REPORTER: WHAT OPTIONS ARE YOU
LOOKING AT TO GET HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE TO VENEZUELA?
>> I HAD A VERY GOOD TALK WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN, PROBABLY OVER
AN HOUR.
WE TALKED ABOUT MANY THINGS.
VENEZUELA IS ONE OF THE TOPICS.
HE IS NOT LOOKING AT ALL TO GET
INVOLVED IN VENEZUELA OTHER THAN
HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING
POSITIVE HAPPEN FOR VENEZUELA.
AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WE WANT TO GET SOME HUMANITARIAN
AID.
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
THEY HAVE NO WATER.
THEY HAVE NO FOOD.
THIS IS, MR. PRIME MINISTER, ONE
OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD 20 YEARS AGO.
NOW THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD.
THEY DON'T HAVE WATER FOR THEIR
PEOPLE.
SO WE WANT TO HELP WITH
HUMANITARIAN BASIS.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY
POSITIVE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN ON VENEZUELA.
[REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS]
REPORTER: DID YOU TELL HIM NOT
TO MEDDLE IN THE ELECTION?
REPORTER: TALKING ABOUT A NEW
S.T.A.R.T. TREATY OR ADDING
CHINA TO IT OR WHAT EXACTLY?
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT WHERE WE MAKE LESS AND
THEY MAKE LESS, MAYBE EVEN WHERE
WE GET RID OF SOME OF THE
TREMENDOUS FIREPOWER THAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE SPENDING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NUMBERS LIKE WE'VE NEVER SPENT
BEFORE.
WE NEED THAT BUT, THEY ARE ALSO,
AND CHINA IS FRANKLY ALSO.
WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF
A THREE-WAY DEAL INSTEAD OF A
TWO-WAY DEAL.
CHINA, I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO
THEM.
THEY VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO BE
A PART OF THAT DEAL.
AND IN FACT DURING THE TRADE
TALKS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
THAT.
THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE EVEN MORE EXCITED THAN
ABOUT TRADE.
THEY FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT
IT.
I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY START UP
SOMETHING VERY SHORTLY BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND OURSELVES TO START
OFF.
I THINK CHINA WILL BE ADDED DOWN
THE ROAD.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
NON-PROLIFERATION.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A NUCLEAR
DEAL OF SOME KIND.
I THINK IT WILL BE A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE ONE.
REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT,
ELECTION MEDDLING ISSUES WITH
THE MUELLER REPORT TODAY?
>> WE DISCUSSED, ACTUALLY SORT
OF SMILED WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING
TO THE EFFECT THAT IT STARTED
OFF AS A MOUNTAIN AND IT ENDED
UP BEING A MOUSE.
BUT HE KNEW THAT BECAUSE HE KNEW
THERE WAS NO COLLUSION
WHATSOEVER.
SO PRETTY MUCH THAT IS WHAT IT
WAS.
STARTED OFF --
REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT, DID YOU
TELL HIM NOT TO MEDDLE IN THE
NEXT ELECTION.
>> EXCUSE ME.
I'M TALKING.
I'M ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.
YOU ARE VERY RUDE.
SO WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION
ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
OKAY?
REPORTER: TELL HIM NOT TO MEDDLE
IN THE NEXT AREELECTION?
>> WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT.
WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT.
WE DISCUSSED FIVE OR SIX THINGS.
WE ALSO, WE WENT INTO GREAT
DETAIL ON VARIOUS THINGS,
ESPECIALLY I WOULD SAY THE
NUCLEAR, MAYBE VENEZUELA, WE
TALKED ABOUT NORTH KOREA AT
GREAT LENGTH AND, PRETTY MUCH
THAT'S IT.
ALSO DISCUSSED TRADE.
WE INTEND TO DO A LOT OF TRADE
WITH RUSSIA.
WE DO SOME RIGHT NOW.
IT IS UP A LITTLE BIT BUT HE
WOULD LIKE TO DO TRADE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO TRADE.
GETTING ALONG WITH RUSSIA AND
CHINA, GETTING ALONG WITH ALL OF
THEM IS A VERY GOOD THING.
IT IS NOT A BAD THING.
IT'S A POSITIVE THING.
GETTING ALONG WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES INCLUDING YOUR COUNTRY
BY THE WAY, BUT GETTING ALONG
WITH COUNTRIES IS A GOOD THING
AND WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERY
COUNTRY.
REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT
SHOULD -- [INAUDIBLE]
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS UP TO OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO I THINK HAS A
FANTASTIC JOB.
GO AHEAD?
REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE].
>> PLEASE.
REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE]
>> WOULD I LIKE TO, I KNOW
PEOPLE FROM SLOVAKIA.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
IT IS DOING VERY WELL.
DOING VERY WELL.
YEAH, PLEASE.
REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE TARIFFS HAVE BEEN A
NECESSARY THING FOR ME TO DO
BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION THEY HAVE NOT
TREATED US RIGHT.
WE'RE LOSING $181 BILLION A
YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS NOT
TREATED US PROPERLY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH
REGARD TO TARIFFS ON CARS WITH
THE EUROPEAN UNION.
WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION ON
THAT.
REPORTER: MR. PRESIDENT WHEN
WILL YOU NOMINATE A DEFENSE
SECRETARY TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL?
>> IT WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT
WEEK?
REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE].
>> SAY IT AGAIN?
SAY IT AGAIN?
REPORTER: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM
DAY.
CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN DO TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION
AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESS?
>> WELL I THINK I HAVE A VERY
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF
THE PRESS AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME
OF THE PRESS DOESN'T COVER ME
ACCURATELY.
IN FACT THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY
TO COVER ME INACCURATELY.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT IS A FREE
PRESS.
THAT IS DISHONEST PRESS.
I WANT TO SEE A FREE PRESS.
TODAY I WAS HAPPY TO SEE ON THE
FRONT PAGE OF
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" FOR THE
FIRST TIME WHERE THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT SPYING AND THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT SPYING ON MY
CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN COVERING
IT BUT THAT IS A BIG STORY.
THAT IS A STORY BIGGER THAN
WATERGATE AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED.
I WANT TO SEE FREEDOM OF THE
PRESS.
I GET TREATED FAIRLY BY SOME
PROS BUT I GET TREATED VERY
UNFAIRLY BY OTHER PRESS.
FRANKLY I THINK THAT IS VERY
DISHONEST.
I DON'T CONSIDER THAT, WHEN YOU
HAVE STORIES PURPOSELY WRITTEN
BADLY IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH ON
PURPOSE.
YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S NOT FREE
PRESS.
THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF FREE
PRESS.
REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE].
WILL YOU INVOKE EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE AS IT RELATES TO DON
McMcMCGAHN.
>> THAT WILL BE DETERMINED NEXT
WEEK OR SO.
I WILL SAY THIS, NO PRESIDENT IN
HISTORY HAVE GIVEN WHAT I HAVE
GIVEN IN EARLIES OF IT LOOKING
AT TOTAL WITCH-HUNT.
I CALL IT THE RUSSIAN HOAX.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE.
NO COLLUSION.
NO OBSTRUCTION.
IT WAS A TOTAL HOAX.
AND YET I WAS TRANSPARENT.
WE GAVE 1.4 MILLION DOCUMENTS.
WE GAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
I LET HIM INTERVIEW THE LAWYER,
WHITE HOUSE LAWYER FOR 30 HOURS.
THINK OF THAT, 30 HOURS.
I LET HIM INTERVIEW OTHER
PEOPLE.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO LET HIM
INTERVIEW ANYBODY.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY
DOCUMENTS.
I WAS TOTALLY TRANSPARENT
BECAUSE I KNEW I DID NOTHING
WRONG.
IT TURNED OUT I DID NOTHING
WRONG.
NO COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA.
THINK OF IT, $35 MILLION THEY
SPENT.
THEY WASTED OVER A PERIOD OF TWO
YEARS, NO COLLUSION, NO
OBSTRUCTION.