JOHN ROBERTS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT NIINISTO.
IF I COULD, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
TO ASK.
MAYBE I COULD ASK THEM
SEPARATELY TO GET A FRESH ANSWER
FROM EACH ONE.
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THE THREE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE I
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LOOKING INTO THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY GAVE NOTICE THAT THEY
WILL BE SENDING A SUBPOENA TO
THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DOCUMENTS
AND OTHER MATERIALS.
WILL YOU COOPERATE WITH THEM
SUBPOENAS?
>> President Trump: I ALWAYS
COOPERATE.
THIS IS A HOAX, THE GREATEST
HOAX.
IT'S A CONTINUATION OF WHAT'S
BEEN PLAYING OUT, JOHN, FOR THE
LAST -- SINCE MY ELECTION I
WOULD SAY.
PROBABLY WILL FIND OUT SOON BUT
PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE MY
ELECTION.
THIS IS A FRAUDULENT CRIME ON
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH
SHIFTY SCHIFF ON PELOSI AND ALL
OF THEM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DID
ABSOLUTELY -- I HAD A GREAT CALL
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE.
100%.
YOU HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT.
AND THEN SCHIFF WENT UP AS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND
RELATED A CALL THEY DIDN'T TAKE
PLACE.
HE MADE UP THAT LANGUAGE.
HARD TO BELIEVE.
NOBODY'S EVER SEEN THIS.
I THINK HE HAD SOME KIND OF A
MENTAL BREAKDOWN.
BUT HE WENT UP TO THE MICROPHONE
AND HE READ A STATEMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AS IF I WERE ON THE CALL,
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS WHEN HE
LOOKED AT THE SHEET WHICH WAS AN
EXACT TRANSCRIPT OF MY CALL DONE
BY VERY TALENTED PEOPLE THAT DO
THIS, EXACT, WORD FOR WORD.
HE SAID WOW.
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
SO HE MADE IT UP.
HE WENT UP TO A MICROPHONE AND
IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND IN CONGRESS HE WENT OUT AND
HE GAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION OF
WORDS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES NEVER SAID.
IT HAS TO BE A CRIMINAL ACT.
IT HAS TO BE.
HE SHOULD RESIGN.
SOME PEOPLE EVEN SAY IT WAS
TREASON.
BUT IT WAS A VERY SAD THING.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CALL WAS
PERFECT.
THE REAL CALL, THE CALL I MADE.
MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE LINE.
I KNEW THAT BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN
I SPEAK TO FOREIGN COUNTRY
LEADERS, YOU CAN NAME ANY ONE OF
THEM, BUT WHEN I SPEAK ON THE
PHONE THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
MANY PEOPLE LISTENING FROM
VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
OUR KNOWLEDGE, I KNOW ALL ABOUT
IT.
SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING LIKE
GEE, I'M ON THE LINE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A BIG SECRET.
MANY PEOPLE ON THE LINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.
WE'LL FIND OUT I GUESS.
MANY PEOPLE, MIKE POMPEO WAS ON
THE LINE.
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
BECAUSE THEY LISTEN FOR
KNOWLEDGE AND FOR SECURITY
REASONS AND FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AT THE
UNITED NATIONS THE OTHER DAY AND
PREVIOUS TO THAT, HE ANNOUNCED
THROUGH SPOKESPERSON, SAID THERE
WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE PUT
ON HIM.
THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO.
AT ALL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS
WHISTLE-BLOWERS -- I HAVE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR WHISTLE-BLOWERS
BUT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE REAL.
HIS REPORT OF THE PHONE CALL WAS
TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE FACT.
BUT WHAT GOT THEM WAS THEY NEVER
THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO RELEASE
THE CALL BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE
DOING THAT.
I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT
AGAIN.
RELEASE PHONE CALLS TO FOREIGN
DIGNITARIES TO FOREIGN LEADERS.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, JOHN.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.
BUT I DID IT WITH THE PERMISSION
OF THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT TO
BECOME PERMISSION.
WE CALLED UP THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES AND ASK THEM
WOULD BE OKAY?
OTHERWISE I COULDN'T OF DONE IT.
AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT,
I WOULD'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO ALLY
BECAUSE THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
REPORT DIDN'T HE SAY SEVEN OR
EIGHT TIMES I SAID QUID PRO QUO.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO
DO THIS OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
GET MONEY.
IN ALL FAIRNESS, BITE AND IT.
HE'S ON TAPE.
IN ALL FAIRNESS, YOU HAVE AT
LEAST FOUR UNITED STATES
SENATORS, DEMOCRATS, WHO SET IT
AND THEY SAID IT A LOT STRONGER
THAN EVEN SCHIFF AND HIS MADE UP
STORY SAID IT.
OBAMA WHEN HE WAS DEALING WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA, NOT
PUTIN.
HE SAID HEY, HEY TELL VLADIMIR I
CAN DO A LOT MORE AFTER THE
ELECTION.
YOU REMEMBER THAT?
EVERYBODY THOUGHT ISN'T THAT
CUTE WESTERN MONKEYS THAT CUTE?
MY TALK AND
MY RESPONSIBILITY.
INSTAGRAM SAID I NEVER KNEW YOU
WERE THAT NICE.
HE SAID IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
IT WAS PERFECT.
THAT A THING WRONG WITH IT.
TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT OVER
FATHER WAS COMMITTED BY OTHER
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WIN AND
ELECTION IN 2020 WHICH THEY
WON'T, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS THE GREATEST HOAX.
IT'S GONE ON FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAD THE MUELLER COLLUSION
DELUSION, OKAY?
THAT POINT ON FOR YEARS.
AND THAT'S FINALLY DONE.
NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION, NO
NOTHING.
IT WAS A JOKE.
EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
IT WAS FROM THE DAY ONE.
NO I GET THREE DAYS OF PEACE AND
I'M WALKING INTO THE
UNITED NATIONS, GOING TO MEET
WITH THE BIGGEST LEADERS IN THE
WORLD, AND I HEAR ABOUT THE WORD
IMPEACHMENT.
I SAID WHAT DID I DO NOW?
IT WAS A DOUBT A BEAUTIFUL
CONVERSATION THAT I HAD JUST
REMEMBER, THE UKRAINIAN NEW
PRESIDENT, FINE MAN, SAID I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THERE WAS NO PRESSURE.
HE CITED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WHAT'S YOUR SECOND QUESTION?
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ASKING TWO
QUESTIONS.
DO ME A FAVOR.
ASK ONE OF THE -- JOHN, JOHN,
JOHN.
ASK ONE OF THE FINNISH
PRESIDENT.
>> CAN I COME BACK TO YOU?
>> President Trump: WE'LL TALK
LATER.
LET ME SEE IF I LIKE THE
QUESTION.
GO AHEAD.
MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THREE YEARS I'LL HAVE A GOOD
QUESTION AND I WILL LOVE IT.
>> THERE'S A REPORT THAT CAME
OUT BEFORE YOU AND
PRESIDENT NIINISTO WALKED OUT
HERE THAT THE WHISTLE-BLOWER MET
WITH A STAFF MEMBER OF
ADAM SCHIFF.
>> President Trump: I LOVE
THAT QUESTION.
IT SHOWS THAT SCHIFF IS A FRAUD.
THANK YOU, JOHN.
>> CAN I FINISH ASKING IT?
>> President Trump: THERE'S
NOTHING TO FINISH.
>> THE WHISTLE-BLOWER ACCORDANCE
THE REPORT MET WITH MEMBERS OF
ADAM SCHIFF'S STAFF.
>> President Trump: I HATE TO
SAY IT'S "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WROTE IT.
MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING BETTER.
>> YOUR RESPONSE TO THE FACT
THAT THAT HAPPENED AND THAT
SCHIFF MAY HAVE LEARNED WITH THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER NEW?
>> President Trump: I THINK HE
PROBABLY HELPED WRITE IT.
I GIVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" FOR PUTTING
IT OUT.
IT HAPPENED AS I'M WALKING
APPEAR, THEY HANDED IT TO ME AND
I SAID TO MIKE.
I SAID WHOA, THAT IS SOMETHING.
THAT IS BIG STUFF.
HE KNEW LONG BEFORE.
HE HELPED RIGHT IT.
IT'S A SCAM.
TO FINISH ON IT, I APPRECIATE
IT, I LOVE THE SECOND QUESTION
BY THE WAY.
SHOULD'VE ASKED IT FIRST.
BUT LET ME SAY THE WHOLE THING
IS A SCAM.
THE MUELLER DEAL WAS A SCAM.
THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION WAS A
SCAM.
YOU CAN ASK PUTIN.
NOBODY'S BEEN ROUGH AROUND
RUSSIA THEN DONALD TRUMP.
OKAY?
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO GET ALONG WITH