BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN ALMOST 40
YEARS SINCE JIMMY CARTER LEFT
THE WHITE HOUSE BUT LEFT
IMPRESSION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS,
BETTER RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES
WE USED TO IGNORE.
FORMER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY
BUSY CONTINUING TO BUILD HOUSES
FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
DISCLOSURE I WAS INTERN AT
CARTER ADMINISTRATION AS COLLEGE
RIGHT NOW JIMMY CARTER. BY MY
COUNT YOU ARE BETTER THAN 4,000
HOMES, 14 COUNTRIES YOU'VE BEEN
DOING THIS AND I'M LOOKING AT
SOME OF YOUR FELLOW
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR COMBINED
SPEECHES AND HERE YOU ARE 93
YEAR'S YOUNG BUILDING HOMES,
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
>> WELL, I'M CERTAINLY 94, AS A
MATTER OF FACT AND MY WIFE IS 91
BUT WE STILL -- WE STILL ARE
STRUGGLING ALONG, WE DON'T
BIGGER AS WE DID IN THE PAST BUT
WE DO WORK ON HABITAT SIDE AND
IT'S GRATIFYING, I FEEL LIKE WE
GET MORE OUT OF IT THAN WE PUT
INTO IT ALTHOUGH WE WORK
SOMETIMES VERY HARD AND OVERWORK
ON OCCASION, HABITAT IS A
WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND I
WOULD URGE EVERYBODY THAT'S
WATCHING THIS COUNTRY TO
CONSIDER EITHER MAKING
CONTRIBUTION TO FINANCIALLY.
NEIL: YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ABOUT
AMBITION TO BE RICH, FORMER
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER SAID HE
DOESN'T LIKE BIG SHOTS AND HE
NEIL: YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
BIG SHOTS.
PEOPLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN 32
BOOKS AND I WILL BE PLEASED THAT
IF MY BOOKS BROUGHT AS MUCH AS
SOME OF THE OTHERS DID BUT I'VE
OF MY TOP PRIORITIES.
NEIL: I WAS THINKING OF YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT, THIS TIME WITH
EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN
THE COUNTRY, IT'S VERY
POLARIZING, AS YOU'VE INDICATED
IN PRIOR CHATS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
HAD VARIATIONS OF POLARIZING
TIMES BUT THESE SEEM ESPECIALLY
NASTY.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT RIGHT
NOW?
>> I THINK WE GO INTO A PHASE OF
DIFFICULTY.
OUR COUNTRY IS MUCH MORE
POLARIZED THAN IT EVER WAS
DISPARITY WITH POOR PEOPLE AND
WE HAVE BEEN DOWN TO HISTORY AS
YOU KNOW MORE THAN 200 YEARS TO
OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES OF THAT
KIND AND I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT
THAT THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
PEOPLE WILL PRINCIPLE -- PREVAIL
IN THE LONG TERM.
NEIL: DO YOU THINK WHAT YOU ARE
DOING NOW AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING
TO HELP THE DISADVANTAGED IS
GOING AWAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
CRITICIZE PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT
THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE
MARKETS AND THE FOCUS ON THE
BOOM, WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT
DID YOU -- DID THE MARKETS
HE MENTIONS THEM A LOT, THINKS
THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT, WHAT DO
YOU THINK?
>> YES, THE MARKETS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I
THOUGHT HAVING A FAIR AND
EQUITABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH AS
MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
AS WE POSSIBLY COULD AND
FRIENDSHIP WAS NATIONAL TRADE
WITH THEM WAS GOOD FOR AMERICA
IN THE LONG TERM AND GOOD FOR
INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS AS WELL AND
I STILL FEEL THAT WAY AND I
DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT --
THAT EVENTUALLY WE WILL WORK OUT
ANOTHER GOOD DEAL BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND ME
UNITED STATES AND MÉXICO, WHICH
MIGHT BE DOING NOW AND CANADA IN
THE FUTURE.
I TALKED TO CANADA EARLIER TODAY
AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FUTURE RELATIONSHIP TO REPLACE
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT
FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND --
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPROACH
IS NOT THE SAME AS HAS BEEN IN
PRESIDENT BUT HE HAS HIS OWN
IDEAS AND -- AND MY HOPE IS THAT
HE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I PRAY FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I PRAY THAT HE
WILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR COUNTRY