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1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:02,001 The President: Thank you very much. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,540 I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the 3 00:00:11,644 --> 00:00:16,814 nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor 4 00:00:16,816 --> 00:00:20,116 will be Mr. Alex Acosta. 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,460 He has a law degree from Harvard Law School, 6 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:24,125 was a great student. 7 00:00:24,124 --> 00:00:28,464 Former clerk for Justice Samuel Alito. 8 00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:32,201 And he has had a tremendous career. 9 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,738 He's a member, and has been a member, of the 10 00:00:34,267 --> 00:00:37,307 National Labor Relations Board, and has been 11 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:41,513 through Senate confirmation three times, 12 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:44,408 confirmed -- did very, very well. 13 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:49,311 And so Alex, I've wished him the best. 14 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:50,045 We just spoke. 15 00:00:50,049 --> 00:00:52,219 And he's going to be -- I think he'll be a 16 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,858 tremendous Secretary of Labor. 17 00:00:54,854 --> 00:00:58,994 And also, as you probably heard just a little while 18 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:03,632 ago, Mick Mulvaney, former congressman, has just been 19 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:06,330 approved -- weeks late, I have to say that. 20 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:08,502 Weeks, weeks late. 21 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:11,071 Office of Management and Budget. 22 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:15,980 And he will be, I think, a fantastic addition. 23 00:01:15,975 --> 00:01:18,175 Paul Singer has just left. 24 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:21,548 As you know, Paul was very much involved with the 25 00:01:21,548 --> 00:01:26,088 anti-Trump, or, as they say, "Never Trump." And 26 00:01:26,085 --> 00:01:28,685 Paul just left and he's given us his 27 00:01:28,688 --> 00:01:30,188 total support. 28 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:31,720 And it's all about unification. 29 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:34,824 We're unifying the party, and hopefully we're going 30 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:37,498 to be able to unify the country. 31 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:38,697 It's very important to me. 32 00:01:38,698 --> 00:01:40,838 I've been talking about that for a long time, but 33 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:43,304 it's very, very important to me. 34 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:45,843 So I want to thank Paul Singer for being here and 35 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:47,039 for coming up to the office. 36 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,180 He was a very strong opponent, and now he's a 37 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:52,246 very strong ally. 38 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:54,045 And I appreciate that. 39 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:55,747 I think I'll say a few words, and then we'll take 40 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:56,648 some questions. 41 00:01:56,649 --> 00:02:00,919 And I had this time -- we've been negotiating a 42 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,760 lot of different transactions to save money 43 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:06,996 on contracts that were terrible, including 44 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:09,263 airplane contracts that were out of control and 45 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:10,702 late and terrible. 46 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:15,167 Just absolutely catastrophic in terms of 47 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:15,968 what was happening. 48 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:18,709 And we've done some really good work. 49 00:02:18,705 --> 00:02:21,505 We're very proud of that. 50 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:24,178 And then right after that, you prepare yourselves and 51 00:02:24,177 --> 00:02:25,547 we'll do some questions -- unless you 52 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:26,215 have no questions. 53 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:28,152 That's always a possibility. 54 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:31,247 I'm here today to update the American people on the 55 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:33,991 incredible progress that has been made in the last 56 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,357 four weeks since my inauguration. 57 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,556 We have made incredible progress. 58 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:41,528 I don't think there's ever been a President elected 59 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:43,968 who, in this short period of time, has done 60 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:45,763 what we've done. 61 00:02:45,765 --> 00:02:48,505 A new Rasmussen poll, in fact -- because the people 62 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:52,201 get it; much of the media doesn't get it. 63 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:53,745 They actually get it, but they don't write it -- 64 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:54,470 let's put it that way. 65 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:57,914 But a new Rasmussen poll just came out just a very 66 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:01,081 short while ago, and it has our approval rating at 67 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,050 55 percent and going up. 68 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:06,650 The stock market has hit record numbers, 69 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:08,083 as you know. 70 00:03:08,087 --> 00:03:11,287 And there has been a tremendous surge of 71 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:14,631 optimism in the business world, which is -- to me 72 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:16,527 means something much different than it used to. 73 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:18,169 It used to mean, oh, that's good. 74 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:21,264 Now it means that's good for jobs. 75 00:03:21,267 --> 00:03:23,107 Very different. 76 00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:25,572 Plants and factories are already starting to move 77 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:27,872 back into the United States and big league -- 78 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:30,574 Ford, General Motors, so many of them. 79 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:32,547 I'm making this presentation directly to 80 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:35,815 the American people with the media present, which 81 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:39,415 is an honor to have you this morning, because many 82 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:43,789 of our nation's reporters and folks will not tell 83 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:47,490 you the truth and will not treat the wonderful people 84 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:50,563 of our country with the respect that they deserve. 85 00:03:50,563 --> 00:03:52,803 And I hope going forward we can be a little bit 86 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:55,039 different, and maybe get along a little bit better, 87 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:56,134 if that's possible. 88 00:03:56,135 --> 00:03:59,905 Maybe it's not, and that's okay too. 89 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:02,406 Unfortunately, much of the media in Washington, D.C., 90 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:05,548 along with New York, Los Angeles, in particular, 91 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:09,585 speaks not for the people but for the special 92 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:14,392 interests and for those profiting off a very, very 93 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:17,627 obviously broken system. 94 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:21,924 The press has become so dishonest that if we don't 95 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,898 talk about it, we are doing a tremendous 96 00:04:25,898 --> 00:04:27,638 disservice to the American people -- 97 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:28,764 tremendous disservice. 98 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:31,408 We have to talk about it to find out what's going 99 00:04:31,404 --> 00:04:32,134 on, because the press 100 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:33,508 honestly is out of control. 101 00:04:33,506 --> 00:04:37,046 The level of dishonesty is out of control. 102 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:39,583 I ran for President to represent the citizens 103 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:41,079 of our country. 104 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,650 I am here to change the broken system so it serves 105 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:48,021 their families and their communities well. 106 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:51,561 I am talking, and really talking, on this very 107 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:54,757 entrenched power structure, and what we're 108 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:58,901 doing is we're talking about the power structure, 109 00:04:58,898 --> 00:05:01,438 we're talking about its entrenchment. 110 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,934 As a result, the media is going through what they 111 00:05:04,937 --> 00:05:08,577 have to go through to oftentimes distort -- not 112 00:05:08,574 --> 00:05:10,574 all the time -- and some of the media is fantastic, 113 00:05:10,576 --> 00:05:13,246 I have to say; they're honest and fantastic. 114 00:05:13,246 --> 00:05:16,716 But much of it is not -- the distortion. 115 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,286 And we'll talk about it, and you'll be able to ask 116 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:20,554 me questions about it. 117 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:22,423 But we're not going to let it happen, because I'm 118 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:25,662 here again to take my message straight 119 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:26,358 to the people. 120 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:28,899 As you know, our administration inherited 121 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:32,095 many problems across government and 122 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:34,468 across the economy. 123 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:39,477 To be honest, I inherited a mess -- it's a mess -- 124 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:44,182 at home and abroad. 125 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,417 A mess. 126 00:05:46,412 --> 00:05:48,912 Jobs are pouring out of the country. 127 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:51,585 You see what's going on with all of the companies 128 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:55,524 leaving our country, going to Mexico and other places 129 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,261 -- low-pay, low-wages. 130 00:05:57,256 --> 00:06:01,196 Mass instability overseas, no matter where you look. 131 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,794 The Middle East, a disaster. 132 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:05,595 North Korea -- we'll take care of it, folks. 133 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:07,198 We're going to take care of it all. 134 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,470 I just want to let you know I inherited a mess. 135 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:13,571 Beginning on day one, our administration went to 136 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:18,483 work to tackle these challenges. 137 00:06:18,478 --> 00:06:21,018 On foreign affairs, we've already begun enormously 138 00:06:21,013 --> 00:06:23,653 productive talks with many foreign leaders -- much of 139 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:26,319 it you've covered -- to move forward toward 140 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:30,489 stability, security, and peace in the most troubled 141 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:34,030 regions of the world, which there are many. 142 00:06:34,026 --> 00:06:35,896 We've had great conversations with the 143 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:38,935 United Kingdom -- and meetings -- Israel, 144 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:42,601 Mexico, Japan, China, and Canada. 145 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:46,002 Really, really productive conversations. 146 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:48,675 I would say far more productive than you 147 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:50,744 would understand. 148 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:55,213 We've even developed a new council with Canada to 149 00:06:55,214 --> 00:06:58,114 promote women's business leaders and entrepreneurs. 150 00:06:58,117 --> 00:07:00,087 It's very important to me, very important to my 151 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:02,126 daughter Ivanka. 152 00:07:02,121 --> 00:07:05,021 I have directed our defense community, headed 153 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:10,764 by our great general, now Secretary Mattis -- he's 154 00:07:10,763 --> 00:07:14,103 over there now, working very hard -- to submit a 155 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:18,040 plan for the defeat of ISIS, a group that 156 00:07:18,037 --> 00:07:22,607 celebrates the murder and torture of innocent people 157 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:24,308 in large sections of the world. 158 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:26,180 It used to be a small group, and now it's in 159 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:29,179 large sections of the world. 160 00:07:29,182 --> 00:07:32,082 They've spread like cancer. 161 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:36,154 ISIS has spread like cancer. 162 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:38,925 Another mess I inherited. 163 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:41,865 And we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of 164 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:44,031 Iran, who's totally taken advantage of our 165 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:46,800 previous administration. 166 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:49,469 And they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism. 167 00:07:49,468 --> 00:07:55,438 And we're not going to stop until that problem is 168 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:56,641 properly solved. 169 00:07:56,642 --> 00:07:58,342 And it's not properly solved now. 170 00:07:58,344 --> 00:08:00,144 It's one of the worst agreements I've ever seen 171 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,316 drawn by anybody. 172 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,885 I've ordered plans to begin for the massive 173 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:07,154 rebuilding of the United States military. 174 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:10,693 I've had great support from the Senate. 175 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:14,330 I've had great support from Congress generally. 176 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,797 We've pursued this rebuilding in the hopes 177 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:22,937 that we will never have to use this military. 178 00:08:22,935 --> 00:08:27,475 And I will tell you that is my -- I would be so 179 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,810 happy if we never had to use it. 180 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:34,780 But our country will never have had a military like 181 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:40,390 the military we're about to build and rebuild. 182 00:08:40,386 --> 00:08:42,326 We have the greatest people on Earth in our 183 00:08:42,321 --> 00:08:45,361 military, but they don't have the right equipment. 184 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:47,998 And their equipment is old. 185 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:52,164 I used it, I talked about it at every stop. 186 00:08:52,164 --> 00:08:54,504 Depleted -- it's depleted. 187 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,100 It won't be depleted for long. 188 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:59,443 And I think one of the reasons I'm standing here 189 00:08:59,438 --> 00:09:02,908 instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked 190 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:04,709 about we have to have a strong military. 191 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:08,510 We have to have strong law enforcement also. 192 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:14,224 So we do not go abroad in the search of war. 193 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,920 We really are searching for peace, but it's peace 194 00:09:16,923 --> 00:09:17,953 through strength. 195 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:21,327 At home, we have begun the monumental task of 196 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:23,627 returning the government back to the people on a 197 00:09:23,629 --> 00:09:26,469 scale not seen in many, many years. 198 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:30,235 In each of these actions, I'm keeping my promises to 199 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,066 the American people. 200 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:32,270 These are campaign promises. 201 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:33,871 Some people are so surprised that we're 202 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:34,943 having strong borders. 203 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:37,341 Well, that's what I've been talking about for a 204 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:38,683 year and a half -- strong borders. 205 00:09:38,678 --> 00:09:41,218 They're so surprised -- "oh, you're having strong 206 00:09:41,213 --> 00:09:42,583 borders." Well, that's what I've been talking 207 00:09:42,581 --> 00:09:46,621 about to the press and to everybody else. 208 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:51,219 One promise after another after years of politicians 209 00:09:51,223 --> 00:09:54,163 lying to you to get elected. 210 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,860 They lie to the American people in order 211 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:56,561 to get elected. 212 00:09:56,562 --> 00:09:59,002 Some of the things I'm doing probably aren't 213 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:01,598 popular, but they're necessary for security and 214 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,140 for other reasons. 215 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:06,535 And then coming to Washington and pursuing 216 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:09,139 their own interests, which is more important to 217 00:10:09,141 --> 00:10:11,611 many politicians. 218 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:14,110 I'm here following through on what I pledged to do. 219 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:15,983 That's all I'm doing. 220 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:17,922 I put it out before the American people. 221 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:22,657 Got 306 Electoral College votes. 222 00:10:22,655 --> 00:10:24,625 I wasn't supposed to get 222. 223 00:10:24,623 --> 00:10:27,623 They said there's no way to get 222; 224 00:10:27,626 --> 00:10:30,426 230 is impossible. 225 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:32,469 Two hundred and seventy, which you need, 226 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,465 that was laughable. 227 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:38,737 We got 306 because people came out and voted like 228 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:40,038 they've never seen before. 229 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:41,739 So that's the way it goes. 230 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:45,481 I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win 231 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:48,718 since Ronald Reagan. 232 00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:51,084 In other words, the media is trying to attack our 233 00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:54,423 administration because they know we are following 234 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:58,690 through on pledges that we made, and they're not 235 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:00,761 happy about it for whatever reason. 236 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,960 But a lot of people are happy about it. 237 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:08,534 In fact, I'll be in Melbourne, Florida, five 238 00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:12,004 o'clock on Saturday, and I heard -- just heard that 239 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:16,414 the crowds are massive that want to be there. 240 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:19,049 I turn on the TV, open the newspapers, and I see 241 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:22,485 stories of chaos. Chaos! 242 00:11:22,481 --> 00:11:25,981 Yet, it is the exact opposite. 243 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:31,195 This administration is running like a fine-tuned 244 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:34,790 machine, despite the fact that I can't get my 245 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,764 Cabinet approved, and 246 00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:38,502 they're outstanding people. 247 00:11:38,497 --> 00:11:40,567 Like Senator Dan Coates whose there -- one of the 248 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:43,236 most respected men of the Senate -- 249 00:11:43,235 --> 00:11:45,905 he can't get approved. 250 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:46,835 How do you not approve him? 251 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:50,209 He's been a colleague, highly respected -- 252 00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:52,379 brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it -- but 253 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:54,778 waiting for approval. 254 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:58,280 So we have a wonderful group of people that's 255 00:11:58,284 --> 00:12:02,854 working very hard, that's being very much 256 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:07,025 misrepresented about, and we can't let that happen. 257 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:11,896 So if the Democrats, who have -- all you have to do 258 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:14,797 is look at where they are right now -- the only 259 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,400 thing they can do is delay, because they've 260 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:20,403 screwed things up royally, believe me. 261 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,606 Let me list to you some of the things that we've done 262 00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:24,178 in just a short period of time. 263 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:27,146 I just got here. 264 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:30,146 I got here with no Cabinet. 265 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:33,089 Again, each of these actions is a promise I 266 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:34,525 made to the American people. 267 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,420 So we'll go over just some of them, and we have a lot 268 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:41,132 happening next week and in the weeks coming. 269 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:45,167 We've withdrawn from the job-killing disaster known 270 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,734 as Trans-Pacific Partnership. 271 00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,302 We're going to make trade deals, but we're going to 272 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,340 have one-on-one deals -- bilateral. 273 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:53,606 We're going to have one-on-one deals. 274 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:56,976 We've directed the elimination of regulations 275 00:12:56,976 --> 00:13:00,216 that undermine manufacturing, and called 276 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:05,352 for expedited approval of the permits needed for 277 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:10,091 America and American infrastructure, and that 278 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:14,659 means plants, equipment, roads, bridges, factories. 279 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:17,260 People take 10, 15, 20 years to get disapproved 280 00:13:17,263 --> 00:13:17,933 for a factory. 281 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:21,700 They go in for a permit -- it's many, many years. 282 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:23,970 And then at the end of the process -- they spend tens 283 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:27,109 of millions of dollars on nonsense -- and at the end 284 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,046 of the process, they get rejected. 285 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:30,911 Now, they may be rejected with me, but it's going to 286 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,080 be a quick rejection. 287 00:13:32,077 --> 00:13:33,417 It's not going to take years. 288 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:35,782 But mostly, it's going to be an acceptance. 289 00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:38,321 We want plants built, and we want factories built, 290 00:13:38,317 --> 00:13:40,717 and we want the jobs. 291 00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:43,559 We don't want the jobs going to other countries. 292 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:47,196 We've imposed a hiring freeze on nonessential 293 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,993 federal workers. 294 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:53,704 We've imposed a temporary moratorium on new federal 295 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:54,969 regulations. 296 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:57,837 We've issued a game-changing new rule 297 00:13:57,836 --> 00:14:01,036 that says for each one new regulation, two old 298 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,810 regulations must be eliminated. 299 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:05,508 Makes sense. 300 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:08,211 Nobody has ever seen regulations like we have. 301 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,744 If you go to other countries and you look at 302 00:14:09,748 --> 00:14:11,948 industries they have, and you say, let me see your 303 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:15,521 regulations, and they're a fraction, just a tiny 304 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,491 fraction of what we have. 305 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:20,029 And I want regulations because I want safety, I 306 00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:23,395 want all environmental situations to be taken 307 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:25,095 properly care of. 308 00:14:25,097 --> 00:14:28,037 It's very important to me. 309 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:32,133 But you don't need four or five or six regulations to 310 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:34,337 take care of the same thing. 311 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:35,980 We've stood up for the men and women of law 312 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:39,475 enforcement, directing federal agencies to ensure 313 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:43,218 they are protected from crimes of violence. 314 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:49,057 We've directed the creation of a task force 315 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:54,094 for reducing violent crime in America, including the 316 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:57,593 horrendous situation -- take a look at Chicago and 317 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:59,736 others -- taking place 318 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:04,102 right now in our inner cities. Horrible. 319 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:05,573 We've ordered the Department of Homeland 320 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:08,071 Security and Justice to coordinate on a plan to 321 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:10,973 destroy criminal cartels coming into the United 322 00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:14,076 States with drugs. 323 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:18,149 We're becoming a drug-infested nation. 324 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:21,890 Drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars, and we're 325 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:24,287 not going to let it happen any longer. 326 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:27,590 We've undertaken the most substantial border 327 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:30,793 security measures in a generation to keep our 328 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:34,336 nation and our tax dollars safe, and are now in the 329 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:37,133 process of beginning to build a promised wall on 330 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:37,936 the southern border. 331 00:15:37,936 --> 00:15:43,176 Met with General, now Secretary, Kelly yesterday 332 00:15:43,175 --> 00:15:45,845 and we're starting that process. 333 00:15:45,844 --> 00:15:50,584 And the wall is going to be a great wall, and it's 334 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:52,582 going to be a wall negotiated by me. 335 00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:55,824 The price is going to come down, just like it has on 336 00:15:55,821 --> 00:15:57,361 everything else I've negotiated 337 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:59,256 for the government. 338 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:01,428 And we're going to have a wall that works. 339 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:02,897 We're not going to have a wall like they have now, 340 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:06,165 which is either nonexistent or a joke. 341 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:08,735 We've ordered a crackdown on sanctuary cities that 342 00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:11,774 refuse to comply with federal law and that 343 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:14,810 harbor criminal aliens, and we've ordered an end 344 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:17,247 to the policy of catch and release on the border. 345 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:22,312 No more release, no matter who you are -- release. 346 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:24,784 We've begun a nationwide effort to remove criminal 347 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:28,183 aliens, gang members, drug dealers, and others who 348 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:31,457 pose a threat to public safety. 349 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:34,397 We are saving American lives every single day. 350 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:38,993 The court system has not made it easy for us. 351 00:16:38,997 --> 00:16:42,167 And we've even created a new office in Homeland 352 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:46,837 Security dedicated to the forgotten American victims 353 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:50,079 of illegal immigrant violence, 354 00:16:50,075 --> 00:16:51,645 of which there are many. 355 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:55,213 We've taken decisive action to keep radical 356 00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:58,814 Islamic terrorists out of our country. 357 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:00,717 Though parts of our necessary and 358 00:17:00,719 --> 00:17:03,719 constitutional actions were blocked by a judge's, 359 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:08,592 in my opinion, incorrect and unsafe ruling, our 360 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:12,134 administration is working night and day to keep you 361 00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:17,541 safe -- including reporters safe -- and is 362 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,636 vigorously defending this lawful order. 363 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:22,939 I will not back down from defending our country. 364 00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:26,141 I got elected on defense of our country. 365 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,045 And I keep my campaign promises. 366 00:17:28,046 --> 00:17:33,616 And our citizens will be very happy when they see 367 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:34,289 the result. 368 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:35,056 They already are. 369 00:17:35,053 --> 00:17:36,523 I can tell you that. 370 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,622 Extreme vetting will be put in place, and it 371 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:40,494 already is in place in many places. 372 00:17:40,492 --> 00:17:42,892 In fact, we had to go quicker than we thought 373 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,265 because of the bad decision we received from 374 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:49,064 a circuit that has been overturned 375 00:17:49,067 --> 00:17:49,907 at a record number. 376 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:54,102 I've heard 80 percent -- I find that hard to believe; 377 00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:56,046 that's just a number I heard -- that they're 378 00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:57,811 overturned 80 percent of the time. 379 00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:01,750 I think that circuit is in chaos and that circuit is, 380 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:05,787 frankly, in turmoil. 381 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:10,194 But we are appealing that and we are going further. 382 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:13,859 We're issuing a new executive action next week 383 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:17,599 that will comprehensively protect our country, so 384 00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:20,236 we'll be going along the one path and 385 00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:21,332 hopefully winning that. 386 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:25,973 At the same time, we will be issuing a new and very 387 00:18:25,971 --> 00:18:30,341 comprehensive order to protect our people, and 388 00:18:30,342 --> 00:18:33,042 that will be done some time next week, toward the 389 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:35,785 beginning or middle at the latest part. 390 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:38,381 We've also taken steps to begin construction of the 391 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:42,623 Keystone Pipeline and Dakota Access Pipelines -- 392 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:46,391 thousands and thousands of jobs -- and put new "Buy 393 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:49,061 American" measures in place to require American 394 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:50,801 steel for American pipelines. 395 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:53,736 In other words, they build a pipeline in this country 396 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:57,372 and we use the powers of government to make that 397 00:18:57,369 --> 00:18:59,209 pipeline happen. 398 00:18:59,204 --> 00:19:04,674 We want them to use American steel. 399 00:19:04,676 --> 00:19:07,246 And they're willing to do that, but nobody ever 400 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:09,446 asked before I came along. 401 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:11,648 Even this order was drawn and they didn't say that. 402 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,250 And I'm reading the order, I'm saying, why aren't we 403 00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:15,252 using American steel? 404 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,584 And they said, that's a good idea. 405 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:19,058 We put it in. 406 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:22,057 To drain the swamp of corruption in Washington, 407 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:25,530 D.C. I've started by imposing a five-year 408 00:19:25,531 --> 00:19:28,801 lobbying ban on White House officials and a 409 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:33,740 lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign government. 410 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:34,839 We've begun preparing 411 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,640 to repeal and replace Obamacare. 412 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:41,184 Obamacare is a disaster, folks. 413 00:19:41,179 --> 00:19:42,719 It's a disaster. 414 00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:46,484 You can say, oh, Obamacare -- I mean, they fill up 415 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:50,985 our alleys with people that you wonder how they 416 00:19:50,989 --> 00:19:53,929 get there, but they're not the Republican people that 417 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,666 our representatives are representing. 418 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:59,532 So we've begun preparing to repeal and replace 419 00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:04,041 Obamacare and are deep in the midst of negotiations 420 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:07,876 on a very historic tax reform to bring 421 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:08,903 our jobs back. 422 00:20:08,907 --> 00:20:10,277 We're bringing our jobs back to this 423 00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:11,045 country big league. 424 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:14,713 It's already happening, but big league. 425 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:17,213 I've also worked to install a Cabinet over the 426 00:20:17,215 --> 00:20:21,215 delays and obstruction of Senate Democrats. 427 00:20:21,219 --> 00:20:24,519 You've seen what they've done over the last long 428 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:25,853 number of years. 429 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:27,757 That will be one of the great Cabinets ever 430 00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:30,799 assembled in American history. 431 00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:33,796 You look at Rex Tillerson -- he's out there 432 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:35,939 negotiating right now. 433 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:39,874 General Mattis I mentioned before, General Kelly. 434 00:20:39,871 --> 00:20:41,771 We have great, great people. 435 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:43,073 Mick is with us now. 436 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,545 We have great people. 437 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:46,413 Among their responsibilities will be 438 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:51,621 ending the bleeding of jobs from our country and 439 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:56,927 negotiating fair trade deals for our citizens. 440 00:20:56,922 --> 00:21:01,932 Now, look, fair trade -- not free -- fair. 441 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,327 If a country is taking advantage of us, we're not 442 00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:06,799 going to let that happen anymore. 443 00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:10,238 Every country takes advantage of us, almost. 444 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:13,835 I may be able to find a couple that don't. 445 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:16,379 But for the most part, that would be a very tough 446 00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:18,615 job for me to do. 447 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,510 Jobs have already started to surge. 448 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:22,812 Since my election, Ford announced it will abandon 449 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:26,154 its plans to build a new factory in Mexico and will 450 00:21:26,151 --> 00:21:29,421 instead invest $700 million in Michigan, 451 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:32,191 creating many, many jobs. 452 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:35,230 Fiat-Chrysler announced it will invest $1 billion in 453 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:37,797 Ohio and Michigan, creating 2,000 new 454 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:38,726 American jobs. 455 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:41,470 They were with me a week ago. 456 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:42,436 You know -- you were here. 457 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:44,504 General Motors, likewise, committed to invest 458 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:47,873 billions of dollars in its American manufacturing 459 00:21:47,873 --> 00:21:50,743 operation, keeping many jobs here that 460 00:21:51,276 --> 00:21:52,076 were going to leave. 461 00:21:52,844 --> 00:21:54,244 And if I didn't get elected, believe me, they 462 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:55,346 would have left. 463 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:57,917 And these jobs and these things that I'm announcing 464 00:21:57,916 --> 00:22:00,386 would never have come here. 465 00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:02,785 Intel just announced that it will move ahead with a 466 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:06,628 new plant in Arizona that probably was never going 467 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:08,225 to move ahead with. 468 00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:09,326 And that will result in 469 00:22:09,327 --> 00:22:12,567 at least 10,000 American jobs. 470 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:15,434 Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the 471 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:17,834 United States just this year because of our 472 00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:21,576 various plans and initiatives. 473 00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:23,343 There will be many, many more. 474 00:22:23,341 --> 00:22:24,011 Many more. 475 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:26,249 These are a few that we're naming. 476 00:22:26,244 --> 00:22:29,484 Other countries have been taking advantage of us for 477 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:33,451 decades -- decades and decades and decades, folks. 478 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:36,292 And we're not going to let that happen anymore. 479 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,028 Not going to let it happen. 480 00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:39,793 And one more thing. 481 00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:43,591 I have kept my promise to the American people by 482 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:46,135 nominating a justice of the United States Supreme 483 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:52,071 Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, who is from my list of 20, 484 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:54,810 and who will be a true defender of our laws and 485 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:58,906 our Constitution -- highly respected, should get the 486 00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:01,210 votes from the Democrats -- you may not see that, 487 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:05,383 but he'll get there one way or the other. 488 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:08,783 But he should get there the old-fashioned way, and 489 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:11,327 he should get those votes. 490 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:13,223 This last month has represented an 491 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,865 unprecedented degree of action on behalf of the 492 00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:18,661 great citizens of our country. 493 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:20,933 Again, I say it -- there has never been a 494 00:23:20,932 --> 00:23:24,632 presidency that's done so much in such a short 495 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:27,006 period of time. 496 00:23:27,005 --> 00:23:29,405 And we haven't even started the big work that 497 00:23:29,407 --> 00:23:32,307 starts early next week. 498 00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:33,310 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 1988 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.)