PLATES. ILIZA GOITEN.
ILIZA GOITEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> BY NOW IT IS A CLICHE.
DONALD TRUMP HAS TO BUILD THE
WALL, WITHOUT IT HIS BASE WILL
FLEE AND HIS 2020 PROSPECT WILL
BE DOOMED.
BE DOOMED. WHAT PROMISE IS BIGGER THAN HIS
PROMISE TO BUILD THE WALL?
>> WE’LL BUILD THE WALL 100%.
WE NEED THE WALL.
100%.
100%. ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY?
AND -- WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR
THE WALL?
THE WALL? >> IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE
CAMPAIGN FROM HOME AND SAW THAT
ON YOUR TELEVISION OR SOCIAL
MEDIA, EVERY SINGLE DAY MULTIPLE
TIMES A DAY IN SOME CASES AND
ONLY HEARD DONALD TRUMP
SUPPORTERS CHANTING BUILD THE
WALL, BUILD THE WALL AND HEARD
DONALD TRUMP BRING IT UP OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD
BELIEVE THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HE
MUST DO AND IT IS A PROMISE THAT
HE HAS TO KEEP.
I WOULD COUNTER NO.
NO, HE DOES NOT HAVE TO KEEP IT.
NO, HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BUILD A
WALL.
WALL. >> I SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF
TALKING TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS,
THERE IS ONE EXCHANGE WITH A MAN
IN OHIO IN LATE 2016, I WROTE
ABOUT IT IN MY BOOK.
I ASKED THIS MAN WHY DO YOU
SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP?
BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO BUILD A
WALL HE SAYS.
WHAT IF HE DOES NOT.
I TRUST HIS JUDGMENT, THE MAN
SAID.
SAID. IN THE EYES OF TRUMP’S BASE,
WHATEVER TRUMP IS DOING IS THE
RIGHT THING OR HE WOULD NOT DO
IT.
IT. IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.
NO, DONALD TRUMP’S BASIS NOTE IS
HOLDING HIM TO A WALL.
THE MEDIA DOES.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT WANT THAT
FIGHT, AT LEAST NOT THAT FIGHT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. HERE IS THE PROBLEM FOR TRUMP.
HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE GUY THAT
GET THINGS DONE.
HE’S THE DEAL MAKER.
THE GUY THAT GAINED POLITICIANS
FOR PERSONAL GAINS THAT WOULD GO
ONTO WASHINGTON AND GAIN
POLITICIANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
REGULAR AMERICANS.
REGULAR AMERICANS. HE WAS THE ONE GOING TO BREAK
THE GRIDLOCK, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
AND SURE.
AND SURE. TO SOME TRUMP’S VOTERS AND THE
BASE, THAT MEANT KICKING OUT
IMMIGRANTS AND TO OTHERS THAT
MEANT FIGHTING OF WHATEVER IT
MAY BE, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
NOT JUST A CONCRETE WALL.
ARGUABLY TRUMP COULD MAKE A
DECENT ARGUMENT HERE OR HE COULD
IF HE COULD FOCUS ON THE FACTS
INSTEAD OF THE FIGHT.
THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL AND
UNEMPLOYMENT IS VERY LOW.
WAGES ARE GOING UP.
HOW LONG WILL THE ECONOMY
HOLDUP?
HOLDUP? LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET?
WHAT ELSE CAN DONALD TRUMP CLAIM
IF HE KEEPS ON PICKING
UNNECESSARY FIGHTS OR SHUTTING
DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IN 17 DAYS.
TRUMP CAN’T WIN IN 2020 WITH
JUST HIS DIE HARDS ALONG.
HE NEEDS A VOTER WHO ARE TRUMP
CURIOUS OR FRUSTRATED WITH THE
STATUS QUO.
STATUS QUO. THE ONES WHO WANTED DONALD TRUMP
TO GET THINGS DONE, THERE ARE A
LOT OF THOSE OUT THERE.
MR. PRESIDENT, THEY GAVE YOU A
BLANK CHECK ON YOUR BEHAVIOR,
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANTED,
THEY WOULD SUPPORT YOU.
AFTER RUNNING AND LOSING BIG ON
IMMIGRATION AND THE WALL OF THE
2018 MIDTERMS AFTER THROWING
WRENCH AFTER WRENCH IN
NEGOTIATIONS AND SHUTTING DOWN
THE GOVERNMENT AND AGAIN FOR 17
DAYS AND HURTING THE BLUE COLLAR
WORKERS YOU CAMPAIGNED TO
PROTECT.
PROTECT. ARE YOU STILL ABSOLUTELY SURE
THOSE VOTERS ARE WITH YOU THAT
THOSE MARGINS, THE ONES THAT PUT
YOU INTO OFFICE IS GOING HOLD.