,102 --> 01:05:41,572
I find it repulsive.

1769
01:05:41,570 --> 01:05:43,640
I hate even the question
because people that know

1770
01:05:43,639 --> 01:05:45,979
me -- and you heard the
Prime Minister, you heard

1771
01:05:45,975 --> 01:05:51,215
Netanyahu yesterday --
did you hear him, Bibi?

1772
01:05:51,213 --> 01:05:54,083
He said, I've known Donald
Trump for a long time, and

1773
01:05:54,083 --> 01:05:56,883
then he said, forget it.

1774
01:05:56,886 --> 01:05:59,526
So you should take that,
instead of having to get

1775
01:05:59,522 --> 01:06:00,652
up and ask a very

1776
01:06:00,656 --> 01:06:01,426
insulting question like that.

1777
01:06:01,424 --> 01:06:03,224
Yeah, go ahead.

1778
01:06:03,225 --> 01:06:03,955
Go ahead.

1779
01:06:03,959 --> 01:06:05,399
The Press: Thank you.

1780
01:06:05,394 --> 01:06:06,564
I'm Lisa from the PBS --

1781
01:06:06,562 --> 01:06:07,292
The President: See, it
just shows you about the

1782
01:06:07,296 --> 01:06:08,636
press, but that's
the way the press is.

1783
01:06:08,631 --> 01:06:10,401
The Press: Thank
you, Mr. President.

1784
01:06:10,399 --> 01:06:11,839
Lisa Desjardins from
the PBS Newshour.

1785
01:06:11,834 --> 01:06:12,864
The President: Good.

1786
01:06:12,868 --> 01:06:14,638
The Press: On national
security and immigration,

1787
01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:16,077
can you give us more
details on the executive

1788
01:06:16,072 --> 01:06:17,672
order you planned for
next week, even

1789
01:06:17,673 --> 01:06:19,373
its broad outlines?

1790
01:06:19,375 --> 01:06:20,975
Will it be focused on
specific countries?

1791
01:06:20,976 --> 01:06:22,016
The President: It's
a very fair question.

1792
01:06:22,011 --> 01:06:24,511
The Press: And in
addition, on the DACA

1793
01:06:24,513 --> 01:06:26,683
program for immigration,
what is your plan?

1794
01:06:26,682 --> 01:06:29,722
Do you plan to continue
that program or to end it?

1795
01:06:29,719 --> 01:06:31,289
The President: We're going
to show great heart.

1796
01:06:31,287 --> 01:06:34,157
DACA is a very, very
difficult subject for me,

1797
01:06:34,156 --> 01:06:34,986
I will tell you.

1798
01:06:34,990 --> 01:06:36,930
To me, it's one of the
most difficult subjects I

1799
01:06:36,926 --> 01:06:39,996
have, because you have
these incredible kids, in

1800
01:06:39,995 --> 01:06:41,665
many cases --
not in all cases.

1801
01:06:41,664 --> 01:06:44,064
In some of the cases
they're having DACA and

1802
01:06:44,066 --> 01:06:46,706
they're gang members and
they're drug dealers too.

1803
01:06:46,702 --> 01:06:50,402
But you have some
absolutely incredible kids

1804
01:06:50,406 --> 01:06:55,676
-- I would say mostly --
they were brought here in

1805
01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:57,818
such a way -- it's a
very, very tough subject.

1806
01:06:57,813 --> 01:07:00,183
We are going to deal
with DACA with heart.

1807
01:07:00,182 --> 01:07:01,622
I have to deal with a lot
of politicians, don't

1808
01:07:01,617 --> 01:07:03,557
forget, and I have to
convince them that what

1809
01:07:03,552 --> 01:07:07,492
I'm saying is right.

1810
01:07:07,490 --> 01:07:09,160
And I appreciate your
understanding on that.

1811
01:07:09,158 --> 01:07:13,398
But the DACA situation is
a very, very -- it's a

1812
01:07:13,396 --> 01:07:16,396
very difficult
thing for me.

1813
01:07:16,399 --> 01:07:17,769
Because, you know,
I love these kids.

1814
01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:18,897
I love kids.

1815
01:07:18,901 --> 01:07:21,601
I have kids and grandkids.

1816
01:07:21,604 --> 01:07:25,204
And I find it very, very
hard doing what the law

1817
01:07:25,207 --> 01:07:26,507
says exactly to do.

1818
01:07:26,509 --> 01:07:27,509
And you know,
the law is rough.

1819
01:07:27,510 --> 01:07:28,780
I'm not talking
about new laws.

1820
01:07:28,778 --> 01:07:32,178
I'm talking the existing
law is very rough.

1821
01:07:32,181 --> 01:07:33,721
It's very, very rough.

1822
01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:36,186
As far as the new order,
the new order is going to

1823
01:07:36,185 --> 01:07:40,125
be very much tailored to
what I consider to be a

1824
01:07:40,122 --> 01:07:43,192
very bad decision, but we
can tailor the order to

1825
01:07:43,192 --> 01:07:45,492
that decision and get just
about everything, in

1826
01:07:45,494 --> 01:07:47,334
some ways more.

1827
01:07:47,329 --> 01:07:49,799
But we're tailoring it
now to the decision.

1828
01:07:49,799 --> 01:07:51,269
We have some of the best
lawyers in the country

1829
01:07:51,267 --> 01:07:54,237
working on it.

1830
01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:56,736
And the new executive
order is being tailored to

1831
01:07:56,739 --> 01:08:01,579
the decision we got
down from the court. Okay?

1832
01:08:01,577 --> 01:08:07,747
The Press: Mr. President,
Melania Trump announced

1833
01:08:07,750 --> 01:08:09,590
the reopening of the White
House Visitors Office.

1834
01:08:09,585 --> 01:08:10,715
The President: Yes.

1835
01:08:10,719 --> 01:08:12,659
The Press: And she does a
lot of great work for the

1836
01:08:12,655 --> 01:08:13,625
country as well.

1837
01:08:13,622 --> 01:08:15,092
Can you tell us a little
bit about what First Lady

1838
01:08:15,090 --> 01:08:18,160
Melania Trump does
for the country?

1839
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:20,000
And there is a unique
level of interest in your

1840
01:08:19,995 --> 01:08:22,065
administration, so by
opening the White House

1841
01:08:22,064 --> 01:08:25,234
Visitors Office, what
does that mean to you?

1842
01:08:25,234 --> 01:08:26,574
The President: Now,
that's what I call

1843
01:08:26,569 --> 01:08:28,639
a nice question.

1844
01:08:28,637 --> 01:08:29,907
That is very nice.

1845
01:08:29,905 --> 01:08:30,805
Who are you with?

1846
01:08:30,806 --> 01:08:31,906
The Press: (Inaudible.)

1847
01:08:31,907 --> 01:08:32,277
The President: Good.

1848
01:08:32,274 --> 01:08:34,674
I'm going to
start watching.

1849
01:08:34,677 --> 01:08:35,447
Thank you very much.

1850
01:08:35,444 --> 01:08:36,444
Melania is terrific.

1851
01:08:36,445 --> 01:08:37,375
She was here last night.

1852
01:08:37,379 --> 01:08:39,619
We had dinner with Senator
Rubio and his wife, who

1853
01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:41,155
is, by the way, lovely.

1854
01:08:41,150 --> 01:08:43,890
And we had a really good
discussion about Cuba

1855
01:08:43,886 --> 01:08:47,226
because we have very
similar views on Cuba.

1856
01:08:47,223 --> 01:08:49,893
And Cuba was very good to
me in the Florida election

1857
01:08:49,892 --> 01:08:52,262
as you know, the Cuban
people, Americans.

1858
01:08:52,261 --> 01:08:55,801
And I think that
Melania is going

1859
01:08:55,798 --> 01:08:56,468
to be outstanding.

1860
01:08:56,465 --> 01:08:57,705
That's right, she just
opened up the Visitors

1861
01:08:57,700 --> 01:08:58,670
Center -- in other words,

1862
01:08:58,667 --> 01:09:00,337
touring of the White House.

1863
01:09:00,336 --> 01:09:03,876
She, like others that
she's working with, feels

1864
01:09:03,873 --> 01:09:08,543
very, very strongly about
women's issues, women's

1865
01:09:08,544 --> 01:09:12,114
difficulties, very,
very strongly.

1866
01:09:12,114 --> 01:09:14,584
And she's a very,
very strong advocate.

1867
01:09:14,583 --> 01:09:16,223
I think she's a great
representative

1868
01:09:16,218 --> 01:09:17,658
for this country.

1869
01:09:17,653 --> 01:09:20,053
And a funny thing happens
because she gets so

1870
01:09:20,055 --> 01:09:22,055
unfairly maligned.

1871
01:09:22,057 --> 01:09:23,457
The things they say --
I've known her

1872
01:09:23,459 --> 01:09:24,389
for a long time.

1873
01:09:24,393 --> 01:09:26,093
She was a very
successful person.

1874
01:09:26,095 --> 01:09:28,595
She was a very
successful model.

1875
01:09:28,597 --> 01:09:30,897
She did really well.

1876
01:09:30,900 --> 01:09:34,170
She would go home at night
and didn't even want to go

1877
01:09:34,169 --> 01:09:36,169
out with people.

1878
01:09:36,171 --> 01:09:38,441
She was a very
private person.

1879
01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:41,180
She was always the highest
quality that

1880
01:09:41,176 --> 01:09:43,476
you'll ever find.

1881
01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:45,349
And the things they say --
and I've known her for a

1882
01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:49,017
long time -- the things
they say are so unfair.

1883
01:09:49,018 --> 01:09:51,518
And actually, she's been
apologized to, as you

1884
01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:53,160
know, by various media
because they said things

1885
01:09:53,155 --> 01:09:54,355
that were lies.

1886
01:09:54,356 --> 01:09:55,596
I'd just tell you this: I
think she's going to be a

1887
01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:57,431
fantastic First Lady.

1888
01:09:57,426 --> 01:09:59,666
She's going to be a
tremendous representative

1889
01:09:59,662 --> 01:10:01,862
of women and
of the people.

1890
01:10:01,864 --> 01:10:04,764
And helping her and
working with her will be

1891
01:10:04,767 --> 01:10:07,807
Ivanka, who is a fabulous
person and a fabulous,

1892
01:10:07,803 --> 01:10:10,943
fabulous woman.

1893
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:12,170
And they're not
doing this for money.

1894
01:10:12,174 --> 01:10:15,414
They're not doing
this for pay.

1895
01:10:15,411 --> 01:10:16,211
They're doing this because
they feel it,

1896
01:10:16,211 --> 01:10:17,181
both of them.

1897
01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:19,379
And Melania goes back and
forth, and after Barron

1898
01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:22,251
finishes school -- because
it's hard to take a child

1899
01:10:22,251 --> 01:10:24,591
out of school with a few
months left -- she and

1900
01:10:24,587 --> 01:10:26,487
Barron will be moving
over to the White House.

1901
01:10:26,488 --> 01:10:26,988
Thank you.

1902
01:10:26,989 --> 01:10:28,329
That's a very
nice question.

1903
01:10:28,324 --> 01:10:31,894
Go ahead.

1904
01:10:31,894 --> 01:10:32,494
The Press: Mr. President.

1905
01:10:32,494 --> 01:10:33,364
The President: Yes.

1906
01:10:33,362 --> 01:10:34,332
Oh, this is going to be a
bad question

1907
01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:35,300
but that's okay.

1908
01:10:35,297 --> 01:10:35,897
The Press: No, it's
not going to be

1909
01:10:35,898 --> 01:10:36,468
a bad question.

1910
01:10:36,465 --> 01:10:37,535
The President: Good,
because I enjoy watching

1911
01:10:37,533 --> 01:10:38,303
you on television.

1912
01:10:38,300 --> 01:10:40,140
The Press: Well,
thank you so much.

1913
01:10:40,135 --> 01:10:43,275
Mr. President, I need to
find out from you -- you

1914
01:10:43,272 --> 01:10:46,842
said something as it
relates to inner cities.

1915
01:10:46,842 --> 01:10:48,042
That was one of your
platforms

1916
01:10:48,043 --> 01:10:49,883
during your campaign.

1917
01:10:49,878 --> 01:10:50,918
The President: Fix the
inner cities, yes.

1918
01:10:50,913 --> 01:10:52,213
The Press: Fixing
the inner cities.

1919
01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:55,184
What will be that fix and
your urban agenda, as well

1920
01:10:55,184 --> 01:10:58,824
as your HBCU executive
order that's coming out

1921
01:10:58,821 --> 01:11:00,191
this afternoon?

1922
01:11:00,189 --> 01:11:01,089
See, it wasn't
bad, was it?

1923
01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:01,990
The President: That was

1924
01:11:01,991 --> 01:11:03,461
very professional and very good.

1925
01:11:03,459 --> 01:11:04,389
The Press: I'm
very professional.

1926
01:11:04,393 --> 01:11:05,493
The President: We'll be
announcing the order in a

1927
01:11:05,494 --> 01:11:06,324
little while, and I'd
rather let the order

1928
01:11:06,328 --> 01:11:07,328
speak for itself.

1929
01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:09,969
But it will be something
I think that will be very

1930
01:11:09,965 --> 01:11:11,405
good for everybody
concerned.

1931
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:12,840
But we'll talk to you
about that after we do the

1932
01:11:12,835 --> 01:11:14,265
announcement.

1933
01:11:14,269 --> 01:11:16,039
As far as the inner
cities, as you know, I was

1934
01:11:16,038 --> 01:11:17,708
very strong on the
inner cities

1935
01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:18,706
during the campaign.

1936
01:11:18,707 --> 01:11:20,847
I think it's probably
what got me a much higher

1937
01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:23,243
percentage of the African
American vote than a lot

1938
01:11:23,245 --> 01:11:25,145
of people thought
I was going to get.

1939
01:11:25,147 --> 01:11:27,687
We did much higher than
people thought I was going

1940
01:11:27,683 --> 01:11:29,953
to get and I was honored
by that, including the

1941
01:11:29,952 --> 01:11:32,722
Hispanic vote, which
was also much higher.

1942
01:11:32,721 --> 01:11:34,461
And, by the way, if I
might add, including the

1943
01:11:34,456 --> 01:11:36,956
women's vote, which was
much higher than people

1944
01:11:36,959 --> 01:11:38,729
thought I was
going to get.

1945
01:11:38,727 --> 01:11:41,997
So we are going to be
working very hard on the

1946
01:11:41,997 --> 01:11:43,867
inner cities having to do
with education, having to

1947
01:11:43,866 --> 01:11:46,006
do with crime.

1948
01:11:46,001 --> 01:11:49,471
We're going to try and fix
as quickly as possible --

1949
01:11:49,471 --> 01:11:50,441
you know it takes
a long time.

1950
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:52,639
It's taken 100 years or
more for some of these

1951
01:11:52,641 --> 01:11:56,581
places to evolve, and they
evolved many of

1952
01:11:56,578 --> 01:11:57,678
them very badly.

1953
01:11:57,680 --> 01:11:59,250
But we're going to be
working very hard on

1954
01:11:59,248 --> 01:12:01,818
health and health care;
very, very hard

1955
01:12:01,817 --> 01:12:03,817
on education.

1956
01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:06,489
And also, we're going to
working in a stringent

1957
01:12:06,488 --> 01:12:08,758
way, and a very
good way, on crime.

1958
01:12:08,757 --> 01:12:12,427
You go to some of these
inner city places, and

1959
01:12:12,428 --> 01:12:14,798
it's so sad when you
look at the crime.

1960
01:12:14,797 --> 01:12:16,637
You have people -- and
I've seen this, and I've

1961
01:12:16,632 --> 01:12:18,472
sort of witnessed it.

1962
01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:19,367
In fact, in two cases, I

1963
01:12:19,368 --> 01:12:21,568
have actually witnessed it.

1964
01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:24,410
They lock themselves into
apartments, petrified to

1965
01:12:24,406 --> 01:12:27,976
even leave, in the
middle of the day.

1966
01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:28,606
They're living in hell.

1967
01:12:28,610 --> 01:12:29,680
We can't let that happen.

1968
01:12:29,678 --> 01:12:31,718
So we're going to be
very, very strong.

1969
01:12:31,714 --> 01:12:35,914
It's a great question,
and it's a very difficult

1970
01:12:35,918 --> 01:12:38,818
situation, because it's
been many, many years.

1971
01:12:38,821 --> 01:12:40,091
It's been festering
for many, many years.

1972
01:12:40,089 --> 01:12:42,889
But we have places in this
country that we

1973
01:12:42,891 --> 01:12:43,931
have to fix.

1974
01:12:43,926 --> 01:12:47,196
We have to help African
American people that, for

1975
01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:49,066
the most part are stuck
there --

1976
01:12:49,064 --> 01:12:51,604
Hispanic American people.

1977
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:53,540
We have Hispanic American
people that are in the

1978
01:12:53,535 --> 01:12:56,605
inner cities, and
they're living in hell.

1979
01:12:56,605 --> 01:13:00,105
I mean, you look at the
numbers in Chicago.

1980
01:13:00,109 --> 01:13:01,379
There are two
Chicagos, as you know.

1981
01:13:01,376 --> 01:13:06,716
There's one Chicago that's
incredible, luxurious and

1982
01:13:06,715 --> 01:13:08,015
all, and safe.

1983
01:13:08,016 --> 01:13:13,026
There's another Chicago
that's worse than almost

1984
01:13:13,021 --> 01:13:16,091
any of the places in the
Middle East that we talk

1985
01:13:16,091 --> 01:13:18,131
about, and that you talk
about every night

1986
01:13:18,127 --> 01:13:19,157
on the newscasts.

1987
01:13:19,161 --> 01:13:21,131
So we're going to do a
lot of work on

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01:13:21,130 --> 01:13:21,760
the inner cities.

1989
01:13:21,764 --> 01:13:23,334
I have great people lined
up to help with

1990
01:13:23,332 --> 01:13:24,162
the inner cities.

1991
01:13:24,166 --> 01:13:25,266
The Press: Well, when you
say -- when you say the

1992
01:13:25,267 --> 01:13:27,537
inner cities, are you
going to include the CBC,

1993
01:13:27,536 --> 01:13:29,806
Mr. President, in your
conversations with your

1994
01:13:29,805 --> 01:13:32,245
urban agenda, your inner
city agenda,

1995
01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,271
as well as your --

1996
01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:34,205
The President: Am I
going include who?

1997
01:13:34,209 --> 01:13:35,109
The Press: Are you
going to include the

1998
01:13:35,110 --> 01:13:37,150
Congressional Black Caucus
and the Congressional

1999
01:13:37,146 --> 01:13:37,916
Hispanic Caucus,
as well as --

2000
01:13:37,913 --> 01:13:38,443
The President:
Well, I would.

2001
01:13:38,447 --> 01:13:39,117
I tell you what, do
you want to set

2002
01:13:39,114 --> 01:13:39,884
up the meeting?

2003
01:13:39,882 --> 01:13:40,752
Do you want to set
up the meeting?

2004
01:13:40,749 --> 01:13:41,789
The Press: No, no, no.

2005
01:13:41,784 --> 01:13:42,954
The President: Are
they friends of yours?

2006
01:13:42,951 --> 01:13:43,481
The Press: I'm
just a reporter.

2007
01:13:43,485 --> 01:13:44,625
The President: No, g
ahead, set up the meeting.

2008
01:13:44,620 --> 01:13:45,650
The Press: I know some of
them, but I'm sure they're

2009
01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:46,754
watching right now.

2010
01:13:46,755 --> 01:13:47,185
The President: Let's
go set up a meeting.

2011
01:13:47,189 --> 01:13:48,289
I would love to meet
with the Black Caucus.

2012
01:13:48,290 --> 01:13:49,020
I think it's great --

2013
01:13:49,024 --> 01:13:50,324
the Congressional Black Caucus.

2014
01:13:50,325 --> 01:13:52,295
I think it's great.

2015
01:13:52,294 --> 01:13:54,934
I actually thought I had a
meeting with Congressman

2016
01:13:54,930 --> 01:14:01,570
Cummings, and he was all
excited, and then he said,

2017
01:14:01,570 --> 01:14:04,070
oh, I can't move, it might
be bad for me politically,

2018
01:14:04,072 --> 01:14:05,512
I can't have that meeting.

2019
01:14:05,507 --> 01:14:06,577
I was all set to
have the meeting.

2020
01:14:06,575 --> 01:14:08,215
You know, we called him
and called him, and he was

2021
01:14:08,210 --> 01:14:09,110
all set.

2022
01:14:09,111 --> 01:14:10,311
I spoke to him
on the phone.

2023
01:14:10,312 --> 01:14:11,442
Very nice guy.

2024
01:14:11,446 --> 01:14:12,516
The Press: I hear he
wanted that meeting with

2025
01:14:12,514 --> 01:14:13,014
you as well.

2026
01:14:13,015 --> 01:14:13,815
The President:
He wanted it.

2027
01:14:13,816 --> 01:14:15,416
But we called, called,
called, called -- they

2028
01:14:15,417 --> 01:14:17,917
can't make a
meeting with him.

2029
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:19,790
Every day, I walked in, I
said, I would like to meet

2030
01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:20,588
with him.

2031
01:14:20,589 --> 01:14:22,489
Because I do want to
solve the problem.

2032
01:14:22,491 --> 01:14:24,531
But he probably was told
by Schumer or somebody

2033
01:14:24,526 --> 01:14:27,726
like that -- some other
lightweight -- he was

2034
01:14:27,729 --> 01:14:31,299
probably told -- he was
probably told, don't meet

2035
01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:34,240
with Trump, it's
bad politics.

2036
01:14:34,236 --> 01:14:35,906
And that's part of the
problem of this country.

2037
01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:37,174
Okay, one more.

2038
01:14:37,172 --> 01:14:38,442
Go ahead.

2039
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:39,640
The Press: Yes,
Mr. President, two

2040
01:14:39,641 --> 01:14:40,071
questions --

2041
01:14:40,075 --> 01:14:40,605
The President: No, no.

2042
01:14:40,609 --> 01:14:41,109
One question.

2043
01:14:41,109 --> 01:14:42,349
Two, we can't handle.

2044
01:14:42,344 --> 01:14:43,444
This room can't
handle two.

2045
01:14:43,445 --> 01:14:45,285
Go ahead, give me the
better of your two.

2046
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:49,920
The Press: (Inaudible)
it's not about your

2047
01:14:49,918 --> 01:14:52,188
personality or
your beliefs.

2048
01:14:52,187 --> 01:14:54,557
We're talking about
(inaudible) around the

2049
01:14:54,556 --> 01:14:57,656
country, some of it by
supporters in your name.

2050
01:14:57,659 --> 01:14:58,359
What do you --

2051
01:14:58,360 --> 01:14:59,700
The President: And some of
it -- and can I be

2052
01:14:59,695 --> 01:15:00,695
honest with you?

2053
01:15:00,696 --> 01:15:02,566
And this has to do with
racism and horrible things

2054
01:15:02,564 --> 01:15:03,834
that are put up.

2055
01:15:03,832 --> 01:15:06,972
Some of it written
by our opponents.

2056
01:15:06,969 --> 01:15:07,699
You do know that.

2057
01:15:07,703 --> 01:15:09,803
Do you understand that?

2058
01:15:09,805 --> 01:15:10,735
You don't think anybody
would do a

2059
01:15:10,739 --> 01:15:12,039
thing like that.

2060
01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,980
Some of the signs you'll
see are not put up by the

2061
01:15:14,977 --> 01:15:17,317
people that love or like
Donald Trump, they're put

2062
01:15:17,312 --> 01:15:19,652
up by the other side,
and you think it's like

2063
01:15:19,648 --> 01:15:22,848
playing it straight. No.

2064
01:15:22,851 --> 01:15:24,651
But you have some of those
signs, and some of that

2065
01:15:24,653 --> 01:15:27,493
anger is caused
by the other side.

2066
01:15:27,489 --> 01:15:30,629
They'll do signs and
they'll do drawings that

2067
01:15:30,626 --> 01:15:32,996
are inappropriate.

2068
01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:34,325
It won't be my people.

2069
01:15:34,329 --> 01:15:36,469
It will be the people on
the other side to anger

2070
01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:38,365
people like you.

2071
01:15:38,367 --> 01:15:43,737
Okay. Go ahead.

2072
01:15:43,739 --> 01:15:44,239
The Press: You are
the President now.

2073
01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:45,209
What are you going
to do about it?

2074
01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:45,807
The President:
Who is that?

2075
01:15:45,807 --> 01:15:46,437
Where is that?

2076
01:15:46,441 --> 01:15:48,281
Oh, stand up.

2077
01:15:48,277 --> 01:15:49,047
You can --

2078
01:15:49,044 --> 01:15:50,314
The Press: What are you
going to do about the

2079
01:15:50,312 --> 01:15:51,652
tensions that have
been discussed?

2080
01:15:51,647 --> 01:15:52,677
The President: Oh,
I'm working on it.

2081
01:15:52,681 --> 01:15:53,681
No, I'm working
on it very hard.

2082
01:15:53,682 --> 01:15:54,452
The Press: Are you
going to give a speech?

2083
01:15:54,449 --> 01:15:55,589
The President:
No, no, look.

2084
01:15:55,584 --> 01:15:56,884
Hey, just so you
understand, we had a

2085
01:15:56,885 --> 01:15:58,985
totally divided country
for eight years, and long

2086
01:15:58,987 --> 01:16:00,127
before that, in all

2087
01:16:00,122 --> 01:16:01,992
fairness to President Obama.

2088
01:16:01,990 --> 01:16:04,360
Long before President
Obama, we have had

2089
01:16:04,359 --> 01:16:05,429
a very divided.

2090
01:16:05,427 --> 01:16:07,667
I didn't come along and
divide this country.

2091
01:16:07,663 --> 01:16:10,933
This country was seriously
divided before I got here.

2092
01:16:10,933 --> 01:16:12,563
We're going to work
on it very hard.

2093
01:16:12,567 --> 01:16:14,167
One of the questions that
was asked -- I thought it

2094
01:16:14,169 --> 01:16:15,099
was a very good question
-- was about

2095
01:16:15,103 --> 01:16:15,903
the inner cities.

2096
01:16:15,904 --> 01:16:17,144
I mean, that's part of it.

2097
01:16:17,139 --> 01:16:19,279
But we're going to
work on education.

2098
01:16:19,274 --> 01:16:20,714
We're going to work on
lack -- you know, we're

2099
01:16:20,709 --> 01:16:21,779
going to stop -- we're
going to try and

2100
01:16:21,777 --> 01:16:22,577
stop the crime.

2101
01:16:22,577 --> 01:16:24,217
We have great law
enforcement officials.

2102
01:16:24,212 --> 01:16:26,112
We're going to try
and stop crime.

2103
01:16:26,114 --> 01:16:27,184
We're not going to try and
stop, we're going

2104
01:16:27,182 --> 01:16:28,852
to stop crime.

2105
01:16:28,850 --> 01:16:30,420
But it's very
important to me.

2106
01:16:30,419 --> 01:16:31,889
But this isn't Donald
Trump that

2107
01:16:31,887 --> 01:16:33,587
divided a nation.

2108
01:16:33,588 --> 01:16:36,858
We went eight years with
President Obama, and we

2109
01:16:36,858 --> 01:16:38,258
went many years before
President Obama.

2110
01:16:38,260 --> 01:16:43,230
We lived in a
divided nation.

2111
01:16:43,231 --> 01:16:46,031
And I am going to try -- I
will do everything within

2112
01:16:46,034 --> 01:16:48,404
my power to fix that.

2113
01:16:48,403 --> 01:16:49,843
I want to thank
everybody very much.

2114
01:16:49,838 --> 01:16:51,478
It's a great honor
to be with you.

2115
01:16:51,473 --> 01:16:52,743
Thank you.

2116
01:16:52,741 --> 01:16:53,811
Thank you very much.

2117
01:16:53,809 --> 01:16:57,079
(Applause.)