ANYTHING.
THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT.
HEALTH CARE WOULD BE A DISASTER.
STEVE: I KNOW YOU TRAVELED ON
AIR FORCE ONE AND ROD ROSENSTEIN
WAS ONBOARD.
YOU HAD APPARENTLY A 45-MINUTE
CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
YOU WERE GOING DOWN TO ORLANDO
FOR THE POLICE CHIEFS
CONFERENCE.
APPARENTLY A NUMBER OF
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WANTED TO
HAVE HIM ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.
THEY WANTED HIM TO BE UNDER OATH
AND HE WAS RELUCTANT TO DO THAT
REPORTEDLY.
WOE HAVE PREFERRED AN INFORMAL
MEETING WITH PERHAPS JUST ONE OR
TWO MEMBERS, NOT A WHOLE
HEARING.
BUT APPARENTLY YOU KNOW, WE JUST
HAD GREGG JARRETT ON AND HE SAID
THAT HE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO
SHOW UP BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO BE UNDER OATH.
YOU KNOW THE RUMOR IS THE DAY
AFTER THE MIDTERMS YOU'RE GOING
TO FIRE HIM AND FIRE THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> WELL I ACTUALLY GET ALONG
WELL WITH ROD.
WE HAVE A WITCH-HUNT GOING ON
WHICH IS DISGRACEFUL.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WILL TAKE
THESE REPUBLICAN GUYS WITH MARK
MEADOWS AND JIM JORDAN AND GATES
AND GIBBS, ALL OF THEM, I HATE
TO MENTION A FEW NAME BECAUSE
THERE ARE SOME OF THEM, I WANT
TO GIVE EVERYONE OF THEM CREDIT.
THESE ARE TOUGH, SMART GUYS.
THEY KNOW THERE WAS NO
COLLUSION.
IT TURNED OUT WITH RUSSIA.
THERE WAS COLLUSION BUT IT WAS
WITH HILLARY CLINTON, THE DNC.
I MEAN WHY DIDN'T, AS AN EXAMPLE
THE FBI TAKE THE DNC SERVER?
THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT.
THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS.
THERE IS SO MANY QUESTIONS.
ONE THING I'LL SAY THESE
REPUBLICAN FOLKS, I THINK
THEY'RE BECOMING FOLK HEROES,
THESE ARE GREAT, GREAT, PEOPLE.
AND THEY WANT TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE --
STEVE: BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, THE
PEOPLE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION,
ROD ROSENSTEIN, WILL NOT SHOW UP
ON CAPITOL HILL TO SPEAK TO
CONGRESS.
>> ACTUALLY I WAS SURPRISED AT
THAT I WOULD THINK HE WOULD.
HE MENTIONED CERTAIN THINGS TO
ME, THAT YOU KNOW ARE VERY
POSITIVE ABOUT THAT EVENT.
I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD WANT
TO PUT THAT DOWN.
FRANKLY WHETHER YOU WERE UNDER
OATH OR NOT SHOULDN'T MATTER.
BUT HE MENTIONED THINGS TO ME I
WOULD THINK WOULD BE FINE FOR
HIM TO TESTIFY.
SO YOU KNOW WHEN CONGRESS CALLS.
SO I WOULD I'M A LITTLE
SURPRISED ROD WOULDN'T DO IT.
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
ROD BECAUSE WE LOOKWORK ON OTHER
THINGS.
BRIAN: I HEAR YOU'RE BONDED BY
ONE THING, DISTRUST OF ANDY
MCCABE, IS THAT TRUE.
>> AND McCABE IS A BAD BUY.
COMEY IS A VERY BAD GUY.
THIS COUNTRY GOT LUCKY WHEN I
VOTED FOR HIM.
ROD WROTE A MEMO, YOU READ THAT
MEMO HOW HORRIBLE COMEY IS.
HE IS HORRIBLE GUY AND HE LIED
AND HE LEAKED.
HE LIED BEFORE CONGRESS.
HE WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE
PLACE, NOT ONLY THROUGH HIS
PROFESSOR, HIS PROFESSOR FRIEND,
TOOK HIS STUFF AND LEAKED
WHATEVER HE WANTED TO DO.
COMEY IS A BAD GUY, McCABE,
VERY BAD BUT HE WORKED FOR
COMEY.
REMEMBER ONE THING ABOUT
McCABE, HIS WIFE WAS RUNNING
FOR OFFICE AND HE GOT $750,000
FROM HILLARY CLINTON'S
ESSENTIALLY PAC.
IT WAS RUN BY TERRY McAULIFFE
WHO IS ABSOLUTELY HILLARY
CLINTON'S, ABSOLUTELY HILLARY
CLINTON'S BEST FRIEND AND
BILL CLINTON.
THEY GAVE HIM $750,000 FOR HIS
WIFE.
NOBODY EVEN KNOWS IF SHE SPENT
THE MONEY.
SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE SPENT THE
MONEY.
THIS WAS AT THE TIME SHE WAS
BEING INVESTIGATED BY McCABE.
SO McCABE IS INVESTIGATING
HILLARY CLINTON AND HER PAC,
ESSENTIALLY RUN BY HER BEST
FRIEND IS PAYING McCABE
$750,000.
TO ME THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
NOBODY EVER MENTIONS IT.
IT IS REALLY -- LOOK, WE HAVE A
HORNET'S NEST.
I THINK I HAVE DONE A GREAT
SERVICE FOR THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE
I EXPOSED SO MUCH.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT EMAILS BETWEEN
THE TWO LOVERS, STRZOK AND LISA
PAGE, YOU SAY THE INSURANCE
POLICY, THEY'RE SO WANTING TO
WIN AGAINST TRUMP, BUT THEN IN A
MOMENT OF SILENCE THEY SAID,
WELL, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT,
WE HAVE AN INSURANCE POLICY.
WELL THE INSURANCE POLICY IS
WHAT HAS GONE ON FOR THE LAST
FAIRLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE WAS TREMENDOUS CORRUPTION,
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THESE
PEOPLE WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IT.
AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE LIKE
DEVIN NUNEZ, HE SHOULD GET, IF
THIS ALL TURNS OUT LIKE EVERYONE
THINKS IT WILL, DEVIN NUNEZ
SHOULD GET THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
HE IS REALLY, WHAT HE HAS GONE
THROUGH AND HIS BRAVERY.
HE SHOULD GET A VERY IMPORTANT
MEDAL.
MAYBE WE'LL CALL IT MEDAL OF
FREEDOM BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GIVE
THEM, HIGH AWARD FOR CIVILIANS.
HE HAS DONE AN AMAZING, GUYS
LIKE MEADOWS AND JIM JORDAN, ALL
OF THESE PEOPLE, WHAT THEY, WHAT
THEY GO THROUGH AND THEY'RE
RIGHT.
AND THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY'RE BEING STYMIED AT SO MANY
DIFFERENT LEVELS.
BUT NOW IT IS COMING OUT AND
IT'S A REALLY SAD.
I DID A GREAT SERVICE FOR THIS
COUNTRY WHEN I FIRED COMEY.
WEIGH AS BAD GUY WITH BAD
INTENTIONS.
YOU LOOK AT THE WAY HE
HANDLED -- ONE THING JUST TO
FINISH UP ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATS HATED
COMEY MORE THAN ANY HUMAN BEING.
HE ACTUALLY DID HILLARY CLINTON
A BIG FAVOR BECAUSE SHE SHOULD
BE IN JAIL, THEY SHOULD HAVE
TAKEN HER RIGHT OFF THE CAMPAIGN
BUT, SO HE DID HER A BIG FAVOR.
BUT DEMOCRATS HATED COMEY, HATED
HIM.
I SAID ONE THING IS, I SAID I
WOULD GET BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
YOU LOOK AT SCHUMER, ALL THOSE
PEOPLE, THEY PUT OUT HORRIBLE
STATEMENTS ABOUT COMEY, HE
SHOULD BE FIRED, HE IS IS
DISGRACE.
THE MINUTE HE WAS FIRED THEY
CAME OUT SAID HE WAS WONDERFUL
MAN.
I SAID I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE SAID THE DAY AFTER HE WAS
FIRED LIKE FROM A DIFFERENT
PLANET.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
POLITICIANS.
WHAT CAN I TELL YOU.
AINSLEY: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP
FIRING, YOUR WIFE RECENTLY HAD
AN INTERVIEW, THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE SHE DOESN'T
TRUST, PEOPLE YOU DON'T TRUST,
YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR BACK.
IS THAT TRUE, A, AND B, IF THAT
IS THE CASE WHY ARE THEY STILL
IN THE ADMINISTRATION?
>> WELL I THINK IT WAS MORE TRUE
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I
WAS IN WASHINGTON PROBABLY SEVEN
TEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE.
I CAME TO WASHINGTON ON THE
18th TIME, I SAID DARLING,
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, I'M
PRESIDENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON.
NOW I KNOW EVERYBODY.
I KNOW SOME THAT I WHERE I
DIDN'T KNOW BUT I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND I THINK NOW WE'RE
REALLY, YOU LOOK, NIKKI HALEY AS
AN EXAMPLE DID A FREIGHT JOB,
REALLY GREAT JOB.
SHE IS GOING TO BE REPLACED BY
SOMEBODY THAT IS FANTASTIC.
I KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE.
WE HAD SEVEN BUT FIVE --
BRIAN: CAN YOU TELL US THE FIVE,
CAN YOU TELL US THE FIVE NAMES?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE
OUTSTANDING, THEY'RE TOP, TOP OF
THE LINE.
WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE WORKING R
THERE SOME I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH?
YES.
WE'LL WEED THEM OUT SLOWLY BY
SURELY.
WHEN YOU LOOK WHAT WE DID WITH
MEXICO, CANADA, SOUTH KOREA,
LOOK WHAT WE DID WITH
NORTH KOREA, THAT WAS GOING INTO
A WAR AND NOW AS YOU KNOW THE
RELATIONSHIP IS GOOD.
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
THERE IS ONE, THAT IS A CHANGE.
HE IS FANTASTIC.
HE IS A STAR.
HE JUST GOT BACK FROM
NORTH KOREA.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE WAR AND WE
HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
NO MISSILES, NO TESTING, NO
NUCLEAR TESTING, NO NOTHING.
WE'VE COVERED A LOT.
I SAY, I SAY IT OFTEN, THAT WE,
ME, WE'VE DONE MORE IN LESS THAN
TWO YEARS THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
TAX CUTS, REGULATION CUTS, ALL
OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE,
JUDGES.
BY THE WAY I HAVE TWO SUPREME
COURT JUDGES ALREADY AND JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH WILL BE FANTASTIC.
BUT YOU TOP THAT WITH --
BRIAN: GOTCHA.
>> TAKE A LOOK WHO WE HAVE.
JUSTICE GORSUCH, JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH, MANY, MANY OTHER
JUDGES SO WE'VE DONE MORE THAN
ANYBODY.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS CLOSE.
BRIAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW ONE
THING HAS YOU CONCERNED, JAMMAL
KHASKHOGGI, WORKING FOR
"THE WASHINGTON POST"
DISAPPEARED FROM THE TURKISH
EMBASSY.
THEY HAVE VIDEO GOING IN AND NOT
GOING OUT.
THEY HAVE RUMORS THAT HE IS
DEAD.
"WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED THAT
YOU'RE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH
LACK OF ANSWERS.
JARED KUSHNER, YOUR SON-IN-LAW
IS TIGHT WITH THE CROWN PRINCE
AND CROWN PRINCE CALLS THE SHOTS
IN SAUDI ARABIA.
YOU'RE TIGHT WITH HIM TOO.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET SOME
ANSWERS?
>> WE'LL LOOK AT IT VERY, VERY
SERIOUSLY.
I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.
YOU DON'T HAVE AMERICAN CITIZENS
BUT THAT IN THIS CASE DOESN'T
MATTER.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T LIKE IT WITH RESPECT TO
REPORTERS.
IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
PRECEDENT.
WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE BEING VERY TOUGH AND
WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS OVER THERE
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH TURKEY
AND FRANKLY WE'RE WORKING WITH
SAUDI ARABIA.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
HE WENT IN AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
HE CAME OUT.
CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE
IS AROUND.
BUT HE IS WENT IN AND --
BRIAN: WHAT IS AT STAKE WITH
U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS SIR?
>> I'VE SAID THEY ARE EXCELLENT.
I TOLD THEM THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR
THEIR MILITARY.
SAUDI ARABIA IS A VERY RICH
COUNTRY.
AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THERE
WOULD BE NO SAUDI ARABIA IF
THERE WASN'T A UNITED STATES
BECAUSE WE PROTECTED THEM.
WE DON'T GET PAID FOR THIS
PROTECTION.
WE SHOULD BE PAID.
WE SPEND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS A YEAR PROTECTING
SAUDI ARABIA.
AND I'VE TOLD THE KING, KING
SALOMAN, I SAID, KING, SORRY,
YOU GOT TO PAY.
I SAID THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.
BRIAN: YOU CAN'T BE KILLING, YOU
CAN'T BE KILLING
"WASHINGTON POST" JOURNALISTS.
IS EVERYTHING IN JEOPARDY NOW,
SIR?
IS THAT IN JEOPARDY NOW, GOOD
RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA?
>> I HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
I DO HAVE TO FIND OUT.
WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING CLOSER
THAN YOU MIGHT THINK BUT I HAVE
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
STEVE: "THE WASHINGTON POST" IS
REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT THE
CROWN PRINCE, MOHAMMED BIN
SALMAN ORDERED OPERATION TO LURE
HIM BACK TO SAUDI ARABIA FROM
VIRGINIA AND DETAIN HIM
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. INTEL
INTERCEPTS OF SAUDI OFFICIALS
DISCUSSING THE PLAN.
AINSLEY: OKAY.
STEVE: THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT GOES
TO THE TOP, MR. PRESIDENT.
BRIAN:
>> THAT WOULD BE A VERY SAD
THING AND WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW IN
THE VERY SHORT FUTURE.
WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND
INCREDIBLE TALENT WORKING ON IT.
WE DON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
NO GOOD.
AINSLEY: MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME
ASK YOU ABOUT THE MIDTERMS,
HISTORICALLY ARE YOU WORRIED
ABOUT PEOPLE STAYING HOME FOR
THE MIDTERMS AND WHICH STATES DO
YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN?
>> SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING I WISH
YOU WERE RUNNING I WOULD BE
VOTING.
I SAID DO ME A FAVOR, GO OUT AND
VOTE, I SAY AT MY RALLIES, GO
OUT AND VOTE.
HISTORICALLY WHOEVER WINS THE
PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN
ANYBODY, THEY DON'T DO WELL IN
MIDTERMS.
I THINK IS DIFFERENT, THE
ECONOMY IS BEST IT HAS EVER BEEN
EVER.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY WE
EVER HAD.
WE TALKED ABOUT JOBS BEFORE, IT
IS THE BEST.
I REALLY THINK PEOPLE WILL GO
IT.
I REALLY THINK JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH, THE WAY HE WAS
TREATED SO BADLY, THIS IS FINE
MAN WHAT THEY DID TO HIM THE
DEMOCRATS I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
WILL FORGET THAT SO QUICKLY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE
MIDTERMS.
I THINK WE'LL DO VERY WELL.
I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE SENATE
RACES THAT WE WEREN'T EVEN GOING
TO CONTEST, THAT WERE WE'RE
ACTUALLY LEADING IN.
I COULD MENTION NAMES.
I WON'T, MAYBE I MENTION ONE OR
TWO.
HEIDI.
HEIDI WAS GOING TO BE YOU KNOW,
WIN WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MAN,
NORTH DAKOTA, WE HAVE A MAN WHO
IS FANTASTIC AND WE ASKED HIM TO
RUN, THE MOST POPULAR, HE IS
JUST A GREAT, GREAT PERSON.
BRIAN: KEVIN CRAMER.
>> KEVIN IS JUST A GREAT PERSON.
HE IS RUNNING UP LIKE 13 POINTS.
STEVE: RIGHT.
>> PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO GET OUT
AND VOTE.
YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
ON MANY SENATE RACES, RACES WE
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, WE'LL DO
AT LEAST VERY WELL, IN MANY CASE
IS I THINK WE'LL WIN.
WITH THE HOUSE MANY CASES PEOPLE
WILL CALL RUN.
I REALLY THINK REPUBLICANS ARE
ENERGIZED, MUCH MORE SO NOW THAN
TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO.
STEVE: MR. PRESIDENT, A NEW
"QUNNIPIAC POLL" CAME OUT THIS
MORNING WHAT HAD BEEN A TIGHT
RACE DOWN IN TEXAS BETWEEN CRUZ
AND O'ROURKE, CRUZ OPENED IT UP,
HE IS NOW AT 54%.
MR. O'ROURKE IS AT 45.
HE IS AHEAD BY NINE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK YOUR BASE
RIGHT NOW, IF LAST NIGHT'S RALLY
WERE ANY INDICATION, THEY'RE
ENERGIZED BUT THE BIG QUESTION,
SIR, HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT ENERGY
UP?
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE REPUBLICANS
AND THE RIGHT-LEANING
INDEPENDENTS, THE ENERGY UP SO
THEY WILL VOTE FOR YOUR SIDE?
>> WELL I REALLY THINK THEY HAVE
IT NATURALLY, I REALLY DO AND
I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT EVEN
BEFORE JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, IF YOU
LOOK AT OVER THE LAST MONTH OR
TWO MONTH.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THE POLLS
BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE
TREMENDOUS ENERGY.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
TREMENDOUS ENERGY.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR
401(k)S REALLY GOOD.
THEY'RE UP40 OR 50% IN
401(k)S.
THEY NEVER HAD IT.
STEVE: YESTERDAY WAS A BAD DAY
FOR INVESTORS.
>> THAT'S FINE.
FEDERAL RESERVE IS GETTING A
LITTLE TOO CUTE, THAT'S ALL.
THAT IS RED INCLUDES WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
DEMOCRATS LOOK WHAT THEY WOULD
DO TO IT.
THEY WOULD KNOCK IT DOWN,
INSTEAD OF UP 50% YOU WOULD BE
DOWN 50%.
WHEN I TOOK OVER THIS ECONOMY,
THIS ECONOMY WAS READY TO CRASH.
WE WERE AT 1% GDP.
NOW WE'RE AT 4.2%.
IT WAS READY TO CRASH.
IT WAS THE WORST, IF YOU LOOK
FROM DEPRESSION, FROM THE GREAT
DEPRESSION, IT WAS THE WORST
RECOVERY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
AND OBAMA THREW TREMENDOUS MONEY
AT IT.
DON'T FORGET OBAMA WAS PLAYING
WITH ZERO MONEY.
SO HE WAS PLAYING WITH FUNNY
MONEY.
HE WAS, IT WAS VERY EASY.
I'M PAYING INTEREST AT A HIGH
RATE BECAUSE OF OUR FED.
AND I WOULD LIKE OUR FED NOT TO
BE SOING A AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE I
THINK THEY'RE MAKING A BIG
MISTAKE BUT I'M, I'M PLAYING
WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH MONEY THAT
WE PAY INTEREST.
NOW THAT IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE WITH
MONEY IN THE BANK AND NOW THEY
CAN GET INTEREST ON THEIR MONEY
FOR FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
BUT IT IS GOOD IN CERTAIN WAYS
BUT THEY'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.
THEY'RE BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE.
BRIAN: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
CHINA, IF WE CAN, WE WERE STRUCK
WHEN ONE OF OUR BATTLESHIPS CAME
WITHIN 45 YARDS OF A CHINESE
SHIP AND WE HAD TO BACK OUT.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY DISTURBED
ABOUT YOURING A AGGRESSIVE
STANCE WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE
AND THEY'RE STEALING OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM OUR
PEOPLE.
WE'RE COMING TO LOGGERHEADS WITH
THAT FELLOW SUPERPOWER.
WHERE IS THAT HEADING AND IS
THIS ALL HANDS ON DECK WITH THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ALONG WITH
THE TREASURY ON THE SAME PAGE TO
STOP THEM AS THEY LOOK TO EXPAND
AROUND THE GLOBE?
>> WELL SURE, BUT YOU STOP THEM
ECONOMICALLY.
LOOK, CHINA WAS TAKING OUT
$500 BILLION A YEAR,
500 BILLION, BRIAN, A YEAR.
I SAID IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
ANY LONGER.
I DIDN'T GO INITIALLY BECAUSE
THEY HAVE HELPED US AND I
BELIEVE THEY'RE CONTINUING TO
HELP US WITH NORTH KOREA BECAUSE
93% OF THE STUFF GOES THROUGH
CHINA TO GET INTO NORTH KOREA.
THROUGH THEIR BORDER.
CHINA HAS BEEN QUITE GOOD.
THEY COULD BE BETTER BUT THEY'RE
QUITE GOOD WHAT WE'RE DOING IN
NORTH KOREA IS AMAZING BY THE
WAY ACCORDING TO EVERYBODY.
SO WITH CHINA I SAID YOU CAN'T
DO THIS YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO
TAKE THIS MONEY OUT.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE
OF BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, PRESIDENT
BUSH.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF
BY MANY OTHER PRESIDENTS.
THEY LET CHINA GET OUT OF
CONTROL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PAY $500 BILLION A YEAR TO CHINA
AND REBUILD CHINA.
WE HAVE HELPED REBUILD CHINA
MORE THAN ANY OTHER FACTOR.
WE HAVE HELPED REBUILD IT.
I SAID IT'S OVER.
THEY'RE NOT HAPPY.
THEY CAN'T BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE
EUROPEAN UNION, I TOLD THEM THE
SAME THING THE THEY DON'T TAKE
OUR PRODUCT AND YET THEIR
MERCEDES-BENZS AND BMWs IN TO
SEE US.
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH CHINA.
THAT'S THE BIG ONE.
THAT'S THE REAL BIG ONE.
THEY'RE TAKING OUT $500 BILLION
AND NOW I PUT $250 BILLION WORTH
OF TAXES OR TARIFFS ON CHINA AND
IT HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THEIR.
STEVE: WHAT'S NEXT?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR ECONOMY,
A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
THEIR ECONOMY HAS GONE DOWN VERY
SUBSTANTIALLY.
I HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO IF I
WANT TO DO IT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT BUT THEY
HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AND I'VE
SAID IT, ACTUALLY I SAID IT LAST
NIGHT TO SHANNON, I WILL TELL
YOU THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE.
THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE BADLY BUT
I TOLD THEM YOU'RE NOT READY
YET.
YOU'RE NOT READY YET.
THEY LIVED TOO WELL FOR TOO LONG
AND FRANKLY I GUESS THEY THINK
THAT THE AMERICANS ARE STUPID
PEOPLE.
AMERICANS ARE NOT STUPID PEOPLE.
WE WERE LED BADLY WHEN IT CAME
TO TRADE.
THAT INCLUDES WITH MEXICO, WHICH
WE'VE SOLVED, IT INCLUDES WITH
CANADA, IT INCLUDES WITH
EVERYBODY.
ONE BY ONE WE'RE KNOCKING THEM
OFF.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE
HAVE SUCH POTENTIAL IN OUR
COUNTRY BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE
DOING THIS WITH THESE HORRIBLE
TRADE DEALS.
FRANKLY WITH HORRIBLE MILITARY
DEALS WHERE WE PROTECT WEALTHY
COUNTRIES LIKE JAPAN AND
SAUDI ARABIA AND SOUTH KOREA.
THEY DON'T PAY US.
IT IS RIDICULOUS.
WE'RE PROTECTING THE WORLD AND
THEY DON'T PAY US.