STUART: BREAK INTO A LIVE
BROADCAST THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
TIMES.
WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST.
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST WALKED INTO
THE ROOM.
I STOOD UP, SHOOK HANDS.
HE IS WITH US RIGHT NOW.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> ONLY BECAUSE I LIKE YOUR
SHOW.
STUART: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
INDEED, SIR.
>> I WATCH YOU.
STUART: REALLY FAST, FIRST LADY
MELANIA IN SOME TROUBLE ON THE
PLANE THIS MORNING.
EVERYBODY OKAY?
>> SHY IS JUST FINE.
THEY SPOKE TO HER.
SHE TO THE IN ANOTHER PLANE.
I HOPE THIS PLANE IS BETTER THAN
FIRST ONE.
THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
THEY HAD A PROBLEM BUT SHE'S
FINE.
STUART: OKAY.
DOES EVERYONE SAY TO YOU YOU'RE
DOING AWFUL LOT OF MEDIA AND I
LIKE ISN'T.
>> I DON'T LIKE IT.
I LIKE GETTING THE POINT ACROSS.
I HEARD YOU SAY MANY TIMES THE
ECONOMY ISN'T COVERED PROPERLY.
IT IS NOT.
THE ECONOMY IS NOT COVERED
PROPERLY BY SO-CALLED MAINSTREAM
MEDIA AND IT ISN'T.
WE WENT UP ALMOST 600 POINT
YESTERDAY.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT ON MAJOR
NEWS.
YOU COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.
THE ECONOMY IS DOING PROBABLY
BETTER THAN EVER DONE IN
HISTORY.
THEY DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THEIR OPINION AND THEY LIKE TO
KEEP THEIR OPINION GOING THE WAY
THEY HAVE IT.
THEY DO NOT TREAT US FAIRLY.
THEREFORE IF I DO THE NEWS, THEY
ALL WANT ME ON THE NEWS.
SO I TALK ABOUT IT MYSELF.
STUART: ARE YOU KEEPING UP THIS
PACE OF MEDIA AFTER MIDTERMS OR
RUN UP TO THE MIDTERMS.
>> PROBABLY NOT.
THIS IS FOR THE MIDTERMS.
WE WANT TO WIN, GET REPUBLICANS
NOMINATED AND GET THEM ELECTED.
WE NEED REPUBLICANS.
WE TALK ABOUT MAJORITY.
WE HAVE MAJORITY OF THIS MUCH.
I SAY SOMEBODY HAS MINOR COLD WE
NO LONGER HAVE MAJORITY.
WE NEED REPUBLICANS.
WE'LL HAVE TREMENDOUS BORDER
SECURITY WHEN WE DO THAT.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH TAX CUTS.
WE HAVE OTHER TAX CUTS PLANNED.
WE'LL DO CUTTING OF THE BUDGET
BY THE WAY WHICH WILL MAKE YOU
HAPPY BUT WE'LL CUT BUDGET.
STUART: YOU ARE CUTTING
SPENDING?
>> WE'LL DO IT.
THAT IS NOT AS TOUGH AS YOU
THINK.
FRANKLY A LOT OF FAT IN THERE.
WE HAD TO GET THE MILITARY DONE
LAST TIME.
PRESIDENT OBAMA LET IT GO, I CAN
SAY BEYOND PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THE MILITARY WAS IN TERRIBLE
SHAPE.
NOW WE HAVE 700 BILLION
APPROVED.
WE HAVE 716 BILLION, TWO YEARS.
OUR MILITARY IS REBUILDING LIKE
IT HAS NEVER BEEN, REALLY NEVER
HAPPENED BEFORE.
WE GOT A RAISE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 11
YEARS.
WE GOT A RAISE FOR THE GREAT
PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS, A
LOT OF GREAT THINGS BUT I AM NOW
DOING SOME CUTTING OF THE BUDGET
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FAT.
IN ORDER TO GET THAT 717,
716 BILLION WE HAD TO GIVE UP
THINGS TO THE DEMOCRATS THAT I
HATED TO GIVE UP, THAT YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED BUT I HAD TO
BUT WE HAD TO REBUILD THE
MILITARY.
STUART: WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL
ECONOMICALLY IN THE NEXT TWO
YEARS?
>> I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS, VERY BIG STILL, WE CUT
REGULATIONS MORE THAN ANY
PRESIDENT EVER.
YOU CAN GO FOUR YEARS, EIGHT
YEARS, DOESN'T MATTER.
THIS TREMENDOUS REGULATIONS THAT
WE COULD BE CUTTING STILL AND
WE'RE DOING IT.
USED TO TAKE 21 YEARS TO GET A
HIGHWAY BUILT.
BAD CASE BUT IT WOULD TAKE 21
YEARS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT DOWN
TO TWO, AND MAYBE EVEN ONE OF
THE BY THE WAY, IF IT IS NOT
RIGHT WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE
IT BUT WE'LL NOT TAKE 21 YEARS
TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE
CAN DO IT.
STUART: IS THAT PART OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILDING?
>> IT IS PART OF THAT AND A
START.
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE STARTING
RIGHT AFTER THE MIDTERMS.
WE THINK THAT WILL BE AN EASY
ONE.
BUT WE'LL HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING.
JUST MORE OF THE SAME.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR
COUNTRY.
IF YOU LOOK AT CHINA, THEY'RE
DOWN $20 TRILLION AND WE'RE UP
$11.7 TRILLION IN WORTH.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER.
STUART: READY IT START TALKING
WITH CHINA AGAIN OR ARE THEY
READY FOR YOU?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I TOLD THEM, THEY WANT TO MAKE A
DEAL, I SAID YOU GUYS ARE NOT
READY YET, YOU'RE JUST NOT READY
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING
$500 BILLION A YEAR OUT OF OUR
COUNTRY.
IT IS TIME WE STOPPED.
WE REBUILT CHINA.
YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN
ANYBODY.
YOU TALK ABOUT IT MORE THAN I DO
I THINK AND IT STOPPED.
YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
CHINA.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFICULT BALLGAME.
NOW THEY'RE PAYING 25% TARIFFS
ON $250 BILLION.
THAT HASN'T AFFECTED OUR ECONOMY
OF THE COSTS ARE NOT GOING UP.
INFLATION IS LOW, VERY LOW,
HASN'T HAD ANY IMPACT WE SEE
EXCEPT FOR ONE.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE POURING
INTO THE TREASURY.
STUART: SAUDI ARABIA, WE'VE GOT
TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
WHEN WE DO FIND OUT, AND IF
PUNISHMENT IS REQUIRED, ANY IDEA
WHAT KIND OF PUNISHMENT IT MIGHT
BE?
>> WELL, I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO
BE ON THE BETTER SIDE OF THE
EQUATION.
WE NEED SAUDI ARABIA IN TERMS OF
OUR FIGHT AGAINST ALL OF THE
TERRORISM, EVERYTHING THAT IS
HAPPENING IN IRAN AND OTHER
PLACES BUT IRAN HAS BEEN THE
LEADER.
IRAN HAS BEEN SET BACK VERY BIG.
WHEN I KNOCKED OUT THE IRAN
DEAL, IT IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
THAN IT WAS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, IF YOU
LOOK STUART, TAKE A LOOK, A DAY
BEFORE I CAME IN, IRAN WAS
TAKING OVER THE MIDDLE EAST.
THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE OVER
EVERYTHING, FROM SYRIA TO YEMEN.
THEY'RE PULLING BACK.
THEY ARE HAVING RIOTS IN THE
STREET.
THEY ARE A MESS AS A COUNTRY,
THAT HAD TO THE DO WITH THE DAY
I PULLED THAT HORRIBLE
150 BILLION-DOLLAR DEAL WE GAVE
THEM, IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL.
WE PULLED IT.
THEY WILL COME BACK AND
NEGOTIATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THEY HAVE
NO CHOICE BUT THEY WILL COME
BACK TO NEGOTIATE.
IF THEY DON'T, THAT IS FINE TOO.
STUART: THEY WILL NOT WALK AWAY
FROM SAUDI ARABIA?
>> I DOT NOT WANT TO DO THAT
FRANKLY THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS
ORDER, $110 BILLION.
EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD
WANTED A PIECE OF THAT ORDER AND
WE GOT ALL OF THIS.
WE HAD SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN,
YOU KNOW SIR, WE SHOULD NOT TAKE
THAT ORDER.
WHO ARE WE HURTING?
IT IS 500,000 JOBS.
IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY
$110 BILLION, THE BIGGEST ORDER
IN THE HISTORY IN OUR COUNTRY
FROM AN OUTSIDE MILITARY.
WE WOULD TURN THAT DOWN?
WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?
HOPEFULLY IT IS WORKING OUT.
WE'LL FIND OUT.
WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
I HOPE THE KING AND THE CROWN
PRINCE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
THAT IS A BIG FACTOR IN MY EYES.
I HOPE THEY HAVEN'T.
MIKE POMPEO JUST LEFT, WENT BACK
TO TURKEY.
HE IS COMING BACK LATE TONIGHT.
I WILL SEE HIM LATE TONIGHT OR
TOMORROW.
I WILL FIND OUT.
STUART: ANYBODY EVER SAID TO
YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME HAVE
YOUR PHONE, I WANT TO TAKE YOUR
PHONE AWAY, BRIEF SHINING
MOMENT, DON'T WANT ANY TWEETS,
HAS ANYONE EVER TRIED THAT.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE
MESSAGE.
THERE IS FAKE NEWS, I'M NOT
SAYING YOU, SOME OF THE PEOPLE
ON FOX, NOT ALL OF THEM BUT SOME
OF THEM, THERE IS SO MUCH
MISINFORMATION BEING PUT OUT.
THAT IS MY ONLY FORM OF
COMMUNICATING REALLY, OTHER THAN
HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE EVERY
HOUR.
IF I DO A PRESS CONFERENCE EVERY
HOUR, NOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING
VERY WELL.
POLLS ARE GOING THROUGH THE
ROOF.
I THINK REPUBLICANS WILL DO WELL
IN THE MIDTERMS.
I'M DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THIS,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I GET SUCH
PHONY NEWS.
EVERYTHING IS A FAKE.
YESTERDAY I GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO
AP, THE HEADLINE WAS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT FROM EVERYTHING I
SAID.
THE HEADLINE WAS TERRIBLE
HEADLINE.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PERFECT.
THE QUOTES WERE ALL PER
FEBRUARY.
THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
IT.
WHERE DID THEY COME UP WITH THE
HEADLINE?
IF I GAVE THAT UP, SOCIAL MEDIA,
I DON'T CALL IT TWEETING, I CALL
IT SOCIAL MEDIA, IT GOES ON YOUR
SHOW, EVERY TIME I DO SOMETHING,
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS WHATEVER IT MAY
BE.
I REALLY BELIEVE IF I DIDN'T DO
THAT, STUART, NUMBER ONE I
PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE
TALKING TO YOU.
STUART: YOU DO LIKE IT, DON'T
YOU?
>> I DO LIKE IT.
IT'S A FORM OF GETTING OUT THE
TRUTH.
STUART: YOU LIKE THE PRESS
CONFERENCES.
>> I ENJOY THEM.
STUART: YOU NEVER MISS AN
OPPORTUNITY, WHEN A QUESTION IS
SHOUTED AT YOU ALMOST ALWAYS
RESPOND?
>> WHAT IS FUNNY, SOMETIMES I
GET A NASTY PERP WITH A HORRIBLE
STUPID QUESTION FROM LIKE CNN
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SO HORRIBLE
AND SO FAKE BUT YOU KNOW, I GET
THIS HORRIBLE QUESTION FROM SOME
REPORTER AT CNN.
THEN I WILL HIT THE REPORTER
BACK, JUST MODESTLY HARD, NEXT
THING, PRESIDENT HITS REPORTER,
IT IS TERRIBLE, FREEDOM OF THE
PRESS.
WAIT A MINUTE, THEY HIT ME SO
VICIOUSLY, I GIVE THEM A LITTLE
JAB THE STORY IS TRUMP HITS
REPORTER.
SO YOU KNOW, IT IS PRETTY UNFAIR
STUFF.
BUT AGAIN, YOU GET OUT THERE,
WHETHER I DO IT THIS WAY OR
WHETHER I DO IT THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY
GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY AND
IT IS NOT BEING REPORTED.
YOU GO TO NBC, WHICH IS
TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE NEWS
ORGANIZATION BUT YOU GO TO NBC,
CBS, ABC, I MEAN, CNN WE DON'T
EVEN TALK ABOUT, GO TO THESE
THINGS, TAKE A LOOK, OTHER DAY
94%, THAT IS OF GOOD STORIES.
IN OTHER WORDS THEY TAKE A GOOD
STORY MAKE IT BAD TO NEUTRAL.
STUART: NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
ANY NEGATIVE WILL ALWAYS BE THE
HEADLINE.
>> THAT IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO
BECAUSE I CAN SORT OF GO OVER
THAT.
STUART: YOU SEEM TO REALLY
ENJOYING IT.
>> I HAVE NO CHOICE.
DO I HAVE A CHOICE?
MAY I ASK YOU?
STUART: YOU REALLY ENJO JOY IT.
>> YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU DO TOO.
THAT IS WHY YOU DO IT WELL.
STUART: THANK YOU FOR BEING ON