>> Ed: MORE NOW ON THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO INDIA.
LET’S BRING IN NEWT GINGRICH.
FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. WE’VE BEEN COVERING THIS FOR
TWO DAYS NOW.
THE PRESIDENT STILL IN A STATE
DINNER WITH THE FIRST LADY
HEADING BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE
SHORTLY.
SHORTLY. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE
CONTEXT OF A PRESIDENT WHO
FACES CRITICS ALL THE TIME
SAYING AMERICA IS WEAKER ON HIS
WATCH AND NOT RESPECTED ON THE
WORLD STAGE.
WORLD STAGE. IT SEEMS LIKE WE’VE SEEN
SOMETHING DIFFERENT PLAY OUT
OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS.
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS
DONE A BRILLIANT JOB OF
COMMUNICATING AGAIN AND AGAIN
THAT HE CAN GO AROUND THE WORLD.
HE AND MODI, THE HEAD OF INDIA,
ARE VERY SIMILAR.
BOTH ENTREPRENEURIAL
BOTH ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITIES.
PERSONALITIES. TO GET OFF THE AIRPLANE AND GO
TO A STADIUM WITH 120,000 HAPPY
PEOPLE SEEMINGLY FOR MOST OF
TRUMP’S CRITICS THAT HAD TO AT
LEAST SLOW DOWN THEIR
ASSUMPTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
HE IS ACCEPTABLE.
THE FACT IS THAT THE PRESIDENT
IS AN ENORMOUS FIGURE AROUND
THE WORLD AND REPRESENTS THE
MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE
WORLD AND PEOPLE HAVE GRADUALLY
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS COME
TO RESPECT BOTH HOW TOUGH HE IS
BUT ALSO HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO
REACH OUT AND TO EXPECT THE
OTHER COUNTRY TO ALSO BE TOUGH.
TRUMP ISN’T FOR A ONE-SIDED
AMERICAN NATIONALISM.
AMERICAN NATIONALISM. HE IS FOR REPRESENTING AMERICAN
INTERESTS AND ASSUMING FOR
EXAMPLE THAT MODI WILL
REPRESENT INDIA’S INTEREST OR
THAT XI WILL REPRESENT CHINA’S
INTEREST BUT A TOUGH, HONEST
AND DIRECT NEGOTIATION.
ALMOST EVERYWHERE HE GOES THE
PRESIDENT IS A SALESMAN.
HE BRINGS IN $3 BILLION FOR
CONTRACTS IN HELICOPTERS.
NOT BAD FOR A DAY’S WORK.
>> Ed: THE PRESIDENT REFERRING
TO INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
HIS FRIEND, PRIME MINISTER
MODI, ON A BROADER TRADE
AGREEMENT BECAUSE, AS YOU
SUGGEST, THIS IS NOT JUST
SOMETHING HE WILL BRING BACK
ONE-SIDED.
ONE-SIDED. HE KNOWS IT’S A GIVE AND TAKE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. INDIA HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF
BEING AN EXTRAORDINARILY
PROTECTIONIST COUNTRY.
PROTECTIONIST COUNTRY. GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
FOUNDING OF INDIA AFTER WORLD
WAR II AS A COUNTRY.
SO GETTING THEM TO START TO
DISMANTLE SOME OF THEIR TARIFF
AND REGULATORY THINGS IS VERY
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. A GREAT CHALLENGE.
SOMETHING THAT PRIME MINISTER
MODI REALLY WANTS TO DO IF HE
CAN.
CAN. HE WAS A BRILLIANT LEADER OF
THE PROVINCE -- OF ONE OF THE
STATES AND HELPED RAISE THE
TREMENDOUS HI-TECHNOLOGY
TREMENDOUS HI-TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY IN THAT STATE.
HE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT FOR ALL
OF INDIA AND KNOWS IT REQUIRES
HIM TO LOWER THE TARIFFS AND TO
DEREGULATE.
DEREGULATE. >> Ed: DURING THIS NEWS
CONFERENCE DOMESTIC POLITICS
COMING UP.
COMING UP. IN PARTICULAR THIS CASE BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT WHETHER
THE GOVERNMENT CAN DENY VISAS
TO NON-CITIZENS ENTERING THE
U.S.
U.S. THE PRESIDENT FIRED UP BY
SOTOMAYOR’S DISSENT WHERE SHE
WROTE IT IS HARD TO SAY WHAT’S
MORE TROUBLING.
MORE TROUBLING. THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SEEK THIS
EXTRAORDINARILY RELIEF AS A
MATTER OF COURSE OR THAT THE
COURT WOULD GRANT IT.
THE PRESIDENT LASHED OUT AT
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AS WELL AS
JUSTICE GINSBURG GOING BACK TO
2016 WHO CALLED THE PRESIDENT A
FAKER AND LATER APOLOGIZED FOR
THAT.
THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT SAYING IT’S TIME FOR
SOME OF THESE JUSTICES TO
RECUSE THEMSELVES?
RECUSE THEMSELVES? >> WELL, LOOK, PRESIDENTS ARE
ALLOWED TO HAVE STRONG OPINIONS.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
TRIED TO PACK THE COURT BY
ADDING EXTRA JUSTICES BECAUSE
HE WAS SO MAD AT THE COURT FOR
BLOCKING PARTS OF THE NEW DEAL.
SO IT’S NOT UNUSUAL FOR
PRESIDENTS TO NOT ALWAYS BE
HAPPY WITH THE SUPREME COURT.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY
ADDED TWO JUSTICES.
I SUSPECT IF HE GETS REHE
ELECTED ANOTHER COUPLE IN HIS
SECOND TERM AND LEAVE BEHIND A
COURT MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HILLARY
CLINTON HAD WON OR IF BERNIE
SANDERS WINS.
SANDERS WINS. HE WILL EVENTUALLY GET THERE.
TRUMP, I’VE NEVER SEEN A
PRESIDENT MORE DEDICATED TO THE
PRINCIPLE HE IS ALLOWED TO
SPEAK HIS MIND AS A NORMAL
CITIZEN, WHICH HE IS NOT.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T
HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION.
DWIGHT EISENHOWER SAID
APPOINTING WARREN WAS THE
BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE
STRONG OPINIONS.
STRONG OPINIONS. >> Ed: ONE MINUTE LEFT.
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT CAN
NOMINATE MORE PEOPLE TO THE
SUPREME COURT HE NEEDS TO GET
REELECTED SOMETHING HE IS
FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.
THAT PROSPECT MORE LIKELY NOW
DO YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU HAVE
BERNIE SANDERS AS THE
FRONTRUNNER FOR THE DEMOCRATS
AND DOUBLING DOWN AND TRIPLING
DOWN ON HIS SUPPORT FOR FIDEL
CASTRO?
CASTRO? >> WELL SURE, LOOK.
SANDERS IS SUCH A RADICAL THAT
HE MAY WELL TAKE DOWN THE
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND COST THE
DEMOCRAT SEATS IN THE SENATE
MUCH LIKE GEORGE McGOVERN DID
IN 1972.
IN 1972. THE PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE NOW
IS TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON THE
CORONAVIRUS ON THE CHINESE
ECONOMY AND THROUGH THE CHINESE
ECONOMY AND THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. HE CAN’T RUN AS A JOBS
PRESIDENT IF WE END UP IN A
DOWNWARD SPIRAL PULLED BY THE
CHINESE.
CHINESE. THE CHINESE ECONOMY IS
SHATTERING RIGHT NOW.
IT IS THE SECOND BIGGEST IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. THE PRESIDENT HAS TO FOCUS VERY
MUCH ON WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO
TO KEEP AMERICA GROWING NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN CHINA.
>> Ed: THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY FROM CHINA IN
TERMS OF HOW DEEP THIS CRISIS