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>> Chris: WE ARE BACK NOW WITH
MORE FROM OUR EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE WE SAT DOWN
WITH THE PRESIDENT THERE WAS
BREAKING NEWS, A RULING ON THE
CNN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR PULLING A
REPORTER'S PRESS PASS.
CNN ARGUED THAT TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION VIOLATED ITS
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
ADMINISTRATION LAWYERS SAID
MR. TRUMP CAN EXCLUDE ANY
REPORTER HE WANTS FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED IN
THE SECOND PART OF OUR INTERVIEW
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>> Chris: A FEDERAL JUDGE WHO
YOU APPOINTED HAS JUST ROLLED
THAT YOU MUST GIVE CNN REPORTER
JIM ACOSTA'S PRESS PASS BACK.
YOUR REACTION?
>> President Trump: IT'S MINE.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
WHAT THEY SAID WAS WE HAVE TO
CREATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
CONDUCT.
WERE DOING THAT, WERE WRITING
THEM UP RIGHT NOW AND MISS
BEHAVIOR, WE WILL THROW THEM OUT
OR WE WILL STOP THE NEWS
CONFERENCE.
>> Chris: WHAT ARE YOUR RULES
GOING TO BE?
THIS IS OVER THE LINE --
>> President Trump: WE ARE
DOING THEM NOW.
YOU CAN'T KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE HAD A LOT OF REPORTERS IN
THAT ROOM.
MANY, MANY REPORTERS IN THAT
ROOM AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASK
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS GUY GETS
UP AND STARTS DOING WHAT HE
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR HIM AND
FOR CNN AND JUST SHOUTING OUT
QUESTIONS BUT I WILL SAY THIS,
LOOK.
NOBODY BELIEVES IN THE
FIRST AMENDMENT MORE THAN I DO
AND IF I THINK NOBODY IS ACTING
OUT OF SORTS I WILL LEAVE, I
WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
EVERYBODY, I APPRECIATE YOU
COMING AND I WILL LEAVE.
AND THOSE REPORTERS WILL NOT BE
TOO FRIENDLY TO WHOEVER IT IS
THAT IS ACTING OUT.
>> Chris: WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL
ON HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE?
IT SEEMS TO BE A SIMPLE
SOLUTION, JUST DON'T CALL ON HI
HIM.
>> President Trump: I LIKE TO
DO IT BUT IN MANY CASES I DON'T.
HE'S UNBELIEVABLY RUDE TO SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS, A WONDERFUL
WOMAN.
UNBELIEVABLY RUDE AND I SEE THAT
AND I ACTUALLY ASK HER THE SAME,
WHY DO COLONIES PEOPLE THAT ARE
SO NASTY AND I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS WE WILL DO IS WE WILL
TURN THE CAMERA OFF THAT FACES
THEM BECAUSE THEY MAY DON'T HAVE
ANY TIME.
I WILL MAYBE BE SUED FOR THAT.
YOU NEVER KNOW IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> Chris: LET'S GET TO THE
BIGGER ISSUE.
IN 2017, LAST YEAR YOU TWEETED
THIS AND I WANT TO QUOTE IT
ACCURATELY.
"THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS NOT MY
ENEMY, IT IS THE ENEMY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> President Trump: IT'S TRUE,
100%.
AT THE MEDIA.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE FINALLY QUOTING
IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE THEY LIKE
TO LEAVE THE FAKE NEWS OUT.
>> Chris: BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU
SAID.
>> President Trump: THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE SUPPORTING ME IN
PARTICULAR, THEY ARE VERY SMART
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE HARDWORKING, GREAT
PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW WHEN THE NEWS IS FAKE
AND THEY GET ANGRY WHEN THEY SEE
ALL OF THE FAKENESS.
>> Chris: PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
CRITICAL OF OTHER PRESIDENTS, NO
PRESIDENT HAD LIKED HIS PRESS
COVERAGE.
JOHN KENNEDY AND YOUR
OVAL OFFICE CANCELED THE
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD TRIBUNE.
NOBODY CALLED IT THE ENEMY OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> President Trump: THE FAKE
NEWS IS THE ENEMY -- IT'S FAKE,
IT'S PHONY.
I DON'T MIND GETTING BAD NEWS IF
I'M WRONG.
IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG, LIKE
FOR INSTANCE THE CEMETERY.
I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO BECAUSE
OF THE SECRET SERVICE, BECAUSE
THEY EXPECTED TO TAKE A
HELICOPTER.
THEY HAD ZERO VISIBILITY.
THEY SAID WE ARE TOTALLY
UNEQUIPPED FOR YOU TO GO.
IN ADDITION TO THAT THE CEMETERY
WAS FAR TOO FAR AWAY FROM
AIR FORCE ONE WHICH IS SORT OF
LIKE A CONTROL CENTER THAT YOU
HAVE TO BE NEAR.
NOT ONE PAPER THAT I SAW WROTE
IT THAT WAY.
THEY SAID I STAYED OUT OF IT
BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.
AND YET THE FOLLOWING DAY I MADE
A SPEECH AT THE AMERICAN
CEMETERY.
IT WAS POURING.
IT WASN'T EVEN REALLY RAINING
BUT THE FOG WAS TREMENDOUS.
>> Chris: LEADERS AND IN
AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES LIKE
RUSSIA, CHINA, VENEZUELA NOW
WERE PRESS THE MEDIA USING YOUR
WORDS.
>> President Trump: I CAN'T
TALK FOR OTHER PEOPLE, I CAN
ONLY TALK FOR ME.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU.
YOU SOMETIMES MAY BE BUT I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT YOU.
THE NEWS ABOUT ME IS LARGELY
PHONY.
IT'S FALSE.
EVEN SOMETIMES THEY WILL SAY
SOURCES SAY -- THERE IS NO
SOURCE.
>> Chris: I UNDERSTAND YOU
DON'T LIKE YOUR COVERAGE.
>> President Trump: 94%.
>> Chris: CAN I BRING THE
BIGGER ISSUE UP?
MCRAVEN, RETIRED ADMIRAL,
NAVY SEAL 37 YEARS, FORMER --
>> President Trump:
HILLARY CLINTON FAN.
EXCUSE ME, HILLARY CLINTON FAN.
>> Chris: LED THE OPERATIONS,
COMMANDED THE OPERATIONS THAT
TOOK DOWN SADDAM HUSSEIN AND
KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN SAID THAT
YOUR SENTIMENT IS THE GREATEST
THREAT TO, CHRISSY IN HIS
LIFETIME
>> President Trump:
HILLARY CLINTON BACKER AND AN
OBAMA BACKER AND FRANKLY --
>> Chris: HE IS A NAVY SEAL.
>> President Trump: WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN OSAMA BIN LADEN A LOT
SOONER.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICE.
LIVING IN PAKISTAN, BEAUTIFULLY
IN PAKISTAN AND WHAT I GUESS WAS
CONSIDERED A NIGHT MANSION.
I'VE SEEN NICER.
WE GET PAKISTAN $1.3 BILLION A
YEAR WHEN THEY DON'T TELL THEM.
>> President Trump: YOU'RE NOT
EVEN GOING TO GIVE THEM CREDIT
FOR TAKING DOWN BIN LADEN?
>> President Trump: LOOK,
THERE'S NEWS RIGHT THERE.
HE LIVED IN PAKISTAN.
WE ARE SUPPORTING PAKISTAN.
WE ARE GIVING A $1.3 BILLION A
YEAR, WHICH WE DON'T DO ANYMORE,
I ENDED IT.
I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THE
MEDIA, I'M IN FAVOR OF FREE
PRESS.
WHEN IT'S FAKE --
>> Chris: YOU DON'T GET TO
DECIDE WHAT IS FAIR AND WHAT'S
NOT.
>> President Trump: I CAN TELL
YOU WHAT'S FAIR AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND SO CAN MY PEOPLE.
>> Chris: I UNDERSTAND THAT
BUT --
>> President Trump: WHEN YOU
DO SOMETHING VERY GOOD -- AS AN
EXAMPLE --
>> Chris: BARACK OBAMA WHINED
ABOUT FOX NEWS ALL THE TIME BUT
HE NEVER SAID WE WERE THE ENEMY
OF THE PEOPLE.
>> President Trump: HE DIDN'T
TALK ABOUT THE NEWS.
HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
I'M ONLY SAYING IT VERY
DIFFERENTLY THAN ANYONE HAS EVER
SAID IT BEFORE.
I AM SAYING FAKE NEWS, FALSE
REPORTING, DISHONEST REPORTING,
OF WHICH THERE IS A LOT, AND I
KNOW IT.
I KNOW IT BECAUSE I'M A SUBJECT
OF IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT
BUT WHEN I EXPLAINED IT TO THEM
THEY UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN -- YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND ACT
LIKE A PERFECT LITTLE WONDERFUL
INNOCENT ANGEL.
I KNOW YOU TOO WELL, I KNOW YOUR
FATHER TOO WELL.
THAT'S NOT YOUR JANE.
>> Chris: I THINK SOME OF THE
COVERAGE OF YOU, AND I'VE SET IT
ON THE RECORD, IS BIASED, BUT I
DON'T THINK --
>> President Trump: MOST OF IT
IS BIASED.
>> Chris: I DON'T KNOW BUT THE
IDEA THAT YOU CALL US THE ENEMY
OF THE PEOPLE.
>> President Trump: I'M NOT
CALLING YOU THAT.
>> Chris: WE ARE ALTOGETHER.
>> President Trump: NO.
I'M NOT CALLING YOU --
>> President Trump: IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHEN YOU CALL ME.
WHEN YOU CALL CNN AND
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," WE ARE IN
SOLIDARITY, SIR.
>> President Trump: FAKENESS,
FAKE REPORTING IS WHAT'S TEARING
THIS COUNTRY APART BECAUSE
PEOPLE KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THEY ARE
NOT HEARING ABOUT IT.
>> Chris: WHERE DO YOU RANK
YOURSELF IN THE PANTHEON OF
GREAT PRESIDENTS?
THERE IS A LINCOLN AND, THERE'S
FDR AND REAGAN.
DO YOU MAKE THE TOP TEN?
>> President Trump: I THINK
I'M DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE THE BEST ECONOMY WE'VE
EVER HAD.
>> Chris: SO WHERE DO YOU RANK
YOURSELF?
>> President Trump: WE WOULD
BE IN WAR WITH NORTH KOREA IF
THAT ADMINISTRATION HAD
CONTINUED FORWARD.
I HATE TO DO IT BUT I WILL DO
IT.
I GIVE MYSELF AN A+.
IS THAT ENOUGH?
CAN I GO HIGHER THAN THAT?
>> Chris: CAN YOU ENVISION A
SITUATION -- YOU TALK ABOUT SIX
WIRES, CAN YOU ENVISION A
SITUATION WELL INTO YOUR SECOND
TERM WHERE YOU THINK THAT YOU
ARE SO GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND
SO ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROGRESS OF
THE COUNTRY THAT YOU WOULD TRY
TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION SO YOU
COULD SERVE A THIRD TERM?
>> President Trump: NO.
>> Chris: WHY NOT?
>> President Trump: IT JUST
WON'T HAPPEN.
I THINK THE EIGHT YEAR LIMIT IS
A GOOD THING, NOT A BAD THING.
>> Chris: WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THE CEMETERY AND THE FACT
THEY DIDN'T GO BECAUSE IT WAS A
SECURITY CONCERN AND YOU DID GO
THE NEXT DAY.
>> President Trump: EXCUSE ME,
NOT SECURITY CONCERN.
THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO GO.
THEY SAID -- SECRET SERVICE SAID
SIR, YOU CANNOT GO, WE ARE NOT
PREPARED.
YOU CANNOT GO BECAUSE THERE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A HELICOPTER BUT
THE HELICOPTER COULDN'T FLY.
THEY SAID YOU CANNOT GO.
>> Chris: HERE'S THE QUESTION,
YOU ARE BACK IN WASHINGTON ON
MONDAY, VETERANS DAY, WHY DON'T
YOU GO ACROSS THE RIVER TO
ARLINGTON FOR THAT CEREMONY?
BARACK OBAMA WENT EVERY YEAR HE
WAS HERE IN D.C.
>> President Trump: I SHOULD
HAVE DONE THAT.
I WAS EXTREMELY BUSY ON THE
CALLS FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE DID A LOT OF CALLING, AS YOU
KNOW.
>> Chris: BUT THIS IS
VETERANS DAY.
>> President Trump: IN
RETROSPECT I SHOULD HAVE, AND I
DID LAST YEAR AND I WILL
VIRTUALLY EVERY YEAR BUT WE HAD
COME IN VERY LATE AT NIGHT AND I
HAD JUST LEFT LITERALLY THE
AMERICAN CEMETERY IN PARIS AND I
REALLY PROBABLY ASSUMED THAT WAS
FINE AND I WAS EXTREMELY BUSY
BECAUSE AFFAIRS OF STATE, DOING
OTHER THINGS.
BUT I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
>> Chris: WHY HAVEN'T YOU
VISITED OUR TROOPS SERVING IN
WAR ZONES AND IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN AND THE TWO YEARS
YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE AS
COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
>> President Trump: I THINK
YOU WILL SEE THAT HAPPEN.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING
PLANNED.
WE KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT IT
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF SECURITY
REASONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
PLANNED.
AS YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY MUCH
OPPOSED TO THE WAR IN IRAQ.
I THINK IT WAS A TREMENDOUS
MISTAKE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS
BEEN -- AS A PRESIDENT IN TERMS
OF FUNDING, IN TERMS OF ALL OF
THE THINGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET
THEM INCLUDING THE VETS, I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY HAS DONE MORE THAN
ME.
I'VE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE BUSY
SCHEDULE AND I WILL BE DOING IT,
ON TOP OF WHAT YOU HAVE THOSE
PHONY WITCH HUNTS.
ON TOP OF WHICH -- WE'VE JUST
BEEN VERY BUSY BUT I WILL BE
DOING THAT.
>> Chris: JUST BEFORE THE
MIDTERMS SAID YOUR BIGGEST
REGRET IS THAT PERHAPS YOU
SHOULD HAVE HAD A SOFTER TONE IN
HER TWO YEARS AS PRESIDENT, BUT
SINCE THEN, SOME COULD ARGUE
YOU'VE BEEN ON A TEAR.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE THE DAY
AFTER THE ELECTION.
YOU MOCKED SOME OF THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WHO LOST,
NOT EMBRACING YOU.
>> ME A LOVE GAVE ME NO LOVE AND
SHE LOST.
TOO BAD, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> Chris: THAT YOU WENT TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPORTERS AND
BASICALLY SAID THAT THERE WERE
DOMINANT.
>> THE SAME THING WITH APRIL
RYAN.
I WATCH HER GET UP.
YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT'S A
LOSER.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S
DOING.
>> DO YOU WANT THEM TO REIGN IN
ROBERT MUELLER?
>> President Trump: WHAT A
STUPID QUESTION THAT IS.
WHAT A STUPID QUESTION BUT I
WATCH YOU A LOT.
YOU ASK A LOT OF STUPID
QUESTIONS.
>> Chris: QUESTION, I WAS IN
ST. JOE'S MISSOURI THIS LAST
WEEKEND, TALKING TO A LOT OF
LOYAL REPUBLICANS.
THEY LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO
THE ECONOMY.
THEY LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
BASICALLY PUT ISIS OUT OF
BUSINESS.
THE ONE THING THEY SAY IS WHY DO
YOU HAVE TO BE SO DIVISIVE?
WHY DON'T YOU DO MORE TO BRING
THE COUNTRY TOGETHER.
>> President Trump: I THINK
THAT IF I WAS VERY DIFFERENT I
WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN WHAT WE HAD
TO GET.
THE BIGGEST TAX CUTS IN HISTORY,
AND WATER APPROVED.
GOT RID OF THE INDIVIDUAL
MANDATE, THE MOST UNPOPULAR
THING YOU COULD IMAGINE,
HEALTH CARE.
I GOT RID OF IT, EVERYBODY SAID
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
RID OF IT.
THE REGULATIONS.
I THINK IF I WAS A MORE
MODIFIED, MORE MODERATE IN THAT
SENSE I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE
DONE HALF OF THE THINGS THAT I
WAS ABLE TO GET COMPLETED.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, OTHER THAN
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN
ABILITY TO FIGHT BACK, AND AS
YOU KNOW PEOPLE -- THEY TAKE
STRONG STANCE ON ME BOTH WAYS.
LOVE AND HATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT DOWN THE
MIDDLE BUT SOMETHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME BUT A LOT OF
TIMES YOU CAN'T PRACTICE TONE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING
AT YOU SO HARD THAT IF YOU DON'T
FIGHT BACK IN A SOMEWHAT
VIGOROUS WAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
WIN AND WE HAVE TO WIN.
THIS COUNTRY HAS TO WIN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VICTORIES
COMING AND I THINK IF I GO TO
LOKI WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE
THOSE VICTORIES.
>> Chris: MR. PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU.
>> President Trump: THANK YOU.
>> Chris: AT ONE POINT OF
CLARIFICATION, ADMIRAL MCRAVEN
NEVER ENDORSED A CANDIDATE FOR