PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP. WELCOME BACK TO MEET THE PRESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YOU ARE THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE GROVER CLEVELAND TO WIN NON CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
REPUBLICANS NOW HAVE CONTROL
OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR 1ST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE?
WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING WITH THE BORDER AND VERY STRONG, VERY POWERFUL.
THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST,
UH, SIGNAL AND THE FIRST SIGNAL TO AMERICA THAT WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES. WE HAVE
PEOPLE COMING IN BY THE MILLIONS AS YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE HERE.
MOST OF THEM SHOULDN'T BE HERE. BUT,
UH, WE HAVE JAILS BEING EMPTIED INTO OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BEING EMPTIED INTO OUR COUNTRY.
SO,
UH, WE'LL BE DOING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH,
EXTENDING WITHIN THAT PERIOD OR
AS SOON AS WE CAN, THE TRUMP TAX CUTS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING DUE AND THEY'RE VERY SUBSTANTIAL FOR PEOPLE.
AND,
UH, IT WOULD BE VERY, UH, I THINK IT WILL ANGER A LOT OF PEOPLE FRANKLY,
IF WE DON'T GET AN EXTENSION OF THAT THAT'S WHAT LED US TO
ONE OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIES EVER.
AND THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO BE VERY VITAL, VERY IMPORTANT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON CRIME IN THE CITIES
AND WE'LL WORK WITH DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS.
MOST OF THEM ARE AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 25 WORST PLACES, THEY'RE JUST ABOUT ALL
DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED CITIES AND STATES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS AND DEMOCRAT MAYORS AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT,
BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CRIME AND MOSTLY IN OUR CITIES
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. WE'LL BE
WORKING ON NOMINATIONS. WE'RE GONNA STILL BE WORKING ON SOME NOMINATIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING VERY WELL.
UH WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THEY'RE GOING EXTREMELY WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE
PETER IS DOING
WELL NOW. I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. HE'S A YOUNG GUY WITH
UH A TREMENDOUS TRACK RECORD. ACTUALLY WENT TO PRINCETON AND WENT TO HARVARD.
HE WAS A GOOD STUDENT AT BOTH,
BUT HE LOVES THE MILITARY AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE IT. SO
WE'LL BE WORKING ON HIS NOMINATION ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHERS.
WE ARE GOING TO DELVE INTO YOUR NOMINATIONS.
BUT SINCE YOU BRING HIM UP, DO YOU STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN PETE? HE
SAYS, YES, I DO, I REALLY DO. HE'S A VERY SMART GUY.
I'VE KNOWN HIM
THROUGH FOX, BUT I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME
AND HE'S BASICALLY A MILITARY GUY.
I MEAN, I, EVERY TIME I TALK TO HIM, ALL HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS THE MILITARY.
HE'S A MILITARY GUY. I USED TO KID HIM ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE IN THIS POSITION WHERE
HE MAY BE, HOPEFULLY WILL BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. BUT,
UM,
EVERY TIME I WAS WITH HIM HE WAS FIGHTING FOR SOLDIERS WHERE
HE SAID SOME SOLDIER WAS UNJUSTLY PUT IN PRISON BECAUSE THEY WERE
REALLY DOING WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT TO DO
IN SOME CASES.
SO, UH, YEAH, I THINK HE'S GONNA DO FINE.
THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, MISCONDUCT, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT,
HEAVY DRINKING. THE FACT THAT HE SAID TO
SOME SENATORS REPORTEDLY HE'LL STOP DRINKING
IF HE GETS THIS JOB. DOES THAT WORRY YOU?
NO, I, I THINK THAT EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING THAT
THEY CAN STOP.
UH, SOME PEOPLE CAN STOP EATING.
UH, I'M LUCKY I'M NOT A DRINKER BUT I COULD STOP EATING
AND, UH, WE ALL WANT TO STOP DOING SOMETHING AND IF HE SAID THAT, I MEAN,
THAT'S A NICE THING TO SAY.
THAT'S A GOOD THING TO SAY,
BUT HE'S, UH, VERY RESPECTED.
I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AT FOX, THEY THINK HE'S FANTASTIC
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH HIM,
UH,
REALLY,
THEY LOVE HIM.
SO I, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S REALLY TERRIFIC.
AND AGAIN, ALL HE TALKED ABOUT WITH ME I SAID, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE NOT REALLY A TELEVISION GUY, EVEN THOUGH HE DID VERY WELL AS, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE REALLY A MILITARY GUY. HE SAID,
I'M ALL ABOUT THE MILITARY AND I TOLD HIM
SO HE'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY AT FOX IS DOING VERY WELL. AND
I SAID, YOU KNOW,
IF, FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T GET THIS THING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK
AND ALL THAT MONEY YOU'RE MAKING, YOU CAN KISS A GOODBYE. HE SAID
THIS IS ALL ABOUT AMERICA.
YOU KNOW, HE AND HE DIDN'T SAY, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT, LET ME DISCUSS IT.
THAT WAS, THAT'S A VERY BIG RISKY THING HE'S DOING WHEN HE GOES AND HE,
HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO GIVE UP, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN ORDER TO
POSSIBLY BECOME THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. A
LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S A GREAT POSITION.
IT'S PROBABLY ALMOST NO GREATER POSITION,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAD TO THINK ABOUT IT.
HE SAID,
I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DELVE INTO YOUR CABINET PICKS A LITTLE BIT LATER,
BUT I WANNA DELVE INTO ONE OF YOUR SIGNATURE
PROMISES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHICH WAS TO
END INFLATION
TO LOWER PRICES.
YOU ARE NOW PROPOSING TARIFFS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES,
THREE BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS,
ECONOMISTS OF ALL STRIPES SAY THAT ULTIMATELY CONSUMERS PAY THE PRICE OF TARIFFS.
CAN YOU GUARANTEE AMERICAN FAMILIES WON'T PAY MORE?
I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING, I CAN'T GUARANTEE TOMORROW.
BUT I CAN SAY THAT UH
IF YOU LOOK AT MY JUST PRE COVID,
WE HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
AND I HAD A LOT OF TARIFFS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANY COUNTRIES, BUT
IN PARTICULAR CHINA, WE TOOK IN HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND WE HAD NO INFLATION.
UH IN FACT,
WHEN I HANDED IT OVER,
THEY DIDN'T HAVE INFLATION FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THEY WANT ALMOST TWO YEARS
JUST BASED ON,
ON WHAT I HAD CREATED
AND THEN THEY CREATED INFLATION WITH ENERGY AND WITH SPENDING TOO MUCH. SO
UH I
THINK WE WILL. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN TARIFFS.
I THINK TARIFFS ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORD. I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S GONNA MAKE US RICH.
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING CANADA TO THE TUNE OF OVER A BI $100 BILLION A YEAR.
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING MEXICO FOR ALMOST $300 BILLION.
WE SHOULDN'T BE SUBSIDIZED.
WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING THESE COUNTRIES IF WE'RE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THEM,
LET IT BECOME A STATE.
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING MEXICO AND WE'RE SUBSIDIZING CANADA AND
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING MANY COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO HAVE A LEVEL FAST
BUT FAIR PLAYING FIELD,
SIR. YOUR PREVIOUS TARIFFS DURING YOUR FIRST ADMINISTRATION
COST AMERICANS SOME $80 BILLION. AND NOW YOU HAVE MAJOR COMPANIES FROM WALMART
BLACK AND DECKER AUTOZONE SAYING THAT ANY TARIFFS ARE GOING
TO FORCE THEM TO DRIVE UP PRICES FOR THEIR CONSUMERS.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THESE CEOS,
THAT THESE COMPANIES DON'T IN FACT PASS ON THE COST OF TARIFFS TO THEIR CONSUMERS.
THEY COST AMERICANS NOTHING.
THEY MADE A GREAT ECONOMY FOR US.
THEY ALSO SOLVE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS HAVING TO DO
WITH WARS AND HAVING TO DO WITH OTHER THINGS,
TARIFFS, I HAVE STOPPED WARS WITH TARIFFS BY SAYING YOU GUYS WANT TO FIGHT.
IT'S GREAT. BUT BOTH OF YOU ARE GOING TO PAY TARIFFS TO THE UNITED STATES AT 100%.
AND
THEY HAVE MANY PURPOSES, TARIFFS IF PROPERLY USED.
I DON'T SAY YOU USE THEM LIKE A MADMAN, I SAY PROPERLY USED,
BUT IT DIDN'T COST THIS COUNTRY ANYTHING. IT MADE THIS COUNTRY MONEY
AND WE NEVER REALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO GO ALL OUT
BECAUSE WE HAD TO FIGHT COVID IN THE LAST PART
AND WE DID IT VERY SUCCESSFULLY. AND WHEN I HANDED IT OVER TO BIDEN,
THE STOCK MARKET WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS
JUST PREVIOUS TO COVID COMING IN WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER.
TARIFFS ARE A
PROPERLY USED ARE A VERY POWERFUL TOOL,
NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY BUT ALSO FOR GETTING OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF ECONOMICS.
WELL, AGAIN, PRICES DID GO UP ON SOME GOODS IN YOUR FIRST ADMINISTRATION,
WASHING MACHINES, TIRES.
WILL YOU PUNISH CEO S? LET ME JUST EXPLAIN TO YOU. NO,
YOU MENTIONED WASHING MACHINES. SO YOU LOOK AT WHIRLPOOL IN
OHIO.
I GOT A CALL FROM
JIM JORDAN, ONE OF THE GREATS CONGRESSMEN FROM OHIO.
AND HE SAID
THEY'RE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE SOUTH KOREA AND
CHINA ARE DUMPING WASHING MACHINES INTO OUR COUNTRY.
AND I PUT A 50% TARIFF ON THE WASHING MACHINES COMING IN FROM CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA
AND WHIRLPOOL.
AND THE COMPANIES THAT MADE WASHING MACHINES WHICH ARE BASED IN OHIO,
LARGELY BASED IN OHIO WENT THROUGH THE ROOF.
WE SAVED THOUSANDS OF JOBS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
THEY WERE ALL GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
BECAUSE THEY WERE DUMPING WASHING MACHINES.
AND WHEN I PUT THE TARIFFS ON,
THEY BECAME SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. NO,
IT DIDN'T, NOT ONLY DIDN'T, IT COST PEOPLE,
IT MADE OUR COUNTRY STRONGER AND MORE POWERFUL AND IT KEPT JOBS.
BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT CONSUMERS DON'T WIND UP PAYING MORE?
WILL YOU PUNISH CEOS WHO TRY TO PASS THE COST OF TARIFFS ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS?
WELL, THE MARKET IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY THE MARKET TAKES CARE OF IT
AND IF IT DOESN'T WE ADJUST IT SOMEWHAT,
BUT
IN THE CASE OF WHIRLPOOL OR LET'S SAY COMPANIES THAT MADE WAS
THEY WERE ALL BEING PUT OUT OF BUSINESS BY
THE DUMPING FROM IN PARTICULAR, SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA.
AND WHEN I PUT THE TARIFFS ON FIRST SUBSTANTIAL TARIFFS,
ALTHOUGH PEANUTS COMPARED TO WHAT
PEOPLE DO TO US, WHAT COUNTRIES DO TO US,
UH
IT BECAME A VERY, VERY POWERFUL, SUCCESSFUL
UH COMPANY. NOW,
LET'S SAY I DIDN'T DO THE TARIFFS,
IT WOULD HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
YOU WOULD HAVE LOST,
LOST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND YOU DON'T INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR EQUATION.
NO, THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
I'LL GO A STEP FURTHER.
TARIFFS ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY RICH. TARIFFS ARE GOING TO
HELP US PAY OFF $35 TRILLION IN DEBT.
TARIFFS ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFE BECAUSE
CHINA AS AN EXAMPLE
DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH US.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO TARIFFS ON THEM,
THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY GAMES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GAMES BEING PLAYED ON US RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I THINK, AND THAT TAKES ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION.
ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO IMPOSE THESE TARIFFS OR ARE THEY A NEGOTIATING TACTIC?
WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE
UH WITH
CANADA
AND IN PARTICULAR MEXICO,
WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY. YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
UH I SPOKE WITH THE BOTH I SPOKE WITH JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
IN FACT, HE FLEW TO MAR A LAGO. UH WITHIN
ABOUT 15 SECONDS AFTER THE CALL ENDED,
IT WAS UH AT MAR A LAGO, WE WERE HAVING DINNER TALKING ABOUT IT.
UH I SAID YOU HAVE TO CLOSE UP YOUR
BORDERS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN THE NORTHERN BORDER TOO,
A LOT.
NOT LIKE THE SOUTHERN BORDER, BUT THEY'RE COMING IN THE CANADIAN BORDER A LOT
AND DRUGS ARE POURING IN ALMOST AS IMPORTANTLY, DRUGS ARE POURING IN,
MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY,
DRUGS ARE POURING IN AT LEVELS, NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 10 TIMES WHAT WE HAD,
THEY'RE JUST POURING IN.
WE CAN'T HAVE OPEN BORDERS.
AND I SAID TO
THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO AND TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU,
IF IT DOESN'T STOP, I'M GOING TO PUT TARIFFS ON YOUR COUNTRY AT ABOUT 25%.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL TARIFF.
AND
IN THE CASE OF, IN BOTH CASES, BUT IN THE CASE WHERE IT WAS REALLY VISIBLE WITHIN
10 MINUTES AFTER THAT PHONE CALL, WE NOTICED THAT
THE UH PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER,
THE SOUTHERN BORDER
AND HAVING TO DO WITH MEXICO, THEY WERE A TRICKLE,
JUST A TRICKLE. IT WAS,
IN
FACT, I, I CALL THE BORDER. SEE, UNLIKE MY OPPONENT, I DO CALL THE BORDER A LOT.
AND I SAID, HOW'S THE BORDER LOOKING TODAY? THEY SAID THERE'S NOBODY HERE.
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE MILITARY STOPPED
THESE VAST
GROUPS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE CALL THEM CARAVANS,
BUT THEY HAD CARAVANS OF PEOPLE AND THEY STOPPED, LARGELY STOPPED THEM.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT. BUT IF THEY DON'T CONTINUE,
AND THE OTHER THING I TOLD THEM IS NO MORE DRUGS. AND I TOLD THAT TO CHINA
TOO. I HAD TO DEAL WITH PRESIDENT XI. HAD THE ELECTION
BEEN DIFFERENT.
I'M GONNA BE VERY NICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT OVER 2020
BUT HAD THE ELECTION BEEN
DIFFERENT, THE RESULT BEEN DIFFERENT.
UH WE WOULD HAVE HAD CHINA
GIVING THE MAXIMUM PENALTY, WHICH IS THE PENALTY OF DEATH
TO PEOPLE THAT SENT FENTANYL INTO THIS COUNTRY. BUT BIDEN DIDN'T.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FINISH THAT DISCUSSION UP.
I HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT XI WHO I GOT ALONG WITH VERY WELL.
WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATION AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK
AND I HAD COMMUNICATION WITH HIM WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
THE DEATH PENALTY TO ANYBODY SENDING DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES.
THIS WEEK, YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION, NOT THAT CONVERSATION,
BUT I HAD OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
BUT
IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE ECONOMY, SIR.
THE MINIMUM WAGE, THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE HAS BEEN 725 SINCE 2009.
THERE ARE 20 STATES
THAT STILL HAVE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE AT 725. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP.
19 OF THESE STATES ACTUALLY VOTED FOR YOU, SIR.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT
RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS,
BUT DURING THE DEBATE IN 2020 I ASKED YOU IF YOU WOULD RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE,
YOU SAID YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT.
AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS NOW THAT YOU ARE GOING BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR THESE 19 STATES THAT VOTED FOR YOU. ARE YOU GONNA RAISE THE
FACT? IT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER? I WILL AGREE. IT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DOWNSIDE THOUGH,
IN CALIFORNIA, THEY RAISED IT UP TO A VERY HIGH NUMBER
AND YOUR RESTAURANTS ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THE POPULATION IS SHRINKING.
IT'S HAD A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT
BUT THERE IS A LEVEL AT WHICH YOU COULD DO. IT ABSOLUTELY
DOES. THAT LEVEL DO. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. UH, I CAN SAY THIS,
UH,
YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE
OPEN AND THRIVING BECAUSE OF THE LOWER MINIMUM WAGE
IF YOU RAISE IT TOO MUCH AND YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, IF CALIFORNIA WENT CRAZY,
THEY WENT CRAZY AND PEOPLE,
THE RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSING, ALL OF THEM, MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT.
SO I HEAR YOU SAYING
SIMILARLY TO SORT OF WHAT YOU SAID IN 2020
WILL YOU CONSIDER THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA LOOK
AT? I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE GOVERNORS AND
THE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY COMPLICATED ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE IS,
IS PE PLACES ARE SO DIFFERENT.
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND GREAT PLACES
ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA.
I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE COST OF LIVING AND OTHER THINGS.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE JUST A MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY,
BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK
BECAUSE YOU HAVE PLACES WHERE IT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE TO
LIVE WHERE A MINIMUM WAGE WHICH IS EIGHT OR $9
MIGHT BE,
YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE VERY MUCH, VERY LITTLE EFFECT BECAUSE
THE COST OF LIVING IN CERTAIN PLACES IS REALLY LOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO IMMIGRATION,
WHICH I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE JEROME
POWELL SAID HE WILL NOT LEAVE HIS POST EVEN IF YOU ASK HIM TO.
WILL YOU TRY TO REPLACE JEROME POWELL? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T SEE IT, BUT
I DON'T, I THINK IF I TOLD HIM TO, HE WOULD, BUT IF I ASKED HIM TO, HE PROBABLY WOULD.
BUT IF I TOLD HIM TO HE WOULD,
YOU DON'T HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW?
OK. LET'S TALK ABOUT MASS DEPORTATION.
ONE OF YOUR BIG AGENDA ITEMS,
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES.
BUT IS IT YOUR PLAN TO DEPORT EVERYONE WHO IS HERE ILLEGALLY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?
WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO IT
AND IT'S
A,
IT'S A VERY TOUGH THING TO DO.
IT'S, UM,
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE RULES, REGULATIONS, LAWS,
THEY CAME IN ILLEGALLY.
YOU KNOW,
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY UNFAIRLY ARE THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN ONLINE FOR 10 YEARS TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY
AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN IN TERMS OF,
THEY HAVE TO PASS THE TEST.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS.
THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. THEY HAVE TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY.
THEY CAN'T COME OUT OF PRISONS. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FOR MURDER.
SO WE HAD 24,000 DIFFERENT ESTIMATES 13,099
UH, MURDERERS RELEASED INTO OUR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREETS, THEY'RE WALKING NEXT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AND THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS. 13,000 FIGURE I THINK GOES BACK ABOUT 40 YEARS.
NO, IT DOESN'T. NO,
IT'S WITHIN THE THREE
YEAR PERIOD. IT'S DURING THE BIDEN TERM.
NOW, THAT WAS A FICTION THAT THEY PUT THAT OUT. THIS WAS DONE BY THE BORDER PATROL.
IT'S 13,099 AND
DURING THE BIDEN PERIOD OF TIME,
AND THESE ARE MURDERERS, MANY OF WHOM MURDERED MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
YOU DON'T WANT THOSE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING, SIR, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
WHICH IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, YES,
YOU'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES,
BUT EVERYONE WHO'S HERE ILLEGALLY HAS TO GO.
I'M
SAYING
THAT
WE HAVE TO GET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN OUT OF MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND
PUT THEM BACK INTO THEIR MENTAL INSTITUTION NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY IT IS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT VENEZUELA, THEIR PRISONS ARE, ARE
AT THE LOWEST POINT IN TERMS OF EMPTINESS THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN.
THEY'RE TAKING THEIR PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE PRISONS BY THE THOUSANDS AND THEY'RE DRUNK
AND JUST TO GET BACK BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING. AT.
NUMBER ONE,
WE'RE DOING CRIMINALS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM REALLY RAPIDLY WE'RE GETTING THE
WORST GANG PROBABLY WITH MS 13 AND THE VENEZUELAN GANGS ARE THE WORST IN THE WORLD.
THEY'RE VICIOUS, VIOLENT PEOPLE.
AND YOU SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN COLORADO AND OTHER PLACES THEY'RE TAKING OVER,
LITERALLY TAKING OVER APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND
DOING IT WITH IMPUNITY. THEY DON'T CARE. THEY COULDN'T,
THEY JUST ARE,
THEY'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
THE LOCAL POLICE SAY THEY'RE, THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN COLORADO.
TOTALLY THE CASE. I MEAN, I
DON'T BELIEVE
THE
LOCAL,
I PLAY IT. I USED TO PLAY IT AT MY RALLIES EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
THEY'RE BREAKING INTO DOORS, THEY'RE TAKING OVER THE BUILDING. BUT SIR, YOU, YOU,
THE
POLICE, THE POLICE ARE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING.
YOU RAISED THE POINT THAT THE LOGISTICS ARE COMPLICATED.
YOU SAID YOURSELF, YOU WOULD,
YEAH, YOU MEAN YOU NEED 24 TIMES MORE ICE DETENTION
CAPACITY JUST TO DEPORT 1 MILLION PEOPLE PER YEAR.
NOT TO MENTION MORE AGENTS, MORE JUDGES, MORE PLANES.
IS IT REALISTIC TO DEPORT EVERYONE WHO'S HAVING NO CHOICE?
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE COSTING US A FORTUNE,
BUT WE'RE STARTING WITH THE CRIMINALS AND WE GOTTA DO IT
AND THEN WE'RE STARTING WITH OTHERS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
WHO ARE THE OTHERS.
OTHERS ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CRIMINALS. WE HAVE CONVICTED MURDERERS.
WE DON'T MEAN PEOPLE THAT ARE EVEN ON TRIAL.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MURDERED NUMEROUS PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS AND IN OUR FARMS
AND WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
WHAT ABOUT DREAMERS OR DREAMERS WHO WERE
BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN?
YOU SAID ONCE BACK IN 2017, THEY QUOTE,
SHOULDN'T BE VERY WORRIED ABOUT BEING DEPORTED.
SHOULD THEY BE WORRIED? NOW,
UM,
THE DREAMERS ARE GONNA COME LATER
AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DREAMERS
BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HERE
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND MANY OF THESE ARE MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE. NOW,
THEY DON'T EVEN SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR COUNTRY. AND YES,
WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DREAMERS.
I WILL WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON A PLAN AND IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN,
BUT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO ANYTHING.
UH REPUBLICANS ARE VERY OPEN TO THE DREAMERS. THE DREAMERS
WE'RE TALKING MANY YEARS AGO, THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTRY MANY YEARS AGO.
SOME OF THEM ARE NO LONGER YOUNG PEOPLE
AND
IN MANY CASES THEY BECOME SUCCESSFUL. THEY HAVE GREAT JOBS.
IN SOME CASES, THEY HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES, IN SOME CASES,
THEY MIGHT HAVE LARGE BUSINESSES
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM
AND YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DO, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT
AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE WORKED OUT OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS
AND IT NEVER GOT WORKED OUT.
YOU KNOW, BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE HE CONTROLLED, YOU KNOW,
CONGRESS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. RIGHT.
HE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BUT THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO WANT TO DO IT.
BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THEY DON'T,
I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND WORK SOMETHING OUT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE,
THE ESTIMATED 4 MILLION FAMILIES IN AMERICA WHO HAVE MIXED IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT PARENTS WHO MIGHT BE
HERE ILLEGALLY BUT THE KIDS ARE HERE LEGALLY.
YOUR BORDERS ARE,
WELL,
I MEAN, THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS TO THIS, YOUR BORDER.
ZARA TOM HOLMAN SAID THEY CAN BE DEPORTED TOGETHER. IS THAT THE PLAN?
THAT WAY YOU KEEP THE,
WELL,
I DON'T WANT TO BE BREAKING UP FAMILIES.
SO THE ONLY WAY YOU DON'T BREAK UP THE FAMILY IS YOU
KEEP THEM TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM ALL BACK EVEN
KIDS WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY.
WELL, WELL, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IF THEY WANT TO STAY WITH THE FATHER, LOOK,
WE HAVE TO HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING OUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T WORK.
THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GONNA BE HORRIBLE
WHEN WE TAKE A WONDERFUL YOUNG WOMAN
WHO'S
WITH A CRIMINAL
AND THEY SHOW THE WOMAN AND SHE COULD STAY
BY THE LAW,
BUT THEY SHOW THE WOMAN BEING TAKEN OUT
OR
THEY WANT HER OUT AND YOUR CAMERAS ARE FOCUSED ON HER.
SHE'S CRYING AS SHE'S BEING TAKEN OUT OF OUR COUNTRY
AND THEN THE PUBLIC TURNS AGAINST US, BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOB
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SERIES OF STANDARDS AND A SERIES OF LAWS
AND IN THE END, LOOK, OUR COUNTRY IS A MESS.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE. AND DURING THE DEBATE,
A MAN WHOSE RATINGS HAVE GONE WAY DOWN.
DAVID MUIR SAID TO ME, NO CRIME IS BECAUSE I HAD TO DEBATE THREE PEOPLE. NOT ONE,
DEBATING, ONE WAS EASY,
DEBATING THREE WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY TOO IF YOU WANT ANOTHER TWO.
BUT DAVID DAVID MUIR SAID
THE CRIME RATES HAVE GONE DOWN.
I SAID NO,
THEY'VE GONE UP AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY
RELEASED THE CRIME RATES AND THEY WERE WAY UP
THE FBI STATISTICS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE FBI STATISTICS.
BUT HE GAVE, HE GAVE THE WRONG CONFUSING BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT A LOT OF THAT IS MIGRANT CRIME. LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER ASPECT OF,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT'S MIGRANT CRIME.
WELL,
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS THAT
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT.
I MEAN, 3% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES. BUT
IN YOUR FIRST ADMINISTRATION, YOU HAD THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
WHERE WE DID SEE FAMILY SEPARATION. YOU ENDED IT
THE PURPOSE OF THAT THOUGH, TO SOME EXTENT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME,
YOU ALSO HAD IT WITH OBAMA,
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
AND YOU ALSO KNOW HE BUILT THE JAILS FOR CHILDREN.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY, BUT IN 2014 HE BUILT THE JAILS.
YOU KNOW THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
I MEAN, HE DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE FAMILIES,
FAMILIES WERE SEPARATED WHEN PARENTS WERE A THREAT TO THE KIDS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SEPARATE A FAMILY. EXCUSE ME, CHRIS.
YES, WE DON'T HAVE TO SEPARATE FAMILIES.
WE'LL SEND THE WHOLE FAMILY VERY HUMANELY BACK TO THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY CAME
THAT WAY, THE FAMILY IS NOT SEPARATED.
SO NO MORE FAMILY SEPARATIONS. YOU'RE NOT REVIVING
THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY MAY DECIDE TO SAY I'D RATHER HAVE DAD GO BUT,
AND WE'LL STAY HERE AND IN WHICH CASE THEY HAVE THAT OPTION,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REVIVE YOUR ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY,
WHICH WAS PUT IN PLACE AS A DETERRENT.
IS THERE ANY UNIVERSE WHERE YOU WOULD BRING THAT BACK? SO WE NEED DETERRENT.
LOOK READY
WHEN SOMEBODY COMES HERE ILLEGALLY, THEY'RE GOING OUT. IT'S VERY SIMPLE
WHEN THEY COME HERE ILLEGALLY.
THEY'RE GOING OUT NOW IF THEY COME HERE ILLEGALLY, BUT THEIR FAMILY IS HERE LEGALLY,
THEN THE FAMILY HAS A CHOICE.
THE PERSON THAT CAME IN ILLEGALLY CAN GO OUT OR THEY CAN ALL GO OUT TOGETHER.
SO
THAT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR BY TOM HOLMAN.
SO YOU'RE NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME PLANNING TO REVIVE THAT ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.
WHERE KIDS ARE
YOU?
I'M DOING WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, I'M GONNA DO, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T WANT TO SEND THE FAMILY OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO SEND ANYBODY OUT,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OTHERWISE
WE HAVE NO COUNTRY IF WE DON'T HAVE BORDERS
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE VOTING, GOOD VOTING, FAIR VOTING,
DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE STILL COUNTING VOTES IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA?
LISTEN,
THEY'RE STILL COUNTING THE VOTES.
THIS IS
ALMOST FOUR WEEKS.
THEY'RE STILL COUNTING THE VOTES.
IF WE DON'T HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS AND HONEST VOTING AND
MACHINES THAT WORK QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD, IF YOU HAD PAPER BALLOTS,
EVERY ELECTION WILL BE OVER BY 10
IN THE EVENING. SO LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
WELL, LET ME BEFORE WE GET, YOU GET A MUCH MORE ACCURATE
BEFORE WE GET TO ALL OF THAT. LET ME ASK YOU
ABOUT SOME OF YOUR OTHER PROMISES ON THIS TOPIC.
YOU PROMISED TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ON DAY ONE. IS THAT STILL YOUR PLAN?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THE 14TH AMENDMENT THOUGH SAYS THAT QUOTE,
ALL PERSONS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CITIZENS.
CAN YOU GET AROUND THE 14TH AMENDMENT WITH AN EXECUTIVE ACTION
CHANGE WOULD MAYBE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE,
BUT WE HAVE TO END IT. WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS IT YET,
AN EXECUTIVE ACTION.
WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS IT.
DO YOU KNOW
IF SOMEBODY SETS A FOOT, JUST A FOOT, 1 FT. YOU DON'T NEED TO ON OUR LAND.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE NOW A, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YES,
WE'RE GONNA END THAT BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE, WELL, IF WE CAN THROUGH EXECUTIVE ACTION,
I WAS GOING TO DO IT THROUGH EXECUTIVE ACTION, BUT THEN WE HAD TO FIX COVID FIRST,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM,
WE HAVE TO END IT.
IT'S RIDICULOUS. DO YOU KNOW WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT HAS IT?
DO YOU KNOW THAT
ONE OF
THE LEGAL,
INEVITABLE, LEGAL,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF JUDGES.
SOMEBODY WALKS ONTO OUR LAND
AND WE HAVE TO NOW SAY WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES.
THEY COULD BE A CRIMINAL OR NOT A CRIMINAL.
WE RELEASE THEM INTO OUR COUNTRY.
IT'S CALLED CATCH AND RELEASE. WE RELEASE THEM INTO OUR COUNTRY.
WAIT JUST ONE SECOND
AND NOW
THEY GET THEM LAWYERS
AND THE LAWYERS ARE GOOD LAWYERS
AND EVERYBODY HAS A LAWYER
AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY JUDGES WE HAVE THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS. NOW,
HERE'S WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES DO?
THEY COME INTO THE LAND AND THEY SAY, I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE TO GO AND THEY TAKE THEM OUT
OK WITH US. ONCE THEY TOUCH OUR LAND,
WE'RE INTO LITIGATION THAT LASTS FOR YEARS COST US
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WE HAVE JUDGES AND I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL HONEST,
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE JUDGES.
BUT JUST SO YOU, BECAUSE I HAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF JUDGES.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I, I KNOW MORE ABOUT JUDGES THAN ANY HUMAN BEING IN HISTORY. LOOK,
WE HAVE JUDGES
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY PUTS 2 FT OR EVEN 1 FT ON A PIECE OF OUR LAND.
IT'S WELCOME TO LONG TERM LITIGATION.
OTHER COUNTRIES,
EVERY OTHER COUNTRY
WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS ON AND THEY SEE THAT THEY'RE HERE ILLEGALLY, THEY WALK THEM OFF,
THEY TAKE THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS SYSTEM. IT'S KILLING OUR COUNTRY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL.
THEY SAY IT'S NO LONGER FEASIBLE TO REPEAL
AND REPLACE OBAMACARE BECAUSE IT'S SO ENTRENCHED IN
THE SYSTEM.
DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? IS THAT NOW OFF THE
TABLE REPEALING AND REPLACING
WHEN JOHN MCCAIN LET US DOWN BY VOTING AND MURKOWSKI
AND COLLINS AND WHOEVER IT WAS THAT VOTED AGAINST,
BUT THEY REALLY LET US DOWN.
THEY DID US A GREAT DISSERVICE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE GREAT HEALTH.
OBAMACARE IS LOUSY HEALTH CARE.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEOPLE.
IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE, IT'S LOUSY HEALTH CARE.
WHEN
JOHN MCCAIN GAVE HIS THUMBS DOWN AFTER SAYING FOR 10 YEARS
THAT HE WANTS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE, OK.
AND THEN HE CAME OUT, HE GAVE, PUT HIS THUMB HIS NOW FAMOUS THUMBS DOWN
AND HE BECAME A HERO TO THE LEFT. JUST LET ME JUST TELL YOU
IF WE FIND SOMETHING BETTER,
I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT. BUT UNLESS WE FIND,
BUT ONE THING I HAVE TO SAY,
I INHERITED
OBAMACARE
OR
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO GO. IT'S GOT ABOUT 20 NAMES, BUT I INHERITED IT
AND I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE WITH
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. I HAD A BIG DECISION TO MAKE.
DO I MAKE IT AS GOOD AS WE CAN MAKE IT OR DO I LET IT ROT?
AND A LOT OF POLITICAL PEOPLE SAID, LET IT ROT
AND LET IT BE A FAILURE.
I SAID, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND I HAD VERY GOOD PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL AREA
THAT HANDLED THAT.
AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
I SAID, WE, WE REALLY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS WE CAN. AND WE DID,
WE MADE IT AS GOOD AS WE CAN MAKE IT
INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF MAKING IT BAD WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD BE CALLING FOR ITS REPEAL.
I MADE IT SO THAT IT WORKS. NOW
WE TRY TO OVERTURN IT,
OVERTURN
IT.
YOU DID HAVE YOUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TRY TO DIRECT THE SUPREME COURT TO, NO,
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISING OPINION TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UH, IF
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED, WE WOULD HAVE HAD MUCH BETTER HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT I MADE THE BEST OF I COULD
HAVE MADE THE WORST OF IT AND IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE.
I DID THE RIGHT RIGHT THING FROM A HUMAN STANDPOINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SORT OF PROUD OF MY DECISION AT THE SAME TIME.
SOMETIMES I REGRET
IT.
I TOLD THE PEOPLE AND I GAVE THEM THE MONEY TO DO IT.
I SAID, FIX IT, MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED.
BUT IT'S TOO BAD THAT THEY VOTED. NO, I WISH JOHN MCCAIN.
I WISH HE FOUGHT FOR 10 YEARS ON
REPAIRING, REPLACING OBAMACARE FOR 10 YEARS AND THEN HE VOTED AGAINST. NOBODY.
UNDERSTANDS THAT SIR, YOU SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN, YOU HAD CONCEPTS OF A PLAN.
DO YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PLAN AT THIS POINT FOR HEALTH CARE?
YES, WE HAVE CONCEPTS OF A PLAN THAT WOULD BE BETTER,
STILL JUST CONCEPTS. DO YOU HAVE A FULLY DEVELOPED PLAN? LET ME EXPLAIN.
WE ARE, WE HAVE THE BIGGEST
HEALTH CARE COMPANIES LOOKING AT IT. WE HAVE DOCTORS, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
BECAUSE
OBAMACARE STINKS.
IT'S LOUSY.
THERE ARE BETTER ANSWERS.
IF WE COME UP WITH A BETTER ANSWER,
I WOULD PRESENT THAT ANSWER TO DEMOCRATS AND TO
EVERYBODY ELSE AND I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT OR UNTIL THEY CAN APPROVE IT,
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BIG DEAL.
I AM THE ONE THAT SAVED OBAMACARE, I WILL SAY
AND I DID THE RIGHT THING.
I COULD HAVE DONE THE MORE POLITICAL THING AND KILLED IT.
AND ALL I HAD TO DO IS STARVE IT TO DEATH.
YOU DID TRY TO HAVE YOUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVELY KILL IT,
KILL IT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT,
BUT FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT, I MADE IT WORK IN YOUR CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. SIR.
WILL PEOPLE WITH PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS STILL HAVE COVERAGE?
AND CAN YOU GUARANTEE THEIR PRICES WILL NOT GO UP?
THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY'LL HAVE COVERAGE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THEIR, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S, WHAT ABOUT THEIR PRICES, SIR?
I WANT THE PRICES TO GO DOWN.
I WANT TO HAVE BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR LESS MONEY
AND THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING IT, I BELIEVE.
AND I HAVE, I HAVE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THAT WORLD.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SEPARATE WORLD UNTO ITSELF.
I HAVE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THAT WORLD
LOOKING AT IT AND TRYING
AND IF THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING, I WILL PRESENT IT NOW,
MAYBE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SELL IT. BUT IF, IF WE GET BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR LESS MONEY,
I BELIEVE IT'S VERY SALES JUST VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN WILL WE SEE YOUR FULLY DEVELOPED PLAN? WHEN ARE YOU GOING?
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'LL SEE IT AT ALL.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST HEALTH CARE PEOPLE.
I'VE ALWAYS TINKERED WITH IT,
I THINK.
UM
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO EXPLAIN
OBAMACARE WHEN I TOOK IT OVER WAS A DISASTER.
I MADE IT IN
20 MILLION PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF ME,
BECAUSE OF ME. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I DID, I WAS TRYING
TO,
I MADE IT
AND REPLACE
IT
BECAUSE IF I REPEALED IT AND REPLACED IT,
WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER SYSTEM BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
HEALTH CARE AND THE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO SOMETHING
IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD IT,
THE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO SOMETHING
THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO IF WE HAVE IT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF HEALTH CARE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IVF.
YOU PROMISED FREE IVF FOR ALL WHO WANT IT EITHER
THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT OR THROUGH MANDATES WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES.
I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM REPUBLICAN SENATORS, SOME OF THEM
WHO SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT PLAN. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT PASSED?
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SEE, WE WANT THEM TO
IDEALLY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PAY FOR IT. THE FERTILIZATION
I CAME OUT VERY EARLY FOR A REPUBLICAN ESPECIALLY
AND I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MY GUIDANCE,
MY GREAT WISDOM, RIGHT?
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT. AND
I GOT A CALL FROM KATIE BRITT WHO'S A TERRIFIC PERSON, SENATOR FROM ALABAMA.
AND SHE SAID, SO WE JUST HAD A REALLY
NEGATIVE RULING FROM A JUDGE IN ALABAMA CONSERVATIVE JUDGE
THAT ALL OF THESE CLINICS HAD TO BE CLOSED.
AND SHE SAID,
AND SHE WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL AND SHE SAID PEOPLE ARE DEVASTATED OVER IT.
AND AFTER LITERALLY SPEAKING TO HER FOR FIVE MINUTES. I ISSUED A,
AN ORDER
REALLY AN ORDER IN A SENSE
AND
IT WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT WE ARE ALL FOR
IVF AND FERTILIZATION. OK.
THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE MET THE FOLLOWING DAY AND PASSED IT.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE
AND I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE THE FATHER OF IVF IN A CERTAIN WAY.
AND THE REPUBLICANS WERE VERY STRONG ON THE ISSUE.
BUT
SIR, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT FALLS IN YOUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.
I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE? YOU TRY TO MOVE ON IN THE
DAYS, WE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING,
WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
I HAVE TAX CUTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING IN EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND PACKAGE TO
CONGRESS, THE EXTENSION OF THE TAX CUTS. SO
THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE IN THERE OR, OR IT'LL COME SOMETIME AFTER THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ABORTION, SIR.
YOU HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE.
YOU'VE SAID THAT ABORTION IS NOW A STATE ISSUE.
THERE ARE STEPS THAT YOU COULD TAKE THOUGH AS
PRESIDENT TO RESTRICT ABORTION THROUGH EXECUTIVE ACTION WITHOUT CONGRESS,
MORE THAN HALF OF ABORTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE MEDICATION,
ABORTIONS.
WILL YOU RESTRICT THE AVAILABILITY OF ABORTION PILLS WHEN YOU'RE IN OFFICE?
PROBABLY
I'LL PROBABLY STAY WITH EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND THE ANSWER IS NO,
YOU COMMIT TO THAT.
WELL, I COMMIT, I MEAN, ARE THINGS, DO THINGS CHANGE? I THINK THEY CHANGE?
I HATE TO GO ON SHOWS LIKE JOE BIDEN, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE MY SON A PARDON.
I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. GIVE HIM A PARDON? I WATCHED THIS
AND I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM A PARDON. AND SORT OF, I
DON'T LIKE PUTTING MYSELF IN A POSITION LIKE THAT. SO, THINGS DO CHANGE, BUT
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE AT ALL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF YOUR PICKS, UH, TO FILL OUT YOUR ADMINISTRATION.
YOU NAMED KASH PATEL TO BE THE NEXT FBI DIRECTOR.
HE HAS A LIST IN HIS BOOK OF 60 PEOPLE THAT HE CALLS MEMBERS OF THE SO CALLED DEEP STATE.
IT INCLUDES DEMOCRATS LIKE JOE BIDEN
AND HILLARY CLINTON. IT INCLUDES A FORMER
MEMBERS OF YOUR CABINET FROM BILL BAR TO CHRISTOPHER WRAY.
YOU CAMPAIGNED ON DESTROYING THE DEEP STATE. DO YOU WANT KASH
PATEL TO LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS INTO PEOPLE ON THAT LIST?
NO, I MEAN, HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE THINKS IS RIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. DO YOU THINK THAT'S RIGHT, SIR?
IF THEY THINK THAT SOMEBODY WAS DISHONEST OR CROOKED OR CORRUPT POLITICIAN,
I THINK HE PROBABLY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO DO IT.
BUT ARE YOU GOING TO DIRECT HIM TO DO IT? NO, NOT AT ALL. NOT
AT ALL. WE HAVE TWO GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HIM AND WE HAVE PAM
AND PAM BONDI HAS BEEN LIKE A ROCKET SHIPS.
HE'S VERY POPULAR AND VERY GOOD AND VERY FAIR.
AND CASH PATEL IS VERY FAIR. I'LL TELL YOU,
I THOUGHT CASH MAY BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE HE'S, YOU KNOW, A STRONG CONSERVATIVE VOICE
AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S NOT SINGING HIS PRAISES THE OTHER DAY.
I WAS WATCHING AND TREY GOWDY WHO'S A MODERATE PERSON
AND VERY SMART AND VERY RESPECTED IN THE PARTY.
HE'S CASH'S BIGGEST FAN.
HE SAID THIS IS THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD MAN IN POLITICS. HE'S GREAT.
I GUESS THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON THE RUSSIA HOAX OR SOMETHING
AND
TREY GOWDY BECAME A FAN. TRE,
YOU KNOW, TREY GOWDY, EVERYBODY RESPECTS HIM
AND YOU KNOW,
JUST LIKE HIM. OTHERS ALSO,
I DON'T KNOW OF ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY NEGATIVE VOTES.
IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THOUGH THAT KASH
PATEL WILL PURSUE INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST YOUR POLITICAL ENEMIES?
NO, I DON'T THINK SO. DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IF THEY WERE CROOKED?
IF THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG? IF THEY
HAVE BROKEN THE LAW?
PROBABLY THEY WENT AFTER ME, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT AFTER ME AND I DID NOTHING WRONG.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YOU SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN,
QUOTE, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO GO AFTER JOE BIDEN.
YOU SAID THAT DURING
THE CAMPAIGN, YOU SAID THAT ON TRUTH SOCIAL,
JUNE 12TH 2023 I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO GO
AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
JOE BIDEN AND THE ENTIRE BIDEN
CRIME FAMILY. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? ARE YOU GOING TO GO AFTER JOE BIDEN?
I'M REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY SUCCESSFUL.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO GO BACK INTO THE PAST. I'M LOOKING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY SUCCESSFUL.
UH,
RETRIBUTION WILL BE THROUGH SUCCESS.
IF WE CAN MAKE OUR SUCCESS, THIS COUNTRY SUCCESSFUL, THAT WOULD BE MY GREATEST.
THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. BRING IT BACK.
WE HAVE A COUNTRY NOW THAT'S OVERRIDDEN WITH CRIME
THAT HAS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULDN'T BE HERE,
THAT SHOULD BE IN PRISONS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT SHOULD BE IN MENTAL INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE DRUG LORDS BEING DROPPED INTO OUR COUNTRY
AND TOLD NEVER GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY.
I'M LOOKING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY GREAT.
I'M LOOKING TO GET, BRING PRICES DOWN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I WON ON TWO THINGS, THE BORDER
AND MORE THAN IMMIGRATION, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE TO SAY IMMIGRATION,
I BREAK IT DOWN MORE TO THE BORDER, BUT I WENT ON THE BORDER AND I WENT ON GROCERIES.
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE WORD, GROCERIES
LIKE ALMOST,
YOU KNOW, WHO USES THE WORD.
I STARTED USING THE WORD
THE GROCERIES. WHEN YOU BUY APPLES, WHEN YOU BUY BACON, WHEN YOU BUY EGGS,
THEY WOULD DOUBLE AND TRIPLE THE PRICE
OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I WON AN ELECTION BASED ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE PRICES WAY DOWN.
I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE YOU WROTE ON TRUTH SOCIAL
IN 2023 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO GO AFTER JOE BIDEN.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
UM
I, I WILL SAY THIS.
NO, I'M NOT DOING THAT UNLESS I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REASONABLE.
UH BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE MY DECISION, THAT'S GONNA BE PAM BONDI'S DECISION AND
TO A DIFFERENT EXTENT, KASH PATEL,
ASSUMING THEY'RE BOTH THERE AND I THINK THEY'RE BOTH GONNA GET APPROVED.
UM, BUT I, I, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU ASK ME THAT,
WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO ME WITH WEAPONIZATION
IS A DISGRACE. WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, YOU CAN'T DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER
UH,
IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED.
AND I'VE WON THESE CASES. I'VE WON
EVERYONE AND THE REST ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WON.
UH DERANGE
JACK SMITH IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE HAGUE WHERE HE CAN EXECUTE PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED.
I DON'T, I THINK HE'S DANGEROUS EVEN BEING THERE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO ME IN TERMS OF WEAPONIZATION,
INDICTMENTS, IMPEACHMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IN THE END, IT PROBABLY HELPED ME BECAUSE THEY GOT THE BIGGEST VOTE,
THE MOST VOTES ANY REPUBLICANS EVER GOTTEN IN HISTORY.
PAM BONDI TALKS ABOUT INVESTIGATING THE INVESTIGATORS.
DO YOU WANT HER TO INVESTIGATE JACK SMITH. I WANT HER TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
YOU WANT TO SEE JACK SMITH?
I THINK HE'S VERY CORRUPT, BUT I WANT HER TO DO WHATEVER SHE IS.
ARE YOU GOING TO DIRECT HER TO PROSECUTE JACK? SHE'S A VERY SMART PERSON.
SHE, SHE WAS A GREAT
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN FLORIDA. SHE'S VERY EXPERIENCED.
I WANT HER TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO. I'M NOT GOING TO INSTRUCT HER TO DO IT. NOW, SIR.
ARE YOU GOING TO FIRE THE CURRENT FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY? WHO YOU APPOINTED?
WELL, I CAN'T SAY I'M THRILLED WITH HIM.
HE
INVADED MY HOME. I'M SUING THE COUNTRY OVER IT. HE INVADED
MAR A LAGO.
UM
I'M VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE THINGS HE, HE'S DONE AND
CRIME IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH
MIGRANTS ARE POURING INTO THE COUNTRY THAT ARE FROM
PRISONS AND FROM MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.
UH I CAN'T SAY I'M THRILLED.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY, I DON'T WANNA AGAIN,
I DON'T WANT TO BE JOE BIDEN AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER AND THEN DO THE EXACT OPPO
ABOUT. I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT.
WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS I CERTAINLY CANNOT BE HAPPY WITH THEM.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED
AND THEN WHEN I WAS SHOT IN THE AIR,
HE SAID, OH, MAYBE IT WAS SHRAPNEL. WHERE'S THE SHRAPNEL COMING FROM?
IS IT COMING FROM, UH, IS IT COMING FROM HEAVEN? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO STRAIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE FBI
BUT THE FB I'S RESPECT HAS GONE WAY DOWN OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO FIRE HIM IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM
FOR CASH
IF HE IS IN FACT CONFIRMED.
WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD SORT OF SEEM PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT IF CASH GETS IN,
HE'S GOING TO BE TAKING SOMEBODY'S PLACE.
RIGHT? IF SOMEBODY IS THE MAN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
OK,
LET'S TALK ABOUT PROJECT 2025 THIS IS THE CONSERVATIVE POLICY BLUEPRINT.
YOU DISAVOWED IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN, YOU CALLED IT A
PRODUCT OF THE RADICAL, RIGHT? YOU'VE SAID SOME OF THEIR
IDEAS WERE,
I
SAID SOME OF IT IS, SOME OF IT IS VERY GOOD.
SOME OF IT'S VERY MAINSTREAM, ACTUALLY, FRANKLY,
THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE USED SOME OF IT BECAUSE THEY WENT, YOU KNOW,
WITH ALL THE TRANSGENDER THAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE MEN PLAY
IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT, MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
SO YOU TAKE ME TO MY QUESTION,
YOU'RE NOW GIVING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PROJECT
2025 PROMINENT ROLES IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION.
ARE YOU CHANGING YOUR MIND ABOUT PROJECT 2025?
IS THIS NOW THE POLICY BLUEPRINT FOR THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
SOME PEOPLE, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROUP, IT WAS
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED
AND I WAS ACTUALLY I REPRIMANDED
THE WHOLE GROUP. I SAID
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE PLACED THIS DOCUMENT
IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND I'M THE ONE THAT'S RUNNING.
YOU HAD NO RIGHT
TO DO THIS
WHERE YOU PUT 1000 PAGE DOCUMENT IN FRONT. AND MANY OF THOSE THINGS I DISAGREE WITH.
NOW, MANY OF THOSE THINGS I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH
MANY OF THOSE THINGS DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE AGREED TO AND I THINK THEY
WOULD HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER IN THE ELECTION BECAUSE THEY GOT SLAUGHTERED.
WELL, I GUESS
PEOPLE, PEOPLE SEE THE LIST, RUSS VOTE BRENDAN CARR PETER NAVARRO, JOHN RATCLIFFE,
PETE HOEKSTRA, MONICA CROWLEY.
AND THEY THINK THE,
THESE ARE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OR WRITING PROJECT 2025.
THIS MUST BE A BLUEPRINT FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS,
ELIMINATING THE HEAD START PROGRAM, CRIMINALIZING PORNOGRAPHY.
IS THAT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO KNOW HOW THEY VOTED?
I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T,
I NEVER SPOKE TO HIM ACTUALLY ABOUT IT AND I PURPOSELY AND I TOLD YOU
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE JUST THE OPPOSITE TO REVIEW EVERY PAGE.
I PURPOSELY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO SEE IT
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY, LIKE YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT PROJECT 2025
I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I DIDN'T READ IT,
BUT I DID HEAR SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT I WOULD TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH.
AND I SAID TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT, YOU KNOW,
WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
I SAID
YOU REALLY HAD NO RIGHT
DOING THIS TO ME
BECAUSE THEY USED IT AS A SOUND BITE. THE DEMOCRATS
AND I DON'T KNOW, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY GOT SLAUGHTERED.
BUT THEY DID USE IT AS A SOUND BITE.
BUT TO PEOPLE WHO SEE, OH,
HE'S BRINGING IN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE FROM PROJECT 2025 HE MUST KNOW WHAT IT IS.
YOU
KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THOUGH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU
KNOW,
CERTAIN THINGS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE.
AND BY THE WAY,
I HEARD CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE PHENOMENAL. LIKE WHAT
LIKE
LAW AND ORDER, WE WANT LAW AND ORDER.
OK? LITTLE THINGS LIKE
LET'S PUT PRISONERS IN JAIL.
LET'S NOT LET PEOPLE COME OUT AND RAID EVERY DRUGSTORE IN MANHATTAN
SO THAT WE HAVE TO PUT GLASS UP AND EVERY STORE IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'VE REFERENCED
A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THIS INTERVIEW.
UM, I ASKED YOU LAST TIME WE SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW.
IF YOU WERE GONNA PARDON YOURSELF, YOU SAID NO.
BUT NOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS PARDONED HIS SON, HUNTER, ARE YOU RECONSIDERING?
MIGHT YOU PARDON YOURSELF?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
I, I WAS GIVEN THE OPTION
AND THE LAWYERS TOLD ME VERY SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO WHO
BUT VERY HIGH UP IN THE,
IN THE ADMINISTRATION SAID,
SIR,
IF YOU PARDON YOURSELF, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK GUILTY
AND YOU DID NOTHING WRONG.
OH, I HAD THAT OPTION.
I COULDN'T SAVE MYSELF A LOT OF LEGAL FEES,
BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT I WAS RIGHT.
LOOK AT, LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON. EVERYTHING'S BEING DROPPED.
I STILL HAVE A FANNIE WILLIS.
FANNIE.
UH,
A TOTAL HOAX. THAT'S A TOTAL HOAX. EVERY, IT'S ALL BEING DROPPED.
IT'S ALL BEEN DISCREDITED.
IT'S BEEN DROPPED.
THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY, AND THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
THAT THOUGH ALL OF THOSE FAKE INDICTMENT, THEY WERE, THEY WERE
GOING AFTER A POLITICAL OPPONENT.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY THAT I ACTUALLY DID BETTER IN THE ELECTION BECAUSE OF IT.
NOW, THAT WOULD BE A FIRST, I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE BECAUSE NORMALLY THAT'S LIKE
YOU GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONES. YOU SAY I'M LEAVING RIGHT NOW,
LEAVE OFFICE. I'M GOING BACK TO MY FAMILY AND I WILL FIGHT FOR MY NAME.
WELL, I HAD TO FIGHT FOR MY NAME IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T LEAVE OFFICE.
BUT NO, I DIDN'T WANT TO PARDON? AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PARDON MYSELF.
I HAD THE OPTION TO PARDON MYSELF. AND YOU DON'T WANT ONE.
NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PARDON?
NOW, WHAT DO I NEED ONE FOR? FIRST OF ALL, I'VE WON ALMOST ALL OF THE CASES.
WHAT IF
BIDEN I DIDN'T WIN ARE ON
UH RESUSCITATION.
WHAT IF PRESIDENT BIDEN OFFERED YOU A PARDON? WOULD YOU ACCEPT IT?
I'VE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I DON'T THINK HE'LL DO IT.
LOOK, UH,
IF HE DID,
HE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING.
HE GOT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO GO AFTER ME.
AND THE STATE CASES ARE ALL BEING RUN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ILLEGAL.
THEY HAD THEIR PEOPLE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WORK FOR ALVIN BRAGG
IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING GOING. THEY WORKED FOR LETITIA JAMES IN THE STATE.
HE HAD HIS PEOPLE GO FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND TAKE LESSER JOBS IN THE STATE
IN ORDER TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, HE DENIES HE HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
AND
IT, YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE. WAIT A MINUTE,
WAIT,
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO SORT OF LIKE
SLOUGH OVER THINGS. YOU JUST MADE A STATEMENT,
HIS PERSON,
THE TOP, MAYBE THE THIRD OR SECOND OR THIRD PERSON
LEFT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE DOJ
AND WENT TO WORK FOR LETITIA JAMES. AND THEN
AFTER THEY GOT THAT ONE STARTED, WENT TO WORK FOR THE D A.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THIS NEW REPORTING NBC NEWS IS REPORTING THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CONSIDERING GIVING PRE EMPTIVE
PARDONS TO THE LIKES OF LIZ CHENEY,
ADAM SCHIFF AND ANTHONY FAUCI.
IF PRESIDENT BIDEN DOESN'T ISSUE THOSE PARDONS,
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO WISH THAT HE HAD?
I
CAN TELL YOU THIS ABOUT CHENEY
AND SHE'S A SO-CALLED REPUBLICAN. UH
I THINK SHE HURT THE DEMOCRATS TERRIBLY WHEN I SAW THAT UH KAMALA UH
PUT CHENEY OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I SAID THAT'S THE END OF KAMALA. I REALLY DID.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A TERRIBLE MOVE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT. BUT
CHENEY DID SOMETHING THAT'S INEXCUSABLE ALONG WITH THOMPSON AND THE
PEOPLE ON THE UNSELECTED COMMITTEE OF POLITICAL THUGS AND,
YOU KNOW, CREEPS.
SO THE UNSELECTED COMMITTEE
WENT THROUGH A YEAR AND A HALF OF TESTIMONY.
WAIT,
THEY DELETED AND DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE OF THAT. THEY FOUND,
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI WAS GUILTY.
NANCY PELOSI TURNED DOWN 10,000 TROOPS. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD AJ SIX
BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WERE GUILTY.
THE PEOPLE THAT SAID
THAT I ATTACKED
TWO SECRET SERVICE AGENTS IN A CAR. I GRABBED ONE AROUND THE NECK.
I WAS THEN REBUFFED AND I GRABBED THE OTHER ONE.
THESE ARE TWO OF THE TOUGHEST MEN ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.
I, THEY, THEY HAPPEN TO BE SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN ME.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT. LET, LET ME JUST TELL YOU
THEY TESTIFIED.
THEY SAID IT WAS TOTAL
AND ALL OF THIS STUFF CAME OUT.
PEOPLE LIED SO BADLY.
NOW,
LISTEN,
THIS WAS A COMMITTEE, A
BIG DEAL.
THEY LIED
AND WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY DELETED AND DESTROYED
A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF TESTIMONY.
DO YOU KNOW THAT? I CAN'T GET, I THINK THOSE PEOPLE COMMITTED A MAJOR CRIME
AND CHENEY WAS BEHIND IT. AND SO WAS BENNIE THOMPSON
AND EVERYBODY ON THAT COMMITTEE
WE'RE GOING TO FOR WHAT THEY DID.
HONESTLY, THEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL.
SO YOU THINK LIZ CHENEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL
FOR WHAT EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE USED. I
THINK
ANYBODY THAT VOTED
IN, YOU
DIRECT YOUR FBI DIRECTOR AND YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEND THEM TO JAIL. NOT AT ALL.
I THINK THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT I'M NOT GONNA,
I'M GONNA FOCUS ON DRILL, BABY DRILL.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT.
VERY
SWEET THOUGH.
YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW,
YOU'VE TAPPED THESE PEOPLE TO LEAD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AND FBI THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
BIDEN CAN GIVE HIM A PARDON IF HE WANTS TO.
AND MAYBE HE SHOULD
JUST REMEMBER
UNSELECTED COMMITTEE A YEAR AND A HALF OF SWORN TESTIMONY.
AND AFTER GETTING ALL OF THE TESTIMONY,
THEY DELETED IT.
WAIT
AND THEY DESTROYED ALMOST EVERYTHING. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
IT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND THEY
DO
THAT IN A CIVIL CASE.
YOU GO TO JAIL, YOU KNOW, THEY DENY DOING THAT AND, AND, AND OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE,
THE ORDER NEVER CAME IN FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD
ON JANUARY 6TH. LET ME ASK YOU THIS ABOUT JANUARY 6TH IN A
STATEMENT
THAT HE HAS DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE. LET ME ASK YOU THIS ABOUT JANUARY 6TH.
I WISH YOU COULD BE A IF YOU, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE SUCH POTENTIAL.
IF YOU COULD BE JUST,
JUST NON-BIASED,
YOU HURT YOURSELF SO BADLY.
I'M TELLING YOU,
THEY DELETED AND DESTROYED ALL THE EVIDENCE. EVERYONE KNOWS IT
AND YOU SLOUGH IT OFF LIKE IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
IF I DIDN'T DENY IT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. LISTEN, IF I DID IT,
YOU WOULD BE STANDING UP IN THAT CHAIR SHOUTING AT ME AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'D DO,
I'D SAY
YOU GOT ME.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING SO ILLEGAL.
THEY HAVE A COMMITTEE
SWORN TO
AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD,
THE ONLY REASON THEY DID IT IS BECAUSE THE TESTIMONY TURNED OUT TO BE
IN FAVOR OF ME,
LIKE
SECRET SERVICE TESTIFIED
AND DISPUTED EVERYTHING. IT MADE THEM INTO A BUNCH OF LIARS, NOT SECRET SERVICE.
IT MADE THE PEOPLE,
THEY GOT RID OF IT BECAUSE IT MADE NANCY PELOSI THE MAYOR OF DC. SO MANY PEOPLE
LOOK LIKE CRIMINALS AND I WILL TELL YOU
IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO DELETE
AND TO DESTROY THAT EVIDENCE.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT JANUARY 6TH IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. OK?
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
YOU PROMISED TO PARDON THOSE WHO
ATTACKED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH. ARE YOU STILL
VOWING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT PROBLEM?
WE'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, MOST LIKELY. YEAH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED LONG AND HARD.
UH AND THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO IT. I HAVE TO LOOK.
BUT UH YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WAS UH RADICAL CRAZY,
UH THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE FROM ANTIFA THERE. I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SCAFFOLD MAN, YOU KNOW WHO SCAFFOLD MAN WAS?
HE STOOD IN A SCAFFOLD, TELLING EVERYBODY TO GO AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO HIM,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RAY EPPS. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RAY
EPPS, BUT
IT WAS SORT OF STRANGE THE WAY HE WAS TALKING. WHERE IS HE? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT
DID VERY LITTLE, THEY ARRESTED AN OLD WOMAN
BECAUSE
SHE,
I DON'T THINK SHE DID ANYTHING. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE DID.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED, THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
AND YET IN PORTLAND
WHERE THEY BURNED DOWN HALF THE CITY, THEY BURN IT DOWN ALL THE TIME.
IT'S LIKE A, YOU KNOW, ROUTINE OCCURRENCE.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY ATTACK THE COURTHOUSE, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS SAY FEDERAL BUILDING. OK.
THEY DESTROYED
THE BEAUTIFUL LIMESTONE EXTERIOR OF THE COURTHOUSE
IN PORTLAND.
THEY,
THEY KILLED PEOPLE IN PORTLAND. SEATTLE. PEOPLE GOT KILLED IN SEATTLE,
SEATTLE. THEY TOOK OVER A BIG CHUNK OF THE CITY.
THEY TOOK IT OVER, THEY TOOK THE CITY AWAY.
UH, MINNEAPOLIS,
IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN THEY SAID THIS IS A FRIENDLY
PROTEST AND YET OVER THE POOR SLOBS FROM CNN,
HIS SHOULDER, THE ENTIRE CITY WAS BURNING DOWN.
IT LOOKED LIKE WORLD WAR. I,
I,
NOTHING HAPPENED
BUT
WAIT, NOTHING HAPPENED.
THEY TOOK OVER THE POLICE STATEMENT.
THEY PUT, THEY TOOK OVER THE POLICE STATION IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THEY BURNED IT DOWN.
NOTHING HAPPENED TO ANYBODY.
AND YET THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN JAIL AND I HEAR THAT JAIL IS A HELLHOLE.
THEY'VE DONE REPORTS AND YOU WOULD SAY THAT'S TRUE.
THEY'VE DONE REPORTS. THIS IS THE MOST DISGUSTING, FILTHY PLACE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN HELL. LET ME JUST, I THINK IT'S VERY UNFAIR.
LET ME LIKE, I'LL DO IT VERY QUICKLY,
VERY QUICKLY. OK?
BUT SOME OF THEM, 169 OF THEM HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS.
900 PLEADED GUILTY TO OTHER CRIMES.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PARDON FROM YOU.
LISTEN,
IT'S A VERY TOUGH SYSTEM.
DO YOU KNOW ALMOST NOBODY?
I SAW PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN GO INTO THE BUILDING AND THEY WERE CONVICTED
AND YOU ARE THE POLICE SAYING, COME ON IN, COME ON IN, I MEAN,
YOU KNOW,
THE POLICE ARE SAYING COME ON IN, EVERYBODY, COME ON IN,
THEY HAD PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF CAMERAS, THEY DON'T WANT TO RELEASE THE TAPES,
THEY DON'T WANT TO RELEASE THE TAPE.
SO, BUT THE,
BUT YOU'RE GONNA CONSIDER PARDONING EVEN THOSE WHO
PLEADED GUILTY TO CRIMES INCLUDING ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS.
SOMETIMES THEY SAY
HERE'S YOUR CHOICE, YOU'RE NOT RULING IT OUT.
LOOK,
I KNOW THE SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM IS A VERY CORRUPT SYSTEM.
THEY SAY TO A GUY, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO JAIL FOR TWO YEARS OR FOR 30 YEARS.
AND THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING, THEIR WHOLE LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED FOR TWO YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN DESTROYED.
BUT THE SYSTEM IS A VERY NASTY SYSTEM.
OK?
I WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA LOOK
AT CASES. YEAH. OK. BUT I'M GONNA BE, UH, ACTING VERY QUICKLY
WITHIN YOUR 1ST 100 DAYS. FIRST DAY, FIRST DAY, FIRST DAY. YEAH, I'M LOOKING FOR
THESE PARDONS? THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE. HOW LONG IS IT? THREE OR FOUR YEARS,
YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY,
THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE
FOR YEARS
AND THEY'RE IN A FILTHY, DISGUSTING PLACE
THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO BE OPEN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CABINET PICKS. I KNOW WE STARTED OFF TALKING ABOUT PETE
HEGSETH, BUT I JUST WANT TO RETURN TO THAT
VERY QUICKLY.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN ASSURANCES FROM SENATORS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE CONFIRMED?
DO YOU THINK HE CAN MAKE IT? NO,
I THINK YOU WILL. YEAH,
I'VE HAD
A LOT OF SENATORS CALL ME UP SAYING HE'S FANTASTIC.
YOU DON'T DRINK YOURSELF. YOU, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT,
UH, HOW DEVASTATING DRINKING CAN BE.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT THE PERSON WHO YOU
PICKED FOR THIS TOP JOB AT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT?
AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO'VE WORKED WITH HIM
HAS STRUGGLED WITH DRINKING, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE
THAT KNOW HIM VERY WELL AND THEY SAY HE DOES NOT HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A LOT OF KNIVES OUT FOR HIM. A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO SEE THE
MILITARY MADE BETTER.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI GABBARD.
YOU PICKED HER TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
IN 2017. SHE HAD TWO SECRET MEETINGS WITH SYRIAN DICTATOR BASHAR AL ASSAD.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS? NO.
AND HE'S GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
WELL, DO YOU THINK IT MAKES IT HARD FOR HER COUNTRY IS COMING?
I MEAN,
DO YOU THINK IT COMPROMISES?
I MET WITH
PUTIN,
I MET WITH PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA. I MET WITH KIM JONG UN TWICE. DOES THAT WHEN YOU WERE,
WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT? THEY WEREN'T
PEOPLE MEET ALL THESE PEOPLE MEET. I MEAN, I SEE SOME OF THE MOST DISHONEST PEOPLE.
I'LL TELL YOU
THE 51 AGENTS THAT SAID THAT THE LAPTOP
WASN'T FROM HUNTER, IT WAS FROM RUSSIA.
WHAT ABOUT THEM? TELL ME ABOUT THEM. DO YOU THINK THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG?
DO YOU THINK THEY WERE ALL SO STUPID THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE LAPTOP FROM HELL?
DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN TULSI GABBARD?
I DO. SO,
I MEAN, SHE'S A VERY RESPECTED PERSON.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT RFKJR.
HE HAS OBVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT HIS SKEPTICISM OF VACCINES.
HE'S EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO CHILDHOOD VACCINES.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE CHILDHOOD VACCINES
ELIMINATED IF THEY'RE DANGEROUS FOR THE CHILDREN?
LOOK, SO POSSIBLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
DISEASE AND SICKNESS IN OUR COUNTRY,
SOMETHING'S WRONG. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AUTISM?
WELL, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT AUTISM, YOU GO BACK 25 YEARS,
AUTISM WAS ALMOST NON EXISTENT.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF 100,000
AND NOW IT'S CLOSE TO ONE OUT OF 100.
I MEAN,
WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING
IF THEY CAN FIND IT? NOW, I DID SOMETHING THE OTHER NIGHT. THAT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL
AT MAR A LAGO. I CALLED THE DRUG COMPANIES, THE TOP DRUG COMPANIES
AND I CALLED,
UH, RFK JUNIOR AND DOCTOR OZ AND SOME OF HIS PEOPLE.
AND I SAID, LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE,
WE'RE GONNA REDUCE PRICES BECAUSE THE MIDDLEMAN MAKES MORE MONEY THAN
THE DRUG COMPANIES IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THE DRUG COMPANIES.
THERE'S A MIDDLEMAN THAT NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHO THEY ARE.
AND YOU LOOK AT OUR DRUG PRICES, THEY'RE MUCH HIGHER THAN
THE PRICES FOR THE SAME MEDICINE FOR THE SAME STUFF. SO
WE MET
AND WE WERE MET FOR A LONG TIME
AND WE TALKED ABOUT PRICING AND WE TALKED ABOUT VACCINES, YOU KNOW,
IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WE TALKED ABOUT PESTICIDES, WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING
AND I THINK A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO COME FROM HIM
AND
HE'S UH,
HE'S NOT GONNA UPSET ANY SYSTEM, HE'S NOT GONNA UPSET THIS. HE'S NOT LOOKING TO,
YOU KNOW, TO RE INVENT THE WHEEL TOTALLY. BUT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS,
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A VERY HEALTHY COUNTRY. SIR.
GOING BACK 25 YEARS STUDIES SHOW THAT THERE IS,
THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN VACCINES AND AUTISM AND
YET IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF HIM LOOKING AT
GETTING
RID OF THAT. I THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO FIND OUT
IF YOU GO BACK 25 YEARS AGO, YOU HAD VERY LITTLE AUTISM NOW YOU HAVE IT.
I MEAN, WELL, THEY SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE BETTER AT IDENTIFYING IT.
UM,
ONE IN 100,000 AND NOW IT'S ONE IN 100.
THAT'S,
THAT'S A PRETTY BAD
CHILDHOOD VACCINES.
SOMETHING IS GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S VACCINES. MAYBE IT'S,
MAYBE IT'S CHLORINE IN THE WATER. RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
YOU KNOW, CHILDHOOD VACCINES
TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.
SO CHILDHOOD VACCINES HAVE PREVENTED ABOUT 4
MILLION DEATHS AROUND THE WORLD EVERY YEAR.
I'M ALL
FOR IT. I THINK IT'S GREAT. HEY, LOOK, I'M NOT AGAINST VACCINES.
THE POLIO VACCINE IS THE GREATEST THING.
IF SOMEBODY TOLD ME, GET RID OF THE POLIO VACCINE,
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK REAL HARD TO CONVINCE ME.
UH
I THINK
VACCINES ARE
CERTAIN VACCINES ARE INCREDIBLE
BUT MAYBE SOME AREN'T. AND IF THEY AREN'T, WE HAVE TO FIND OUT.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AUTISM BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND YOU
LOOK AT THE AMOUNT WE HAVE TODAY VERSUS 20 OR 25 YEARS AGO,
IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
WELL, AGAIN,
SCIENTISTS SAY THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER
AT IDENTIFYING IT AND THERE'S NO LINK IN
THE
DRUG COMPANIES ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH RFK JUNIOR AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S UH
HE'S BEEN AN INTERESTING GUY TO ME. I'VE, I'VE WATCHED HIM FOR 25 YEARS
AND HE'S BEEN AN INTERESTING GUY. LET'S TALK ABOUT ELON MUSK.
ANOTHER INTERESTING PERSON
LAST MONTH, ONE OF YOUR ALLIES SAID, QUOTE, HE'S BEHAVING AS IF HE'S A CO
PRESIDENT.
WILL YOU FAVOR ELON MUSK OVER OTHER
LEADERS OF COMPETITOR COMPANIES LIKE JEFF BEZOS,
MARY BARRA.
JEFF BEZOS CALLED ME. WE'RE HAVING DINNER,
UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH,
MARK ZUCKERBERG CAME IN, WE HAD A REALLY NICE DINNER. HE ASKED TO HAVE DINNER.
I HAD DINNER WITH HIM. I, I'M HAVING DINNER WITH EVERYBODY. PEOPLE LIKE ME NOW,
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING GOING ON THAT PEOPLE I SAID,
WOULD YOU HAVE COME TO DINNER WITH ME IF I LOST? I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
YOU KNOW, I SAID, NICE TO BE KIDDINGLY.
OF COURSE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SOUND FOOLISH.
BUT I SAY JOKINGLY,
WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN HERE AT DINNER
IF I LOST? AND THE ANSWER WAS PROBABLY NOT. LOOK, I'M GETTING CALLED BY EVERYBODY.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WON THE FIRST TIME
I WASN'T NEARLY AS POPULAR AS THIS.
AND ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE ELECTION.
I LOVE THAT. I WON THE POPULAR VOTE AND BY A LOT,
IF I DID,
BECAUSE THEY, THEY,
UH,
THEY WOULD GO WITH THE OTHER ONE. THEY SAY, WELL, HE DIDN'T WIN THE POPULAR VOTE.
HE WON A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I, I WON A LOT OF, UH, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. BUT
UH
BUT THEY WOULD ALWAYS PREFACE BY SAY, PREFACE IT BY SAYING
NOW THEY SAY HE WON THE POPULAR VOTE AND HE WON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND
HE WON ALL SEVEN SWING STATES.
THAT WAS A GREAT ELECTION VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION COMING UP.
BUT
YOU'VE TAPPED ELON MUSK, VIVEK RAMASWAMY
TO HEAD UP THIS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY
WHICH PROPOSES CUTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR THAT AND
THEY GET CONCERNED ABOUT MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
AND, AND DEFENSE SPENDING.
YOU WON'T TOUCH MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY.
OK?
NO,
I SAID TO BE WE'RE NOT TOUCHING SOCIAL SECU
OTHER THAN WE MIGHT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT,
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
OK? SO THE ENTITLEMENTS
RAISING AND WE'RE NOT RAISING AGES OR ANY OF THAT STUFF
OFF THE TABLE.
OK.
LET'S TURN TO FOREIGN POLICY.
SHOULD UKRAINE PREPARE FOR LESS AID FROM THE UNITED STATES AFTER YOU
SIGN
INTO OFFICE?
SURE.
YOU'VE SAID YOU CAN END THE WAR IN. WE'RE IN FOR 350 BILLION
AND EUROPE IS IN FOR 100 BILLION.
WHY ISN'T EUROPE IN FOR THE SAME AS US?
THE ONE THING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT EUROPE SHOULD COME IN
FOR,
THEY SHOULD EQUALIZE
AND YOU KNOW, BIDEN, ALL HE HAD TO DO LIKE I DID WITH NATO. I SAID
YOU GOT TO PAY YOUR BILLS, THEY WEREN'T PAYING THEIR BILLS
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SECRETARY GENERAL SAID,
PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT 600 BILLION, 640 TO BE EXACT.
AND I USED TO USE THE 400 BILLION NUMBER. HE CORRECTED ME.
HE SAID, NO, YOU ACTUALLY GOT $641 BILLION PUT IN
BECAUSE I SAID YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR BILLS. WE WERE PAYING FOR NATO
AND YOU KNOW WHY I GOT THE MONEY BECAUSE I ASKED FOR IT.
IT WASN'T THAT COMPLICATED.
UH
EUROPE IS IN FOR A FRACTION
AND
WAR WITH RUSSIA
IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR EUROPE THAN IT IS FOR US.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR EUROPE THAN IT IS FOR US.
AND YOU'VE SAID YOU HAVE A LITTLE THING CALLED
AN OCEAN IN BETWEEN US. YOU SAID YOU CAN END THE WAR IN 24 HOURS.
YOU'VE EVEN SAID YOU WANT TO TRY TO END IT
BEFORE YOU'RE,
YOU'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO
HAVE YOU TALKED TO PRESIDENT PUTIN? NO, I HAVE NOT.
YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO PRESIDENT PUTIN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT
BUT I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM RECENTLY.
SO YOU'VE SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT PUTIN SINCE YOU DON'T WANT TO
SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD IMPEDE THE NEGOTIATION.
BUT YOU
WANT
TO
TALK ABOUT, LET ME
TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE
TALKED ABOUT. LET ME
UM
THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING KILLED IN THAT WAR AT LEVELS THAT NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AND EVEN THAT,
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S, THE SOLDIERS, LARGELY,
THE CITIES HAVE BEEN EMPTIED OUT AND DEMOLISHED.
THE, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED
IF I WON THAT ELECTION, WHICH, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT,
I WON'T GET INTO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO START THAT ARGUMENT.
I THINK IT'S AN EASY ARGUMENT.
IT WAS REALLY PROVEN EVEN MORE CONCLUSIVELY BY THE WIN THAT I HAD ON THIS ONE.
BUT
YOU,
I,
WELL, THAT'S YOUR OPINION, BUT I DISAGREE WITH IT. HAD I
ASSUMED KEPT CONTROL. NUMBER ONE,
ISRAEL WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. NUMBER TWO, UKRAINE WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. UKRAINE, RUSSIA.
BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING KILLED, SOLDIERS, YOUNG,
BEAUTIFUL SOLDIERS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S LEVEL,
TOTALLY LEVEL THE BATTLEFIELDS, TOTALLY LEVEL.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS A BULLET, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS IS A BODY, A HUMAN BODY
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING KILLED,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ON BOTH SIDES. RUSSIA'S LOST PROBABLY 500,000.
UKRAINE'S LOST HIGHER THAN THEY SAY, PROBABLY 400,000.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BODIES LAYING ALL OVER FIELDS.
IT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN AND
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
BIDEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT. SIR.
WILL THE UNITED STATES STAY IN NATO WHILE YOU'RE IN OFFICE?
IN WHERE NATO DO YOU COMMIT THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
REMAIN A MEMBER OF NATO WHILE YOU'RE IN OFFICE AGAIN,
THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR BILLS IF THEY PAY THEIR BILLS.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT NOT IF THEY DON'T PAY THEIR BILLS.
BUT NATO HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF US BECAUSE WE WERE GOT, LOOK TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US ON TRADE, MEANING THE EUROPEAN NATIONS. OK.
LIKE TERRIBLE.
THEY DON'T TAKE OUR CARS, THEY DON'T TAKE OUR FOOD PRODUCT,
THEY DON'T TAKE ANYTHING.
THEY THINK
IT'S A DISGRACE AND ON TOP OF THAT,
WE DEFEND THEM. SO IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY. SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU,
I WAS ABLE TO GET HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS PUT INTO NATO JUST BY A TOUGH ATTITUDE.
I SAID TO THE COUNTRIES,
I'M NOT GOING TO PROTECT YOU UNLESS YOU PAY AND THEY STARTED PAYING
AND THAT AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $600 BILLION. THAT'S A BIG THING.
OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE FIGHTING. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO FIGHT,
UM,
IF THEY'RE PAYING THEIR BILLS AND IF I THINK THEY'RE DOING A FAIR,
IF THEY'RE TREATING US FAIRLY, THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY.
I'D STAY WITH NATO.
BUT IF NOT, YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S TURN TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
NOW, SIR, THERE ARE STILL AMERICAN HOSTAGES BEING HELD IN.
YOU SAID THIS WEEK THAT IF THE HOSTAGES AREN'T RELEASED BEFORE INAUGURATION DAY,
QUOTE, THERE WILL BE ALL HELL TO PAY.
WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU MEAN?
AND DO YOU STILL THINK THAT THE HOSTAGES ARE ALIVE?
UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT A BIG BELIEVER IN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
TOO MANY OF THEM LIVING. SADLY, I, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN TREATED,
I TALK ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRL THAT WAS PULLED BY HER HAIR VIOLENTLY AND
THROWN INTO THE BACK OF A CAR LIKE SHE WAS A SACK OF POTATOES.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S HATRED.
AND THEN HE SAID, HOW DID THAT YOUNG GIRL DO?
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL JUST DRAGGED BY HER HAIR.
YOU REMEMBER BLOOD POURING ALL OVER HER BODY?
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PARENTS THROWN INTO THE BACK OF A CAR BY SOME HORRIBLE GUY.
AND
I SAID, HOW IS SHE? SHE'S DEAD, SHE DIED, SIR.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE AS MANY. I MEAN, I, I
HATE TO SAY IT,
I THINK YOU HAVE FAR FEWER HOSTAGES THAN PEOPLE THINK
THAT'S WHAT I
THINK.
IT'S,
IT'S ONLY MY OPINION, BUT I'VE BEEN RIGHT ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU
GOING TO PRESSURE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU WITH
WHOM YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP
TO END THE WAR IN GAZA?
AND HAVE YOU ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS?
BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE, YOU GOTTA HAVE A VICTORY.
PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT OCTOBER 7TH
THAT WAS AS VIOLENT AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH, IT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED.
THAT'S LIKE THE HOLOCAUST, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE HOLOCAUST DENIERS NOW YOU HAVE OCTOBER 7TH DENIERS AND IT JUST HAPPENED.
UH NO, OCTOBER 7TH HAPPENED
AND I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. IT IS
WHAT HAPPENED IS HORRIBLE
IF CHINA INVADES TAIWAN ON YOUR WATCH. ARE YOU COMMITTED TO DEFENDING?
I
NEVER SAY I STILL WON'T SAY,
I NEVER SAY BECAUSE
I HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THINGS, RIGHT?
AND YOU JUST SAY, IF YOU'LL DEFEND
IT,
I'M
NOT
SAYING THE US MILITARY, I'D PREFER THAT THEY DON'T DO IT.
I HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT XI. WE
HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER SINCE YOU WERE ELECTED.
YES.
AND YOU SENT THAT MESSAGE SINCE LIKE THREE DAYS AGO.
YES, WE COMMUNICATE AND YOU SENT THAT MESSAGE TO HIM.
DON'T, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER THINGS,
BUT I HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP
AND I HOPE HE DOESN'T DO IT.
THIS WEEK. A FEDERAL COURT UPHELD A LAW THAT COULD RESULT IN TIKTOK BEING BANNED.
YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO RESCUE TIK TOK WHEN YOU GET INTO OFFICE.
ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT IT?
AS YOU KNOW, I USE TIK TOK VERY SUCCESSFULLY IN MY CAMPAIGN.
I HAVE A MAN NAMED TIK TOK JACK.
HE WAS VERY EFFECTIVE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE I WON YOUTH BY 30%.
ALL REPUBLICANS LOSE YOUTH. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
MAYBE IT'S CHANGING.
AND LAST TIME WE WERE DOWN 30% WITH YOUTH. THIS TIME WE WERE UP 35% WITH YOUTH
AND I USE TIK TOK. SO I CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T TOTALLY HATE IT.
IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS IF YOU DO DO THAT,
SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING TO COME ALONG AND TAKE ITS PLACE
AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT FAIR
WHAT THEY DO. AND REALLY WHAT THE JUDGE ACTUALLY SAID WAS THAT
UH YOU CAN'T HAVE CHINESE COMPANIES. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BAN IT.
IF YOU CAN PROVE THAT THE CHINESE COMPANIES OWN IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE ASKED.
SO ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO PROTECT TIK TOK JUST VERY QUICK ONCE YOU'RE IN OFFICE,
I'M GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT SO THAT
OTHER COMPANIES DON'T BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER MONOPOLY.
OK?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WE'RE WINDING DOWN AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH.
I DO.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST INTERVIEW
SINCE YOU WON THE ELECTION? CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
YES. AND
SIR, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY IS DEEPLY DIVIDED
AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA BE LEADING THIS COUNTRY FOR THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS FOR THE SAKE OF UNIFYING THIS COUNTRY.
WILL YOU CONCEDE THE 2020 ELECTION AND TURN THE PAGE ON THAT CHAPTER? NO,
NO. WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHEN YOU SAY THE COUNTRY IS DEEPLY DIVIDED,
I'M NOT THE PRESIDENT,
JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE THE PRESIDENT.
I'M NOT THE PRESIDENT. SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S DEEPLY DIVIDED, I AGREE.
BUT BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT. I'M NOT.
AND HE HAS BEEN A DIVIDER
AND, YOU KNOW,
WHERE HE DIVIDED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND IT PROBABLY BACKFIRED ON HIM,
I THINK DEFINITELY
IS WEAPONIZATION WHEN HE WEAPONIZED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
AND HE WENT AFTER HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT, ME,
HE WENT AFTER HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT VIOLENTLY
BECAUSE HE KNEW HE COULDN'T BEAT HIM.
AND I THINK IT REALLY WAS A BAD THING AND IT,
IT REALLY
DIVIDED OUR COUNTRY. SO DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. THEY DIDN'T
IN 2020 IF THEY'RE GOING AROUND STEALING ELECTIONS, WHEN YOU
SAY DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROL NOW OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO WHY DIDN'T THEY STEAL THIS ELECTION
SINCE THEY HAVE MORE POWER NOW? BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS TOO BIG TO RIG.
SO YOU WON'T TOO BIG TO R
TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY
THAT
YOU'RE NOW DIRECTING YOUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE 2020
THEY WANT TO MOVE AHEAD
IS
GOING TO BE VERY PRECIOUS RESOURCES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO?
JUST SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT,
I'M NOT INTERESTED. I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT.
I'M THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. YOU DO KNOW THAT I'M THE PRESIDENT.
I'M THE, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN
DRILLING AND GETTING PRICES DOWN AND STOPPING PEOPLE FROM
POURING INTO OUR BORDER THAT COME FROM PRISONS AND MENTAL
INSTITUTIONS. LAST TWO QUESTIONS HERE. UH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS CAMPAIGN
UNPRECEDENTED AND EXTRAORDINARY
WERE THE HORRIFIC ATTEMPTS AGAINST YOUR LIFE. TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS.
DO YOU FEEL SAFE GOING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS?
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN SECRET SERVICE.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE. I GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF THEM AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE. IT WAS A BAD MOMENT.
UH SOMETHING SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED,
BUT I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED IT UP.
UH
THEY WERE RESTRICTED FROM GIVING THE
LOOK. I DO AAA RALLY AND YOU WEREN'T MANY OF THEM.
AND I'D HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE.
JOE WOULD HAVE A RALLY AND HE'D HAVE 30 PEOPLE
AND HE HAD MORE SECRET SERVICE THAN ME.
MY SECRET SERVICE WAS ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE MANPOWER SLASH WOMEN POWER.
THEY WERE ASKING FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT.
I'M NOT BLAMING THEM REALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR MORE PEOPLE
AND THEY WOULDN'T GET NOW,
BOY, DO WE HAVE IT?
I KNOW IT WAS HARD ON YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT FROM THE FIRST LADY IN THIS SECOND ADMINISTRATION?
WHAT ROLE WILL SHE PLAY? SHE OBVIOUSLY HAD HER BE BEST CANDIDATE.
SHE'S VERY LIKED, LOVED AND SHE'S VERY RESPECTED
AND SHE'S A VERY SOLID PERSON AND SHE DEVOTES A LOT OF TIME TO
HELPING CHILDREN. YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE'S GOT HER BE BEST
DEAL. THAT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT SHE'S DONE.
UH
I, I,
THE ONE THING I SAID, WHETHER IT'S FIRST LADY OR MY CHILDREN,
MY CHILDREN DID SUCH A GOOD JOB
AND THEY WERE TREATED VERY BADLY BY THE PRESS AND, AND OTHERS.
IVANKA WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT SHE DID AND SHE, SHE, ALL SHE WANTED TO DO IS ONE THING,
GET PEOPLE JOBS.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN THE UN SECRETARY.
I SAID TO HER, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
SHE'S GOT THE, THE WHOLE PACKAGE FOR THAT, INCLUDING RIGHT UP THERE.
SHE'S AS SMART AS
SHE DIDN'T WANT. SHE SAID, DADDY,
I WANNA WORK ON GETTING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHE'D GO TO WALMART, SHE'D GO TO X I,
SHE PRODUCED MILLIONS OF JOBS FOR PEOPLE
NOT GLAMOROUS. MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW SHE DID IT
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS BEING EXCORIATED.
AND I SAID TO MY KIDS DON'T, DON'T COME IN, DON'T COME IN.
IT'S JUST YOU SAID TO THEM, DON'T YOU? I SAID TO HIM.
YEAH, BUT WILL YOU MISS HAVING THEM THERE? WILL IT FEEL DIFFERENT?
THEY WERE YOUR TOP ADVISORS?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL MISS THEM AND THEY'RE REALLY COMPETENT.
BUT I SAY JUST
GO HAVE FUN, DO YOUR BUSINESS, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO
BUT DON'T COME IN
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID, THEY DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY LARA
DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AS THE HEAD OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ALONG WITH MICHAEL,
WHAT WILL THE FIRST LADY WILL BE?
DO YOU THINK? WILL SHE CONTINUE HER BE BEST CAMPAIGN?
SHE'S A VERY ELEGANT FIRST LADY.
SHE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN BEFORE THAT
IN THE MODELING AND OTHER THINGS, BUT IN THE MODELING, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM THE PRESS,
I CAN'T SAY TREATED HER UNFAIRLY. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE SHE'S VERY POPULAR.
YOU WOULD THINK IF THE PRESS WAS UNFAIR.
LIKE TO ME, THE PRESS WAS OBVIOUSLY UNFAIR TO ME.
THE PRESS, NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER GOTTEN
UH TREATED BY THE PRESS LIKE I WAS
AND YET I GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN HISTORY
BY FAR. IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
SO YOU SAY, WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
THE PRESS HAS TO STRAIGHTEN ITSELF OUT BECAUSE HONESTLY,
IT'S LOST ALL CREDIBILITY WHEN THAT CAN HAPPEN.
BASED ON THE PRESS, I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN NO VOTES.
NONE.
AND YET I GOT THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO GO ON A SHOW EVEN LIKE YOURS,
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE VERY HOSTILE,
I'M ABLE TO GO ON A SHOW LIKE YOURS. NO, YOU, YOU ARE.
WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A FAIR INTERVIEW.
WE COVERED A LOT OF POLICY GROUND.
IT'S FAIR ONLY IN THAT YOU ALLOWED ME TO SAY WHAT I SAY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ANSWERS,
THE QUESTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY NASTY.
BUT, BUT LOOK
BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE SEEN YOU INTERVIEW
OTHER PEOPLE LIKE BIDEN
AND I'VE NEVER INTERVIEWED PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I SAY YOU,
I'M TALKING METAPHORICALLY, I'VE SEEN,
I'VE SEEN GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS INTERVIEW, BUT IT'S,
AND HE'S A TOUGH INTERVIEWER.
IT'S THE SOFTEST INTERVIEW I'VE SEEN CNN INTERVIEW HIM.
THEY GIVE THESE SOFT,
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEAL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU KNOW,
YOU WOULD THINK THE PRESS WOULD LIKE TO SEE STRONG BORDERS, GREAT EDUCATION,
A POWERFUL MILITARY.
SO WE HAVE A COUNTRY LEFT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS
AND SOMEHOW THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
LET ME ASK YOU, HOPEFULLY, YOU THINK THIS INTERVIEW WAS FAIR.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT YOUR POLICY AND YOUR SECOND ADMINISTRATION.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, SIR, ONE FINAL QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY
TO AMERICANS WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT YOU IN THIS CAMPAIGN? UH I'M GONNA TREAT YOU
EVERY BIT AS WELL AS I HAVE TREATED THE GREATEST MEGA SUPPORTERS.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE MEGA IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
UH THESE PEOPLE ARE SO DEDICATED TO MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,
IT'S VERY SIMPLE AND I'M GOING TO TREAT THEM JUST THE SAME AS THEY TREAT MEGA.
WE'RE GONNA TREAT EVERYBODY GOOD.
WE WANT SUCCESS FOR OUR COUNTRY, WE WANT SAFETY FOR OUR COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER
THREAT AS YOU KNOW,
UH
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS THREAT MILITARILY BECAUSE OF THE
POWER OF WEAPONS AND WEAPONRY IS TREMENDOUS THREAT.
NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S TREMENDOUS THREAT.
UH, I WANNA TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. I WANT TO TREAT THEM WELL.
AND AT THE END OF THIS FOUR YEARS,
I HAVE A BIG HEAD START BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
FAIRLY RECENTLY.
A LOT OF BAD THINGS WERE DONE DURING THE FOUR YEARS THAT I WASN'T THERE. AND
MOSTLY IN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN TERMS OF OUR REPUTATION OVERSEAS,
OUR REPUTATION
IS SO BAD.
SO SHOT.
I GOT TO BRING IT BACK.
AND I ALSO HAVE TO, I HAVE TO BRING BACK CIVILIZATION TO OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY IS A CRIME PART
AND WE HAVE TO GET RID OF CRIME. WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO DO.
WE HAVE TO DO THE PRICES, WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT,
BUT WE HAVE TO GET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO BRING DOWN CRIME.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE
STREET AND BUY A LOAF OF BREAD WITHOUT BEING SHOT
AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT I SAY TO THEM IS,
UH I LOVE YOU AND WE'RE GONNA ALL WORK TOGETHER AND WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TOGETHER AND
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BRING IT TOGETHER? SUCCESS. I SAW THAT
PRIOR JUST PRIOR TO COVID COMING IN.
I HAD POLLS THAT WERE THE HIGHEST ANYONE MCLAUGHLIN AND FABRIZIO SAID
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN. IF THEY CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD
AND THEY RAN AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, IT COULDN'T BEAT YOU, SIR.
WE WERE DOING SO WELL.
AND I WAS GETTING ALONG WITH THE LEFT, LET'S CALL IT. THE LEFT WOULD BE NICE.
OK, WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL,
BUT I WAS GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER
LIBERAL OR PROGRESSIVE AS THEY LIKE TO SAY,
AT LEVELS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS, SUCCESS,
SUCCESS WAS BRINGING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF THE FIRST INTERVIEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.