OKAY. SO UP TO THE SOUTH LAWN.
LET’S LISTEN IN.
>> SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD DAY
TODAY.
TODAY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. THERE WAS NO -- OF WHAT ROBERT
MUELLER WAS TRYING TO DEFEND.
IN ALL FAIRNESS TO ROBERT
MUELLER, WHETHER HIS PERFORMANCE
WAS A BAD ONE OR A GOOD ONE, I
THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS
THAT.
THAT. I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS
WHAT’S GOING ON.
THERE WAS NO DEFENSE TO THIS
RIDICULOUS HOAX.
RIDICULOUS HOAX. THIS WITCH HUNT THAT’S BEEN
GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
PRETTY MUCH FROM THE TIME I CAME
DOWN ON THE ESCALATOR WITH OUR
FIRST LADY AND IT’S A DISGRACE
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. BUT I THINK TODAY PROVED A LOT
TO EVERYBODY.
TO EVERYBODY. IN FACT, SOME OF MY BIGGEST
OPPONENTS WROTE THINGS TODAY I
WOULDN’T BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE
WRITTEN AND I APPRECIATE THAT
THEY DID THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BAD THING
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND DESPITE EVERYTHING WE’VE
BEEN THROUGH, IT’S BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE 2 1/2 YEARS FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THE ADMINISTRATION, OUR
PRESIDENT, ME, WE’VE DONE A
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB. WE’VE DONE IT UNDER THIS
TERRIBLE, PHONY CLOUD, A PHONY
CLOUD.
CLOUD. AND THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. ABSOLUTELY ASHAMED.
ABSOLUTELY ASHAMED. AND YOU KNOW WHO KNEW IT WAS A
PHONY CLOUD MORE THAN ANYONE
ELSE?
ELSE? SCHIFF AND NADLER AND SCHUMER
AND PELOSI.
AND PELOSI. EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THEY ALL KNEW IT WAS PHONY
STUFF.
STUFF. AND YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS.
THE POLLS ARE SHOWING IT MAYBE
MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE OR
ANYTHING ELSE.
ANYTHING ELSE. AND I’VE HAD MY BEST POLLS, AND
I DON’T SAY WHY, BUT PEOPLE SEE
WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY
WITH THIS WHOLE THING.
I’VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IT FOR
THREE YEARS.
THREE YEARS. FOR THREE YEARS.
ALL NONSENSE.
ALL NONSENSE. SO THIS WAS A VERY BIG DAY FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. THIS WAS A VERY BIG DAY FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND YOU CAN SAY IT WAS A GREAT
DAY FOR ME, BUT I DON’T EVEN
LIKE TO SAY THAT.
IT’S GREAT.
IT’S GREAT. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THOSE
INCREDIBLE WARRIORS THAT YOU
WATCHED TODAY ON TELEVISION.
REPUBLICANS THAT DEFENDED
SOMETHING AND DEFENDED SOMETHING
VERY POWERFUL, VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY
DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY.
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THEY
WERE DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY.
BUT THEY WERE WARRIORS, AND
THEY’VE BEEN WARRIORS FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME. AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS A
HOAX.
HOAX. ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATS.
I WISH WE COULD BE A FLY ON THE
WALL IN THOSE ROOMS WHERE THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD GO AND TALK
BEFORE AND AFTER MEETINGS.
AND THEY’D BE LAUGHING AND
SMILING AND SAY, CAN YOU BELIEVE
THAT WE’RE GETTING AWAY WITH
THIS?
THIS? BUT IN THE END, THEY DIDN’T GET
AWAY WITH IT.
YEAH?
YEAH? >> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> HE DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO
EXONERATE.
EXONERATE. THAT’S VERY INTERESTING.
PEOPLE MENTION EXONERATION.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE HE
TOTALLY FOLDED BECAUSE HE NEVER
HAD THE RIGHT TO EXONERATE.
AND IT WAS COVERED VERY WELL BY
CONGRESSMAN TURNER AND PUT TO A
CONCLUSION.
CONCLUSION. WE WERE -- IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
NOT ONLY THE REPORT, BEYOND THE
REPORT, TAKE A LOOK AT NOT WHAT
HE SAID BUT WHAT HE WAS FORCED
TO SAY.
TO SAY. AND EVEN YOUR NETWORKS AND YOUR
NETWORK AND YOUR NETWORK AND
YOUR -- EVERY ONE OF THESE
NETWORKS, THEY PUT UP THEIR
HANDS.
HANDS. WE HAD A COUPLE OF CASES --
ACTUALLY, WE HAD ABOUT SIX CASES
WHERE THEY ASKED OUR PEOPLE, OUR
REPRESENTATIVES, TELEVISION
REPRESENTATIVES, TELEVISION NETWORKS, PLEASE DON’T COME IN
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE’LL NOT BE DOING MUCH ON IT.
AND THE REASON THEY’RE NOT
BECAUSE IT’S OVER.
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED YOU COULD
BE INDICTED OUT OF OFFICE?
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> WIKILEAKS IS A HOAX JUST LIKE
EVERYTHING ELSE.
EVERYTHING ELSE. AND ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS HAVING
TO DO WITH CRIME WERE THE
BIGGEST HOAX OF ALL.
IT WAS A WITCH HUNT.
A TOTAL WITCH HUNT.
AND WHEN YOU SAW ROBERT
MUELLER’S STATEMENT, THE EARLIER
STATEMENT, AND THEN HE DID A
RECAP, HE DID A CORRECTION LATER
ON IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
CORRECTION WAS, AND YOU STILL
ASKED THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE YOU’RE FAKE NEWS.
AND YOU’RE ONE OF THE MOST --
AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU.
THE FACT THAT YOU EVEN ASKED
THAT QUESTION, YOU’RE FAKE NEWS
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE TOTALLY CORRECTED HIMSELF IN
THE AFTERNOON AND YOU KNOW THAT
JUST AS WELL AS ANYBODY.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> I DON’T KNOW WHOSE ANSWERS
WEREN’T.
WEREN’T. I GUESS HIS ANSWERS WEREN’T.
IF YOU LOOK, THE WHOLE REPORT,
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY
DID.
DID. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE
DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
SOME OF THE THINGS HE DIDN’T
EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE END, WHAT
HE DID, HE ACTUALLY, PROBABLY
CAME THROUGH FOR HIMSELF.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS OBVIOUSLY
NOT VERY GOOD.
HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
BUT WHAT HE SAID MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IS THIS WHOLE
THING HAS BEEN THREE YEARS OF
EMBARRASSMENT AND WASTE OF TIME
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE DEMOCRATS THOUGHT THEY COULD
WIN AN ELECTION LIKE THIS.
I THINK THEY HURT THEMSELVES
VERY BADLY FOR 2020.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> SHALL I WHAT?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I REALLY DON’T KNOW.
DON’T KNOW.
DON’T KNOW. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
FRANKLY, WHETHER OR NOT HE DID,
WOULDN’T MATTER TO ME BECAUSE HE
DID NOTHING WRONG.
HE DID NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE
IT’S SO UNIMPORTANT.
IT WAS ALWAYS A VERY UNIMPORTANT
MEETING.
MEETING. IT WAS ONLY IMPORTANT TO THE
FAKE NEWS.
FAKE NEWS. GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. NO, HE DIDN’T SAY THAT.
AGAIN, YOU’RE FAKE NEWS AND
YOU’RE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE
LIST ALSO.
LIST ALSO. LET ME JUST TELL YOU.
GO BACK TO -- NOT WHAT HE SAID.
READ HIS CORRECTIONS.
READ HIS CORRECTIONS.
IF YOU READ HIS CORRECTIONS,
YOU’LL FIND OUT.
THAT’S WHY PEOPLE DON’T DEAL
WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT AN
HONEST REPORTER.
HONEST REPORTER. >> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> JOHN, THEY DEVASTATED.
THE DEMOCRATS LOST SO BIG TODAY.
THEIR PARTY IS IN SHAMBLES RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. THEY’VE GOT THE SQUAD LEADING
THEIR PARTY.
THEIR PARTY. THEY ARE A MESS.
WHERE EVEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SO
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THE
MOST OUTSPOKEN AND THEY SAY THIS
WAS A DEVASTATING DAY FOR THE
DEMOCRATS, AND YOU KNOW IT,
JOHN, AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS
IT, THIS WAS A DEVASTATING DAY
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT --
>> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> A VERY DUMB AND VERY UNFAIR
QUESTION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT
HIS CORRECTION, HE TOOK THAT
TOTALLY OUT OF PLAY.
HE MADE HIS DECISION BASED ON
THE FACTS, NOT BASED ON SOME
RULE.
RULE. YOU SHOULDN’T EVEN ASK THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S A
PHONY.
PHONY. GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOTHING.
AND NOW THEY HAVE LESS THAN
NOTHING.
NOTHING. AND I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO
LOSE THE 2020 ELECTION VERY BIG,
INCLUDING CONGRESSIONAL SEATS
BECAUSE OF THE PATH THAT THEY
CHOSE.
CHOSE. WHO KNOWS WHERE IT GOES.
FROM WHAT I HEAR, THEY’RE GIVING
UP.
UP. I HEAR THEM DO WELL.
THEY’LL NEVER GIVE UP.
THEY’LL GO BACK INTO THE ROOM
AND --
AND -- AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO WIN
BETTER THAN EVER.
NOW I’M GOING TO WEST VIRGINIA,
ONE OF THE GREAT STATES.
A STATE THAT’S DOING -- IF YOU
LOOK AT ONE OR NUMBER TWO IN
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE BELIEVED
THAT.
THAT. WEST VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA’S DOING GREAT.
I’M GOING TO WEST VIRGINIA.
WE DID HAVE A BIG CASE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, WE WON THE ASYLUM CASE
IN WASHINGTON, WHICH, FRANKLY,
YOU SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE THAT’S THE REAL DEAL.
I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW NICE YOU
ARE.
ARE. GO AHEAD, GIVE ME A QUESTION.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> NO, BECAUSE WE DID NOTHING
WRONG.
WRONG. THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE.
NOTHING WAS DONE WRONG.
THIS IS ALL A BIG HOAX.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT TODAY, NOTHING
WAS DONE WRONG.
NOW, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU’RE GOING
TO FIND, YOU’RE GOING TO FINE A
LOT
LOT LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE
WRONG.
WRONG. THAT’S GOING ON NOW.
THAT’S SOMETHING YOU HAVEN’T
BEEN WRITING ABOUT.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE. >> MR. PRESIDENT --
>> THAT HAS TO DO WITH A THING
CALLED INVESTIGATE THE
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THAT’S GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. >> MR. PRESIDENT --
>> ROBERT MUELLER DID A GOOD
JOB --
JOB -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> LOOK, I THINK ROBERT MUELLER
DID A HORRIBLE JOB.
BOTH TODAY AND WITH RESPECT TO
THE INVESTIGATION.
THE INVESTIGATION. BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO ROBERT
MUELLER, HE HAD NOTHING TO WORK
WITH.
WITH. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE A BUILDER.
IF THEY DON’T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT
MATERIALS, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO
BUILD A VERY GOOD BUILDING.
ROBERT MUELLER HAD NO MATERIAL.
HE HAD NOTHING TO WORK WITH.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, HE DID VERY
POORLY TODAY.
POORLY TODAY. I DON’T THINGK THERE’S ANYBODY
EVEN AMONG THE FAKERS.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYBODY
WHO WOULD SAY HE DID WELL.
I LOOKED AT YOUR PEOPLE.
THEY’RE SAYING IT WAS
DEVASTATING FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
AND EVEN, I WILL TELL YOU, THE
TWO MOST NAUSEOUS AND NAUSEATING
NETWORKS WHOSE RATINGS HAVE BOTH
GONE DOWN, WAY DOWN, EVEN THEY
SAID THIS WAS A REALLY BAD DAY
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
SO ROBERT MUELLER DID A POOR
JOB, BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO HIM,
HE HAD NOTHING TO WORK WITH.
DAVID?
DAVID? >> MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU REGRET
NOT TALKING TO MUELLER --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> LOOK, I SAW WHAT HE DID TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. HOW HE RUINED PEOPLE’S LIVES
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T REMEMBER A
DATE OR SOMETHING VERY MINOR.
HE RUINED PEOPLE’S LIVES.
THE DEMOCRATS, THEY TOOK PEOPLE,
THEY DESTROYED THEIR LIVES.
THEY WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY
COULDN’T AFFORD THE LEGAL FEES
AND THERE WERE GOOD PEOPLE,
MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
SO WHEN YOU ASK ME THAT
QUESTION, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS
SEE HOW NICE THIS WEATHER IS, IF
I MADE A MISTAKE AND SAID I WAS
TALKING TO THE MEDIA AND IT WAS
A LITTLE BIT RAINY, A LITTLE BIT
OVERCAST, THEY’D SAY, WELL WITH
HAVE TO DO -- HE LIED.
I’VE SEEN WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO
PEOPLE, HOW THEY DESTROYED
PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL FLYNN AND SO
MANY OTHERS.
MANY OTHERS. WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO PEOPLE, NO,
I DID THE RIGHT THING.
>> MR. PRESIDENT --
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> WELL, MUELLER HAD NO
MATERIAL.
MATERIAL. SURE.
SURE. MUELLER HAD NO MATERIAL TO WORK
WITH.
WITH. AND HE DID A HORRIBLE JOB.
OBVIOUSLY, HIS PRESENTATION WAS
WAY OFF.
WAY OFF. BUT THAT’S OKAY.
IT DIDN’T MATTER.
HE HAD NO MATERIAL.
THERE WAS NOTHING DONE WRONG.
IN FACT, THINGS WERE DONE RIGHT.
THERE WAS NOTHING DONE WRONG.
AND CERTAINLY, I MEAN, LOOK, I
READ THE PAPERS AND I READ THE
PRESS AND I READ THE INTERNET.
AND IF YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON
THE INTERNET, IF YOU LISTEN TO
THE INTERNET, THIS WAS ONE OF
THE WORST PERFORMANCES IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
SO YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL.
BUT I DON’T THINK ANYBODY COULD
HAVE DONE A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
HE HAD NO MATERIAL.
IT WAS A FAKE SET OF FACTS THAT
THE DEMOCRATS USED, AND OTHERS,
TO TRY AND DO REALLY AN ILLEGAL
OVERTHROW.
OVERTHROW. BUT WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION NCHLD]
>> WELL, THE ASYLUM IS -- DAN?
>> GUATEMALA?
>> GUATEMALA? >> SO THE ASYLUM IS A VERY BIG
RULING.
RULING. THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS RULING
TODAY.
TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE RESPECT THE COURTS VERY MUCH.
THAT HELPS US VERY MUCH AT THE
BORDER.
BORDER. THE NUMBERS ARE WAY DOWN AT THE
BORDER WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
APPREHENSIONS ARE WAY DOWN.
BECAUSE MEXICO HAS NOW 22,000
SOLDIER S
SOLDIER S SOLDIERS AND THEY MEAN BUSINESS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT GOOD FOR
THEM.
THEM. IT’S ALSO GOOD FOR MEXICO WHAT
THEY’RE DOING BECAUSE THE CAR
TELL
TELL CARTELS HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE
BORDER FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING, THE
PRESIDENT IS SAYING WE GOT TO
CLEAN IT UP.
THEY GOT 21,000 SOLDIERS.
THEY’LL PROBABLY PUT UP MORE.
THIS RULING TODAY ON ASYLUM IS A
TREMENDOUS RULING.
TREMENDOUS RULING. >> GUATEMALA?
>> GUATEMALA? >> GOTUATEMALA GAVE US THEIR WOR
WE WERE GOING TO SIGN AN
AGREEMENT AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN THEY BACKED OUT.
THEY SAID IT WAS THEIR SUPREME
COURT.
COURT. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT.
BUT THEY USED THEIR SUPREME
COURT AS THE REASON THEY DIDN’T
WANT TO DO IT.
SO WE’LL EITHER DO TARIFFS OR
WE’LL DO SOMETHING.
WE’RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING VERY
SEVERE WITH RESPECT TO
GUATEMALA.
GUATEMALA. I’VE ALREADY CUT OFF PAYMENTS.
I DID THAT A YEAR AGO.
I CUT OFF PAYMENTS GOING TO
HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, AND
GUATEMALA.
GUATEMALA. WE USED TO SEND THEM $500
MILLION FOR NOTHING.
FOR NOTHING.
FOR NOTHING. THEY DIDN’T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT
SET UP CARAVANS.
SO GUATEMALA, WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF AND WON’T EVEN BE
TOUGH.
TOUGH. WE’RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS VERY HEAVY, AS
YOU KNOW, MEXICO HAS PUT 6,000
PEOPLE ON THAT BORDER.
>> MR. PRESIDENT --
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> LET ME JUST TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. I KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE A
QUESTION.
QUESTION. [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> YOU MEAN MY WHITE HOUSE AIDES
LIED?
LIED? WHAT ABOUT HIS AIDE?
WHAT ABOUT MUELLER’S AIDE?
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> HE DIDN’T SAY THAT AT ALL.
YOU’RE UNTRUTHFUL WHEN YOU’RE
ASKING -- YOU ARE UNTRUTHFUL.
WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION --
WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION,
YOU’RE UNTRUTHFUL, AND YOU KNOW
WHO ELSE IS UNTRUTHFUL?
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS UNTRUTHFUL?
HIS AIDES.
HIS AIDES. WHITE WISEMAN WAS UNTRUTHFUL AND
GOT CAUGHT JUST LIKE HE DID WITH
ARTHUR ANDERSON WHEN HE LOST IN
THE SUPREME COURT 9-0.
HIS AIDES WERE VERY UNTROOTHUTHF
AND THEY PUT MUELLER -- NOT AT
ALL.
ALL. THEY PUT MULER IN ER INMUELLER I
POSITION.
POSITION. HIS AIDES PUT HIM IN A VERY BAD
POSITION.
POSITION. IF YOU WERE EVER TRUTHFUL, YOU’D