English subtitles for clip: File:President Trump Participates in a Workforce Apprenticeship Discussion.webm

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The President: Thank you
Secretary Acosta

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and Secretary DeVos for
joining us today.

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And thank you all, because
we have been working very hard

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on being sure that
Americans have

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the training they need for
the jobs in the future.

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I also want to thank
Ivanka, my daughter,

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for her leadership on workforce 
training and her efforts.

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You're working very,
very hard to create

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new economic opportunities for
women across America and,

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actually, for women
across the world.

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You've been working with
the Chancellor of Germany

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on helping women
all over the world.

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In the past seven months,
we've made enormous gains

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in getting Americans
back to work.

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The stock market
is at record highs.

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Unemployment is
at a 16-year low.

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And manufacturers have
never expressed

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more optimism about the future.

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The optimism has been
truly incredible.

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Recently, Foxconn
announced that it's going

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to invest $10 billion to
build a new factory

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in Wisconsin.

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We want to make sure that
every job that comes back

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to our shores is filled
with American workers.

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We have a lot of companies
moving back to our country.

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You're probably
seeing that.

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Two major automobile
companies just announced

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they're moving back to the
United States,

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and they're going to build
major plants.

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They're looking
for the site.

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They're putting it out to
seven or eight different states,

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and they're going
to be very happy

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building in the United States.

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It's going to work out
very well for them.

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That's why, in June,
we began a historic initiative

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to expand apprenticeship and 
workforce training programs

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in all industries.

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We're expanding
pathways to success.

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So important.

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And apprenticeships are
one of the many avenues

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that lead to the great
jobs, completely debt-free.

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And who knows more about
the word "apprentice"

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than Donald Trump?

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In fact, under the
apprenticeship,

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you earn while you learn.

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So important and so great.

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And you love getting up in
the morning and going to work,

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and a lot of great
things involved here.

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We're also here today to
discuss additional steps

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we will be taking to
expand apprenticeship

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programs, especially for
women and minorities

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in STEM fields where
women have been truly

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under-representative --
really, I guess you could say,

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under-represented
for many, many decades.

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Technology has become
a part of nearly every industry,

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from manufacturing to retailing.

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And we want all of our citizens, 
every single citizen --

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including women
and minorities --

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to have access to high-paying
tech jobs

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and other STEM-related jobs.

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American workers are the
best there is anywhere

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in the world, and we're
finding work for them.

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They built the skyscrapers
of our cities, the roads

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and bridges across our
land -- and we'll be

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building plenty of new
roads and bridges,

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by the way -- the technology 
that has revolutionized

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the globe, and so much more,
as you're well aware.

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Their skills, talent, and grit 
have always put America on top.

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And we're going to remain
on top at a much higher level

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than we
are right now.

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And speaking of now, it is
our job to make sure

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that they have the training,
immediately, to lead us

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into the future.

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We have great, great hope.

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We have a great, great
future in this country.

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There's never been
more optimism.

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And again, unemployment
at a 16-year low.

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So, we're honored
to have all of you.

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Mr. Secretary,
thank you very much.

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Betsy, thank
you very much.

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We appreciate it.

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And, Ivanka, congratulations 
on working so hard.

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We really do
appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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Any questions?

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The Press: Mr. President,
what did you mean

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by military solutions are
locked and loaded as it

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relates to North Korea?

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The President: Well, I
think it's pretty obvious.

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We are looking at that
very carefully, and I hope

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that they are going to
fully understand

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the gravity of what I said.

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And what I said
is what I mean.

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So hopefully they'll
understand, Peter,

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exactly what I said and the
meaning of those words.

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Those words are very,
very easy to understand.

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The Press: Any progress
on the diplomatic backchannel?

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The President: Well, we
don't want to talk about

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progress, we don't want to
talk about backchannels.

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We want to talk about
a country that has misbehaved

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for many, many
years -- decades, actually --

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through numerous
administrations.

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And they didn't want to
take on the issue,

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and I have no choice but to take
it on, and I'm taking it on.

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And we'll either be very,
very successful quickly

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or we're going to be very,
very successful

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in a different way, quickly.

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The Press: Angela Merkel says 
she sees no military solution

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to a fight
with North Korea.

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Why is she wrong?

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The President: Well, I think 
maybe she's speaking for Germany.

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Let her speak for Germany.

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She's a friend of mine,
she's a very good person,

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a very good woman.

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She's a friend of Ivanka.

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Perhaps she's
referring to Germany.

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She's certainly not
referring to the United States,

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that I
can tell you.

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The Press: Mr. President,
you've said you want

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to send a strong message
to North Korea.

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What do you say to your
critics who say

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that your rhetoric is actually
raising the tension?

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The President: Well, you know, 
my critics are only saying that

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because it's me.

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If somebody else uttered
the exact same words

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that I uttered, they'd say,
"What a great statement,

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what a wonderful statement."

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They're only doing it -- 
but I will tell you,

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we have tens of millions 
of people in this country

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that are so happy with 
what I'm saying --

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because they're saying, 
finally we have a President

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that's sticking up for 
our nation and, frankly,

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sticking up for our friends
and our allies.

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And this man will not get
away with what he's doing,

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believe me.

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And if he utters one threat, 
in the form of an overt threat --

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which, by the way, he has 
been uttering for years,

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and his family has 
been uttering for years --

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or if he does anything

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with respect to Guam, or
anyplace else

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that's an American territory 
or an American ally,

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he will truly regret it and he
will regret it fast.

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Thank you all very much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.