AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
REPORTER: WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK
THEM TO STOP SAYING IT?
>> NUMBER ONE, I THINK I DID.
I STARTED SPEAKING VERY QUICKLY.
IT REALLY WAS -- I DISAGREE WITH
IT, BY THE WAY.
BUT IT WAS QUITE A CHANT AND I
FELT A LITTLE BIT BADLY ABOUT IT
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I DID AND I
STARTED SPEAKING VERY QUICKLY, I
STARTED RATHER FAST AS YOU
PROBABLY NOTICED.
REPORTER: YOU'RE TELLING --
>> I WOULD SAY I WAS NOT HAPPY
WITH IT.
I DISAGREE WITH IT BUT AGAIN, I
DIDN'T SAY THAT.
THEY DID.
BUT I DISAGREE WITH IT.
REPORTER: [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK IF YOU
EXAMINE IT, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL
FIND THAT.
BUT I DISAGREE WITH IT.
ANYBODY ELSE?
REPORTER: WHY DIDN'T YOU
[ INAUDIBLE ]?
>> BECAUSE WE HAD A DATE SET AND
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE DATE,
AND THEY WANTED TO DO IT IN THE
FORM OF AN INTERVIEW.
I HAD AGREED TO MAKE A SPEECH.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE MADE
A SPEECH TO THE NAACP.
WE HAVE AS YOU KNOW, RECORD
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, THE LOWEST
IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE THE POVERTY NUMBERS,
IT'S A POVERTY SCALE AND THE
AFRICAN AMERICANS DOING THE BEST
THEY'VE EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY
OF OUR COUNTRY WHICH IS
SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.
I MEAN REALLY PROUD OF.
I WAS GOING OVER THE NIGHT
BEFORE SOME OF THE NUMBERS
HAVING TO DO WITH THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE BEST NUMBERS WE'VE EVER
HAD.
I VERY MUCH WANTED TO GO BUT WE
HAD A DATE, THE DATE GOT CHANGED
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WANTED
TO DO IT IN THE FORM OF A
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE
POSSIBLY THE PERSON ASKING THE
QUESTIONS.
YEAH.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER THE
QUESTION BETTER THAN ME.
YES, GO AHEAD.
REPORTER: [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> NO.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
OTHER THAN I HAVE SPOKEN TO
SENATOR PAUL.
AND SENATOR PAUL'S SOMEBODY I
HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP
WITH.
AND I WOULD LISTEN TO HIM BUT I
DIDN'T APPOINT HIM, NO.
WHEN DID THIS COME UP?
REPORTER: YES YESTERDAY OR THE
DAY BEFORE.
>> I RESPECT SENATOR PAUL.
I WOULD SAY IRAN IS A MUCH
DIFFERENT COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I TOOK OVER, MIKE AND I
CAME INTO OFFICE, IRAN WAS THE
SCOURGE OF THE WORLD.
THEY WERE DOING 14 DIFFERENT
SITES OF CONFLICTION.
THEY WERE FIGHTING AND CAUSING
PROBLEMS IN YEMEN AND SYRIA AND
IRAQ AND ALL OVER.
IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING,
YOU LOOK AT THEM PULLING BACK
AND THEY'RE NOT PULLING BACK
BECAUSE THEY LOVE US.
THEY'RE PULLING BACK BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
THEY'RE BEING HURT VERY BADLY BY
SANCTIONS.
I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR
LONG BECAUSE I HOPE THEY'RE ABLE
TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
IT CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL
PRESIDENT OBAMA DEAL THAT WAS A
DISASTER FROM MANY STAND POINTS
BUT ALMOST, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE
ENDING VERY SHORTLY.
IT'S A VERY SHORT-TERM DEAL.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A SHORT-TERM DEAL
FOR A COUNTRY.
YOU NEED A HUNDRED YEAR DEAL.
YOU DON'T NEED A SHORT-TERM, IN
A FEW YEARS, LITERALLY IN A FEW
YEARS THEY WOULD BE ON THEIR WAY
TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
PLUS, THEY CAN'T DO BALLISTIC
MISSILES AND THE DEAL ALLOWS
THEM TO DO BALLISTIC MISSILES.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER SITES.
THE BEST, THE MOST IMPORTANT
SITES, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO
IN AND LOOK AT.
WHAT KIND OF A DEAL IS THAT?
AND OTHER THINGS.
AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
SO IRAN IS NOT THE SAME COUNTRY,
THEY HAVE INFLATION NOW AT 75%,
THEY'RE HAVING TREMENDOUS
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE COUNTRY,
THEY'RE SELLING VERY LITTLE OIL.
WE HAVE AN EMBARGO.
WE HAVE A STOP ON OIL.
EVEN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE
NOW AGREEING WITH ME.
YOU SEE THEY'RE COMING OVER AND
THEY'RE COMING OVER VERY STRONG.
IT'S VERY SAD WHAT HAPPENED TO
IRAN.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE A FAIR
DEAL.
THE DEAL THAT WAS MADE WAS A BAD
DEAL.
IT WAS NOT APPROVED BY CONGRESS.
LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DEAL
THAT WAS MADE.
AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING QUICKLY
OR WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME.
I'M IN NO RUSH.
REPORTER: ARE YOU CONCERNED
[ INAUDIBLE ]?
>> I HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND
I WASN'T HAPPY WITH THAT MESSAGE
THAT THEY GAVE LAST NIGHT BUT
THAT WAS A PACKED ARENA.
WE COULD HAVE SOLD THE ARENA, WE
COULD HAVE SOLD TEN OF THOSE
ARENAS LAST NIGHT.
THERE WERE TREMENDOUS NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T GET IN.
WE HAD OUTSIDE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WE HAD
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO COME AND
WE SAID PLEASE DON'T COME.
IT HELD 10,000 PEOPLE.
IT WAS PACKED.
WE COULD HAVE SOLD THAT ARENA
TEN TIMES.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR
THIS TEAM, THE PRESIDENT, FOR
THE VICE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT.
MAYBE LIKE NOBODY'S SEEN IN A
LONG TIME.
THIS GREAT ENERGY.
I SAY THERE'S FAR MORE ENERGY ON
THE RIGHT THAN THERE IS ON THE
LEFT.
I HEAR ABOUT THE LEFT, ALL I SEE
IS THE LEFT IS FIGHTING ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
I THINK WE HAVE FAR MORE SUPPORT
THAN THEY DO AND I THINK WE HAVE
FAR MORE ENERGY THAN THEY DO.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY
INTERESTING ELECTION BUT I WAS
NOT HAPPY WHEN I HEARD THAT
CHANT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
REPORTER: [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THEM.
I WOULD SUGGEST, I WAS NOT HAPPY
WITH IT BUT WHAT I WOULD
SUGGEST, YOU GO THERE, GO TO
NORTH CAROLINA, AND YOU ASK THE
PEOPLE WHY DID THEY SAY THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
REPORTER: WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF
THEY TRY TO DO IT AGAIN?
>> WELL, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT THEY
DID IT AND I STARTED SPEAKING
VERY QUICKLY.
I COULD HAVE STOOD BACK --
EXCUSE ME.
REALLY?
IF YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD, THERE
WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NOISE
AND ACTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.