STAY WELL. HERE IS THE PRESIDENT OUTSIDE OF
AIR FORCE ONE ON HIS WAY TO
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. >> President Trump: YES, WE
HAVE COMMUTED THE SENTENCE, HE
SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL, A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. I WATCHED HIS WIFE ON TELEVISION
TELEVISION.
TELEVISION. I DON’T KNOW HIM VERY WELL, I’VE
MIGHT’VE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
HE WAS ON FOR A SHORT WHILE ON
APPRENTICE YEARS AGO.
SEEM LIKE A NICE PERSON, DON’T
KNOW HIM, BUT HE SERVED EIGHT
YEARS IN JAIL, IT WAS A LONG
TIME HE HAD TO GO, MANY PEOPLE
DISAGREE WITH THE SENTENCES.
HE’S NOT A DEMOCRAT, HE’S NOT A
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. IT WAS A PROSECUTION BY THE SAME
PEOPLE CALL ME FITZPATRICK, THE
SAME GROUP, VERY FAR FROM HIS
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. THEY ARE GROWING OLDER, THEY’RE
GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL NOW, THEY
REALLY GET TO SEE THEIR FATHER
OUTSIDE OF AN ORANGE UNIFORM, I
SAW THAT AND I DID COMMUTE HIS
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE. HE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME
WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER SERVING
EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL.
THAT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL
RIDICULOUS SENTENCE IN MY
OPINION.
OPINION. AND IN THE OPINIONS OF MANY
OTHERS.
OTHERS. >> Reporter: DO YOU AGREE WITH
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATEMENT
ABOUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT?
>> President Trump: EVERYBODY
HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR
MIND.
MIND. I USE SOCIAL MEDIA, I GUESS I
USE IT WELL, BECAUSE HERE I AM,
I AM HERE.
I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN
HERE WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA,
BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON’T GET
FAIR PRICE, I WOULDN’T HAVE
GOTTEN HERE WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
AND PERHAPS WITH ALL OF THE
HOAXES, YOU HAD THE IMPEACHMENT
HOAX, YOU HAD THE MUELLER REPORT
HOAX, YOU HAD THE RUSH, RUSSIA,
RUSSIA NONSENSE.
RUSSIA NONSENSE. ALL OF THE SCAMS.
IF I DON’T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, I
PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE HERE.
I’M VERY HAPPY WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I THINK HE’S
DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, HE’S A
STRONG GUY, I NEVER SPOKE TO HIM
ABOUT THE ROGER STONE SITUATION,
ROGER STONE, JUST SO YOU KNOW,
HE DIDN’T WORK FOR MY CAMPAIGN,
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TIMELY
EARLIER, LONG BEFORE I ANNOUNCED
WHERE HE WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED A
LITTLE BIT, BUT HE WAS NOT
INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN AT ALL.
I THINK HE WAS A ROUGH THING
THAT HAPPENED TO ROGER STONE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH CALL ME, AFTER A 78 PAGE
TRAFFIC REPORT.
TRAFFIC REPORT. MANY LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO
McCABE WITH A RECOMMENDATION
OF PROSECUTION, YOU LOOK AT ALL
OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEN
YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO
GENERAL FLYNN, A HIGHLY
RESPECTED MAN, LEFT, HIS MAN HAS
BEEN DESTROYED.
BEEN DESTROYED. YOU LOOK AT ROGER STONE FOR A
TWEET AND SOME OTHER THINGS, YOU
LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
THESE PEOPLE, 70 HAS TO STICK UP
FOR THESE PEOPLE.
SO MY SOCIAL MEDIA IS VERY
POWERFUL, I GUESS MARK STERGER
BERG JUST RECENTLY SAID TRUMP’S
NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS A VERY
NICE THING, BUT I GUESS IT’S
CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU CAN BE
AT LEAST A LITTLE PROUD OF, IT
MEANS I HAVE A VOICE.
IT MEANS FAKE NEWS.
>> Reporter: HE SAID YOUR
COMMENTS ON TWITTER ARE MAKING
IT IMPOSSIBLE.
IT IMPOSSIBLE. ARE YOU IT IMPOSSIBLE?
>> President Trump: I DO MAKE
THIS DRIVE HARDER, I AGREE WITH
THAT.
THAT. HE’S A STRAIGHT SHOOTER, WE HAVE
A GREAT ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE IS
WORKING VERY HARD.
HE’S WORKING AGAINST A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT DON’T WANT TO SEE
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN, IN MY
OPINION.
OPINION. THAT’S MY OPINION, NOT HIS
OPINION, THAT’S MY OPINION, YOU
WILL HAVE TO ASK WHAT HIS
OPINION IS.
OPINION IS. I WILL SAY THIS, SOCIAL MEDIA,
FOR ME, HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT.
IT GIVES ME A VOICE.
I DON’T GET THAT VOICE IN THE
PRESS, IN THE MEDIA, I DON’T GET
THE BOYS.
THE BOYS. SO I’M ALLOWED TO HAVE A VOICE.
>> Reporter: AND HE STILL DO
HIS JOB WITH INTEGRITY?
>> President Trump: HE’S A MAN
WITH GREAT INTEGRITY.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS A MAN
WITH INCREDIBLE INTEGRITY.
JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND I CHOSE
NOT TO BE INVOLVED I’M ALLOWED
TO BE TOTALLY INVOLVED.
I GUESS THE CHIEF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE
COUNTRY, BUT I’VE CHOSEN NOT TO
BE INVOLVED.
BE INVOLVED. BUT HE IS A MAN OF GREAT
INTEGRITY BUT I COULD BE
INVOLVED IF I WANTED TO BE.
>> President Trump: ARE YOU
ALSO PARDONING BERNIE KERIK?
>> President Trump: I JUST
PARDON BERNIE KERIK, A MAN WHO
HAS HAD MANY RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE, OFTEN
TIMES, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME,
I REALLY RELY ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT
KNOW THEM.
KNOW THEM. WE HAVE BERNIE KERIK, WE HAVE
MIKE MILLIGAN WHO HAS GONE
AROUND AND DONE AN INCREDIBLE
JOB FOR THE WORLD.
WITH ALL OF HIS RESEARCH ON
CANCER, HE HAS DONE THIS, HE
SUFFERED GREATLY, HE PAID A BIG
PRICE, HE’S DONE AN INCREDIBLE
JOB.
JOB. THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT YOU
HAVE TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS,
I RELIANT RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> Reporter: WILL DEPART IN
ROGER STONE?
ROGER STONE? >> President Trump: I HAVEN’T
GIVEN IT ANY THOUGHT.
I THINK HE’S BEEN TREATED VERY
UNFAIRLY.
UNFAIRLY. >> Reporter: IN REPORTING
ABOUT CHINA AND U.S. COMPANIES,
ARE YOU NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY?
NATIONAL SECURITY? >> President Trump: I’M VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY, NUMBER 1 I’M CONCERNED
ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY,
NOBODY’S DONE A BETTER JOB WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY THAN ME, YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON
WE’VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY A LOT OF
COUNTRIES ARE A LOT DIFFERENT
NOW THAN THEY WERE WHEN I
STARTED.
STARTED. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE’RE NOT
GOING TO BE SACRIFICING OUR
COMPANIES FOR ALL OF THE GROWTH
AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY’RE
READY, THEY WERE EXPLODING,
THEY’RE DOING SO WELL.
IT HAS TO BE REAL NATIONAL
SECURITY.
SECURITY. I THINK PEOPLE WERE GETTING
CARRIED AWAY WITH IT.
I WANT OUR COMPANIES TO BE
TREATED, I WANT OUR COMPANIES TO
BE ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS.
THINGS ARE PUT ON MY DESK THAT
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NATIONAL
SECURITY.
SECURITY. INCLUDING CHIPMAKERS AND VARIOUS
OTHERS.
OTHERS. WERE GOING TO GIVE IT UP.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN, THEY WILL MAKE
THOSE CHIPS IN A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY, THEY WILL MAKE THEM IN
CHINA OR SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SO NATIONAL SECURITY IS VERY
IMPORTANT, IT’S BEEN VERY TOUGH,
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE HAVE TO BE
TOUGH ON EVERYBODY THAT DOES
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL ALL
OF THIS INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY,
WE ARE NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL TO
OTHER COUNTRIES.
OTHER COUNTRIES. >> Reporter: ARE YOU CONFIDENT
WITH NASDAQ?
WITH NASDAQ? >> President Trump: WE ARE
DOING SOMETHING, WE’VE BEEN IN
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN OVER 19
YEARS.
YEARS. WE’VE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE
PORTS AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REALLY
ACTING MORE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY THEN WE ARE, BECAUSE WE
COULD WIN THAT VERY QUICKLY AND
EASILY IF I WAS WILLING TO KILL
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, I’M NOT
WILLING TO DO THAT, I’M NOT
WILLING TO DO THAT.
WE WOULD DO THAT SO QUICKLY YOUR
HEAD WOULD SPIN.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT NUCLEAR,
I’M TALKING ABOUT VERY
CONVENTIONAL.
CONVENTIONAL. I’M NOT WILLING TO KILL MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE.
OF PEOPLE. WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE
TALIBAN, WE’VE BEEN NEGOTIATING
FOR A WHILE, WE WILL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS, IT’S THE CHANCE OF
MAKING A DEAL, THERE’S A CHANCE.
I CAN’T BELIEVE, SO QUIET ALL OF
A SUDDEN.
A SUDDEN. I SAW THAT THERE IS A
SENATOR MURPHY, MET WITH THE
IRANIANS, IS THAT A FACT?
I JUST SAW THAT ON THE WAY OVER,
IS THERE ANYTHING I SHOULD KNOW?
THAT SOUNDS, LIKE TO ME A
VIOLATION OF THE LOGAN ACT.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT?
DID YOU READ ABOUT OR HEAR ABOUT
SENATOR MURPHY?
SENATOR MURPHY? I WITH THE IRANIANS.
NOW TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT, IF
IT’S TRUE, I DON’T KNOW.
IT JUST CAME OUT AS I WAS
LEAVING THE CAR.
>> Reporter: IT DO YOU THINK
WHY DOES THE GUY TO GET OUT OF
OFFICE?
>> DEMOTT >> President Trump: WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE PUT STRONG SANCTIONS ON
VENEZUELA, WE WAS THE WOOD
HAPPENS, WE ARE WATCHING
VENEZUELA VERY CLOSELY.
>> Reporter: IS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT ROGER STONE, ARE YOU
ROLLING OUT MICHAEL FLYNN FOR
EXAMPLE?
EXAMPLE? WERE >> President Trump:
THERE’S A PROCESS THAT PEOPLE
ARE GOING THROUGH, THESE ARE
UNRELATED SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPL
ARE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH
VERY STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT
WE HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
YET, RIGHT NOW THERE’S A
PROCESS, I THINK ROGER STONE HAS
BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY, I THINK
GENERAL FLYNN HAS BEEN TREATED
VERY UNFAIRLY, I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY
UNFAIRLY, I THINK THAT MULLER
SCAM IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT BECAUSE
IT WAS STARTED ILLEGALLY.
IT WAS STARTED BY ABUSE.
IT WAS A FAKE DOSSIER, AND THEY
WENT IN, AND THEY WENT INTO THE
FIS ACCORDS AND THEY FORCE
PAPERS AND THEY DID A LOT OF BAD
THINGS, SO THE WHOLE MULLER
THING ME IS A SCAM.
>> Reporter: TO THINK ROGER
STONE DESERVES ANY PRISON TIME
CUSHION MARK >> President
Trump: YOU WILL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. >> Reporter: YOU SPOKE TO A
PRESENT ORDER WEREN’T OF TURKEY
THE OTHER DAY ARE YOU CONCERNED
ABOUT ALL THAT WERE RAKING OUT
BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA?
>> President Trump: I DID.
I RESPECT THEM, WE HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP, YES, I AGREE, HE
IS A TOUGH GUY, BUT WE HAVE A
VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
I SEEM TO DO BETTER WITH TOUGH
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. BUT THE FACT IS, THAT HE IS
FIGHTING, HE DOESN’T WANT PEOPLE
TO BE KILLED BY THE THOUSANDS
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, AND
HE CALLED ME ABOUT THAT, AND
OTHER REASONS.
OTHER REASONS. BUT WE SPOKE ABOUT IT, WE ARE
WORKING TOGETHER ON SEEING WHAT
CAN BE DONE.
IT’S A VERY TOUGH SOLUTION, YOU
HAVE A LOT OF WARRING GOING ON
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF WARRING GOING ON, BUT
I’M DEALING WITH HIM.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMING
THREE DAYS, AND WHY YOU WANTED
TO FLY BACK TO LAS VEGAS EVERY
NIGHT AND SPEND THE NIGHT THERE?
>> President Trump: I DON’T
KNOW EXACTLY THE SCHEDULE,
BECAUSE I DON’T SET THE SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE.
SCHEDULE. LARGELY THE SCHEDULE IS SET BY
THE SECRET SERVICE.
WE DO IT THEY WANT US TO.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CALIFORNIA,
WE ARE GOING TO NEVADA, WE ARE
GOING TO ARIZONA, WE ARE GOING
TO DIFFERENT PLACES, I GUESS
WE’RE COMING BACK HERE, BUT I
DON’T SET THE SCHEDULE, I HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
AND THE DEMOCRATS, HOW DO YOU
FIGHT FOR THAT?
>> President Trump: HE DOESN’T
NEED THAT KIND OF ADVICE, HE’S
BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
IT JUST SEEMS UNFAIR WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO BERNIE SANDERS, TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WATCHED IT
HAPPEN FOUR YEARS AGO, ALWAYS BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
I’M NOT WISHING FOR ANYTHING.
WHOEVER IT IS, I WILL BE VERY
HAPPY.
HAPPY. IT SEEMS THAT BERNIE SANDERS AND
THAT WHOLE SECTION OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, OR AS I CALL
IT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WHICH IS
REALLY THE CORRECT NAME, IT
SEEMS THEY’RE BEING TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF LIKE THEY WERE FOUR
YEARS AGO, TO ME.
>> Reporter: CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
FOR BEING IN NEVADA WHERE THE
DEMOCRATS ARE FOCUSING ON THE
CAUCUSES?
CAUCUSES? >> President Trump: I WILL BE
MAKING A SPEECH IN NEVADA, THAT
WILL BE PROBABLY THE DAY BEFORE,
I GUESS.
I GUESS. IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY EFFECTIVE.
WE’VE GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANY
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT IN HISTORY
IN IOWA AS A NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS
YOU SAW.
YOU SAW. IN THAT CASE, I WENT JUST THE
DAY BEFORE AND THE DAY BEFORE TO
BOTH CASES, IOWA AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
I’LL BE GOING TO SOUTH CAROLINA,
THEY ARE WORKING THAT OUT NOW.
PROBABLY THE DAY BEFORE, BUT
LOOK, WE HAVE A BIG VOICE, WE
MIGHT AS WELL USE IT.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU STILL
SATISFIED WITH HOW CHINA IS
DEALING WITH US BETWEEN FIVE?
>> I THINK HE IS WORKING VERY
HARD, I WORKED WITH HIM
RECENTLY, HE’S WORKING VERY
HARD, IT’S A TOUGH PROBLEM, I
THINK HE’S GOING TO DO, LOOK,
I’VE SEEN HIM BUILD HOSPITALS
AND A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
I REALLY BELIEVE HE WANTS TO GET
THAT DONE AND HE WANTS TO GET IT
DONE FAST.
DONE FAST. YES, I THINK HE’S DOING IT VERY
PROFESSIONALLY.
PROFESSIONALLY. WE’RE ALSO WORKING WITH HIM AND
HELPING HIM AS OF THE LAST FEW
DAYS, AS YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE DON’T SEEM
TO TRUST THE DATA COMING OUT OF
CHINA, ARE YOU WORRIED?
>> President Trump: I KNOW
THAT THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA
LOVES THE PEOPLE OF CHINA, HE
LOVES HIS COUNTRY, HE IS DOING A
VERY GOOD JOB WITH A VERY, VERY
TOUGH SITUATION.
TOUGH SITUATION. >> Reporter: IS THE COMMITTEE
DOING ANY INVESTIGATION?
>> President Trump: IF IT
COMES UP, YES, BUT WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT, THAT IS
UP TO SENATOR GRAHAM, HE IS
TRAVELING WITH US.
WE COULD HAVE A TRADE DEAL WITH
INDIA, BUT I’M REALLY SAVING THE
BIG DEAL FOR LATER ON.
WERE DOING A VERY BIG TRADE DEAL
WITH INDIA, WE WILL HAVE IT.
I DON’T KNOW IT WILL BE DONE
BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT WE WILL
HAVE A VERY BIG DEAL WITH INDIA.
WE ARE NOT TREATED VERY WELL BY
INDIA, BUT I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE
PRIME MINISTER A LOT, HE TOLD ME
WE WILL HAVE 7 MILLION PEOPLE
BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE
EVENT.
EVENT. THE STADIUM, I UNDERSTAND, IS
GOING SEMIUNDER CONSTRUCTION,
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE THE
LARGEST STADIUM IN THE WORLD,
IT’S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING,
BUT HE SAYS BETWEEN THE STADIUM
AND THE AIRPORT, WE WILL HAVE
ABOUT 7 MILLION PEOPLE.
IT’S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING,
I HOPE Y’ALL ENJOY THIS.
ARE YOU GOING TROUGH?
I HOPE YOU’RE GOING.
OKAY?
OKAY? I WILL SEE YOU, MAYBE IN THE
PLANE, HOW ARE YOU?
MARRIAGE IS GOOD?
>> Reporter: ARE IS THERE
RESEARCH UNDERWAY FOR ANONYMOUS?
>> President Trump: IT NOT
MUCH RESEARCH.
MUCH RESEARCH. I KNOW WHO IT IS.
>> Reporter: WHO IS IT?
>> President Trump: I CAN’T
TELL YOU THAT.
>> Reporter: WHY NOT?
>> President Trump: WE WON’T
GET INTO IT.
PEOPLE KNOW IT’S A FRAUD.
I KNOW WHO IT IS, I KNOW WHO
SOME OF THE LEADERS ARE, BUT
SOME OF THE LINKERS DON’T EXIST,
IT IS MADE UP BY THE PRESS.
YOU KNOW THEY SAY NINE PEOPLE
HAVE SAID, OR TO GO PEOPLE HAVE
SAID, THOSE PEOPLE DON’T EXIST.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT ANONYMOUS, I
KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE LEAKERS.
WE KNOW A LOT.
WHEN I WENT TO GET SOMETHING OUT
OF THE PRESS, I TELL CERTAIN
PEOPLE, AND IT IS AMAZING.
IT GETS OUT THERE.